Oscar Wrap Up

I did a little better in my predictions this year. I got screwed over by Blade Runner 2049 and some shorts, however, Roger Deakins did deserve an Oscar finally. The show was pretty extravagant, especially in the sets. What’s with all the crystals around the stage? Looked like a giant tiara. And those gaudy staircases? Wow. Since it was a big milestone show, I enjoyed seeing the numerous montages. They were very well edited (well, the best picture ones were a little long). Jimmy Kimmel did a fine job and looked pretty comfortable up there. I enjoyed his shortest speech give-away and movie theatre surprise. Unfortunately, he couldn’t pick on Matt Damon this year as he was absent. Funniest presenter goes to Kumail Nanjiani; he is so witty. Highest pants goes to Christopher Walken. The songs were mostly dull this year. If solely based on their Oscar performance, “This is Me” from The Greatest Showman should have won hands down. I still think The Shape of Water is too weird to be best picture, I would have preferred Dunkirk, but oh well. It was a fun night. Here’s who won:

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

THE SILENT CHILD

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

DEAR BASKETBALL (predicted)

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405

SOUND EDITING

DUNKRIK (predicted)

SOUND MIXING

DUNKIRK (predicted)

ORIGINAL SCORE

THE SHAPE OF WATER (predicted)

ORIGINAL SONG

REMEMBER ME (predicted)

VISUAL EFFECTS

BLADE RUNNER 2049

MAKE-UP

DARKEST HOUR (predicted)

COSTUME DESIGN

PHANTOM THREAD (predicted)

PRODUCTION DESIGN

THE SHAPE OF WATER (predicted)  

FILM EDITING

DUNKIRK (predicted)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

BLADE RUNNER 2049

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

ICARUS (predicted)

ANIMATED FEATURE

COCO (predicted)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

A FANTASTIC WOMAN (predicted)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (predicted)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

GET OUT (predicted)

BEST DIRECTOR

GUILLERMO DEL TORO [THE SHAPE OF WATER] (predicted)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

ALLISON JANNEY [I, TONYA] (predicted)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

SAM ROCKWELL [THREE BILLBOARDS…] (predicted)

BEST ACTRESS

FRANCES MCDORMAND [THREE BILLBOARDS…] (predicted)

BEST ACTOR

GARY OLDMAN [DARKEST HOUR] (predicted)

BEST PICTURE

THE SHAPE OF WATER

How did you do?