2016 Oscar Predictions: The 100% Correct Picks

Hello all. Mark here.

The most important weekend of the year is coming up (not really) and I wanted to throw my predictions into the ring. As always, the Academy Award nominations have annoyed many because they’ve excluded a lot of solid performances and ignored the mass populace. However, the show must go on and I once again wanted to prove my prowess at picking the majority of the categories correctly (thank you Gold Derby).

Without further ado here are my predictions!

Best Picture

Will win: The Revenant 

Should win: Mad Max: Fury Road

Deserved a nomination: Sicario, Love & Mercy, Straight Outta Compton, Ex-Machina

 

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Best Director

Will win: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarrritu – The Revenant 

Should win: George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road

Deserved a nomination: Steven Speilberg – Bridge of Spies, Ridley Scott – The Martian

 

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Best Actor

Will win: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant

Should win: Matt Damon – The Martian

Deserved a nomination: Michael B. Jordan – Creed, Tom Hanks – Bridge of Spies, Jason Segel – The End of the Tour, Samuel L. Jackson – The Hateful Eight

 

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Best Actress

Will win: Brie Larson – Room 

Should win: Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

Deserved a nomination: Emily Blunt – Sicario, Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road, Elizabeth Banks – Love & Mercy

 

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Best Supporting Actress

Will win: Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl

Should win: Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl

Deserved a nomination: Alicia Vikander – Ex-Machina

 

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Best Supporting Actor

Will win: Sylvester Stallone – Creed

Should win: Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies

Deserved a nomination: Paul Dano – Love & Mercy, Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation, Benecio Del  Toro – Sicario, Richard Jenkins – Bone Tomahawk

 

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Best Original Screenplay

Will win: Spotlight

Should win: Ex-Machina

Deserved a nomination: S. Craig Zahler – Bone Tomahawk, Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight.

 

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Best Adapted Screenplay

Will win: The Big Short

Should win: The Martian

Deserved a nomination: Jesse Andrews – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,

 

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Best Cinematography

Will win: Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant

Should win: Roger Deakins – Sicario 

Deserved a nomination: Hoyte van Hoytema – Spectre

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The Rest of the Winners!

Best Costume Design – Cinderella 

Best Film Editing – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Makeup and Hair – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Production Design – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Score – The Hateful Eight

Best Song – Til It Happens to You – The Hunting Ground

Best Sound Editing – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Sound Mixing – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Visual Effects – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Animated Feature – Inside Out

Best Documentary Feature- Amy

Best Foreign Language Feature – Son of Saul 

Best Animated Short – Sanjay’s Super Team

Best Documentary Short – Body Team 12

Best Live Action Short – Ave Maria