Topic: 2015 Oscars: Your Predictions

So, we don't seem to have a forum poll type thing this year - so how about a thread? It's not as simple as the poll we usually run, but it's better than nothing!

I've got the list of nominees here, so just paste it all in to your reply and remove everything but your prediction for the winner of each category.

LIST OF NOMINEES

Best Picture
- American Sniper
- Birdman
- Boyhood
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Imitation Game
- The Theory of Everything
- Selma
- Whiplash

Best Actress
- Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
- Julianne Moore, Still Alice
- Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
- Reese Witherspoon, Wild
- Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Best Actor
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
- Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
- Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
- Michael Keaton, Birdman
- Steve Carell, Foxcatcher

Best Supporting Actor
- Edward Norton, Birdman
- Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
- J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
- Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
- Robert Duvall, The Judge

Best Supporting Actress
- Emma Stone, Birdman
- Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
- Laura Dern, Wild
- Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Best Director
- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
- Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
- Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
- Richard Linklater, Boyhood
- Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Adapted Screenplay
- Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything
- Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
- Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
- Jason Hall, American Sniper
- Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice

Best Original Screenplay
- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Birdman
- Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye, Foxcatcher
- Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
- Richard Linklater, Boyhood
- Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Foreign Film
- Ida
- Leviathan
- Tangerines
- Timbuktu
- Wild Tales

Best Documentary Feature
- Citizenfour
- Last Days in Vietnam
- Virunga
- Finding Vivian Maier
- The Salt of the Earth

Best Animated Feature
- Big Hero 6
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- The Boxtrolls
- Song of the Sea
- The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Film Editing
- American Sniper
- Boyhood
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Imitation Game
- Whiplash

Best Song
- "Lost Stars" (Begin Again)
- "Glory" (Selma)
- "Everything Is Awesome" (The Lego Movie)
- "Grateful" (Beyond the Lights)
- "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" (Glen Campbell ... I'll Be Me)

Best Original Score
- The Theory of Everything
- The Imitation Game
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Interstellar
- Mr. Turner

Best Cinematography
- Birdman
- Mr. Turner
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Ida
- Unbroken

Costume Design
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Into the Woods
- Inherent Vice
- Maleficent
- Mr. Turner

Makeup and Hairstyling
- Foxcatcher
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Guardians of the Galaxy

Production Design
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Mr. Turner
- Into the Woods
- Interstellar
- The Imitation Game

Sound Editing
- American Sniper
- Birdman
- The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
- Interstellar
- Unbroken

Sound Mixing
- American Sniper
- Birdman
- Unbroken
- Interstellar
- Whiplash

Visual Effects
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Interstellar
- X Men: Days of Future Past

Short Film, Live Action
- Aya
- Boogaloo and Graham
- Butter Lamp
- Parvaneh
- The Phone Call

Short Film, Animated
- The Bigger Picture
- The Dam Keeper
- Feast
- Me and My Moulton
- A Single Life

Documentary Short Subject
- Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
- Joanna
- Our Curse
- The Reaper (La Parka)
- White Earth

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Re: 2015 Oscars: Your Predictions

My Predictions

Best Picture
- Birdman

Best Actress
- Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best Actor
- Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Supporting Actor
- J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Best Director
- Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Best Adapted Screenplay
- Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything

Best Original Screenplay
- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Birdman

Best Foreign Film
- Ida

Best Documentary Feature
- Citizenfour

Best Animated Feature
- Big Hero 6

Film Editing
- Whiplash

Best Song
- "Everything Is Awesome" (The Lego Movie)

Best Original Score
- The Theory of Everything

Best Cinematography
- Birdman

Costume Design
- The Grand Budapest Hotel

Makeup and Hairstyling
- The Grand Budapest Hotel

Production Design
- The Grand Budapest Hotel

Sound Editing
- American Sniper

Sound Mixing
- Whiplash

Visual Effects
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Short Film, Live Action
- Boogaloo and Graham

Short Film, Animated
- Feast

Documentary Short Subject
- Joanna

EDIT: Changed my vote from Keaton to Eddie Redmayne.

Last edited by Owen_Ward (2015-02-22 23:44:28)

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Re: 2015 Oscars: Your Predictions

My Predictions

Best Picture
- Boyhood

Best Actress
- Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best Actor
- Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Supporting Actor
- J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Best Director
- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman

Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Imitation Game

Best Original Screenplay
- Birdman

Best Foreign Film
- Ida

Best Documentary Feature
- Finding Vivian Maier

Best Animated Feature
- How To Train Your Dragon 2

Film Editing
- Whiplash

Best Song
- "Glory" (Selma)

Best Original Score
- The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Cinematography
- Birdman

Costume Design
- The Grand Budapest Hotel

Makeup and Hairstyling
- Foxcatcher

Production Design
- The Grand Budapest Hotel

Sound Editing
- American Sniper

Sound Mixing
- Whiplash

Visual Effects
- Interstellar

I haven't seen any of the shorts nominees so I won't try to predict those.

"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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Re: 2015 Oscars: Your Predictions

I have it basically like Doc. I don't think Birdman is as inevitable as advertised. I'd like to see Linklater get the directing award, but that doesn't appear to be in the cards.

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Re: 2015 Oscars: Your Predictions

I fucking NAILED it. Woop woop! Just missed Picture/Documentary/Animated/Makeup. I ended up officially putting in predictions for the three favorites in the shorts categories and it payed off in all three. I never do this well!

/gloat

"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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Re: 2015 Oscars: Your Predictions

Props to Iñárritu as he did some amazing things with Birdman; but as far as achievement in directing goes, what Linklater accomplished is on a different level. I think Birdman deserved best picture, but Linklater should have taken home the directing oscar.

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