It’s the award season again, so I’ll stick my neck out and have a shot at Oscar predictions based on winners so far, and who I think the Academy will pick as their winners. Note that this does NOT take into account who should actually win. That’d never do.
The weekend saw The BAFTAS and Lost in Translation cleaned up with the main actor and actress roles, while Lord of the Rings: Return of the King did well in the major categories, and Peter Weir won the best director. I was most pleased to see Touching the Void win British film of the year.
But back to my Oscar predictions, in which I don’t even have to have seen the films to pick the winner!
Best Film – Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Best Actor – Sean Penn, Mystic River
Best Actress – Charlize Theron, Monster
Best Director – Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings
Actor in a Supporting Role – Benicio Del Toro, 21 Grams
Actress in a Supporting Role – Ren�e Zellwegger, Cold Mountain
Animated Feature – Finding Nemo
Art Direction – Master and Commander
Cinematography – Girl With A Pearl Earring
Costume Design – Lord of the Rings
Film Editing – Lord of the Rings
Makeup – Lord of the Rings
Music – Cold Mountain
Music (Song) – Cold Mountain
Sound Editing – Master and Commander
Sound Mixing – Lord of the Rings
Visual Effects – Lord of the Rings
Writing (Adapted Screenplay) – Lord of the Rings
Writing (Original Screenplay) – Lost in Translation
I’ll come back to this to see how many I got right.
(The Guardian has an entertaining predictor Excel sheet for the overall Oscar winner)