My nomination predictions this year didn't turn out to be my best performance. In fact, it was probably one of my worst in recent memory. And to be honest, predicting the winners is going to be just as complicated. There are a lot of categories this year without a clear frontrunner. Many have slight favourites, but many more are up in the air. I'm most confident about Jane Campion becoming the third woman to win Best Director and Will Smith taking home his first Oscar, and maybe there are a couple of other sure things (or close to it), but other than that, I'll just have to hope that my educated guesses are enough.
Best Picture, which has often been my Achilles' heel recently, is once again a tough nut to crack. The Power of the Dog seemed like the frontrunner for most of the season, even if it was only a slight advantage, but CODA is now coming home strong, so could pip Dog at the post. I'm genuinely torn between the two, but I've selected The Power of the Dog without confidence. You can check out all my picks here.
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Hi Matt: Your ballot looks pretty solid to me. I haven't seen three of the BP nominees: CODA, Belfast and Licorice Pizza. My two alternate picks from yours would be Belfast for Original Screenplay and CODA for Picture. Of the seven nominees I have seen, I would go for The Power of the Dog. Enjoy the Awards Ceremony. Mike
ReplyDeleteNice job, Mike. Those were the two categories I'd made a decision on early and then just couldn't bring myself to change them, despite the nagging feeling I was wrong. Oh well. In the end, the favourites (even the slight favourites) took home everything, so no big surprises really. Well, no surprises in terms of who won. The ceremony itself, however...
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