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Blugger’s 2017 Oscar Predictions

Hey, everyone, it’s that time of the year again!  As we wait for the 89th Annual Academy Awards to kick off tonight, I thought it would be cool to share my predictions for the winners.  I know I’m super late on this, but I thought it would be better to do this now than later.  From the looks of it, this seems to be the year for La La Land, but you never know – there have been some major upsets in the past.

The Oscars will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel this year, and you can catch it on ABC at 5:30 PM PST/8:30 PM EST on ABC.  Here are my predictions along with all the nominees for this year:


Best Picture

Arrival

Fences

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

Will win/should win: La La Land

Manchester by the Sea

Lion

Moonlight

 

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Source: Lionsgate

 

Best Director

Denis Villeneuve, Arrival

Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge

Will win/should win: Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

 

Best Actor

Will win: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

Should win: Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

Denzel Washington, Fences

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Source: Amazon Studios

 

Lead Actress

Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Ruth Negga, Loving

Natalie Portman, Jackie

Will win/should win: Emma Stone, La La Land

Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

 

Best Supporting Actor

Will win/Should win: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea

Dev Patel, Lion

Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

 

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Source: A24

 

Best Supporting Actress

Will win/should win: Viola Davis, Fences

Naomie Harris, Moonlight

Nicole Kidman, Lion

Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

 

 

Best Original Screenplay

Hell or High Water

Will win/should win: La La Land

The Lobster 

Manchester by the Sea

20th Century Women

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

Arrival

Fences

Hidden Figures

Lion

Will win/should win: Moonlight

 

Best Animated Feature

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana 

My Life as a Zucchini

The Red Turtle

Will win/should win: Zootopia 

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Source: Walt Disney Pictures

Cinematography

Arrival

Will win/should win: La La Land

Lion

Moonlight

 

Best Original Score

Jackie

Will win/should win: La La Land

Lion

Moonlight

Passengers 

 

Original Song

Should win: “Audition: The Fools Who Dream” – La La Land

“Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Trolls

Will win: “City of Stars” – La La Land

“The Empty Chair” –  Jim: The James Foley Story

“How Far I’ll Go” – Moana

 

Production Design

Arrival

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Hail, Caesar! 

Will win/should win: La La Land

Passengers

 

Visual Effects

Deepwater Horizon

Doctor Strange

Will win: The Jungle Book

Kubo and the Two Strings

Should win: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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Source: Lucasfilm

 

Costume Design

Allied

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Florence Foster Jenkins

Jackie

Will win/should win: La La Land

 

Documentary Feature

Fire at Sea

I Am Not Your Negro

Life Animated

Will win/Should win: OJ: Made in America

13th

 

Foreign Language Film

Land of Mine

A Man Called Ove

Will win/should win: The Salesman

Tanna

Toni Erdmann

Sound Editing

Arrival

Deepwater Horizon

Hacksaw Ridge

Will win/should win: La La Land

Sully

 

Sound Mixing

Arrival 

Hacksaw Ridge

Will win: La La Land

Should win: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

 

Makeup and Hairstyling

A Man Called Ove

Will win/should win: Star Trek Beyond

Suicide Squad

 

Best Animated Short 

Blind Vaysha

Borrowed Time

Pear Cider and Cigarettes

Pearl

Will win/should win: Piper

 

Live-Action Short- I haven’t seen any of these so I can’t really make a judgement.  Here are the nominees:

Ennemis Interieurs

La Femme et le TGV

Silent Nights

Sing

Timecode 

 

Best Documentary Short Subject – I haven’t seen any of these so I can’t really make a judgement.  Here are the nominees:

Extremis

4.1 Miles

Joe’s Violin

Watani: My Homeland

The White Helmets

 

Best Documentary Short Subject – I haven’t seen any of these so I can’t really make a judgement.  Here are the nominees:

Extremis

4.1 Miles

Joe’s Violin

Watani: My Homeland

The White Helmets


So what do you think about these predictions?  Do you think I’m right or wrong?  Feel free to let me know in the comments sections down below!  Thanks 🙂

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