La La Land : Predict Oscar Winners 2017

Any upsets?

Director- Chazelle
Actor- Washington
Actress- Portman
Support Actor- Ali
Support Actress- Davis
O Screenplay- Manchester by the Sea
A Screenplay- Moonlight
Cinematography- La LA Land
Editing- LA La Land
Sound Editing- Hacksaw Ridge
Sound Mixing- LA La Land
Score- LA La Land
Song- LA La Land
Set Design- L La Land


Best Picture

LA La Land

Agreed with all but:

Best Actress: Emma Stone
Adapted Screenplay: Hidden Figures

in addition:
Costume design: Jackie
Animation: Zootopia

Good picks.

Agree Stone looks good after SAG awards, but I just can't see the whole of the Academy passing on Portman. I hope Stone wins, though. Portman already won one.

And Hidden Figures has the momentum, sure, so definitely could win, but just can't see Moonlight cooling off that much.

Sticking with my original picks in these two.

I realize that Portman is favored to win Best Actress but I think the movie was not well received.I think it will be either Emma Stone or Isabelle Huppert, although I have not seen Elle. I would bet on Emma Stone. I just think LLL is a favorite that will deliver.

Still not sure on Best Picture

But I think the acting Wins will go like this

Best Actress: Emma Stone
Best Actor: Casey Affleck. Now way is Denzel beating him. Fences isn't one of main 3 serious Best Picture nominees
Best Supporting: Ali. Although don't be surprised if Bridges or Shannon cause an upset
Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis. The one true Lovk this Awards Season

Sorry, no way is Affleck beating Washington. That's a lock.

And the 3 serious BP contenders are not as solid as they used to be.

Hidden Figures has moved into the picture. MBTS and Moonlight have absolutely no shot to win after the SAG ensemble miss and most important PGA combined. They're both out.

Hacksaw Ridge has just as good a shot as them.

Agree on Bridgesbut think Ali will win in the end.

Pretty much agree here across the board, except a Hidden Figures Best Picture win would be unprecedented (?) for a film that missed directing AND film editing nominations.

While the loss at SAG for MBTS and Moonlight seems to have doomed any chance of winning Best Picture, the real precursor is just to be nominated by SAG. Still, losing the PGA as well doesn't give them much hope.

Normally, the PGA isn't the best standalone guild precursor, but La La Land seems like a lock for DGA, too, which shows plenty of Best Picture support.

4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42

Can you imagine HF won? it's alluring to pick; if nothing more it has a 50% shot from one angle, but those category misses for nominations lessen those. That would need an explanation, and may be political. Not to say it's not good and an underdog that can please the masses in some ways.

Shocked at how MBTS and Moonlight died off, and think that's the academy setting the stage and paving the way for LLL to as predicted break the SAG ensemble nom miss curse due to possessing no auxiliary cast. Stone winning actress at SAG solidifies that notion.

The three total Oscar nominations for Hidden Figures is the fewest for the winner of SAG's Best Cast other than The Birdcage (1996), which received only one Oscar nomination. And the only film to win Best Picture while missing directing and editing nominations was Grand Hotel in 1932. I just don't see it happening this year with Hidden Figures. Not with La La Land's PGA and, likely, upcoming DGA win, and not to mention its across-the-board support by nearly every AMPAS branch.

Really, the only film with true precursor hope is Moonlight (SAG Best Cast nomination, plus Oscar nominations in directing, acting, editing, and writing). I think, though, its Best Picture chances are toast now that it lost at SAG and the PGA.

The preferential voting method used by PGA is very revealing, as AMPAS uses the same method in determining Best Picture. I have to figure the "top" preferences last year had to be very close between The Big Short (PGA win) and Spotlight (SAG win), and perhaps even The Revenant (DGA win).

4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42

Agree with all of them except Actor (I doubt Affleck will lose enough steam to allow an upset by Denzel Washington. He wasn't even nominated for a BAFTA and it would seem strange for Manchester to walk away empty-handed of La La Land upsets screenplay), Actress (after SAG and GG I consider Stone a lock, but we'd have to see what happens at the BAFTAs) and for Original Screenplay, I still think Manchester is going to walk away with it, although I wouldn't at all be surprised by a La La Land upset.

Actor - Washington
Actress - Portman
Supporting Actor - Ali
Supporting Actress - Davis
Director - Chazelle
Animated Film - Zootopia
Original Song - City of Stars
Original Score - La La Land
Original Screenplay - Hell or High Water
Adapted Screenplay - Hidden Figures
Cinematography- Arrival
Costume Design - Jackie
Editing - Hacksaw Ridge
Makeup - Star Trek Beyond
Production Design - La La Land
Sound Editing - Hacksaw Ridge
Sound Mixing - Arrival
Visual Effects - Jungle Book
Best Picture - La La Land

Best Picture: La La Land or Moonlight. (I really hope it goes to La La Land, but I can see Moonlight taking it.)

Best actress: Emma Stone, La La Land.

Best actor: Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge.

Best supporting actress: Viola Davis, Fences.

Best supporting actor: Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water.

Best director: Damien Chazelle, La La Land.

Best adapted screenplay: Eric Heisserer, Arrival.

Best original screenplay: Damien Chazelle, La La Land.

Best animated feature: Zootopia.

I honestly have no clue for Best foreign language film or best documentary xD

Best original song: Audition, La La Land. (Though it'd be nice for Lin-Manuel Miranda to add an Oscar to his collection)

Best original score: La La Land .

Best cinematography: La La Land. And it'd be a crying shame if this didn't win. xD

Best costume design: Jackie.

Best makeup and hairstyling: Suicide Squad.

Dunno for live action short

Best sound editing: Deepwater Horizon.

Best sound mixing: La La Land.

Best documentary short: -

Best production design: La La Land.

Best visual effects: The Jungle Book.

Best animated short: Borrowed Time.

Best film editing: La La Land.

Best Picture: La La Land
Best Actor: Denzel Washington, Fences
Best Actress: Emma Stone, La La Land
Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Fences
Best Director: Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Best Original Screenplay: La La Land
Best Adapted Screenplay: Moonlight
Best Film Editing: La La Land
Best Animated Film: Zootopia
Best Foreign Film: Toni Erdmann
Best Documentary: O.J.: Made in America
Best Cinematography: La La Land
Best Visual Effects: Kubo and the Two Strings
Best Original Score: La La Land
Best Song: Audition, La La Land
Best Production Design: La La Land
Best Costume Design: La La Land
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling: Star Trek Beyond
Best Sound Editing: La La Land
Best Sound Mixing: Hacksaw Ridge
Best Short Film- Animated: Piper
Best Short Film- Documentary: Extremis
Best Short Film- Live Action: Silent Nights