What an abysmal, horrifically paced, boring telecast that was! A few notable exceptions would include but not necessarily be limited to Bong Joon-ho’s speech, Michelle William’s sppech, Brad Pitt’s speech, and Tom Hanks being presented with the Cecil B. DeMille award. But at least we got to have some fun watching it because our predictions were right on the money, right? Yeah, not so much. To be a fair only a couple of these were absolute curveballs, the rest made a lot of sense and probably would’ve been my second or third pick. Let’s see how we did:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Prediction: The Irishman
Winner: 1917
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Prediction: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Winner: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Drama
Prediction: Renée Zellweger (Judy)
Winner: Renée Zellweger (Judy)
Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama
Prediction: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
Winner: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Prediction: Awkwafina (The Farewell)
Winner: Awkwafina (The Farewell)
Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy
Prediction: Eddie Murphy (Dolemite Is My Name)
Winner: Taron Egerton (Rocketman)
Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture
Prediction: Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)
Winner: Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture
Prediction: Brad Pitt (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
Winner: Brad Pitt (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
Best Director – Motion Picture
Prediction: Bong Joon-ho (Parasite)
Winner: Sam Mendes (1917)
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Prediction: Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)
Winner: Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
Best Motion Picture – Animated
Prediction: Toy Story 4
Winner: Missing Link
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Prediction: Parasite
Winner: Parasite
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Prediction: Thomas Newman (1917)
Winner: Hildur Gudnadóttir (Joker)
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
Prediction: I’m Gonna Love Me Again (Rocketman)
Winner: I’m Gonna Love Me Again (Rocketman)
So in the end I went 7/14. 50%. That is… sub-optimal. We’re going to have to step our game up going forward.
We are officially neck deep in awards season, with WGA nominations having been announced earlier today, and the BAFTA nominations being announced tomorrow. Unless I’m mistaken the next two major televised awards ceremonies will be the Critics Choice Movie Awards on January 12th, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 19th. I’ll be covering them all here on The Alert The Audience, so keep checking back! This Friday (January 10th) I will also be posting the nominations for the 2nd Annual Alert The Audience Film Awards, and my FINAL Oscar Nomination predictions will go up Sunday evening following the Critics Choice ceremony before the Academy reveals the nominees early Monday morning.
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