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Wasn't my best night. The Revenant was not the Best Picture and didn't get the co-commitment technical awards. Mad Max (not the Best Picture) won all those.


Best Picture-- The Revenant Wrong (always go with films about the supposed horribleness of Catholics) Spotlight won. 
Best Leading Man-- Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Leading Lady-- Brie Larson
Best Supporting Actor-- Sylvester Stallone (could well be Mark Rylance) Wrong (it was Mark Rylance)
Best Supporting Actress-- Alicia Vikander
Best Foreign Film-- Son of Saul (always go with films about Nazis killing Jews)
Best Director-- Inarritu (who wins back to back - only two other directors ever did that)
Best Screenplay, Original-- Spotlight
Best Screenplay, Adapted-- The Big Short
Cinematography-- The Revenant (This is Emmanuel Lubezki's third win in a row. No one else ever did that).
Documentary-- Amy
Animated Feature-- Inside Out
Art Direction-- The Revenant Wrong It was Mad Max
Documentary Short-- Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah Wrong (always go with the victim rising above horrible mistreatment of women, the younger the better)
Sound Mixing-- The Revenant Wrong It was Mad Max
Sound Editing-- The Revenant Wrong It was Mad Max
(what, exactly, is the difference between sound mixing and editing?)
Original Song-- 'Til It Happens to You from The Hunting Grounds Wrong (always go with the James bond song).
Score-- The Hateful 8
Makeup-- Mad Max: Fury Road
Film Editing-- The Revenant (could be any of them) Wrong It was Mad Max
Visual Effects-- Mad Max: Fury Road (could be any of them) Wrong It was about the only time Mad Max did not win a technical. Ex Machina won, a film I sung the praises of.
Animated Short-- Bear Story (but it could be World of Tomorrow)
Live Short-- Shok (but it could be Stutterer) Wrong It was Stutterer.
Costume Design-- Mad Max: Fury Road


I was 14/24 and lost to my friend. Ouch. My daughter only won her party pool because she picked Spotlight instead of my choice. I think I underestimated the disinterest the ever growing number of women in Hollywood had to a pre-civil war trapper western. I still think it was a good choice.


Now for a quick comment on politics. If Rock is representative of African-American thinking then what whiney bitches they have become. Blaming racism is apparently a vital lie for that ilk.

Labels: Oscar Pick Results 2016

Have I mentioned, recently, that two years ago I went 22 right for 24 picks? No? Here are my 2016 picks:


The big nine:

Best Picture-- The Revenant
Best Leading Man-- Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Leading Lady-- Brie Larson (probably)
Best Supporting Actor-- Sylvester Stallone (could well be Mark Rylance)
Best Supporting Actress-- Alicia Vikander (should be Jennifer Jason Leigh) but this one is difficult
Best Foreign Film-- Son of Saul (always go with films about Nazis killing Jews)
Best Director-- Inaratu (director of The Revenant, however you spell his last name)
Best Screenplay, Original-- Spotlight (always go with films about the supposed horribleness of Catholics)
Best Screenplay, Adapted-- The Big Short


Easy calls:

Cinematography-- The Revenant
Documentary-- Amy
Animated Feature-- Inside Out
Art Direction-- The Revenant


Here are the not that easy rest:

Documentary Short-- Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah (but most people are backing Body Team 12)(always go with films about Nazis killing Jews)
Sound Mixing-- The Revenant
Sound Editing-- The Revenant (what, exactly, is the difference between sound mixing and editing?)
Original Song-- 'Til It Happens to You from The Hunting Grounds, which I hear is awful and mostly lies (some people picked the 50 Shades of Gray song)
Score-- The Hateful 8
Makeup-- Mad Max: Fury Road


Here are the next to impossible to call:
Film Editing-- The Revenant (could be any of them)
Visual Effects-- Mad Max: Fury Road (could be any of them)
Animated Short-- Bear Story (but it could be World of Tomorrow)
Live Short-- Shok (but it could be Stutterer)
Costume Design-- Mad Max: Fury Road (but it could be any of them)


I'm getting a little annoyed with the three short film categories. There once was a time that the movies in theaters had a cartoon, newsreel, and a short; and then the movie itself -- but that lineup is long gone. No one sees these shorts anymore and no one knows which one is going to win. It's getting more difficult for me to pretend that I have a clue about them because my picks are nearly always extremely wild ass guesses.

I'm not going to watch the show actually. It is becoming ever more tedious and I want to see what the zombie apocalypse survivors and the clever hedge fund billionaire are up to.
I never thought I'd say this, but I'm beginning to like TV more than the movies.

Labels: Oscar Picks 2016