{"id":15616,"date":"2016-02-24T11:24:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T17:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=15616"},"modified":"2016-02-24T11:24:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T17:24:01","slug":"the-revenant-the-big-short-spotlight-aretop-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=15616","title":{"rendered":"The Revenant, The Big Short, Spotlight aretop films"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oscar Predictions for 2016<\/em><\/h1>\n


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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 by Sandra Olmsted<\/strong><\/p>\n

The big night, the Academy Awards Ceremony, is just days away, and it\u2019s time for me to go out on the proverbial limb and make my predictions. The big question is \u201cHow or will the Academy members\u2019 voting be influenced by the controversy regarding its lack of diversity?\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Actor and Actress<\/strong> in a lead role: Although Bryan Cranston (Trumbo) does a marvelous job of channeling a real person from Hollywood history and could be a dark horse to win, I think Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) has a lock on the win. Brie Larson (Room) seems the odds on favorite, while Cate Blanchett delivered powerful performances in Carol and Truth but probably won\u2019t grab the win.<\/p>\n

For the supporting performers, I think Sylvester Stallone (Creed) will probably win but part of me wants Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies), also an industry veteran, to snag the gold. Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) seem poised to get the Oscar; however, my heart wants Rooney Mara (Carol) to get the nod for her growing and diverse body of work. A split between Mara and Vikander might let The Hateful Eight\u2019s Jennifer Jason Leigh or even Steve Jobs\u2019 Kate Winslet win.<\/p>\n

Best Screenplay:<\/strong> Adapted: Charles Randolph and Adam McKay for The Big Short and its innovative storytelling. Original: Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy for Spotlight. Cinematography: Hand s down — Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant). Costume Design: Sandy Powell\u2019s capturing the era in Carol over Jenny Beavan\u2019s inventiveness for Mad Max: Fury Road. Film Editing: Margaret Sixel, Mad Max: Fury Road. Makeup and Hair Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin, Elka Wardega for Mad Max: Fury Road. Original Score: Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight. Original Song: \u201cTil It Happens To You\u201d from The Hunting Ground. Production Design: Mad Max: Fury Road (Colin Gibson; Katie Sharrock, Lisa Thompson) wins over dark horse The Danish Girl (Eve Stewart, production design; Michael Standish, set decoration). Sound Mixing and Sound Editing both go to The Revenant teams.<\/p>\n

Visual effects: the Mad Max: Fury Road team.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 SHORTS:<\/strong> Animated \u201cBear Story (Historia de un Oso)\u201d by Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala wins but \u201cSanjay’s Super Team\u201d is heartwarming and \u201cWorld of Tomorrow\u201d is stark and thought provoking. Documentary \u201cA Girl in the River: The price of forgiveness\u201d by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.<\/p>\n

Animated Feature: Inside Out (Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera). Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul (Hungary; L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes). Documentary Feature\u201d Netflix\u2019s What Happened, Miss Simone? is surging past Amy and Cartel Land, also a Netflix original<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Best Director:<\/strong> I think a split between George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road and Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu for The Revenant means that Tom McCarthy for Spotlight or Ridley Scott for The Martian stand chance. I\u2019m going with McCarthy for his subtle handling of nuanced balance between faith and organized religion.<\/p>\n

Best Picture,<\/strong> the race is down to The Big Short and The Revenant and I think the hype around The Revenant has died down, and The Big Short, because of it\u2019s innovative storytelling, will win. That said, I have to say that Spotlight is a much better film, so remember, predicting the Oscar isn\u2019t about personal favorites, it\u2019s about how the Academy will vote.<\/p>\n


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