Preface

• You guys know how much I love the Oscars.
  • The answer, if you’re new to this site, is a lot.
• Even though we get mad every year about all the snubs (Lego Movie, Jake Gyllenhaal, Gone Girl), it’s the one day of the year where everyone really cares about and loves movies as much as I do all the time.
  • Makes the world a better place…
• So here are my final predictions for who will win at the big ceremony tonight!
  • I’ve talked about a lot of these in depth before (I’ll link my reviews for each) so I won’t waste wordcounts with a huge amount of explanation.
    • I’ll keep it simple with the nominees list, followed by Will Win and Could Win.
      • Though the whole Could Win thing feels like a bit of a cheat at times, I do feel more confident with all my picks if I have it in ‘second place’.
    • Alrighty, let’s start it up!

Best Visual Effects

• My favorite category cuz these were all excellent films in effects and overall quality, and all these could have gotten Best Picture nominees at the My Movie Thoughts Oscars.

• Interstellar
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Captain America: Winter Soldier
• X-Men: Days of Future Past

Will Win: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Could Win: Interstellar

 

Best Costume Design

• Into the Woods
• Maleficent
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Mr. Turner
• Inherent Vice

Will Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Could Win: Into the Woods

 

Best Makeup and Hair Styling

• Foxcatcher
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Guardians of the Galaxy

Will Win: Foxcatcher

Could Win: Guardians of the Galaxy

(Sorry Grand Budapest, you got beat Birdman at the Globes)

 

Best Original Song

• “Glory” from Selma
• “Everything is Awesome” from the Lego Movie
• “Lost Stars” from Begin Again
• “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
• “Grateful” from Beyond the Lights

Will Win: “Glory” from Selma

Could Win: “Everything is Awesome” from the Lego Movie

 

Best Original Score

• Interstellar
• The Imitation Game
• The Theory of Everything
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Mr. Turner

Will Win: The Theory of Everything

Could Win: The Imitation Game

 

Best Production Design

• Into the Woods
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Interstellar
• The Imitation Game
• Mr. Turner

Will Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Could Win: Into the Woods

 

Best Sound Mixing

• Interstellar
• Whiplash
• Birdman
• American Sniper
• Unbroken

Will Win: American Sniper

Could Win: Whiplash

 

Best Sound Editing

• Interstellar
• Unbroken
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• American Sniper
• Birdman

Will Win: American Sniper

Could Win: Birdman

 

Best Film Editing

• American Sniper
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Whiplash

(I just realized a couple days ago that Birdman wasn’t nominated here. Like, what!??)

Will Win: Boyhood

Could Win: American Sniper

 

Best Cinematography

• Birdman
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Ida
• Mr. Turner
• Unbroken

Will Win: Birdman

Could Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel

 

Best Animated Feature Film

• Big Hero 6
• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• The Boxtrolls
• Song of the Sea
• The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Will Win: Big Hero 6

Could Win: How to Train Your Dragon 2

Should Win: The Lego Movie

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

• American Sniper
• The Imitation Game
• Inherent Vice
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash

Will Win: The Imitation Game

Could Win: Whiplash

 

Best Original Screenplay

• Birdman
• Boyhood
• Foxcatcher
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Nightcrawler

Will Win: Birdman

Could Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel

 

Best Supporting Actress

• Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
• Emma Stone – Birdman
• Laura Dern – Wild
• Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
• Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game

Will Win: Patricia Arquette – Boyhood

Could Win: Emma Stone – Birdman

 

Best Supporting Actor

• J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
• Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
• Edward Norton – Birdman
• Robert Duvall – The Judge
• Ethan Hawke – Boyhood

Will Win: J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Could Win: J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

(Norton was great, but he came in on the wrong year. This is Simmons’s to lose.)

 

Best Lead Actress

• Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
• Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
• Julianne Moore – Still Alice
• Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
• Reese Witherspoon – Wild

Will Win: Julianne Moore – Still Alice

Could Win: Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl

 

Best Lead Actor

• Michael Keaton – Birdman
• Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
• Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
• Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
• Steve Carell – Foxcatcher

Will Win: Michael Keaton – Birdman

Could Win: Eddie Redmayne – Jupiter Ascending

(I listed that category in order of who’s most likely to win.)

 

Best Director

• Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman
• Richard Linklater – Boyhood
• Morton Tyldum – The Imitation Game
• Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher

Will Win: Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Could Win: Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman

 

Best Picture

• American Sniper
• Birdman
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Selma
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash

Will Win: Birdman

Could Win: Boyhood OR Whiplash

(I’ve said from the start I think Birdman will take Best Picture over Boyhood, but recently I’ve started to think Whiplash still has an outside kinda-maybe-possibly shot at it. Hey, maybe The Imitation Game will come around and surprise us too.  We’ll have to wait and see!)

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So guys, those are my thoughts on who will win (and who could win) this year’s Academy Awards! Who do you think will take home the gold? Let me know in the comments down below, and as always, thanks for reading guys.