2017 Oscar Nominee Predictions

Here we are once again. Trying to predict the ever surprising Oscar nominations. It's always a case of who got snubbed and who shouldn't have been nominated. This year will probably be no exception but just for here are my predictions... (even though I haven't seen all the films that are favorites to do well)

The films are ranked in likelihood of being nominated.

Best Picture (8/9)

1. La La Land

2. Manchester by the Sea

3. Arrival

4. Moonlight

5. Hell or High Water

6. Lion

7. Fences

8. Silence

9. Hacksaw Ridge

10. Jackie

I didn't guess: Hidden Figures

Because 9 nominees were picked instead of the max 10 I got 8/9

Best Director (4/5)

1. Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

2. Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

3. Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

4. Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)

5. Garth Davis (Lion)

I didn't guess: Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)

Best Actress (4/5)

1. Emma Stone (La La Land)

2. Natalie Portman (Jackie)

3. Amy Adams (Arrival)

4. Isabelle Huppert (Elle)

5. Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)

I didn't guess: Ruth Negga (Loving)

Best Actor (5/5)

1. Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

2. Ryan Gosling (La La Land)

3. Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)

4. Denzel Washington (Fences)

5. Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)

I didn't guess: all correct

Best Supporting Actress (4/5)

1. Viola Davis (Fences)

2. Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

3. Narmie Harris (Moonlight)

4. Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)

5. Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women)

I didn't guess: Nichole Kidman (Lion)

Best Supporting Actor (4/5)

1. Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

2. Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)

3. Dev Patel (Lion)

4. Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)

5. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals)

I didn't guess: Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals),

at least I picked the right film

Best Original Screenplay (4/5)

1. Manchester by the Sea

2. La La Land

3. Hell or High Water

4. The Lobster

5. Jackie

I didn't guess: 20th Century Women

(I picked the wrong film about women)

Best Adapted Screenplay (5/5)

1. Moonlight

2. Arrival

3. Fences

4. Lion

5. Hidden Figures

I didn't guess: all correct

Best Cinematography (4/5)

1. La La Land

2. Moonlight

3. Arrival

4. Silence

5. Jackie

I didn't guess: Lion

Best Costume Design (4/5)

1. Jackie

2. La La Land

3. Florence Foster Jenkins

4. Silence

5. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

I didn't guess: Arrival

Best Film Editing (4/5)

1. La La Land

2. Moonlight

3. Arrival

4. Hacksaw Ridge

5. Silence

I didn't guess: Hell or High Water

Best Makeup and Hair (1/3)

1. Florence Foster Jenkins

2. Deapool

3. A Man Called Ove

I didn't guess: Star Trek Beyond, Suicide Squad

Best Production Design (3/5)

1. La La Land

2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

3. Jackie

4. Arrival

5. Silence

I didn't guess: Hail Caesar!, Passengers

Best Original Score (3/5)

1. La La Land

2. Moonlight

3. Jackie

4. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

5. Nocturnal Animals

I didn't guess: Passengers, Lion

Best Original Song (4/5)

1. 'City of Star' (La La Land)

2. 'Audition (The Fools Who Dream)' (La La Land)

3. 'How Far I'll Go' (Moana)

4. 'Can't Stop the Feeling' (Trolls)

5. 'Try Everything' (Zootopia)

I didn't guess: The Empty Chair (Jim: The James Foley Story)

Best Sound Editing (3/5)

1. Hacksaw Ridge

2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

3. Arrival

4. The Jungle Book

5. La La Land

I didn't guess: Sully, Deepwater Horizon

Best Sound Mix (4/5)

1. La La Land

2. Hacksaw Ridge

3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

4. Arrival

5. The Jungle Book

I didn't guess: 13 Hours

Best Visual Effects (3/5)

1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2. The Jungle Book

3. Arrival

4. Doctor Strange

5. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

I didn't guess: Kubo and the Two Strings, Deepwater Horizon

Best Animated Film (5/5)

1. Zootopia

2. Kubo and the Two Strings

3. Moana

4. The Red Turtle

5. My Life as a Zucchini

I didn't guess: all correct

Best Documentary Film (3/5)

1. O.J.: Made in America

2. 13th

3. I Am Not Your Negro

4. Cameraperson

5. Weiner

I didn't guess: Fire at Sea, Life Animated

Best Foreign Film (4/5)

1. Toni Erdmann

2. The Salesman

3. A Man Called Ove

4. My Life as a Zucchini

5. Land of Mine

I didn't guess: Tanna

OVERALL

• 24/107 of my predictions were wrong.

• La La Land deserved every nomination.

• Three nominations wasn't enough for Jackie.

• Australia for Best Foreign Film? I've known about Tanna for a while but never did I think it would get an Oscar nomination.

• Interesting pick to represent Nocturnal Animals.

• Really Nicole Kidman? She wasn't that good. There I said it!

• Back in May 'Loving' was the favorite for almost every award but it only got the one nomination.

• I'm so glad that Elle go the recognition the movie deserved since it didn't get recognised by the Foreign Oscar category.

• Suicide Squad of getting a nomination is the equilvalent of 'Fifty Shades of Grey' getting one two years ago.

• The Lobster's nomination is most welcome

• 5/20 acting nominees are black, only one is not in English

• No production awards for The Handmaiden is a disappointment from the Academy as they could've started to recognise how great Korean cinema is the moment

• I'm glad Fire at Sea did end up getting a nomination

• Three of the docos are about African Americans, another is about the migrant crisis. It looks like the doco makers care more about the social issues of the time than everyone else.

• A animated film getting a nomination for best VFX? Well it happened with Kubo.

Anyways those are some of my thoughts, what did you think? Was anything left out or shouldn't be here?