^I've heard that from others as well. That's a bit disappointing but I'm going to keep an open mind going into it. I should get around to it, soon. Right now I'm busy watching Bodyguard on stuffy's recommendation, lol. I'm really liking it so far.
Drumroll please! Here are my Oscar nominations PREDICTIONS. (By the way they're tomorrow morning, y'all.)
Actual nominees in red.
Best Picture
1.Roma
2.A Star is Born
3.BlacKkKlansman
4.Green Book
5.The Favourite
6.Vice
7.Black Panther
8.Bohemian Rhapsody
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9.If Beale Street Could Talk
10.Cold War
Best Director
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay, Vice
Alt: Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War
Best Actor
Christian Bale, Vice
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman
Alt: Ryan Gosling, First Man
(Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate)
Best Actress
Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Glenn Close, The Wife
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Lady Gaga, A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me
Alt: Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me
Sam Rockwell, Vice
Alt: Sam Elliot, A Star is Born
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Alt: Margot Robbie, Mary, Queen of Scots
(2nd Alt: Linda Cardellini, Green Book [Mostly for Hannah])
(Marina de Tavira, Roma)
Best Original Screenplay
The Death of Stalin
Eighth Grade
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
Alt: Cold War
(First Remormed)
(Vice - lmao how did I forget this one?)
Best Adapted Screenplay
BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
A Star is Born
Alt: Black Panther
(The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
Best Animated Film
The Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Alt: Early Man
Best Documentary Film
Free Solo
Minding the Gap
RBG
Three Identical Strangers
Won't You Be My Neighbor
Alt: Shirkers
(Hale County This Morning, This Evening)
(Of Fathers and Sons)
Best Foreign Language Film
Capernaum (Lebanon)
Cold War (Poland)
The Guilty (Denmark)
Roma (Mexico)
Shoplifters (Japan)
Alt: Burning (South Korea)
(Never Look Away [Germany])
Best Original Score
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mary Poppins Returns
Alt: A Quiet Place
(BlacKkKlansman)
(Isle of Dogs)
Best Original Song
"All the Stars" from Black Panther
"The Place Where Lost Things Go" from Mary Poppins Returns
"Shallow" from A Star is Born
"Suspirium" from Suspiria
"Trip a Little Light Fantastic" from Mary Poppins Returns
Alt: "Girl in the Movies" from Dumplin'
("I'll Fight" from RBG)
("When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
Best Production Design
Black Panther
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
Alt: First Man
Best Cinematography
Cold War
The Favourite
First Man
Roma
A Star is Born
Alt: If Beale Street Could Talk
(Never Look Away - wtf?)
Best Sound Editing
First Man
Mission Impossible: Fallout
A Quiet Place
Ready Player One
Roma
Alt: Black Panther
(Bohemian Rhapsody)
Best Sound Mixing
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma
A Star is Born
Alt: Black Panther
Best Costume Design
Black Panther
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary, Queen of Scots
Alt: Bohemian Rhapsody
(The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Bohemian Rhapsody
Border
Vice
Alt: Mary, Queen of Scots
Best Film Editing
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice
Alt: BlacKkKlansman
(The Favourite)
(Green Book) - How did Roma miss here?
Best Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
First Man
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Alt: Welcome to Marwen
(Christopher Robin)
Either I'm not paying as close attention as I have in the past, or this year is harder to predict than previous years, lol.
Meh, lol.