The Oscars
Probably the most boring award show you can get, but somehow manages to be the most watched. Who the fuck is actually in the Academy anyway? Wiki says: The Academy is composed of almost 6,000 motion picture professionals.
But really, is it anyone we can actually trust? How many movies have they actually watched? What’s the average age? The average demographic? Do they even lift? No one really even knows.
Anyways, people always get themselves up in a tizzy over this, so lets look at the main categories and analyze them for some reason.
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Who will win: The Revenant will most likely win, because it’s supposed to be pretty good and I think the Academy really appreciates how hard it was to film in natural lighting. Also, the movie involves a lot of indigenous people participation and Hollywood always likes to congratulate itself whenever they have films with minorities.
Who should win: Furious 7. Any movie that has a car jumping out of one skyscraper into another deserves an award.
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Who will win: Leonardo Dicaprio. Every year feels like the year he will win, but I suspect this is the year Leo finally goes up and gets that standing ovation he so deserves, or something like that.
Who should win: Vin Diesel. C’mon man, the dude had to act in a movie after his bff died in a horrendous fiery car crash. He had to act doing the same thing Paul Walker was doing when he died. That is some tough shit.
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Who will win: Jennifer Lawrence. Because she gives the best speeches and since no one saw Joy, we can’t really tell if she was good or bad in it.
Who should win: Michelle Rodriguez. Acting as a character who has amnesia is hard enough. Michelle had to act as a character with amnesia who also came back from the dead and also falls in love with Vin Diesel twice despite not really understanding what he is saying half the time. That’s hard. She also had to play fight with Ronda Rousey and not get broken in half. I don’t think any of the other actresses in this movie could have pulled this one off.
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Who will win: Sylvester Stallone. Hollywood is about redemption. Stallone will win based on that alone.
Who Should win: The Rock. This deserves an Oscar:
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Who will win: Kate Winslet. It’s like Titanic all over again.
Who should win: Jordanna Brewster. How did she hold it together for those scenes?
Jordana Brewster (Mia) had to shoot her scenes at the very end of filming because of her lead role on the since-canceled Dallas (2012) television reboot. She has stated that it was immensely difficult, given that most of her scenes were with her onscreen husband Brian, and by the time her scenes were filmed, Paul Walker had already died, requiring her to perform scenes with either one of Paul’s two brothers acting as his body double or with him inserted via computer graphics or footage from an earlier film.
What do you think? Agree? disagree?
