The Awards Season Round-Up 2016

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Welcome to the last (finally) post dedicated to the awards’ season. This time, I won’t be reviewing any nominated motion pictures (I have done that already), but I  will tell you my own personal winners and will list all the others films in a very subjective order in each category. I am listing all the films because it was very hard for me to pick a definite number 1 spot. In addition, a lot of these films would have probably made my Best movies of 2015 list if I had seen them before January 1st, so I feel the need to at least mention them here.

Now, my categories won’t have a definite number of spaces in them. I have actually picked 20 films in total that have been nominated for either a Golden Globe, a SAG, a BAFTA, an Oscar or for all 4.  Also, I will be joining adapted and original screenplay categories into one. The distinction between lead and supporting roles will also be treated subjectively and not necessarily the way that the studios wanted. At the end of each category, I will also give my more objective prediction of who will probably take home the Academy Award.

P.S. The reviews of all these movies are linked to the names of the films only once – in the first category because it just seemed irrational to link you to a single post 5 or 6 times.

Best Picture

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. The Revenant
3. The Martian
4. Spotlight
5. Creed
6. The Big Short
7. The Hateful Eight
8. Steve Jobs
9. Room
10. The Danish Girl
11. Bridge of Spies
12. Brooklyn
13. Ex-Machina
14. Concussion
15. Joy
16. Straight Outta Compton
17. Trumbo
18. Beasts of No Nation
19. Carol
20. 45 Years

Prediction: As much as I would love for Mad Max to get the win, it seems very unlikely that this will happen. Although, with all the backlash against the Oscars online, the Academy might want to calm the fanboys/fangirls down by giving the award to the fan favorite. If they do decide to go the traditional route, The Revenant will probably be their top pick.

Best Directing

1. Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller
2. The Revenant – Alejandro González Iñárritu
3. The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino 
4. Room –  Lenny Abrahamson
5. The Big Short – Adam McKay
6. Creed – Ryan Coogler 
7. Beasts of No Nation – Cary Joji Fukunaga
8. Bridge of Spies – Steven Spielberg 
9. Straight Outta Compton – F. Gary Gray
10. The Martian – Ridley Scott
11. Steve Jobs – Danny Boyle
12. Ex-Machina – Alex Garland
13. Spotlight – Tom McCarthy
14. Concussion –  Peter Landesman
15. The Danish Girl – Tom Hooper
16. Brooklyn – John Crowley
17. Trumbo – Jay Roach
18. Joy – David O. Russell
19. Carol – Todd Haynes
20. 45 Years – Andrew Haigh

Prediction: Again, I would love for George Miller to take the award home, but I kinda think that Iñárritu will get his second win in the row. I would be willing to let Iñárritu win if Mad Max gets the Best Picture statue.

Best Writing

1. Spotlight – Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer
2. The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino
3. Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin
4. The Martian – Drew Goddard
5. Creed – Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington
6. The Big Short – Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
7. The Revenant – Mark L. Smith, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
8. Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathouris
9. Bridge of Spies – Matt Charman, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
10. Straight Outta Compton – Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff
11. Ex-Machina – Alex Garland
12. The Danish Girl – Lucinda Coxon
13. Room – Emma Donoghue
14. Trumbo – John McNamara
15. Concussion – Peter Landesman
16. Joy – David O. Russell
17. 45 Years – Andrew Haigh
18. Beasts of No Nation – Cary Joji Fukunaga
19. Brooklyn – Nick Hornby
20. Carol – Phyllis Nagy

Prediction: this is the hardest category to predict. My best bet is that the original screenplay statue will be awarded to Spotlight, while the adapted one – to The Big Short.

Best Male Performance in a Leading Role:

1. Leonardo Dicaprio for The Revenant
2. Eddie Redmayne for The Danish Girl
3. Tom Hardy for The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Matt Damon for The Martian
5. Jacob Tremblay for Room
6. Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs
7. Samuel L. Jackson for The Hateful Eight
8. Michael B.Jordan for Creed
9. Will Smith for  Concussion
10. Bryan Cranston for Trumbo
11. Tom Hanks for Bridge of Spies
12. Christian Bale for The Big Short
13. Mark Ruffalo for Spotlight
14. Domhnall Gleeson for Ex Machina
15. Abraham Attah for Beasts of No Nation
16. O’Shea Jakcson Jr. for Straight Outta Compton
17. Tom Courtenay for 45 Years

Prediction: this is one of the few categories where my objective and subjective side think the same thing. If Leo does not win this year, he should just stop trying altogether.

Best Female Performance in a Leading Role:

1. Brie Larson for Room
2. Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl and Ex-Machina
3. Charlize Theron for Mad Max Fury Road
4. Rooney Mara for Carol
5. Jennifer Lawrence for Joy
6. Rachel McAdams for Spotlight
7. Cate Blanchett for Carol
8. Saoirse Ronan for Brooklyn
9. Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years

Prediction: once again, I both objectively and subjectively think that Brie Larson should get the Oscar, although, I would be pleasantly surprised if Vikander gets the win. On a side note, the saddest part about this category is that out of the 20 films, I could only find 9 actresses in  leading(-ish) roles, while there 17 male leading roles.

Best Male Performance in a Supporting Role:

1. Ryan Gosling for The Big Short
2. Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies
3. Sylvester Stallone for Creed
4. Nicholas Hoult for Mad Max Fury Road
5. Domhnall Gleeson for The Revenant
6. Bradley Cooper for Joy
7. Idris Elba for Beasts of No Nation
8. Oscar Isaac for Ex-Machina
9. Matthias Schoenaerts for The Danish Girl
10. Walton Goggins for The Hateful Eight
11. Michael Keaton for Spotlight
12. Alec Baldwin for Concussion
13. Corey Hawkins for Straight Outta Compton

Prediction: while I would like Gosling to win, I think that the award will go to either Mark Rylance or Sylvester Stallone. I wouldn’t be sad in either case.

Best Female Performance in a Supporting Role

1. Kate Winslet for Steve Jobs
2. Jennifer Jason Leight for The Hateful Eight
3. Jessica Chastain for The Martian
4. Tessa Thompson for Creed
5. Amber Heard for The Danish Girl
6. Gugu Mbatha-Raw for Concussion
7. Diane Lane for Trumbo

Prediction: I would like the win to go to Kate Winslet, but the actual award will probably find itself in the hands of Jennifer Jason Leight. On a side note, this was probably the hardest category to fill, because I put a lot of actresses in the leading role category, while the Academy and the studios said that they were playing supporting roles.

I really hope that you enjoyed this post because I worked really hard on it. I felt the most challenged not when I was compiling the actual final lists, but while I was watching and reviewing all the films. Tell me in the comments your personal winners! Bye!!