That time I Lost My Oscar Pool

The Oscars are the Superbowl of events at our workplace. My colleagues and I have seen every single movie, have quoted Whiplash one to many times and have gotten into critical debates about American Sniper. So the time came around to predict the nominees on paper in every single category and here I am hoping my predictions for costume or for set design would not hurt my overall score. The morning came of the live televised nominations - and you know that they are live because no one has had their coffee yet and Dick Pope's name get's mispronounced. Our bookie for the event has been sick and we just got back our results  of the first round of nominations last week. Normally I am in the top five rank, but this year I am close to dead last, in sixth place, and the category that I excelled the most was in Best Makeup. With all of this said maybe my predictions will be wrong, but I still have some confidence in me to give my Oscar predictions and the Academy's predictions. 

 

The Academy Awards: Boyhood is the best slice of apple pie that everyone will talk you off about, and for good reason. If it gets the presidents seal of approval it is possibly already deemed an Oscar worthy winner for best picture. 

Remi Awards: Birdman. Sure it's not accessible in the means of a comprehensive film. If Boyhood shows the heart in film making, Birdman shows a prestigious achievement in great film making. 

 

The Academy Awards: Richard Linklator or Alejandro González Iñárritu have shown their love for the craft of film making. I feel that it's going to be be between the both of them , and it's probably going to go to Linklater for his 12 years of dedication to filmmaking. 

Remi Awards: Seriously Academy. No love for the great first time directors of this year Ava DuVernay (Selma) and Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler), or ever Damien Chazelle (Whiplash). Bennet Miller (Foxcatcher) is my Wildcard Pick. 

 

The Academy Awards: What's that your girl Meryl Streep is not nominated. I am in schock. Well it's about time that Julianne Moore gets some recognition, because she gave one of the best performances of the year in Still Alice and deserves this long over due award. 

Remi Awards: Wild card pick newcomer Rosamund Pike as "Amazing" Amy Dunne. 

 

The Academy Awards: This is probably going to Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything. 

Remi Awards: When I think of Actors that were immersed in their character this year I think of Jake Gyllenhall (Nightcrawler) or David Oyelowo (Selma) who did not receive nominations. That leaves me with my wild card pick of Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game.

 

The Academy Awards: Ida or Leviathan 

Remi Awards: With Xavier Dolan getting snubbed twice for his film Mommy, I can not predict this category. I have to make a point to see Ida and Leviathan, as I have heard nothing but good things. 

 

The Academy Awards: JK Simmons

Remi Awards: JK Simmons 

 

The Academy: Meryl Streep can step out of the spotlight for this award show. Patricia Arquette 

Remi Awards: Patricia Arquette 

 

The Academy Awards: How To Train Your Dragon 2. 

Remi Awards: Wild Card Pick Big Hero 6

 

The Academy Awards: 'Glory' (Selma)

Remi Awards: Wild Card Pick' Lost Stars' (Begin Again)

 

The Academy Awards: Birdman 

Remi Awards: Birdman 

 

The Academy Awards:  Owes Dick Pope an apology.  Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman 

Remi Awards: Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman

 

The Academy Awards: Graham Moore for The Imitation Game

Remi Awards: Wild Card Damien Chazelle for Whiplash 

 

The Academy Awards: Johann Johannsson for The Theory of Everything 

Remi Awards: Alexandre Desplat for The Grand Budapest Hotel

 

The Academy Awards: Interstellar 

Remi Awards: Wild Card Guardians of the Galaxy 

 

The Academy Awards:  The Grand Budapest Hotel (2 Nominations)

Remi Awards: The Grand Budapest Hotel 

 

The Academy Awards: The Grand Budapest Hotel 

Remi Awards: The Grand Budapest Hotel

 

The Academy Awards: Birdman 

Remi Awards: Birdman 

 

The Academy Awards: Boyhood 

Remi Awards: Whiplash