Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Eimer's Oscar Results: 14 - 10

Well, the Oscars came and went. And I finished a poor 14-10. Just goes to show that you never know what's going to happen in the Super Bowl of Movies.

Here are the ones I lost (with the stupid movie that I picked):

Best picture - LOST! La La Land
Lead actor - LOST! Denzel Washington, “Fences”
Lead actress - LOST! Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
Supporting actor - LOST! Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”
Best documentary short subject - LOST! “Watani: My Homeland” 
Best live action short film - LOST! “Silent Nights"
Film editing - LOST! “La La Land” Tom Cross
Sound editing: LOST! - “Hacksaw Ridge"
Sound mixing: LOST! “La La Land”
Costume design - LOST! “Jackie,” Madeline Fontain

And here are the ones that I won! Yay me!
Supporting actress - WON! Viola Davis, “Fences”
Best director - WON! “La La Land,” Damien Chazelle
Animated feature - WON! “Zootopia” 
Animated short - WON! - “Piper” 
Adapted screenplay: - WON! “Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins
Original screenplay - WON! “Manchester by the Sea,” Kenneth Lonergan
Cinematography - WON! “La La Land,” Linus Sandgren
Best documentary feature - WON! “O.J.: Made in America.” 
Best foreign language film - WON! “The Salesman,” Iran
Production design WON! “La La Land”
Original score - WON! “La La Land,” Justin Hurwitz
Original song: - WON! “City of Stars,” “La La Land”
Makeup and hair - WON! “Suicide Squad,”
Visual effects - WON! - “The Jungle Book” 


Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Eimer's 2017 Academy Awards Picks


Personally, I liked La La Land. Liked. Liked. 

But, I'm not an idiot, either.

I've learned that you can hope for your favorite movie to win (ahem, Arrival), 
but it's probably not going to win - especially if you look at the awards that led 
up to this grand spectacle (i.e. Producers Guild, Screen Actor's Guild, Golden Globes, 
Director's Guild, etc.).

Considering all of those previous La La wins, I picked La La Land to win 8
Academy Awards this year. That said, here are my picks in this
better-late-than-never Oscars edition.

Let's see how I did on Monday! See you then. 

Best picture:
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Hell or High Water”
“Hidden Figures”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight"

Lead actor:
Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge”
Ryan Gosling, “La La Land,”
Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic”
Denzel Washington, “Fences”

Lead actress:
Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
Ruth Negga, “Loving”
Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
Emma Stone, “La La Land”
Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”

Supporting actor:
Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”
Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea”
Dev Patel, “Lion”
Michael Shannon, “Nocturnal Animals”

Supporting actress:
Viola Davis, “Fences”
Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”
Nicole Kidman, “Lion”
Octavia Spencer, “Hidden Figures”
Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”

Best director:
“La La Land,” Damien Chazelle
“Hacksaw Ridge,” Mel Gibson
“Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins
“Manchester by the Sea,” Kenneth Lonergan
“Arrival,” Denis Villeneuve

Animated feature:
“Kubo and the Two Strings,” Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner
“Moana,” John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer
“My Life as a Zucchini,” Claude Barras and Max Karli
“The Red Turtle,” Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki
“Zootopia” 

Animated short:
“Blind Vaysha,” Theodore Ushev
“Borrowed Time,” Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
“Pear Cider and Cigarettes,” Robert Valley and Cara Speller
“Pearl,” Patrick Osborne
“Piper” 

Adapted screenplay:
“Arrival,” Eric Heisserer
“Fences,” August Wilson
“Hidden Figures,” Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
“Lion,” Luke Davies
“Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins

Original screenplay:
“20th Century Women,” Mike Mills
“Hell or High Water,” Taylor Sheridan
“La La Land,” Damien Chazelle
“The Lobster,” Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
“Manchester by the Sea,” Kenneth Lonergan

Cinematography:
“Arrival,” Bradford Young
“La La Land,” Linus Sandgren
“Lion,” Greig Fraser
“Moonlight,” James Laxton
“Silence,” Rodrigo Prieto

Best documentary feature:
“13th,” Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish
“Fire at Sea,” Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo
“I Am Not Your Negro,” Raoul Peck, Remi Grellety and Hebert Peck
“Life, Animated,” Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman
“O.J.: Made in America.” 

Best documentary short subject:
“4.1 Miles,” Daphne Matziaraki
“Extremis,” Dan Krauss
“Joe’s Violin,” Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen
“Watani: My Homeland” 
“The White Helmets,” Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Best live action short film:
“Ennemis Interieurs,” Selim Azzazi
“La Femme et le TGV,” Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff
“Silent Nights"
“Sing,” Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy
“Timecode,” Juanjo Gimenez

Best foreign language film:
“A Man Called Ove,” Sweden
“Land of Mine,” Denmark
“Tanna,” Australia
“The Salesman,” Iran
“Toni Erdmann,” Germany

Film editing:
“Arrival,” Joe Walker
“Hacksaw Ridge,” John Gilbert
“Hell or High Water,” Jake Roberts
“La La Land” Tom Cross
“Moonlight,” Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon

Sound editing:
“Arrival,” Sylvain Bellemare
“Deep Water Horizon,” Wylie Stateman and Renee Tondelli
“Hacksaw Ridge"
“La La Land” 
“Sully,” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Sound mixing:
“Arrival,” Bernard Gariepy Strobl and Claude La Haye
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“La La Land”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,”
“13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,”

Production design:
“Arrival,” Patrice Vermette, Paul Hott
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock
“Hail, Caesar!,” Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
“La La Land”
“Passengers,” Guy Hendrix Dyas, Gene Serdena

Original score:
“Jackie,” Mica Levi
“La La Land,” Justin Hurwitz
“Lion,” Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
“Moonlight,” Nicholas Britell
“Passengers,” Thomas Newman

Original song:
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” “La La Land” — Music by Justin Hurwitz; 
“Can’t Stop the Feeling,” “Trolls” — Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake
“City of Stars,” “La La Land”
“The Empty Chair,” “Jim: The James Foley Story” 
“How Far I’ll Go,” “Moana” 

Makeup and hair:
“A Man Called Ove,” Eva von Bahr and Love Larson
“Star Trek Beyond,” Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo
“Suicide Squad,”

Costume design:
“Allied,” Joanna Johnston
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Colleen Atwood
“Florence Foster Jenkins,” Consolata Boyle
“Jackie,” Madeline Fontaine
“La La Land,” Mary Zophres

Visual effects:
“Deepwater Horizon,” 
“Doctor Strange,” 
“The Jungle Book” 
“Kubo and the Two Strings,” 
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