David's Oscar Predictions 2019

Hello everyone and welcome to the Academy Award predictions here at DoubleFeaturePreachers.com! There’s a lot of people that have already done their predictions (Shannon included) but as usual, I’m slacking. However, I wanted to ensure I put a lot of thought into the predictions, and so even though I’m down to the wire, I feel good about my predictions. I’m not wasting any time here, let’s get right to the big one!

Best Picture:
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Green Book
Vice
A Star is Born
Roma
 
This is an extremely varied Best Picture race, and let’s year’s winner The Shape of Water makes it a bit harder because the Academy awarded something that I didn’t think they would award. So that opens it up a bit for something like Blackkklansman and Black Panther, but I think the usual ones are going to come forward. I think Roma has an EXCELLENT shot to win; however, I’m thinking that it will pull Best Foreign Language film and so I think it’s going to get hit for the top honor. There are a few I don’t think stand a chance, but I’m not going to detract them.
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David’s wish: A Star is Born. It hit me super hard and I couldn’t get over it. I’d also totally be alright with The Favourite winning.
David’s Prediction: Green Book

​Best Actor:
Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born)
Willem Dafoe (At Eternity's Gate)
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Christian Bale (Vice)
 
I think there are only two horses in this race – Malek and Bale. This is unfortunate, because a lot of these performances are very good – with Mortensen probably being the weakest despite a terrific turn as Tony Lip. I’m going to go with:

David’s Wish: Bradley Cooper – again, I’m just struck by this movie, and it would have been nothing without him as Jackson Maine.
David’s Prediction: Rami Malek
 
Best Actress:
Lady Gaga (A Star is Born)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)
Glenn Close (The Wife)
 
This race is one of the toughest of the night. I think there are plenty of reasons you could give the edge to any of them – Gaga has a dynamite performance as Ally, McCarthy is going against type, etc. But all in all, I think it’s going to come down to Close and Colman. And the winner is:
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David’s Wish: Olivia Colman
David’s Prediction: Olivia Colman

Best Supporting Actor:
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Sam Rockwell (Vice)
Sam Elliot (A Star is Born)
Richard E Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
 
Probably the weakest category for me – I’m going totally all in on Richard E. Grant’s Cinderella story with this one.

David’s Wish: Richard E. Grant
David’s Prediction: Richard E. Grant
 
Best Supporting Actress:
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Marina de Tavira (Roma)
Amy Adams (Vice)
 
This for me is where I ended up being the most conflicted: my heart tells me Rachel Weisz, because she seals The Favourite – but my head is telling me that Regina King just has too much momentum. And the winner is:

David’s Wish: Rachel Weisz
David’s Prediction: Regina King

Here are some random predictions below as well – note that this is purely predictions based on heresay and knowledge of the industry since I haven’t seen every film, not necessarily entirely based on my own thoughts on films:

Best Costume Design
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice

Best Documentary Feature
Free Solo
Hale County This Morning This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG

Best Documentary Short
Black Sheep
End Game
Life Boat
A Night at the Garden
Period. End of Sentence.

Sound Editing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma

Sound Mixing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma
A Star is Born

​Best Foreign Language Film
Capernaum, Lebanon
Cold Wart Poland
Never Look Away, Germany
Roma, Mexico
Shoplifters, Japan

Best Animated Short
Animal Behaviour
Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends

Best Animated Feature 
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse

Live Action Short
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin

Production Design
Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma

Cinematography
Cold War
The Favourite
Never Look Away
Roma
A Star is Born

​Best Original Score
Black Panther
BlackkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns

Best Original Song
All the Stars, Black Panther
I’ll Fight, RBG
The Place Where Lost things Go, Mary Poppins Returns
Shallow, A Star is Born
When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Best Original Screenplay
The Favourite
First Reformed
Green Book
Roma
Vice

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
BlackKKlansman
Can you ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star is Born

Guess that’s it for this year! I hope you enjoy the ceremony with ALL 24 AWARDS!!! Check out some of the coverage on Twitter and see you next posts!
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