The Oscars 2017 - DFP Predictions - DoubleFeaturePreachers

The Oscars 2017 - DFP Predictions

2/24/2017

Shannon: I must say, this past month has been somewhat stressful trying to fit all these Oscar Nominated movies in such a short amount of time. But that doesn’t take away from the fact that it was still fun and I hope that you all had as much fun as we did. Some movies were great and some were not so great (in my opinion anyway), but regardless of my or David’s feelings on these films, there is no debating that these films deserve every nomination that they are given. First, we will give you a recap of the films watched over the past few weeks, our ratings, and for what awards they were nominated. Then, we will give you both our predictions for the Oscar winners and who we would choose to win.

Best Picture Nominations

La La Land
Arrival
Lion
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
Moonlight
Hacksaw Ridge
Manchester by the Sea
Fences

Best Actor Nominations

Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)
Ryan Gosling (La La Land)
Denzel Washington (Fences)
Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)

Best Actress Nominations

Emma Stone (La La Land)
Isabelle Huppert (Elle)
Ruth Negga (Loving)
Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)
Natalie Portman (Jackie)

Best Supporting Actor Nominations

Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)
Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)
Dev Patel (Lion)
Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Supporting Actress Nominations

Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)
Viola Davis (Fences)
Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
Nicole Kidman (Lion)

Best Director Nominations

Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)
Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Movie Title

La La Land

Arrival

Lion

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

Moonlight

Hacksaw Ridge

Manchester by the...

Fences

Captain Fantastic

Elle

Loving

Florence Foster...

Jackie

Nocturnal Animals

David's Rating

A+

A-

B+

A+

Shannon's Rating

okay

okay

David's Picks and Predictions

Best Picture - I’m going to say that the Best Picture will go to La La Land, and that would be my pick as well. In a year that is filled with outstanding choices from all over the genre map (okay, most of them are dramas, but still very different films), I think it’s going to be easy for the Academy to choose a throwback movie that is essentially about themselves. I think La La Land was one up at the top of my favorite films, and despite the fact I had a lot of love for Manchester By the Sea and Arrival, I think the overall musical nature of La La brings it to the top.

Best Actor - Yikes, this is a toughy, and overall I think it’ll probably come down to two people. Yes, I know Andrew Garfield was good, as were Viggo and Gosling, but the award will come down between Denzel and Affleck. I personally think Affleck should win, just because his performance was so incredibly harsh. But, I don’t begrudge people who think Denzel should win, because he was awesome. So overall, David - Affleck, Academy - Denzel.

Best Actress - Well, well, well, here’s something. First, I just want to shout out again and say Amy Adams should have been in this category for at least one of her two films (Nocturnal Animals or Arrival). But, in lieu of her for my choice, I would absolutely give it to Natalie Portman. I mean, WOW. I’ve almost never seen a portrayal of someone that is so true. However, I think that Stone will be the Academy’s turn. Too much momentum there.

Best Supporting Actor - Overall, I think this might be the tightest race. There are a lot of choices, and honestly, I think it’ll be a toss up between all of them… besides maybe Michael Shannon, as deserving as I think he may be. My choice for this, if you forced me would be Dev Patel for Lion. Because I think it’s so tight, I think his screen time will push him over into the win for this one with the Academy as well.

Best Supporting Actress - Viola Davis. Viola Davis. Viola Davis. Can I say it again? Viola Davis. She’s the clear winner here. For both me and the Academy. How else could you reward that snot?

Best Director - I’d love for Denis Villeneuve to win this, if only because I think that Arrival was the hardest one to make. He would overwhelmingly be my pick, but I think the Academy will lean towards more traditional fair for Kenneth Lonergan, Barry Larkins, or Damien Chazelle. My choice for them is probably Chazelle, leading to a LaLa Land sweep of most of the big ones.

Shannon's Picks and Predictions

Best Picture - Lion for my pick and La La Land for my prediction

Best Actor - Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge) for my pick and Denzel Washington (Fences) for my prediction

Best Actress - Natalie Portman (Jackie) for both pick and prediction

Best Supporting Actor - Dev Patel (Lion) for my pick and Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea) for my prediction

Best Supporting Actress - Viola Davis (Fences) for both pick and prediction

Best Director - Denis Villeneuve (Arrival) for my pick and Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea) for my prediction

Conclusion

Thanks for joining us for Oscars month. As Shannon stated, it was pretty stressful to track down all the films as the came out, as well as trying to plan when to post and then eventually choose the DFP award winners. I hope you enjoyed our takes on things! Tune in Monday and I’ll try to give a quick Oscar Recap. As always, thank you for supporting DoubleFeaturePreachers.com, and keep sending in your own comments and suggestions!

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