Previous/Other years
Once again diversity questions have dominated press coverage of the Oscars this year. As I've written before, I believe that these questions simply expose the limits of the Oscars.
Each year there are many, many good / great innovative films as well as many, many good / great performances turned-in by many, many talented individuals.
Therefore, I do believe that there is a valued place for organizations like the NAACP [website] [wikip], BET [website] [wikip] to make their own lists and give-out their own awards. Otherwise, we're all held hostage to a single organization, here the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which inevitably will have its own dynamics, limitations and politics.
Indeed, since completing the first year of my blog, I have put-out a list of my own annual "Denny Awards" based on criteria that I find more compelling / inclusive than those of the Oscars ;-)
But let's go through the list of this year's Oscar Nominees anyway ...
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WILL WIN - Tom Hardy (The Revenant)
SHOULD WIN - Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies), Tom Hardy (The Revenant), Christian Bale (The Big Short) or Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - John Cusack (Chi-Raq), Liev Schreiber (Spotlight)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WILL WIN - Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
SHOULD WIN - Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy), Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl), Rooney Mara (Carol)
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy), Diane Lane (Trumbo)
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
WILL WIN - Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
SHOULD WIN - Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant), Géza Röhrig (Son of Saul (orig. Saul Fia)), John Cusack (Love & Mercy), Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Géza Röhrig (Son of Saul (orig. Saul Fia)), John Cusack (Love & Mercy)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
WILL WIN - Brie Larsen (Room)
SHOULD WIN - Brie Larsen (Room), Kate Blanchett (Carol), Jennifer Lawrence (Joy), Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Deepika Padukone (Bajirao Mastani)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREEN PLAY
WILL WIN - Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)
SHOULD WIN - Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner (Love & Mercy), Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight), Ethan and Joel Coen (Bridge of Spies)
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner (Love & Mercy), John Scott (Maggie), Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night)
BEST ADAPTED SCREEN PLAY
WILL WIN - Phyllis Nagy (Carol) or Emma Donoghue (Room)
SHOULD WIN - Spike Lee (Chi-Raq), Phyllis Nagy (Carol) or Emma Donoghue (Room)
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Spike Lee (Chi-Raq)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WILL WIN - Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)
SHOULD WIN - Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk (Meru), Joe Passarelli (Anomalisa), Lyle Vincent (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), Mátyás Erdély (Son of Saul (orig. Saul Fia)), Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant), Sandy Powell (Carol), Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight)
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk (Meru), Lyle Vincent (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), Mátyás Erdély (Son of Saul (orig. Saul Fia)), Robert Yeoman (Love & Mercy), Rob Hardy (Ex Machina), Joe Passarelli (Anomalisa)
BEST DIRECTOR
WILL WIN - Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant) or George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
SHOULD WIN - Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Bajirao Mastani), László Nemes (Son of Saul (orig. Saul Fia)), Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant), George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road), Lenny Abrahamson (Room)
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Bajirao Mastani), László Nemes (Son of Saul (orig. Saul Fia)), Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), Spike Lee (Chi-Raq),
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WILL WIN - Inside Out
SHOULD WIN - Inside Out
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Khahil Gibran's The Prophet
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
WILL WIN - Son of Saul (orig. Saul Fia)
SHOULD WIN - Son of Saul (orig. Saul Fia), Mustang
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Bajirao Mastani
BEST PICTURE
WILL WIN - The Revenant
SHOULD WIN -The Revenant, The Big Short, Son of Saul (orig. Saul Fia)
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Son of Saul (orig. Saul Fia), Bajirao Mastani
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