Previous/Other years
As in previous years, I dutifully present my Oscar Pics here. In previous years, I've also "given out my own (Denny) awards." THIS YEAR, after starting "a new job" ;-), it's been a little harder to find the time to do the latter. But I'll still hope to do so later.
So let's go through the list of this year's Oscar Nominees anyway ...
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WILL WIN - Mahershala Ali as a step-dad figure Juan in Moonlight [2016]
SHOULD WIN - Mahershala Ali from Moonlight [2016]
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Hugh Grant as the part cad / part sympathetic long-time companion St. Clair Bayfield of / in Florence Foster Jenkins [2016]; Liam Neeson as the Jesuit priest named Fereira who may (or may not...) have renounced his Faith after the Japanese Mission (started by St. Francis Xavier) began to suffer horrifying persecution in Silence [2016].
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WILL WIN - Viola Davis as lead character Troy Maxon's wife Rose in Fences [2016].
SHOULD WIN - Viola Davis as lead character Troy Maxon's wife Rose in Fences [2016], Michelle Williams as lead character Lee Chandler's ex-wife Randy in Manchester by the Sea [2016].
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Greta Gerwig as Abbie one of lead character Dorothea's boarders in 20th Century Women [2016].
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
WILL WIN - Denzel Washington as the bitter "born a little too early to make his mark" late 40-something / early 50-something Troy Maxon in the African American "Chekhovian" drama Fences [2016]; Ryan Gosling as the young 20-something Jazz musician idealist Sabastian in the lovely "Hollywood of all our Dreams" film La La Land [2016].
SHOULD WIN - Denzel Washington as the bitter "born a little too early to make his mark" late 40-something / early 50-something Troy Maxon in the African American "Chekhovian" drama Fences [2016]; Casey Affleck as Lee Chandler, the paralyzed by crushing guilt 40-something shell of a man put in charge of his nephew by his older brother after his older brother's death in Manchester by the Sea [2016]; Andrew Garfield as WW II-era Pacifist / Medic in Hacksaw Ridge [2016]; Ryan Gosling as the young 20-something Jazz musician idealist Sabastian in the lovely "Hollywood of all our Dreams" film La La Land [2016]; Andrew Garfield as the 17th Century Jesuit Priest Rodrigues sent to the Japanese Mission (started by St. Francis Xavier) after it began to suffer horrifying persecution in Silence [2016]
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Andrew Garfield as the 17th Century Jesuit Priest Rodrigues sent to the Japanese Mission (started by St. Francis Xavier) after it began to suffer horrifying persecution in Silence [2016]; Ryan Reynolds as the title character / anti-hero in the Marvel Comics superhero movie Deadpool [2016].
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
WILL WIN - Isabelle Huppert in the lead role as Michèle Leblanc a survivor of rape in Elle [2016]; Emma Stone as the lovely aspiring young actress (who everybody would understand / want to be) Mia in La La Land [2016].
SHOULD WIN - Isabelle Huppert in the lead role as Michèle Leblanc a survivor of rape in Elle [2016]; Annette Bening as late 40-something Dorothea seeking to raise her teenage son to be a good man, with (or without) a good role male role model to help her in 20th Century Women [2016]; Emma Stone as the lovely aspiring young actress (who everybody would understand / want to be Mia in La La Land [2016]; Natalie Portman as the just widowed Jacqueline Kennedy in Jackie [2016].
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Annette Bening as late 40-something Dorothea seeking to raise her teenage son to be a good man, with (or without) a good role male role model to help her in 20th Century Women [2016]; Emma Suárez in the title role in Julieta [2016] as 40-something woman who finds herself terribly punished for something that could have happened (if should not happen) to anybody; Lily Collins as the bright-eyed "aspiring actress" Marla Mabrey who finds herself in a different (and unfortunately much "more real" Hollywood) in the Howard Hughes inspired drama Rules Don't Apply [2016]
BEST ORIGINAL SCREEN PLAY
WILL WIN - Damien Chazelle for La La Land [2016];
SHOULD WIN - Damien Chazelle for La La Land [2016]; Mike Mills for 20th Century Women [2016]; Kenneth Lonergan for Manchester by the Sea [2016].
BEST ADAPTED SCREEN PLAY
WILL WIN - Eric Heisserer for Arrival [2106]; Allison Schroader and Theodore Melfi for Hidden Figures [2016]; August Wilson for Fences [2016]; Barry Jenkins for Moonlight [2016];.
SHOULD WIN - August Wilson for Fences [2016]; Eric Heisserer for Arrival [2016].
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick for Deadpool [2016].
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WILL WIN - Linus Sandgren for La La Land [2016]
SHOULD WIN - Linus Sandgren for La La Land [2016]; Bradford Young for Arrival [2016]; Rodrigo Prieto for Silence [2016].
BEST DIRECTOR
WILL WIN - Damien Chazelle for La La Land [2016]
SHOULD WIN - Damien Chazelle for La La Land [2016]; Kenneth Lonergan for Manchester by the Sea [2016]; Mel Gibson for Hacksaw Ridge [2016].
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Martin Scorsese for Silence [2016]; Mike Mills for 20th Century Women
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WILL WIN - Moana [2016]
SHOULD WIN - Moana [2016], Kubo and the Two Strings [2016]
BEST PICTURE
WILL WIN - La La Land [2016]
SHOULD WIN - La La Land [2016], Fences [2016]; Manchester by the Sea [2016]
DESERVED CONSIDERATION - 20th Century Women [2016], Silence [2016]
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