Best Picture:

• Boyhood
• Birdman (Or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• The Imitation Game
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash
• Foxcatcher
• Selma
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Foxcatcher
• Nightcrawler / Gone Girl (In case there's 10)

Best Leading Actor:

• Michael Keaton, Birdman
• Steve Carrell, Foxcatcher
• Bennedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
• Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
• David Oyelwo, Selma

Best Leading Actress:

• Julianne Moore, Still Alice
• Reese Witherspoon, Wild
• Jennifer Aniston, Cake
• Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
• Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night

Best Director:

• Dave Chazelle, Whiplash
• Richard Linklater, Boyhood
• Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
• Ava DuVernay, Selma
• Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Supp. Actor:

• J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
• Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
• Edward Norton, Birdman
• Mark Ruffalo, Foxatcher
• Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice

Best Supp. Actress:

• Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
• Emma Stone, Birdman
• Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
• Meryl Streep, Into The Woods
• Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year

Best Cinematography:

• Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
• Dick Pope, Mr. Turner
• Robert D. Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Roger Deakins, Unbroken
• Bradford Young, Selma

Best Foreign Language Film:

• Ida (Poland)
• Leviathan (Russia)
• A Force Majeure (Sweden)
• Wild Tales (Argentina)
• Timbuktu (Muritania)

Best Original Screenplay:

• Richard Linklater, Boyhood
• Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Birdman
• Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner
• Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
• Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
• Jason Hall, American Sniper
• Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything
• Damian Chazelle, Whiplash

Best Original Score:

• Johan Johansson, The Theory of Everything
• Alexander Desplat, The Imitation Game
• Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Finch, Gone Girl
• Alexander Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Visual Effects

• Interstellar
• Dawn of The Planet of The Apes
• The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies
• Guardians of The Galaxy
• Godzilla

Best Film Editing

• Boyhood
• Birdman
• The Imitation Game
• Whiplash
• American Sniper

"If" trivia:

• If Richard Linklater doesn't win the directing achievement award for Boyhood, he has to sue the Academy.
• If Interstellar doesn't get the Visual Effects award, everyone alive, including me, would make sure that the Academy DEFINITELY has something against Christopher Nolan and his marvelous craft.
• If Emmanuel Lezkebi doesn't get the Cinematography award (Even if he has won it last year for Gravity), The Academy should seriously take a dump and sit in it. For your information, Birdman was shot in ONE TAKE, which is alone Oscar-worthy.
• If, by any chance, Selma got robbed in the Best Picture category, it wouldn't be a "racism" issue (Sarcasm)

That's it that I'm predicting Acting this year was marvelous, I think Keaton gave one of the best performance I've seen in a long time, at least since Joaquin in The Master. Though, Timothy Spall, which I think was even better, won't be nominated, but I put him there just in case the Academy goes "surprise" as it does every year.

wow, your predictions are pretty thorough. you went beyond the acting/directing categories. you don't think Bradley Cooper or Clint Eastwood will get a nod. No thoughts on Best Song? I think that may be the only thing Selma wins, Glory by Common and John Legend captures the essence of the the movie well even though its not prominently featured IN the film

I agree with most of those, based on the Globes, but I'm really hoping Mica Levi gets a nomination for her score to Under the Skin.

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thekidsgirl said:

I agree with most of those, based on the Globes, but I'm really hoping Mica Levi gets a nomination for her score to Under the Skin.

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i thought that score was fantastic. it's probably a touch too 'different' to get a nomination, but i'd like to see it happen as well.

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Wow, you did a super good job!! I'm impressed that you saw Rosamund Pike and Marion Cotillard getting nominated and Amy Adams getting snubbed. And you guessed Emma Stone! Seriously, you are really good at this!! You could tell Laura Dern surprised (and pleased) people when here name was announced. This year's show could be a good one!

Looks like Selma got snubbed. I really want to see Wiplash.

Good work, Shawy89!

One thing:

Although Birdman was (masterfully) made to look as though it were one continuous take, it was not. Still, the blocking to pull off the incredibly long takes (and the editing that stiched them together fairly seamslessly) is mighty impressive.

Ace said:

Good work, Shawy89!

One thing:

Although Birdman was (masterfully) made to look as though it were one continuous take, it was not. Still, the blocking to pull off the incredibly long takes (and the editing that stiched them together fairly seamslessly) is mighty impressive.

I wanted to love the movie but there was something missing for me. I really enjoyed it though so I guess that is enough.

I hope American Sniper wins best Picture and best actor.



editing almost has to goto Boyhood.

surprised by the Selma snubs. I expected best actor and director noms although i didn't expect them to get them. SMH.

side note: wasn't Rosamund Pike's character in Gone Girl a bit derivative. i felt like i'd seen the deranged schizo chick done a thousand times. was it this time "she" had a good vehicle from a writing and directing standpoint? i wasn't that impressed with her performance.

3rdeyedude said:

Ace said:

Good work, Shawy89!

One thing:

Although Birdman was (masterfully) made to look as though it were one continuous take, it was not. Still, the blocking to pull off the incredibly long takes (and the editing that stiched them together fairly seamslessly) is mighty impressive.

I wanted to love the movie but there was something missing for me. I really enjoyed it though so I guess that is enough.

I don't know if I "loved" it, but I was entertained all the way through and was greatly impressed with the ingenuity.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

I hope American Sniper wins best Picture and best actor.



editing almost has to goto Boyhood.

I hear AS is very good. And you can always count on Bradley Cooper for a nuanced performance. That guy takes his craft way seriously.

Have not seen Boyhood.