This year I decide to publicize my predictions/my wishes for the Oscars, before the event.
Best Picture – The Shape of Water
Best Director – Guillermo del Toro
Best Actor – Gary Oldman
Best Actress – Frances McDormand
Best Supporting Actor – Willem Dafoe
Best Supporting Actress – Laurie Metcalf
Best Original Screenplay – Get Out
Best Adapted Screenplay – Call Me by Your Name
Best Animated Feature Film – Coco
Best Foreign Language Film – The Square
Best Original Score – The Shape of Water
Best Original Song – “This Is Me”
Best Sound Editing – Dunkirk
Best Sound Mixing – The Shape of Water
Best Production Design – Blade Runner 2049
Best Cinematography – Blade Runner 2049
Best Makeup and Hairstyling – Darkest Hour
Best Costume Design – Phantom Thread
Best Film Editing – Dunkirk
Best Visual Effects – Blade Runner 2049
I hope that at least Willem Dafoe and Blade Runner get the attention they need. Shape of water is by far the most recognizable film of the last year.