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Timothee Chalamet is presenting Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars, which seems like a bad idea whether Gerwig wins or loses. His co-presenter is Gerwig’s real life BFF Natalie Portman. Gee, how could this backfire?

This happens all the time - and Greta Gerwig was on the other side of it when she had to present Documentary Feature to Icarus instead of to believed frontrunner Agnes Varda. Other examples that immediately come to mind: Banderas and Cruz presenting All About My Mother, Cate Blanchett presenting costume design in 2016 because she was in three of the nominated films. The very funny moment last year when Samuel L. Jackson presented Green Book best screenplay just to get him to present Spike adapted afterwards. It’s just a device to try and maximize the memorable moments, I don’t really blame them for trying! Also Timothee Chalamet probably thinks Taika Waititi is cool and Portman is in his next movie (Thor: Love and Thunder).

pianocrash, I want to live in your cinnamon world

My picks:

Best Picture:
Prediction: 1917

Best Director:
Prediction: Sam Mendes- 1917

Best Actress:
Prediction: Renée Zellweger- Judy

Best Actor:
Prediction: Joaquin Pheonix-, Joker

Best Supporting Actress:
Prediction: Scarlett Johansson- Jojo Rabbit

Best Supporting Actor:
Prediction: Brad Pitt- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Prediction: Taika Waititi- Jojo Rabbit

Best Original Screenplay:
Prediction: Quentin Tarantino- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Best Cinematography:
Prediction: Roger Deakins- 1917

Best International Film:
Prediction: Parasite

Best Editing:
Prediction: Thelma Schoonmaker- The Irishman

Best Original Score:
Prediction: Hildur Gudnadóttir- Joker

Best Original Song:
Prediction: Elton John & Bernie Taupin- "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again"- Rocketman

Best Production Design:
Prediction: Barbara Ling & Nancy Haigh- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Costume Design:
Prediction: Jacqueline Durran- Little Women

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Prediction: Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou- Joker

Visual Effects:
Prediction: Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy- 1917

Sound Editing:
Prediction: Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate- 1917

Sound Mixing:
Prediction: Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson- 1917

Best Documentary:
Prediction: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert- American Factory

Best Documentary Short:
Prediction: "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)"

Best Animated Short:
Prediction: "Hair Love"

Best Live Action Short:
Prediction: "Nefta Football Club"

Best Animated Feature:
Prediction: Toy Story 4

Fellow Oscar fetishists who recognize that this one awards show is the final arbiter of the quality of this year's films for all eternity, below is what I have for your submissions; please let me know if there are any data entry errors so I can get those corrected before making my requisite score-tracking errors:

I changed my director vote from Mendes to Bong before midnight but if that’s not kosher no worries

Thanks a lot for doing this, DI!

Got it (though for the purposes of our tie-breaker this bumps you to third-to-last, just ahead of barryconvex and pianocrash)

That’s fine, Pope Pius XIII will pray super hard and pianocrash will win anyways

I didn't predict this year because I feel at a distance from awards proceedings, perhaps because of how uninterested I ultimately am in the nominated films that keep winning vs the nominated films that don't. Anyway, the only Best Picture nominees I haven't seen are Little Women (though LQ has) and Ford v Ferrari, so might as well watch the Oscars tonight and post about it here with you all.

Of the rest...

Great outcomes:

- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
- The Irishman
- Joker (less because of the quality of the film than how bizarre and hilarious it will be if this takes away a bunch of unexpected prizes)

Eh:

- Parasite
- 1917
- Marriage Story

I am going to become The Joker myself:

- Jojo Rabbit

mfunk9786 wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2020 12:20 amJoker (less because of the quality of the film than how bizarre and hilarious it will be if this takes away a bunch of unexpected prizes)

That would be such a Joker thing to do

In case people need to plan food runs and bathroom breaks:

I'm very glad that we have Renee Zellweger back

HAHAHAHA

*obnoxious Sean Penn voice*

One of our finest actresses.

I can’t wait for Bridget Jones’s Memoir

Already exhausted

“We’re here to celebrate all the women who’ve directed films” (none of whom were nominated this evening)

I like Janelle Monáe more than most of the “talent” we usually get so I’ll take it, plus the Midsommar costume nod, but yeah unnecessary

Wasn’t this ceremony supposed to be hostless?

If that’s what hostless means going forward I’m down

How hard is it to read the nominee then show a clip from their movie? That used to work very nicely

Hopefully a good omen

Prediction Competition Update:

10-way tie for first place

No standing ovation for Brad Pitt.