88th Oscars Predictions: The Results

In a ceremony hosted by Chris Rock's master hands filled with more humor and gags than before and with a nice pace between the awards and performances and presentations I had a pretty good run at predicting most of the awards. The only half-surprise is the win of Spotlight over The Revenant. 

The big talk today is Leonardo DiCaprio's win a performance as bad as The Aviator. This says a lot about the young man who uses his upper face too much and gets way too intense to play his parts in full restraint and subtlety. The win of DiCaprio for The Revenant is a steal as big as the year Russell Crowe won for Gladiator or the year Henry Fonda won for On Golden Pond over Burt Lancaster for Atlantic City.
However, I could go on and on about this and he still would have his Oscar and I would be still writing my miserable opinion on this modest blog. 
Best Picture
Prediction: The Revenant
Winner: Spotlight

Best Actor in a leading role
Prediction: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Best Actress in a leading role
Prediction: Brie Larsson (Room)
Winner: Brie Larsson (Room)

Best Actor in a supporting role
Prediction: Sylvester Stallone (Creed)
Winner: Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

Best Actress in a supporting role
Prediction: Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
Winner: Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Best Animated feature film
Prediction: Inside Out 
Winner: Inside Out 

Best Cinematography
Prediction: Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)
Winner: Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

Best Costume design
Prediction: Mad Max: Fury Road
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Directing
Prediction: Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant)
Winner: Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant)

Best Documentary feature
Prediction: The Look of Silence
Winner: Amy

Best Documentary short subject
Prediction: Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Winner: A Girl in the River

Best Film editing
Prediction: Mad Max: Fury Road
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Foreign language film
Prediction: Son of Saul
Winner: Son of Saul

Best Makeup and hairstyling
Prediction: Mad Max: Fury Road
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Music (original score)
Prediction: The Hateful Eight
Winner: The Hateful Eight

Best Music (original song)
Prediction: "Writing's on the Wall" from Spectre
Winner: "Writing's on the Wall" from Spectre

Best Production design
Prediction: The Martian
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Short film (animated)
Prediction: World of Tomorrow
Winner: Bear Story

Best Short film (live action)
Prediction: Everything Will Be Okay
Winner: Stutterer

Best Sound editing
Prediction: Mad Max: Fury Road
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Sound mixing
Prediction: The Martian
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Visual effects
Prediction: Mad Max: Fury Road
Winner: Ex Machina

Best Writing (adapted sceenplay)
Prediction: The Big Short
Winner: The Big Short

Best Writing (original sceenplay)
Prediction: Spotlight
Winner: Spotlight

Score 15/24