Sunday, March 4, 2018

So how did the brutally honest Oscars insider do?

You know, the guy from the previous post. Let's see how he fared:

Best Picture
Insider: The Shape of Water
And the Oscar goes to: The Shape of Water

Best Director
Insider: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
And the Oscar goes to: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water

Best Actor
Insider: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
And the Oscar goes to: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

Best Actress
Insider: Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
And the Oscar goes to: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Supporting Actor
Insider: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
And the Oscar goes to: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Supporting Actress
Insider: Allison Janney, I, Tonya
And the Oscar goes to: Allison Janney, I, Tonya

Best Adapted Screenplay
Insider: Aaron Sorkin, Molly's Game
And the Oscar goes to: James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name

Best Original Screenplay
Insider: Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water
And the Oscar goes to: Jordan Peele, Get Out

Best Animated Feature:
Insider: Coco
And the Oscar goes to: Coco

Best Documentary Feature:
Insider: Icarus
And the Oscar goes to: Icarus

Best Foreign Language Film
Insider: A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
And the Oscar goes to: A Fantastic Woman (Chile)

Best Cinematography
Insider: Blade Runner 2049
And the Oscar goes to: Blade Runner 2049

Best Costume Design
Insider: Phantom Thread
And the Oscar goes to: Phantom Thread

Best Film Editing
Insider: I, Tonya
And the Oscar goes to: Dunkirk

Best Makeup & Hair Styling
Insider: Darkest Hour
And the Oscar goes to: Darkest Hour

Best Original Score
Insider: The Shape of Water
And the Oscar goes to: The Shape of Water

Best Original Song:
Insider: "Remember Me", Coco
And the Oscar goes to: "Remember Me", Coco

Best Production Design
Insider: Blade Runner 2049
And the Oscar goes to: The Shape of Water

Best Sound Editing
Insider: The Shape of Water
And the Oscar goes to: Dunkirk

Best Sound Mixing
Insider: The Shape of Water
And the Oscar goes to: Dunkirk

Best Visual Effects
Insider: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
And the Oscar goes to: Blade Runner 2049

Best Animated Short
Insider: Revolting Rhymes
And the Oscar goes to: Dear Basketball

Best Documentary Short
Insider: Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
And the Oscar goes to: Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405

Best Live-Action Short
Insider: The Silent Child
And the Oscar goes to: The Silent Child

By my always suspect calculations, fourteen of the Insider's choices won, while ten lost. And in a way, it's even more interesting to go back and read why he didn't choose some of the eventual winners.

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