2016 Oscar Predictions

Its that time of the year again, Oscar season! Where a year of competing films finally get to sit down Sunday 28th of February and see who fair's best at the battle of the Academy Awards. We can debate their fairness but the Oscars are still, and will be for some time, the most important award ceremony around and while they need to learn a lot I for one will still be tuning in to see who wins and if my predictions are at all correct (I've left out the short form categories simply because I've not seen them yet, not because I don't find them important).

Here are my predictions:

Best Picture: The Revenant

Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu 

Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio

Best Actress: Brie Larson

Best Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone

Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet

Best Original Screenplay: Spotlight

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Big Short

Best Animated Film: Inside Out 

Best Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul

Best Documentary Feature: Amy 

Best Original Score: The Hateful Eight 

Best Original Song: Writing's on the Wall

Best Sound Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road 

Best Sound Mixing: Mad Max: Fury Road 

Best Production Design: Mad Max: Fury Road 

Best Cinematography: The Revenant

Best Makeup/Hairstyling: Mad Max: Fury Road 

Best Costume Design: Cinderella 

Best Film Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road 

Best Visual Effects: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

A lot of them are obvious choices, a few surprising ones, but at the end of the day I don't really mind who wins as long as it's a good night (if I get them right though it's a bonus!)