If I Could Choose The Nominations (OSCARS 2020)

I don't know if anybody has ever thought this, but I wonder how many film fans have ever wondered what they'd do if they got the chance to choose the Oscars.

I'm not talking predictions. It can be fairly easy to try and get inside the head of a pompous Hollywood snob and try and act like you can see the future. But honestly, if you ever asked yourself, what would you pick for the Oscars if it were up to you? What would you do if The Academy came to your door tomorrow and said "We need YOU to determine Oscar Nominations, all by yourself, have at it?" What would you do with such power?

This isn't meant to be a list of predictions, and if I end up getting some right, well that's cool and all, but it's merely a bonus. This is who I would hope and love gets all the love from the Oscars this year.

Lead Actor

Delroy Lindo- “Da 5 Bloods”

Kingsley Ben-Air- “One Night In Miami”

Pete Davidson- "The King of Staten Island"

Riz Ahmed- “Sound of Metal”

Chadwick Boseman- “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

 

Lead Actress

Carey Mulligan- “Promising Young Woman”

Vanessa Kirby- “Pieces of A Woman”

Viola Davis- “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

Radha Blank- “The 40-Year-Old Version”

Jessie Buckley- “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”

 

Supporting Actor

Sacha Baron Cohen- “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Leslie Odom Jr.- “One Night In Miami”

Bill Murray- “On The Rocks”

Charles Dance- “Mank”

Orion Lee- “First Cow”

 

Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova- “Borat Subsequent MovieFilm”

Amanda Seyfried- “Mank”

Glenn Close- “Hillbilly Elergy”

Olivia Cooke- “Sound of Metal”

Talia Ryder- “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”

 

Adapted Screenplay

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

First Cow

One Night In Miami

Shirley

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

 

Original Screenplay

Da 5 Bloods

The King of Staten Island

On The Rocks

Promising Young Woman

Mank

 

Animated Feature

Soul

Wolfwalkers

Trolls World Tour

The Croods 2

Onward

 

Visual Effects

Wonder Woman 1984

Greenland

The Midnight Sky

Tenet

The Invisible Man

 

Make-Up and Hairstyling

Wonder Woman 1984

Birds of Prey And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn

Mank

First Cow

Borat Subsequent MovieFilm

 

Costume Design

Emma.

Mank

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Possessor

Mulan

 

Sound Editing

Sound of Metal

(I don’t know who else to nominate)

 

Sound Mixing

Sound of Metal

(I don’t know who else to nominate)

 

Cinematography

Tenet

First Cow

She Dies Tomorrow

Da 5 Bloods

The King of Staten Island

 

Documentary Feature

The Beastie Boys Story

Boys State

My Darling Vivian

The Painter and the Thief

Dick Johnson is Dead

 

Original Song

“Speak Now” One Night In Miami

“Wuhan Flu” Borat Subsequent MovieFilm

“Just Sing” Trolls: World Tour

“Green” Sound of Metal

“Only The Young” Miss Americana

 

Original Score

Soul

She Dies Tomorrow

Palm Springs

The Forty Year Old Version

Possessor

 

Production Design

First Cow

Greyhound

The Christmas Chronicles 2

Possessor

Mank

 

Best Picture

The Trial of the Chicago 7

The King of Staten Island

Da 5 Bloods

She Dies Tomorrow

On The Rocks

Promising Young Woman

One Night In Miami

The Forty-Year-Old Version

Sound of Metal

 

Best Director

Amy Seimetz- “She Dies Tomorrow”

Sofia Coppola- “On The Rocks”

Spike Lee- “Da 5 Bloods”

Regina King- “One Night In Miami”

Judd Apatow- “The King of Staten Island”