Well it's finally that time of year, when the best of the best come together for Hollywood's biggest night. With the ceremony less than a week away, I Am Sam Reviews will be previewing each and every category, giving a personal thought and a realistic prediction for all twenty-four awards. Will La La Land rack up the wins as it did nominations? Is there room for the other great films of 2016 to be recognized? Let's start with the first handful of awards and find out.
Best Visual
Effects
What I Want to Win:
Kubo and the Two Strings
Prediction:
The Jungle Book
An
absolutely beautiful film that only is elevated once you know the tremendous
amount of work that was put into it. As the first animated film to be nominated
for Visual Effects since The Nightmare
Before Christmas, the film really
doesn’t have the odds in its favor but I’m still holding out hope for the
upset. But from the standpoint of truly breathtaking visuals, nothing comes
close to what The Jungle Book
accomplished. Though the appearance of a lush jungle is throughout, the reality
is a whole lot of blue screen in a studio in Hollywood and yet none of it feels
faked or out of place and because of this it’s essentially a lock for the
award.
Best Film Editing
What I Want to Win:
Arrival
Prediction:
La La Land
Outside of
my pure love for this incredible film Arrival,
I fear it may not have any other award shots this year and so I have to pull
for it somewhere. It’s completely deserving of this award (and others) with
some excellent editing from Joe Walker. On the other hand is La La Land. Certain sequences of
choreography appear to be so magical that it’s hard to really determine where
the cuts actually are. It’s incredibly
seamless and I will say it’s likely that the big Hollywood musical gets the award
in this category, though it is hardly a lock.
Best Costume
Design
What I Want to Win:
Jackie
Prediction:
Jackie
It’s almost
too gorgeous to deny this film some sort of recognition and costume design
appears to be that place. I, personally, loved the entire film although there
are definitely flaws but the look of the film is not one. Though it’s hardly a
lock, I’m going to go out and predict the design work of Madeline Fontaine will
bring home the statue. There is always the lurking monster that is La La Land, which could definitely pull
another win here, and Allied features
some great period design as well, but the beauty and elegance that the
costuming work does for Jackie is
hard to ignore.
Best Makeup and
Hairstyling
What I Want to Win:
Star Trek Beyond
Prediction:
Star Trek Beyond
Another category that features
recognition for the big budget blockbusters, Makeup and Hairstyling is
inherently an easier category to predict with only three nominees. Hopefully
one of the few great summer blockbusters from last year takes home some recognition
for some absolutely incredible creature work. It should go to Star Trek
Beyond but the academy may go a strange direction and give it to A Man Called Ove. Honestly as long as Suicide Squad doesn’t bring home the
award I think everyone can be happy, because the only thing worse than saying
Oscar Nominated film Suicide Squad is
Oscar Winning film Suicide Squad.
Best
Cinematography
What I Want to Win:
Silence
Prediction:
La La Land
The criminally underrepresented
film in this years nominations features some truly mesmerizing cinematography
work that accents the beauty of the film itself. Rodrigo Prieto highlights all
of the stylishness of the film and should, ideally, get some recognition here.Though
as much as I want Silence to bring
home this award, in all likelihood it will be one of three films (Arrival, La La Land, or Lion).
Lion has gained some steam, earning the big win from ASC, and Arrival features some breathtaking work
from Bradford Young, but the love for La
La Land and it’s spectacular camera work is enough to most likely bring it
home.
Best Production
Design
What I Want to Win:
Arrival
Prediction:
La La Land
This
category is really strong this year and any of them could ultimately bring it
home, but the work on Arrival (and my
love for it) makes it stand out above the rest. The film transports you to this
other world that’s unique and amazing and it’s all just a cherry on top of the
wonderful story.There is so much great design work that is used to move the
audience into these other worlds or realities. Ultimately, I’ll take the most
nominated film of the year to bring home the trophy here though I’d hardly be
shocked if one of the more immersive films earns the Oscar here.
With La La Land likely bringing in three awards from the visual categories, it's fairly clear the domination of the ceremony is still a high possibility. Will it continue into the other categories as well? And are there any upsets that you see happening? Subscribe, share, comment below, and be sure to look out for Part Two tomorrow.
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