Oscars 2022 Predictions: Best Actor (Part 3)

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Diamond Tier wrote:

Cumberbatch, Smith, and Washington all have baity roles. This isn’t a Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln situation where it’s undeniable from the start. Any of these men can win.

I mean, I remember when Eddie Redmayne was the favorite since the beginning, same with Malek, Joaquin and Sir Anthony, I don’t know if it was the same with Leo, many have even predicted these winners 10 months before the Oscars.

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Chitanda170 wrote:

I mean, I remember when Eddie Redmayne was the favorite since the beginning, same with Malek, Joaquin and Sir Anthony, I don’t know if it was the same with Leo, many have even predicted these winners 10 months before the Oscars.

I don’t think any of those performances were deemed as undeniable winners before the race began. Hopkins, for example, wasn’t perceived as a threat until the season actually started.

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Diamond Tier wrote:

I don’t think any of those performances were deemed as undeniable winners before the race began. Hopkins, for example, wasn’t perceived as a threat until the season actually started.

Some youtuber saw The Father in March a year before the Oscars and he said Sir Anthony Hopkins was going to win the Oscar, many critics on Twitter said he had no competition, Same with Joaquin when they drop the trailer, they even hack his Wikipedia page saying he was going to win for Joker, the same with Malek and Redmayne.

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Chitanda170 wrote:

Some youtuber saw The Father in March a year before the Oscars and he said Sir Anthony Hopkins was going to win the Oscar, many critics on Twitter said he had no competition, Same with Joaquin when they drop the trailer, they even hack his Wikipedia page saying he was going to win for Joker, the same with Malek and Redmayne.

Those are anecdotal examples though. Not a general consensus. When DDL was announced to portray Abraham Lincoln in a Steven Spielberg film, it was a wrap. No one could deny he was winning that Oscar. I don’t feel the same energy with Cumberbatch. Especially when Smith & Washington have equally baity roles/narratives too.

[The Way of The Wind Joined: Sep 22nd, 2011 Topics: 35 Posts: 1149 View Predictions]

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Best Actor predix August 2021:

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Clifton Collins Jr – Jockey
Andrew Garfield – tick tick Boom
Amir Jadidi – A Hero
Michael Fassbender – Next Goal Wins

2023 Oscar
Best Picture: The Way of The Wind
Best Director: Decision to Leave
Best Actress: TAR
Best Actor: The Whale
Best Supporting Actress: The Whale
Best Supporting Actor: Poor Things

[alittle03 Joined: Sep 16th, 2020 Topics: 5 Posts: 1783 View Predictions]

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The Way of The Wind wrote:

Best Actor predix August 2021: Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog Clifton Collins Jr – Jockey Andrew Garfield – tick tick Boom Amir Jadidi – A Hero Michael Fassbender – Next Goal Wins

I believe Next Goal Wins is coming out in 2022.

• FYC: Everything Everywhere All at Once in any and every single category, especially Best Picture, Michelle Yeoh in Actress, Stephanie Hsu in Supporting Actress, The Daniels in Director/Screenplay, Paul Rogers in Editing, and Son Lux in Score.

[alittle03 Joined: Sep 16th, 2020 Topics: 5 Posts: 1783 View Predictions]

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The Way of The Wind wrote:

Best Actor predix August 2021: Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog Clifton Collins Jr – Jockey Andrew Garfield – tick tick Boom Amir Jadidi – A Hero Michael Fassbender – Next Goal Wins

I believe Next Goal Wins is coming out in 2022.

• FYC: Everything Everywhere All at Once in any and every single category, especially Best Picture, Michelle Yeoh in Actress, Stephanie Hsu in Supporting Actress, The Daniels in Director/Screenplay, Paul Rogers in Editing, and Son Lux in Score.

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alittle03 wrote:

I believe Next Goal Wins is coming out in 2022.

Really? I tried to find some real info. All I got was imdb

2023 Oscar
Best Picture: The Way of The Wind
Best Director: Decision to Leave
Best Actress: TAR
Best Actor: The Whale
Best Supporting Actress: The Whale
Best Supporting Actor: Poor Things

[Ash Joined: Jan 31st, 2017 Topics: 0 Posts: 1756 View Predictions]

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The Way of The Wind wrote:

Best Actor predix August 2021:

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Clifton Collins Jr – Jockey
Andrew Garfield – tick tick Boom
Amir Jadidi – A Hero
Michael Fassbender – Next Goal Wins

No Will Smith that’s brave and bold lol (all jokes lol)

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The Way of The Wind wrote:

Really? I tried to find some real info. All I got was imdb

Yep, I think it was confirmed on one of the threads just a while ago! However, I agree (at least for next year that is) Michael Fassbender would probably be in my early top 5, as well.

• FYC: Everything Everywhere All at Once in any and every single category, especially Best Picture, Michelle Yeoh in Actress, Stephanie Hsu in Supporting Actress, The Daniels in Director/Screenplay, Paul Rogers in Editing, and Son Lux in Score.

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[Stefania Joined: Feb 22nd, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 1372 View Predictions]

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Jacob "Oscar Boy" Boe wrote:

This category is honestly boring me… We have Cumberbatch in, and then either DiCaprio or Garfield in, and then three between Smith, Washington, Cooper, Driver, and Phoenix (and I guess Dinklage if you wanna hold out hope). It just sucks because I feel like in the other acting categories we are being swamped with so many contenders, and in this one we’re grasping at straws like Dinklage. We don’t even have 10 legitimate contenders atm…

For me there are 7 candidates for 5 spots in this race: Cumberbatch, Washington, DiCaprio, Smith, Cooper and Phoenix. The others seem very unlikely, whereas in Best Actress there are at least 10-12 that are all likely for different reasons.

 

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Stefania wrote:

For me there are 7 candidates for 5 spots in this race: Cumberbatch, Washington, DiCaprio, Smith, Cooper and Phoenix. The others seem very unlikely, whereas in Best Actress there are at least 10-12 that are all likely for different reasons.

I don’t disagree at all, it’s just that this list is so…boring.

[Stefania Joined: Feb 22nd, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 1372 View Predictions]

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All of them are over 45 years old and have been in the business for +20 years. Where are the fresh faces?

[NevadaR Joined: Jan 13th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 417 View Predictions]

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Stefania wrote:

All of them are over 45 years old and have been in the business for +20 years. Where are the fresh faces?

The obsession with older actors is indeed ridiculous. Not bashing the representation of older men in Hollywood but let younger and fresher ones shine as well. I’m on Twitter right now and people are making suggestions about who should play the Joker in the new Batman movie. Most are going with well known actors like Depp or Dafoe and very few are actually suggesting actors closer in age to Pattinson like Harry Melling or Caleb Landry Jones.