[John Smisek Joined: Dec 18th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 6 View Predictions]

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I do a small blog and in my Oscar predictions I called Hopkins, remembering that so many times in the past I went against instinct to predict the “safe” choice: Glenn Close over Olivia Colman, julie Christie over Marion Cotillard, etc. it’s so clear in many years that the best performance is being overlooked simply because of the narrative that is built up during the awards precursors and I wasn’t going to do it again this year. There is no chance that anyone but Anthony Hopkins gave the best performance of the year

[John Smisek Joined: Dec 18th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 6 View Predictions]

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I’m going down with the Andra Day ship. Any other year she should be sweeping. Viola’s close behind. Day gives the most oscar bait performance I’ve seen in years and she’s electric on top of it.

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I don’t see how anyone can still think Carey is even in the top 3. She had ample opportunity to win so many places.

I love the chaos of this category, and even if Frances wins BAFTA i don’t see her winning for such a subtle role. Ever since I saw Billie Holliday (which I absolutely despised) i felt like Andra was the clear winner. She sings, she has all the emotional scenes. Hell she has a graphic sex scene and nudity. That’s what Oscar voters usually love. Why she hasn’t swept is actually surprising to me. Now with the possibility of 4 POC winners, would they really go another year denying Best Actress to a woman of color? In all of 92 years and only 1 black actress to win?

This is a dead head between Viola and Day.

[John Smisek Joined: Dec 18th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 6 View Predictions]

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Whoever takes BAFTA – that’s who I’m predicting for the Oscar. This is definitely a two-way race at this point and I could see either Bakalova or Youn taking it. It’s a nailbiter.

[John Smisek Joined: Dec 18th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 6 View Predictions]

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1. Anthony Hopkins
2. Maria bakalova
3. Andra day
4. Olivia colman
5. Paul raci
6. Riz ahmed
7. Youn yuh-jung
8. Lakeith Stanfield
9. Viola davis
10. Frances mcdormand
11. Leslie Odom jr
12. Daniel kaluuya
13. Steven yeun
14. Vanessa kirby
15. Carey mulligan
16. Glenn close
17. Chadwick Boseman
18. Sasha Baron cohen
19. Gary oldman
20. Amanda seyfried

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[John Smisek Joined: Dec 18th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 6 View Predictions]

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Fix the way to view past predictions. It’s a mess! I want to be able to easily see how I did, what I got right and wrong, etc. Once I go back a couple years they don’t even load. That’s half the fun of this.

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