The Oscars 2019: The Aftermath

Hi there! Last night was the telecast of the 2019 Oscars. Below are the categories I made guesses for. My guesses include a main pick and a back up pick.

Scoring: 

• For every main pick I get right, I get 1 point.
• For every back up pick I get right, I get 1/2 point.

There are 9 categories. The most points I can get is 9 for 100%. I will feel OK if I get 85%. 

So how did I do? 

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali, Green Book

Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman

Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born

Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Sam Rockwell, Vice

Main pick: Mahershala Ali

Back up: Sam Elliot

Actual winner:  Mahershala Ali
Score: 1 point  

Best Supporting Actress 

Amy Adams, Vice

Marina de Tavira, Roma

Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

Emma Stone, The Favourite

Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Main pick: Regina King

Back up: Marina de Tavira
Actual winner:  Regina King
Score: 1 point   

Best Actor

Christian Bale, Vice

Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born

Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate

Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

Main pick: Rami Malek

Back up: Christian Bale
Actual winner:  Rami Malek
Score: 1 point

Well, will you look at that! I am 3 for 3! 100% baby! I am king of the world! Woo-hoo! 

Nothing can stop me now!!!!

Best Actress

Yalitza Aparicio, Roma

Glenn Close, The Wife

Olivia Colman, The Favourite

Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born

Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Main pick: Glenn Close

Back up: Lady Gaga.
Actual winner:  Olivia Colman
Score: 0 points  

Well, son of a bitch! Whoa! This one hurts. 

Everywhere I looked, every pop culture pundit, every media analyst, every single damn body already had this one engraved with Glenn Close's name. 

Still, I should've at least picked Olivia for my back up choice. I mean, as I wrote yesterday, I wanted to see her win. But I really wasn't sensing the love here and really though that if by some chance Close didn't win this, the award would go to the crowd pleasing choice of Lady Gaga.  

Zero points? Damn, that hurts!  

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 

(Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)

BlacKkKlansman 

(Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz, 

Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee)

Can You Ever Forgive Me? 

(Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty)

If Beale Street Could Talk 

(Barry Jenkins)

A Star Is Born 

(Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters)

Main pick: BlacKkKlansman

Back up: If Beale Street Could Talk  
Actual winner:  BlacKkKlansman
Score: 1 point 

Best Original Screenplay

The Favourite 

(Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara)

First Reformed 

(Paul Schrader)

Green Book 

(Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly)

Roma 

(Alfonso Cuarón)

Vice 

(Adam McKay)

Main pick:  The Favourite (Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara)

Back up:  Green Book (Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly)
Actual winner:   Green Book (Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly)
Score: 1/2 point   

So apparently the bad press surrounding the screenplay did not hurt Green Book with Academy voters. 

Never underestimate the appeal of a story about a black person going up against racism and the white person who helped them.  

Best Animated Feature

Incredibles 2

Isle of Dogs

Mirai

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Main pick: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Back up: Incredibles 2
Actual winner:  Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Score: 1 point  

Best Director

Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman

Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War

Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite

Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

Adam McKay, Vice

Main pick: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

Back up: Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman

Actual winner:  Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

Score: 1 point  

Best Picture

Black Panther

BlacKkKlansman

Bohemian Rhapsody

The Favourite

Green Book

Roma

A Star Is Born

Vice 

Main pick: Roma

Back up: BlacKkKlansman

Actual winner:  Green Book

Score: 0 points 

Are you fucking kidding me?
Green Book?
Best Picture? 
Really?
Green Book?!?! 

You know what? Fuck the Oscars! Fuck them so hard! 

I'm not doing this anymore.

So this gives me a total score of 6.5 points. 6.5 points out of 9 comes to 72%.

72%? That's my worst Oscar pick score ever!