The SAG Awards and Oscar Nominations

Welcome. The SAG Awards were last Sunday and the Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday morning, so let’s not waste any time. Let’s get into it. So, the SAG Awards were Sunday and they were hosted by Kristen Bell and she did a pretty decent job and I will say that she is the best SAG host (that’s not saying much considering that she is the first host). The ceremony was overall pretty good.

Here are the winners in the movie categories:

• Best Actress: Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
• Best Actor: Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
• Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
• Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards)
• Best Ensemble: Three Billboardss
• Best Stunt Ensemble: Wonder Woman  

Now that we have the SAG awards out of the way, let’s get to the reason you clicked on this blog in the first place. Well there are 9 nominees for Best Picture this year. As I have mentioned every year, the Oscar’s can have a maximum of 10 nominees for best picture, and a minimum of 5. Some of the movies that have gotten left out include I, Tonya, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Disaster Artist, Coco, The Lego Batman Movie, and The Emoji Movie. I am joking about the last one. That movie has a nice happy spot  as a Razzie nominee for worst movie of the year (fingers crossed).  As for the winner of Best Picture, I would say that there is a 4-way race between The Shape of Water, Three Billboards, Get Out, and Lady Bird.  Before the nomination, it was between Billboards and The Shape of Water, but the director of Three Billboards, Martin Mcdonagh was, surprisingly, not nominated for Best Director.  As I mention every year, with the director of a movie not being nominated, it severely hinders that movie’s chances of winning the top honor.  Only 4 movies in the 90 year history of the Oscars have been able to pull it off (Wings, 1929; Grand Hotel, 1932; Driving Miss Daisy, 1990; Argo, 2013).  So, Billboards winning is now unlikely even though it has a shot.  

For the other categories; Best Director - Guillermo del Toro as the front-runner (The Shape of Water)  with Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk) being the next most likely suspect.  Best Actor - Gary Oldman has this in the bag (Darkest Hour); Best Actress - Frances McDormand is a lock; Best Supporting Actor - Rockwell or Willem Dafoe or Christopher Plummer could pull out a  victory; Supporting Actress - Allison Janney (I, Tonya); Best Adapted Screenplay - Call me by Your Name; Best Original Screenplay - Get Out; Animated Feature - Coco without competition

Now I want to turn your attention to a very interesting category; Best Animated Short.  I have seen two out of the five movies nominated (Lou and Dear Basketball).  Both shorts are really good and are the two front-runners.  I think Dear Basketball will pull out a victory.  If this happens, Kobe Bryant will actually win an Oscar.  

Well, that’s about it for this installment.  You still have time to vote for my end-of-the-year poll.  Goodnight, and Bee Happy!™ 

Mr.Bee

For a complete list of ALL the Oscar nominees, please visit  

http://oscar.go.com/nominees

 

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