2017 Oscar Choices and Predictions, Part I

The Academy will announce the 2017 Oscar nominations tomorrow (1/23)! Here’s what I would vote for if I was a member of the Academy:

Best Picture
The Case for Christ
Coco
The Disaster Artist
A Dog’s Purpose
Dunkirk
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
The Lego Batman Movie
Logan
The Shack
Wonder Woman

Best Director
Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman
Chris McKay, The Lego Batman Movie
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Taylor Sheridan, Wind River

Best Actor
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Tom Holland, Spider-Man: Homecoming
Hugh Jackman, Logan
Dwayne Johnson, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick

Best Actress
Gal Godat, Wonder Woman
Zoe Kazan, The Big Sick
Dafne Keen, Logan
Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Emma Watson, Beauty and the Beast

Best Supporting Actress
Ana Celia de Armas, Blade Runner 2049
Karen Gillian, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Daisy Ridley, Murder on the Orient Express
Britt Robinson, A Dog’s Purpose
Kelly Rohrbach, Baywatch

Best Supporting Actor
Jack Black, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Mark Hamill, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Lil Rel Howery, Get Out
Elton John, Kingsmen: The Golden Circle
Miguel Perez, The Case for Christ

Best Adapted Screenplay
A Dog’s Purpose
The Disaster Artist
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
The Lego Batman Movie
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Dunkirk
Coco
Get Out
Wind River

Best Editing
Dunkirk
The Lego Batman Movie
Murder on the Orient Express
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Wind River

Best Art Direction
Blade Runner 2049
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
Kingsmen: The Golden Circle
The Lego Batman Movie
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Best Costume Design
Baywatch
Beauty and the Beast
Kingsmen: The Golden Circle
Murder on the Orient Express
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Best Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

However, things don’t always go according to plan. Here are my actual predictions of who will be nominated:

Best Picture
The Big Sick
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape Of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri



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