In my last post I predicted the winners for each category, and I ended up getting 15 out of 19 correct. Here is a review for how the Oscars ceremony went compared to my predictions.
The 'Big Four'
At every oscars there are the awards known as 'the big four', which are Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director, this year there was one shock within these four awards.
'Spotlight' walked away with the big prize (Best Film), this was a shock because Alejandro González Iñárritu won Best Director for 'The Revenant'. Usually Best Director and Best Film go hand-in-hand with each other, but this year each category was so open that this did not happen, and 'Spotlight' ended up with a much deserved Oscar, which was the second of the night, as the film also won Best Original Screenplay.
Brie Larson (Room) won Best Leading Actress, which is something that I predicted. This was a difficult category to call, but Larson's performance in this small indie film is amazing and definitely deserved the prestigious award.
Finally Leo has won his long awaited Oscar, and everyone is overjoyed. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) has been nominated for five Oscars, his first coming in 1994 for 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape'. Since then the world has been waiting for Leo to win one, after coming close on a couple of occasions, Leo got his much deserved Award at this year's ceremony. He made the moment count by mentioning climate change in his speech, trying to get across his views on the subject matter, and make a difference.
The Real Winners Of The Night
'Mad Max: Fury Road' won six awards on the night out of a possible ten. These awards were:
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Production Design
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Many people were shocked to see this film even nominated, as it was released in the summer and not in January (which is when most Oscar nominated films come out), also it's not the usual type of film that gets nominated for Best Film and Best Directing. 'Mad Max' proved the doubters wrong though, by walking away with more awards than any other film at the ceremony. It was unfortunate that George Miller didn't win for Best Director, but at least his wife, Margaret Sixel, made sure that there's an Oscar going into their home so they can remember the big night, after she won for Best Film Editing.
Being a big fan of the film myself, I predicted the film to receive a lot of the background awards, and was very happy that I was correct.
The Shock Wins
Both awards for supporting roles provided shocks at this year's ceremony, Sylvester Stallone (Creed) and Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs) looked a shoe-in for the two Oscars, but neither won on the night.
Best Supporting Actor went to 56 year old English actor Mark Rylance for his role in the Steven Spielberg movie 'Bridge Of Spies'. This was the biggest shock of the night as everyone was completely expecting Stallone to win, I believed that the right man won however as the acting performance by Rylance is incredible, and showed more range than the other actors in this category.
This years Oscars was thoroughly entertaining. This could be because no award had a completely set in stone winner, so the ceremony was open for shocks, and that is exactly what happened.
It is sad to see the curtain close on 2016's film award season, but it's exciting to see what next year will bring, as there will be a shake-up with how the nominees are chosen.
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