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Apr242021
1 day til Oscar. What's your #1 wish for the ceremony?
Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 9:30AM 
A simple prompt today. The Oscars are tomorrow night. You've read our predictions, our category reviews, voted on the charts (hopefully), and seen most of the movies you wanted to.
So what's your #1 biggest wish for Hollywood's High Holy Night?
I'll go first: I want The Father to win Best Film Editing. That might seem like a strange request since it's not one of the headline categories but in most of the marquee categories, I'm either excited about the presumed winner or there are extenuating circumstances (usually previous rewards or loving the performances in similar amounts) preventing me from being too invested in the outcome.
How about you?
tagged Best Film Editing, Oscars (20), editing
Best Film Editing, Oscars (20), editing
Reader Comments (98)
Fran/Fern.
Anthony Hopkins to win Best Actor
There is ZERO chance of this happening, but I’d legit stand up and cheer if Wolfwalkers pulled off a shock win for Best Animated Feature.
My biggest wish would be a WOLFWALKERS upset win over SOUL.
If we're making other wishes...
-HUSAVIK winning Original Song because it's the only song actual important to the film.
-KIRBY winning Best Actress so people will talk about this race forever
Anthony Hopkins Best Actor. Is that too much to ask? 🙏
Anthony Hopkins Best Actor, Paul Racy Best Supporting Actor.
Carey Mulligan for Best Actress.
I hope Paul Raci wins best supporting actor.
Mulligan.
Io sì for Best Original Song. It's a bunch of pleasant, catchy songs and this is the most pleasant and the catchiest!
I can't choose between Carey Mulligan and Riz Ahmed.
Paul Raci as a curveball choice of AMPAS
Vanessa Kirby so that the actress nominees are all evenly awarded
Youn Yuh-jung and Glenn Close tie for the BSA to give two very different grandmas to pay tribute to grandmas worldwide
Chadwick Boseman to win; Anthony Hopkins is 83 and will be in a few more movies while this is Boseman's last movie.
I'm surprised by how much I want Hopkins to win.
He was one of my first favorite actors (I loved his run in the early '90s), and it makes me emotional and nostalgic to see him give such a great performance at 83.
I'm a broken record at this point, but Hopkins winning best actor would be so amazing. It would be deserved -- one of those performances that truly feels in a class by itself compared to the other nominees.
I liked Boseman's work a lot in Ma Rainey, and am sad of his passing like anyone else, but in any other year if he were still alive, he would not be anywhere close to winning, and Hopkins would take this in a walk. That says something.
Glenn Close actually upsets in Supporting Actress. One lousy competitive Oscar win as a mercy.
No victory to Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman and Glenn Close.
My one wishes:
The Father with 5 Awards: Best Picture + Best Actor + Screenplay + Production Design + Editing
Anthony Hopkins could pull it off: Two things happened last week that made it a bit more likely than it was 10 days ago.
One, Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges in the murder of George Floyd. So, to the extent that people vote to make a political statement, the Black Lives Matter statement can seem to some a tiny bit less of a priority at the moment to vote for the dead Black role model. (I ABSOLUTELY know that things are NOT suddenly hunky dory for black people in this country, but a small number of voters might still think they can vote for the performance this week in a way that would have seemed more heard-hearted last week. I know nobody is supposed to think this way, but people think this way.)
Two, Stephen Colbert interviewed Hopkins back on Monday or Tuesday and said he thought the Welch actor's performance might be the greatest performance EVER recorded on film. That might give people permission to vote for Hopkins over the sentimental favorite Boseman.
I think those to things together might swing a dozen or so votes to Hopkins, so to the extent that it's close, it might be a decisive shift.
@J.D. -- with respect, I don't think most Oscar voters will think in those terms. That seems a bit of a stretch. I think the BAFTA win for Hopkins is the more likely statement, akin to Cotillard beating Julie Christie years ago.
Best Actress Tie
The Father for Picture, Actor and Editing
Everyone to be in attendance
I'm most invested in a win for Youn, only because it feels so likely, but isn't locked.
Hate to be negative but it's either
1) Boseman loses to Hopkins, Ahmed or Yeun in that order
2) Close loses to anyone. A historic Asian winner preferably or a dynamite comedy performance.
Since i'm sure Close will be back (and is possibly one of Three Artful's 'The Inevitables') I guess option two is my choice in this moment.
Three Artful said: "Glenn Close actually upsets in Supporting Actress. One lousy competitive Oscar win as a mercy."
Emphasis on lousy.
Glenn Close wins Best Supporting Actress!
PS - Kiss my ruby red asshole, haters!
@J.D. I agree that "most Oscar voters will [not] think in those terms." I think that a small percentage will. Is it enough to swing the votes? Maybe, maybe not. To this day I think one article by Roger Ebert "gave permission" to on-the-fence (homophobic?) Oscar voters to vote against BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, as long as their vote went to CRASH.
(How do we have the same initials? Should I change mine for clarity?)
Opera winning Best Animated Short.
If that's not possible, then anything but If Anything Happens I Love You. Gloom and doom has already reigned victorious over two of the short film categories for years, let's not allow it to take it the best one, too.
1. Mulligan
2. Husavik
3. Quo Vadis, Aida?
Easy...
Mulligan.
Hopkins as mentioned but also for the editing,it's such a clever piece of filmaking and Amanda to win for Mank who is my fave of that supporting actress field.
Carey Mulligan or Viola Davis for Best Actress (even a tie would be great!)
Do not want to see Viola lose best actress again to a person winning her third... and this is from a Streep fan.
1. Bakalova
2. Husavik
3. Collective winning at least one of the two awards
4. Borat in Adapted
... the rest, I think that unless something slips through my mind, I don't particularly care that much.
I won't be insincere and say some answer like Mulligan when Hopkins is right there easily the best of all twenty acting nominees this year. Crown him you cowards.
For the first time in my life, I am considering not watching. I can’t bring myself to gawk at this coven of filmmakers deny recognition for an unprecedented eighth time to a gifted actress who has provided us a lifetime of thrilling artistic achievement.
Category Fraud is recognized and, to send a message loud & clear to future Fraudsters, the Supporting Award category finds a true winner.
Nomadland for Best Picture. I'm still scared of a last minute shock.
Edwin and Ryan -- omg. I WANNA CHANGE MY ANSWER NOW. wolfwalkers over soul. Yes, that would make me joyous.
Although no chance of it happening, Vanessa Kirby for Best Actress. My favorite performance in a great year for performances across the categories.
"Quo Vadis, Aida?" for Best International Feature. A brilliant masterpiece.
I want Frances McDormand to win Best Actress.
In NOMADLAND, she gave my favorite performance of the year, and the best performance of her career in my estimation. A beautiful, empathetic, heartbreaking, captivating labor of love.
That’s difficult. If I had to narrow it down to just one, I think it’s say Viola for Actress. She actually can win but the competition is stiff and deserving. However her performance was so good and I still remember how disappointed I was she didn’t win for Doubt back when I barely knew who she was but still thought her performance in that movie was miles away the best of the year in the category. Again I think her performance is the best of the bunch this year in her category and she basically gives an acting masterclass in it. So I’m hoping she gets the Oscar.
An actor of Asian descent winning an acting award for the first time since Ben Kingsley. Fingers crossed.
A tie in one of the acting categories:
a) Mulligan and Davis
b) Boseman and Ahmed
c) Youn and Colman
d) Raci and Kaluuya
Eenie, meenie, minie...Mulligan/Davis!
Hopkins for win Best Actor but that is not possible. In which case I would like to see Mole Agent for Best Doc, just to see old Sergio gets on the stage.
Youn for BSA and Mulligan for BA
It won't happen, but Shaun the Sheep should win Animated Pic
Also, come on guys. An EIGHT nomination was a huge tribute to Glenn itself. And she's going to get an Oscar one way or another (the Honorary is p inevitable). She knows she's not winning but is coming from MT to enjoy the show in person. Let her live!
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan.
MINARI for Best Original Screenplay. Hands down the best script in a pretty weak category.
CAREY MULLIGAN PLEASE!
Oh I forgot to mention: CRIP CAMP for Best Documentary.
Nomadland going empty-handed.
that would be formidable
As long as Trial of the Chicago 7 doesn’t win best picture, the rest is gravy.
Though I'm tempted to grab a big category -- in which case, Mulligan or Hopkins -- what I'd most like is to see one of the clearly-deserving-but-no-one-seems-to-have-watched it candidates upset the hive-mind choice.
Which is to say, either Quo Vadis, Aida? for International Film, or Pinocchio for make-up.