Jake Maracle's 89th Academy Awards Picks!

   Well its that time of year again, the 89th Academy Awards are here and all of Hollywood is abuzz and blah blah blah. Despite all the annoying usual hype this year the Academy seemed to get it correct for the most part (AMY ADAMS!!!!) as every category is top to bottom stacked with amazing work in film over the past year. Now i'm not going to cover every category here because quite honestly i've seen none of the more obscure category nominees (sorry Best Short Form Documentary) but i'm gonna do my best to get into as many as i can truthfully give an opinion on. So without further adieu here's my picks for the 2017 Academy Awards:

Best Original Screenplay

• "Hell or High Water" - Tyler Sheridan
• "La La Land" - Damien Chazelle
• "The Lobster" - Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
• "Manchester by the Sea" - Kenneth Lonergan
• "20th Century Women" - Mike Mills

What Will Win: "Manchester by the Sea" - Kenneth Lonergan

What Could Win: "Hell or High Water" - Tyler Sheridan

Best Adapted Screenplay

• "Arrival" - Eric Heisserer
• "Fences" - August Wilson
• "Lion" - Luke Davies
• "Moonlight" - Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney
• "Hidden Figures" - Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi

What Will Win: "Arrival" - Eric Heisserer

What Could Win: "Moonlight" - Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney

Best Visual Effects

• "Doctor Strange"
• "Kubo and the Two Strings"
• "Deepwater Horizon"
• "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"
• "The Jungle Book"

What Will Win: "The Jungle Book"

What Could Win: "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"

  

Best Make-up and Hairstyling

• "A Man called Ove"- Eva von Bahr and Love Larson
• "Star Trek Beyond" - Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo
• "Suicide Squad" - Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson

What Will Win: "Star Trek Beyond" - Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo

What Could Win: "A Man called Ove"- Eva von Bahr and Love Larson

Best Editing

• "Arrival" - Joe Walker
• "Hacksaw Ridge" - John Gilbert
• "Hell or High Water" - Jake Roberts
• "La La Land" - Tom Cross
• "Moonlight" - Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon

What Will Win: "La La Land" - Tom Cross

What Could Win: "Arrival" - Joe Walker

Best Director

• Mel Gibson - "Hacksaw Ridge"
• Damien Chazelle - "La La Land"
• Denis Villeneuve - "Arrival"
• Barry Jenkins - "Moonlight"
• Kenneth Lonergan - "Manchester by the Sea"

Who Will Win: Damien Chazelle "La La Land"

Who Could Win: Denis Villeneuve "Arrival"

Best Animated Feature

• "Kubo and the Two Strings"
• "Moana"
• "Zootopia"
• "The Red Turtle"
• "My Life as a Zucchini"

What Will Win: "Kubo and the Two Strings"

What Could Win: "Zootopia"

Best Supporting Actress

• Viola Davis - "Fences"
• Octavia Spencer - "Hidden Figures"
• Michelle Williams - "Manchester by the Sea"
• Naomi Harris - "Moonlight"
• Nicole Kidman - "Lion"

Who Will Win: Viola Davis - "Fences"

Who Could Win: Michelle Williams - "Manchester by the Sea"

Best Supporting Actor

• Jeff Bridges - "Hell or High Water"
• Dev Patel - "Lion"
• Michael Shannon - "Nocturnal Animals"
• Lucas Hedges - "Manchester by the Sea"
• Mahershala Ali - "Moonlight"

Who Will Win: Mahershala Ali - "Moonlight"

Who Could Win: Jeff Bridges - "Hell or High Water"

Best Actress

• Meryl Streep - "Florence Foster Jenkins"
• Emma Stone - "La La Land"
• Isabelle Huppert - "Elle"
• Ruth Negga - "Loving"
• Natalie Portman - "Jackie"

Who Will Win: Emma Stone - "La La Land"

Who Could Win: Natalie Portman - "Jackie"

Best Actor

• Ryan Gosling - "La La Land"
• Denzel Washington - "Fences"
• Casey Affleck - "Manchester by the Sea"
• Andrew Garfield - "Hacksaw Ridge"
• Viggo Mortensen - "Captain Fantastic"

Who Will Win: Casey Affleck - "Manchester by the Sea"

Who Could Win: Denzel Washington - "Fences"

Best Picture

• "Arrival"
• "La La Land"
• "Fences"
• "Hidden Figures"
• "Hacksaw Ridge"
• "Lion"
• "Hell or High Water"
• "Moonlight"
• "Manchester by the Sea"

What Will Win: "La La Land"

What Could Win: "Moonlight"