{"id":3622,"date":"2015-02-23T10:39:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T10:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=3622"},"modified":"2015-02-23T10:39:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T10:39:32","slug":"the-oscars-the-winners-vs-our-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/02\/23\/the-oscars-the-winners-vs-our-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oscars: The Winners vs. Our Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The great and good of Hollywood gathered for the 87th Academy Awards last night, with <i>Boyhood, Birdman<\/i> and <i>The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/i> among the films vying for the big awards.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the nominees were announced, <a title=\"Who will win at the Oscars? Here are our predictions \u201d\u201c share yours in the comments!\" href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/2015\/01\/16\/who-will-win-at-the-oscars-here-are-our-predictions-share-yours-in-the-comments\/\">we made a few predictions<\/a>. So, how well did we do? Let\u2019s find out\u201d\u00a6<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Best Picture<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Our prediction: <i>Boyhood<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The winner: <i>Birdman<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uJfLoE6hanc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Oof, not a great start. To be fair, it was always going to be a tight race but we thought the fact <i>Boyhood<\/i> took 12 years to make would give it the edge. <i>Birdman<\/i> is a worthy winner, though, and it\u2019s good to see a comedy winning the big prize for once!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Current prediction score: 0\/1<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Best Director<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Our prediction: Wes Anderson (<i>The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/i>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The winner: Alejandro Gonz\u00c3\u00a1lez I\u00c3\u00b1\u00c3\u00a1rritu (<i>Birdman<\/i>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh dear. We thought indie darling Wes Anderson would finally get some recognition from the Academy for his stellar work over the years, but it wasn\u2019t to be.<\/p>\n<p>In hindsight, Alejandro Gonz\u00c3\u00a1lez I\u00c3\u00b1\u00c3\u00a1rritu was a likely winner (even though we labelled him a dark horse in our prediction post): his work in making <i>Birdman<\/i> look as if it was shot in a single take was remarkable. Doesn\u2019t help our prediction score though, does it?!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Current prediction score: 0\/2<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Best Actor<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Our prediction: Eddie Redmayne <i>(The Theory of Everything<\/i>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The winner: Eddie Redmayne <i>(The Theory of Everything<\/i>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Salz7uGp72c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hooray! We got one right! Although, to be honest, Redmayne\u2019s performance as Stephen Hawking is so good that this was something of a foregone conclusion. He\u2019s the 3rd British actor to take home the prize in the past 5 years.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Current prediction score: 1\/3<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Best Actress<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Our prediction: Julianne Moore (<i>Still Alice<\/i>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The winner: Julianne Moore (<i>Still Alice<\/i>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZrXrZ5iiR0o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Woohoo, another correct prediction! This award was a long time coming for Julianne Moore, who was previously nominated 4 times without winning. As they say, good things come to those who wait (and happen to be really good at acting too).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Current prediction score: 2\/4<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Best Supporting Actor<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Our prediction: JK Simmons<\/strong><em><strong> (Whiplash)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The winner: JK Simmons<\/strong><em><strong> (Whiplash)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zIP_gtjDtfE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Simmons\u2019 performance as the drum teacher from hell made him the hot favourite for this award, so we can\u2019t give ourselves too much credit. A worthy winner.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Current prediction score: 3\/5<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Best Supporting Actress<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Our prediction: Patricia Arquette (<i>Boyhood<\/i>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The winner: Patricia Arquette (<i>Boyhood<\/i>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ys-mbHXyWX4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s rare that all of the favourites win at The Oscars, with the Academy usually plumping for the odd leftfield winner. Not last night, though: like Moore and Simmons, Arquette was the obvious choice for this award.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Current prediction score: 4\/6<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Best Animated Film<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Our prediction: <i>Big Hero 6<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The winner: <i>Big Hero 6<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z3biFxZIJOQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another fairly obvious one. It would have been a better race if <i>The Lego Movie<\/i> hadn\u2019t been snubbed. Not that we\u2019re upset or anything\u201d\u00a6<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Current prediction score: 5\/7<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>So, we scored a fairly respectable 5 out of 7 thanks to a relatively surprise-free Oscars ceremony. Tune in next week, when we try to predict the Lottery numbers!<\/p>\n<p>Let us know what you thought of the Oscars in the comments. Or, if you want to clean up your film collection to make space for this year\u2019s winners, <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/entertainment\/sell-dvds\/\">sell some of your DVDs<\/a> with musicMagpie!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/entertainment\/sell-dvds\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3533\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DVD-button.png\" alt=\"DVD Button\" width=\"299\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>The best of the rest<\/h4>\n<p>In case you missed it, here\u2019s a quick round-up of the other winners at last night\u2019s Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>As well as Best Picture and Best Director, <i>Birdman<\/i> also took home <strong>Best Cinematography<\/strong> and <strong>Best Original Screenplay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/i> won 4 awards, despite missing out in the big categories, with trophies for <strong>Costume Design<\/strong>, <strong>Make-Up<\/strong>, <strong>Original Score<\/strong> and <strong>Production Design<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Imitation Game <\/i>scored another victory for British cinema, winning <strong>Best Adapted Screenplay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial <i>American Sniper<\/i> took home the prize for <strong>Best Sound Editing<\/strong>, while <i>Glory <\/i>from <i>Selma<\/i> won <strong>Best Original Song<\/strong> (beating <i>Everything is Awesome<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p>And the forgotten film of the ceremony, <a title=\"The Surprisingly Easy Guide to Christopher Nolan\u2019s Interstellar\" href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/2014\/11\/06\/the-surprisingly-easy-guide-to-christopher-nolans-interstellar\/\">Christopher Nolan\u2019s<\/a> <i>Interstellar<\/i>, managed to win something too: <strong>Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great and good of Hollywood gathered for the 87th Academy Awards last night, with Boyhood, Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel among the films vying for the big awards. Shortly after the nominees were announced, we made a few predictions. So, how well did we do? Let\u2019s find out\u201d\u00a6 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3622"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3622"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3627,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3622\/revisions\/3627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}