Dr. Horrible and the Academy Awards

By Will Griggs

I have had a few favorite Oscar hosts:  Billy Crystal, Bob Hope, and even Jon Stewart (yes, I thought he did a good job!).  This year I am excited about Neil Patrick Harris taking the reigns as he has done such a fantastic job hosting the Tonys, and I love practically everything he does.  I even read his Choose Your Own Adventure-themed autobiography.  The song and dance numbers will be great, the writing will be stilted, and the show will run long.  But the main reason us pop culture junkies tune in every year is to pick the winners!  So here are my predictions for this year’s Oscars; I will be offering them by film instead of by categories so we can see who the big winners really are…

BIG WINNERS

 

BOYHOOD (4) —               Picture, Supporting Actress, Directing, Film Editing

 

 

 

 

WHIPLASH (3) — Supporting Actor, Sound Mixing, Adapted Screenplay

 

 

TWO-TIMERS

 

BIRDMAN (2) —           Actor, Original Screenplay

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (2) —          Costume Design, Production Design

 

 

 

 

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2) —         Makeup and Hairstyling, Visual Effects

 

 

 

ONE-HIT WONDERS

 

STILL ALICE (1) —    Actress

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (1) —   Animated Feature

 

 

 

 

                                    UNBROKEN (1) — Cinematography

 

 

 

 

 

CITIZENFOUR (1) — Documentary Feature

 

 

 

 

                                  WHITE EARTH (1) — Documentary Short Subject

 

 

 

 

TANGERINES (1) — Foreign Language Film

 

 

 

 

 

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (1) —  Original Score

 

 

 

 

 

SELMA (1) —            Original Song

 

 

 

 

 

THE DAM KEEPER (1) — Short Film Animated

 

 

 

 

THE PHONE CALL (1) — Short Film Live Action

 

 

                           INTERSTELLER (1) — Sound Editing