2005-06

It's a Wonderful Night for Oscar! Oscar, Oscar! Who Will Win?

The time for prognostication and posturing has come to an end; the winners of the 78th Academy Awards on Sunday night will be:

BEST PICTURE ❌

Will/Should win: Brokeback Mountain

[Did win]: Crash

BEST DIRECTOR ✅

Will/Should win: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain

BEST ACTOR ✅

Will win: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote

Should win: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain

BEST ACTRESS ✅

Will win: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ❌

Will win: Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man

Should win: Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain

[Did win]: George Clooney, Syriana

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ✅

Will win: Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener

Should win: Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY ❌

Will win: Good Night and Good Luck

[Did win]: Crash

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY ✅

Will/Should win: Brokeback Mountain

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE ✅

Will win: Wallace & Grommit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM ✅

Will win: Tsotsi

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE ✅

Will/Should win: March of the Penguins

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY ✅

Will win: Memoirs of a Geisha

Should win: Batman Begins

BEST FILM EDITING ❌

Will win: Cinderella Man

[Did win]: Crash

BEST ART DIRECTION ✅

Will win: Memoirs of a Geisha

Should win: King Kong

BEST COSTUME DESIGN ✅

Will win: Memoirs of a Geisha

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE ❌

Will win: Memoirs of a Geisha

Should win: Brokeback Mountain

BEST ORIGINAL SONG ❌

Will win: "In the Deep" from Crash

[Did win]: "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" from Hustle & Flow

BEST SOUND MIXING ❌

Will win: Walk the Line

Should win: King Kong

BEST SOUND EDITING ✅

Will/Should win: King Kong

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS ✅

Will win: King Kong

Should win: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

BEST MAKEUP ❌

Will/Should win: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

[Did win]: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

BEST ANIMATED SHORT ❌

Will win: Badgered

[Did win]: The Moon and the Son

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT ✅

Will win: Six Shooter

BEST DOCUMENTARY, SHORT SUBJECT ❌

Will win: God Sleeps in Rwanda

[Did win]: A Note of Triumph

Post-Oscars Analysis

Final score: 14/24