We are days away from the big Oscars night and it's time to publish my final winner predictions for each category. My picks were based not only in the movies' performance during the precursor awards and, specially, the guild awards and BAFTA, but also based on the general conception around the movie since every voter votes for every category, which means that each winner is the result of a consensus of all branches.
So, have a look:
So, as you can see I expect a big night for Everything Everywhere All At Once for not only taking home Best Picture but also for being the movie with most wins (5 total), followed by Elvis (4 wins) and then All Quiet On the Western Front and Top Gun: Maverick (2 wins each). So, no sweeps here... I believe the Academy voters will continue with the "spread the wealth" thinking they've adopted these recent years - in fact, I believe they will be kind with EEAAO in the above the line categories and then manage to give an Oscar here and there in the below the line categories, with the exception of Elvis, for which the industry has showed a huge support in the tech fields.
A note about Ice Merchants, the first ever Portuguese production to be nominated for an Oscar - I truly believe it can win since the favorite The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is a case of style over substance while Gonzalez's work balances beauty and a study about loss. Go!!!!
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