Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

I'd like to advise you, criddic, that taking out at least some of your runners-up may improve your score.

BEST PICTURE - DRAMA: Spotlight
Runner-up: Room

BEST PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: The Martian
runner-up: Spy

BEST DIRECTOR: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
runner-up: Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant

BEST LEADING ACTOR - DRAMA: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Runner-up: Will Smith, Concussion

BEST LEADING ACTRESS - DRAMA: Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
runner-up: Brie Larson, Room

BEST LEADING ACTOR - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Matt Damon, The Martian
Runner-up: Christian Bale, The Big Short

BEST LEADING ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van
runner-up: Melissa McCarthy, Spy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sylvester Stallone, Creed
runner-up: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
runner-up: Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

BEST SCREENPLAY: Spotlight
runner-up: The Big Short

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Hateful Eight
runner-up: Carol

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: "One Kind of Love"
runner-up: "See You Again"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Son of Saul
runner-up: Mustang

BEST ANIMATED FILM: Inside Out
runner-up: Anomalisa

FULL STANDING OVATIONS: 4

BEST PICTURE - DRAMA: Spotlight

BEST PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: The Martian

BEST DIRECTOR: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST LEADING ACTOR - DRAMA: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

BEST LEADING ACTRESS - DRAMA: Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

BEST LEADING ACTOR - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Matt Damon, The Martian

BEST LEADING ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Lily Tomlin, Grandma

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina

BEST SCREENPLAY: Spotlight

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Revenant

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: "One Kind of Love", Love & Mercy

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Son of Saul

BEST ANIMATED FILM: Anomalisa

FULL STANDING OVATIONS: 2 (Washington, Tomlin)

BEST PICTURE - DRAMA: Spotlight

BEST PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: The Big Short

BEST DIRECTOR: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST LEADING ACTOR - DRAMA: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Runner-up: Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

BEST LEADING ACTRESS - DRAMA: Brie Larson, Room

BEST LEADING ACTOR - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Matt Damon, The Martian

BEST LEADING ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Amy Schumer, Trainwreck

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sylvester Stallone, Creed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

BEST SCREENPLAY: Emma Donaghue, Room

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Hateful Eight

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: "See You Again"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Son of Saul

BEST ANIMATED FILM: Inside Out

FULL STANDING OVATIONS: 5

Picture (Drama): Spotlight
Picture (Comedy/Musical): The Big Short
(r.u. The Martian)
Director: Ridley Scott, The Martian
Actor (Drama): Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Actor (Comedy/Musical): Matt Damon, The Martian
Actress (Drama): Brie Larson, Room
Actress (Comedy/Musical): Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Screenplay: Spotlight
Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul
Animated Feature: Inside Out
Original Song: "See You Again," (Furious 7)
(r.u. "One Kind of Love," Love and Mercy)
Original Score: Carol
(r.u. The Hateful Eight)

Standing Ovations: 5

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Spotlight

BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL or COMEDY
The Big Short

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Brie Larson, Room

BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL or COMEDY
Matt Damon, The Martian

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL or COMEDY
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
(RU: Sylvester Stallone)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

BEST DIRECTOR FOR A MOTION PICTURE
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
(RU: Ridley Scott)

BEST SCREENPLAY FOR A MOTION PICTURE
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A MOTION PICTURE
Carter Burwell, Carol
(RU: The Hateful Eight)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG FOR A MOTION PICTURE
"One Kind of Love", Love & Mercy
(RU: "See You Again", Furious 7)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Son of Saul

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Inside Out

Standing ovations: 2.

Here goes nothing...

Best Picture - Drama: Spotlight
Best Picture - Comedy/Musical: The Big Short
Best Director: George Miller, Fury Road
Best Screenplay: Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight

Best Actor - Drama: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Best Actor - Comedy/Musical: Steve Carell, The Big Short
Best Actress - Drama: Brie Larson, Room
Best Actress - Comedy/Musical: Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Best Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina

Best Original Score: Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Best Original Song: Brian Wilson and Scott Bennet, "One Kind of Love", Love & Mercy
Best Animated Feature: Inside Out
Best Foreign Language Film: The Fencer

Standing Ovations: 2

Yeah, Son of Saul is a lot more likely to win the Foreign Language category, but if I have the opportunity to predict a Finnish film for once in my lifetime, I'm not going to let it go by.

I may reconsider/change a few of these before Sunday.

Picture (Drama): Spotlight
Picture (Comedy/Musical): The Big Short
Director: Ridley Scott, The Martian
Actor (Drama): Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Actor (Comedy/Musical): Matt Damon, The Martian
Actress (Drama): Brie Larson, Room
Actress (Comedy/Musical): Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Screenplay: Spotlight
Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul
Animated Feature: Inside Out
Original Song: "One Kind of Love," Love and Mercy
Original Score: Carol

Standing Ovations: 4

BEST PICTURE - DRAMA The Revenant (ru: Spotlight)

BEST PICTURE - MUSICAL/COMEDY The Martian (ru: The Big Short)

BEST ACTOR - DRAMA Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA
Brie Larson, Room (ru: Saorsie Ronan, Brooklyn)

BEST ACTOR - MUSICAL/COMEDY
Matt Damon, The Martian (ru: Christian Bale, The Big Short)

BEST ACTRESS - MUSICAL/COMEDY
Lily Tomlin, Grandma (ru: Amy Schumer, Trainwreck)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sylvester Stallone, Creed (ru: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Helen Mirren, Trumbo (ru: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina)

BEST DIRECTOR
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road (ru: Ridley Scott, The Martian)

BEST SCREENPLAY
Spotlight

BEST SCORE
The Hateful Eight

BEST SONG
“One Kind of Love” from Love & Mercy

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Inside Out

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Son of Saul

STANDING OVATIONS: 4

BEST PICTURE - DRAMA: Spotlight

BEST PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: The Big Short

BEST DIRECTOR: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant

BEST LEADING ACTOR - DRAMA: Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

BEST LEADING ACTRESS - DRAMA: Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

BEST LEADING ACTOR - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Matt Damon, The Martian

BEST LEADING ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Melissa McCarthy, Spy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

BEST SCREENPLAY: Spotlight

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Carol

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Love & Mercy

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Son of Saul

BEST ANIMATED FILM: Inside Out

FULL STANDING OVATIONS: 3

BEST PICTURE - DRAMA: Spotlight

BEST PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: The Martian

BEST DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott, The Martian

BEST LEADING ACTOR - DRAMA: Leonardo di Caprio, The Revenant

BEST LEADING ACTRESS - DRAMA: Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

BEST LEADING ACTOR - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Matt Damon, The Martian

BEST LEADING ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Melissa McCarthy, Spy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sylvester Stallone, Creed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

BEST SCREENPLAY: Spotlight

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Carol

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Love & Mercy

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Mustang

BEST ANIMATED FILM: Inside Out

FULL STANDING OVATIONS: 3

BEST PICTURE - DRAMA: Carol
Runner-up: Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: The Big Short
Runner-up: The Martian

BEST DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott, The Martian

BEST LEADING ACTOR - DRAMA: Leonardo di Caprio, The Revenant

BEST LEADING ACTRESS - DRAMA: Brie Larson, Room
Runner-up: Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

BEST LEADING ACTOR - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Steve Carell, The Big Short
Runner-up: Matt Damon, The Martian

BEST LEADING ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Jenniffer Lawrence, Joy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Runner-up: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Runner-up: Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

BEST SCREENPLAY: The Big Short

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Revenant
Runner-up: The Hateful Eight

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Love & Mercy

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Son of Saul

BEST ANIMATED FILM: Inside Out

FULL STANDING OVATIONS: 2

BEST PICTURE - DRAMA: Spotlight

BEST PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: The Big Short

BEST DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott, The Martian

BEST LEADING ACTOR - DRAMA: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Runner-up: Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

BEST LEADING ACTRESS - DRAMA: Brie Larson, Room

BEST LEADING ACTOR - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Matt Damon, The Martian

BEST LEADING ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL: Amy Schumer, Trainwreck

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sylvester Stallone, Creed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina

BEST SCREENPLAY: Spotlight

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Carol

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Fifty Shades of Grey

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Son of Saul

BEST ANIMATED FILM: Inside Out

FULL STANDING OVATIONS: 3 (Denzel Washington, Sylvester Stallone and Ridley Scott)

You know the rules but to refresh your memory:

1. Pick a winner and an optional runner-up in all the FILM categories.

2. A correct prediction with a runner-up earns 2 points.

3. A correct runner-up prediction earns 1 point.

4. A correct prediction without a runner-up earns 3 points.

5. Most accumulated points win.

6. Deadline is the moment Ricky Gervais hit the stage and start his opening monologue.

OPTIONAL BONUS TIE-BREAKER QUESTION (3 points)

How many full standing ovations will there be? (If no one is exactly right, the closest one/s without going over will get the points).