How'd I Do? 90th Academy Awards Edition

Top 8 categories: 35/44 (79.5%, so that's lower than the last two years)
Acting: 16/20
Overall: 82/107 (76.6%, definitely higher than the last three years and most likely my best ever)

Picture 7/9

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

The Shape of Water

Lady Bird

Dunkirk

Get Out

The Post

Call Me By Your Name

I missed: Darkest Hour; Phantom Thread
Predicted: I, Tonya; The Florida Project

Where I went wrong: I was unimpressed by Darkest Hour and thought it might miss on this nomination and I was just hopeful for The Florida Project. I never imagined Phantom Thread would be nominated.

Director 3/5

Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water

Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk

Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird

I missed: Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread; Jordan Peele - Get Out
Predicted: Martin McDonagh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Luca Guadagnino - Call Me By Your Name

Where I went wrong: The smart money said Jordan Peele, but something told me he would miss the directing nomination in favor of Guadagnino. I was wrong there. Like the Best Picture nomination, I never ever ever would have guessed Anderson would be nominated for Phantom Thread.

Actress 5/5

Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water

Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird

Margot Robbie - I, Tonya

Meryl Streep - The Post

Actor 4/5

Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour

Timothee Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name

Daniel Day Lewis - Phantom Thread

Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out

I missed: Denzel Washington - Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Predicted: James Franco - The Disaster Artist

Where I went wrong: Washington was on a few prediction lists I saw, but I never saw him as a serious contender. The movie came and went with very poor reviews. This is an unusual nomination. His performance must be extraordinary.

Supporting Actress 4/5

Allison Janney - I, Tonya

Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird

Mary J. Blige - Mudbound

Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water

I missed: Lesley Manville - Phantom Thread
Predicted: Holly Hunter - The Big Sick

Where I went wrong: Same as in Best Picture and Director, I severely underestimated the Academy's love for Phantom Thread.

Supporting Actor 3/5

Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project

Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water

I missed: Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Christopher Plummer - All the Money in the World.

Predicted: Michael Stuhlbarg - Call Me By Your Name; Armie Hammer - Call Me By Your Name

Where I went wrong: Well, this was kind of a guessing game after the three names I picked correctly. It was as likely to be any combination of those four names, I'd say. I left Plummer off because I just didn't think the movie was good enough.

Adapted Screenplay 4/5

Call Me By Your Name

Mudbound

Molly's Game

The Disaster Artist

I missed: Logan
Predicted: Wonder

Where I went wrong: Logan was on my radar as a contender for a nomination, but a lot more people were calling the fifth spot for Wonder, which I haven't seen.

Original Screenplay 5/5

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Lady Bird

Get Out

The Shape of Water

The Big Sick

Animated Feature 4/5

Coco

Loving Vincent

The Breadwinner

The Boss Baby

I missed: Ferdinand
Predicted: The LEGO Batman Movie

Where I went wrong: I haven't seen Ferdinand and thought perhaps its middling reviews suggested it wouldn't make the cut.

Cinematography 4/5

Blade Runner 2049

Dunkirk

The Shape of Water

Mudbound

I missed: Darkest Hour
Predicted: Call Me By Your Name

Where I went wrong: Underestimated Academy love for Darkest Hour, a perception colored by my own distaste for the movie.

Costume Design 3/5

Phantom Thread

Beauty and the Beast

Victoria and Abdul

I missed: Darkest Hour; The Shape of Water
Predicted: The Greatest Showman; Murder on the Orient Express

Where I went wrong: Didn't think The Shape of Water would be nominated for basically everything. Didn't think Darkest Hour worthy of so much Oscar attention.

Film Editing 4/5

Dunkirk

The Shape of Water

Baby Driver

I, Tonya

I missed: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Predicted: Blade Runner 2049

Makeup & Hairstyling 2/3

Darkest Hour

Wonder

I missed: Victoria & Abdul
Predicted: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Production Design 4/5

The Shape of Water

Blade Runner 2049

Beauty and the Beast

Darkest Hour

I missed: Dunkirk
Predicted: The Post

Original Score 5/5

Alexandre Desplat - The Shape of Water

Hans Zimmer - Dunkirk

Johnny Greenwood - Phantom Thread

Carter Burwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Original Song 4/5

"Remember Me" from Coco

"This Is Me" from The Greatest Showman

"The Mystery of Love" from Call Me By Your Name

"Mighty River" from Mudbound

I missed: "Stand Up for Something" from Marshall
Predicted: "Evermore" from Beauty and the Beast

Sound Editing 4/5

Dunkirk

Baby Driver

Blade Runner 2049

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

I missed: The Shape of Water
Predicted: Wonder Woman

Sound Mixing 4/5

Dunkirk

Blade Runner 2049

Baby Driver

The Shape of Water

I missed: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Predicted: Beauty and the Beast

Visual Effects 3/5

Blade Runner 2049

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

War for the Planet of the Apes

I missed: Kong: Skull Island; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Predicted: Dunkirk; Okja

Documentary Feature 3/5

Last Men in Aleppo

Faces Places

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

I missed: Icarus; Strong Island
Predicted: City of Ghosts; Jane

Foreign Language Film 3/5

Chile - A Fantastic Woman

Sweden - The Square

Lebanon - The Insult

I missed: Russia - Loveless; Hungary - On Body and Soul
Predicted: Germany - In the Fade; Israel - Foxtrot