Wednesday, December 25, 2019

2019 YEAR-END BALLOT

the point of this exercise isn't merely to stand in contrast to industry awards shows but to shine light on other works/achievements/performances that might've not gotten enough consideration during their initial releases 


Past ballots at The Wandering Image:

 198019811982198319841985198619871988
1989, 19901991199219931994199519961997
199819992000 200120022003200420052006, 
200720082009201020112012, 201320142015
201620172018

To view my Top 30 films of 2019, visit the Final Cinema.




Note: I'm not going to separate foreign language films from english films on my ballot. It's bullshit and the academy shouldn't do it anymore either. Also, Oscar winner predictions will be added later this year beneath my *top pick in each category.



**Actual AMPAS nominees added 1/13/2020**
**Oscar winner predictions added 2/1/2020 below actual AMPAS nominees** 
**AMPAS winners added 2/10/2020**







2019
*ASH IS PUREST WHITE
THIS MAGNIFICENT CAKE
THE NIGHTINGALE
HOTEL BY THE RIVER
TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 3D
TRANSIT
PARASITE
THE IRISHMAN
A HIDDEN LIFE
SHADOW
HER SMELL
PETERLOO
THE SOUVENIR
ASAKO I & II
UNCUT GEMS
ATLANTICS
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
AD ASTRA
AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL


actual oscar nominees best picture:
FORD V FERRARI
THE IRISHMAN
JOJO RABBIT
JOKER
LITTLE WOMEN
MARRIAGE STORY
1917
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
PARASITE (won)

actual oscar nominees foreign language:
CORPUS CHRISTI
HONEYLAND
LES MISÉRABLES
PAIN AND GLORY
PARASITE (won)

prediction best picture:
1917

prediction international feature:
PARASITE













2019
*Jia Zhangke 
         for ASH IS PUREST WHITE
Bong joon-ho for PARASITE
Khalik Allah for BLACK MOTHER
Jennifer Kent for THE NIGHTINGALE
Issa Lopez for TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID

actual oscar nominees
Scorsese for THE IRISHMAN
Todd Phillips for JOKER
Sam Mendes for 1917
Tarantino for ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
Bong joon-ho for PARASITE (won)

prediction:
Sam Mendes for 1917














2019
*Alfre Woodard in CLEMENCY
Elisabeth Moss in HER SMELL
Lupita Nyong'o in US
Sienna Miller in AMERICAN WOMAN
Olivia Wilde in A VIGILANTE

actual oscar nominees
Cynthia Erivo in HARRIET
Scarlett Johansson in MARRIAGE STORY
Saoirse Ronan in LITTLE WOMEN
Charlize Theron in BOMBSHELL
Renée Zellweger in JUDY (won)

prediction:
Scarlett Johansson in MARRIAGE STORY














2019
*August Diehl in A HIDDEN LIFE
Eddie Murphy in DOLEMITE IS MY NAME
Adam Sandler in UNCUT GEMS
Song Kang-ho in PARASITE
Willem Dafoe in PASOLINI

actual oscar nominations
Antonio Banderas in PAIN AND GLORY
Leonardo DiCaprio in ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
Adam Driver in MARRIAGE STORY
Joaquin Phoenix in JOKER (won)
Jonathan Pryce in THE TWO POPES

prediction:
Joaquin Phoenix in JOKER














2019
*Florence Pugh in LITTLE WOMEN
Jennifer Lopez in HUSTLERS
Agyness Deyn in HER SMELL
Rebecca Ferguson in DOCTOR SLEEP
Mia Wasikowska in PIERCING

actual oscar nominees
Kathy Bates in RICHARD JEWELL
Laura Dern in MARRIAGE STORY (won)
Scarlett Johansson in JOJO RABBIT
Florence Pugh in LITTLE WOMEN
Margot Robbie in BOMBSHELL

prediction:
Margot Robbie in BOMBSHELL
















2019
*Wesley Snipes
          in DOLEMITE IS MY NAME
James McAvoy in GLASS
Tom Hanks in A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Al Pacino in THE IRISHMAN
Brad Pitt in ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD

actual oscar nominees:
Tom Hanks in A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Anthony Hopkins in THE TWO POPES
Al Pacino in THE IRISHMAN
Joe Pesci in THE IRISHMAN
Brad Pitt in ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (won)

prediction:
Brad Pitt in ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD















2019
*PARASITE - Bong joon-ho
DOLEMITE IS MY NAME - Scott Alexander, L,Karaszewski
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD - Quentin Tarantino
MARRIAGE STORY - Noah Baumbach
PAIN & GLORY - Pedro Almodovar

actual oscar nominees:
KNIVES OUT
MARRIAGE STORY
1917
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
PARASITE (won)

prediction:
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD

















2019
*THE IRISHMAN Steven Zaillian
DARK WATERS - Matthew Michael Carnahan, Mario Correa
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 
                             - Noah Harpster, Micah Fitzerman-Blue
TRANSIT - Christian Petzold
HUSTLERS - Lorene Scafaria

actual oscar nominees:
THE IRISHMAN
JOJO RABBIT (won)
JOKER
LITTLE WOMEN
THE TWO POPES

prediction:
LITTLE WOMEN















2019
*BLACK MOTHER
GOSPEL OF EUREKA
CHINESE PORTRAIT
MIDNIGHT FAMILY
I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS
HONEYLAND
MAIDEN
GHOST FLEET
REZO
63 UP

actual oscar nominees:
AMERICAN FACTORY (won)
THE CAVE
THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY
FOR SAMA
HONEYLAND

prediction:
AMERICAN FACTORY













2019
*THIS MAGNIFICENT CAKE!
VIOLENCE VOYAGER
MISSING LINK
PROMARE
REZO
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD
INVADER ZIM: ENTER THE FLORPUS
VIRUS TROPICAL
STEVEN UNIVERSE THE MOVIE
KLAUS
ABOMINABLE
NE ZHA

actual oscar nominees
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD
I LOST MY BODY
KLAUS
MISSING LINK
TOY STORY 4 (won)

prediction:
MISSING LINK











2019
*MONOS - Mica Levi >
KNIFE + HEART - M83 >
ATLANTICS - Fatima Al Qadiri >
UNCUT GEMS - Oneohtrix Point Never >
MARRIAGE STORY - Randy Newman >
LITTLE WOMEN - Alexandre Desplat >
JALLIKATTU - Prashant Pillai >
AQUARELA - Apocalyptica >

actual oscar nominees:
JOKER (won)
LITTLE WOMEN
MARRIAGE STORY
1917
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

prediction:
LITTLE WOMEN









2019
*ANIMA
THE FALL by Jonathan Glazer
IN DOG YEARS by Sophy Romvari
BROTHERHOOD
IN THE ABSENCE by Seung-jun Yi
TIERRA WHACK: UNEMPLOYED
THIS WAY TO EGRESS [NIGHTMARE CINEMA segment]
JENNY HVAL: ACCIDENT
LORENA, LIGHT-FOOTED WOMAN
BUDFOOT
CHEMICAL BROTHERS: EVE OF DESTRUCTION

actual oscar nominees narrative short
BROTHERHOOD
NEFTA FOOTBALL CLUB
THE NEIGHBORS’ WINDOW (won)
SARIA
A SISTER

prediction:
BROTHERHOOD


actual oscar nominees documentary short
IN THE ABSENCE
LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) (won)
LIFE OVERTAKES ME
ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN
WALK RUN CHA-CHA

prediction:
LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL)













2019
*ACID RAIN
DAUGHTER [DCERA]
SISTER by Siqi Song
KITBULL
TOMORROW I WILL BE DIRT
THOM YORKE: LAST I HEARD 
                                  (HE WAS CIRCLING THE DRAIN)
 NOT SO FAST by PilotRedSun
FLYING LOTUS: MORE
SOLAR PLEXUS by David McShane
THE DAWN OF APE 水江 未来
BELIAL'S DREAM
MEMORABLE by Bruno Collet
HAIR LOVE
THE COIN by Siqi Song
MIND MY MIND
POWDER: NEW TRIBE
PURL [Pixar]

actual oscar nominees:
DCERA (DAUGHTER)
HAIR LOVE (won)
KITBULL
MEMORABLE
SISTER

prediction:
HAIR LOVE











categories below this point are
↓for you technical craft lovers↓


2019
*1917 - Roger Deakins BSC, ASC
THE LIGHTHOUSE - Jarin Blaschke, ASC
AD ASTRA - Hoyte van Hoytema, NSC, ASC
A HIDDEN LIFE - Jörg Widmer, BVK
MONOS - Jasper Wolf, ASC
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA - Robert Richardson, ASC

actual oscar nominees:
THE IRISHMAN
JOKER
THE LIGHTHOUSE
1917 (won)
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD

prediction:
1917













2019
*BLACK MOTHER - Khalik Allah
APOLLO 11 - Todd Douglas Miller
PARASITE - Yang Jin-mo
ATLANTICS - Aël Dallier Vega
THE IRISHMAN - Thelma Schoonmaker
HUSTLERS - Kayla Emter

actual oscar nominees
FORD V FERRARI (won)
THE IRISHMAN
JOJO RABBIT
JOKER
PARASITE

prediction:
JOKER















2019
*1917 - Dennis Gassner
AD ASTRA - Kevin Thompson, Christa Munro
ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD 
                                   - Barbara Ling, Richard L. Johnson
PARASITE - Ha-jun Lee
ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL - Caylah Eddleblute, Steve Joyner

actual oscar nominees:
THE IRISHMAN
JOJO RABBIT
1917
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (won)
PARASITE

prediction:
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD














2019
*ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD Arianne Phillips
PARADISE HILLS - Alberto Valcárcel
DOLEMITE IS MY NAME - Ruth E. Carter
LITTLE WOMEN - Jacqueline Durran
ALADDIN - Michael Wilkinson

actual oscar nominees
THE IRISHMAN
JOJO RABBIT
JOKER
LITTLE WOMEN (won)
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD

prediction:
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD














2019
*SCARY STORIES 
        TO TELL IN THE DARK
IT: CHAPTER TWO
MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL
ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD
THE DEAD DON'T DIE
X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX
1917
SEXTUPLETS

actual oscar nominees:
BOMBSHELL (won)
JOKER
JUDY
MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL
1917

prediction:
JOKER













2019
*AD ASTRA
THE LIGHTHOUSE
GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS
JALLIKATTU
CRAWL
FORD V FERRARI
1917

actual oscar nominees:
FORD V FERRARI (won)
JOKER
1917
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

prediction:
1917















2019
*AD ASTRA
DOCTOR SLEEP
1917
JALLIKATTU
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
MIDWAY

actual oscar nominees:
AD ASTRA
FORD V FERRARI
JOKER
1917 (won)
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD

prediction:
1917















2019
*ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF THE SKYWALKER
AD ASTRA
DOCTOR SLEEP
1917
GEMINI MAN
FORD V FERRARI

actual oscar nominees:
AVENGERS: ENDGAME
THE IRISHMAN
THE LION KING
1917 (won)
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

prediction:
AVENGERS: ENDGAME


















muriel awards categories:




2019
*1) Rudy Ray Moore mingles with his fans at the DOLEMITE (1975) premiere - DOLEMITE IS MY NAME
2) Rose the Hat telepathically flies into Abra's bedroom 
-------------------------------------- DOCTOR SLEEP
3) Final 40 min stretch of film (flood, birthday party, etc.)
----------------------------------------------- PARASITE
4) Sharon Tate visits a cinema 
--------------------- ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
5) The Cartagena shoot-out and chase - GEMINI MAN
6) convo w/painter who is afraid to paint the crucifixion 
------------------------------------------ A HIDDEN LIFE
7) Everything goes red. when LSD trips go bad, daaang 
------------------------------------------------ CLIMAX
8) Hilarious tense meeting between Tony Pro and Hoffa 
------------------------------------------ THE IRISHMAN
9) The main duel and crossbow/umbrella sequence! 
-------------------------------------------------- SHADOW
-tie- Alex transforms his school into a fortress 
------------------------------ THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING
10) The levee wave! 
Everyone ends up in the house again with gators - CRAWL
11) Moon pirates - AD ASTRA
12) Hiding from Chino inside building ruins 
------------------------- TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID
13) Attack of the "Jangly Man" 
------------------ SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK
-tie- The upside down room puzzle 
------------------------------------------- ESCAPE ROOM
14) Serizawa reboots Gojira @ Atlantis ruins 
-------------------------- GODZILLA: KING OF MONSTERS
15) Grewishka Underworld fight 
-------------------------------- ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL

also this!



Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:   1980198119821983198419851986,
 19871988, 198919901991,1992, 199319941995,
 1996199719981999200020012002, 20032004,
 200520062007200820092010201120122013,
 201420152016, 20172018

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