My Personal Oscar Ballot 2019

The Oscars are coming! And while the Academy has done its best to make this year as ridiculous as ever with their inane decisions, let's focus on the movies shall we? Below would be my personal ballot if I was an Academy member. Real members have until this Tuesday to make their final picks. Hope at least a few of them spend their holiday weekend catching up on films.

Note: For Best Picture, Academy voters are asked to rank their choices. For the other categories, they are only asked to pick their choice of winner, which is exactly what I've done.

Best Picture
1 - The Favourite
2 - Roma
3 - BlacKkKlansman
4 - Black Panther
5 - A Star Is Born
6 - Green Book
7 - Bohemian Rhapsody
8 - Vice

Best Director: Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Best Lead Actor: Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Best Lead Actress: Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Best Supporting Actor: Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Original Screenplay: The Favourite
Best Adapted Screenplay: If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Foreign Language Film: Roma
Best Documentary: Free Solo
Best Original Score: If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Original Song: "Shallow," A Star Is Born
Best Editing: BlacKkKlansman
Best Production Design: The Favourite
Best Cinematography: Roma
Best Costume Design: Black Panther
Best Makeup and Hair: Mary Queen of Scots
Best Sound Editing: First Man
Best Sound Mixing: First Man
Best Visual Effects: Avengers: Infinity Wars
Best Live Action Short: Marguerite
Best Animated Short: Bao
Best Documentary Short: A Night at the Garden

The Favourite was clearly my... favorite, topping out with 5 awards. A few films picked up a couple of awards: BlacKkKlansman, A Star Is Born, If Beale Street Could Talk, Roma and First Man. While Green Book, Bohemian Rhapsody and Vice walk away empty-handed. That'd be nice.