If I Owned the Oscars...

The Golden Globes were just on this past weekend and that is the official start of award season!! (and the Oscar noms just came out yesterday) A time of year when we all sit back and watch people we have never heard of receive awards for things we don't actually understand. Sounds fun right? Even though I claim to be a film enthusiast and have all the up-to-date info on the world of Hollywood, I regretfully also fall behind of having watched every single movie that is nominated during award seasons. But, I have watched a handful  of really good movies this year that will most likely be forgotten in the Academy's nominations. So I thought that I would make my own awards free of mispronounced names (Adele Dazeem), regretful wardrobe choices, and music that overpowers every acceptance speech.

I will format it just like the Academy Awards (watch them on Feb. 22 this year). I will give you the nominees in this post and look out for my winners on a later date.

Note: I have watched all of these films. I promise I'm not cheating. I have also only included topics I feel comfortable nominating. I know nothing about sound editing so we are skipping that one.

**= means the Academy also nominated the film for that particular category... like that means anything *cough* "The Lego Movie" *cough* "Life Itself" (all serious snubs on this year's nominations)

P.S. I made this list before the nominations came out on Thursday. This is totally unbiased! Well, except for the fact that I was the one who made the list...

Best Picture:

"Into the Woods"

"Guardians of the Galaxy"

**"The Grand Budapest Hotel"

"The Lego Movie"

Best Actor:

Jack O'Connell- "Unbroken"

Jon Favreau- "Chef"

Robert Downey Jr.-  "The Judge"

John Hamm- "Million Dollar Arm"

Kevin Costner- "Draft Day"

Jake Gyllenhaal- "Nightcrawler"

Best Actress:

Emily Blunt- "Into the Woods"

Helen Mirren- "The Hundred-Foot Journey"

Angelina Jolie- "Maleficent"

Shailene Woodley- "The Fault in Our Stars"

Best Supporting Actor:

**Robert Duvall- "The Judge"

Bradley Cooper- "Guardians of the Galaxy"

Miyavi- "Unbroken"

Chris Pine- "Into the Woods"

Best Supporting Actress:

**Meryl Streep- "Into the Woods"

Melissa McCarthy- "St. Vincent"

Rene Russo- "Nightcrawler"

Naomi Watts- "St. Vincent"

Best Original Screenplay:

**"The Grand Budapest Hotel"- Hugo Guinness and Wes Anderson

"St. Vincent"- Theordore Melfi

"The Judge"- Nick Schenk, David Seidler, Bill Dubuque

"Chef"- Jon Favreau

Best Animated Feature Film:

"The Lego Movie"

**"How to Train Your Dragon 2"

**"Big Hero 6"

Best Cinematography:

**"Unbroken"- Roger Deakins

**"The Grand Budapest Hotel"- Robert Yeoman

"Into the Woods"- Dion Beebe

"Nightcrawler"- Robert Elswit

"The Giver"- Ross Emery

Best Costume Design:

**"Into the Woods"- Colleen Atwood

"Guardians of the Galaxy"- Alexandra Byrne

**"Maleficent"- Anna B. Shepard

Best Director:

Rob Marshall- "Into the Woods"

Dan Gilroy- "Nightcrawler"

**Wes Anderson- "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Best Original Song:

**"Everything is Awesome"- "The Lego Movie"

"Immortals" from "Big Hero 6"

"For The Dancing And The Dreaming" from "How to Train Your Dragon 2"

"Afreen" from "The Hundred-Foot Journey"

"Yellow Flicker Beat" from "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1"

"We're Doing A Sequel" from "Muppets Most Wanted"

Best Adapted Screenplay:

"The Hunger Games 2: The Mockingjay"- Simon Beaufoy, Michael Arndt

"Into the Woods"- James Lapine

"The Fault in Our Stars"- Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber

"The Giver"- Michael Mitnick, Robert B. Weide