2025 Oscar Predictions: Best Actor (Part 1)

[Chris Beachum Joined: May 22nd, 2011 Topics: 1000 Posts: 1937 View Predictions]

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[xohours Joined: Aug 13th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 1486 View Predictions]

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[Paul Mua'Sweep Joined: Feb 19th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 3259 View Predictions]

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Craig (It Man building resume that leads to this moment)

Domingo (returning nominee)

Phoenix (returning winner)

No clue

No clue

 

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[Setia Yasmine Khalil Joined: Jan 14th, 2022 Topics: 1 Posts: 2040 View Predictions]

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Domingo , Craig and Fiennes

4 and 5 might be Phoenix and hanks

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[Stank83 Joined: Mar 8th, 2020 Topics: 107 Posts: 2314 View Predictions]

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1. Daniel Craig (Queer

2. Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)

3. Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)

4. Oscar Isaac (In The Hand Of Dante)

5. John David Washington (The Piano Lesson)

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[SarahvsMovies Joined: Jun 14th, 2021 Topics: 3 Posts: 1305 View Predictions]

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I really don’t buy Hanks.

1. Zemekis’ track record is…spotty at best.
2. Hanks has been making straight-to-Oscar-flop bait forever now, this feels like yet another one
3. Most of all, this being the first movie vying for awards to openly embrace AI use to digitally de-age Hanks is going to get so much backlash I don’t think they’ll want to recognize any part of the film

I’ve got Domingo, Craig, Fiennes as higher-likelihood nominees, but the only one I’m fully confident in is Domingo. After them it’s a whole list of guys about evenly in a free-for-all. I’m excited for Venice to hopefully bring some clarity because right now this category seems really wide open, especially since Cannes ultimately mostly removed/significantly dropped potential contenders here (Driver, Stan, Gere) rather than add any.

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[Setia Yasmine Khalil Joined: Jan 14th, 2022 Topics: 1 Posts: 2040 View Predictions]

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SarahvsMovies wrote:

I really don’t buy Hanks.

1. Zemekis’ track record is…spotty at best.
2. Hanks has been making straight-to-Oscar-flop bait forever now, this feels like yet another one
3. Most of all, this being the first movie vying for awards to openly embrace AI use to digitally de-age Hanks is going to get so much backlash I don’t think they’ll want to recognize any part of the film

I’ve got Domingo, Craig, Fiennes as higher-likelihood nominees, but the only one I’m fully confident in is Domingo. After them it’s a whole list of guys about evenly in a free-for-all. I’m excited for Venice to hopefully bring some clarity because right now this category seems really wide open, especially since Cannes ultimately mostly removed/significantly dropped potential contenders here (Driver, Stan, Gere) rather than add any.

Yeah i know hé IS just a place holder not buying anyone other than Domingo and maybe Fiennes

WE will see with fall festivals

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[Setia Yasmine Khalil Joined: Jan 14th, 2022 Topics: 1 Posts: 2040 View Predictions]

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Honestly if acclaimed i Can see Craig sweeping although His character is unlikable

“Spoilers ”

He lusts over a young man and IS a heroin addict

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[SarahvsMovies Joined: Jun 14th, 2021 Topics: 3 Posts: 1305 View Predictions]

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Setia_Yasmine_Khalil wrote:

Yeah i know hé IS just a place holder not buying anyone other than Domingo and maybe Fiennes WE will see with fall festivals

My worry with Fiennes is they like to ignore him, but maybe in a sparser year like this is looking to be they finally don’t. Also that I’m not completely sold on Conclave playing as an “awards” film due to the pulpy book it’s based on and Berger being a mostly workman-like director whose Oscar success with AQOTWF has to be in large part because if there’s one thing the Academy can’t resist it’s a war movie. But I want to believe in the cast at least getting recognition regardless.

Craig is getting a lot of sight-unseen buzz, and a lot of people declaring early it’ll be between him and Colman. The amount of confidence without cause this early on is giving me some Jackman flashbacks. Hopefully it won’t go that way again.

But yeah, I think everyone except Domingo is a question mark. Some bigger than others, but question marks.

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[Paul Mua'Sweep Joined: Feb 19th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 3259 View Predictions]

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Setia_Yasmine_Khalil wrote:

Honestly if acclaimed i Can see Craig sweeping although His character is unlikable “Spoilers ” He lusts over a young man and IS a heroin addict

So ultra bait. He’s competitive to win.

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[Archie Leach Joined: Dec 7th, 2022 Topics: 0 Posts: 323 View Predictions]

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Harris Dickinson (Blitz)!!!

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[Chloe Sevigny stan <3 Joined: Jul 13th, 2019 Topics: 6 Posts: 2552 View Predictions]

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Current predictions:

1: Daniel Craig (Queer)
2: Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
3: Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
4: Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine)
5: Adrian Brody (The Brutalist)

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[zkrons Joined: Apr 25th, 2015 Topics: 0 Posts: 120 View Predictions]

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I won’t believe The Rock will be nominated until it actually happens

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[SarahvsMovies Joined: Jun 14th, 2021 Topics: 3 Posts: 1305 View Predictions]

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zkrons wrote:

I won’t believe The Rock will be nominated until it actually happens

I don’t think Smashing Machine is coming out this year. But whenever it is released, if he’s nominated I’ll make the follow-up short to Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe and eat my own.

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[babypook Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 44 Posts: 7770 View Predictions]

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I’m used to the thought already. Dwayne, is IN.
I’m sure he’s thankful for his costar.

The Sunne in Splendour.
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