So there we have it, another year of movies is officially over and not without its fair share of predictable wins and very very shocking surprises. Here are all the winners of the main categories from the 89th Academy Awards.
Just so you know… The winners will be highlighted in RED.
BEST PICTURE – WINNER
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Well in a very unexpected and somewhat controversial turn of events to close out the night we have Moonlight stealing the Best Picture Oscar from La La Land at the last second. It is an incredible film and it more than deserved the win so congratulations to all the winners from tonight.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE – WINNER
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington – Fences
It was a damn right phenomenal performance and he did so much with so little dialogue playing a very damaged character that he really did outshine Denzel and his performance in Fences. Enjoy the moment Casey while you are currently outshining your brother.
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE – WINNER
Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Ruth Negga – Loving
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Emma Stone – La La Land
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
Emma Stone put in the performance of her career in La La Land so there was almost no chance of her losing this one. A very well deserved win for a constantly improving actress.
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – WINNER
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel – Lion
Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals
Well who didn’t see this coming? No-one deserved this award more than Mahershala Ali. If you haven’t seen Moonlight see it just to recognise the incredible performance he put in.
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – WINNER
Viola Davis – Fences
Naomi Harris – Moonlight
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
She was so powerful in Fences that in every scene she just commanded the screen and delivered every line with fantastic emotional weight. Hell, even her speech was an emotionally strong great piece of dialogue.
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM – WINNER
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
Even though i think Kubo and the Two Strings should have won by a long shot i can’t say i’m surprised Zootopia is taking home the award. So congratulations i guess….
CINEMATOGRAPHY – WINNER
Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence
La La Land featured incredibly beautiful cinematography that continued to shock and awe the whole way through so it’s no surprise it got the win. Too bad Silence couldn’t win the only category it was nominated for, that’s what it gets for not releasing in Australia at the same time….
DIRECTING – WINNER
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Personally i’d have given it to Mel Gibson for his amazing work on Hacksaw Ridge but Damien Chazelle did an incredible job especially being so young. Now he is the youngest person to ever win Best Director, forever in the record books.
FILM EDITING – WINNER
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight
No-one may know the importance of editing when it comes to the quality of a film but just know that it is one of the most important factors in the making of a film. So glad that Hacksaw Ridge is getting this recognition because it was incredible.
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) – WINNER
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
Well do i even need to comment on this one?
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) – WINNER
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” – La La Land
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Trolls
“City of Stars” – La La Land
“The Empty Chair” – Jim: The James Foley Story
“How Far I’ll Go” – Moana
To be honest, this category was really La La Land up against La La Land. Would have loved to see Moana get it though.
SOUND EDITING – WINNER
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
This was such a close category that literally either of those top three nominees could have won. Glad Arrival got recognised for something and it definitely did have fantastic sound editing. But hey, Hacksaw Ridge managed to win for Best Sound Mixing so the Academy is sharing the love around.
VISUAL EFFECTS – WINNER
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Well i’d have loved to see Kubo and the Two Strings be recognised for its achievements in stop motion visual effects but what The Jungle Book did with visual effects was just revolutionary. So very well deserved.
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) – WINNER
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight
Definitely well deserved, Fences or even Arrival could have taken this one but Moonlight was fantastically written and this is probably the biggest award it will take home for the rest of the night (Best Picture and Director pending).
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) – WINNER
Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester by the Sea
20th Century Women
Far from what i would have picked for this award but being the frontrunner for the award i can’t be surprised.
