Considering WBs slate I doubt they passed opportunity to make sure Creed is eligible. And they probably knew it could play for awards even before they released it.

Fair enough.

Actually Bridge of Spies also got Picture/Director/Screenplay/Editing.

So this will be like Golden Globes where The Revenant wins both Best Picture and Best Director to make up for snubbing Birdman last year. That does not correlate to any strength in those two categories for the Oscar vote though.

Brits weigh in next Sunday. Predictions?

Winners

Best Film
The Revenant

Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant

Best Actress
Brie Larson – Room

Best Supporting Actress
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

Best Supporting Actor
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies

Best Original Screenplay
Spotlight

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short

Best Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Cinematography
The Revenant

Best Production Design
Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Makeup and Hair
Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Sound
The Revenant

Best Original Music
The Hateful Eight

Best Special Visual Effects
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Documentary
Amy

Best Animated Film
Inside Out

Best film Not in the English Language
Wild Tales

Outstanding British film
Brooklyn

Best British Short Film
Operator

Best British Short Animation
Edmond

EE Rising Star (voted for by the public)
John Boyega

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Naji Abu Nowar (writer/director, Theeb), Rupert Lloyd (producer, Theeb)

Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Angels Costumes

Fellowship Recipient
Sidney Poitier

Seems like a boring list of winners.

Outside of a few categories, these are probably the Oscar winners.

Think the Big Short is probably dead. It could have won either DGA or BAFTA as a prelude to Best Picture but didn't. Oh and it lost SAG too. Spotlight was never in great position to win either DGA or BAFTA due to McCarthy's style and lack of nomination support at BAFTA so its losses might not have been that hurtful to it. For both Big Short and Spotlight their win counts would be a mess if they got Best Picture as well. This is undoubtably the Revenant's race to lose now

The question for me is whether The Revenant is going to steamroll Mad Max: Fury Road in the lower techs OR will the two films split like BAFTA.

The Revenant is winning Best Picture. Eh.

That said, I am praying so hard for Winslet to stop the Vikander train at the Oscars. The Danish Girl does not deserve to be associated with a prestigious award, and we need that Leo/Kate pic at the Oscars where they're both holding their awards.

Even though her accent was um, interesting in Steve Jobs, I would be fine with Winslet winning because A) she should already have two Oscars and B) the Leo photo ops. I suspect enough voters are as shallow as I am for this to be a distinct possibility.

Vikander was in a way inferior flick and it is category fraud, but she was better than Winslet.

Amen! KATE & LEO FOREVER

Peace,
Mike