2017 Academy Awards Nomination Reaction

BEST PICTURE
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

BEST ACTOR IN LEADING ROLE
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences

BEST ACTRESS IN LEADING ROLE
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bradford Young, Arrival
Linus Sandgren, La La Land
Greig Fraser, Lion
James Laxton, Moonlight
Rodrigo Prieto, Silence

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Joanna Johnston, Allied
Colleen Atwood, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Consolata Boyle, Florence Foster Jenkins
Madeline Fontaine, Jackie
Mary Zophres, La La Land

BEST DIRECTING
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in America
13th

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe's Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets

BEST FILM EDITING
Joe Walker, Arrival
John Gilbert, Hacksaw Ridge
Jake Roberts, Hell or High Water
Tom Cross, La La Land
Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon, Moonlight

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Land of Mine (Denmark)
A Man Called Ove (Sweden)
The Salesman (Iran)
Tanna (Australia)
Toni Erdmann (Germany)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Eva von Bahr and Love Larson, A Man Called Ove
Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo, Star Trek Beyond
Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson, Suicide Squad

BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SCORE
Mica Levi, Jackie
Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka, Lion
Nicholas Britell, Moonlight
Thomas Newman, Passengers

BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SONG
"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)", Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, La La Land
"Can't Stop the Feeling", Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster, Trolls
"City of Stars", Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, La La Land
"The Empty Chair", Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting, Jim: The James Foley Story
"How Far I'll Go", Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Moana

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Patrice Vermette (Production Design); Paul Hotte (Set Decoration), Arrival
Stuart Craig (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Jess Gonchor (Production Design); Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration), Hail, Caesar!
David Wasco (Production Design); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (Set Decoration), La La Land
Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design); Gene Serdena (Set Decoration), Passengers

BEST SHORT FILM - ANIMATED
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper

BEST SHORT FILM - LIVE ACTION
Ennemis Intérieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode

BEST SOUND EDITING
Sylvain Bellemare, Arrival
Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli, Deepwater Horizon
Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright, Hacksaw Ridge
Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan, La La Land
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, Sully

BEST SOUND MIXING
Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye, Arrival
Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace, Hacksaw Ridge
Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow, La La Land
David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton, Deepwater Horizon
Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould, Doctor Strange
Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon, The Jungle Book
Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff, Kubo and the Two Strings
John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Heisserer, Arrival
August Wilson, Fences
Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, Hidden Figures
Luke Davies, Lion
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, Moonlight

BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou, The Lobster
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Mike Mills, 20th Century Women

Comparison Between My Eve Prediction and Nominations:
BEST PICTURE: 8/8 and 1 alternate (Not thinking it would be nine this year)
BEST ACTOR IN LEADING ROLE: 5/5 (Viggo can get in!!)
BEST ACTRESS IN LEADING ROLE: 3/5 and 2 alternates (Shocked for Negga and snubbing Adams)
BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE: 3/5 and 2 alternates (Happy for Hedges. Shannon finally!!)
BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE: 4/5 and 1 alternate (Spencer, eh...)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: 4/5 and 1 alternate (It's really The Red Turtle?!)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: 4/5 and 1 alternate
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: 5/5
BEST DIRECTING: 4/5 and 1 alternate (Could not see Gibson coming!)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: 3/5 and 2 alternates (Yeah for Life, Animated)
BEST FILM EDITING: 4/5 and 1 alternate
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: 3/5 and 2 alternates
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: 1/3 and 1 alternate (Surprises!!)
BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SCORE: 2/5 and 2 alternates (Love for Passengers?)
BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SONG: 4/5 (Always a surprise here.)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: 4/5 (Love for Passengers?)
BEST SOUND EDITING: 4/5 and 1 alternate
BEST SOUND MIXING: 4/5
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: 4/5 and No Gut, No Glory!
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: 5/5
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: 4/5
Overall Conclusion: The list is full of surprises and I still cheer for Meryl!!