It’s no fun gambling on the favorites in the Oscars, so Max Liu makes the situation for a trio of nicely priced bets for Tinsel Town’s big night this Sunday…
Best Picture – Roma place to romp to victory
This market looked competitive when nominations were announced but, with just two weeks to go, Roma 1.58 is defined to be the first foreign language film to win.
Mexican director and screenwriter Alfonso Cuaron reached deep into his childhood, and his country’s political history, to craft this gorgeous film. What is more, Netflix have played a blinder throughout the Oscar campaign, emphasising the labour and technical nous that went to realising Cuaron’s vision and their situation needs to prove persuasive here because it did with all the Directors Guild of America, in which it took the top prize.
According to the betting, Green Book 4.20 is the closest rival to Roma, however it’s tough to support when its manager, Peter Farrelly, did not get a nod for Best Director. Only four movies have won Best Picture without a Best Director nomination.
The movie with the very best chance of causing an upset is, for my money, Black Panther 25.00. True, it does not have a nomination in any of the other significant classes – directing, acting, writing – but it could acquire support from the Academy’s enlarged, younger and more diverse membership.
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