2022 Academy Awards: The Final Predictions!

It's now a week until the ceremony, and at this point, I've lost hope in it. They're just continuing to make one stupid decision after the next in desperate attempts to get more people to watch the show, all of which will hurt the quality of the show even more than it's already been tarnished. I'm 99% sure now that I will not be watching the Oscars this year, which a year ago I never thought I'd hear myself say. I just don't feel comfortable watching such a poorly produced show with winners that mostly don't deserve the recognition, so don't be surprised if next year I don't even post up any predictions the entire awards season.

Regardless, I'll just finish what I started and post what I believe will win at this year's Academy Awards:

Best Picture: The Power of the Dog
Best Actor: Will Smith, King Richard
Best Actress: Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Best Supporting Actor: Troy Kotsur, CODA
Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Best Animated Feature: Encanto
Best Cinematography: Dune
Best Costume Design: Cruella
Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Best Documentary Feature: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Best Documentary Short: Lead Me Home
Best Film Editing: Dune
Best International Film: Japan, Drive My Car
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Best Music (Original Score): Dune
Best Music (Original Song): No Time to Die, No Time to Die
Best Production Design: Dune
Best Short Film (Animated): Bestia
Best Short Film (Live Action): The Long Goodbye
Best Sound: Dune
Best Visual Effects: Dune
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay): The Power of the Dog
Best Writing (Original Screenplay): Licorice Pizza