If I Picked the Winners...

 (Only "voting" in categories where I've seen all nominees.)

Best Sound: Sound of Metal

Best Production Design: Mank

Best Original Song: "Husavik" - Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

Ugh, it's frustrating how easily this should be running away the Oscar. The other songs are fine, good even, but they all sound exactly like. (Minus the standard Diane Warren ballad.) All are end credits songs that have very little potency to their respective films. "Husavik" is incorporated well into Eurovision's story, and the moment where Rachel McAdams performs it absolutely kills. And remember, I don't even care for that film, but that moment takes it up a whole notch. 

Best Original Score: Minari

Best Film Editing: The Trial of the Chicago 7

So this is probably my big surprise pick. The editing is very good in the film, and probably more central to the narrative than the other nominees. 

Best Cinematography: Nomadland

Best Animated Feature: Wolfwalkers

Best Adapted Screenplay: Nomadland

Best Original Screenplay: Sound of Metal

This was a bit of a tossup. 

Best Directing: Chloé Zhao - Nomadland

All 20 Acting Performances - Ranked Worst to Best.

20. Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy

19. Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7

18. Lakeith Stanfield - Judas and the Black Messiah

17. Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

16. Steven Yeun - Minari

15. Leslie Odom Jr - One Night In Miami...

14. Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman

13. Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

12. Gary Oldman - Mank

11. Oliva Colman - The Father

10. Amanda Seyfried - Mank

9. Paul Raci - Sound of Metal

8. Frances McDormand - Nomadland

7. Yuh-jung Youn - Minari

6. Andra Day - The United States Vs Billie Holiday

5. Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman

4. Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah

3. Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

2. Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal

1. Anthony Hopkins - The Father

So...

Best Supporting Actress: Yuh-jung Youn - Minari

Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Leading Actress: Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman

Best Leading Actor: Anthony Hopkins - The Father

And my ranking of Best Picture nominees...

(Worst to Best)

8. The Trial of the Chicago 7

7. Judas and the Black Messiah

6. The Father

5. Promising Young Woman

4. Mank

3. Minari

2. Sound of Metal

1. Nomadland