Countdown to Oscar Night: Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

Wow.... Four of my most favorite movies of the year.... and Carol. Don't get me wrong I really dug that one too, but the others are all in my current top ten of 2015 so this one is tough for me. Room is the best film, but its magic lies more in its performances and source material. Brooklyn is beautiful, but didn't really break any new screenwriting ground. So that leaves The Martian and The Big Short. The Big Short is a daringly original adaptation of a timely nonfiction book directed by a man whose most serious work up to this point was a really solid episode of Eastbound & Down. It'll most likely win, but I have to go with The Martian simply because Drew Goddard was able to distill Andy Weir's science geek masterpiece into an almost perfect screen translation without making me upset enough to throw anything at the screen. It'll also made Abby start using the phrase "we have to do the MATH Daddy!", which just gives me happy goose pimples all over!

My Ballot:
The Martian
The Big Short
Room
Brooklyn
Carol

My Pick to Win:
The Big Short

Shoulda Been Here:
Steve Jobs