The Oscar for Best Original Screenplay will go to The Grand Budapest Hotel, and I’m not even mad. Wes Anderson deserves the statue. The Grand Budapest Hotel is delightful, quirky, and sophisticated—the screenplay is full of one-liners and dialogue that showcases Anderson’s skill with carefully crafting humor. The best lines are given to suave concierge M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), who saunters around the screen fastidiously deadpanning lines like “I go bed with all my friends.” This is Anderson’s third nomination in the category, and the film’s comic strengths are likely to be appreciated and rewarded by the Academy. Boyhood and Birdman both have a chance, but Boyhood reads like a collaborative improvisation rather than a script, and Birdman, while witty, suffers at times from clunky dialogue. However, I would note that Selma, which was snubbed, had the best original screenplay in theaters this year. Selma’s dialogue is heartfelt and poignant, and Selma director Ava DuVernay wrote every speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. in the film—a feat that deserved recognition.