Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Making a couple of no guts, no glory picks just to separate myself a little from the pack. Picture: Oppenheimer Leading Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer Leading Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Rand...

I think Poor Things and Barbie will probably get a combined two-thirds of the votes in this category, and Production Design. But I think they are also going to split that vote share pretty evenly. Whether you predict Poor Things for both, a split between the two, or Barbie for both, I don't think yo...

I have spoken disparagingly about Oscar podcasts once this morning, but the Next Best Picture predictions episode raised a good point in this category: We have good reason to believe that American Fiction could prevail in a general vote over Oppenheimer , Poor Things , and The Zone of Interest , bec...

I mentioned in the visual effects thread that this branch seems to have gotten their act together, but then it hit me: In not even shortlisting Barbie , did they box out a potential winner? A movie that makes looks and beauty and perceptions of what is an isn't "beautiful" central to its p...

Tee used to talk about the makeup branch, and specifically how they used to leave out potential winners, which is how we end up with discordant-sounding phrases like "Oscar-winning film The Wolfman ". (Given that the winner probably would have been Alice in Wonderland if it had not been bo...

Actor: Cillian Murphy Actress: Lily Gladstone Supporting Actor: Robert DeNiro (close over Gosling and Downey) Supporting Actress: Emily Blunt (I would toss the entire lineup) Director: Christopher Nolan (or Scorsese) Original Screenplay: May December Adapted Screenplay: Oppenheimer Cinematography: K...

I'm convinced that the publications who do these brutally honest ballots contact a bunch of voters and then pick the most outrageous ballots to share.

I think Murphy will get this, and I am very happy about that. Giamatti is not bad, but the "best of the year!" acclaim he has gotten is a complete mystery to me. I really don't get it at all. Other than being, as some might say, a bit "cringe" in interviews, I don't get why Coope...

I've said before that Oscars are often won on PR narratives as much as performances. Not always: voters didn't bite on Chadwick Boseman a few years back, and we all know how Glenn Close's nomination for The Wife worked out, but last year Michelle Yeoh, who had "great performance + Best Picture ...

I might give this one to DeNiro, but Downey will be a great winner, and Gosling wouldn't be bad either.

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This American Fiction win, which seems inevitable, is not going to age any better than Jojo Rabbit's.

This should be Killers of the Flower Moon . Wild how other, less impressive Scorsese films made runs through the tech awards and this one won't win anything below the line. Between Barbie and Poor Things , I think it'll be Poor Things . The Barbie stuff is great but some voters may feel like they've...

1. Oppenheimer
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Anatomy of a Fall
4. Past Lives
5. Barbie
6. The Zone of Interest
7. The Holdovers
8. Maestro
9. American Fiction
10. Poor Things

The nominees: The Creator Maestro Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part I Oppenheimer The Zone of Interest Movies not nominated for Best Picture have won Sound awards, but A) not since the category merge (which is a small sample, but still), and B) only once since the Best Picture expansion, whe...