Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

I just realized something. Jimmy Kimmel sort of pointed this out during the show but if they gave Al Pacino the Best Actress envelope again the same thing would've happened. He would've read out Poor Things. Because he 100% was not in a following the rules kind of mood that night. I know Al Pacino s...

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It seems like general consensus is mixed leaning positive, which is a triumph as far as Oscars are concerned. Maybe we're out of the retooling era. The two standouts seem to be Gosling's "I'm Just Ken" number and John Mulaney. Those are higher highs than most shows get. On the con side, Ji...

Not a piece of trivia but I could see John Mulaney hosting the Oscars next year. Do I know this for a fact? No. But after he got more laughs in 1:30 minutes ("Some people say that the silent era was the golden era of film. These people are difficult and insane.") plus his governor's awards...

I backed away from this prediction at the last minute.

It started off pretty shaky with Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologue. I groaned when the tribunals started up. I'd argue it settled into a little more of a groove as it went along. Some presenters fell flat, some were funny, and some were in between. On the whole, the film has a loose, occasionally wei...

"Hey Al, do you need to go over what to do when you get up there"
"No, no, I got it."

Sonic Youth wrote What a bill of goods! It's "Three Billboards" all over again. When I saw the trailer for 3B, I thought "This movie is gonna fuckin' POP!" Well, it didn't pop - the good stuff was all used up in the trailer - and neither does Fiction. This is why you have to pos...

Rooting interests? There are a handful of categories that are truly up in the air, which is more than most years. I'd like them to go in a direction we're not expecting. I'm surprised to find that most of my rooting interests revolve around Barbie. I'd like to see Ryan Gosling surprise everyone and ...

Mister Tee wrote I may be alone in this, but I'm not all that excited about Robert Downey Jr. winning tomorrow night. Which saddens me, because I really liked him, back in the day -- as far back as when he was James Woods' sidekick in True Believer (so far back, I liked James Woods, then). I rooted...

Nobody cares but Worst Picture: Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (whatever that is) Worst Actor: Jon Voight, Mercy (whatever that is) Worst Actress: Megan Fox, Johnny & Clyde (whatever that is) Worst Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone, Expend4bles Worst Supporting Actress: Megan Fox, Expend4bl...

Best Picture: Oppenheimer Best Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer Best Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (Emma Stone) Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer Best Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers Best Directing: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Be...

I think I've said this before that this year's crop of Best Picture nominees feels more exciting than any year since 2019 and yet I'm having a harder time than usual ranking the rest of them. Or if not ranking them, knowing how to compare certain qualities. I'm feeling challenged knowing how to weig...

Best Actor : Cillian Murphy (it would be nice to see Paul Giamatti win; good lineup!) Best Actress : Emma Stone Best Supporting Actor : Ryan Gosling (fabulous lineup) Best Supporting Actress : worst lineup in a while... I'm fine with Brooks, Foster, or Randolph. Sure, fine, Randolph. Best Director ...

A lot of people have pointed out (including myself) the similarities between Barbie and Poor Things as contenders across both "art" categories both for their achievement but also the similarities between the candidates. Like Black Panther, Barbie created a pop culture world. Both The Favou...