Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

dws1982 wrote 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 ...

When he was diagnosed with Parkinson's last year, I was surprised. I thought he had been diagnosed years prior. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/richard-lewis-dead-comic-curb-your-enthusiasm-actor-1235838668/#recipient_hashed=1b8821351fe0d7a932f5d2f4bc16fd77a98753d8a1e875e03e0fc0a5564ecf...

flipp525 wrote I also don’t like it when they do montages of the actor’s nominated performance which, I believe, they did last year again. Pick one clip and show it. That’s how they’ve been doing it for decades and it’s worked out just fine. They always mess with non-problems areas of the show rath...

Mister Tee wrote I'm even ambivalent on whether I WANT him to win for this -- I feel like, should Anderson finally win an Oscar, it ought to be for, at very least, screenplay; not something so minor-league as this. I'm ambivalent, leaning no. I don't want this category to become some sort of off-ra...

Goddammit, are they doing that stupid clipless tribunal bullshit again?

I think this is the tightest race of the year. I wouldn't discount any of them, including The Zone of Interest or especially Poor Things which would be my choice in this category. Poor Things is full of memorable dialogue. If it does run fourth in this category, I can only imagine it's because peopl...

Really glad you mention the score from A Thousand and One. It's fantastic. I think my choice would be Pemberton for Across the Spider-Verse. That thing works overtime, but unlike Oppenheimer it does so in a way that I found consistently inventive and enjoyable. I need to rewatch Oppenheimer but I re...

Greg wrote
Actually, there are great similarities between Oppenheimer and Lawrence Of Arabia. They are both 3-hour-or-plus historical epics with titular characters who are tragic heroes.

Oh, sure! I just mean it's not as good IMO.

That said, I do need to see it again.

Best Theatrical Feature: Oppenheimer Best Animated Film: Spider-Verse: Across the Spider-Verse Best Documentary: American Symphony Oppenheimer joins The King's Speech and Argo as the only films since the Best Picture expansion to sweep all four major precursor wins (SAG, BAFTA, DGA & PGA). It fe...

Big Magilla wrote
Giamatti wasn't nominated.

A) Missed that.
B) That's bizarre.

Big Magilla wrote
You left out Lead Performance: Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Yeah, must have missed that.

Not a great week for Giamatti.

Winners: Best Feature: Past Lives Best International Film: Anatomy of a Fall Best Documentary: Four Daughters Best First Feature: A Thousand and One John Cassavates Award: Fremont Best Director: Celine Song, Past Lives Best Lead Performance: Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction Best Supporting Performan...

mlrg wrote
I’m afraid we are heading to a very dull Oscar ceremony.

... but aren't half of the categories a coin flip?

Mister Tee wrote For best actor and supporting actor, it's 2002. In 2003, Bill Murray won the BAFTA but Jonny Depp won the SAG. And Sean Penn won the Golden Globe (and the Critics Choice). Which means Penn pulled in Giamatti’s tally (also the previous nominations guy) while Depp and Murray were… we...

What did we learn? Assuming Oppenheimer wins the PGA tonight, it will be one of two films since 2010 to win the BAFTA, DGA, PGA, and SAG, the other being The King's Speech and Argo. I'm trying to think of the last time I was so sure early on in the year what the Best Picture winner was going to be a...