Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

I've been reluctant to comment here for a reason I'm guessing some other share: because I haven't seen the apparently quite competitive Godzilla Minus One. I skipped seeing it in theatres because 1) horror films/not my thing and 2) I presumed it'd be streaming in time for the ceremony. But the film'...

Sabin wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:21 pm Can I ask: did you watch this at home or on the big screen?

My local AMC theatre. Where Nicole Kidman still won't shut up.

Anatomy of a Fall has won the Globe, BAFTA and Critics Choice for Screenplay For the record, the Broadcasters didn't choose Anatomy of a Fall; they went for Barbie, pre-switch to adapted. You know what won Globe/BAFTA last year? The Banshees of Inisherin. Which is to say, people are predicting base...

I think Downey would make a fine winner. But I also think Gosling would make a fine winner. Or the non-nominated Melton. So, my problem, as always, is with the hive mind that sets in and makes any other outcome unthinkable. Occasionally a performance rates that status -- Christoph Waltz in Ingloriou...

but given the all-time low this category has been in over the past decade (except for Hopkins and I guess Affleck), he wouldn't be a bad winner at all. You know, I hadn't really looked at the past decade as a unit, and, yeesh!, you're right. The only one besides Hopkins/Affleck I might exempt is Ph...

Elemental is the weakest of the group -- which isn't to say it's horrible; just that the Pixar formula is starting to really stick out. (I found myself wondering what life subdivision would be their next project: the major food groups?) The characters were likable enough to carry things along, but i...

The nominees: Io Capitano Perfect Days Society of the Snow The Teachers' Lounge The Zone of Interest This category appears a slam dunk -- in the 10-wide best picture era, no film nominated for best film has ever lost best Foreign/International Film. So, start with, The Zone of Interest wins. It's st...

This category this year proves once and for all most Oscar predictors aren't seers, they're aggregators. Prior to the SAGs, a good many on O'Neil's site were heavily touting Paul Giamatti -- a few, in fact, had been loudly predicting him from before Christmas. Then Murphy goes and wins SAG and, whoo...

Yet more presenters. The five-wide teams for the acting awards have obviously beefed things up, but this year seems to have a stronger batch of credentialed folk (as opposed to up-and-comers) than has been customary of late:

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The nominees: Barbie (Jacqueline Durran) Killers of the Flower Moon (Jacqueline West) Napoleon (Janty Yates & Dave Crossman) Oppenheimer (Ellen Mirojnick) Poor Things (Holly Waddington) Since Apple finally gave me freebie-access to Napoleon, I'm qualified to judge this category whole. Napoleon i...

This is mostly a pretty classic Best Sound line-up -- a couple of loud/dumb action movies, a music film, a big best picture favorite with major techs -- and then there's The Zone of Interest, to wild card things up. I think, had Zone not won BAFTA, everybody would be going Oppenheimer without a seco...

As it turned out, I could have addressed this category prior to the SAG/BAFTA rounds, because each went precisely as I'd expected, setting up the only truly up-in-the-air acting category this year. (Barring upset, which is always possible -- though not as much in this millennium.) You can make the a...

Hey...remember the Satellites? They mostly stay in the predictable zone above the line, but show refreshing independence below. Best Motion Picture – Drama: Oppenheimer Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical: The Holdovers Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Best Actor in a Motion Picture...

Oppenheimer as expected, though the absence of Zone of Interest from the nominees leaves that race faintly alive.

We somehow neglected to note that The Creator won the top prize here. But, since Godzilla wasn't among the contenders, it's hard to know how dispositive that is.