The Official Academy Awards Thread

14 minutes ago, Michael* said:

Honestly of all the films nominated for best picture I feel decidedly lukewarm towards 1917, although admittedly it's not really my preferred genre. I would still consider it the heavy favourite to win big here, though.

With the newer voting rules on Best Picture, the winning film doesn't always have to be the most loved, but maybe it's more important it's not disliked. I think that's what happened with Green Book. Maybe it wasn't the film with the most first-placed votes, but voters liked it enough that it wasn't too low on their lists.

Just now, jkjk said:

With the newer voting rules on Best Picture, the winning film doesn't always have to be the most loved, but maybe it's more important it's not disliked. I think that's what happened with Green Book. Maybe it wasn't the film with the most first-placed votes, but voters liked it enough that it wasn't too low on their lists.

There's a very good chance it pans out exactly like that. The subject matter being pure Oscar fodder shouldn't hurt its chances either.

I found it vaguely reminiscent of The Revenant where at a certain point, it becomes more concerned with how the film is made than what it's actually making, and of course, you should always be watching the story first and foremost. It'll clean up in the technical categories though and deservedly so.

Random thoughts:

- Glad I was wrong on Best Picture and Director. Parasite probably deserved both, I guess I didn't think it would happen.

- Glad for Taika Waititi (wish he won more)

- Liked the speeches from Laura Dern, where she talked about her parents, and three other speeches I liked in general because the winners were really shocked and excited Hildur Guðnadóttir, Bong Joon-ho and someone else I can't remember now (should have posted when it happened).

The year's actual best picture winning best picture. One for the books, as they say. 

Joker deserved best actor and best score, and that's what it got. I can only think of Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro as Vito Corleone in The Godfather for another example of two different actors winning after playing the same character, although Phoenix and Heath Ledger starred in unconnected films, of course.

Not that I dislike Laura Dern, but I'm not sure I understand all the praise for her performance in Marriage Story. It was a relatively small role and one she could probably have done standing on her head.

I love this guy

Parasite is a great movie BTW.

My guesses, which no one requested, for the big six awards:

Nomadland

Chloé Zhao

Chadwick Boseman

Viola Davis

Daniel Kaluuya

Youn Yuh-jung

One can never fully count on the Academy’s taste aligning with that of the critics, but Nomadland was the best reviewed film of the year and probably my favourite from the nominations I've seen so far.

I'll go Chloé Zhao, Riz Ahmed, Frances McDormand, Daniel Kaluuya and Yuh-Jung Youn for the others.

93rd Academy Awards

Winners List

Best Picture

The Father

Judas and the Black Messiah

Mank

Minari

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

Sound of Metal

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Director

Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round

David Fincher – Mank

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

Best Actor

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins – The Father

Gary Oldman – Mank

Steven Yeun – Minari

Best Actress

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman

Frances McDormand – Nomadland

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah

Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami

Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman – The Father

Amanda Seyfried – Mank

Youn Yuh-jung – Minari

Best Original Screenplay

Judas and the Black Messiah – Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King; Story by Berson, King, Keith Lucas and Kenny Lucas

Minari – Lee Isaac Chung

Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell

Sound of Metal – Screenplay by Abraham Marder and Darius Marder; Story by Derek Cianfrance and D. Marder

The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin

Best Adapted Screenplay

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Erica Rivinoja and Dan Swimer; Story by Baron Cohen, Hines, Nina Pedrad and Swimer

The Father – Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller

Nomadland – Chloé Zhao

One Night in Miami... – Kemp Powers

The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani

Best Animated Feature Film

Onward – Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae

Over the Moon – Peilin Chou, Glen Keane and Gennie Rin

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Will Becher, Paul Kewley and Richard Phelan

Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray

Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants, Ross Stewart and Paul Young

Best International Feature Film

Another Round (Denmark)

Better Days (Hong Kong)

Collective (Romania)

The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia)

Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Best Documentary Feature

Collective – Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana

Crip Camp – Sara Bolder, Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham

The Mole Agent – Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez

My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, Craig Foster and James Reed

Time – Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn

Best Documentary Short Subject

Colette – Alice Doyard and Anthony Giacchino

A Concerto Is a Conversation – Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot

Do Not Split – Charlotte Cook and Anders Hammer

Hunger Ward – Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Shueuerman

A Love Song for Latasha – Sophia Nahali Allison and Janice Duncan

Best Live Action Short Film

Feeling Through – Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski

The Letter Room – Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan

The Present – Ossama Bawardi and Farah Nabulsi

Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe

White Eye – Shira Hochman and Tomer Shushan

Best Animated Short Film

Burrow – Michael Capbarat and Madeline Sharafian

Genius Loci – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise

If Anything Happens I Love You – Michael Govier and Will McCormack

Opera – Erick Oh

Yes-People – Arnar Gunnarsson and Gísli Darri Halldórsson

Best Original Score

Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard

Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Minari – Emile Mosseri

News of the World – James Newton Howard

Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

Best Original Song

"Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah – Music by D'Mile and H.E.R.; lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas

"Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Music by Daniel Pemberton; lyric by Celeste and Pemberton

"Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Music and lyric by Rickard Göransson, Fat Max Gsus and Savan Kotecha

"Io sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead – Music by Diane Warren; lyric by Laura Pausini and Warren

"Speak Now" from One Night in Miami... – Music and lyric by Sam Ashworth and Leslie Odom Jr.

Best Sound

Greyhound – Beau Borders, Michael Minkler, Warren Shaw and David Wyman

Mank – Ren Klyce, Drew Kunin, Jeremy Molod, Nathan Nance and David Parker

News of the World – William Miller, John Pritchett, Mike Prestwood Smith and Oliver Tarney

Soul – Coya Elliot, Ren Klyce and David Parker

Sound of Metal – Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Philip Bladh, Carlos Cortés and Michelle Couttolenc

Best Production Design

The Father – Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara and Diana Sroughton

Mank – Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale

News of the World – Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan

Tenet – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

Best Cinematography

Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt

Mank – Erik Messerschmidt

News of the World – Dariusz Wolski

Nomadland – Joshua James Richards

The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Emma. – Laura Allen, Marese Langan and Claudia Stolze

Hillbilly Elegy – Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash and Matthew W. Mungle

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson

Mank – Colleen LaBaff, Kimberley Spiteri and Gigi Williams

Pinocchio – Dalia Colli, Mark Coulier and Francesco Pegoretti

Best Costume Design

Emma. – Alexandra Byrne

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth

Mank – Trish Summerville

Mulan – Bina Daigeler

Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini

Best Film Editing

The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos

Nomadland – Chloé Zhao

Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval

Sound of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

Best Visual Effects

Love and Monsters

The Midnight Sky

Mulan

The One and Only Ivan

Tenet

On 4/16/2021 at 7:41 AM, Michael* said:

One can never fully count on the Academy’s taste aligning with that of the critics, but Nomadland was the best reviewed film of the year and probably my favourite from the nominations I've seen so far.

The voters agreed with you about Nomadland.

21 minutes ago, jkjk said:

The voters agreed with you about Nomadland.

I should probably have added that I've only seen four out of the eight films nominated so far. 

Promising Young Woman is an absolute blast, by far the most purely entertaining of the best picture field, but Nomadland is the best thing I've seen in quite some time. Oddly although I was really jacked for Sound of Metal, it struck me as a fairly "by the book" film, albeit with great work by Riz Ahmed as well as brilliant sound design.

Were you rooting for anyone in particular?

3 minutes ago, Michael* said:

Were you rooting for anyone in particular?

Not really rooting. One thing I didn't want to see happen was Chloé Zhao losing for directing after winning every award leading up to the Oscars.

2 hours ago, jkjk said:

Not really rooting. One thing I didn't want to see happen was Chloé Zhao losing for directing after winning every award leading up to the Oscars.

Honestly, I thought most of the frontrunners were good choices and well deserving of their expected wins. However with Supporting Actor seemingly up in the air, coupled with the fact that I fondly recall the Alligator Man episode of Atlanta on a virtual daily basis, I will admit to pulling for Lakeith Stanfield. 

4 minutes ago, Michael* said:

I will admit to pulling for Lakeith Stanfield. 

He is fun to watch.