I am gonna be livid if "Into the Spider-Verse" doesn't win Best Animated Film.
Like creepy stories? Check out my book!Films I wish got Best Picture noms that didn’t: Sorry to Bother You, Widows, If Beale Street Could Talk, Into The Spider-Verse, Annihilation.
Edited by Tuckerscreator on Jan 22nd 2019 at 10:35:56 AM
All these noms for Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book, but nothing at all for Sorry to Bother You? I mean, I guess it's to be expected, but pretty much the only surprise on this is that Black Panther was nominated for so many things—it's a good movie, to be sure, but I figured that the judges would think it wasn't "prestigious" enough for the Oscars.
they're gonna find intelligent life up there on the moon/and the canterbury tales will shoot up to the top of the best-seller listMaybe for simplicity sake:
Best Picture
- Black Panther
- BlacKkKlansman
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Favourite
- Green Book
- Roma
- A Star Is Born (2018)
- Vice
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Christian Bale, Vice
- Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
- Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate
- Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
- Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
- Glenn Close, The Wife
- Olivia Colman, The Favourite
- Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
- Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Mahershala Ali, Green Book
- Adam Driver, Blac Kk Klansman
- Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
- Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Sam Rockwell, Vice
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Amy Adams, Vice
- Marina De Tavira, Roma
- Creator Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
- Emma Stone, The Favourite
- Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Best Directing
- Spike Lee, Blac Kk Klansman
- Paweł Pawlikowski, Cold War
- Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
- Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
- Adam McKay, Vice
Best Animated Feature
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Blac Kk Klansman
- Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- A Star Is Born
Best Original Screenplay
- The Favourite
- First Reformed
- Green Book
- Roma
- Vice
Best Foreign Language Film
- Capernaum (Lebanon)
- Cold War (Poland)
- Never Look Away (Germany)
- Roma (Mexico)
- Shoplifters (Japan)
Best Documentary Feature
- Free Solo
- Hale County This Morning, This Evening
- Minding the Gap
- Of Fathers and Sons
- RBG
Best Original Song
- “All the Stars,” Black Panther
- “I’ll Fight,” RBG
- “The Place Where Lost Things Go,” Mary Poppins Returns
- “Shallow,” A Star Is Born
- “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings,” The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Best Original Score
- Black Panther
- Blac Kk Klansman
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Isle of Dogs
- Mary Poppins Returns
Best Cinematography
- Cold War
- The Favourite
- Never Look Away
- Roma
- A Star Is Born
Best Film Editing
- Blac Kk Klansman
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Favourite
- Green Book
- Vice
Best Costume Design
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Black Panther
- The Favourite
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Mary Queen Of Scots
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Border
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Vice
Best Production Design
- Black Panther
- The Favourite
- First Man
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Roma
Best Sound Editing
- Black Panther
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- First Man
- A Quiet Place
- Roma
Best Sound Mixing
- Black Panther
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- First Man
- Roma
- A Star Is Born
Best Visual Effects
Best Documentary Short
- Black Sheep
- End Game
- Lifeboat
- A Night at the Garden
Best Animated Short
- Animal Behaviour
- Bao
- Late Afternoon
- One Small Step
- Weekends
Best Live Action Short
- Detainment
- Fauve
- Marguerite
- Mother
- Skin
I'm very pleased with Adam Driver's nomination, I actually thought his performance in BlacKkKlansman upstaged just about everyone else in terms of raw quality (he gets the best acting moments as an undercover cop rather than just being an amusing Large Ham).
Bohemian Rhapsody's Best Picture nomination is surprising, considering the mediocre critical reviews it might have the lowest RT score of any Best Picture nominee (Gladiator is definitely one of the lowest wins at 76). I enjoyed the film mostly as a tribute to the creative process (the movie shows the characters working endlessly on developing their iconic anthems and bouncing ideas off each other, rather than just getting random inspiration) but can understand the criticism of the general story being workman.
Black Panther's nomination is probably due to being culturally significant coupled with an aggressive award campaign. They have a slightly better chance with Production Design and Sound Editing but still facing very stiff competition with A Quiet Place, First Man and Bohemian Rhapsody on that front.
Original Song is probably going to be "Shallow." I'm actually surprised A Star is Born didn't get Original Score.
Visual Effects are probably going to be a fight between Infinity War and Ready Player One, although I also see First Man as a darkhorse. While there are a lot of times you were aware that Aquaman was actors in front of a green screen, I still felt it should have gotten nominated for Visual Effects, Production Design or Costumes if only for just how immense the production was on that front, easily equaling IW or RPO.
Edited by KJMackley on Jan 22nd 2019 at 10:39:13 AM
Does it actually matter what movies are nominated and given awards anymore? Its pretty clear how flawed the awards are - what's the point of holding them up as the highest achievement a movie-maker can attain when its obvious how biased and out of the loop the Academy is?
Saying a movie 'deserves' to win is like saying your art project 'deserves' the approval of your least favorite art professor. It only makes sense if you actually value the opinion of whatever authority is judging.
Edited by Xopher001 on Jan 22nd 2019 at 9:20:12 PM

Oooh, I get to start the thread.
Story
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Roma might be the first foreign language film to win Best Picture.