92nd Annual Academy Awards

@Bullman:

Here you go.

You have got to be kidding me. That man thought he could justify that?

Huh. So that's why I don't hear much of Bruce Broughton anymore.

So was there Oscar win in the 2010s you guys were surprised by? And I mean in a good way. For me that would be Moonlight winning Best Picture.

Edited by Bullman on Jan 6th 2020 at 2:35:34 PM

I guess Into the Spider-Verse beating out Disney's offerings from that year is a good example, especially in hindsight since my distaste for Disney has become more and more realized over the months.

You know what is really making me angry this awards season. That Robert De Niro is seemingly losing all traction.

The Oscars will be host-less a second year in a row.

I'm conflicted about this. On one hand last year's ceremony was a lot quicker than they normally are, but on the other hand it was missing some energy that a good host can bring.

I've mentioned this before, but I never understood the point of a host for an award show anyway.

You have a host who basically just introduces one or two other hosts and then they announce the winner for whatever category, generally making the initial host superfluous.

I'm fine with it being hostless because I don't want my time to be wasted with shitty jokes that don't land.

We got the nominees, people!

As expected, The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, 1917, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood have got big time nominees, including for Best Picture.

And on the Animated Film side, cutting away from the norm, Disney only has one nominee with Toy Story 4, with the others being How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, I Lost My Body, Klaus, and Missing Link!

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jan 13th 2020 at 9:01:53 AM

For simplicity's sake-

Best Picture:

• “Ford v Ferrari”
• “The Irishman”
• “Jojo Rabbit”
• “Joker”
• “Little Women”
• “Marriage Story”
• “1917”
• “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
• “Parasite”

Lead Actor:

• Antonio Banderas “Pain and Glory”
• Leonardo Di Caprio “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
• Adam Driver “Marriage Story”
• Joaquin Phoenix “Joker”
• Jonathan Pryce “The Two Popes”

Lead Actress:

• Cynthia Erivo “Harriet”
• Scarlett Johansson “Marriage Story”
• Saoirse Ronan “Little Women”
• Charlize Theron “Bombshell”
• Renee Zellweger “Judy”

Supporting Actor:

• Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
• Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”
• Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
• Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”
• Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Supporting Actress:

• Kathy Bates, “Richard Jewell”
• Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”
• Scarlett Johansson, “Jojo Rabbit”
• Florence Pugh, “Little Women”
• Margot Robbie, “Bombshell”

Director:

• Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”
• Todd Phillips, “Joker”
• Sam Mendes, “1917”
• Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
• Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”

Animated Feature:

• “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” Dean De Blois
• “I Lost My Body” Jeremy Clapin
• “Klaus” Sergio Pablos
• “Missing Link” Chris Butler
• “Toy Story 4” Josh Cooley

Animated Short:

• “Dcera,” Daria Kashcheeva
• “Hair Love,” Matthew A. Cherry
• “Kitbull,” Rosana Sullivan
• “Memorable,” Bruno Collet
• “Sister,” Siqi Song

Adapted Screenplay:

• “The Irishman,” Steven Zaillian
• “Jojo Rabbit,” Taika Waititi
• “Joker,” Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
• “Little Women,” Greta Gerwig
• “The Two Popes,” Anthony Mc Carten

Original Screenplay:

• “Knives Out,” Rian Johnson
• “Marriage Story,” Noah Baumbach
• “1917,” Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
• “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Quentin Tarantino
• “Parasite,” Bong Joon-ho, Jin Won Han

Cinematography:

• “The Irishman,” Rodrigo Prieto
• “Joker,” Lawrence Sher
• “The Lighthouse,” Jarin Blaschke
• “1917,” Roger Deakins
• “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Robert Richardson

Best Documentary Feature:

• “American Factory,” Julia Rieichert, Steven Bognar
• “The Cave,” Feras Fayyad
• “The Edge of Democracy,” Petra Costa
• “For Sama,” Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
• “Honeyland,” Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov

Best Documentary Short Subject:

• “In the Absence,” Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam
• “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone,” Carol Dysinger
• “Life Overtakes Me,” Kristine Samuelson and John Haptas
• “St. Louis Superman,” Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan
• “Walk Run Cha-Cha,” Laura Nix

Best Live Action Short Film:

• “Brotherhood,” Meryam Joobeur
• “Nefta Football Club,” Yves Piat
• “The Neighbors’ Window,” Marshall Curry
• “Saria,” Bryan Buckley
• “A Sister,” Delphine Girard

Best International Feature Film:

• “Corpus Christi,” Jan Komasa
• “Honeyland,” Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov
• “Les Miserables,” Ladj Ly
• “Pain and Glory,” Pedro Almodovar
• “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho

Film Editing:

• “Ford v Ferrari,” Michael Mc Cusker, Andrew Buckland
• “The Irishman,” Thelma Schoonmaker
• “Jojo Rabbit,” Tom Eagles
• “Joker,” Jeff Groth
• “Parasite,” Jinmo Yang

Sound Editing:

• “Ford v Ferrari,” Don Sylvester
• “Joker,” Alan Robert Murray
• “1917,” Oliver Tarney, Rachel Tate
• “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Wylie Stateman
• “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” Matthew Wood, David Acord

Sound Mixing:

• “Ad Astra”
• “Ford v Ferrari”
• “Joker”
• “1917”
• “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Production Design:

• “The Irishman,” Bob Shaw and Regina Graves
• “Jojo Rabbit,” Ra Vincent and Nora Sopkova
• “1917,” Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales
• “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh
• “Parasite,” Lee Ha-Jun and Cho Won Woo, Han Ga Ram, and Cho Hee

Original Score:

• “Joker,” Hildur Guðnadóttir
• “Little Women,” Alexandre Desplat
• “Marriage Story,” Randy Newman
• “1917,” Thomas Newman
• “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” John Williams
• “The King,” Nicholas Britell

Original Song:

• “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” “Toy Story 4”
• “I’m Gonna Love Me Again,” “Rocketman”
• “I’m Standing With You,” “Breakthrough”
• “Into the Unknown,” “Frozen 2”
• “Stand Up,” “Harriet”

Makeup and Hair:

• “Bombshell”
• “Joker”
• “Judy”
• “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
• “1917”

Costume Design:

• "The Irishman,” Sandy Powell, Christopher Peterson
• “Jojo Rabbit,” Mayes C. Rubeo
• “Joker,” Mark Bridges
• “Little Women,” Jacqueline Durran
• “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Arianne Phillips

Visual Effects:

• “Avengers Endgame”
• “The Irishman”
• “1917”
• “The Lion King”
• “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”

Personally, I'm partial to Ford v Ferrari because that's a movie I can see myself rewatching every couple of months, and I am surprised it didn't get best production design. Offhand the snubs seem to be Christian Bale for supporting actor and Adam Sandler for lead actor. Notably Frozen II is not in the animated feature, not complaining but just notable. I'm not sure 1917 really deserved Original Screenplay, it's more of a directors movie like Dunkirk.

While I would have loved for Christian Bale to be nominated it was a dumb choice to campaign him as lead from a business standpoint. That race was cramped this year. Robert De Niro got snubbed too.

Yay Joker, Hollywood, and Parasite. I'm also pleasantly surprised by Antonio Banderas getting one.

If France didn't put Les Miserables and instead placed Portrait of a Lady on Fire, we would have gotten a more interesting Oscars.

Honestly? I'm just glad Joker and Parasite got their respective nominations.

As for Best Animated Feature, I Lost My Body, Klaus and Missing Link are the only interesting ones. Just sad that animation this year is really weak.

Edited by HamanaHamanaHamana on Jan 13th 2020 at 10:48:10 AM

Surprised that Frozen 2's not up for BAF, but I imagine the Academy doesn't want them to flood the nominations.

I hope 1917 wins Best Cinematography though, they did a really good job making it look like the whole movie was one long shot.

For once, all of the Best Picture nominations make sense. As for Animated Picture, I’m rooting for Klaus to win for sure.

I didn't even know there was a Les Miserables movie coming from France...

I can't believe how many nominations Joker got...and yet Knives Out only got one.

Note that it is not an adaptation of the famous book. The title is more like a Shout-Out to it.

Edit: linking to the other wiki.

Edited by gropcbf on Jan 13th 2020 at 9:49:30 PM

I thought the French Les Miserables was a show, not a movie.

You may be thinking of a British production.

Yeah, Knives Out was robbed. I imagine due to its... not-very-sympathetic depiction of old rich white people like most of the Academy voters.

Or Knives Out just didn't have the campaign momentum of Joker. I don't think this very large organization decided to snub movie you happen to like because it offended some of them. Joker also pretrayed rich white people badly and it has the most nominations. Then again I haven't seen Knives Out yet.

Edited by Bullman on Jan 13th 2020 at 2:36:54 PM

Wait, Parasite is nominated for Best Picture and Best Foreign Picture? I didn't know that was even possible… Has that ever happened?

Also, when was the last time a non-English movie was nominated for BP (and no, The Artist doesn't count)?

(also, I'm imagining the shitstorm if Joker wins it )

Edited by Lyendith on Jan 13th 2020 at 2:04:58 PM

I really should watch Parasite.