94th Annual Academy Awards

I can excuse Lady Gaga's weird accent because otherwise she kills that part. The same can't be said for the role that's more clownish than that time where Jared Leto was actually a clown.

That is why I don't get why he is being nominated at a bunch of award shows. Like there is nothing good in the performance.

Edited by Bullman on Jan 29th 2022 at 1:38:03 PM

I also find him terribly overrated ([+ insert anecdotes about his method acting here]), but the industry likes him.

House of Gucci was in general a fairly terrible film, I thought. Awkward to see it out and about in awards.

I thought Jared Leto nailed his part as an absolute dipshit.

Jared Leto watched Tropic Thunder and thought it was a guide to be the best actor possible.

Oh no, I hope that doesn't mean Leto might try to take on an African-American role..

Here are the nominees.

• Best Costume Design
  • “Cruella”
  • “Cyrano”
  • “Dune”
  • “Nightmare Alley”
  • “West Side Story”
• Supporting Actress
  • Jessie Buckley (“The Lost Daughter”)
  • Ariana De Bose (“West Side Story”)
  • Kirsten Dunst (“The Power of the Dog”)
  • Aunjanue Ellis (“King Richard”)
  • Judi Dench (“Belfast”)
• Best Sound
  • “Belfast”
  • “Dune”
  • “No Time to Die”
  • “The Power of the Dog”
  • “West Side Story”
• Best Adapted Screenplay
  • “CODA,” Siân Heder
  • “Drive My Car,” Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
  • “Dune,” Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth
  • “The Lost Daughter,” Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • “The Power of the Dog,” Jane Campion
• Best Animated Short Film
  • “Affairs of the Art”
  • “Bestia”
  • “Boxballet”
  • “Robin Robin”
  • “The Windshield Wiper”
• Best Original Screenplay
  • “Belfast,” Kenneth Branagh
  • “Don’t Look Up,” Adam Mc Kay, David Sirota
  • “King Richard,” Zach Baylin
  • “Licorice Pizza,” Paul Thomas Anderson
  • “The Worst Person in the World,” Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt
• Best Supporting Actor
  • Ciarán Hinds (“Belfast”)
  • Troy Kotsur (“CODA”)
  • Jesse Plemons (“The Power of the Dog”)
  • J.K. Simmons (“Being the Ricardos”)
  • Kodi Smit-Mc Phee (“The Power of the Dog”)
• Best Live Action Short Film
  • “Ala Kachuu” (“Take and Run”)
  • “The Dress”
  • “The Long Goodbye”
  • “On My Mind”
  • “Please Hold”
• Best Film Editing:
  • “Don’t Look Up”
  • “Dune”
  • “King Richard”
  • “The Power of the Dog”
  • “Tick, Tick … Boom!”
• Makeup and Hairstyling
  • “Coming 2 America”
  • “Cruella”
  • “Dune”
  • “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
  • “House of Gucci”
• Best Animated Feature Film
  • “Encanto”
  • “Flee”
  • “Luca”
  • “The Mitchells vs. the Machines”
  • “Raya and the Last Dragon”
• Best Original Song
  • “Be Alive” (“King Richard”)
  • “Dos Oruguitas” (“Encanto”)
  • “Down to Joy” (“Belfast”)
  • “No Time to Die” (“No Time to Die”)
  • “Somehow You Do” (“Four Good Days”)
• Best Documentary Feature
  • “Ascension”
  • “Attica”
  • “Flee”
  • “Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
  • “Writing With Fire”
• Documentary Short Film
  • “Audible”
  • “Lead Me Home”
  • “The Queen of Basketball”
  • “Three Songs for Benazir”
  • “When We Were Bullies”
• Best Cinematography
  • “Dune”
  • “Nightmare Alley”
  • “The Power of the Dog”
  • “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
  • “West Side Story”
• Best International Feature Film
  • “Drive My Car” (Japan)
  • “Flee” (Denmark)
  • “The Hand of God” (Italy)
  • “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” (Bhutan)
  • “The Worst Person in the World” (Norway)
• Best Production Design
  • “Dune”
  • “Nightmare Alley”
  • “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
  • “West Side Story”
  • “The Power of the Dog”
• Best Actress
  • Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”)
  • Olivia Colman (“The Lost Daughter”)
  • Penélope Cruz (“Parallel Mothers”)
  • Nicole Kidman (“Being the Ricardos”)
  • Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”)
• Best Actor:
  • Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos”)
  • Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)
  • Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick … Boom!”)
  • Will Smith (“King Richard”)
  • Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”)
• Best Picture
  • “Belfast”
  • “CODA”
  • “Don’t Look Up”
  • “Drive My Car”
  • “Dune”
  • “King Richard”
  • “Licorice Pizza”
  • “Nightmare Alley”
  • “The Power of the Dog”
  • “West Side Story”
• Best Director
  • Kenneth Branagh (“Belfast”)
  • Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (“Drive My Car”)
  • Paul Thomas Anderson (“Licorice Pizza”)
  • Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”)
  • Steven Spielberg (“West Side Story”)

I hope Don't Look Up does not win Best Picture.

Edited by Weirdguy149 on Feb 8th 2022 at 9:40:41 AM

Huh, Leto didn't get a supporting actor nod? But they made him fat.

Wasn't expecting Drive My Car to be up there

Also, Lunana was submitted previously but was rejected... second times the charm I guess

Edited by magnumtropus on Feb 8th 2022 at 6:50:15 PM

Seems largely what the media experts had been saying, yeah. I think some of those names (Javier Bardem, Judi Dench and Raya and the Last Dragon) got some “textbook industry votes” over much cooler performances, but that’s every year.

Edited by Synchronicity on Feb 8th 2022 at 9:31:51 AM

So many snubs but Balfe is the most inexplicable. Was one of the most nominated performances this season.

Don't Look Up being nominated for Best Editing is the biggest joke from the Academy so far.

I made a thread for general award season discussion.

Yes! Garfield got the nom.

No! Denis Villeneuve got snubbed in Director. Plus, how did Don't Look Up get both a Pcture and Editing nomination?

It probably connected with a lot of viewers

Were you expecting Drive My Car to get so many noms?

Edited by magnumtropus on Feb 8th 2022 at 7:54:06 PM

It might sound weird but I kinda hope Dune doesn’t win best picture? Films that get this title tend to disappear from the collective memory.

• Casablanca?
• The Godfather (1 and 2)?
• Rocky?
• Forrest Gump?
• No Country for Old Men?
• Return of the King?
• All About Eve?
• Lawrence of Arabia?
• Schindlers List?
• Cuckoos Nest?
• Titanic?

All of these won Best Picture and are still fondly remembered today

Edited by magnumtropus on Feb 8th 2022 at 8:10:14 PM

Forgot to list Best Visual Effects:

• Dune
• Free Guy
• No Time to Die
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Spider-Man: No Way Home

Agreed, "Don't Look Up" for BP feels...wildly undeserved. I'm also surprised by Bardem; I think Kidman overcame the miscast accusations but he didn't.

I think I'm still hung up on the Supporting Actress ballot. I adore Jessie Buckley and am pleasantly surprised she was nominated. So I might have preferred to drop Dunst/Dench for Balfe/Negga.

Glad that Dune has so many nominations. It's a great movie.

So I read in this Variety article that there is going to be a host this year. Who it will be has not been announced but I thought that we were done with Hosts after the whole Kevin Hart incident?

That it is.

For the guy worried about Dune winning Best Picture and being forgotten, remember that Dune is part of a franchise with a large amount of fans and has made a decent chunk of money. Lots of Oscar winners tend to be smaller movies that haven't really made lots of money. Hell, one of the reasons the viewership of the Oscars is declining is that a lot of movies they nominate aren't really popular or well-known by the masses. The 2020 Oscars got lucky with Parasite and Joker making tons of money.

Hence that bizarre pitch last month that Spider-Man: No Way Home should be considered for more Oscars (??).

I think Dune has the Sci Fi Ghetto to climb out of before it wins BP as well. As was much-cited when The Shape of Water won, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was the only fantasy film to have won it.

Edited by Synchronicity on Feb 8th 2022 at 11:14:38 AM