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2022 Oscars Nominations (See Staff Post)
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This has to be the first Oscars with two couples nominated for acting in the same year (Cruz and Bardem in lead, Dunst and Plemons in supporting).
Something in The Last Duel, or maybe Gaga
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Gaga was probably the best chance. I don't think anything else Ridley was involved in had a chance (since Gucci's only nom was makeup/hair).
What the heck… raya the dragon got nominated? Is a tough one between encanto, Luca and the Mitchell's. I personally would go for Luca.
Is a shame that Last Duel didn't get nominated. Matt Damon, Adam driver and Jodie Comer were excellent and the final act was heart pounding edge of your seat drama.
Is a shame that Last Duel didn't get nominated. Matt Damon, Adam driver and Jodie Comer were excellent and the final act was heart pounding edge of your seat drama.
I just finished watching King Richard. It is basically this year's Bohemian Rhapsody: aggressively bland and sanitized "official" celebrity biopic carried by a hammy central performance.
And if King Richard is this year's Bohemian Rhapsody, Don't Look Up is this year's Vice: a star-studded and heavy-handed Adam McKay satire that no one seems to like but still somehow gets nominated everywhere.
Neither of these films should be anywhere near best picture category.
And if King Richard is this year's Bohemian Rhapsody, Don't Look Up is this year's Vice: a star-studded and heavy-handed Adam McKay satire that no one seems to like but still somehow gets nominated everywhere.
Neither of these films should be anywhere near best picture category.
Releasing two notable movies in the same year could help somebody get nominated. I think the problem with Ridley Scott's output in 2021is that one of the films was a misfire with critics and the other with audiences, while none of them was received too glowingly in general. Add all the strong competition around (amongst it a director as Hamaguchi with two highly regarded films in the same year) and it's clear there was no real chance for him, less so in a list of five.
I do agree to some extent, though in fairness I still believe that at least Vice got strong performances, while the whole exercise was more or less succesful: characterizations were relatively focused, the satire/cynical component was a bit more restrained and served to accentuate the central drama, a story that never got too lost or too far from its main character and topic. Let's say there are categories of disappointment and Don't Look Up is in a sphere of its own, in my opinion well below anything McKay's done earlier. Except for the jazzy score, I can't name a single thing that worked for me in that movie.
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Seriously, that movie was awesome.
I basically cry at any movie worth a damn, plus I have a four-year-old so parent/kid relationship movies kill me (see: Mitchells vs the Machines). The fact that I didn't shed a single tear during King Richard is pretty bad, in my eyes. It was a good, enjoyable movie, but lacked the emotional punch that would have elevated it to something special for me.
It's still a lot better than Rhapsody. That movie was just lame.
I liked Vice...
I think a big problem with the film was that there was hardly any setbacks for its heroes after like the first 20 minutes (basically after they found a coach). That might be how it was in real life but it doesn't really make good drama.
I agree that Bohemian Rhapsody was even worse though.
I won't say Villeneuve was robbed because Dune is a two part endeavor but they should have at least graced him with a nomination. I also thought Rebecca Ferguson deserved a nod.
Edit- Ciarán Hinds! Rooting for him.
Edit part 2 - No acting nominations for the cast of The Last Duel… is no bueno. I though they were excellent.
Edit- Ciarán Hinds! Rooting for him.
Edit part 2 - No acting nominations for the cast of The Last Duel… is no bueno. I though they were excellent.
This is one of my favorite movies of the year so I would have loved to see it nominated for, oh, seven or eight categories. Oh well.
Gaga stans are DEVASTATEED.
Also, the Best Picture slate this year....I haven't seen Drive My Car nor Coda, but for the rest of them: Woof. They should have re-nominated The Father and give it the top prize. It's better than all of the nominees combined
Also, the Best Picture slate this year....I haven't seen Drive My Car nor Coda, but for the rest of them: Woof. They should have re-nominated The Father and give it the top prize. It's better than all of the nominees combined
I'm pretty surprised that Belle didn't get a nom. Shit, Hosoda even had a (former?) Disney animator help design the titular Belle. It even apes scenes from Disney's Beauty and the Beast!
I'm not big on the film, but it's always amusing to see how little Oscar voters care about Japanese animation.
I'm not big on the film, but it's always amusing to see how little Oscar voters care about Japanese animation.
It's definitely happened before. Without exhaustively searching, I'm pretty sure the 85th Oscars counts:
Lawrence/Cooper* in lead *AND* De Niro/Weaver in supporting, all for Silver Linings Playbook, and then also Hoffmann/Adams for The Master.
(*They start out more as a duo but wind up a couple in the end.)
The 87th also fits, with Theory of Everything in lead, and Boyhood in supporting.
I don't want to disrupt the happiness behind a cute couple being nominated, but if Kristen Stewart doesn't win for Best Actress I riot.
I'm surprised that Being the Ricardos received so many acting nominations. The casting of the movie made me have no interest in it. I guess I'll have to give it a shot.
Biggest snub is of me, by the people in charge of Licorice Pizza's distribution, for not releasing the movie at any cinemas I can reasonably get to and also apparently not doing any kind of streaming release. I am dying.
I agree that she should win but unfortunately Kidman is probably the front runner. The Academy loves that kinds of roles (doing an impression of a beloved show business figure).
Dunst is the only person from the couples mentioned that has any change in their category.
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Sony Pictures Classics is really good at campaigning for their niche titles. Last year it got The Father two wins and six nominations and this year it got two surprising nominations for Parallel Mothers.
Some people want Sony to buy Capcom or Square Enix but I kinda want them to buy A24 so that their movies get some proper campaign.
Some people want Sony to buy Capcom or Square Enix but I kinda want them to buy A24 so that their movies get some proper campaign.
It's just your typical Sorkinisms combined with some rather expected, serviceable acting from the cast. There is nothing special about anyone's performance in this film, particularly Bardem who looks like the giant who killed Desi Arnaz and stole his identity.
I'm actually most surprised by the best picture nom for nightmare alley. I guess they picked the perfect time to release to streaming. Don't look up at least resembles the big empty movies the oscars tend to nominate and even the winner in green book.
Nighmare alley was a hollow version of the original with basically every part miscast and all the acting itself was extremely flat. Cooper's accents, in particular his accent during the big spook shows, felt like satire or something.
Nighmare alley was a hollow version of the original with basically every part miscast and all the acting itself was extremely flat. Cooper's accents, in particular his accent during the big spook shows, felt like satire or something.
Dude walked onto the set of Fargo and became the luckiest man on the planet.