Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

1. Oppenheimer
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Anatomy of a Fall
4. Past Lives
5. Barbie
6. The Zone of Interest
7. The Holdovers
8. Maestro
9. American Fiction
10. Poor Things

The nominees: The Creator Maestro Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part I Oppenheimer The Zone of Interest Movies not nominated for Best Picture have won Sound awards, but A) not since the category merge (which is a small sample, but still), and B) only once since the Best Picture expansion, whe...

But what if ASC follows its British cousins and goes for Poor Things? It's not as if the film isn't stunningly photographed -- I'd put the lighting of the skies in Lisbon up against any image in Oppenheimer . I would argue that is more (or as much) a function of the visual effects than the cinemato...

But what if ASC follows its British cousins and goes for Poor Things? It's not as if the film isn't stunningly photographed -- I'd put the lighting of the skies in Lisbon up against any image in Oppenheimer . I would argue that is more (or as much) a function of the visual effects than the cinemato...

I knew very early that the race was going in a different direction, but I hate that Jack Fisk is probably headed for a fourth-place finish for Killers of the Flower Moon . He doesn't work a ton, and is getting up there in age, so this could be his last real shot at winning, and it is incredibly good...

Not a lot to talk about it in terms of who will win; I have lots of questions as to why and how Randolph became the only choice. The movie doesn't know what to do with her, and I think that comes through a bit in her performance. I'm happy for her, and won't be mad at her win though. I guess I would...

Gladstone - Lead Foster - Support Gosling - Lead Gladstone could go either way; I think there is an argument for Support, as the film by design centers the criminals (essentially pointing the finger at the predominantly-white audience members), but she has a point-of-view, she is a window to the nat...

At times it seemed like the right-wing provocateur thing was at least something of an act. He had spent about ten years in kind of a long line of interchangeable guys who sang about the stereotypical country song topics. He had some hits, but never really broke into the big time. His career began le...

I know how billing worked in the 50's, and even how it works today. Category fraud is a term commonly used to describe an acting performance nominated in the wrong category, and Murray's lead performance in a supporting category qualifies under that definition.

His nomination is one of the early category fraud cases that doesn't really get mentioned, probably because a lot of people haven't seen Bus Stop . Also, unfortunately, the movie is not that good, and he is not that good in it. A lot of his movies are pretty obscure, but I do remember liking him (al...

I can't vote this year on account of integrity -- I've never seen (or had much desire to see) Islands in the Stream, and I haven't been able to track it down in time. I figure the title tells me why it was nominated. Just watched this. It doesn't change my vote, which would be for Close Encounters ...

From NY Times:
Six couples were nominated today--
Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik
Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess
Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley

-Best Visual Effects is a head-scratcher. I'm leaning towards The Creator but I'm not sure if voters will actually watch any of these films. I'm kind of leaning towards Godzilla Minus One because its success has been a good story, but in the absence of Best Picture nominees, they have often gone wi...

- Sad for the unenthusiastic journey KOTFM is going through, probably my favorite film of the year. I am glad for both DeNiro and Gladstone but no screenplay (and to some extent, no DiCaprio) means the film is officially now an afterthought in the race. I fear this is going to be the third Scorsese...

I like Summer of '42 , although most of what I like about it is the atmosphere that Mulligan, Surtees, and Michael Legrand's music create. I don't know that Raucher's screenplay is high on its list of virtues. Based on his filmography, he seemed to have a pretty specific lane of doomed/impossible ro...