Looks like a sweep is abuilding…
Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Yeoh is almost a lock for Best Actress, and it doesn’t look like Banshees has gotten much love from the voters so far and All Quiet is in the unfortunate position of offering voters an alternative vote (Best International Feature), so Best Picture is very likely.
The betting had Yeoh as the only one of the 6 that wasn’t odds-on favorite, with Cate Blanchett in with a good chance. I don’t know if the two she has already weighs against her.
Brendan Fraser in The Whale, Best Lead Actor
Well, I did say almost a lock…
But you’re right, it’s going to be between Yeoh and Blanchett.
I’m so, so happy for him.
I thought Ana de Armas’ performance as Marilyn Monroe was tremendous. While watching it I was sure she’d win.
So everyone’s trying to guess who’s inside the bear? Will Smith, obviously.
On it’s Wikipedia page, EEAAO is described as “the most awarded film of all-time”. Quite a claim.
Is there an award for that?
Now that was a moment: Ke Huy Quan and Harrison Ford face-to-face, while Spielberg looks on, smiling.
Commasense, I thought she’d win too, especially since “Hollywood loves movies about itself!” is pretty reliable Oscar bait.
The movie she was in wasn’t much of a box office success and it wasn’t much loved by critics, that double whammy plus being a new face up against two veteran actresses, one of whom is automatically considered a front runner if nominated and the other with the “it’s about time” aura, makes a big hill to climb to a win.
Which is also why I thought The Fabelmans had a pretty good chance for best picture or director, since it may be the last film by one of the top directors of all time.
I’m mistaken and thank you for the correction.
Who, to be fair, does look a little bit like Mel Brooks (or, at least, how Mel looked some years ago).
You know, it’s gotta suck a little to share a first name with someone nominated in the same category, and then their name gets said.
They do look a bit alike, so I thought you might have been joking.
It was a bit of cognitive dissonance for me to be watching the Oscars and suddenly see this familiar-looking guy that I thought I knew from F1. I couldn’t dredge up his name from my so-called brain, so I looked up Yeoh’s bio at IMDb, and that’s how I found out.
Some final thoughts before heading out.
“The nomination is the award” is a much abused cliche, but for some of the early career actors, just being on the ballot is going to be a substantial career boost (de Armas, Butler, Mescal, Hsu)
India really shot itself in the foot not nominating RRR (though I suspect it would have been a thorny political subject)
If you want to catch some deserving losers that emotionally compelling narratives without action scenes or CGI and don’t hit you over the head with a message (War is Bad, Sexual Harassers can be Found Anywhere, the Rich are Awful, and the Irish are a Peculiar People), then seek out Close, Aftersun, or Women Talking.
Everything Everywhere All At Once deserves to be seen on the biggest screen with the best sound system, in one single sitting without interruptions. (as does RRR)
Whether they actually are best, tonight’s winners accurately describe what the people you depend on to make the movies you love regard as their best.
Steven Spielberg ain’t done with the Oscars. He’ll be back among the nominees in the future.
My Year of Dicks wuz robbed! Also, try to catch Night Ride if you can. It is both heartwarming and wry.
It does strike me that a lot of people who hate EEAAO do so having only watched the first half an hour of it (and it has a slow start), it’s almost as if they’d made their minds up first and were hate watching it to be able to pass comment on it. Sure, SD has someone who hates even the most universally acclaimed media, but that seems a recurring theme.
Like it, don’t like it, sure, but don’t half watch it and hate it.
I find that curious. We went into it with the best of intentions, on a strong rec from our daughter.
Are you saying that if you watch a show for 1/2 hour - and get ZERO enjoyment out of it - you ought to stick with it just in the hopes something piques your fancy another hour or so in?
We just thought, well, that’s 1/2 hour we didn’t enjoy. Let’s do something we DO enjoy.
I’m not a big critic of who they do and do not include in the “In Memoriam”, but I will criticize this year on one point. No, not Paul Servino, though I am a bit surprised he did not warrant inclusion.
Charlbi Dean was literally in the Best Picture nominee Triangle of Sadness and she died very tragically, and at a very young age, not long after making it. Heath Ledge was included his year, though he was nominated that year(and won!).
Was Paul Walker in the Memoriam thing the year he died? I bet he was and Charlbi Dean’s death was quite tragic and she got entirely skipped.