# 2024 Oscar (96th Academy Awards) Nominations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 23, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545 "2024-01-23T14:46:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/121 "2024-03-07T22:56:28Z")
Well I think I’ve now finalized my predictions after watching every single nomination in every category. (53 individual titles!) I wish we still had the Oscar pool here, that was fun while it was around, but this is what I’ll be picking at the annual Oscars party I attend each year: **Best Picture:** _Oppenheimer_ **Directing:** _Oppenheimer_ (Christopher Nolan) **Actor in a Leading Role:** Cillian Murphy (_Oppenheimer_) **Actress in a Leading Role:** Lily Gladstone (_Killers of the Flower Moon_) **Actor in a Supporting Role:** Robert Downey Jr. (_Oppenheimer_) **Actress in a Supporting Role:** Da’Vine Joy Randolph (_The Holdovers_) **Cinematography:** _Oppenheimer_ **Film Editing:** _Oppenheimer_ **Costume Design:** _Poor Things_ **Production Design:** _Poor Things_ **Makeup and Hairstyling:** _Maestro_ **Music (Original Score):** _Oppenheimer_ **Music (Original Song):** “What Was I Made For?” (from _Barbie_) **Sound:** _Oppenheimer_ **Visual Effects:** _Godzilla Minus One_ **Writing (Adapted Screenplay):** _American Fiction_ **Writing (Original Screenplay):** _Anatomy of a Fall_ **Animated Feature Film:** _Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse_ **Documentary Feature Film:** _20 Days in Mariupol_ **International Feature Film:** _The Zone of Interest_ (United Kingdom) **Short Film (Live Action):** _The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar_ **Short Film (Animated):** _War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko_ **Short Film (Documentary):** _The Last Repair Shop_ It’s always the Shorts that kill me in the pools, but IMO even though it may be the odds favorite, _The ABCs of Book Burning_ is just a glorified slideshow and I’ve got to go with my gut for _The Last Repair Shop._ ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/122 "2024-03-08T01:59:46Z")
This is pretty late, but I took a shot at throwing together a Google Form for this. I need one person to test it - ideally I’d PM you a link and you’d fill it out, assuming that works. I’ve set it to not collect email addresses. My questions are: - can the respondent see the Google Sheet I added to collect the information? (if not, I’m not 100% sure how to share the results) - can the respondent see my email address or name? - and of course, does the form work? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/123 "2024-03-08T12:06:46Z")
Well that was tepid - I’m going to send to some friends instead. Maybe next year! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/124 "2024-03-08T23:11:50Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > and when I say “all” I include not just the Oscar-nominated Sandra Hüller but also the now-famous border collie Messi who plays the dog Snoop. A seriously good movie by any measure and a real star on artistic merit. I have to say, while Messi was great, Sandra Hüller’s actual dog, Dilla, did a fine job in Zone of Interest. Understated, sure, but she didn’t want to show up her owner I’m sure. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/125 "2024-03-09T14:53:00Z")
We saw **Poor Things** last night. I loved it for the first hour…then I started checking my watch. It definitely over-stayed its welcome. But it was certainly original and different, I’ll give it that. I don’t understand why Yorgos is so enamored with his funny lenses, especially that stupid pinhole shot. It adds no aesthetic value and only shouts 'LOOK AT ME! AREN’T I CLEVER?" At the end, I thought they would transplant Godwin’s brain into The General’s body, but apparently they used a sheep instead. So I was surprised. I’ve now seen 8 of the 10 Best Picture nominees – missing Past Lives, which my wife saw on a plane and doesn’t recommend, and Zone of Interest – so that will be all. I still have American Fiction as my favorite, and slot Poor Things in at #6, ahead of Maestro and Anatomy of a Fall. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/126 "2024-03-10T12:59:51Z")
An entertaining alternative view with respect to what happened in Anatomy of a Fall: [https://youtu.be/qCvY8zKnNQc?si=hZvy83bAD30OFluf](https://youtu.be/qCvY8zKnNQc?si=hZvy83bAD30OFluf) This movie has moved up in my opinion, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/127 "2024-03-10T13:45:24Z")
Is there a reason for blurring the address to a YouTube video? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/128 "2024-03-10T14:21:01Z")
I wasn’t sure how much information the image for the video would show. It’s a spoiler! Of sorts. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/129 "2024-03-10T15:12:51Z")
We saw **Zone of Interest** last night. Fascinating/horrifying/surreal. It’s like an episode of Leave it to Beaver, if there were random gunshots and screams and the constant roar of incinerators on the soundtrack…which everyone ignores. And Ward goes to a boring business meeting, but the agenda topic is the extermination of Hungary’s Jews. ---
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/130 "2024-03-10T20:11:46Z")
Very interesting ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/131 "2024-03-11T03:01:05Z")
Convenient list of all the nominees with tonight’s winners highlighted: > **[Oscar Winners 2024: The Full List of Winners From the 96th Academy Awards - IGN](https://www.ign.com/articles/oscar-winners-2024-the-full-list-of-winners-from-the-96th-academy-awards)** > > The 96th Academy Awards, also known as the 2024 Oscars, have celebrated the best of the best in the world of movies from 2023. From Oppenheimer winning the night with seven wins including Best Picture and Poor Things placing second with four wins,... ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/132 "2024-03-11T03:43:31Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Well I think I’ve now finalized my predictions after watching every single nomination in every category. (53 individual titles!) I wish we still had the Oscar pool here, that was fun while it was around, but this is what I’ll be picking at the annual Oscars party I attend each year: Did you win? By my count you got 19/23 correct. Your four incorrects: Actress in a Leading Role: ~~Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)~~ - Emma Stone (Poor Things) Animated Feature Film: ~~Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse~~ - The Boy and The Heron Makeup and Hairstyling: ~~Maestro~~ - Poor Things Sound: ~~Oppenheimer~~ - The Zone of Interest Which is all damn impressive! Interesting that Maestro and Killer of the Flower Moon were both shut out. I also found it interesting that Emma Stone really didn’t appear to think she had a chance - she was flabbergasted (and Annette Benning was…not gracious in defeat based on the shot they showed of her). ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/133 "2024-03-11T03:45:23Z")
Huh that seems impossible. I was told the woke Hollywood establishment was going to give awards to those unartistic movies because of “politics”. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/134 "2024-03-11T03:53:51Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Did you win? By my count you got 19/23 correct. Your four incorrects: I did! The next one after me got 17/23. My prize was a bottle of champagne. 😁 I was so thrilled that Zone of Interest won Best Sound! (Even though I did not pick it.) That movie only works because of its sound design, it’s as important, if not more, than any of the actors so very happy to see it recognized in that category. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/135 "2024-03-11T04:06:56Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I was so thrilled that Zone of Interest won Best Sound! (Even though I did not pick it.) That movie only works because of its sound design, it’s as important, if not more, than any of the actors so very happy to see it recognized in that category. I think I can agree, although I’ve only seen trailers and clips of Zone - even in those you can hear the background noise that makes the scenes so surreal. Can’t wait for it to be widely available on streaming. It’s not available locally in theater. I thought Oppenheimer’s sound was actually really heavy-handed and detracted from the film. I can see 2 of your 4 incorrect picks easily. I really thought Gladstone would win. And my son actually commented on The Boy and the Heron that he was super excited to see Studio Ghibli win as he is a huge fan of their stuff even though he hasn’t seen the actual film. Between the implied “lifetime achievement award” (yes, I know they already have 1 Oscar, but that was 21 years ago) and the fact that the Academy tends to look down on sequels, it’s not surprising (in hindsight) that it won. ETA: Enjoy the champagne! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/136 "2024-03-11T14:41:10Z")
I got 17/23; one of the misses was Lily Gladstone. I just realized that Past Lives got one nomination – Best Picture. It somehow managed to avoid being in the top 5 in any component category but was still one of the 10 best. Bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/137 "2024-03-11T14:47:35Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I just realized that Past Lives got one nomination – Best Picture. It somehow managed to avoid being in the top 5 in any component category but was still one of the 10 best. Bizarre. Past Lives was also nominated for Original Screenplay. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/138 "2024-03-11T15:02:10Z")
I’ve been thinking about why Al Pacino announced the winner the way he did. Perhaps after Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about the Best Actress envelope, he was thinking that perhaps he was handed the wrong envelope, as in the previous year Emma Stone won, when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were given the wrong envelope in 2018. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/139 "2024-03-11T16:43:02Z")
Given how many nominations Scorsese has had, and ditto for DeNiro, and how many times they’ve worked together – I was surprised that this is only the 2nd time they were both nominated for the same film. The other was Raging Bull. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/140 "2024-03-12T02:09:57Z")
Cilian owned Oppenheimer so that’s a good win. The film was too much of a procedural and the protagonist behind much of that red-scare stuff, played by Robert Downey Jr wins which is cool. Just after watching Maestro. The first third was pretty good.I like Carey Mulligan yet this movie was too much about her and we never really get to know her (or Bernstein). I had thought one Hollywood-cough and she’d be gone by the next reel. I’m a fan of long-takes which this film had many of. Whether that’s Cooper or his DP [Matthew Libatique] they were good though I was looking for one where the continuity of the chain smoking conductor was a thing yet he always had either a prop non-smoking cigarette or a long unlit one (eta: for the long takes). The long one between he and Mulligan and especially the Mahler ending in the church were long-takes you rarely see. Barbie wasn’t going to win best film and I guess it’'s just up to Margot Robbie to make other films but not even nominated? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545.md?page=8)