# 2025 Oscar (97th Academy Awards) Nominations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 25, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397 "2025-01-25T20:58:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [February 25, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/41 "2025-02-25T02:59:29Z")
I’ve now completed seeing every single nominee in every category! ---
**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:** [February 25, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/42 "2025-02-25T03:08:25Z")
Give me your three favorites in any category. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/43 "2025-02-25T03:10:48Z")
Best International Feature: I’m Still Here, The Girl With the Needle, Flow ---
**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:** [February 25, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/44 "2025-02-25T03:22:38Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Anyway, the first of the “Brutally Honest Oscar Ballots” has come out. I always enjoy these. > > [Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot: ‘Conclave,’ ‘Emilia Pérez’ Star Lost His Vote](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/brutally-honest-oscar-ballot-conclave-emilia-perez-lost-vote-1236144653/) That’s fun! My ranked Best Picture choices if I were voting would be: 1. The Substance 2. Conclave 3. Dune part 2 4. The Brutalist 5. Anora 6. Wicked 7. I’m Still Here 8. Nickel Boys 9. Emilia Perez 10. A Complete Unknown ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/45 "2025-02-25T14:16:36Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Anora. 88. Manages to be both very funny and very heartbreaking. Mikey Madison is something. I was surprised at how hilarious it was in the second act. It started out a bit grim and mublecore-ish, but by the time the Russians show up at the beach house, it turned positively slapstick, but brilliantly so. There are so many great deadpan laughs in the movie. And yeah Mikey Madison is just a revelation. The only other things I’d seen her in were _5cream_, and _Better Things_, but the latter was one of my absolute favorite shows of the past decade and all the actors in it just hit it out of the park every episode. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/46 "2025-02-25T14:45:37Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > The only other things I’d seen her in were _5cream_, and _Better Things_ She was quite funny as the crazed Susan Atkins in _Once Upon a Time in Hollywood_. ---
**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 1, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/47 "2025-03-01T03:23:55Z")
Dune Part 2: 82. I liked this much better than the first one. A little heavy handed in places, but really good to watch on a large home screen. ---
**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 2, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/48 "2025-03-02T16:41:48Z")
The guy who had my favorite read on Anatomy of a Fall (he has a fairly convincing take that a dog playing with a ball led to the husband falling has a very interesting read on The Substance, including some scenes cut from the script that would have clarified some questions. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ttJ-fX-_cX8/maxresdefault.jpg "The Real Meaning Of THE SUBSTANCE That Nobody Is Talking About 😱") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttJ-fX-_cX8) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/49 "2025-03-02T23:44:31Z")
With the ceremony imminent, here are my should/will win selections for the awards I care about. **Best Picture** Should Win: _Anora_ (currently the favorite, but will the subject matter reduce its vote?) Will Win: _Conclave_ (Its been trending and the Oscar demographics still favor this kind of movie) **Best Director** Should Win: Sean Baker (Anora) Will Win: Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) **Best Actor** Should Win: Timothee Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) Really inhabits a very unsympathetic legend Will Win: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) Currently favored by the oddsmakers **Best Actress** Should Win: Mikey Madison (A fierce, funny, heartbreaking performance…but she’s a newcomer) Will Win: Demi Moore (The Substance) Nearly the closest thing to a lock in the awards, not undeserving **Best Supporting Actor** Should Win: Kieran Culkin (Makes you care about the most annoying travel companion ever) Will Win: Kieran Culkin **Best Supporting Actress** Should Win: Felicity Jones (The Brutalist) She creates one of the most memorable characters of the year Will Win: Zoe Saldana (Emily Perez) Despite the overall down trend for this film, still the odds on favorite **Best Adapted Screen Play** Should Win: _Conclave_ Will Win: _Conclave_ **Best Original Screenplay** Should Win: _Anora_ (Finally the right treatment of the Pretty Woman screenplay!) Will Win: _Anora_ **Best International Feature** Should Win: _I’m Still Here_ (A movie about family, really) Will Win: _I’m Still Here_ (With the descent of Emilia Perez, this movie has, deservedly, becomes the favorite) **Best Animated Feature** Should Win: _Flow_ (Wordless, enigmatic, and beautiful) Will Win: _The Wild Robot_ (Beautiful as well, but a much more conventional approach to animated feature film) ---
**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 2, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/50 "2025-03-02T23:52:53Z")
Just got back from seeing the last one in the theater. I’m Still Here: 82-ish. Really moving, difficult to watch in some parts. I knew nothing about it going in, including that it was based on a true story. Ran a tiny bit long at the end. Final tier lists: S - Anora, The Substance A - Nickel Boys, Dune Part 2 B - I’m Still Here, Conclave C - Wicked, Emilia Perez, A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/51 "2025-03-03T00:51:41Z")
Too lazy to start a new thread, Interesting to hear Nick Offerman do the “This is the first win” and commercial outros. I have a soft spot for Wallace and Gromit (see avatar), but am OK with _Flow_ wining. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/52 "2025-03-03T00:56:05Z")
We just today watched _Instruments of a Beating Heart_ and I don’t know if it should win, but I hope the academy flew Ayame over to play cymbals with the orchestra ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/53 "2025-03-03T01:11:59Z")
Hulu is having a nation-wide outage, just as the Oscars are beginning (the Oscars are on ABC, which is owned by Disney, which owns Hulu, which is streaming it). Oops. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/54 "2025-03-03T01:25:30Z")
Poor Kendal! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/55 "2025-03-03T01:26:01Z")
Are others being bothered by the descriptive voice-over? I appreciate that some viewers would be thrilled by getting descriptions of the action when the actors aren’t talking, but in many places it’s totally intrusive. Nothing kills a comedy bit flatter than a literal depiction of what’s happening in a silent scene. ---
**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 3, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/56 "2025-03-03T01:34:11Z")
Are you getting that because you have SAP enabled? ---
**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 3, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/57 "2025-03-03T01:35:00Z")
Yeah, I’m not hearing that. ---
**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 3, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/58 "2025-03-03T01:36:40Z")
I did like Kieran Culkin’s follow up to his Emmy Awards acceptance speech. ---
**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 3, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/59 "2025-03-03T01:37:52Z")
lol CinemaStreams ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/60 "2025-03-03T01:43:53Z")
I went into settings and SAP is not enabled. It only appears on certain network shows. Wouldn’t it be elsewhere? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397.md?page=4)