# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/101 "2025-03-04T13:43:04Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Does Bong Joon Ho not count for **Parasite**? I really _would_ count it even if it technically does not. However, now I"m even thinking about it, I’m not sure. Sean Baker did four individual tasks: wrote, directed, edited(!), and produced. I see Bong Joon Ho did not edit his movie. Yeah, that is a separate individual tasks. I guess it does make sense. I have heard some early buzz on **Mickey 17** , his next movie. I’m hearing…not going to win a lot of awards. Edit: I see his editor was also the editor for the excellent Train to Busan, another movie that could have won some Oscars. ---
**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 5, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/102 "2025-03-05T23:51:36Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Really? I thought he did a great job hosting. But I’m a big Conan fan. I’m not a Conan fan, but I thought his hosting was very competent if not especially hilarious. The kind of host who is likely to be invited back. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The Hollywood Reporter says that Adrien Brody’s acceptance speech lasted five minutes and forty seconds. Even if you think, as do I, that 45 seconds is too little, that was far too long. It was a heartfelt speech with an important message but yes, not only far too long, but he was so self-absorbed that he actually had the gall to tell them to turn the music off because he wasn’t done yet. Not a good look, and it undercut the passion of his message. On a different topic, watching the In Memoriam segment, I don’t think I was aware that in the past year we lost Bob Newhart, Donald Sutherland, and James Earl Jones. I was a big fan of Newhart and probably would have remembered if I had seen an announcement. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/103 "2025-03-06T00:28:11Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > It was a heartfelt speech with an important message but yes, not only far too long, but he was so self-absorbed that he actually had the gall to tell them to turn the music off because he wasn’t done yet. **Not a good look,** (bolding mine) Neither was his acceptance for The Pianist. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/104 "2025-03-06T15:40:23Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > On a different topic, watching the In Memoriam segment, I don’t think I was aware that in the past year we lost Bob Newhart, Donald Sutherland, and James Earl Jones. I was a big fan of Newhart and probably would have remembered if I had seen an announcement. Big actors. Tony Todd died as well, but they did not include him. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/105 "2025-03-06T17:13:14Z")
I think they’ve done the only sensible thing which is to not attempt to list everyone. In the past, they tried to do as many as they could squeeze in and always missed some. And they can’t just do known actors because the Academy includes all those behind-the-scenes people. So now they do nice overview of some that were lost and put the rest on the website. ---
**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 6, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/106 "2025-03-06T17:34:13Z")
And it _should_ be a mix of well-known actors, composers and directors, and lesser-known (especially to the general public) costumers, agents, technicians and so forth. Though I wonder if _only_ Academy members are included? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/107 "2025-03-06T17:37:25Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Though I wonder if _only_ Academy members are included? OJ must not have had his dues paid up. ---
**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 6, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/108 "2025-03-06T17:55:32Z")
Michelle Trachtenberg was also excluded. Perhaps understandable as being very recent. Or perhaps she’s considered more a TV personality, instead of the title role of a very popular kid’s movie. Or perhaps they screwed up with this ommission. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/109 "2025-03-06T18:00:42Z")
It might make the whole _In memoriam_ thing more manageable if they restricted it to past winners and nominees. ---
**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 6, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/110 "2025-03-06T18:23:58Z")
They could do that. But I guarantee they will still miss some people. The current system is better in that they can just say that they don’t include everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/111 "2025-03-06T19:23:33Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Michelle Trachtenberg was also excluded. Perhaps understandable as being very recent. Or perhaps she’s considered more a TV personality, instead of the title role of a very popular kid’s movie. Or perhaps they screwed up with this ommission. I was not expecting her in the memoriam at all. Not quite famous or successful enough. Tony Todd? I get it. His roles were really commonly horror. I guess it’s fine…he’s very much on the line of being included or not. ---
**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 6, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/112 "2025-03-06T22:32:23Z")
On a different topic, I’ve just watched _A Complete Unknown_, and I’m pissed that Timothée Chalamet didn’t get Best Actor. Man, that guy **became** Bob Dylan. And then Adrien Brody got the win and made an ass of himself in the acceptance speech. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/113 "2025-03-07T15:27:17Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > It might make the whole _In memoriam_ thing more manageable if they restricted it to past winners and nominees. The memoriam list I found on their website only includes members of the Academy. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/114 "2025-03-07T15:53:04Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I’m not a Conan fan, but I thought his hosting was very competent if not especially hilarious. The kind of host who is likely to be invited back. My take precisely. Recently watched Conclave. What a snooze. My wife - who wanted to watch it - fell asleep and missed the big final reveal! 😃 But, I’m not a huge movie fan, and DEFINITELY not a fan of the Catholic church. ---
**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 24, 2026, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-oscar-97th-academy-awards-nominations/1013397/115 "2026-03-24T09:11:06Z")
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