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Best Picture

Belfast
CODA
Don't Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Best Actor

Javier Bardem, "Being the Ricardos"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Power of the Dog"
Andrew Garfield, "Tick, Tick... Boom!"
Will Smith, "King Richard"
Denzel Washington, "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain, "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
Olivia Colman, "The Lost Daughter"
Penelope Cruz, "Parallel Mothers"
Nicole Kidman, "Being the Ricardos"
Kristen Stewart, "Spencer"

Best Supporting Actor

Ciaran Hinds, "Belfast"
Troy Kotsur, "CODA"
Jesse Plemons, "The Power of the Dog"
J.K. Simmons, "Being the Ricardos"
Kodi Smit-McPhee, "The Power of the Dog"

Best Supporting Actress

Jessie Buckley, "The Lost Daughter"
Ariana DeBose, "West Side Story"
Judi Dench, "Belfast"
Kirsten Dunst, "The Power of the Dog"
Aunjanue Ellis, "King Richard"

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh, "Belfast"
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, "Drive My Car"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "Licorice Pizza"
Jane Campion, "The Power of the Dog"
Steven Spielberg, "West Side Story"

Best Original Screenplay

"Belfast"
"Don't Look Up"
"King Richard"
"Licorice Pizza"
"The Worst Person in the World"

Best Adapted Screenplay

"CODA"
"Drive My Car"
"Dune"
"The Lost Daughter"
"The Power of the Dog"

The Power of the Dog led with 12 nominations. Dune had 10, while West Side Story and Belfast had 7 each.

In an interesting note, Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley got nominations for playing the same character at different ages in the same film. I know that's happened before in Iris, but it's fairly rare.

Judi Dench and J.K. Simmons' nominations were probably the biggest surprises. Conspicuous by their absence were Spider-Man (only nomination for Best Visual Effects), Sing 2 (for Best Animated Film), Lady Gaga, Jennifer Hudson, Frances McDormand, Ruth Negga, Bradley Cooper, Caitriona Balfe, Aaron Sorkin (for Best Original Screenplay), and Denis Villeneuve (for Best Director).

Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross announced the nominees. Jordan had a horrible time trying to pronounce the name of Denis Villeneuve in the Best Screenplay category, so naturally he had to do it again (only slightly better) when Dune got nominated for Best Picture.

In an interesting note, Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley got nominations for playing the same character at different ages in the same film. I know that's happened before in Iris, but it's fairly rare.

This also happened in Titanic (Kate Winslet and Gloria Stuart).

Best Picture

Belfast
CODA
Don't Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

That's a joke, right? It is the only one of the bunch I've seen, but it was terrible throughout and they out did all the other earlier terribleness with the ending.

I haven't yet seen West Side Story, but I recall seeing a lot of chatter that Rita Moreno was expected to get a Best Supporting Actress nod. I guess that didn't happen. --Bob

Bob78164 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 08, 2022 10:25 am

I haven't yet seen West Side Story, but I recall seeing a lot of chatter that Rita Moreno was expected to get a Best Supporting Actress nod. I guess that didn't happen. --Bob

Judi Dench got that nomination (in more ways than one).

You could not pay me to watch The Power of the Dog again.

If West Side Story wins Best Picture, 90-year-old executive producer Rita Moreno will be one of those on stage to accept it.

I want them to ask her to present the award for which Ariana DeBose is nominated, as that's the role for which she won all those years ago.

Yeah, I read a review of The Power of the Dog when it came out, and something died inside me.

People just don't need to be that mean. I know there is more to it, but it's a choice to make other people suffer.

I do not get out to see as many films as others, like SS, so I have not seen many of the Best Picture nominees, and most of those that I did were not good, in my view.

Foe me, the best films of the year were:
1. CODA
2. Tick, Tick . . . Boom
3. Encanto
4. Spider Man
5. Shang-Chi

The first three still move me every time that I watch them, and the latter two are great as "super hero movies" and overall storytelling.

I already stated how much I hated Dune here. I also am shocked by the nominations for "Being the Ricardos" (three for acting, but none for best film.) "Don't Look Up" was incredibly "not clever" and wasted a ton of good actors.

Emilia Jones was robbed of a nomination for Best Actress. If you want to see a masterclass in the creation of a real, understated character, watch her in CODA.

If Andrew Garfield does not win for becoming Jonathan Larson, . . . .

I can only hope that the Academy Awards actually rewards creativity and impact to movie for Best Original Song. Beyonce and Billie Eilish got nominated for nominated for one of their run-of-the-mill songs. The Academy blew it last year when it did not reward "Husavik", and it will again if one of those two win (and I am afraid that it will be the latter). I want to check out the Van Morrison song, and the ballad from Encanto is incredible (only outdone by "We Don't Talk About Bruno").

Ritterskoop wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 08, 2022 12:18 pm

I want them to ask her to present the award for which Ariana DeBose is nominated, as that's the role for which she won all those years ago.

Typically, the winner for Best Supporting Actor the year before presents the Best Supporting Actress award (and vice versa). That would be Daniel Kaluuya. The last thing the Academy wants this year is a repeat of the Best Actor fiasco from last year.

If Rita attends, she may present an Oscar in one of the earlier categories.

Ritterskoop wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 08, 2022 12:20 pm

Yeah, I read a review of The Power of the Dog when it came out, and something died inside me.

People just don't need to be that mean. I know there is more to it, but it's a choice to make other people suffer.

I'm with Tennis on this one, except I'll never watch it the first time.

ne1410s wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:01 am

You could not pay me to watch The Power of the Dog again.

I watched this movie last weekend. I cannot remember ever watching another movie where I hated every single character in the movie. I almost could appreciate some of the artistic aspects of the movie, and Cumberbatch had some fine acting, but it was a slog of a movie.

Appa23 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:07 pm

ne1410s wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:01 am

You could not pay me to watch The Power of the Dog again.

I watched this movie last weekend. I cannot remember ever watching another movie where I hated every single character in the movie. I almost could appreciate some of the artistic aspects of the movie, and Cumberbatch had some fine acting, but it was a slog of a movie.

You had no sympathy for Rose Gordon?

Bob Juch wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 25, 2022 5:50 pm

Appa23 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:07 pm

ne1410s wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:01 am

You could not pay me to watch The Power of the Dog again.

I watched this movie last weekend. I cannot remember ever watching another movie where I hated every single character in the movie. I almost could appreciate some of the artistic aspects of the movie, and Cumberbatch had some fine acting, but it was a slog of a movie.

You had no sympathy for Rose Gordon?

I liked her for first 1/3 of movie, but then she became a drunk for little reason.

Appa23 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 25, 2022 11:22 pm

Bob Juch wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 25, 2022 5:50 pm

Appa23 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:07 pm

I watched this movie last weekend. I cannot remember ever watching another movie where I hated every single character in the movie. I almost could appreciate some of the artistic aspects of the movie, and Cumberbatch had some fine acting, but it was a slog of a movie.

You had no sympathy for Rose Gordon?

I liked her for first 1/3 of movie, but then she became a drunk for little reason.

Moving into that household with little outside human interaction might drive a lot of women to drink.

Winners:

Best Picture
"CODA" — Winner

Actor in a Leading Role
Will Smith, "King Richard" — Winner

Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain, "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" — Winner

Animated Feature Film
"Encanto" — Winner

Cinematography
"Dune," Greig Fraser — Winner

Directing
Jane Campion,  "The Power of the Dog" — Winner

Documentary Feature
"Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)" — Winner

Documentary Short Subject
"The Queen of Basketball" — Winner

International Feature Film
"Drive My Car" (Japan) — Winner

Original Song
"No Time To Die" from "No Time to Die," music and lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell — Winner

Production Design
"Dune," Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos — Winner

Visual Effects

Makeup and Hairstyling
"The Eyes of Tammy Faye," Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh — Winner

Film Editing
"Dune," Joe Walker — Winner

Actor in a Supporting Role
Troy Kotsur, "CODA" — Winner

Actress in a Supporting Role
Ariana DeBose, "West Side Story" — Winner

Live Action Short Film
"The Long Goodbye" — Winner

Animated Short Film

Original Screenplay
"Belfast" (Kenneth Branagh) — Winner

Adapted Screenplay
Siân Heder, "CODA" — Winner

Original Score
"Dune," Hans Zimmer — Winner

Sound
"Dune," Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett — Winner

Costume Design
"Cruella," Jenny Beavan — Winner