The Official 2023 Oscar Discussion/Contest Thread

[Still Servant]

I've been slacking!

I hope we get a little bit more participation this year. It's always more fun with lots of players.

The Rules

Oscar night is right around the corner, so I'm going to post the rules for those who might not be familiar with them. Please tell your friends from other boards to come on over and join us. The more the merrier.

You have until showtime on Sunday, March 12, 2023.

IMPORTANT: Don't forget the tie breaker. It's simple: Basically, everybody will submit their choices like usual, except they will also add which film they think will win the most Oscars and give a number. In case of a tie, whomever has the closest number without going over is the winner. If the tie remains, the person who submits their ballot earliest is the winner.

Predictions have to be in by showtime, so there is no rush to post them. We still have some time before Oscar night. I myself will be waiting for the last possible moment to post my predictions.

Remember, these are just educated guesses. None of us have seen every film nominated and I doubt if anybody has seen any of the documentary short subject nominees. Just make an educated guess. Or an uneducated guess.

Returning this year:

Returning this year will be the online ballot submission I created. Of course, ballots can still be submitted here. https://tinyurl.com/OscarContest2023

Where it says "name" just put your DT.org handle, or designate in some way that you are from the Dark Tower boards. I will be sharing the same contest form with other friends and I don't want to get them confused.

And the nominees are...

Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

Best Directing

The Banshees of Inisherin — Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg
Tár — Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness — Ruben Östlund

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Austin Butler - Elvis
Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser - The Whale
Paul Mescal - Aftersun
Bill Nighy - Living

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett - Tár
Ana de Armas - Blonde
Andrea Riseborough - To Leslie
Michelle Williams - The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once


Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry - Causeway
Judd Hirsch - The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Angela Bassett - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau - The Whale
Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Costume Design

Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Best Sound

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Original Score

All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans

Best Adapted Screenplay

All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking


Best Original Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin — Written by Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans — Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
Tár — Written by Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness — Written by Ruben Östlund

Best Live-Action Short Film

An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase

Best Animated Short Film

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It

Best Animated Film

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red

Best Original Song

“Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick; Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once; Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne


Best International Feature Film

All Quiet on the Western Front — Germany
Argentina, 1985 — Argentina
Close — Belgium
EO — Poland
The Quiet Girl — Ireland

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Whale

Best Production Design

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans

Best Cinematography

All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár

Best Visual Effects

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick


Best Documentary Feature

All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny

Best Documentary Short Subject

The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate

Best Film Editing

The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

[Still Servant]

Past results:

2010 results
Heather - 15
Servant - 14
Turtlex - 14
Cody - 8
Seymour - 8
Odetta - 4

2011 results
Heather - 17
Servant - 15
Path - 14
Mattrick - 14
Ricky - 12
Merlin - 11
Feev - 8

2012 results
Servant - 14
Heather - 14
Ricky - 14
Stockerlone - 12
Shannon - 11
Thorin- 10
Mattrick - 9
Feev - 8
Garrell - 8
Odetta - 5
Mystima - 4

2013 results
Heather - 20
Servant - 17
Ricky - 15
Matt - 14
Stockerlone - 13
Feev - 12
Mae - 10

2014 results
Heather - 22
Ricky - 20
Servant - 19
Randall - 16
Mae - 13
Matt - 10
Mystima - 10
Merlin - 7
Stockerlone - 6

2015 results
T-Dogz - 20
George Monkey - 19
Lurker - 19
Ricky - 18
Servant - 17
Feev - 17
Heather - 15
Shannon - 15
Mae - 13
Stocker - 9
Matt - 6

2016 results
Heather - 17 (winner by tiebreaker - Mad Max 6)
Servant - 17
Mae - 16
T-Dogz - 16
Ricky - 15
Matt - 15
Lurker - 14
Stocker - 8

2017 results
TDogz - 16 (winner by tiebreaker)
Doc Z - 16
Tommy - 16
Ricky - 15
Lurker - 15
Servant - 15
Heather - 14
Mae -14
Matt - 13
RF - 13
Stocker - 8
Merlin - 7

2018 results
Randall Flagg - 21 (Tiebreaker - The Shape of Water 4) Co-winner
Lurker - 21 (Tiebreaker - The Shape of Water 4) Co-winner
T-Dogz - 20
Servant - 20
Matt - 19
Mae - 19
Heather - 17
John Huerta - 16
Ricky -13
Doctor Zaius - 10

2019 results
Servant - 18
Lurker - 15
Matt - 15
T-Dogz - 15
Mae - 14
Heather - 13
Ricky - 12
Garrell -12
Randall - 9
Stocker - 6

2020 results

Mae - 21 (Winner by second tiebreaker)
Feev -21
George Monkey -20
Mike Teague - 20
Phllip Gallegos - 20
Servant - 19
Ricky - 19
Heather -18
Lurker -18
Matt - 15
Web -11
Johnny - 11
RF - 11
Stocker - 9
Web's wife - 2

2021 results

Servant - 17 (Winner by first tiebreaker)
Lurker - 17
Ricky - 15
Mae - 15
Matt-12

2022 results

T-Dogz - 21 (Winner by first tiebreaker)
Servant - 21
Mae - 20
Lurker - 15
Rich - 15
Web- 12
Matt - 10
Stockerlone - 6

2023 results

Mae - 18 (Winner by second tiebreaker)
T-Dogz - 18
Feev - 17
Lurker - 16
Servant - 15
Rodney - 15
Matt - 11
RF - 11
Stocker - 7

[mae]

Yay it's time! :panic:

[fernandito]

I'll be playing this year. I swear!

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-CXwpKJ2kY

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYrHOcYNUAw

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ4sqL_NapI

[OldCrow88]

I'll go out on a limb and predict Will Smith will not be nominated this year. But Viola Davis might.

[fernandito]

idk man I think it would be a slap to the face if Will Smith wasn't nominated smh.

[webstar1000]

idk man I think it would be a slap to the face if Will Smith wasn't nominated smh.

LOL YOU LEGIT think he should be? After last year? Based on his performance... maybe but they won't consider him and rightfully so. He is an Entitled bitch.

[Cook]

idk man I think it would be a slap to the face if Will Smith wasn't nominated smh.

LOL YOU LEGIT think he should be? After last year? Based on his performance... maybe but they won't consider him and rightfully so. He is an Entitled bitch.

YEAH.. But so are you LOL :rofl:

[webstar1000]

idk man I think it would be a slap to the face if Will Smith wasn't nominated smh.

LOL YOU LEGIT think he should be? After last year? Based on his performance... maybe but they won't consider him and rightfully so. He is an Entitled bitch.

YEAH.. But so are you LOL :rofl:

And you are a cranky old Scrooge:) Please have a merry Christmas Richard :)

[T-Dogz_AK47]

idk man I think it would be a slap to the face if Will Smith wasn't nominated smh.

LOL YOU LEGIT think he should be? After last year? Based on his performance... maybe but they won't consider him and rightfully so. He is an Entitled bitch.

YEAH.. But so are you LOL :rofl:

That was a totally unnecessary comment. Negative rep issued.

Please remember the Forum Posting Guidelines: 3. Member Interaction - (A) Members are expected to treat their fellow members with common respect on the boards at all times, even during disagreements.

[fernandito]

idk man I think it would be a slap to the face if Will Smith wasn't nominated smh.

LOL YOU LEGIT think he should be? After last year? Based on his performance... maybe but they won't consider him and rightfully so. He is an Entitled bitch.

you missed my joke :)

https://media.tenor.com/OMflW9vuowkAAAAd/chris-rock-will-smith.gif

[Cook]

idk man I think it would be a slap to the face if Will Smith wasn't nominated smh.

LOL YOU LEGIT think he should be? After last year? Based on his performance... maybe but they won't consider him and rightfully so. He is an Entitled bitch.

YEAH.. But so are you LOL :rofl:

That was a totally unnecessary comment. Negative rep issued.

Please remember the Forum Posting Guidelines: 3. Member Interaction - (A) Members are expected to treat their fellow members with common respect on the boards at all times, even during disagreements.

I thought my joke was pretty funny myself.. but that's ok I'll take the negative Rep with a smile.

So Anyway,
I'm disrespectful when I'm joking about an individual on the threads but..
Kris is well within his rights to call another human being off the threads an "Entitled Bitch" and mean it.

Seriously, how condescending can you be ?

[webstar1000]

idk man I think it would be a slap to the face if Will Smith wasn't nominated smh.

LOL YOU LEGIT think he should be? After last year? Based on his performance... maybe but they won't consider him and rightfully so. He is an Entitled bitch.

YEAH.. But so are you LOL :rofl:

That was a totally unnecessary comment. Negative rep issued.

Please remember the Forum Posting Guidelines: 3. Member Interaction - (A) Members are expected to treat their fellow members with common respect on the boards at all times, even during disagreements.

I thought my joke was pretty funny myself.. but that's ok I'll take the negative Rep with a smile.

So Anyway,
I'm disrespectful when I'm joking about an individual on the threads but..
Kris is well within his rights to call another human being off the threads an "Entitled Bitch" and mean it.

Seriously, how condescending can you be ?

One day you will get it Rich. One day… or wait.. maybe you won’t… hard to say. [emoji23]. Truly have a merry Christmas and sorry I insulted your favorite actor. [emoji2369][emoji6]


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[Still Servant]

I'll be playing this year. I swear!

You say that every year!

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXjq_TXCzRg

[fernandito]

I'll be playing this year. I swear!

You say that every year!

Yeah but I actually mean it this time!*

maybe*

[Cook]

idk man I think it would be a slap to the face if Will Smith wasn't nominated smh.

LOL YOU LEGIT think he should be? After last year? Based on his performance... maybe but they won't consider him and rightfully so. He is an Entitled bitch.

YEAH.. But so are you LOL :rofl:

That was a totally unnecessary comment. Negative rep issued.

Please remember the Forum Posting Guidelines: 3. Member Interaction - (A) Members are expected to treat their fellow members with common respect on the boards at all times, even during disagreements.

I thought my joke was pretty funny myself.. but that's ok I'll take the negative Rep with a smile.

So Anyway,
I'm disrespectful when I'm joking about an individual on the threads but..
Kris is well within his rights to call another human being off the threads an "Entitled Bitch" and mean it.

Seriously, how condescending can you be ?

One day you will get it Rich. One day… or wait.. maybe you won’t… hard to say. [emoji23]. Truly have a merry Christmas and sorry I insulted your favorite actor. [emoji2369][emoji6]


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Sorry Kris but my response was not for you, it was for T-dog.

Again, another condescending statement, this time from you Kris... but I'm still OK with my joke about YOU being the bitch, I still think it was funny.
But since you jumped in.. Are you really that thin skinned, that you have to be constantly stroked by your fan club.
I've been told that you now deem yourself as the "Worlds TOP authority on all things Stephen King" but I didn't think that also carried over to simple everyday opinions about.. "well everything"
Yeah your right, I wont get it, probably or otherwise.

(That condescending christmas statement thingey, you can stick it up you ass)
You're really not all that.

[fernandito]

Let's keep it civilized gentlemen.

Otherwise I'll have to start handing timeouts :)

[Odetta]

I used to do OK in this a DECADE ago… maybe I’ll try again

[webstar1000]

idk man I think it would be a slap to the face if Will Smith wasn't nominated smh.

LOL YOU LEGIT think he should be? After last year? Based on his performance... maybe but they won't consider him and rightfully so. He is an Entitled bitch.

YEAH.. But so are you LOL :rofl:

That was a totally unnecessary comment. Negative rep issued.

Please remember the Forum Posting Guidelines: 3. Member Interaction - (A) Members are expected to treat their fellow members with common respect on the boards at all times, even during disagreements.

I thought my joke was pretty funny myself.. but that's ok I'll take the negative Rep with a smile.

So Anyway,
I'm disrespectful when I'm joking about an individual on the threads but..
Kris is well within his rights to call another human being off the threads an "Entitled Bitch" and mean it.

Seriously, how condescending can you be ?

One day you will get it Rich. One day… or wait.. maybe you won’t… hard to say. [emoji23]. Truly have a merry Christmas and sorry I insulted your favorite actor. [emoji2369][emoji6]


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Sorry Kris but my response was not for you, it was for T-dog.

Again, another condescending statement, this time from you Kris... but I'm still OK with my joke about YOU being the bitch, I still think it was funny.
But since you jumped in.. Are you really that thin skinned, that you have to be constantly stroked by your fan club.
I've been told that you now deem yourself as the "Worlds TOP authority on all things Stephen King" but I didn't think that also carried over to simple everyday opinions about.. "well everything"
Yeah your right, I wont get it, probably or otherwise.

(That condescending christmas statement thingey, you can stick it up you ass)
You're really not all that.

lolololololol . The happiest guy I know:)

[fernandito]

I used to do OK in this a DECADE ago… maybe I’ll try again

OMG

do my eyes deceive me???

[Odetta]

I used to do OK in this a DECADE ago… maybe I’ll try again

OMG

do my eyes deceive me???


Hiya, darlin’

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLlif5NIZ7Q

[mae]

https://deadline.com/2022/12/international-feature-oscar-shortlist-joyland-last-film-show-1235204487/

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today revealed the 15-film shortlist of movies that will advance to the nominations process for the Best International Feature Film Oscar. As we have previously reported, this is a year without a hands-down front-runner, and all of the movies in our preview have made the cut. See the full shortlist below.

While there were no jarring snubs on AMPAS’ shortlist, one film we weren’t sure about making the cut is India’s submission, Last Film Show, which did make it. This is the first time that India has been shortlisted since Lagaan was nominated 20 years ago. Along with Pan Nalin’s Last Film Show, a testament to the whole of the Indian market is that another movie, RRR, has been recognized by U.S. bodies in other categories.

Breaking out some more interesting details, this is the first time that a movie from Pakistan has been on the roster. Saim Sadiq’s Joyland debuted in Cannes as the first Pakistani movie ever in Official Selection and won the Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard. It was then subject to a ban in its home country over censorship, which was later reversed.

Elsewhere, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths is in the mix for Mexico, marking his third time on the shortlist.

Here’s the full list of 15 on the shortlist, in alphabetical order by country:

Argentina, Argentina, 1985
Austria, Corsage
Belgium, Close
Cambodia, Return to Seoul
Denmark, Holy Spider
France, Saint Omer
Germany, All Quiet on the Western Front
India, Last Film Show
Ireland, The Quiet Girl
Mexico, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Morocco, The Blue Caftan
Pakistan, Joyland
Poland, EO
South Korea, Decision to Leave
Sweden, Cairo Conspiracy

[mae]

My own predictions for the International shortlist were here: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?363-General-Movie-Discussion-**please-mark-spoilers**&p=1266186&viewfull=1#post1266186

Looks like I got 8 of 15 right, which is not great. I feel like Brazil's Mars One and Ukraine's Klondike are the biggest snubs for me.

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiMre6kSTYg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYPbgyzGgeo

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRyHKcrTnBE

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of-UN3xfsG8

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLwKbsRJ6Uc

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqZuAq4lIwk

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EBa8odkT0M

[Still Servant]

I haven't been that out of the loop this year, but I feel this RRR film really came out of nowhere. I haven't heard anyone talking about it.

[mae]

I haven't been that out of the loop this year, but I feel this RRR film really came out of nowhere. I haven't heard anyone talking about it.

Really? I feel the opposite. It's been on my radar ever since it dropped on Netflix, there's been so much buzz about it since at least the summer, but it's dubbed on Netflix and not in its original language so I still haven't seen it.

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGdYd18zT5Y

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlqAq_MGX5s

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxgliCfhZ2U

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-XasJxgvFg

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_m9BwJ7BaE

[Still Servant]

I got to see Babylon and Fabelmans this weekend, so I feel like I've seen most of the films that could get nominated for Best Picture. I feel like Banshees is the front-runner right now.

[Tommy]

Banshees, Fabelmans and Everything are the three best films I saw last year, still need to see some big ones though.

[Lurker]

I'm in the minority I guess. I didn't get Banshees at all. I watched it without knowing what was going to happen and I just didn't believe. Maybe it's some kind of metaphorical junk that went over my head, but I really disliked it.

I'll add, since I watch all the award shows before the Oscars - what was with the Critics having two winners on stage at same time. NO.

[Still Servant]

I'm in the minority I guess. I didn't get Banshees at all. I watched it without knowing what was going to happen and I just didn't believe. Maybe it's some kind of metaphorical junk that went over my head, but I really disliked it.

I'll add, since I watch all the award shows before the Oscars - what was with the Critics having two winners on stage at same time. NO.

I don't think there was anything metaphorical that went over your head, that's probably why you didn't enjoy it. You were probably expecting something more profound when there really isn't anything.

It's about friendship and how people change over time. What I found interesting is that Colin Farrell's character is a genuinely nice guy who ends up changing himself for the worse just to please another person.

[Lurker]

I think they lost me when the guy started with the sheep shears. I did not believe that for a moment. Only if the guy was drunk or insane and he didn't really seem either.

I did watch The Menu today. I'll take it over the Banshees anyday.

[webstar1000]

I'm in the minority I guess. I didn't get Banshees at all. I watched it without knowing what was going to happen and I just didn't believe. Maybe it's some kind of metaphorical junk that went over my head, but I really disliked it.

I'll add, since I watch all the award shows before the Oscars - what was with the Critics having two winners on stage at same time. NO.

Nope your not. We shut it off.

[Still Servant]

I'm in the minority I guess. I didn't get Banshees at all. I watched it without knowing what was going to happen and I just didn't believe. Maybe it's some kind of metaphorical junk that went over my head, but I really disliked it.

I'll add, since I watch all the award shows before the Oscars - what was with the Critics having two winners on stage at same time. NO.

Nope your not. We shut it off.

Web, why would you watch a movie like that? How do you not know by now that that's a film that's not for you?

And, yes, you are both in the minority. It's a fantastic film.

[webstar1000]

I'm in the minority I guess. I didn't get Banshees at all. I watched it without knowing what was going to happen and I just didn't believe. Maybe it's some kind of metaphorical junk that went over my head, but I really disliked it.

I'll add, since I watch all the award shows before the Oscars - what was with the Critics having two winners on stage at same time. NO.

Nope your not. We shut it off.

Web, why would you watch a movie like that? How do you not know by now that that's a film that's not for you?

And, yes, you are both in the minority. It's a fantastic film.
True...

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalO3bljVZ0

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7I5nxnx1Bs

[Randall Flagg]

I just can't bring myself to watch two podcasts totaling over 2 hours on predictions. Hell, the entire Oscar show is under 4 hours.

[mae]

I just can't bring myself to watch two podcasts totaling over 2 hours on predictions. Hell, the entire Oscar show is under 4 hours.

I watch at 1.5 speed! I find it fun though.

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhdaLnKMJHA

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlnJJTA96HM

[Still Servant]

And the nominees are...

Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

Best Directing

The Banshees of Inisherin — Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg
Tár — Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness — Ruben Östlund

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Austin Butler - Elvis
Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser - The Whale
Paul Mescal - Aftersun
Bill Nighy - Living

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett - Tár
Ana de Armas - Blonde
Andrea Riseborough - To Leslie
Michelle Williams - The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once


Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry - Causeway
Judd Hirsch - The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Angela Bassett - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau - The Whale
Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Costume Design

Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Best Sound

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Original Score

All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans

Best Adapted Screenplay

All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking


Best Original Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin — Written by Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans — Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
Tár — Written by Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness — Written by Ruben Östlund

Best Live-Action Short Film

An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase

Best Animated Short Film

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It

Best Animated Film

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red

Best Original Song

“Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick; Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once; Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne


Best International Feature Film

All Quiet on the Western Front — Germany
Argentina, 1985 — Argentina
Close — Belgium
EO — Poland
The Quiet Girl — Ireland

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Whale

Best Production Design

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans

Best Cinematography

All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár

Best Visual Effects

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick


Best Documentary Feature

All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny

Best Documentary Short Subject

The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate

Best Film Editing

The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

[mae]

Anyone else annoyed that sequels are eligible for adapted screenplay? They are not adapting a previous work in any real sense. They’re an original screenplay based on preexisting characters. In most cases, characters from an original screenplay. I don’t think that should qualify. Or even things like Joker, based on the comics characters but it’s a wholly original story, it’s not actually adapting any comics.

[Still Servant]

I think this is a pretty good field of nominees. Everything Everywhere All At Once is my favorite film of the year, so I'm very happy to see all the love for that one. I also loved Banshees, so I'm good with those nominations as well.

As always, there are a few glaring snubs along with some head-scratching inclusions. The biggest omission for me is Decision to Leave not getting nominated for Best Foreign Film. I could make an argument it should have been nominated for Best Picture, let alone Best Foreign Film. Park is a well-respected director too, so I'm not sure what happened there.

I know it's a polarizing film, but I thought Babylon should have been nominated for BP. I thought Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt were deserving of nominations as well. While Top Gun: Maverick had a great showing, I can't help but think it was snubbed for Best Cinematography.

I'm not really understanding all the love for The Fabelmans. I thought Michelle Williams gave a very uneven performance. I also don't think it's a lead performance. Judd Hirsch also got a nomination. He appears in exactly one scene, a scene I missed while in the bathroom. Lastly, the fact that Avatar gets a Best Picture nomination is an absolute joke. It's an average movie at best.

I have no doubt there will be a lot of discussion about the fact that no women were nominated for Best Director. Viola Davis in The Woman King and Danielle Deadwyler in Till getting snubbed will most surely become a topic of discussion. I never like getting bogged down by such talks. There were quite a few people of color nominated in the acting categories, and I'm not sure there was a female director more deserving than the men that were nominated.

I still need to see Tar, Triangle of Sadness, and Women Talking. I didn't think Tar looked that interesting, but the buzz is impressive. I loved the trailer for Triangle of Sadness, but that film seemed to disappear. The BP nomination is a surprise. Women Talking looks very good and has a stellar cast.

[mae]

Tar will be streaming this Friday on Peacock, so I’m excited.

My biggest pleasant surprises were Paul Mescal and Ana de Armas. Aftersun was a very small and quiet film that at first I wasn’t sure I even liked, but I couldn’t stop thinking about. It’s now one of my favorites of the year and it’s great to see him get the nom. And also Ana for Blonde! This movie got so much hate and vitriol thrown at it, but I think it’s mostly misplaced and misunderstood. I thought the film was tremendous and her performance was indeed one of the best of the year, so memorable and heartbreaking. Great seeing Ana’s name popping up in several precursor awards and also recognized by the Academy, quieting those critics.

[Still Servant]

Anyone else annoyed that sequels are eligible for adapted screenplay? They are not adapting a previous work in any real sense. They’re an original screenplay based on preexisting characters. In most cases, characters from an original screenplay. I don’t think that should qualify. Or even things like Joker, based on the comics characters but it’s a wholly original story, it’s not actually adapting any comics.

I could not agree more.

[Still Servant]

Tar will be streaming this Friday on Peacock, so I’m excited.

My biggest pleasant surprises were Paul Mescal and Ana de Armas. Aftersun was a very small and quiet film that at first I wasn’t sure I even liked, but I couldn’t stop thinking about. It’s now one of my favorites of the year and it’s great to see him get the nom. And also Ana for Blonde! This movie got so much hate and vitriol thrown at it, but I think it’s mostly misplaced and misunderstood. I thought the film was tremendous and her performance was indeed one of the best of the year, so memorable and heartbreaking. Great seeing Ana’s name popping up in several precursor awards and also recognized by the Academy, quieting those critics.

Oh, good. I will definitely check that out.

I've heard nothing but great things about Aftersun. I can't wait to check that one out too. You're one of the first people I've heard that loved Blonde. Usually, people are applauding her performance, but then mention the film wasn't very good.

[mae]

When I read Blonde reviews on Letterboxd I feel like physically facepalming. Maybe it’s just me but I thought it was a masterpiece. It’s very very surreal and haunting. But all of the criticisms about it don’t ring true to me. One of the better reviews I saw correctly said that if this were directed by David Lynch, people would be celebrating it.

One of my friends who’s also a big Marilyn fan also loved it as much as I did and she said most of the hate appeared to be “virtue signaling” basically, people parroting some supposedly pro-feminist talking points, but actually doing the opposite. We both felt this movie understood Marilyn and treated her with respect, while showing what her experience of fame must’ve been like, keeping in mind this was an adaptation of a fictional novel, not a biopic as such.

It will be for sure in my Top 10 for the year.

[Still Servant]

When I read Blonde reviews on Letterboxd I feel like physically facepalming. Maybe it’s just me but I thought it was a masterpiece. It’s very very surreal and haunting. But all of the criticisms about it don’t ring true to me. One of the better reviews I saw correctly said that if this were directed by David Lynch, people would be celebrating it.

One of my friends who’s also a big Marilyn fan also loved it as much as I did and she said most of the hate appeared to be “virtue signaling” basically, people parroting some supposedly pro-feminist talking points, but actually doing the opposite. We both felt this movie understood Marilyn and treated her with respect, while showing what her experience of fame must’ve been like, keeping in mind this was an adaptation of a fictional novel, not a biopic as such.

It will be for sure in my Top 10 for the year.

I need to see that Top 10 pronto!

[mae]

It’ll be a while but I’ll try to make my list before the Oscars. I’ve expanded my usual 30 to 35, too, but I still have lots of 2022 movies still to watch that should make my list, like Joyland. Hope to get to them in the next couple of months before working on my Top 35 of 2022.

[Still Servant]

It’ll be a while but I’ll try to make my list before the Oscars. I’ve expanded my usual 30 to 35, too, but I still have lots of 2022 movies still to watch that should make my list, like Joyland. Hope to get to them in the next couple of months before working on my Top 35 of 2022.

I get it, I will have to update my list as well. I need to go dig up that thread so we can update it.

[ICry4Oy]

I don't get all the love for the Everything/Everywhere movie. I thought the concept of the movie was cool but the execution was just stupid to me. Now it wasn't as horrible as that Green Knight movie or that incredibly bad White Noise movie, but seriously, hot dog fingers?!!! Sorry I wasted my time watching it.

[Still Servant]

I don't get all the love for the Everything/Everywhere movie. I thought the concept of the movie was cool but the execution was just stupid to me. Now it wasn't as horrible as that Green Knight movie or that incredibly bad White Noise movie, but seriously, hot dog fingers?!!! Sorry I wasted my time watching it.

Really? The film actually has a ton of heart. It really made me think about life and my journey and how we have to be happy where we are and not always wish for things to be different.

I felt better about life after leaving the theater, something that is really hard to do.

[OldCrow88]

I don't get all the love for the Everything/Everywhere movie. I thought the concept of the movie was cool but the execution was just stupid to me. Now it wasn't as horrible as that Green Knight movie or that incredibly bad White Noise movie, but seriously, hot dog fingers?!!! Sorry I wasted my time watching it.

I just think it's ironically cool that a person with a bologna avatar is fussing about hot dog fingers.

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLd9P84xrpY

[ICry4Oy]

I don't get all the love for the Everything/Everywhere movie. I thought the concept of the movie was cool but the execution was just stupid to me. Now it wasn't as horrible as that Green Knight movie or that incredibly bad White Noise movie, but seriously, hot dog fingers?!!! Sorry I wasted my time watching it.

I just think it's ironically cool that a person with a bologna avatar is fussing about hot dog fingers.


:emot-roflolmao:

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJHYu9edsfk

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmGfaGlhCEA

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1iAXid1ZSI

[fernandito]

I don't get all the love for the Everything/Everywhere movie. I thought the concept of the movie was cool but the execution was just stupid to me. Now it wasn't as horrible as that Green Knight movie or that incredibly bad White Noise movie, but seriously, hot dog fingers?!!! Sorry I wasted my time watching it.

I mean, it was creative, funny, zany, heartfelt, hopeful, heartbreaking, had a wonderful message about family and a love that can transcend universes.

I don't get how people can not love it tbh.

[mae]

What I don’t get is all the hype for Top Gun and Elvis. Couldn’t finish the first one and have zero interest in watching the second.

[Still Servant]

You're missing out. Maverick is really good and couldn't be more different than the first. I don't get the hype for the Tars (Tar and Avatar).

Tar is an obvious Oscar bait film with a great performance from Blanchett and little else. Tar's biggest sin is completely wasting Noémie Merlant, who was so brilliant in Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

As for Avatar, I will never understand the love for that franchise. It's so derivative.

[Ricky]

The Tars. :rofl:

[Still Servant]

The Tars. :rofl:

They both are about aliens. I refuse to look at Blancett's character as a human.

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGsXh_loS7k

[webstar1000]

What I don’t get is all the hype for Top Gun and Elvis. Couldn’t finish the first one and have zero interest in watching the second.

Top Gun and Elvis are FANTASTIC movies. I am rooting for Top Gun for best pic. Id love to see them step out of the norm and go for an action movie for the win:)

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38C7lQl1D1Y

[Still Servant]

Oscar night is almost upon us. As always, you can post your picks in the forum or you can use this online form to submit your picks.

https://tinyurl.com/OscarContest2023

[Lurker]

Is the best original song catagory right? Song I want to vote for isn't there.

[Ricky]

I'm just not into Oscars stuff this year. Haven't seen any of the movies, either. :/

[fernandito]

I have seen shockingly few of the Oscar BP nominations this year. Whoops.

Hope EEAAO takes the win though. Have a few buddies that raved about Tar, so I'll check it out soon.

[ICry4Oy]

What I don’t get is all the hype for Top Gun and Elvis. Couldn’t finish the first one and have zero interest in watching the second.

Funny, I loved both of those movies. It's that "Everything Everywhere" movie I hated. Well, I didn't exactly hate it, I just hated myself for having watched it!

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJHCTX9Kd1Q

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyr2nqCWwuw

[Lurker]

Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Directing
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Brendan Fraser - The Whale

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Costume Design
Elvis

Best Sound
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Original Score
The Fabelmans

Best Adapted Screenplay
Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert

Best Live-Action Short Film
The Red Suitcase

Best Animated Short Film
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Original Song
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose

Best International Feature Film
All Quiet on the Western Front — Germany

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Elvis

Best Production Design
Babylon

Best Cinematography
Elvis

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Documentary Feature
Navalny

Best Documentary Short Subject
The Elephant Whisperers

Best Film Editing
Top Gun: Maverick

Everything - 6 Oscars

[Stockerlone]

Every schoolkid in Germany has read e.m.remarque All Quiet on the Western Front.
The original and the remake were great, I'm curious if this third film adaptation
can win 1-2-6 Oscars.
9 nominations for a German Netflix film. I still can't believe it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf8EYbVxtCY

[frik]

Every schoolkid in Germany has read e.m.remarque All Quiet on the Western Front.
The original and the remake were great, I'm curious if this third film adaptation
can win 1-2-6 Oscars.
9 nominations for a German Netflix film. I still can't believe it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf8EYbVxtCY

It's an amazing movie and deserves to win each and every award it's been nominated for.

sk

[Still Servant]

Is the best original song catagory right? Song I want to vote for isn't there.

Good catch.

Anyone who submitted a form, please resubmit. The Original Song category was messed up.

[mae]

As usual, I struggle with what I want to win versus what I think is going to win (like obviously the best animated film is Marcel, or close second Turning Red, but there's probably no way either one wins).

My picks are bolded.


And the nominees are...

Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

Best Directing

The Banshees of Inisherin — Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg
Tár — Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness — Ruben Östlund

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Austin Butler - Elvis
Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser - The Whale
Paul Mescal - Aftersun
Bill Nighy - Living

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett - Tár
Ana de Armas - Blonde
Andrea Riseborough - To Leslie
Michelle Williams - The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once


Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry - Causeway
Judd Hirsch - The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Angela Bassett - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau - The Whale
Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Costume Design

Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Best Sound

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Original Score

All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans

Best Adapted Screenplay

All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin — Written by Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans — Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
Tár — Written by Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness — Written by Ruben Östlund

Best Live-Action Short Film

An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase

Best Animated Short Film

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It

Best Animated Film

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red

Best Original Song

“Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick; Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once; Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne

Best International Feature Film

All Quiet on the Western Front — Germany
Argentina, 1985 — Argentina
Close — Belgium
EO — Poland
The Quiet Girl — Ireland

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Whale

Best Production Design

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans

Best Cinematography

All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár

Best Visual Effects

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Documentary Feature

All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny

Best Documentary Short Subject

The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate

Best Film Editing

The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Tiebreaker: EEAAO with 7

[Randall Flagg]

Unless things go crazy, EEAAO is going to win 5-8 awards.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

I have already made my predictions on the online form, but I am posting them here too for transparency: :thumbsup:


Best Picture

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Directing

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Austin Butler - Elvis

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Costume Design

Elvis

Best Sound

Top Gun: Maverick

Best Original Score

Babylon

Best Adapted Screenplay

Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay

Everything Everywhere All at Once - Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert

Best Live-Action Short Film

An Irish Goodbye

Best Animated Short Film

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Best Animated Film

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Original Song

“Naatu Naatu” from RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose

Best International Feature Film

All Quiet on the Western Front - Germany

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Elvis

Best Production Design

Babylon

Best Cinematography

All Quiet on the Western Front

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Documentary Feature

Navalny

Best Documentary Short Subject

The Elephant Whisperers

Best Film Editing

Everything Everywhere All at Once


Tiebreaker: Everything Everywhere All at Once - SEVEN

[Randall Flagg]

I submitted mine on the online form listed a few posts up.

[Still Servant]

As a reminder, T-Dogz won last year. Hopefully, we get a few more entries, interest in the Oscars has decreased in recent years.

[Still Servant]

Here are my picks.

Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

Best Directing

The Banshees of Inisherin — Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg
Tár — Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness — Ruben Östlund

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Austin Butler - Elvis
Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser - The Whale
Paul Mescal - Aftersun
Bill Nighy - Living

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett - Tár
Ana de Armas - Blonde
Andrea Riseborough - To Leslie
Michelle Williams - The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once


Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry - Causeway
Judd Hirsch - The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Angela Bassett - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau - The Whale
Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Costume Design

Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Best Sound

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Original Score

All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans

Best Adapted Screenplay

All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking


Best Original Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin — Written by Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All at Once — Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
The Fabelmans — Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
Tár — Written by Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness — Written by Ruben Östlund

Best Live-Action Short Film

An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase

Best Animated Short Film

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It

Best Animated Film

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red

Best Original Song

“Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick; Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once; Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne


Best International Feature Film

All Quiet on the Western Front — Germany
Argentina, 1985 — Argentina
Close — Belgium
EO — Poland
The Quiet Girl — Ireland

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Whale

Best Production Design

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans

Best Cinematography

All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár

Best Visual Effects

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick


Best Documentary Feature

All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny

Best Documentary Short Subject

The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate


Best Film Editing

The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Tie Breaker - Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6

[Still Servant]

Heather! Come back to the Oscar Contest! You were once a queen.

[fernandito]

Best Picture

Everything Everywhere All at Once


Best Directing

Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert


Best Actor in a Leading Role

Brendan Fraser - The Whale


Best Actress in a Leading Role

Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once


Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once


Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once


Best Costume Design

Elvis

Best Sound

Top Gun: Maverick

Best Original Score

All Quiet on the Western Front


Best Adapted Screenplay

Women Talking


Best Original Screenplay

Everything Everywhere All at Once — Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert


Best Live-Action Short Film

Le Pupille



Best Animated Short Film

My Year of Dicks


Best Animated Film

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio


Best Original Song

“Naatu Naatu” from RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose



Best International Feature Film

All Quiet on the Western Front — Germany


Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Elvis


Best Production Design

Elvis


Best Cinematography

All Quiet on the Western Front


Best Visual Effects

Avatar: The Way of Water


Best Documentary Feature

Navalny

Best Documentary Short Subject

Stranger at the Gate

Best Film Editing

Everything Everywhere All at Once



TIE BREAKER: EEAAO with 6 Wins.

[mae]

Very good show! Some amazing fashion. I cheered for Brendan Fraser and Michelle Yeoh. Also, Babylon was robbed of that Best Score Oscar, that was one of the best scores in a long time, not just this year. The music was so important to the genius of that movie and I’ve listened to the score over and over since seeing the film. Not sure how I did overall but happy that I called the seven Oscars for EEAAO!

[Still Servant]

Thank you to everyone for participating. I appreciate it. There were some big scores this year. We had a 2 way tie this year!

Mae and T-Dogz both tied with an impressive score of 18. They both correctly guess that Everything Everywhere All at Once would win 7 Oscars. Since Mae submitted her form yesterday, she is the 2023 winner! Please check my work. It's late.

Mae - 18 (Winner by second tiebreaker)
T-Dogz - 18
Feev - 17
Lurker - 16
Servant - 15
Rodney - 15
Matt - 11
RF - 11
Stocker - 7

[Mattrick]

11 ain't bad considering the only films I've seen are Top Gun, The Whale, and Avatar 2. I haven't paid any attention to awards season at all either.

[Lurker]

Congrats to Mae!

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMMq9DeJ0xU

[Stockerlone]

I'm getting worse every year.....

[Heather19]

Heather! Come back to the Oscar Contest! You were once a queen.

I'm so out of the movie loop these days I didn't even know the Oscar's were on last night until I saw a post on fb by you about the contest :lol: I tuned into the beginning, but only watched the first couple of awards. It's so hard to watch when you're not familiar with any of the films, most I haven't even heard of. Hopefully this will be the year I get back into movies.

I was happy to hear that Sarah Polley won for Women Talking. I've been of fan of her since her Avonlea days.

[webstar1000]

I just cared that Short Round won... Goonies never die. The rest I could call less about...

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHKV98y8fXw

[Randall Flagg]

11 ain't bad considering the only films I've seen are Top Gun, The Whale, and Avatar 2. I haven't paid any attention to awards season at all either.
You saw two more than I did, and I also got 11.:redface:

[mae]

By the way, lots of awards pundits had Cate winning for the longest time and some or most switched to Michelle right at the end, but I was always confident she would win ever since the nominations were announced. Couldn't be happier for such a well-deserved role and career.

[fernandito]

Mae - 18 (Winner by second tiebreaker)
T-Dogz - 18
Feev - 17
Lurker - 16
Servant - 15
Rodney - 15
Matt - 11
RF - 11
Stocker - 7

I submitted my form yesterday hungover af and not knowing pretty much anything about the current Oscar race. Next year I'll actually try, I swear! :lol:

The show itself was cool. He gets a lot of hate but I always think Kimmel does a great job. He's funny and he knows just how pompous the whole event is anyway.

So glad EEAAO won. It was the best film of last year and I love seeing creativity & originality on that scale get rewarded. Lmao @ the Cocaine Bear too.


And Congrats Mae!

[mae]

Yeah it's not often that Best Picture goes to my personal #1 movie of the year, but it's happened now twice recently with EEAAO and Parasite.

Oh and thank you for the congrats, everyone, but T-Dogz did great as well!

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Yeah it's not often that Best Picture goes to my personal #1 movie of the year, but it's happened now twice recently with EEAAO and Parasite.

Oh and thank you for the congrats, everyone, but T-Dogz did great as well!

It was an excellent show - I thoroughly enjoyed it! :thumbsup:

Congratulations Mae! This was a fun and very close contest. :clap:

[Still Servant]

Heather! Come back to the Oscar Contest! You were once a queen.

I'm so out of the movie loop these days I didn't even know the Oscar's were on last night until I saw a post on fb by you about the contest :lol: I tuned into the beginning, but only watched the first couple of awards. It's so hard to watch when you're not familiar with any of the films, most I haven't even heard of. Hopefully this will be the year I get back into movies.

I was happy to hear that Sarah Polley won for Women Talking. I've been of fan of her since her Avonlea days.

I think I remember you mentioning that you haven't been to the theater in a while. Do you think that's why you're not as into movies in recent years?

I thought the show was really good. It moved along pretty smoothly. I thought Kimmel did a nice job with the monologue. The show wasn't overly political and the speeches were very strong. I loved the WB montage. I eat that shit up.

I'm so happy for Everything Everywhere All at Once. It's one of the best movie experiences I've had in years. I remember leaving the theater and thinking to myself, "Damn, that film was amazing. Now I'm going to have to work my ass off to convince people to watch it because it's destined to be a film that nobody ever sees." Boy, was I wrong!

Mae, I believe this is your second win. Both times have been on a 2nd tiebreaker, which is pretty cool.

[mae]

Mae, I believe this is your second win. Both times have been on a 2nd tiebreaker, which is pretty cool.

Cool or lucky? :eek:

[Mattrick]

Heather! Come back to the Oscar Contest! You were once a queen.

I'm so out of the movie loop these days I didn't even know the Oscar's were on last night until I saw a post on fb by you about the contest :lol: I tuned into the beginning, but only watched the first couple of awards. It's so hard to watch when you're not familiar with any of the films, most I haven't even heard of. Hopefully this will be the year I get back into movies.

I was happy to hear that Sarah Polley won for Women Talking. I've been of fan of her since her Avonlea days.

I think I remember you mentioning that you haven't been to the theater in a while. Do you think that's why you're not as into movies in recent years?

I thought the show was really good. It moved along pretty smoothly. I thought Kimmel did a nice job with the monologue. The show wasn't overly political and the speeches were very strong. I loved the WB montage. I eat that shit up.

I'm so happy for Everything Everywhere All at Once. It's one of the best movie experiences I've had in years. I remember leaving the theater and thinking to myself, "Damn, that film was amazing. Now I'm going to have to work my ass off to convince people to watch it because it's destined to be a film that nobody ever sees." Boy, was I wrong!

Mae, I believe this is your second win. Both times have been on a 2nd tiebreaker, which is pretty cool.


It was a pretty smooth show. That said, I didn't think it was all that entertaining of a show, either. None of the comedy bits really worked for me. Kimmel is just so milquetoast these days. He's not a bad host, but he's not a good one either.



For me the highlight of the show was the guy (I think he won for makeup) said "my mom is up there somewhere, I'm sure she'll scream" *SCREAMS* "there she is!"

[mae]

I don't really need comedy bits, or anything. Just do the awards.

[Still Servant]

Mae, I believe this is your second win. Both times have been on a 2nd tiebreaker, which is pretty cool.

Cool or lucky? :eek:

I'd say both!

[Ricky]

I don't really have any complaints about the show. It was fine. The speeches were the best part because it seemed that many of the winners were genuinely surprised, humbled, and grateful by their wins, which was nice to see. I like Kimmel both as a host and interviewer, but wish the Academy would branch out and get some fresh blood to host the show.

[Mattrick]

Malala looked extremely uncomfortable during that whole questions "comedy" bit.

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuBg-GuY1HI

[fernandito]

Malala looked extremely uncomfortable during that whole questions "comedy" bit.

She totally did. "So do you think Harry Styles really spit on Chris Pine?" LOL

[Mattrick]

Malala looked extremely uncomfortable during that whole questions "comedy" bit.

She totally did. "So do you think Harry Styles really spit on Chris Pine?" LOL


She only wants to talk about peace!

[mae]

Malala looked extremely uncomfortable during that whole questions "comedy" bit.

She totally did. "So do you think Harry Styles really spit on Chris Pine?" LOL


She only wants to talk about peace!

Why do the Oscars insist on these bits at all?

[fernandito]

Because it's freaking hilarious! :lol:

You have to appreciate the absurdity of the moment: Nobel prize winner. Important activist who's as far removed as you can possibly be from celebrity gossip. The set up of a you know, Big Serious Important Question about to be asked… "do you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?" LOL

[Mattrick]

Because it's freaking hilarious! :lol:

You have to appreciate the absurdity of the moment: Nobel prize winner. Important activist who's as far removed as you can possibly be from celebrity gossip. The set up of a you know, Big Serious Important Question about to be asked… "do you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?" LOL


Don't forget about the guy in the cocaine bear suit sniffing around Malala afterwards.

[Tommy]

Because it's freaking hilarious! :lol:

You have to appreciate the absurdity of the moment: Nobel prize winner. Important activist who's as far removed as you can possibly be from celebrity gossip. The set up of a you know, Big Serious Important Question about to be asked… "do you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?" LOL

Also, the fact that most of the celebs have private jets and multiple cars they constantly use.

[Tommy]

is RRR very good? I've been meaning to watch it

[mae]

is RRR very good? I've been meaning to watch it

It’s amazing. So much fun and the music is great.

[ICry4Oy]

is RRR very good? I've been meaning to watch it

Seeing the big dance number they did on the Oscars, I can guarantee you I would rather eat bugs for the rest of my life than watch that movie.