The Official 2021 Oscar Discussion/Contest Thread

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Nominations are coming 3/15!

[Still Servant]

I'm not sure if anything is going to beat Nomadland at this point. It seems like they are pulling away.

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/15/enter...021/index.html

BEST PICTURE
"The Father"
"Judas and the Black Messiah"
"Mank"
"Minari"
"Nomadland"
"Promising Young Woman"
"Sound of Metal"
"The Trial of the Chicago 7″

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Maria Bakalova, "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"
Glenn Close, "Hillbilly Elegy"
Olivia Colman, "The Father"
Amanda Seyfried, "Mank"
Youn Yuh-jung, "Minari"

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sacha Baron Cohen, "The Trial of the Chicago 7"
Daniel Kaluuya, "Judas and the Black Messiah"
Leslie Odom Jr., "One Night in Miami"
Paul Raci, "Sound of Metal"
Lakeith Stanfield, "Judas and the Black Messiah"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Another Round" - Denmark
"Better Days" - Hong Kong
"Collective" - Romania
"The Man Who Sold His Skin" - Tunisia
Qu Vadis, Aida? - Bosnia and Herzegovina

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
"Colette"
"A Concerto Is a Conversation"
"Do Not Split"
"Hunger Ward"
"A Love Song For Latasha"

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Collective"
"Crip Camp"
"The Mole Agent"
"My Octopus Teacher"
"Time"

ORIGINAL SONG
"Fight For You" from "Judas and the Black Messiah"
"Hear My Voice" from "The Trial of the Chicago 7"
"Husavik" from "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga"
"lo Sì (Seen)" from "The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)"
"Speak Now" from "One Night in Miami..."

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Onward"
"Over the Moon"
"A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon"
"Soul"
"Wolfwalkers"

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"Borat Subsequent MovieFilm"
"The Father"
"Nomadland"
"One Night in Miami"
"The White Tiger"

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"Judas and the Black Messiah"
"Minari"
"Promising Young Woman"
"Sound of Metal"
"TheTrial of the Chicago 7"

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Riz Ahmed, "Sound of Metal"
Chadwick Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
Anthony Hopkins, "The Father"
Gary Oldman, "Mank"
Steven Yeun, "Minari"

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Viola Davis, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
Andra Day, "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"
Vanessa Kirby, "Pieces of a Woman"
Frances McDormand, "Nomadland"
Carey Mulligan, "Promising Young Woman"

DIRECTOR
Thomas Vinterberg, "Another Round"
David Fincher, "Mank"
Lee Isaac Chung, "Minari"
Chloe Zhao, "Nomadland"
Emerald Fennell, "Promising Young Woman"

PRODUCTION DESIGN
"The Father"
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
"Mank"
"News of the World"
"Tenet"

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sean Bobbitt, "Judas and the Black Messiah"
Erik Messerschmidt, "Mank"
Dariusz Wolski, "News of the World"
Joshua James Richards, "Nomadland"
Phedon Papamichael , "The Trial of the Chicago 7"

COSTUME DESIGN
"Emma"
"Ma Rainey's Blackbottom"
"Mank"
"Mulan"
"Pinocchio"

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
"Greyhound"
"Mank"
"News of the World"
"Soul"
"Sound of Metal"

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"Burrow"
"Genius Loci"
"If Anything Happens I Love You"
"Opera"
"Yes-People"

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"Feeling Through"
"The Letter Room"
"The Present"
"Two Distant Strangers"
"White Eye"

ORIGINAL SCORE
"Da 5 Bloods"
"Mank"
"Minari"
"News of the World"
"Soul"

VISUAL EFFECTS
"Love and Monsters"
"The Midnight Sky"
"Mulan"
"The One and Only Ivan"
"Tenet"

FILM EDITING
"The Father"
"Nomadland"
"Promising Young Woman"
"Sound of Metal"
"The Trial of the Chicago 7"

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
"Emma"
"Hillbilly Elegy"
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
"Mank"
"Pinocchio"

[webstar1000]

Promsing Young Woman is the best and I hope it wins. Nomadland IS BRUTAL. What a horrible movie. I could barley finish it... boring is just not the word here...

[fernandito]

Watched Judas and the Black Messiah over the weekend. Incredible movie.

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[Heather19]

I guess I should really try to start watching the ones that are streaming. I did watch Wolfwalkers the other week, which I highly recommend. It's streaming on Apple tv right now. I wish there were more people making animated films like that still.

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I guess I should really try to start watching the ones that are streaming. I did watch Wolfwalkers the other week, which I highly recommend. It's streaming on Apple tv right now. I wish there were more people making animated films like that still.

Couldn't agree more, Heather. I love traditionally animated films, too. I guess they're all done on computers nowadays anyway. I mean the 2D aesthetic.

[Ricky]

Welp, I've seen a whopping...0/8 of the BP noms. Guess I have some watching to do

And it looks like the AMC Oscar marathon I usually go to every year is cancelled.

[Still Servant]

Thank you for posting, Mae. I've seen all but one of the BP nominated films.

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I haven't seen three of the Picture nominees since they're not streaming yet (The Father, Minari, Promising Young Woman).

[Still Servant]

I haven't seen three of the Picture nominees since they're not streaming yet (The Father, Minari, Promising Young Woman).

As you probably know, Promising Young Woman comes out on Blu-ray and for rental tomorrow.

[Heather19]

Welp, I've seen a whopping...0/8 of the BP noms. Guess I have some watching to do

Me too

In other categories I have seen Wolfwalkers, United States vs Billie Holiday, and Tenet. I started to watch Mank but wasn't really feeling it which surprised me because I thought it would be right up my alley. I'll have to go back and give it another chance.

So yeah, I'm not really excited this year since I haven't seen anything. Hopefully that'll change if I watch some of the movies.

[Ricky]

Yeah, I thought Mank would definitely be up your alley!

And how was Billie Holiday? That's been on my radar but I haven't gotten to it yet.

I'm having trouble summoning up excitement for this year's Oscars, too, so I'm right there with you. Hopefully as it gets closer my excitement will pick up.

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So weird! I'm as pumped as any year. So many great movies!

[Still Servant]

I'm surprised you guys haven't seen more stuff. Judas, Ma Rainey, One Night in Miami, Nomadland, Mank, Trial, Sound of Metal and so many more are available on streaming devices that almost everyone has.

For some reason, during the pandemic, people seemed to lean more towards TV shows.

I get it though, for many people film is about going to the theater.

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In a silly move by HBO Max, Judas actually was taken off the service yesterday. The new theatrical releases only stream for a limited time on HBO Max but they should've extended it past the nominations day by at least a couple of days.

[Heather19]

Oh bummer, that's one that I've been wanting to watch. Wish they had at least kept it up for another week. Ma Rainey and Nomadland have also been on my list to watch. The problem is that I've been watching a lot of TV, and on weekends I'll watch movies with my boyfriend, but we have exact opposite taste in films so it usually results in us scrolling for an hr before we can finally agree on something

I really enjoyed Billie Holiday. I honestly didn't know much about her life or that any of that had happened. I was also horrified to find out that there is still no anti-lynching law.

[fernandito]

I still need to get to Another Round (Denmark). Mads Mikkelsen is my bb ♥

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This has actually been an amazing year for movies. I'm stil working on my usual Top 30 of 2020, but I still have a bunch of biggies to see. Here's a good discussion to that effect: