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I believe we usually have a thread like this every year but I couldn’t find one so I just thought I’d create it.
ReplyFYC: Better Call Saul, The English and The Good Fight in all categories including Emily Blunt, Bob Odenkirk, Christine Baranski and Rhea Seehorn.
Will do just above the line for now.
1. Women Talking (Adapted Screenplay): So happy that one of the most under-appreciated awards season films of the year has won an Oscar! Whilst my personal pick would have been Living, I hope in future the academy goes with the more inspired screenplays in smaller Best Picture contenders like this as opposed to just throwing this category to a film that sweeps or as a consolation prize to a film where the writing isn’t even its strong point.
2. Michelle Yeoh: “Every rejection, every disappointment has led you to this moment. Don’t let anything distract you from it.”
3. Ke Huy Quan: I still would have gone with Gleeson but Quan was still excellent and it has been really nice to see this moment build up for him over the past year especially seeing what he has been through.
4. Brendan Fraser: Wouldn’t have been my personal choice in this category but I’d have easily chosen him over Butler and it was a phenomenal comeback for an icon.
5. Everything Everywhere All at Once (Best Picture): At the end of the day it wasn’t my first pick for Best Picture (or third for that matter) but it’s still a film I really liked and enjoyed and a breath of fresh air compared to the last two winners in this category.
6. Everything Everywhere All at Once (Original Screenplay): Should have gone to either Tár or The Banshees of Inisherin but it’s still on the stronger side when it comes to screenplays in this category.
7. The Daniels (Directing): Fine I guess. This year strangely had a good set of nominees but I wasn’t really very passionate about any of them (even though I thought that The Daniels, McDonagh, Field and even to an extent Spielberg did deliver excellent cinematic achievements this year). #justiceforcharlottewellsandparkchan-wook
8. Jamie Lee Curtis: Meh not really a big fan of this win at all, especially seeing the strong quality of the competition this year. I have liked JLC in things in the past though and it isn’t really an incompetent performance by any means so I’m not really that bothered by it.
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- Michelle Yeoh, Best Actress
- Ke Huy Quan, Best Supporting Actor
- EEAAO, Best Picture
- Sarah Polley, Best Adapted Screenplay
- Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Best Direcrtor
- Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Best Original Screenplay
- Best Film Editing, EEAAO
- Brendan Fraser, Best Actor
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Best Costume Design
- GDT’s Pinocchio, Best Animated Feature
- RRR, Original Song
- Avatar: The Way of Water, Best VFX
- Top Gun: Maverick, Best Sound
- All Quiet On The Western Front, Best Cinematography
- The Whale, Best Makeup & Hairstyling
- All Quiet On The Western Front, Original Score
- All Quiet On The Western Front, Best International Feature
- All Quiet On The Western Front, Production Design
- Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Supporting Actress
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!EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE!
- SEVEN OSCARS
- BEST PICTURE
- Michelle Yeoh, Best Actress
- Ke Huy Quan, Best Supporting Actor
- Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Supporting Actress
- Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Best Director & Best Original Screenplay
- Paul Rogers, Best Film EditingFYC (TV):
- Abbott Elementary
- House of the Dragon
- The White Lotus
- The Last of Us1. Ke Huy Quan – Best Supporting Actor
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2. Women Talking – Best Adapted Screenplay
3. All Quiet – Best International
4. Brendan Fraser – Best Actor
5. Daniels – Best Director
6. Michelle Yeoh – Best Actress
7. RRR – Best Song
8. Navalny – Best Documentary
9. Black Panther Wakanda Forever – Best Costume
10. An Irish Goodbye – Best Live Action ShortJust gonna do my top 10 here darling.
1. Laundromat Yeoh, Best Actress
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2. Chinese Daddy, Best Supporting Actor
3. Goofy Wig Curtis, Best Supporting Actress
4. Laundromat of Madness, Best Picture
5. Indian Song, Best Original Song
6. Laundromat of Madness, Best Original Screenplay
7. Girl Whatsapp Group, Best Adapted Screenplay
8. Laundromat of Madness, Best Editing
9. Laundromat of Madness, Best Directing
10. Obese, Best Actor- Michelle Yeoh, Best Actress
- Sarah Polley, Best Adapted Screenplay
- Ke Huy Quan, Best Supporting Actor
- EEAAO, Best Picture
- Documentary Short, The Elephant Whispers
- Original Song, Naatu Naatu
- Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Best Director
- Best Film Editing, EEAAO
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Best Costume Design
- Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Best Original Screenplay
- Best Visual Effects – Avatar: The Way of Water
- Best Adapted Screenplay – Women Talking – Sarah Polley
- Best Actress – Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Costume Design – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Best Live Action Short Film – An Irish Goodbye
- Best Animated Feature Film – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Best Original Screenplay – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Cinematography – All Quiet on the Western Front
- Best Documentary Short Subject – The Elephant Whisperers
- Best Original Score – All Quiet on the Western Front
- Best Supporting Actor – Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Picture – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best International Feature Film – All Quiet on the Western Front
- Best Sound – Top Gun: Maverick
- Best Film Editing – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Documentary Feature – Navalny
- Best Production Design – All Quiet on the Western Front
- Best Makeup and Hairstyling – The Whale
- Best Director – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Supporting Actress – Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Original Song – “Naatu Naatu” from RRR
Cba ranking all of them so I’ll just post my favourite 5 and least favourite 3:
Top 5:
1. Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once. While I thought the haul it did receive was slight overkill, this is a genuinely exciting and atypical winner which is easy to overlook amid its near-dominance throughout the season. I only wish it hadn’t won quite so many above-the-line as it will inevitably have a huge target on its back for future Oscar-related discussions of past winners.
2. Editing: Everything Everywhere All at Once. The most innovative and deserving winner in this category for quite some time. I thought voters might go on autopilot and vote for Top Gun and its flight action sequences but happy to be wrong. Also, an annoying stat gets thankfully busted.
3. Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan. Nothing to really add here that hasn’t already been said. Wonderful performance, wonderful person.
4. Adapted Screenplay: Women Talking. While I might have voted for Living if I had a ballot, Polley is still a deserving winner and it was thrilling to see her receive her dues.
5. Makeup & Hairstyling: The Whale. I rather disliked the film and didn’t even care much for Brendan Fraser’s win but the makeup effects were groundbreaking and I’m glad voters went their own way instead of following the precursors with Elvis.
Bottom 3:
1. Animated Short: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. Cloying, overlong, and full of faux empathy and wisdom. Like weird therapy for really young kids except even they wouldn’t want to be handheld like this. Animation was pretty but Ice Merchants was more impressive in that regard.
2. Documentary Feature: Navalny. More a frustrating winner than a terrible one. It’s good, don’t get me wrong. But it was the least interesting artistically of the four I’ve seen (haven’t seen A House Made of Splinters). Any of the other three would’ve been a great choice; my pick would be All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (and how gratifying would it have been to see Nan Goldin herself win an Oscar as one of the film’s producers!) Indeed, this film losing its frontrunner status was for me the most disappointing development of the season. Navalny won mostly based on topicality, while these other three movies will be in future discussions of documentary filmmaking for years to come.
3. Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis. I mentioned overkill, this is mainly it. But I don’t wanna say too much as GD as been laying into this woman enough this season as it is. But yeah, justice for Kerry Condon (and Banshees!)
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Adapted Screenplay – Sarah Polley, Women Talking. This is the best screenplay win in years. I don’t think I’ll ever fully come to terms with how this film fared this year, but Polley – as humble as she is – was so deserving. This was the only win I cared about and I had switched to All Quiet for a few hours yesterday. So glad I came to my senses (or chose to hopedict for my life lol).
Picture – Everything Everywhere All at Once. I don’t see this film marking a “change in the Academy” either way. This film’s success is a testament to how a lot of Academy voters want to see something original succeed, and this film passed that test with flying colors. While I wouldn’t have given it Director or Original Screenplay, I always thought it fairly deserved this. The passion this film has sustained for a year with a multigenerational group of fans is inspiring. I want people to want to go to the movies and this film played a part in that.
Costume Design – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. I had this winning for a while and then sadly changed to Elvis, but I’m really glad Carter won for this. It would’ve been easy to recycle costumes, but she didn’t. The degree of difficulty of crafting new costumes after Boseman’s death also deserve some credit. Everything Bassett wears in this is a showcase.. And given the reaction in the room, she is clearly beloved. This was a good representative win for the film and her speech was one of my favorites.
Actress – Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once. My favorite acting win of the three for the film. It’s been annoying to see the merits of her performance fall by the wayside as the season went on, and I wish the campaign had kept that in the conversation in addition to the history-making because she’s so moving and impressive in the film. I love Cate Blanchett, think she absolutely should have 3 Oscars, and when the time comes she will have a set of wins that would rival anyone’s (even with the one for The Aviator lol). But the strength of EEAAO’s run begins and ends with Michelle and it would’ve felt wrong for Picture (and Curtis) to win and for her to lose. As a side note I was happy Riseborough came and seemed overjoyed when Yeoh’s name was called.
Sound – Top Gun: Maverick. I think I liked this film more than a good chunk of GoldDerby folks but it just felt wrong for it to win nothing. The Sound win ended up being a good representative one, certainly something the film excels at and there were quite a few people standing up. With the chokehold All Quiet had below the line, this was a little bit of a miracle.
Bottom 5
Best Documentary Feature – Navalny. Overall, this film isn’t that impressive. Without the phone call scene, there isn’t much to this at all. I would’ve preferred any of the other 4.
Best Original Screenplay – Everything Everywhere All at Once. So many of the anonymous ballots focus too much on the word “original” and not on the word “best.” EEAAO didn’t need this award. I wanted this for McDonagh, but I would’ve even preferred to see TAR. Those are two films that showcase screenwriting much more successfully and I’d like to see Picture detach from the screenplay categories overall (see Women Talking).
Best Cinematography – All Quiet on the Western Front. I think TAR deserved to win one of Editing or Cinematography given the lineups in those categories, and this win for All Quiet just felt particularly uninspired.
Best Production Design – All Quiet on the Western Front. I get that voters hated Babylon. I didn’t love it either, and I can forgive Score because there were other great selections there and it retreads on La La Land’s music. But I really do think it deserved this win, and it’s a shame when people just blanket vote for their favorite film below the line.
Best Supporting Actress – Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once. There were so many clips of the other contenders after Curtis’s win and I just got increasingly more nauseous that they lost to her. But clearly a Curtis vote united the EEAAO lovers and the EEAAO haters just because both groups love her.
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