Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Oscar Nominations 2019

It's Nominations day!  Nothing makes the first day of a shortened work week go by faster than reading over endless articles of who should and shouldn't have been nominated!

Best Picture

Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice

Hoo boy, this category is going to be fraught with controversy.   

Best Director

Spike Lee - BlacKkKlansman
Pawel Pawlikowski - Cold War
Yorgos Lathimos - The Favourite
Alfonso Cuaron - Roma
Adam McKay - Vice

Pretty sure Cuaron is a shoe-in and a little surprised Bradley Cooper didn't make the cut.

Best Actor

Christian Bale - Vice
Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born
Willem Dafoe - At Eternity's Gate
Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen  - Green Book

Those are some heavy-hitting names.  This will be a tough category.

Best Actress

Yalitza Aparicio - Roma
Glenn Close - The Wife
Olivia Colman - The Favourite
Lady Gaga - A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy - Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Nice to see the lead from Roma getting a nod as well as Melissa McCarthy.  Her movie was on a lot of critics' best of list for the year but I've not heard her name bandied about this awards season.  It's a little odd to see Nicole Kidman get snubbed.

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali - Green Book
Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott - A Star is Born
Richard E. Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell - Vice

This will probably go to Ali, like the Golden Globe, but you can't rule out Rockwell coming back for a repeat.  Also, can you believe this is Sam Elliott's first ever Oscar nomination?!  Shit's crazy, yo.

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams - Vice
Marina De Tavira - Roma
Regina King - If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone - The Favourite
Rachel Weisz - The Favourite

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star is Born

Totally shocked that the Coen Brothers managed to sneak in a nomination.  From what I've heard, Buster Scruggs is a mixed bag but we shall see.

Best Original Screenplay

The Favourite
First Reformed
Green Book
Roma
Vice

Best Animated Feature

Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man:  Into the Spider-Verse

Best Animated Short

Animal Behavior
Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends

I'm so excited because I've actually managed to see all of the shorts in this category thanks to an article on /Film. 

Best Live Action Short

Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin

Best Cinematography

Cold War
The Favourite
Never Look Away
Roma
A Star is Born

Interesting that three of the five are foreign films.

Best Sound Editing

Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma

Now I hated A Quiet Place but if it had to be nominated for anything, it was going to be this.

Best Sound Mixing

Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma
A Star is Born

Damian Chazelle went from being the Academy's darling to shoved down into the more technical awards nominations.  Ouch.

Best Score

Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns

Best Editing

BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice

Best Documentary Feature

Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG

Best Documentary Short

Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
Period.  End of Sentence.

Best Foreign Language Film

Capernaum
Cold War
Never Look Away
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice

Mary Queen of Scots I was expecting to have had more of a push for Margot Robbie or Saoirse Ronan but I guess they didn't want to muddy the waters with The Favourite being so big.

Best Visual Effects

Avengers:  Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man
Ready Player One
Solo:  A Star Wars Story

Also known as the category of films that actually made money but weren't cultural milestones.

Best Costume Design

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots

Best Production Design

Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma

Best Original Song

"All the Stars"  - Black Panther
"I'll Fight" - RBG
"The Place Where Lost Things Go" - Mary Poppins Returns
"Shallow" - A Star is Born
"When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

I have to say, the Ballad of Buster Scruggs being nominated for three Oscars with zero campaigning has completely thrown me.  I am all for streaming services being represented.  It makes it so much easier to find and watch these films.  But I am really surprised at the films that didn't make the cut.  Eighth Grade, Beautiful Boy, Crazy Rich Asians, and Destroyer got no love whatsoever.  It'll be interesting to read the hot takes coming out after this.

By my count, I have 37 films to watch before the ceremony on Feb 24th.  Time to go comb through my streaming services and figure out what's still in theaters.

No comments:

Post a Comment