2020 Academy Awards

[W]

Noms just released:

Best Picture
1917 (Universal)
Ford v Ferrari (Fox)
The Irishman (Netflix)
Jojo Rabbit (Fox Searchlight)
Joker (Warner Bros.)
Little Women (Sony)
Marriage Story (Netflix)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Sony)
Parasite (Neon)

Actor in a Leading Role
Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes)

Actress in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo (Harriet)
Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
Saoirse Ronan (Little Women)
Charlize Theron (Bombshell)
Renée Zellweger (Judy)

Actress in a Supporting Role
Kathy Bates (Richard Jewell)
Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit)
Florence Pugh (Little Women)
Margot Robbie (Bombshell)

Actor in a Supporting Role
Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)
Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes)
Al Pacino (The Irishman)
Joe Pesci (The Irishman)
Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

Directing
Bong Joon Ho (Parasite)
Sam Mendes (1917)
Todd Phillips (Joker)
Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)
Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

Adapted Screenplay
The Irishman (Steven Zaillian)
Jojo Rabbit (Taika Waititi)
Joker (Todd Phillips & Scott Silver)
Little Women (Greta Gerwig)
The Two Popes (Anthony McCarten)

Original Screenplay
1917 (Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns)
Knives Out (Rian Johnson)
Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino)
Parasite (Bong Joon Ho & Jin Won Han)

International Feature Film
Corpus Christi (Poland)
Honeyland (North Macedonia)
Les Miserables (France)
Pain and Glory (Spain)
Parasite (South Korea)

Production Design
1917
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite

Film Editing
Ford v Ferrari (Andrew Buckland & Michael McCusker)
The Irishman (Thelma Schoonmaker)
Jojo Rabbit (Tom Eagles)
Joker (Jeff Groth)
Parasite (Jinmo Yang)

Cinematography
1917 (Roger Deakins)
The Irishman (Rodrigo Prieto)
Joker (Lawrence Sher)
The Lighthouse (Jarin Blaschke)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Robert Richardson)

Visual Effects
1917
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Costume Design
Jojo Rabbit
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Irishman
Joker
Little Women

Sound Mixing
1917
Ad Astra
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Sound Editing
1917
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Original Score
1917 (Thomas Newman)
Joker (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
Little Women (Alexandre Desplat)
Marriage Story (Randy Newman)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Documentary Feature
American Factory (Netflix)
The Cave (National Geographic)
The Edge of Democracy (Netflix)
For Sama (PBS)
Honeyland (Neon)

Documentary Short Subject
In the Absence
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)
Life Overtakes Me
St. Louis Superman
Walk Run Cha-Cha

Makeup and Hairstyling
1917
Bombshell
Joker
Judy
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Animated Feature Film
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Dreamworks)
I Lost My Body (Netflix)
Klaus (Netflix)
Missing Link (United Artists Releasing)
Toy Story 4 (Pixar)

Animated Short Film
Dcera (Daughter)
Hair Love
Kitbull
Memorable
Sister

Live-Action Short Film
Brotherhood
Nefta Football Club
The Neighbors’ Window
Saria
A Sister

Original Song
"I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" (Toy Story 4) — Randy Newman
"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (Rocketman) — Elton John & Bernie Taupin
"I'm Standing With You" (Breakthrough) — Diane Warren
"Into the Unknown" (Frozen 2) — Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez
"Stand Up" (Harriet) — Joshuah Brian Campbell & Cynthia Erivo

[numbersix]

Why do the Oscars hate Greta Gerwig so?

[W]

I've got to get my Netflix on soon. Still behind on Irishman, Marriage Story, Two Popes. Also Pain and Glory, Judy, Lighthouse for the major awards.

Netflix also has two Animated films nominated. It's a huge year for them.

A24 got only one nom. I haven't seen Lighthouse, but you'd think it'd get more than one. Nothing for Farewell (they just went straight Golden Globe Drama noms and skipped over Awkwafina). Midsommar was so visually nuts I thought it deserved something, also best Pugh performance this year. No Uncut Gems. Waves was the best thing I've seen this year. Last Black Man in SF, High Life... They had such a great year.

No Taron Egerton. Both GG "Musical or Comedy" winners didn't make it.

[Chienfantome]

Don't be surprised, W, Oscars have never been about awarding the most deserving films of the year.
Although I liked The Farewell but don't consider it one of the best of the year, and I hated The Lighthouse, so I can't say I'm bummed by their absence.
Parasite getting 6 noms is completely nuts, although we saw it coming those last few weeks.
I cn't explain myself those 11 noms for Joker, but I find it so highly overrated, so... Gerwig deserved the nom more than Philips for Best Director. I'm glad Banderas got in, he's terrific in Pain & Glory. Ad Astra would have deserved a Best VFX nom (well it deserved much more if you ask me, but that at least I thought was realistic).
What else ? Frozen II getting shut out of the ANimation race is surprising, although I won't cry for that.

[Buscemi2]

Typical.

Even though Joker got the most nominations, I'm going to say that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood wins Best Picture. The Academy loves the showbiz movies (and it did win the Critics Choice award for Best Picture).

As for surprises, I'd say the biggest surprise is Dolemite is My Name getting shut out. Normally, I would have gone with A Hidden Life getting shut out but Disney made no attempt to promote that one (looks like Malick's getting a honorary Oscar in a few years).

[Walleye413]

How on earth did 1917 not get nominated for best editing? Is that real?

[Buscemi2]

There are only about 27 edits in the entire film. Any film that's dependent on long takes should not be considered for Best Film Editing.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

I don't know about that, it's Best Editing, not Most Editing.

The editing is very well done in 1917, it had to be in order to make it all seamless.

[Buscemi2]

A lot of editing is good pacing. The first hour of 1917 drags due to the instance of the one-take style. It's a war movie, not Roma.

The Irishman was 90 minutes longer but feels much shorter. That's good editing.

[Chienfantome]

I'm going to say that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood wins Best Picture.

You know what they say about that Best Editing nomination, in the last 40 years, the only film to have won Best Picture without a Best Editing nom was Birdman, which was a film that used the fake single take style. So either Tarantino is gonna make history, and win without a Best Editing nom, or... Or 1917, which doesn't have a Best Editing nom but like Birdman uses the single take style could take it... or... Parasite is gonna surprise everyone, even though at this point it wouldn't be such a surprise anymore.

[transformers2]

How on earth did 1917 not get nominated for best editing? Is that real?

This is the same organization that gave the award to Bohemian Rhapsody a year ago. Nothing they do in that category makes sense.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

The first hour of 1917 drags

Agree to disagree

[Buscemi2]

I'm going to say that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood wins Best Picture.

You know what they say about that Best Editing nomination, in the last 40 years, the only film to have won Best Picture without a Best Editing nom was Birdman, which was a film that used the fake single take style. So either Tarantino is gonna make history, and win without a Best Editing nom, or... Or 1917, which doesn't have a Best Editing nom but like Birdman uses the single take style could take it... or... Parasite is gonna surprise everyone, even though at this point it wouldn't be such a surprise anymore.

But look at how the Academy votes. They love movies that make their industry look good. In the past decade, we've seen The King's Speech, The Artist, Argo, Birdman, Spotlight, and Green Book win Best Picture. All movies that focus on the entertainment or media industries. It would be surprising to see them deviate from that practice.

[W]

I'm going to say that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood wins Best Picture.

You know what they say about that Best Editing nomination, in the last 40 years, the only film to have won Best Picture without a Best Editing nom was Birdman, which was a film that used the fake single take style. So either Tarantino is gonna make history, and win without a Best Editing nom, or... Or 1917, which doesn't have a Best Editing nom but like Birdman uses the single take style could take it... or... Parasite is gonna surprise everyone, even though at this point it wouldn't be such a surprise anymore.

But look at how the Academy votes. They love movies that make their industry look good. In the past decade, we've seen The King's Speech, The Artist, Argo, Birdman, Spotlight, and Green Book win Best Picture. All movies that focus on the entertainment or media industries. It would be surprising to see them deviate from that practice.

La La Land... whoops.

So BP either goes to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood or Bombshell comes out from the stands and hits Tarantino over the head with a folding chair?

[Buscemi2]

6/9 is no laughing matter.

If anything beats Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, it might end up being Joker. Showbiz movie vs. showbiz movie and both have a lot of traction with the voters.