Official The Oscars Thread 2022

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

Predictions:

Best Supporting Actor
Ciarán Hinds (“Belfast”)
Troy Kotsur (“CODA”)
Jesse Plemons (“The Power of the Dog”)
J.K. Simmons (“Being the Ricardos”)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”)

Best Supporting Actress
Jessie Buckley (“The Lost Daughter”)
Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”)
Judy Dench (“Belfast”
Kirsten Dunst (“The Power of the Dog”)
Aunjanue Ellis (“King Richard”)
No idea

Best Animated Short Film
“Affairs of the Art”
“Bestia”
“Boxballet”
“Robin Robin”
“The Windshield Wiper”
Haven't seen any

Best Costume Design
“Cruella”
“Cyrano”
“Dune”
“Nightmare Alley”
“West Side Story”
Cruella

Best Live Action Short Film
“Ala Kachuu – Take and Run”
“The Dress”
“The Long Goodbye”
“On My Mind”
“Please Hold”
No idea

Best Original Score
“Don’t Look Up,” Nicholas Britell
“Dune,” Hans Zimmer
“Encanto,” Germaine Franco
“Parallel Mothers,” Alberto Iglesias
“The Power of the Dog,” Jonny Greenwood


Best Sound
“Belfast”
“Dune”
“No Time to Die”
“The Power of the Dog”
“West Side Story”

Best Adapted Screenplay
“CODA,” Siân Heder
“Drive My Car,” Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
“Dune,” Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth
“The Lost Daughter,” Maggie Gyllenhaal
“The Power of the Dog,” Jane Campion

Best Original Screenplay
“Belfast,” Kenneth Branagh
“Don’t Look Up,” Adam McKay, David Sirota
“King Richard,” Zach Baylin
“Licorice Pizza,” Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Worst Person in the World,” Eskil Vogt, Joachim Troer

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos”)
Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)
Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick … Boom!”)
Will Smith (“King Richard”)
Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”)
Olivia Colman (“The Lost Daughter”)
Penélope Cruz (“Parallel Mothers”)
Nicole Kidman (“Being the Ricardos”)
Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”)
No idea

Best Animated Feature Film
“Encanto”
“Flee”
“Luca”
“The Mitchells vs. the Machines”
“Raya and the Last Dragon”

Best Cinematography
“Dune,” Greig Fraser
“Nightmare Alley,” Dan Laustsen
“The Power of the Dog,” Ari Wegner
“The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Bruno Delbonnel
“West Side Story,” Janusz Kamiński

Best Documentary Feature
“Ascension”
“Attica”
“Flee”
“Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
“Writing With Fire”
No idea

Best Documentary Short Subject
“Audible”
“Lead Me Home”
“The Queen of Basketball”
“Three Songs for Benazir”
“When We Were Bullies”
No idea

Best Film Editing
“Don’t Look Up”
“Dune”
“King Richard”
“The Power of the Dog”
“Tick, Tick … Boom!”


Best International Feature Film
“Drive My Car” (Japan)
“Flee” (Denmark)
“The Hand of God” (Italy)
“Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” (Bhutan)
“The Worst Person in the World” (Norway)
No idea

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“Coming 2 America”
“Cruella”
“Dune”
“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
“House of Gucci”

Best Original Song
“Be Alive” (“King Richard”), Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson
“Dos Oruguitas” (“Encanto”), Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Down to Joy” (“Belfast”), Van Morrison
“No Time to Die” (“No Time to Die”), Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
“Somehow You Do” (“Four Good Days”), Diane Warren

Best Production Design
“Dune”
“Nightmare Alley”
“The Power of the Dog”
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
“West Side Story”

Best Visual Effects
“Dune”
“Free Guy”
“No Time to Die”
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
“Spider-Man: No Way Home”

Best Director
Kenneth Branagh (“Belfast”)
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (“Drive My Car”)
Paul Thomas Anderson (“Licorice Pizza”)
Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”)
Steven Spielberg (“West Side Story”)

Best Picture
“Belfast”
“CODA”
“Don’t Look Up”
“Drive My Car”
“Dune”
“King Richard”
“Licorice Pizza”
“Nightmare Alley”
“The Power of the Dog”
“West Side Story”

 

[Ziggiy]

Power of the Dog personally for me was some mid. Story did nothing for me even though the acting was great and the cinematography was beautiful.

I feel you. I thought it was “ok” for what it was but honestly it was more white people dealing with white people shyt. We’ve seen that story over and over and OVER all of our lives. I struggle to connect with white dramas more and more every year of my life.


But the “world” has anointed it as the top film of the year since it came out, and it hasn’t lost any momentum during the awards circuit, in fact its GAINED momentum as evidenced by Plemons (and to a lessor extent Dunst’s) nominations

Hell Dune did more for me than TPOTD. But I don’t make the rules Campion will win Best Director (unless Spielberg gets a last minute surge or Branaugh pulls it off) and Dog will win Best Picture. Don’t Look Up MIGHT win Best Original Screenplay but Licorice Pizza seems to be the frontrunner there.


In any event i’m just here to root for Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis

 

[g-ice]

I feel you. I thought it was “ok” for what it was but honestly it was more white people dealing with white people shyt. We’ve seen that story over and over and OVER all of our lives. I struggle to connect with white dramas more and more every year of my life.


But the “world” has anointed it as the top film of the year since it came out, and it hasn’t lost any momentum during the awards circuit, in fact its GAINED momentum as evidenced by Plemons (and to a lessor extent Dunst’s) nominations

Hell Dune did more for me than TPOTD. But I don’t make the rules Campion will win Best Director (unless Spielberg gets a last minute surge or Branaugh pulls it off) and Dog will win Best Picture. Don’t Look Up MIGHT win Best Original Screenplay but Licorice Pizza seems to be the frontrunner there.


In any event i’m just here to root for Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis

Yeah if any white people shyt deserves more love it's CODA. That film was great. Nevertheless, Dune would get my vote.

And yeah Will and Ellis for the win.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Yeah if any white people shyt deserves more love it's CODA. That film was great. Nevertheless, Dune would get my vote.

And yeah Will and Ellis for the win.

I was surprised that Marlee Matlin didn't get a Best Supporting nom for playing the mom in CODA.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Also just noticed that The Suicide Squad didn't get visual effects or hair+make-up noms which is a crime.

 

[humminbird]

L on Disney for not having Bruno be the original song contender

 

[NobodyReally]

L on Disney for not having Bruno be the original song contender

Bruno is a banger for sure, but it's too tied to the plot of the movie, so an outside listener would be like wtf was that line about? They nominated the right song.

 

[humminbird]

Bruno is a banger for sure, but it's too tied to the plot of the movie, so an outside listener would be like wtf was that line about? They nominated the right song.

I heard Bruno before I saw the movie and It made me watch the film
I don’t even remember Doritos
I bet they lose to no time to die

 

[pete clemenza]

I heard 'Being The Ricardos' was mediocre. I was going to eventually watch it but the early responses made me put it on the back burner. Also Netflix needs to promote 'Power of the dog' and 'Tick tick boom' better like they do their 'Red Notice's' an MD whatnot

 

[GunRanger]

Dont look up sucks

 

[NobodyReally]

I heard Bruno before I saw the movie and It made me watch the film
I don’t even remember Doritos
I bet they lose to no time to die

No way, Lin is an academy darling at this point. They're gonna give it to him. Dos Oruguitas is the folk song in Spanish that was playing when Abuelo lost her husband. It sounds like something that was written a century ago, which is amazing because Lin wrote it for the movie last year. It's gonna win!

 

[GoldenGlove]

Denis Velleneuve was ROBBED of a Directing nomination. All of those noms for the movie and I guess it just directed itself

Is the director behind the skilled individuals behind the movie's sound, vfx and production design? The movie was shot really well, and there's a cinematography category for that

The actual story and how it was told was mostly meeeeh IMO, stans who knew the story before hand enjoyed it, but new viewers weren't really praising it like diehard stans.

 

[Ziggiy]

Is the director behind the skilled individuals behind the movie's sound, vfx and production design? The movie was shot really well, and there's a cinematography category for that

The actual story and how it was told was mostly meeeeh IMO, stans who knew the story before hand enjoyed it, but new viewers weren't really praising it like diehard stans.

Do you have any idea what a DIRECTOR does breh its much more than yelling “ACTION!” And hoping for the best.


A DIRECTOR has to also be in charge of storyboarding. Where so you think the “skilled individuals behind VFX and sound design” get their initial instruction? Who do you think actually recruits the cinematographer and works with him setting up shots? Who do you think has to approve the final VFX designs? Who do you think has to approve the final placement of songs and score? Who do you think spends most of their time during pre-production putting all of this together?

Its the DIRECTOR.


One wrong choice and an epic, special effects heavy film can be dead on arrival. Denis Villeneuve is the anchor that made all the moving parts of that film come together. He deserved a Directing nom.

 

[lamont614]

No way, Lin is an academy darling at this point. They're gonna give it to him. Dos Oruguitas is the folk song in Spanish that was playing when Abuelo lost her husband. It sounds like something that was written a century ago, which is amazing because Lin wrote it for the movie last year. It's gonna win!

i cried during that scene

 

[PoorAndDangerous]

Also Kathryn Hunter not being nominated for Macbeth is wild too