90th Academy Awards

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This year's nominations for the 90th Academy Awards:

Best Picture

“Call Me by Your Name"
“Darkest Hour"
“Dunkirk"
“Get Out"
“Lady Bird"
“Phantom Thread"
“The Post"
“The Shape of Water"
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Lead Actor

Timothée Chalamet, "Call Me by Your Name"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Phantom Thread"
Daniel Kaluuya, "Get Out"
Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour"
Denzel Washington, "Roman J. Israel, Esq."

Lead Actress

Sally Hawkins, "The Shape of Water"
Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Margot Robbie, "I, Tonya"
Saoirse Ronan, "Lady Bird"
Meryl Streep, "The Post"

Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe, "The Florida Project"
Woody Harrelson, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Richard Jenkins, "The Shape of Water"
Christopher Plummer, "All the Money in the World"
Sam Rockwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Supporting Actress

Mary J. Blige, "Mudbound"
Allison Janney, "I, Tonya"
Lesley Manville, "Phantom Thread"
Laurie Metcalf, "Lady Bird"
Octavia Spencer, "The Shape of Water"

Director

“Dunkirk," Christopher Nolan
“Get Out," Jordan Peele
“Lady Bird," Greta Gerwig
“Phantom Thread," Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Shape of Water," Guillermo del Toro

Animated Feature

“The Boss Baby," Tom McGrath, Ramsey Ann Naito
“The Breadwinner," Nora Twomey, Anthony Leo
“Coco," Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson
“Ferdinand," Carlos Saldanha
“Loving Vincent," Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Sean Bobbitt, Ivan Mactaggart, Hugh Welchman

Animated Short

“Dear Basketball," Glen Keane, Kobe Bryant
“Garden Party," Victor Caire, Gabriel Grapperon
“Lou," Dave Mullins, Dana Murray
“Negative Space," Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata
“Revolting Rhymes," Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer

Adapted Screenplay

“Call Me by Your Name," James Ivory
“The Disaster Artist," Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
“Logan," Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green
“Molly’s Game," Aaron Sorkin
“Mudbound," Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

Original Screenplay

“The Big Sick," Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
“Get Out," Jordan Peele
“Lady Bird," Greta Gerwig
“The Shape of Water," Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," Martin McDonagh

Cinematography

“Blade Runner 2049," Roger Deakins
“Darkest Hour," Bruno Delbonnel
“Dunkirk," Hoyte van Hoytema
“Mudbound," Rachel Morrison
“The Shape of Water," Dan Laustsen

Best Documentary Feature

“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail," Steve James, Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman
“Faces Places," JR, Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda
“Icarus," Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan
“Last Men in Aleppo," Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, Soren Steen Jepersen
“Strong Island," Yance Ford, Joslyn Barnes

Best Documentary Short Subject

“Edith+Eddie," Laura Checkoway, Thomas Lee Wright
“Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405," Frank Stiefel
“Heroin(e)," Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Kerrin Sheldon
“Knife Skills," Thomas Lennon
“Traffic Stop," Kate Davis, David Heilbroner

Best Live Action Short Film

“DeKalb Elementary," Reed Van Dyk
“The Eleven O’Clock," Derin Seale, Josh Lawson
“My Nephew Emmett," Kevin Wilson, Jr.
“The Silent Child," Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton
“Watu Wote/All of Us," Katja Benrath, Tobias Rosen

Best Foreign Language Film

“A Fantastic Woman" (Chile)
“The Insult" (Lebanon)
“Loveless" (Russia)
“On Body and Soul (Hungary)
“The Square" (Sweden)

Film Editing

“Baby Driver," Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss
“Dunkirk," Lee Smith
“I, Tonya," Tatiana S. Riegel
“The Shape of Water," Sidney Wolinsky
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," Jon Gregory

Sound Editing

“Baby Driver," Julian Slater
“Blade Runner 2049," Mark Mangini, Theo Green
“Dunkirk," Alex Gibson, Richard King
“The Shape of Water," Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi," Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood

Sound Mixing

“Baby Driver," Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin
“Blade Runner 2049," Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hephill
“Dunkirk," Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo
“The Shape of Water," Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi," Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick

Production Design

“Beauty and the Beast," Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer
“Blade Runner 2049," Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola
“Darkest Hour," Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
“Dunkirk," Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
“The Shape of Water," Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau

Original Score

“Dunkirk," Hans Zimmer
“Phantom Thread," Jonny Greenwood
“The Shape of Water," Alexandre Desplat
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi," John Williams
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," Carter Burwell

Original Song

"Mighty River" from "Mudbound," Mary J. Blige
"Mystery of Love" from "Call Me by Your Name," Sufjan Stevens
"Remember Me" from "Coco," Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
"Stand Up for Something" from "Marshall," Diane Warren, Common
"This Is Me" from "The Greatest Showman," Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

Makeup and Hair

"Darkest Hour," Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick
"Victoria and Abdul," Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
"Wonder," Arjen Tuiten

Costume Design

"Beauty and the Beast," Jacqueline Durran
"Darkest Hour," Jacqueline Durran
"Phantom Thread," Mark Bridges
"The Shape of Water," Luis Sequeira
"Victoria and Abdul," Consolata Boyle

Visual Effects

"Blade Runner 2049," John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2," Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick
"Kong: Skull Island," Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza, Mike Meinardus
"Star Wars: The Last Jedi," Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould, Neal Scanlan
"War for the Planet of the Apes," Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Joel Whist

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Happy for Christopher Nolan on finally receiving a Best Director nomination but there were too few Blade Runner 2049 nominations for my liking.

[BioticZombie]

Get Out was one of the films I felt nauseated hearing about considering its month-long hype on my social media timeline. As of today, it's the only film I've properly seen in the Best Picture category.

I don't expect Get Out to win, but I am glad it got the nomination. I am a big horror movie fan, even more-so with horror-comedy. Get Out definitely deserved the praise it received with its keen attention to detail and providing smart commentary on top of a good horror story without hamfisting any message. I never much cared for Jordan Peele as a comedian, so the biggest detraction from this film in my book is how sometimes the humor reflected something off a Key & Peele skit. Only personal preference.

Luckily I have a month to check the rest of the films out, but I'll probably skip The Post considering a close friend of mine described it with, "yep, it's a movie." I love the lineup this year, but I tend to avoid any oscar-bait (ahem, 2015's Spotlight, Bridge of Spies, and Brooklyn).

Here's hoping Roger Deakins gets awarded for cinematography. I haven't seen Blade Runner 2049, but I'm well aware of his past works in Villenueve films: Sicario and Prisoners in particular. I also just recently saw The Big Lebowski for the first time, and his name stood out to me in the opening credits. The dream sequence in Lebowski is honestly Oscar-worthy alone.

[Big slim]

From what I've heard Three Billboards and The Post are the most "Oscar-baity" movies of the bunch. Probably won't check either out.

My money would be on either Shape of Water or Get Out getting Best Picture and the guy who doesn't win Best Picture (Del Toro or Jordan Peele) to get Best Director.

Best Actor and Actress are probably the most stacked that they've been in years. While you can't count out academy favorites like Denzel or Meryl Streep, I don't expect either of them to win. I'm pulling for Daniel Kaluuya, but I would say they'll give it to Gary Oldman, as it's his turn to win (something the Academy does, see Leo's win a few years ago) and that's also why I think Sam Rockwell will get the Supporting Actors win and Allison Janney to win for Supporting Actress (although a Laurie Metclaf, Mary J. Blige, or another win for Octavia Spencer wouldn't bother me). Also pulling for Margot Robbie, but more than likely the leading lady from Shape of Water will get that win.

Coco easily gets the Best Animated Oscar as well.

[eobversion1]

Coco is terrific! Gary Oldman should win best actor even though the movie is so-so. The Three Billboards love I just don't get. The Post I thought was surprisingly decent.

[Big slim]

I'm going to see Coco again on Friday.

The show itself is going to be interesting as it's the first show fully within the Trump Era of the Presidency and of course with all the fallout of the #MeToo and Time's Up movements. More than likely some folks won't make it to next year's show.

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A lot of categories that could go a number of ways. Why people took to Three Billboards instead of Wind River, a better film I just don't get.

[Mafwanix]

Well, less than a week to go.
Looks like they are giving Jimmy Kimmel another chance to screw up again. LOL!

I wonder what the big complaints wiil be about this year?
Something about women or harassment I suppose.

[Mafwanix]

And the winners are:

Best Picture
The Shape of Water

Lead Actor
Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour"

Lead Actress
Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Supporting Actor
Sam Rockwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Supporting Actress
Allison Janney, "I, Tonya"

Director
"The Shape of Water," Guillermo del Toro

Animated Feature
"Coco," Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson

Animated Short
"Dear Basketball," Glen Keane, Kobe Bryant

Adapted Screenplay
"Call Me by Your Name," James Ivory

Original Screenplay
"Get Out," Jordan Peele

Cinematography
"Blade Runner 2049," Roger Deakins

Best Documentary Feature
"Icarus," Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan

Best Documentary Short Subject
“Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405," Frank Stiefel

Best Live Action Short Film
“The Silent Child," Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton

Best Foreign Language Film
“A Fantastic Woman" (Chile)

Film Editing
“Dunkirk," Lee Smith

Sound Editing
“Dunkirk," Alex Gibson, Richard King

Sound Mixing
“Dunkirk," Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo

Production Design
“The Shape of Water," Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau

Original Score
“The Shape of Water," Alexandre Desplat

Original Song
"Remember Me" from "Coco," Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez

Makeup and Hair
"Darkest Hour," Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick

Costume Design
"Phantom Thread," Mark Bridges

Visual Effects
"Blade Runner 2049," John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer

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Show notes:

The show overall seemed a bit mediocre to me.

The montages were pretty well done, but it's always the same preachy messages.

They did a good job keeping the acceptance speaches from being too long winded, and the political grandstanding to a minimum. The social issues mentioned were pretty much as expected.

From most of the predictions I had seen, there wasn't really any big surprises. No major screw ups!

Kobe Bryant gets an Oscar for ANIMATION??
OK, he wrote a poem and narrated a short film.
Can't wait to see his next animated cartoon.

[Big slim]

Felt good to see Jordan Peele get the win. Who would've thought that the Player Formerly Known as Mouse Cop would get a damn Oscar?!

Also, weird that all-time great basketball player Kobe Bryant now has an Oscar for an Animated Short. Surprised that he was even nominated, let alone won.

[eobversion1]

That's incredible Kobe has an Oscar. Some overlap in achievement his career has. So much for the EGOT.