2021 Oscars thread

[bob]

and here are the nominees

Best Picture

The Father – David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi, and Philippe Carcassonne
Judas and the Black Messiah – Shaka King, Charles D. King, and Ryan Coogler
Mank – Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, and Douglas Urbanski
Minari – Christina Oh
Nomadland – Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, and Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman – Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell, and Josey McNamara
Sound of Metal – Bert Hamelinick and Sacha Ben Harroche
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Marc Platt and Stuart Besser


Best Director

Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
David Fincher – Mank
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman



Best Actor

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green
Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony
Gary Oldman – Mank as Herman J. Mankiewicz
Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi

Best Actress

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday as Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss
Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas


Best Supporting Actor

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe
LaKeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah as William "Bill" O'Neal


Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance
Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne
Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja


Best Original Screenplay

Judas and the Black Messiah – Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King; Story by Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas, and Kenny Lucas
Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
Sound of Metal – Screenplay by Darius Marder and Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder and Derek Cianfrance
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin


Best Adapted Screenplay

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, and Lee Kern; Story by Baron Cohen, Hines, Swimer, and Nina Pedrad; Based on the character Borat Sagdiyev by Baron Cohen
The Father – Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller, based on the play by Zeller
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao, based on the book by Jessica Bruder
One Night in Miami... – Kemp Powers, based on his play
The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani, based on the novel by Aravind Adiga


Best Animated Film

Onward – Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
Over the Moon – Glen Keane, Gennie Rin, and Peilin Chou
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Richard Phelan, Will Becher, and Paul Kewley
Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray
Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young, and Stéphan Roelants


Best Interational Film

Another Round (Denmark) in Danish – directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Better Days (Hong Kong) in Mandarin – directed by Derek Tsang
Collective (Romania) in Romanian – directed by Alexander Nanau
The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia) in Arabic – directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in Bosnian – directed by Jasmila Žbanić


Best Documentary Feature

Collective – Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
Crip Camp – Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder
The Mole Agent – Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, and Craig Foster
Time – Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino, and Kellen Quinn



Best Documentary Short Subject

Colette – Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
A Concerto Is a Conversation – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
Do Not Split – Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook
Hunger Ward – Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Shueuerman
A Love Song for Latasha – Sophia Nahali Allison and Janice Duncan


Best Live Action Short Film


Feeling Through – Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
The Letter Room – Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
The Present – Farah Nabulsi
Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
White Eye – Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman


Best Animated Short Film

Burrow – Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
Genius Loci – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
If Anything Happens I Love You – Will McCormack and Michael Govier
Opera – Erick Oh
Yes-People – Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson


Best Production Design

The Father – Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara and Diana Sroughton
Mank – Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
News of the World – Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
Tenet – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

Best Cinematography

Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt
Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
News of the World – Dariusz Wolski
Nomadland – Joshua James Richards
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael



Best Costume Design

Emma. – Alexandra Byrne
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth
Mank – Trish Summerville
Mulan – Bina Daigeler
Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini


Best Makeup and Hairstyling


Emma. – Marese Langan, Laura Allen, and Claudia Stolze
Hillbilly Elegy – Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, and Matthew Mungle
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal, and Jamika Wilson
Mank – Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff
Pinocchio – Dalia Colli, Mark Coulier, and Francesco Pegoretti


Best Original Score

Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Minari – Emile Mosseri
News of the World – James Newton Howard
Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste

Best Original Song

"Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah – Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
"Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
"Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus, and Rickard Göransson
"Io Sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead – Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
"Speak Now" from One Night in Miami... – Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom Jr. and Sam Ashworth


Best Sound


Greyhound – Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders, and David Wyman
Mank – Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance, and Drew Kunin
News of the World – Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller, and John Pritchett
Soul – Ren Klyce, Coya Elliot, and David Parker
Sound of Metal – Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortes, and Philip Bladh


Best Film Editing

The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval
Sound of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten


Best Visual Effects

Love and Monsters – Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camailleri, Matt Everitt, and Brian Cox
The Midnight Sky – Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawren, Max Solomon, and David Watkins
Mulan – Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury, and Steven Ingram
The One and Only Ivan – Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones, and Santiago Colomo Martinez
Tenet – Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher

[Trevor]

Nice to see a South African film there: My Octopus Teacher 😁

[ER]

The entire concept of the Oscars has been swallowed up by self-important spiels of mutual-congratulation within an industry so out of touch with reality it is all but drowning in its own puke of ersatz righteousness.

[bob]

I haven't seen any of the movies nominated in any category

[RCMerchant]

I haven't seen any of the movies nominated in any category

I never even heard of them!

[Alex]

I haven't seen any of the movies nominated in any category

I never even heard of them!

Same here.

[Allhallowsday]

The entire concept of the Oscars has been swallowed up by self-important spiels of mutual-congratulation within an industry so out of touch with reality it is all but drowning in its own puke of ersatz righteousness.

Amusing commentary; it is worth noting that the focus of Oscars has shifted away from Western centrism.

Oh! And regarding "this year's list" ... I couldn't care less.   

[pacman000]

I haven't seen any of the movies nominated in any category

I never even heard of them!

Same here.

Only heard of Mulan, Tenet, & the animated movies. Haven't seen any of 'em.

[RCMerchant]

Who watches this pretentious garbage anymore?

And the Grammy's are all about the dumbest buy the most. It's not good music. It's flashy generic sh1t.

Those self important films with a message will be forgotten in a few years, but junk like ROBOT MONSTER lives on and on.

The "artists"  who make this boring s**t just jerk each other off.

[Allhallowsday]

Who watches this pretentious garbage anymore?
... Those self important films with a message will be forgotten in a few years, but junk like ROBOT MONSTER lives on and on.
The "artists"  who make this boring s**t just jerk each other off...

I'm sure millions of people like to look at  real   good   movies.   Just because we've developed a taste for a Cheezee Sheet Samich is NOT their shortcoming. 

And the Grammy's are all about the dumbest buy the most. It's not good music. It's flashy generic sh1t.

Yes to this.  We'll not get started on how the Grammy Awards are SH!T. 

[bob]

so I didn't watch as I haven't heard of most of these pictures

did anyone who watched have anything to say about it?

[Trevor]

so I didn't watch as I haven't heard of most of these pictures

did anyone who watched have anything to say about it?

Bob, I'm just glad that South Africa won another Oscar for "My Octopus Teacher" which I will watch if I can get the Netflix password out of my landlords.

[RCMerchant]

Oscars Shmoscars!

[Olivia Bauer]

Their ratings are the worst they've ever been. They had less than half the viewers from last year.
And they deserve it. They pulled a dirty trick by switching Best Picture and Best Actor again. It was
obvious they were trying to exploit Chadwick Boseman's death for ratings.

[Jim H]

Their ratings are the worst they've ever been. They had less than half the viewers from last year.
And they deserve it. They pulled a dirty trick by switching Best Picture and Best Actor again. It was
obvious they were trying to exploit Chadwick Boseman's death for ratings.

Yep.  Though I'll say Hopkins I think deserved it.  The Father is an incredible performance.