[OFF TOPIC] Movies & TV Series Thread

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If I were an Oscar voter, this would be my top 10:

 

1. I'm Still Here

2. The Substance

3. Challengers

4. Nickel Boys

5. The Seed of the Sacred Fig

6. All We Imagine as Light

7. Flow

8. Queer

9. Problemista

10. A Different Man

 

Special Citation (Documentaries):
No Other Land, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

 

Honourable Mentions: The Count of Monte Cristo, Dìdi, His Three Daughters, How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, Universal Language.

 

2023 movies I've only watched this year, but are top 10 worthy: Afire (maybe my favourite 2023 movie along with Past Lives), The Taste of Things, La Chimera, Red Rooms.

 

Not watched (will try to catch some of these): Bird, Crossing, Ghostlight, Misericordia, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, Souleymane's Story, Vermiglio, Việt and Nam.

 

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Great Performances:

 

Brandon Wilson, Nickel Boys

Daniel Craig, Queer

Demi Moore, The Substance

Divya Prabha, All We Imagine as Light

Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here

Joan Chen, Dìdi

Josh O'Connor, Challengers

Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths

Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters

Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

Sebastian Stan, A Different Man

Tilda Swinton, Problemista and The Room Next Door

Trine Dyrholm, The Girl with the Needle

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I still haven't seen everything I wanted to, but here's my personal top 10 heading into Oscars Sunday...

 

1. The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

2. Nickel Boys

3. The Seed of the Sacred Fig

4. The Brutalist 

5. The Substance

6. Green Border

7. The Wild Robot

8. How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

9. Anora

10. The Outrun

 

Honorable mentions: The Last Showgirl, Challengers, Dìdi, Memoir of a Snail, Black Dog, We Grown Now, The Girl With The Needle and No Other Land

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  On 3/1/2025 at 4:36 PM, vinipereira said:

 

 

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Great Performances:

 

Brandon Wilson, Nickel Boys

Daniel Craig, Queer

Demi Moore, The Substance

Divya Prabha, All We Imagine as Light

Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here

Joan Chen, Dìdi

Josh O'Connor, Challengers

Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths

Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters

Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

Sebastian Stan, A Different Man

Tilda Swinton, Problemista and The Room Next Door

Trine Dyrholm, The Girl with the Needle

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We have a very similar acting shortlist/honors 

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  On 3/1/2025 at 5:46 PM, Olympian1010 said:

I still haven't seen everything I wanted to, but here's my personal top 10 heading into Oscars Sunday...

 

1. The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

2. Nickel Boys

3. The Seed of the Sacred Fig

4. The Brutalist 

5. The Substance

6. Green Border

7. The Wild Robot

8. How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

9. Anora

10. The Outrun

 

Honorable mentions: The Last Showgirl, Challengers, Dìdi, Memoir of a Snail, Black Dog, We Grown Now, The Girl With The Needle and No Other Land

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I need to see Ibelin. Also a whole year has gone by and I still didn't watch Green Border. The only movie of your list I disliked is The Last Showgirl, but the others are good/great.

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  On 3/1/2025 at 6:15 PM, vinipereira said:

I need to see Ibelin. Also a whole year has gone by and I still didn't watch Green Border. The only movie of your list I disliked is The Last Showgirl, but the others are good/great.

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I live somewhat close to Vegas, and I like a big artistic swing, so it worked for me. "Beautiful That Way" should be one of the front runners in original song, but it didn't even make the shortlist 

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  On 2/4/2025 at 7:56 PM, MatiReimundo said:

For anyone interested, 2 movies released in digital (meaning for buy, rent or to watch in your reliable pirate page) this week regarding the Olympics. One was The Fire Inside, a biographical film about Claressa Shields, two times olympic gold medallist in boxing and the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing.

 

The other is September 5, which is a drama film who narrates the coverage of a US TV network during the terrorist attack against the israeli delegation in the Munich 1972 Olympics. This movie got an Academy Award (Oscars) nomination in Best Original Screenplay.

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I loved September 5 but one thing bugged me: why they included images from Cuba x URSS at Moscow 1980 during the announcement that there was still some volleyball matches going on. Probably nobody else noticed that and obviously it has not hampered the film on the slightest, but still...

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Thanks for starting this @vinipereirawe actually have the same bets on 19 from the 23 categories (only actress, original screenplay, sound and documentary short, if i saw correctly are different).

 

Below are my candidates. First of all, I include my favorite candidates in each category, and then MY BET is the one i think will win the Oscar with 2 possible spoilers (in order).

 

i ranked the 50 nominated films in every category here btw: https://letterboxd.com/nagime/list/oscars-2025-my-favorites/

 

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Film: 1- "I'm Still Here"; 2- "Conclave"; 3- "Anora"; 4- "A Complete Unknown"; 5- "Nickel Boys"; 6- "Wicked"; 7- "The Brutalist"; 8- "The Substance"; 9- "Dune: Part Two"; 10- "Emilia Pérez".

MY BET: "Anora". On the run "Conclave"; "A Complete Unknown")

 

Director: 1- Sean Baker ("Anora"); 2- James Mangold ("A Complete Unknown"); 3- Jacques Audiard ("Emilia Pérez"); 4- Coralie Fargeat ("The Substance"); 5- Brady Corbet ("The Brutalist")

 

I just realized I'm not a huge fan of those directors, apart from Baker. Mangold does what he knows and it's ok. Audiard has some good moments in Emilia Pérez, while Fargeat and Corbet just try to be fancy all the time.

MY BET: Sean Baker ("Anora"). On the run: Brady Corbet ("The Brutalist"; Coralie Fargeat ("The Substance").

 

Actor in a Leading Role: Timothée Chalamet ("A Complete Unknown"); 2- Sebastian Stan ("The Apprentice"); 3- Ralph Fiennes ("Conclave"); 4- Adrien Brody ("The Brutalist"); 5- Colman Domingo ("Sing Sing")

Strong category, and I'm pretty torn between all of them.

MY BET: Adrien Brody ("The Brutalist"). On the run: Timothée Chalamet ("A Complete Unknown"); Ralph Fiennes ("Conclave").

 

Actress in a Leading Role: 1- Fernanda Torres ("I'm Still Here"); 2- Mikey Madison ("Anora"); 3- Demi Moore ("The Substance"); 4- Karla Sofía Gascón ("Emilia Peréz"); 5- Cynthia Erivo ("Wicked")

MY BET: Demi Moore ("The Substance"). On the run: Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here"); Mikey Madison ("Anora").

 

Actor in a Supporting Role: 1- Guy Pearce ("The Brutalist"); 2- Kieran Culkin ("A Real Pain"); 3- Jeremy Strong ("The Apprentice"); 4- Yuri Borisov ("Anora"); 5- Edward Norton ("A Complete Unknown").

MY BET: Kieran Culkin ("A Real Pain"). On the run: Edward Norton ("A Complete Unknown"); Jeremy Strong ("The Apprentice").

 

Actress in a Supporting Role: 1- Isabella Rossellini ("Conclave"); 2- Monica Barbaro ("A Complete Unknown"); 3- Zoe Saldaña ("Emilia Pérez"); 4- Felicity Jones" ("The Brutalist"); 5- Ariana Grande ("Wicked")

MY BET: Zoe Saldaña ("Emilia Pérez"). On the run: Isabella Rossellini ("Conclave"); Monica Barbaro ("A Complete Unknown")

 

Original Screenplay: 1- Tim Fehlbaum, Moritz Binder, Alex David ("September 5"); 2- Jesse Eisenberg ("A Real Pain"); 3- Sean Baker ("Anora"); 4- Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold ("The Brutalist"); 5- Coralie Fargeat ("The Substance")

MY BET: "Anora". On the run: "A Real Pain"; or "The Substance".

 

Adapted Screenplay: 1- Peter Straughan ("Conclave"); 2- RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes ("Nickel Boys"); 3- Jay Cocks, James Mangold ("A Complete Unknown"); 4- Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi ("Emilia Pérez"); 5- Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield ("Sing Sing")

MY BET: "Conclave". On the run: "Nickel Boys"; or "A Complete Unknown".

 

Animated Feature: 1- "Memoir of a Snail"; 2- "Flow"; 3- "Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl"; 4- "The Wild Robot"; 5- "Inside Out 2"

MY BET: "The Wild Robot". On the run: "Flow".

 

Documentary Feature: 1- "Soundtrack to a Coup d'État"; 2- "No Other Land"; 3- "Sugarcane"; 4- "Porcelain War"; 5- "Black Box Diaries".

MY BET: "Porcelain War". On the run: "No Other Land"; or "Sugarcane"

 

International Feature: 1- "The Seed of the Sacred Fig"; 2- "I'm Still Here"; 3- "Flow"; 4- "The Girl with the Needle"; 5- "Emilia Pérez".

MY BET: "Emilia Pérez". On the run: "I'm Still Here", or "The Seed of the Sacred Fig".

 

Cinematography: 1- Edward Lachmann ("Maria"); 2- Lol Crawley ("The Brutalist"); 3- Greig Fraser ("Dune: Part Two"); 4- Paul Guilhaume ("Emilia Pérez"); 5- Jarin Blaschke ("Nosferatu")

MY BET: "The Brutalist". On the run: "Maria"; or "Nosferatu".

 

Costume Design: 1- Lisy Christl ("Conclave"); 2- Paul Tazewell ("Wicked"); 3- Janty Yates, Dave Crossman ("Gladiator II"); 4- Arianne Phillips ("A Complete Unknown"); 5- Linda Muir ("Nosferatu")

MY BET: Wicked". On the run: "Nosferatu", or "Conclave".

 

Film Editing : 1- Nick Emerson ("Conclave"); 2- Sean Baker ("Anora"); 3- Juliette Welfling ("Emilia Pérez"); 4- Dávid Jancsó ("The Brutalist"); 5- Myron Kerstein ("Wicked")

MY BET: "Conclave". On the run: "Anora", or "The Brutalist".

 

Makeup and Hairstyling : 1- Mike Marino, David Presto, Crystal Jurado ("A Different Man"); 2- Pierre-Oliver Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Marilyne Scarselli ("The Substance"); 3- Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini ("Emilia Pérez"); 4- David White, Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton ("Nosferatu"); 5- Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Sarah Nuth ("Wicked").

MY BET: "The Substance". On the run: "Wicked", or "Nosferatu".

 

Production Design: 1- Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter ("Conclave"); 2- Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau ("Dune: Part Two"); 3- Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales ("Wicked"); 4- Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia ("The Brutalist"); 5- Craig Lathrop, BEatrice Brentnerová ("Nosferatu")

MY BET: "Wicked". On the run: "The Brutalist", or "Nosferatu".

 

Original Score : 1- Volker Bertelmann ("Conclave"); 2- Kris Bowers ("The Wild Robot"); 3- Daniel Blumberg ("The Brutalist"); 4- John Powell, Stephen Schwartz ("Wicked"); 5- Clément Ducol, Camille ("Emilia Pérez")

MY BET: "The Brutalist". On the run: "conclave", or "The Wild Robot".

 

Original Song: "Mi Camiño" - "Emilia Pérez" (Camille, Clément Ducol); 2- "Like a Bird" - "Sing Sing" (Abraham Alexander, Adrian Quesada); 3- "El Mal" - "Emilia Pérez" (Cément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard); 4- "The Journey" - "The Six Triple Eight" (Diane Warren); 5- Never Too Late" - "Elton John: Never Too Late" (Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, Bernie Taupin)

MY BET: "El Mal", Emilia Pérez". On the run: "The Journey", "The Six Triple Eight", or "Never Too Late", "Elton John: Never Too Late".

 

Sound: 1- Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill ("Dune: Part Two"); 2- Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Messy, David Giammarco ("A Complete Unknown"); 3- Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz, Niels Barletta ("Emilia Pérez"); 4- Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo, Leff Lefferts ("The Wild Robot"); 5- Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson, John Marquis ("Wicked").

MY BET: "Dune: Part Two". On the run: A Complete Unknown", or "Emilia Pérez"

 

Visual Effects: 1- Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke ("Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes"); 2- Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs ("Better Man"); 3- Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer ("Dune: Part Two"); 4- Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin, Shane Mahan ("Alien: Romulus"); 5- Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk, Paul Corbould ("Wicked").

MY BET: "Dune: Part Two". On the Run: "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes", or "Aline: Romulus".

 

Animated Short Film: 1- "Magic Candies"; 2- "Yuck!"; 3- "In the Shadow of a Cypress"; 4- "Wander to Wonder"; 5- "Beautiful Men"

I liked them all, which is very rare;

MY BET: "Yuck". On the run: "Wander to Wonder", or "Beautiful Men'.

 

Documentary Short Film: 1- "Instruments of a Beating Heart"; 2- "Incident"; 3- "The Only Girl in the Orchestra"; 4- "Death by Numbers"; 5- "I'm Ready, Warden".

MY BET: "The Only Girl in the Orchestra". On the run: "I'm Ready Warden", or "Incident".

 

Live Action Short Film : 1- "The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent"; 2- "Anuja"; 3- "The Lone Ranger"; 4- "I'm Not a Robot"; 5- "A Lien"

MY BET: "A Lien". On the run: "The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent", or "Anuja".

 

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Joining this topic, i watched 114 films of 2024. These were my final rankings:

 

Top 20: 1- Dune Part Two / 2- Anora / 3- Juror #2 / 4- Challengers / 5- Anyone but you (ik im the only one hehe) / 6- The Substance / 7- The Wild Robot / 8- My Old Ass / 9- How to make a killing (original title: Un ours dans le jura) / 10- Wicked / 11- Im Still Here / 12- Twisters / 13- September 5 / 14- Hard Truths / 15- How to make millions before grandma dies / 16- Rebel Ridge / 17- Maria / 18- The Apprentice / 19- Flow / 20- Civil War

 

Honourable Mentions: Snack Shack / There was, there was not (armenian documentary) / Here / Kneecap / Hit Man / Better Man / Its whats inside / La cocina / That christmas / Didi

 

Biggest deceptions: Blitz / Trap / Kill the jockey / The fire inside

 

Worst of the year (personal opinion): 1- Borderlands / 2- Venom 3 / 3- The Union / 4- Godzilla x Kong New Empire / 5- Uglies

 

Honourable Mentions of bad films: Y2K / Emilia Perez / Nightbitch / Argylle / Lee / Babygirl / Kinds of Kindness

 

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Oscars related talk: Im fine with any of the films winning best picture except nickel boys and of course emilia perez. In terms of acting, i preferred Chalamet over Brody, and im ok with Mikey Madison or Fernanda Torres for the best actress. Im kinda not ok with Culkin and Saldana winning supporting because they are basically lead in the film (especially zoe saldana), so i would like if Yura Borisov or Jeremy Strong wins it. My biggest wins of the night would be if Im Still Here or Flow win best international instead of Emilia Perez and if the scumbag of Jacques Audiard goes empty handed.

 

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Here are my predications and pick for the Oscars, borrowing @vinipereira formatting as usual 

 

If I haven't seen a film yet, it is left unranked.

 

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Best Picture

WILL WIN: Anora

COULD WIN: Conclave

SHOULD WIN: 1. Nickel Boys; 2. The Brutalist; 3. The Substance; 4. Anora; 5. Conclave; 6. I'm Still Here; 7. A Complete Unknown; 8. Dune: Part Two; 9. Emilia Perez; N/A. Wicked.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Challengers

 

 

Directing

WILL WIN: Anora, Sean Baker

COULD WIN: The Brutalist, Brady Corbet

SHOULD WIN: 1. The Brutalist, Brady Corbet; 2. The Substance, Coralie Fargeat; 3. Anora, Sean Baker; 4. A Complete Unknown, James Mangold; 5. Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Mohammad Rasoulof; Green Border, Agnieszka Holland 

 

 

Actor in a Leading Role

WILL WIN: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

COULD WIN: Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

SHOULD WIN: 1. Adrien Brody, The Brutalist; 2. Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown; 3. Ralph Fiennes, Conclave; 4. Colman Domingo, Sing Sing; N/A. Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Eddie Peng, Black Dog

 

 

Actress in a Leading Role

WILL WIN: Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here

COULD WIN: Demi Moore, The Substance; Mikey Madison, Anora (This category is very open.)

SHOULD WIN: 1. Mikey Madison, Anora; 2. Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here; 3. Demi Moore, The Substance; 4. Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez; N/A. Cynthia Erivo, Wicked.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths; Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun; Kani Kusruti, All We Imagine As Light

 

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

WILL WIN: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

COULD WIN: N/A (It would almost certainly be the biggest shock of the night if Culkin didn't win.)

SHOULD WIN: 1. Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain; 2. Guy Pearce, The Brutalist; 3. Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown; 4. Yura Borisov, Anora; N/A. Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Brandon Wilson, Nickel Boys; DJ Próvaí, Kneecap; Karren Karagulian, Anora

 

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

WILL WIN: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

COULD WIN: Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

SHOULD WIN: 1. Felicity Jones, The Brutalist; 2. Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown; 3. Isabella Rossellini, Conclave; 4. Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez; N/A. Ariana Grande, Wicked. (Rossellini barely had any screen time, and Saldaña is unmistakably the lead.)

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Margaret Qualley, The Substance; Soheila Golestani, The Seed of the Sacred Fig; Usha Seamkhum, How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

 

 

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

WILL WIN: Conclave

COULD WIN: Nickel Boys

SHOULD WIN: 1. Nickel Boys; 2. Conclave; 3. Sing Sing; 4. A Complete Unknown; 5. Emilia Pérez.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: I'm Still Here; The Outrun

 

 

Writing (Original Screenplay)

WILL WIN: A Real Pain

COULD WIN: Anora; The Substance (Another category that feels open to me.)

SHOULD WIN: 1. The Substance; 2. A Real Pain; 3. Anora; 4. The Brutalist; 5. September 5. (As a writer, I really want The Substance to win. Fargeat's screenplay is such a joy to read.)

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: The Seed of the Sacred Fig

 

 

Animated Feature Film

WILL WIN: The Wild Robot

COULD WIN: Flow

SHOULD WIN: 1. The Wild Robot; 2. Memoir of a Snail; 3. Flow; N/A. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Inside Out 2.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: N/A 

 

 

Documentary Feature

WILL WIN: No Other Land

COULD WIN: Porcelain War

SHOULD WIN: 1. No Other Land; 2. Sugarcane; 3. Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat; N/A. Black Box Diaries and Porcelain War.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin; Girls State

 

 

International Feature Film

WILL WIN: I'm Still Here (Brazil)

COULD WIN: Emilia Perez (France)

SHOULD WIN: 1. The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany); 2. The Girl with the Needle (Denmark); 3. I'm Still Here (Brazil); 4. Flow (Latvia); 5. Emilia Pérez (France).

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (Norway); Green Border (Poland); How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (Thailand); Black Dog (People's Republic of China)

 

 

Cinematography

WILL WIN: Maria

COULD WIN: The Brutalist

SHOULD WIN: 1. The Brutalist; 2. Nosferatu; 3. Dune: Part Two; 4. Emilia Pérez; N/A. Maria.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Nickel Boys (How was this not nominated???); Challengers

 

 

Film Editing

WILL WIN: Conclave

COULD WIN: Anora

SHOULD WIN: 1. Anora; 2. Conclave; 3. Emilia Pérez; 4. The Brutalist; N/A. Wicked.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: The Seed of the Sacred Fig; The Substance; Kneecap

 

 

Costume Design

WILL WIN: Wicked

COULD WIN: Nosferatu

SHOULD WIN: 1. Nosferatu; 2. Conclave; 3. A Complete Unknown; N/A. Wicked and Gladiator II.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Dune: Part 2; The Last Showgirl

 

 

Production Design

WILL WIN: Wicked

COULD WIN: The Brutalist

SHOULD WIN: 1. The Brutalist; 2. Nosferatu; 3. Dune: Part Two; 4. Conclave; N/A. Wicked.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: The Beast; The Substance: The Girl With The Needle

 

 

Makeup and Hairstyling

WILL WIN: The Substance

COULD WIN: Wicked

SHOULD WIN: 1. The Substance; 2. A Different Man; 3. Nosferatu; 4. Emilia Pérez; N/A. Wicked.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Sasquatch Sunset; The Last Showgirl; National Anthem

 

 

Music (Original Score)

WILL WIN: The Brutalist

COULD WIN: Conclave

SHOULD WIN: 1. The Brutalist; 2. Conclave; 3. The Wild Robot; 4. Emilia Pérez; N/A. Wicked. (I don't like the nominations in this category.)

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Challengers, Babygirl, Memoir of a Snail, Nickel Boys

 

 

Music (Original Song)

WILL WIN: "El Mal", Emilia Pérez

COULD WIN: "Like a Bird", Sing Sing

SHOULD WIN: 1. "Like a Bird", Sing Sing; N/A. "Never Too Late", Elton John: Never Too Late; "El Mal", Emilia Pérez; "The Journey", The Six Triple Eight; "Mi Camino", Emilia Pérez. (This is my least favorite category this year.)

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: "The Creatures of Nature," Sasquatch Sunset; "Beautiful That Way," The Last Showgirl; "Sick in the Head," Kneecap

 

 

Sound

WILL WIN: Dune: Part 2

COULD WIN: A Complete Unknown

SHOULD WIN: 1. Dune: Part Two; 2. A Complete Unknown; 3. Emilia Pérez; 4. The Wild Robot; N/A. Wicked.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Civil War; Flow

 

 

Visual Effects

WILL WIN: Dune: Part Two

COULD WIN: Wicked

SHOULD WIN: 1. Dune: Part Two; N/A. Better Man; Alien: Romulus; Wicked; Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: N/A

 

 

Short Film (Animated)

WILL WIN: Yuck!

COULD WIN: Wander to Wonder

SHOULD WIN: 1. Yuck!; 2. Magic Candies; 3. In the Shadow of the Cypress; 4. Beautiful Men; 5. Wander to Wonder.

 

 

Short Film (Documentary)

WILL WIN: I Am Ready, Warden

COULD WIN: The Only Girl in the Orchestra

SHOULD WIN: N/A. Instruments of a Beating Heart; Incident; Death by Numbers; I Am Ready, Warden; The Only Girl in the Orchestra.

 

 

Short Film (Live Action)

WILL WIN: A Lien

COULD WIN: Anuja

SHOULD WIN: 1. The Last Ranger; 2. I'm Not a Robot; 3. A Lien; 4. The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent; 5. Anuja.

 

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1/3 so far tonight