94th Annual Academy Awards Thread

[VGThuy]

https://twitter.com/jaythechou/status/1508299243374534656?s=21

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

I swear it gets worse every year.

I wonder if it's too late to add Will Smith's career to In Memorium?

 

[Vash01]

Since I had seen just one movie this year (Belfast), I skipped the Oscars but looked up the winners list later. Very happy to see Jessica Chastain finally win the Oscar. Will Smith too. I added their movies to my Netflix list. Coda is not available. I had read about Dube earlier and it gave me the impression that there was a lot of violence in it. I may still rent it because at home I can fast forward through violent scenes.

 

[MINAM]

All these reports about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock....made me appreciate Denzel Washington more.

 

[jenny12]

A different Will Smith with the tweet of the night:

https://twitter.com/willsmith/status/1508274943934427138?s=20&t=ACV5tzzwrl66jSPmu5wRvA

 

[Deleted member 1204]

I don't know if the Will Smith / Chris Rock thing was real of fake, but let's use it as an opportunity to tell Chris Rock that he hasn't been funny in over a decade...

 

[Spikefan]

I missed all the drama. I did not know about Jada’s alopecia so I don’t know why we should expect Chris to know. Probably not wise to joke about hair, especially about WOC, but definitely not violence worthy. Makes me wonder if there isn’t more to this story, passion/jealousy/ego.

 

[4rkidz]

So many movies I have not seen, will start tonight with Belfast and later try and track down coda.

 

[Cachoo]

I do enjoy a good Hollywood weenie roast: Please next year have Ricky Gervais host. Please, please, please.... I am am now so glad that Benedict did not win on this night. He will have other chances and hopefully better ceremonies.

 

[annie720]

I really wanted Andrew Garfield to win because I adored his performance in Tick Tick Boom. Other than that, I’m happy with Supporting Actor and Best Picture. Enjoyed Coda a lot. Unless I’m invited to an Oscars party, I doubt I will ever watch the show again.

 

[Seerek]

Another year with effectively no surprises as far as the winners go in any of the categories. Once SAG results were in, that pretty much wrapped up the acting gigs, and Writer's and Director's Guild were pretty accurate too.

 

[VGThuy]

Another year with effectively no surprises as far as the winners go in any of the categories. Once SAG results were in, that pretty much wrapped up the acting gigs, and Writer's and Director's Guild were pretty accurate too.

Yeah unlike last year where things were a little more chaotic…like how SAG went 0/4 last year. I’m starting to think we need more precursors to off-set the guilds now. And we may need the golden globes so all the crazy shenanigans can happen there like dress rehearsal.

 

[once_upon]

I do enjoy a good Hollywood weenie roast: Please next year have Ricky Gervais host. Please, please, please...

NO

 

[Rob]

Here's a clip:

https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1508270345819672582

ETA: The weird thing is that it looks like Will initially laughed at the joke. (Jada did not.)

It did look like he laughed, but maybe he was still laughing at the last joke or it was "uh ha huh" awkward laugh until he realized what Chris just said.

Apparently Denzel Washington and Tyler Perry grabbed him at the commercial break and calmed him down. That is when Denzel said "At your highest moment…be careful. That’s when the DEVIL comes for you!"

 

[Mozart]

Happy that Halifax director Ben Proudfoot won for Queen of Basketball not just because he is from Nova Scotia but because it is a great film.


Here's Queen of Basketball https://youtu.be/vPFkcoTfr7g

 

[Desperado]

This article gives more context to Will Smith’s reactions:

âTo hide the cowardâ: how Will Smithâs personal history may explain his Oscars violence

The actor, who hit Chris Rock at the Oscars for joking about his wife, has written publicly about his need to compensate for a childhood marred by domestic violence

www.theguardian.com

 

[Judy]

Wow to what happened. I get that it was an inappropriate joke but … . Not good.

 

[VGThuy]

I woke up this morning, and it kind of feels good to be under the reign of Ms. Jessica Chastain.

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

Happy that Halifax director Ben Proudfoot won for Queen of Basketball not just because he is from Nova Scotia but because it is a great film.


Here's Queen of Basketball https://youtu.be/vPFkcoTfr7g

I remember Lusia (pronounced Lucy, apparently) Harris during her dominance at Delta State. What a wonderful tribute to her that the makers and producers of this film (including Shaquille O'Neal and Steph Curry) have given to all of us - sadly not during her lifetime.

 

[PRlady]

So many movies I have not seen, will start tonight with Belfast and later try and track down coda.

We saw Belfast. Good not great. I left Power of Dog halfway through, DH saw Nightmare Alley and thought it strange, not great. CODA seemed to me to be Oscar bait from the get-go.

Spielberg’s WSS is a film worthy of Best Picture. Encantro is enchanting. Spider-Man was a terrific superhero movie. That’s it for me last year.

(We STILL haven’t seen Dune and hope it comes back to theaters now.)

That truly was one of the worst Oscar shows, at least since James Franco.

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

I woke up this morning, and it kind of feels good to be under the reign of Ms. Jessica Chastain.

Does it stay mainly in the plain?

 

[VGThuy]

Not that anybody cares, but these would have been my rankings:

Best Picture
1. Drive My Car
2. The Power of the Dog
3. West Side Story
4. Licorice Pizza
5. Dune
6. Nightmare Alley
7. Belfast
8. CODA
9. King Richard
10. Don't Look Up

Director
1. Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
2. Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
3. Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
4. Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
5. Kenneth Branaugh, Belfast

Actor
1. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
2. Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
3. Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
4. Will Smith, King Richard
5. Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick...Boom!

Actress
1. Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
2. Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
3. Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
4. Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
5. Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Supporting Actor
1. Kodi Smith-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
2. Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
3. Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
4. Troy Kostur, CODA
5. J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos

Supporting Actress
1. Kristen Dunst, The Power of the Dog
2. Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
3. Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
4. Judi Dench, Belfast
5. Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

Original Screenplay
1. Licorice Pizza
2. Belfast
3. King Richard
4. The Worst Person in the World
5. Don't Look Up

Adapted Screenplay
1. Drive My Car
2. The Power of the Dog
3. The Lost Daughter
4. Dune
5. CODA

Costume
1. West Side Story
2. Cruella
3. Nightmare Alley
4. Dune
5. Cyrano

Production Design
1. West Side Story
2. The Tragedy of Macbeth
3. Nightmare Alley
4. The Power of the Dog
5. Dune

Animated
1. Flee
2. Luca
3. Raya and the Last Dragon
4. Encanto
5. The Mitchells vs. The Machi

Foreign Film
1. Drive My Car
2. The Hand of God
3. Flee
4. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
5. The Worst Person in the World

Original Score
1. Parallel Mothers
2. Dune
3. Encanto
4. The Power of the Dog
5. Don't Look Up

Original Song
1. "Dos Oruguitas", Encanto
2. "No Time to Die, No Time to Die
3. "Down to Joy", Belfast
4. "Be Alive", King Richard
5. "Somehow You Do", Four Good Days

Sound
1. The Power of the Dog
2. West Side Story
3. No Time to Die
4. Dune
5. Belfast

Cinematography
1. The Tragedy of Macbeth
2. West Side Story
3. Dune
4. The Power of the Dog
5. Nightmare Alley

Makeup and Hair
1. Coming 2 America
2. Dune
3. The Eyes of Tammy Faye
4. Cruella
5. House of Gucci

Editing
1. The Power of the Dog
2. Tick Tick...Boom!
3. Dune
4. King Richard
5. Don't Look Up

VFX
1. Dune
2. Free Guy
3. No Time to Die
4. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the
5. Spider-Man: No Way Home

I haven't seen The Documentary Features, Documentary Short, Live Action Short or Animated Short nominees.

 

[Cachoo]

NO

 

[once_upon]

There is roasting and there is down right mean/vindictive. Gervais has ALWAYS been the later.

 

[Cachoo]

There is roasting and there is down right mean/vindictive. Gervais has ALWAYS been the later.

Uh-oh once---what does that say about me? I have to be honest here: I've always liked Ricky.

 

[Tesla]

I woke up this morning, and it kind of feels good to be under the reign of Ms. Jessica Chastain.

She was fabulous in Crimson Peak.

 

[Judy]

We saw Belfast. Good not great. I left Power of Dog halfway through, DH saw Nightmare Alley and thought it strange, not great. CODA seemed to me to be Oscar bait from the get-
Spielberg’s WSS is a film worthy of Best Picture. Encantro is enchanting. Spider-Man was a terrific superhero movie. That’s it for me last year.

(We STILL haven’t seen Dune and hope it comes back to theaters now.)

That truly was one of the worst Oscar shows, at least since James Franco.

I watched Power of the Dog but found it very sad/depressing.
CODA sounds interesting to me though.

 

[vgerdes]

This article gives more context to Will Smith’s reactions:

âTo hide the cowardâ: how Will Smithâs personal history may explain his Oscars violence

The actor, who hit Chris Rock at the Oscars for joking about his wife, has written publicly about his need to compensate for a childhood marred by domestic violence

www.theguardian.com

It may give more context, but it still doesn't excuse what he did. Complete overreaction. And his "apology" was pretty lame also.

 

[Jot the Dot Dot]

It may give more context, but it still doesn't excuse what he did. Complete overreaction. And his "apology" was pretty lame also.

As is this joke: Smith is going to market his own Men's Cologne. You slap it on!

 

[Bouffantrex]

I love that the slapdown has woke twitter all bothered and unable to decide which position is correct.