Let's get to the big one that riled me up the most: What the hell happened in Best Documentary?! I couldn't believe that Won't You Be My Neighbor? was not nominated. Also out was the sleeper hit Three Identical Strangers. In their stead is: Hale County This Morning, This Evening, an unknown documentary I never heard about because I like everyone didn't pay attention to the majority of last year's Sundance lineup; Of Fathers and Sons, which I don't really mind too much; and the commercially successful but critically shrugged RBG. I get it, we all love Ruth Bader Ginsburg and all but it should have been left off. That goes double for somehow getting a nom for Best Song.
Well, Netflix finally did it. They got their first Best Picture nomination with Roma. Also congrats to Ryan Coogler and Marvel for keeping the hype train up for Black Panther and earning a nom in the biggest category of the season.
Not so keen on the Best Pic love for Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book, and Vice. I have only seen one of the three (that would be Bohemian Rhapsody) but they all seem to fit the same build of an okay movie that is getting way too much love than it really deserves outside of the acting field.
God it would really, really suck if Spike Lee had to see another banal crowdpleaser about racial relations win Best Picture.
Paweł Pawlikowski getting the extra special foreigner slot in Best Director was a total shock.
Seriously, Adam McKay over Bradley Cooper? At least Peter Farrelly didn't get in.
I just knew Ryan Gosling would be left off Best Actor but no Ethan Hawke? I had Willem Dafoe to be the sacrificial lamb for either Hawke or John David Washington but he was able to pull it off for Oscar voters.
Best Actress was totally obvious to predict but what a showdown come Oscar night.
Another big shocker: Marina de Tavira getting a Best Supporting Actress nom for her work as the matriarch in Roma. I enjoyed her in that great movie but not just quite enough but hey who cares about some online critic when your name is now etched in Oscar history.
Paul Schrader finally received his very first Best Original Screenplay nom, despite his huge history of acclaimed films and scripts.
No Burning in Best Foreign Language Film. Wow. I predicted the other four but not that snub. Was it too long and too impenetrable for the Oscar folks? In its stead is Never Look Away from Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who already has an Oscar in this very category with The Lives of Others and who has not made a film since the disaster that was The Tourist.
I'm overjoyed that Mirai got in for Best Animated Film and that the Oscar voters weren't too snobby to exclude Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. I now have to pray every day and night that the Disney publicity machine doesn't let either of its two disappointing efforts last year steal the golden man away from Mamoru Hosoda, Lord & Miller, or Wes Anderson.
Bao needs to win. Period. (No, I'm not also talking about that brilliantly titled Short Subject Documentary nom)
Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Lady Gaga and Mark Ronson. All are now Academy Award nominated artists thanks to the efforts for Best Original Song. It seems the Academy really does want to let an actual pop song win this year!
Man, those Oscar voters must have really loved the weird anime-looking characters of Ready Player One in order to give it a nom for Best Visual Effects.
First Man really got screwed. No to Gosling. No to Claire Foy. No to Justin Hurwitz. No to Tom Cross. No to Linus Sandgren. No to Damien Chazelle. Just noms in the two sound categories and one for Best Production Design. It seems the backlash to La La Land is strong within the Academy.
Other major snubs: Emily Blunt, Michael B. Jordan, Margot Robbie, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Elizabeth Debicki, Eighth Grade, Leave No Trace and Crazy Rich Asians.
That's all I can muster right now. Tune in next month for my predictions which I will obviously fail at.
Oh, and if you're somehow wondering about my reactions to last night's Razzies noms, don't hold your breath. Those losers did exactly what I loathe about them.
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