And with all the major precursors done, here's my slate: Spoiler
Best Picture
Anora
Best Director
Sean Baker
Best Actress
Demi Moore
Best Actor
Adrien Brody
Best Supporting Actress
Zoe Saldaña
Best Supporting Actor
Kieran Culkin
Best Original Screenplay
Anora
Best Adapted Screenplay
Conclave
Best International Feature
I’m Still Here
Best Animated Feature
The Wild Robot
Best Documentary
Porcelain War
Best Cinematography
The Brutalist
Best Editing
Conclave
Best Costume Design
Wicked
Best Hair and Makeup
The Substance
Best Sound
Dune: Part Two
Best Visual Effects
Dune: Part Two
Best Production Design
Wicked
Best Song
El Mal
Best Score
The Brutalist
Best Animated Short
Beautiful Men
Best Short Documentary
I Am Ready, Warden
Best Live Action Short
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
IMO the most interesting races of the night are Best Editing and Best Documentary. But I am cursed for a thousand years to get Best Actress wrong, so consider the source.
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I voted for Chalamet and I think he's got a good shot at winning. He deserves the Oscar because I never got the acoustic Dylan. As we were walking out of the theater I asked my wife how she like the movie and she said I hate that fucking Pete Seeger and I hate that Joan Baez. And I said now you know why Dylan was an earthquake.
Aunt Peg wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2025 6:15 am
My predictions: Spoiler
Picture: Anora
Director: Sean Baker
Actor: Adrien Brody
Actress: Demi Moore
Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin
Support Actress: Zoe Saldana
International Film: I'm Still Here
Original Screenplay: A Real Pain
Adapted Screenplay: Conclave
Editing: Conclave
Cinematography: Nosferatu
Score: Wicked
Song: Never Too Late
Production Design:
Costume Design: Wicked
Hair/Make-up: The Substance
Sound Mixing: A Complete Unknown
Visual Effects: Dune 2
Animated Feature: The Wild Robot
Animated Short: Yuck
Documentary: Black Box Diaries
Documentary Short: I Am Ready Warden
Live Action Short: Anuja
Ditto
I wish Flow would get animated feature, though. DreamWorks has promoted the shit out of Wild Robot
beamish14 - are you playing the Oscars with the same ballot as Aunt Peg? Also, Production Design is missing
Picture: Anora
Director: Corbet
Actress: Madison
Actor: Chalamet
Sup Actress: Barbaro
Sup Actor: Culkin
Original Screenplay: A Real Pain
Adapted Screenplay: Conclave
Animated Feature: Wild Robot
International Film: I'm Still Here
Doc Feature: No Other Land
Doc Short: Girl in the Orchestra
LA Short: i'm Not a Robot
Ani Short: Yuck!
Music: the Brutalist
Song: Six Triple Eight
Sound: A Complete Unknown
Production Design: Wicked
Cinematography: Brutalist
Makeup: the Substance
Costume Design: Wicked
Editing: Anora
Visual Effects: Dune Pt 2
Aunt Peg wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2025 6:15 am
My predictions: Spoiler
Picture: Anora
Director: Sean Baker
Actor: Adrien Brody
Actress: Demi Moore
Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin
Support Actress: Zoe Saldana
International Film: I'm Still Here
Original Screenplay: A Real Pain
Adapted Screenplay: Conclave
Editing: Conclave
Cinematography: Nosferatu
Score: Wicked
Song: Never Too Late
Production Design:
Costume Design: Wicked
Hair/Make-up: The Substance
Sound Mixing: A Complete Unknown
Visual Effects: Dune 2
Animated Feature: The Wild Robot
Animated Short: Yuck
Documentary: Black Box Diaries
Documentary Short: I Am Ready Warden
Live Action Short: Anuja
Ditto
I wish Flow would get animated feature, though. DreamWorks has promoted the shit out of Wild Robot
beamish14 - are you playing the Oscars with the same ballot as Aunt Peg? Also, Production Design is missing
therewillbeblus wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2025 11:27 pm
beamish14 - are you playing the Oscars with the same ballot as Aunt Peg? Also, Production Design is missing
Yep, I am!
Do you and/or Aunt Peg have a prediction for Production Design?
therewillbeblus wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2025 11:27 pm
beamish14 - are you playing the Oscars with the same ballot as Aunt Peg? Also, Production Design is missing
Yep, I am!
Do you and/or Aunt Peg have a prediction for Production Design?
therewillbeblus wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2025 11:27 pm
beamish14 - are you playing the Oscars with the same ballot as Aunt Peg? Also, Production Design is missing
Yep, I am!
Do you and/or Aunt Peg have a prediction for Production Design?
Picture: The Brutalist
Director: Corbet
Actress: Madison
Actor: Brody
S. Actress: Saldana
S. Actor: Culkin
Original Screenplay: Anora
Adapted Screenplay: Conclave
Animated Feature: Flow
International Film: I'm Still Here
Doc Feature: No Other Land
Doc Short: Incident
Live Action Short: A Lien
Animated Short: Magic Candies
Music: The Brutalist
Song: Like a Bird (Sing, Sing)
Sound: Dune Part II
Production Design: Wicked
Cinematography: The Brutalist
Makeup: Wicked
Costume Design: Wicked
Editing: Conclave
Visual Effects: Dune Part II
Picture: Conclave
Director: Fargeat
Actress: Moore
Actor: Brody
Sup Actress: Rossellini
Sup Actor: Culkin
Original Screenplay: The Brutalist
Adapted Screenplay: Conclave
Animated Feature: Flow
International Film: I'm Still Here
Doc Feature: No Other Land
Doc Short: Incident
LA Short: A Lien
Ani Short: In the Shadow of the Cypress
Music: Wicked
Song: "El Mal"
Sound: A Complete Unknown
Production Design: The Brutalist
Cinematography: The Brutalist
Makeup: The Substance
Costume Design: A Complete Unknown
Editing: Conclave
Visual Effects: Dune Part Two
I was torn between Black Box Diaries and No Other Land. I ended up voting for No Other Land because it moved me so much. I wasn’t really aware of what was going on over there [in the West Bank], and it’s just so objectively awful.
I was torn between Black Box Diaries and No Other Land. I ended up voting for No Other Land because it moved me so much. I wasn’t really aware of what was going on over there [in the West Bank], and it’s just so objectively awful.
VOTE: No Other Land
It reached somebody, that's something.
It’s always embarrassing to read about Oscar voters letting their children select the animated features/shorts for them.
Variety wrote:Surprisingly, two separate voters who didn’t vote for Fiennes said they did not vote for him because “he won before.” They both believed he won an Oscar for “Schindler’s List” (1993), which he didn’t, as he lost to Tommy Lee Jones for “The Fugitive.”
“Oh shit!” one chuckled after being corrected. Coincidentally, they voted for Brody, who actually won an Oscar for “The Pianist” (2002). As you can tell, sometimes these things tend not to make much sense.
Variety wrote:Surprisingly, two separate voters who didn’t vote for Fiennes said they did not vote for him because “he won before.” They both believed he won an Oscar for “Schindler’s List” (1993), which he didn’t, as he lost to Tommy Lee Jones for “The Fugitive.”
“Oh shit!” one chuckled after being corrected. Coincidentally, they voted for Brody, who actually won an Oscar for “The Pianist” (2002). As you can tell, sometimes these things tend not to make much sense.
If that was your rationale for voting in a particular way, wouldn't you at least take three seconds to google it? Or does that only work with normal people?
Kind of a hard thing to have slip your mind given Brody's impassionate Oscar acceptance speech. Also not only would this be his second Oscar but his second for playing a Holocaust survivor.
Francis Ford Coppola broke the institution’s embargo early to reveal that he had swept the principal Razzie categories for Megalopolis. It’s what they deserve.
EDIT: He worded his post weirdly; he actually only “won” Director (and Supporting Actor for Voight). The full list of awards has been released, and Madame Web took Picture and Screenplay.
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