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Oscars 2021 predictions
The list of nominees has been posted, so it's time, once again, to place your bets :
https://variety.com/2021/film/news/2021-oscars-nominations-list-nominees-1234928711/
I must say that, due mainly to the Covid crisis, I haven't seen any of the movies. But I could well see Carey Mulligan winning the best actress one. And later on, like every year, I'll post the songs, and my opinion on them. But it sure gonna be a very strange ceremony.
https://variety.com/2021/film/news/2021-oscars-nominations-list-nominees-1234928711/
I must say that, due mainly to the Covid crisis, I haven't seen any of the movies. But I could well see Carey Mulligan winning the best actress one. And later on, like every year, I'll post the songs, and my opinion on them. But it sure gonna be a very strange ceremony.
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Here in Germany, Mank and The Trial of the Chicago 7 are obviously on Netflix and Sound of Metal is apparently on Amazon Prime (I may watch that tonight), but the other 5 Best Picture nominees are supposed to get released in cinemas at various dates in April - only that I don't really see cinemas being open in April with the way things are going.
So going off of nothing but discourse I've heard:
Best Picture: Nomadland
Best Director: Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Best Actress: Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Supporting Actress: Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)
I am not going to wade into Animated and the Screenplays as I have literally no clue, here. Pixar, Aaron Sorkin and the Best Picture pick (in my case Nomadland) are always good bets, though.
Havent seen most of them, only real comment is that it is disappointing Soul is not a Best Picture nominee.
Agreed on Soul - I thought it was a better film than the nominated ones I've seen (Mank and Chicago 7).
A film I'm rooting for is Another Round. Too bad Mads didn't get a Best Actor nomination - he was getting big last minute buzz.
Not bad at all.
A possible winner.
That one too. At least in the ESC ;)
If that one wins, it will enter a very exclusive club : songs in a language other than english winning. But it would deserve it.
No, I don't think it's going to win. Still, nice effort.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/31/oscars-to-set-up-academy-awards-hubs-for-nominees-in-london-and-paris
Best Director: Chloe Zhao (Nomadland) [correct]
Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) Anthony Hopkins
Best Actress: Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman) Frances McDormand
Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) [correct]
Supporting Actress: Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy) Youn Yuh-jung
50%. Not good, not bad. Didn't watch the ceremony, as it is in the middle of the night here in Germany, but going from comments I've heard and read, it seems to have been quite boring and closing out with a win for Hopkins who wasn't even there seems to have been quite weird.
No.
They will introduce new rules for Best Picture for the 2024 Oscars. None of the other categories are touched by the new rules. The rules only govern eligibility. There is no diversity bonus or something. And those standards they have to meet are not that hard, honestly, so I don't expect any professionally produced films with an eye towards a Best Picture nomination or win to struggle getting over the hurdles.
Really, the only thing I find weird about this is that it may force LGBT people to come out in their workplace. I am not part of that group myself, so I don't really want to speculate on the merits and demerits of being out, but having to register your sexual orientation at your place of work to make sure the project you are working on is eligible for the biggest prize in the industry seems strange to me.
I realize the limitations due to the pandemic, but I understand the Grammys, which I didn't bother with, at least put on an entertaining show, something they forgot here.
Bond got some recognition. DJ Questlove played the LALD theme going into a commercial. In memoriam recognized Connery, Diana Rigg, Peter Lamont and Earl Cameron. There may have been another Bond alum or 2, can't recall. No Honor Blackman. I was only slightly surprised that she wasn't included, but why not her while Earl Cameron made it in? After all, she played one of the most memorably-named characters in cinema history.
Michael Apted
Yaphet Kotto
Helen McRory
Rémy Julienne
Honor Blackman was a glaring omission as you said. I could also do without the mini-lecture leading into it. Respect warrants giving the focus and honor to those being remembered.
This YouTube version of it loses that introduction.
93rd Oscars In Memoriam
Thanks for the precision, I heard some talking about new rules last year, happy to see that it not as bad as I thought.
That happens every year, it seems. The awards are meaningless to me if people are just voting for whatever and not even taking the time to watch all of the nominations and engage in some fruitful debate as to which is most deserving. Some have said they don't even bother with the animation category and merely ask their younger family members to choose one.
They really don't. Most of them aren't even aware it's on. I tuned out to awards shows years ago, wouldn't have known it was airing had my buddy not mentioned it. I love most of those winning actors/films, it was a surprisingly good year, considering the pandemic, but awards season just isn't for me anymore, especially when there's not much merit behind it all.
People have been asking about that for years. I am curious as to why they guard that so closely. Cause I personally have no interest in Nomadland or many of the other Best Picture winners.
I suppose the legal setup with the 3rd-party auditor prevents disclosure. And this lack of disclosure feeds the whole media machine and criticisms about there not enough POC being recognized, or why was film X not nominated, etc. Maybe film X finished 6th in qualification voting, or there was a close 3-way race for Best Actor with the octogenarian getting just 1% more votes than the media favourite.
Absolutely. Through a career of great performances, his role in The Father is one of the best.