2022's Oscar Nominees

Hsu was the best young woman I've seen in a film since Lady Bird and I wish retroactively that she'd have been in it.

https://www.showbiz411.com/2023/03/13/oscars-are-back-2023-ratings-near-16-mil-increase-from-2022-biggest-numbers-of-all-awards-shows-this-season

Strange to think that's good news when this sucker used to get upwards of 40 million on the regular.

we did it we saved oscar

I'm not sure why the article is calling it an increase. 2022 viewership was 16.6 million.

ON or 7 or 28?

not a single vote for Banshees??? what I would have voted had I seen this poll when it was up

history will vindicate me

JLC is cool, i don't have a problem w/her winning. she's been great in a lot of roles over the years, and probably should give an honorary mention to True Lies, which is a problematic flick and her role doesn't deviate from that and is a bit unbelievable, but she commits to it fully and you forget how ridiculous the character is in a lot of ways. i bet this was a close vote though, i kinda thought kerry condon might sneak thru but it was probably tough to get past two icons.

She was the second best supporting actress in her own film but sure.

There appear to be three categories for acting wins - 1) an astonishing performance, 2) being entirely of the moment, or 3) having a legacy or being overdue - as well as sometimes a combination of the three.

Stephanie Hsu is fantastic in EEAAO, but Curtis winning seems fine to me. She's memorable as always and it is a legacy award. I would have liked to see Farrell win best actor, not just as a legacy but for his performance, but am happy that Brendan Fraser won and not Austin Butler for yet another mimicry of a music star in a dumb biopic

In the International Film category I still haven't seen Close, which is a film about a mama's boy that I've been looking forward to for months, starring Eden Dembrine and Émilie Dequenne (best actress winner in the Palme D'Or-winning film from 1999, Rosetta).

All Quiet was the inevitable winner though

Close earned several queasy reviews from writers I respect. Their consistency impressed me: a strong first half, a calamitous second half.

I'm going to rent it this week.

I saw the reviews too, but am skeptical about those perspectives and am more forgiving of sentiment than most of you are here. I'm curious to read what you think about it.

how are you defining "sentiment"?

Saw someone point out that the In Memoriam omitted Charlbi Dean, who obviously wasn't a Hollywood legend but was the female lead in one of this year's Best Picture nominees (Triangle of Sadness).

xp As tenderness, wistfulness, nostalgia, and sadness that is even maybe self-indulgent - I love it all. I'm not predicting what the film will be about since I haven't seen it

just saw that about Charbli Dean, awful

xp As tenderness, wistfulness, nostalgia, and sadness that is even maybe self-indulgent - I love it all. I'm not predicting what the film will be about since I haven't seen it

― Dan S

hey, many of us loved Benediction and The Fabelmans. See our backs? Pat them.

you asked what I meant by sentiment, I gave an answer. I'm not going to pat your backs

not sure why I post here honestly

lol dude I'm teasing you

Never, ever assume longtime posters are out to get anyone, especially when the anyone posts in good faith.

ok, I understand

I really liked Paul Rogers' speech when he won for editing Everything Everywhere, it was perfect

Guess the figures I linked above weren’t correct

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/2023-oscar-ratings-academy-awards-audience-1235550070/amp/

"more hits and slaps" helped

you asked what I meant by sentiment, I gave an answer. I'm not going to pat your backs

― Dan S, Tuesday, March 14, 2023 1:13 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

itt i learned that alfred has multiple backs

His and Jake Gyllenhaal's iirc

Finally saw "Tar." I'd managed to remain totally spoiler free, not that there is really much to spoil beyond the excellent writing, direction and acting. A great, quietly original all-around creation.

itt i learned that alfred has multiple backs

― ꙮ (map)

a Negroni for each back

WWIII is nigh:

https://www.indiewire.com/2023/03/best-picture-oscars-should-only-go-american-films-says-cannes-head-1234823508/

disagree with Thierry. all of the Academy rules seem arbitrary, but they kind of make sense.

I can see wanting to limit International Feature Film nominees to foreign language cinema

and agree that Best Picture and Best Director nominees should be open to all films from every language and culture

Honestly, if there aren't at least 12 foreign language performances up for the acting awards, I call foul

(In any given year, that is)

How can a non-American film win the Oscar for best film since it’s a ceremony in honor of American cinema?

I think I see a flaw in this argument

https://variety.com/2023/film/awards/angela-bassett-mel-brooks-governors-awards-honorary-oscars-1235654578/

Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks and Carol Littleton will receive honorary Oscars at this year’s Governors Awards, announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In addition, the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards. The four statuettes will be presented at the 14th annual ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Los Angeles.