I haven't done an official count over the years, but I'm feeling that Mike has bested me at this more than I him. It irked me because usually I saw more of the movies than he. This might not be the case this year. That dude sat through Scorseses 3+ hr movie. Even I wouldn't do that for a win.
I have a hunch that Mike's husband sees most of the movies, or fully through, and fills Mike in afterwards. Though I do know we all saw Maestro and we all know how that turned out {shudder!}
We "planned" to see more of the movies o the list, but it just didn't happen. At least not before this telecast. Woulda. Coulda. Shoulda.
We don't call it a "guessing game" for nothing. Here we go:
I'm not even sure this one is in question. I don't think Barbie would get this had Gerwig been nominated, This could be a go between the Holdovers, Poor Things (for the upset) but most likely the guy who built the bomb, and I'm not talking Bradley Cooper this time - though Maestro was a detonated POS.
Best Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening – Nyad Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall Carey Mulligan – Maestro Emma Stone – Poor Things
Best Music (Original Song)
“The Fire Inside” – Flamin’ Hot
“I’m Just Ken” – Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
“It Never Went Away” – American Symphony
Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) – Killers of the Flower Moon
“What Was I Made For?” – Barbie (Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell)
Best Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening – Nyad Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall Carey Mulligan – Maestro Emma Stone – Poor Things
Benning? Nada Nyad! At best that should have been an ABC Tuesday Movie of the Week. Mulligan? Yes she was better than her co-stars, but that's like saying 'she was the nicest member of the Manson Family', but no. It's coming down to Gladstone and Stone. Here's hoping I guessed correctly.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sterling K Brown – American Fiction
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
While I'd like it to be Giamatti - and it could be a weird upset - I think Murphy has it in the bag. Cooper can keep on dreaming. He shouldn't have even gotten a nomination. I'm sure Pauley Shore was in something this year that should have him on this list instead.
Ruffalo should win all the awards - for just about everything he does. Ok, maybe not Hulk. Ryan, while still adorable, I'm not sure he should even be in this cohort. Not this time. RJD is getting this.
Best Director
Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
America Ferrera – Barbie
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
No one else in this category has won in other award shows. Ferrera did a fine job and I'm glad she's getting work. Foster was the second best thing in Nyad. Benning was not the first.
You'd think it'd be Nolan - and it might be - but I'm guessing it's Yorgos. Yes, this will break from best movie, but I'm sticking with it. Nolan is still paying the price for having me sit through Interstellar. Fucker!
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
American Fiction – Cord Jefferson
Barbie – Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
Poor Things – Tony McNamara
The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
The Holdovers – David Hemingson
Maestro – Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer
May December – Samy Burch
Past Lives – Celine Song
As much as I liked Past Lives and its originality, I think I'm going with the Holdovers. Oddly, I think it will be Anatomy of a Fall that could take me down. ....though Maestro was extremely bad - and that's original.
I really want Gerwig to get this due to her director snub. And honestly, the female voting body might do just that due to that. That said, I'm going with a WWII upset.
Best Documentary Feature
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol
Best International Feature Film
Io Capitano
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
The Teachers' Lounge
The Zone of Interest
Best Animated Feature Film
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Didn't Spidey win a year or two ago? I'm tired of the webslinger. So. Very. Tired.
There is no good follow-up to My Year of Dicks, so if Mike wins, I don't know what t-shirt I'd get him this year. If the one movie here was Blobby Wine, I'd know what he'd be getting......and choosing not to wear. No one wants to wear a shirt from the Ukrainian war.....at least not ironically.
Best Cinematography
El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Best Film Editing
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
I've seen one of these. One. ....and it wasn't the one I picked.
A colour movie that looks makes you think in black & white. Sepia tones. People eat that shit up. I'm too tired to get yet another dig at Maestro.
Best Music (Original Score)
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
I want Robbie Robertson to get this posthumously. He's scored like 10 movies for Marty, let Robbie get this one. I'm sure John Williams doesn't need another Oscar (I'm assuming he did Indiana Jones). Robertson was partial Native American, I'm guessing he did a great job on this. Of course, it could be bias, but that is exactly what awards shows are.
Ellish won last year - and it's not really singing. Moving on. Dua Lipa's "Dance the Night" from Barbie should have been up for this more than "I'm Just Ken". "The Fire Inside" is what I get after eating dinner at Mike's, so, he might pick that. I don't know IF "Ken" will win, but I want him too - even though Gosling didn't write it.
Best Sound
The Creator
Maestro
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest
Oh, I laugh and laugh and laugh at Maestro even getting a nod for this. The sound and mixing were horrible, at best! Cooper's wrist must have carpal tunnel from all the handjobs he had to give to get this nomination. Oppenheimer has no actual Enola Gay bomb-dropping, you gotta believe it would have had great sound.
Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
Napoleon
Sometimes you just want to root for the big lizard. ....and no, this time I don't mean Mike. Actually, I've heard good things about Godzilla.
Best Production Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
It was lots of pink and cool Mojo Dojo Casa Houses.
Best Costume Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
I'm just going by some of the clothes I've seen Ruffalo and Stone wearing.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society of the Snow
I see that whomever made Leonard Bernstein's nose got in here. You gotta believe Golda's was better But much like the reason for the above category, I'm going that way.
Best Animated Short Film
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
I'm no fan of John & Yoko's song, but the trailer was gripping to me. More so than the others. I'm making assumptions Mike will say something about Letter to a Pig and emails that come my way.
Best Live Action Short Film
The After
Invincible
Night of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
I dunno. It's the only one I saw - and I liked it immensely. And it might be the only way Wes Anderson gets an Oscar.
Best Documentary Short Film
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
The Last Repair Shop
Nai Nai and Wai Po
Oh, those crazy Hollywood liberals!
Well, there you have it. I guess we'll all find out on Tuesday to see the results. I think this year we settled on winner getting cookies. Mike can even make it easier and just box up all the Thin Mints he has stored in the guest bedroom. He doesn't even have to bake.
Song by: Jeff Tweedy
5 comments:
Mike is Handsome. The post is excellent , thanks.
I am super pumped about my guesses in this year’s contest. And while I don’t like to get too cocky…I mean, really? Didn’t see a ton of nominated films – will have to catch up on Anatomy of a Fall, Poor Things, and The Zone of Interest. Sadly wasted hours of my life on Barbie and The Holdovers. And proudly did NOT fall asleep at the theater during the Oppenheimer opus (thought I may have rested my eyes for a few moments). Can’t believe this is year 13 for this much-anticipated contest, this “war of the roses”, this “Jason and the argonauts”, this “Godzilla vs King Kong”. As I always say, may the best man (and I mean “me”) win. But good lucky anyway, Blobby. And thanks for the cookies.
Best Picture: Oppenheimer. The feel-good movie of the year. And Cillian Murphy is no slouch I mean, you DID watch Peaky Blinders, didn’t you? Why wasn’t Strangers Among Us on this list?
Best Actress: This will be Lily Gladstone. A solid performance, but not a ton of range. Blobby wouldn’t know this as he refused to sit/sleep this this 3+hour cinematic experience. I didn’t see Emma’s performance but figure she won for La La Land a few years back. How many Oscars does one gal need?
Best Actor: Cillian Murphy is a lock. Sorry Bradley – hope you can use that fake nose in another production. And sorry, if Giamatti wins, I will know something is amiss. He was fine – but that movie has been done sooo many times. The curmudgeon professor is won over by the sullen but misunderstood student. Ugh.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: For what it’s worth, I didn’t even know if was Robert Downey Jr. in the movie until the credits rolled. Either he has undergone a mind-altering amount of plastic surgery (like Blobby) or it was terrific makeup. He will take home the prize.
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Da’Vine Joy Randolph is the runaway winner. But man – I didn’t not get the hype about this film or any of the performances. This film played out soooo slowly. Can we just give everyone in this category a “thanks but no thanks” award?
Best Director: Sometimes I think Blobby has an Oscar death wish. Put me in the Christopher Nolan camp and pour me a cold glass of milk for my cookies from Cleveburgh.
Best Writing (Original Screenplay): Breaking again here with Blobby – all my secret sources tell me this will be Anatomy of a Fall. Didn’t see it – I think you have to “read” this film? Ugh – so many words!
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay): I will select “American Fiction”, the alternative name for Blobby’s blog. And really – what was “barbie” adapted from?
Best International Feature Film: Well here we can agree – the Zone of Interest will triumph here.
Best Animated Feature Film: Notice how Blobby gets so tired so often. Of course it’s going to Spiderman to take home this prize in his sticky little fingers.
Best Documentary Feature: I never made it the full 20 days in Mariupol – like on “Survivor”, I was voted out of the tribe after the first immunity challenge. But I will still go with this doc for the win.
Best Film Editing Fall down and go boom. Oppenheimer.
Best Cinematography See above about the boom thing (and I aint talking about Bradley’s ego). Oppenheimer.
Best Music (Original Score): Sorry to be like a broken record here, but I think it will be the Oppenheimer team that takes to the stage for the extended dance mix of the movie’s score.
Best Music (Original Song). See previous comment about Blobby’s Oscar death wish (or burning desire to make a batch of cookies). Billie and her hair (maybe pink this year?) will run away with this award for What Was I Made For. I think “if” I lose this year, instead of cookies, I’ll buy Blobby the soundtrack for Maestro (with liner notes read by Bradley Cooper) so he can enjoy it again and again.
Best Sound. I would love for Maestro to win this just to hear Blobby rant some more. But safe bets are on Oppenheimer, so that’s where I’m landing.
Best Visual Effects: Despite the mean remark below about me being a lizard, I will side with Blobby on this one. Want to see Godzilla storm the stage.
Best Production Design: Poor Things for the win. No pink, no bombs. Oh but we did watch Napolean over the weekend. But I don’t know what Production Design really is so I can’t say for sure that Napolean was the best.
Best Costume Design Poor Things. (aka what Blobby mutters each time he catches a glance of himself in his full-length mirror post-shower)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Let’s throw this bone to Maestro. I mean, Bradley can’t walk away completely empty-handed. The scandal!
Best Animated Short Film. Blobby thinks he knows me so well. “Letter to a Pig” is ironically the subject line to all of my weekly newsy emails to Blobby. So I think it’s fitting this takes home the award. And oh, imagine the cool t-shirt graphic design!
Best Live Action Short Film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. You had me at “sugar”
Best Documentary Short Film. The ABCs of Book Banning sounds like a laugh riot. Cue the laugh track. I’ll take this one for the win.
Oh, Blobby, Blobby, Blobby,
I can't believe you didn't pick Gladstone and Nolan. Two for Mike right there.
I always enjoy your predictions; it is an annual event for me. Better than the Oscars really.
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