We're jumping to a slightly lower tier with the next four movies:
3 nominations
- Production Design: Arthur Max (The Martian, American Gangster, Gladiator) & Elli Griff
- Costume Design: Janty Yates (Gladiator) & Dave Crossman
- Visual Effects
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Rupert Everett, Tahar Rahim, Edouard Philipponnat, Mark Bonnar, Paul Rhys, Riana Duce, Ben Miles, Ludivine Sagnier, John Hollingworth, Youssef Kerkour, Miles Jupp, Scott Handy
The best thing about this movie was its visual effects, so I'm glad it got honored there. I've written about this movie already and what I thought about its interminable running time, its real lack of adventure, and its deep pettiness toward the emperor at its center. I was not surprised to see it appear in the production design and costume categories. Both are excellent achievements, but I do wonder why this branch bothered with this movie. There are actually more interesting costumes and production designs in other places. Also, it's hilarious to me that the Academy split the Art Directors branch so that the Costume Designers had their own branch (this happened in 2013), and yet here both branches are nominating the same 5 films in their respective categories. Boring. Also Napoleon won't be winning anything. And I am very sorry that this movie is not better.
Will win: N/A
Could win: N/A
My rating: #63 out of 72
2 nominations
- Picture
- Original Screenplay: Celine Song
Cast: Greta Lee, Yoo Teo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah, Yim Seung-min, Yoon Ji-hye, Choi Won-young, Ahn Min-young
This is one of the most original films to come out this year, and it is probably also one of the most critically acclaimed films this year. It deserves all of its accolades. This movie is a real exploration of the multiverse. Our past lives or other lives really do exist, they live on in our memories, and they pop up suddenly with the arrival of a former lover or a memory of something that might have been. Celine Song's movie explores the singular heartbreak of meeting someone with whom one could have had a whole entire life except that your choices have taken you in different directions. If you haven't seen this film, you should. I am very glad it managed a Best Picture nomination. It deserves it, despite it being what seems like a "small" movie next to something enormous like Napoleon or Oppenheimer.
Will win: N/A
Could win: Original Screenplay
My rating: #4 out of 72
2 nominations
- Actress: Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right, Being Julia, American Beauty, The Grifters)
- Supporting Actress: Jodie Foster (Nell, The Silence of the Lambs, The Accused, Taxi Driver)
Cast: Bening, Foster, Rhys Ifans, Eric T. Miller, Anna Harriette Pittman, Nadia Lorencz, Karly Rothenberg, Luke Cosgrove, Marcus Young, Ethan Jones Romero, Jeena Yi
This is much better than it should be. I was very surprised to like this as much as I did. But this is, in the first place, quite a fun time, and in the second place, pretty damn inspirational. I am actually surprised that Annette Bening got a nomination here. I know she was nominated in all precursor awards shows, but I thought for sure she'd be a sort of also-ran in the category. She's s solid in this, but she does spend most of her time in the water being pummeled by exhaustion and jellyfish, so we spend most of our identificatory energy on Jodie Foster, who I adored in this movie. The real standout of Nyad is the return of Jodie Foster! And it heralds her new appearance on TV in True Detective. She's back, baby, and she's so good. (But this isn't going to win any Oscars.)
Will win: N/A
Could win: N/A
My rating: #30 out of 72
2 nominations
- International Feature: Spain (Pain & Glory, The Sea Inside, All about My Mother, The Grandfather, Secrets of the Heart, The Age of Beauty, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Course Completed, Double Feature, Carmen, Begin the Beguine, The Nest, Mama Turns 100, That Obscure Object of Desire, My Dearest 'Señorita', Tristana, Bewitched Love, Los Tarantos, Placido, La Venganza)
- Makeup & Hairstyling
Cast: Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi, Diego Vegezzi, Fernando Contingiani, Esteban Kukuriczka, Francisco Romero, Rafael Federman, Valentino Alonso, Tomas Wolf
This movie is so good! Do not be deterred by its long running time and its troubling subject matter. It's wonderfully shot and beautifully acted, and it packs a powerful emotional punch. This is on Netflix, so unfortunately most of us won't be able to see it on a big screen, but if you can, you should. The plane crash in the film's first act is one of the best I've ever seen put in a movie. It's edited impeccably, and one has a sense of every single thing that's happening. Then the movie shifts into an almost completely different mode as we suffer with the passengers the long wait in the mountains with the hope that someone will come rescue them. Somehow Bayona is able to manage the shift from intense action to contemplative, philosophical film. It's quite a feat, and Society of the Snow is really not to be missed. Enzo Vogrincic is extraordinary in this, and the entire company is amazing. Honestly, I'm surprised this wasn't nominated for more awards. Right off the bat, I can say that I really wish the Music Branch would stop hating Michael Giacchino; his score for Society of the Snow is absolutely beautiful and memorable, and it'll be in your head for days afterward.
Will win: N/A
Could win: N/A
My rating: #28 out of 72
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