2025 Oscar Nominations

[todd-parker]

The love for Emilia Perez continues as it gets 13(!) nominations - the most for any movie.

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st ... -full-list

Oscars air on March 2nd. The only reason to tune in is to see Conan O'Brien hosting.

[FrankTheTank]

Denis Villeneuve not getting nominated is comical. Whatever Dune II did to hurt people I have no idea. I walked out of the movie theater after watching it and thought that is exactly how a movie should be. I have ZERO desire to see Emilia Perez.

I love Conan, and think he is one of the best hosts and generally funny dudes on Earth, so looking forward to see what he does.

[3dender]

Denis Villeneuve not getting nominated is comical. Whatever Dune II did to hurt people I have no idea. I walked out of the movie theater after watching it and thought that is exactly how a movie should be. I have ZERO desire to see Emilia Perez.

I love Conan, and think he is one of the best hosts and generally funny dudes on Earth, so looking forward to see what he does.

I'm glad to see Dune 2 is at least getting nominations for award season, it's better than the bizarre omission from any Best-Of-The-Year lists we talked about last month.

But yeah I think it's literally just a result of its release date. If it had come out October 2023 as planned it woulda cleaned up at last year's Oscars. But getting pushed back to early 2024 just means it gets memory-holed by Oscar season.

[Dicktar2023]

This is the least drama we've seen from the nomination list in years. Aside from Grande missing out, no real surprises.

Villenueve should definitely be on the directors' list. The silent backlash against that movie is bizarre.

In this political moment, it will be interesting to see how far Emilia Perez goes.

[todd-parker]

Also, kind of crazy how The Substance got nods for Best Picture and Best Director. A body-horror film with a bonkers, gory, blood-soaked third act. Is this the first time since The Exorcist that a horror movie got a Best Picture nod? I know Silence of the Lambs won Best Picture, but I think of that movie as more of a thriller/suspense rather than straight-up horror.

After some research: Exorcist, Jaws, Silence of the Lambs, Sixth Sense, Get Out, and Black Swan have been the only movies considered "horror" to receive a Best Picture nomination.

[Pink Freud]

Oscar nominations' Surprises and Snubs, as pontificated by L. A. Times entertainment columnist Glenn Whipp:

SURPRISES:

BEST PICTURE:
“Nickel Boys”
“I’m Still Here”

LEAD ACTRESS:
Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”

LEAD ACTOR:
Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”

DIRECTOR:
James Mangold, “A Complete Unknown”


SNUBS:

BEST PICTURE:
"Sing Sing"
"September 5"

LEAD ACTRESS:
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Hard Truths”
Angelina Jolie, “Maria”
Nicole Kidman, “Babygirl”

LEAD ACTOR:
Daniel Craig, “Queer”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Last Showgirl”
Margaret Qualley, “The Substance”

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Denzel Washington, “Gladiator II”

DIRECTOR:
Edward Berger, “Conclave” (director)
RaMell Ross, "Nickel Boys"
Denis Villeneuve, “Dune: Part Two”


The story behind each Surprise and Snub:
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-a ... 20Envelope

[Pink Freud]

This is the least drama we've seen from the nomination list in years. Aside from Grande missing out, no real surprises.

Villenueve should definitely be on the directors' list. The silent backlash against that movie is bizarre.

In this political moment, it will be interesting to see how far Emilia Perez goes.

Good points, all.

I think the lack of drama is traceable to three things:
(1) So few of these films were available in local movie theaters, so far fewer people saw them;
(2) The L. A. fires have pretty much put movie awards on the back burner (so to speak); man, does Conan have his work cut out.
(3) All those noms for "Emilia Perez" and the snubs for "Queer" --- both films fairly obscure to the general populace until now --- will now put LGBTQ-BIPOC alphabet soup front and center for every woke and anti-woke newspaper, entertainment site, and cable news channel until Oscar night. No doubt, some Oscar voters nominated "Emilia Perez" just as a pie to throw in the face of names on another ballot (Nov. 5).

Aw, geez....already anticipating the 1 a.m. tweets in ALL CAPS! about how Oscar voters' love for "Emilia Perez" is representative of a once-great America in free fall. SAD!

[MikoTython]

Ok, Conclave gets nominated for 'Costume Design'. Really ? Really ?

I need to see 'No Other Land'.

The Girl With The Needle is compelling. Got a chance to see the directors interviewed at the Chicago FF.

[Pink Freud]

Just my two cents on the nominations:

How did Sebastian Stan --- who I'm a fan of --- get a nod for his pretty-boy portrayal in "The Apprentice", but Jeremy Strong did NOT for his dead-on Roy Cohn? Without Cohn, you don't get HIM.

Just think of the cable-news fallout had a movie named "Queer" produced any major nominations. It'll be bad enough once someone explains to them the story of "Emilia Perez".

Every year somebody screams about a director not getting tabbed despite his picture making the list. It's mere math: Up to 10 slots for Best Picture, only five for everyone in them.

Given the preponderance and influence of Jewish people in showbiz, I'm very disappointed that "September 5" didn't get more love. If you're my age you'll never forget Jim McKay looking directly at the TV screen with these horrifying words: "They're all gone." Alnd all for one inexplicable reason.

Everyone in the industry in L.A. mocks the Golden Globes as worthless, but isn't it amazing how many of the GG noms end up on the Oscars' noms? I seriously wonder what percentage of those thousands of screeners sent to voting members actually get watched....or if the AMPAS merely checks the major critics' reviews and GG/WGA/DG/SAG noms to decide their own ballot choices.

[Pink Freud]

Also, kind of crazy how The Substance got nods for Best Picture and Best Director. A body-horror film with a bonkers, gory, blood-soaked third act. Is this the first time since The Exorcist that a horror movie got a Best Picture nod? I know Silence of the Lambs won Best Picture, but I think of that movie as more of a thriller/suspense rather than straight-up horror.

After some research: Exorcist, Jaws, Silence of the Lambs, Sixth Sense, Get Out, and Black Swan have been the only movies considered "horror" to receive a Best Picture nomination.

Oh, but the Hollyweird Foreign Press Association decided "The Substance" was a musical or comedy.

[Pink Freud]

Just my two cents on the nominations:

How did Sebastian Stan --- who I'm a fan of --- get a nod for his pretty-boy portrayal in "The Apprentice", but Jeremy Strong did NOT for his dead-on Roy Cohn? Without Cohn, you don't get HIM.

DUHHHHHH alert: He did get nominated. This crow is really tasty. I paid too much attention to snubs and surprises without seeing the actual noms. Duhhhhh.

I was just about to say, with deep relief, that Karla Sofia Gascon (born Juan Carlos Gascon) was not nominated, but I see she was.....so certain cable news channels and Idiots in Power will just go totally berserk with a [transgender] nominated for Best Actress. Omigod, the 1 a.m. tweet in ALL CAPS! is already being composed. If Pat Robertson were here he'd be saying this is why L.A. is burning.

[Pink Freud]

The AMPAS continues to pursue the permanent closing of movie theaters with 13 nominations for a movie that (1) is in Spanish; (2) with a [transgender] lead actress; (3) about a drug cartel, but with a dozen musical numbers!

Even the New York Times recognized the (can't mention here) :

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences showered little-seen movies (can't mention here) with nominations for the 97th Oscars on Thursday.

“Emilia Pérez,” a musical exploration of trans identity, and “The Brutalist,” a three-and-a-half-hour study of immigrant trauma and antisemitism, emerged as films to beat by securing nominations in most of the major categories, including best picture and best director. “Emilia Pérez,” a Netflix entry, received 13 nominations in total, the most of any film.

“The Brutalist,” a low-budget movie from A24 that arrives in theaters nationwide on Friday, received 10 nominations. One blockbuster, “Wicked,” with its messages about the dangers of (can't mention here) , also did well with voters. It garnered 10 nominations, but failed to crack the important directing and screenplay categories.

While the acting races have taken clearer shape over the past month, the best picture contest remains unusually wide open. Unlike last year, when “Oppenheimer” cemented its front-runner status almost immediately and never looked back, multiple films remain in the hunt for Hollywood’s top prize this time around.

The nominees for best picture included “Conclave,” a Vatican thriller that explores (can't mention here) ; “The Substance,” a feminist manifesto in the form of a body horror flick; “Nickel Boys,” a historical drama set at a racist reform school in 1960s Florida; “Anora,” a Cinderella story about a sex worker who impulsively marries the hard-partying son of a Russian oligarch; “I’m Still Here,” a Brazilian drama about family life and (can't mention here) ; and the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown.”

Have the vicious overnight tweets started yet?

[GelatinousEndive]

Also, kind of crazy how The Substance got nods for Best Picture and Best Director. A body-horror film with a bonkers, gory, blood-soaked third act. Is this the first time since The Exorcist that a horror movie got a Best Picture nod? I know Silence of the Lambs won Best Picture, but I think of that movie as more of a thriller/suspense rather than straight-up horror.

After some research: Exorcist, Jaws, Silence of the Lambs, Sixth Sense, Get Out, and Black Swan have been the only movies considered "horror" to receive a Best Picture nomination.

I found “the substance’ to be stupid. Most of those other ones were better entertainment.

[GelatinousEndive]

Just my two cents on the nominations:

How did Sebastian Stan --- who I'm a fan of --- get a nod for his pretty-boy portrayal in "The Apprentice", but Jeremy Strong did NOT for his dead-on Roy Cohn? Without Cohn, you don't get HIM.

DUHHHHHH alert: He did get nominated. This crow is really tasty. I paid too much attention to snubs and surprises without seeing the actual noms. Duhhhhh.

I was just about to say, with deep relief, that Karla Sofia Gascon (born Juan Carlos Gascon) was not nominated, but I see she was.....so certain cable news channels and Idiots in Power will just go totally berserk with a [transgender] nominated for Best Actress. Omigod, the 1 a.m. tweet in ALL CAPS! is already being composed. If Pat Robertson were here he'd be saying this is why L.A. is burning.

As a person who is considered “gender critical” I can assure you I do not give one flying
F……k what happens in La La Land with their silly awards and their acting categories and which sexed human they plug into which category.

I use Oscar nominations to bring to the top films I should consider watching.

[GelatinousEndive]

I watched “a real pain “because I wanted to see Kieran Culkin‘s performance. He’s nominated for an Oscar. He did a nice job. This is a nice little film about two cousins who go on a Jewish heritage tour in Poland after their grandmother dies. The film is about their relationship.

I would like to see “the apprentice “for the same reason, to see Jeremy Strong’s nominated performance.