I’m so glad to see you back. I agree with you on Lead Actress. I think there have been enough signs to say it’s not going to be the predictable choice. Penélope Cruz is also my choice. Good luck to her!

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Would LOVE to see her win!

Happy to see you back here right on track girl, and trying to breath, relax and work a bit in these horrendous times. Dont forget movies and us. Much love from Portugal

gosh it's so good to see you, buddy. I know and understand the absence but man.. this channel means so much to me. It's home.

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! It's good to be back.

Almost all of our personal picks matched up, so of course I immediately subscribed and followed you on letterboxd lol, great video!

Marianna, your predictions were spot on.❤️👍🥳

Glad to see you back.

Good to see you back

You are spot on with most of your predictions.

Really really good predictions. Bravo.

Penelope Cruz was truly incredible! My favorite would still be Kristen Stewart even though I think Chastain will win. Great predictions! I also agree with Nightmare Alley for production design! I think it’s a really great shoutout 🙏🏼

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Stewart totally deserves this, I would be happy if she won ))

@slc2466

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImpressionBlend Hear, hear. So glad she got the deserved nomination at least, but I'm crossing my fingers in a tight race she could still prevail.

Thanks so much for the video, stay strong

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great seeing you back. Loved your passionate video on Ukraine and donated money to the cause for freedom and peace.

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Really appreciate you helping out!

You are amazing! U guessed almost all of categories

Great predictions good to see you smiling again. I cant wait for the Oscars. Im picking CODA for the win. Much love to you Marianna 😍😍😍😍😍

Excellent to see you back Marianna. One can only live in the endless news zone for so long. Even in Kyiv after a certain point people simply start getting back outside and continuing life in anyway possible, even amidst the war. After a while we adjust to the unthinkable. слава україні.

Music and film lover here and I do watch the performances for original song and look forward to them. In fact, really looking forward to my best song pick 'Dos Origuitas' being performed live. Obviously if I don't like the song, it drags, but the category as a whole, I'm here for it - and I do think songs have value as a narrative device.

Welcome back! I appreciate you posting this video given the circumstances. Also, I 100% agree with you about Andrew Garfield should win for tick, tick...BOOM! He was soooo great in that film. Take care!

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you))

You got taste with Cruz!!

I agree with pretty much everything you just said.

Lead Actress is the most wide open I can ever remember- hoping Stewart can to do a complete turn around (going from early favorite, to possibly out-of-the-running for a nomination, to coming back and taking it), but any of the five could win without it being a shock.

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I'm not sure which way it's going to go, but I'll be a bit surprised if it goes the "general consensus" route (Chastain)

@slc2466

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImpressionBlend I think you will be happy on Oscar night as a "Dune" fan. I just did a few contests, and it makes sense "Dune" should come out on top in at least 4-6 categories.

I adore her she's amazing. Haha she was right on most of the academy predictions. And damn she was so right on the power of the dog prediction.

Acting categories were so brooding just 2 years ago with Pitt, Dern, Zellweger and Phoenix. I hope we see some surprises this year. (Rooting for Garfield even though everything tells me not to)

I also didn't love 'Encanto' as much as everyone else seems to 👀. It was a good movie but I think my expectations might have been too high given how much everyone (on the internet) seemed to rave about it. My personal pic would be Mitchell's (I haven't seen 'Flee' yet). I also agree with most of your predictions too. Do you plan on reacting to the winners or doing a recap the next day with your thoughts or something?

Totally agree with the international feature, I would love love love to see the Worst Person in the World win with the smiling face of Renate hugging Joachim.

This is such a weird and difficult year but my current and final predictions are; Best Picture - CODA Best Director - Jane Campion Best Actor - Will Smith Best Actress - Jessica Chastain Best Supporting Actor - Troy Kotsur Best Supporting Actress - Ariana DeBose Best Original Screenplay - Don't Look Up Best Adapted Screenplay - CODA Best International Feature - Drive My Car Best Animated Feature - Encanto Best Documentary - Summer of Soul Best Original Score - Dune Best Original Song - "No Time to Die" Best Cinematography - The Power of the Dog Best Costume Design - Cruella Best Editing - Dune Best Makeup and Hairstyling - The Eyes of Tammy Faye Best Production Design - Dune Best Sound - Dune Best Visual Effects - Dune Best Animated Short - Robin Robin Best Live-Action Short - The Long Goodbye Best Documentary Short - The Queen of Basketball

@brajeshsingh2391

2 жыл бұрын

best supporting actress everybody seems to have Ariana DeBose but I think it will be Elllis for King Richard and even Kristen Dunst as a dark horse for POTD. Acting is not only how well you can emote but also how well you can play that character. And if Ellis gave as good a performance as Smith what more can you do ? Its a much tougher fight. Best Actress is still a 3 way fight between Colman Chastain and Stewart. Stewart is dark horse but Colman was really strong and I see her winning. Have not seen Cruz. Interesting as how you mention that CODA needs to win adapted screenplay which clearly presents a tough choice for Academy. Whether its the quality or the impact ? CODA is running high on its impact. But POTD was not over nominated. It deserved all the nominations. I mean maybe Jesse Plemons was one too many and there Jared Leto should have been nominated. But acting picture, direction, screenplay. It deserved it. It is certainly the best made film of the year. But that is the brilliance of CODA that its theme and sweetness and the fact its an underdog give it the edge. For CODA the best would mean the word subjectively and not objectively where you are seeing if if it ticked all boxes.

@no9031

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with everything except Chastain. I like Cruz better.

Totally agree with your take on song category, last time I remember it going to a song that was actually an integral part a movie was “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from Hustle & Flow, and it REALLY drives me crazy when a nominated song was only the end credits song😡. But we are talking about an organization that thinks one of the most important narrative tools of cinema, editing, doesn’t deserve to be in the main telecast 🤬!

@oklaclarinet

2 жыл бұрын

Well since "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp," here are a few examples: "City of Stars" and "Shallow" provide an increase in romantic tension for the main couple. "Man or Muppet" and "Let It Go" provide a key moment of introspection for one or more of the lead characters. And lest we forget "Remember Me" from Coco, one of the best uses of music in recent movie history, which is not only the emotional heart of the movie, but also the single element that resolves the entire plot of the movie.

Yes! Go Dune! I'm also rooting hard for it! I hope it wins at least in the 5 categories where it's the big favourite. It definitely should win Best Picture too, but since they snubbed Denis Villeneuve for director (which was insane) it has little chances for Picture. I did love CODA too, so I'd be really happy if it wins Best Picture, it could be the Green Book of this year. The Worst Person in the World would be my pick as well for International Feature, I didn't have high expectations going into it, but it's really a special movie, one of the best surprises of the year for me. There's no way Drive My Car doesn't win it though. Flee is a movie that I've seen very recently and it is my pick for best animation, maybe it should win best documentary too, but since I didn't see the other nominees I can't really tell. Encanto will probably win though. The surprise might come in the best actress category indeed where I could see either Kirsten Stewart or Penelope Cruz winning, but Jessica Chastain is still the favourite and she's kind of overdue for an Oscar.

Pausing awesome video a moment: LOVE your best actress pick. Now resuming video

@zachpajak7493

2 жыл бұрын

Great video, as always. 🖤 I am hoping for lots of unexpected outcomes! I will be so happy if ‘Worst Person in the World’ gets screenplay, and if ‘Drive My Car gets adapted screenplay, international feature, and director. Final “hopediction”: ‘Dune’ for best pic. If the night unfolds this way, then it will join my top 2 favorite Oscars ceremonies: 1) when ‘Parasite’ swept (I legitimately threw my arms in the air and cheered with each Bong Joon-ho win; I hope that his translator was paid overtime that night) and when in 1991’s year it was ‘Beauty and the Beast’ vs. ‘The Silence of the Lambs’. I mean c’mon, that’s awesome.

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, REALLY hoping "Dune" can pull off a surprise Best Picture win! That would be amazing.

I hope doing this video was able to give you a short respite from the war. I can only imagine how hard it’s been for you. Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦!

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

You know... it did help a lot to focus on something else for a bit. Will definitely keep going, even though most of my attention is still on Ukraine.

@katoduck

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImpressionBlend Glad to hear it. I've been obsessed with following the war and advocating for stronger support and my only connection is having visited Odessa and Simferopol over 30 years ago when I was in HS. And just being a huge defender and promotion of democracy here and abroad. Take care.

I’m so glad to see you again, слава Україні! 🇺🇦

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Героям слава! 💛💙

I actually like the best original song category, but only if they nominate songs that fit in with the film and are not just written for the end credits. The only categories that are really making me go back and forth between 2-3 movies are both screenplay categories and the best editing. Those categories this year is the most difficult to predict because they had different winners in the precursors.

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Precursors really haven't helped all that much this year with a bunch of categories.

I feel like Dune is going to win everything it can. It would also be nice to see some awards thrown at a Paul Thomas Anderson film this year

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Bryce! I love your channel!! Also, yes please, give "Dune" all of the awards ))

@ldg56

2 жыл бұрын

I feel Fine will win a ton of technical wins and the Academy will wait for part 2 to give it best director and hopefully best picture

@ldg56

2 жыл бұрын

Dune not Fine

@BryceEdwardBrown

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImpressionBlend Even the documentary category haha Thank you, love your channel too!

@AndrewWatsonChangingWay

2 жыл бұрын

@@ldg56 Dune is fine!

I was lucky to see everything nominated except 3 movies: Cyrano, Writing with Fire, and When We Were Bullies. The Live Action Short that I'm rooting for is Ala Kachuu - Take and Run. It was something that I never knew was going on. For the Animated Shorts, Bestia was so creepy and strange, I would be happy if that took the award. CODA hit me really hard, so any awards it garners will be fine with me. I did like Hans Zimmer's score for Dune but really appreciated what Johnny Greenwood did to Power of the Dog. Finally, I wish they would add a category for Title Sequence. Just me 2 coppers.

Interesting to see CODA being the favourite to win BP in a recent surge. I guess with the ranked voting system of the Oscars, a heartwarming crowd pleaser is the way to go. Re: Original Song…being a musical fan, I think it’s a big category for musicals and some movies where the songs are strongly tied to them. Some performances I enjoyed and remembered are: “That’s How You Know” from Enchanted, “Skyfall” from 007: Skyfall, and “A Love Before Time” from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. This year, it’ll be a lot of fun to see “We don’t talk about Bruno,” which is not even nominated. 😂

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Welllllll..... we need more original musicals then))

I'm new to your videos and just happened to stumble across this a few days ago, but I will weigh in and say that Original Score and Original Song are the two categories I care about the most. I find it odd that you seem to give significant credence to Score but not Song, since the songs can often function in place of the score, even outside of musicals.

Thank you for expressing your lack of interest in the category Original Song. I totally agree with you.

While 'Dune' certainly is the likeliest winner for Production Design and for Cinematography; I, too, wouldn't mind 'Nightmare Alley' coming out ahead. But, I'd also be very happy if 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' won. It's bold use of Expressionistic design and black and white cinematography are marvelous. 'Nightmare Alley' uses film noir to great effect (with noir being a sort of sub-genre of Expressionism, as well). This isn't to take anything away from 'Dune' - it's excellent - but, I wouldn't mind a shake-up, either. :) You're probably right about Costume Design going to 'Cruella', but it absolutely should go to 'Nightmare Alley' (just my opinion). All others, I pretty much agree. :)

I'm overjoyed that CODA won Best Picture, but I was really hoping Kristen Stewart or Penelope Cruz would prevail in Best Actress.

Back in 2002 Pedro Almodovar won Best Original Screenplay for Talk To Her so you might be pleasantly surprised this year when it comes to this category.

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Are you giving me "The Worst Person in the World" hope??

@juanvalenzuela1183

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImpressionBlend Yup.

I genuinely think that with how divisive a lot of the films are this year, we're going to have a Green Book surprise year and Don't Look Up and Being The Ricardos will sweep everything

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Don't even say that! omg

To me the best song performances is my favorite

You might be on to something with the Cruz prediction. Apparently there is A LOT of passion for her among voters.

I want Andrew Garfield to pull the upset win this year so badly. He deserves an Oscar! Especially for that performance. I hope Jessica Chastain wins for Eyes of Tammy Faye, that was hands down the best performance I’ve seen from her.

Here are my predictions to win: Best Picture: Dune, Nightmare Alley or West Side Story Best Director: Steven Spielberg- West Side Story or Jane Campion- The Power of the Dog Best Actor: Andrew Garfield- Tick, Tick… BOOM! Best Actress: Kristen Stewart- Spencer Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit- McPhee - The Power of the Dog Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose- West Side Story/ Kristen Dunst- The Power of the Dog Best Original Screenplay: Adam McKay- Don’t Look Up/ Kenneth Branagh- Belfast Best Adapted Screenplays: Dune or The Lost Daughter (Tied) Best Animated Feature Film: Encanto/ The Mitchells vs The Machines (Tied) Best International Feature Film: Drive My Car Best Documentary Feature: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, and David Dinerstein Best Documentary Short Subject: The Queen of Basketball Best Live-Action Short Film: The Long Goodbye Best Animated Short Film: Robin Robin Best Original Score: Dune- Hans Zimmer/ Encanto- Germaine Franco Best Original Song: No Time To Die- Billie Eilish & Finneas O’ Connell Best Sound: No Time To Die Best Production Design: Nightmare Alley Best Cinematography: Dune Best Hairstyling and Makeup: Cruella/ House of Gucci Best Costume Design: Cruella Best Film Editing: Tick… Tick… BOOM! Best Visual Effects: Spider-Man: No Way Home or Free Guy or Shang-Chi and The Legends of the Ten Rings (Definitely Spider-Man: No Way Home. Marvel needs a chance to win for Best Visual Effects. They also should’ve won for Avengers: Endgame back in 2020, but the Academy just had to screw this up by announcing 1917 the winner) I really hope they won

CODA, in my opinion, is a good movie that most likely won't stand the test of time. It reminds me of past Best Picture winners like Chariots of Fire, Driving Miss Daisy, A Beautiful Mind, Slumdog Millionaire, The King's Speech, The Artist, etc. No one really talks about those films anymore.

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Personally, I rewatch Slumdog Millionaire pretty regularly. But I get what you mean.

How can I watch please hold

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

I watched it on HBO Max

Hope all is well with you despite all the horrors that have been happening. I pray for Ukraine every day and hope that this war will end soon. For your sake I hope Dune wins best picture. It is my favorite film of 2021 as well. It winning best picture would give me a lot of joy for where the film industry could go in the future just as it did when Return of the King swept the Oscars.

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

I think there are a lot of people thinking "Dune: Part 2" is going to get ALL the awards, but that logic is so strange to me - why wouldn't you just reward the great movie that already exists instead of waiting for a sequel?

@pauljjeppson6530

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImpressionBlend By that logic only Fellowship of the Ring would've won Oscars. Silly.

I’m curious, what exactly deters you from animated films?

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not deterred per se... I just prefer watching actual people. I like acting, I like the way camera captures the world around us or worlds that feel real despite not actually existing. I tend to lean towards adult SFF, thrillers, and horror for genres too. So it's not that I actively dislike animation - I just prefer other things.

Where do you watch the short films? I could not find anything other than the ones on KZread.

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Netflix, HBO, Vimeo, a couple on KZread - they’re kind of all over the place, but if you Google them you will find most

@kardelenckc

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImpressionBlend Thanks, I especially had a hard time with short-live action films.

Best original song IS my favorite category

I am rooting for Drive My Car for Adapted Screenplay or Best Picture, even though it would certainly be a dark horse pick!

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

That would be fun!

I'm having a hard time with my predictions this year, much more so than the last few years!

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Same! I swear I had an easier time predicting the "Parasite" sweep...

In the past I have tried to watch all the films that are nominated and go into the Oscars watch with a more knowledgable viewpoint. This year, I just didn't do it. Not because I didn't like the movies, it has been so disappointing how the Academy Awards has been behaving, lately. I still want to see Spenceer, CODA, Tick, Tick, Boom and Drive My Car, but I have very little interest in The Eyes of Tammy Faye (I lived through that mess, not sure I want to relive it in movie form). Ugh. I think your picks looked great. I'm a massive Dune fan, too. So, obviously, I want Dune to win as many awards as possible. I saw The Power of the Dog and was very impressed with it. Saw West Side Story and really liked it. Not sure why it didn't do well at the Box Office. My wife and I really loved it. Once the night is over, we will go back and watch all the winners. SO, we may have to watch The Eyes of Tammy Faye. What did you think about the Academy not giving a ticket to the Oscars to Rachel Zegler, then even when she contacted them...they said no, but then when the public found out about it...they invited her and is allowing her to present. Goodness, some of the presenters are not even in the movie business. What a debacle IMO. Again, thank you for all your work on this channel. We are also praying for Ukraine and for the peaceful resolution of the war...and the defeat of Russia. All the best from our family to yours (here and in Ukraine).

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! I think for me, because I see so many movies throughout the year, I end up not needing to catch up on that many so I might as well do it. I still end up missing a few here and there though.

@grafffuller3265

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImpressionBlend - Watch, usually between 100 to 200 plus films a year. It is just that they aren't always new releases. There are SO many films.

My predicions to win Live action short: the long goodbye Documentary short subject: the queen of basquetball Animated short: robin robin Documentary: summer of soul International film: drive my car Animated feature: encanto Original song: no time to die Make up and hairstyling: the eyes of tammy faye Costume design: cruella Vissual effects: dune Sound: dune Original score: dune Cinematography: dune Production design: dune Film editing: dune Adapted screenplay: CODA Original Screenplay:bellfast Supporting actor: troy kotsur Supporting actress: ariana debose Leading actor: will smith Leading actress: jessica chastain Directing: jane campion Picture: CODA Dune is my favorite movie of the year and deserves every award. I'm ok with CODA wins best picture cause's my second favorite movie. Flee and the worst person and the world need more love and i really really love to see the mitchells vs the machines winning best animated feature. Your channel is wonderful, you have a new fan beauty and smart girl.

I don't really care about The Oscars. Just wanted to show the video love, and see how good your predictions are :) The director & movie categories are always such interesting ones. Because how can a movie be nominated, but not the person responsible for putting everything together? Of course that raises the problem of movie & director categories are identical. I can stomach easier that the movie is not nominated, but the director is than the other way around. I don't have answers. I am just thinking loudly.

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Same, I don't know how this happened. The movie is nominated for so many things, and apparently directed itself?

I really want Dune to win Best Picture as well (and it should have won Best Director, but we won't talk about that). The only other thing I would love to see is Andrew Garfield winning Best Actor as it was my favorite performance of the year!

Lol i’m actually going too see Hans Zimmer live this Sunday🥳

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

NICEEE!

Me-never knowing the industry consensus on awards-while watching this: Hmm yes, good point I agree

I agree with you, except I picked Chastain over Cruz because I haven't seen Parallel Mothers. As a songwriter I agree, I never like the Oscar picks. They play it safe. They usually award ballads, which are boring. No Time To Die is a forgettable song, although I love Billie Eilish. Dos Oruguitas is much more memorable, but We Don't Talk About Bruno would have won, had Disney submitted it.

The Academy tends to lean sentimental over the critical favorite in the final stretch - I doubt _Power Of The Dog_ will take BP. Two months ago, I would've said _Belfast_ for the win - today, it looks like _Coda._ Fingers crossed for _Dune_ as a breakthrough nod for the genre. Campion seems poised for BD but Spielberg deserves it, imo. _WSS_ is an astonishing technical achievement. Best Original Screenplay: not a great film but I see _Don't Look Up_ taking it. Or _Belfast._ _King Richard_ is the best of the bunch, imo. I see Kidman taking BA - it's a prestige, industry insider role. Best Actor is tough. Smith is positioned but Cumberbatch might inch ahead. Of the group, Denzel is my top pick - and he's past due for #3 after _Fences._

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting picks! Curious how this will play out tomorrow.

I think Penelope Cruz totally got this. Well deserved tbh.

Best Editing is the most baffling and insane race lol. It's a 5 way race and you can't convince me otherwise

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Which way are you leaning?

@rambunctiousrohan

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImpressionBlend i think it's Dune vs tick tick Boom. King Richard is the only one that has won anything substantial but it doesn't have the flashiest editing the oscars go for so l'm not predicting that. tick tick Boom not being in best picture does hurt it but then again it won the ACE comedy/musical award plus I think regardless of its BP snub it has enough visibility. My personal pick would be the Power of the dog but I'd be happy with tick tick Boom or Dune. Joe Walker really does deserve an Oscar by now. His work in Villneuve's films is monumental.

only just a couple years ago it was Brad Pitt locked for best supporting, Joaquin Pheonix was absolutly locked for best actor. Renee was locked for best actress and Laura Dern was locked for best supporting. That was the 2020 oscars.

no thoughts on the oscars?

I watched “the worst person in the world” last night and I totally agree with you

I think the competence of Nightmare Alley's costume design and period research isn't as original nor nearly as creative as the costuming in Cruella, so I think Cruella has to win, in an even race (which it never is)

I completely agree with you about the music best 🎵 song NOT being an option. I'm a musician, and best score makes perfect sense, best song has nothing to do with the movie and usually plays at the end credits anyway. That being said best score is Power of the Dog 🐕

@Windupchronic

2 жыл бұрын

I would like to see Best Song taken out and have Best Stunts added instead, myself. Those guys literally risk their lives for our entertainment, and in a lot of cases are the reason we go to the movies to begin with.

@oklaclarinet

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a musician, and I think song is just as important as score. If you think end credits songs have nothing to do with the movie, then you are not paying attention to the movie. Your contention about Best Song winners being only over the end credits is ridiculous since end credits outside a couple of frames (with a few notable exceptions) weren't really a thing until the 1970s, and a rough estimate of the songs in the last 40 years is that over half of them played either over the opening credits or during the main narrative.

It should have been the song from Don't Look Up - it's actually IN the movie and was part of the plot!

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

You know, that would have actually made sense!

Is Dune this year's Mad Max Fury Road??

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

It better be!

I watch the performance the day after on KZread

I really love Dune, too. And agree that the director being snubbed was JUST WRONG. My guess for big surprise might be Kristen Stewart. ??? Anyway, looking forward to it. It’s nice to have a little genuine suspense. 🌻🌻🌻

Anyone feels Deja Vu to the Oscars race 3 yrs ago, where Green Book beats Roma the frontrunner fr Netflix n wins Pic, Screenplay n Supp Actor; n Glenn Close is on the overdue narrative n everyone assumes she's gonna win?? 🤔 I'm worry for Chastain, stll keeping my fingers x for her 🤞 but Cruz is my 2nd choice n she'll b breaking all kinda stats juz like CODA!!

This event is a celebration of people expressing free will and freedom to express their views through art. 💛💙

are you gonna review X?

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

I will, but it might just be a short. I'm not sure at the moment. I will talk about it for sure though.

Hi mam, why did action movie like John Wick can't get Oscar nominations for best picture even hold high ratings from critic's.

Prediction, I will not end up in the top 3 when it comes to a local theatre's Oscars contest. That's how confident I am with my selections. Sorry KS and WSS.

straight up, DUNE is the only reason I’m interested in the Oscars this year.

Dune was great but I don't really get the love for its score. Aside from a few tracks, it was very bland overall and nowhere near Zimmer's best work. Although it's not going to happen, my personal pick would be Power of the Dog. The sound is so so good in that movie and so important for the overall atmosphere and impression of it.

I think The Power of the Dogs will win Best Picture. I'm surprised Dune didn't get a Best Director Nomination.

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

We'll see! It could happen, even through it's been losing steam.

@slc2466

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sticking with "Power of the Dog" as well. I know "Coda" is coming on very strong, but "Dog" really lingers IMO.

honestly,at this point being politically correct is more important than anything for the academy

Excited for Beyoncé's performance. Be Alive is a great song. Just because you don't listen to any of the songs doesnt mean other people won't.

Fun fact: I actually found you on Letterboxd before KZread

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Really? That's interesting!

I really want Jessica Chastain to win! She’s my fave actress.

I watched CODA last night and completely agree with you. Definitely should win Best Picture.

I am team West Side Story. I know Ariana Debose will win Supporting Actress. I’m rooting for Steven Spielberg for directing because yes, he has 3 Oscars already, and I know it will probably go to Jane Campion, but I just want a win for him to get rid of that 3 and turn it to 4. It’s been 23 years since he last won for Saving Private Ryan.

AFTER SHOW VIDEO ? how could he slap!?

I would have picked Licorice Pizza for Screenplay but it lost WGA when it had no reason to Lose.

CODA is easily without a doubt my pick for Best Picture this year. Also, what the hell was The Academy thinking when nominating Don’t Look Up? It’s easily the worst nominee for Best Picture this year. If Don’t Look Up or something like Belfast wins, it’s another Green Book all over again.

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

As long as it doesn't win Original Screenplay, I think we're safe from the "Done Look Up" chaos lol

@slc2466

2 жыл бұрын

I agree about DLU. My thought leaving the theater was "Don't Look- sucks!" even though I thought Leo and Jennifer did great work. Do not want it to win O.S. and was surprised it won that award elsewhere.

@dallascowboyshighlights9632

2 жыл бұрын

@@slc2466 I can’t tell if it’s a climate hysteria film or a film making fun of climate hysteria. If it’s the former, I think they failed.

@slc2466

2 жыл бұрын

@@dallascowboyshighlights9632 I thought the screenplay was going for satire, in a smug and self-satisfied manner- big pass for me.

I just don't have the confidence to pick CODA, mainly because I don't have the confidence to predict the biggest upset in the history of the Academy Awards. And make no mistake, a film winning BP with no DGA nomination, no Film Editing nomination, and only three nominations total would be just that.

@Windupchronic

2 жыл бұрын

Not really. Winning without a DGA nomination is rare, but films have won Best Picture without a Best Director Oscar nomination. We've had more than once where the DGA _winner_ was not nominated for the Oscar. More than one film has won Best Picture without an editing nomination; that's little more than a weird statistical anomaly of recent history that people like to throw out at parties; winning Best Picture without a _Screenplay_ nomination is far more rare and relevant. That almost never happens going back to the inception of the Oscars. It's extremely rare. The last one was Titanic. The previous one before that was The Sound of Music. As for number of wins, Grand Hotel won Best Picture and that was its one single nomination. Literally. Feel free to look it up. It had one nomination, Best Picture, and won.

@hawkeye7246

2 жыл бұрын

@@Windupchronic 1. Only one film has won BP without a DGA nomination in about 70 years (Driving Miss Daisy, which had a Film Editing nod and nine nominations). Yes, films have won with no Directing nod at the Oscars, but rare is an extreme understatement when it comes to the DGA stat. 2. Only one film has won without an Editing nomination in about 40 years (and Birdman was made to look like it was made without editing, so it's understandable). 40 years is "recent history"? That's nearly half of the Oscars' existence. 3. No film has won BP with less than five nominations in nearly 90 years. And even the 5-nominations BP win is somewhat rare. Pretty easy to see why CODA winning would indeed be an enormous upset. No film has ever broken all of these at once. Shakespeare in Love and Crash may have been surprising, but they followed the "rules," while CODA would have to break most of them.

@Windupchronic

2 жыл бұрын

@@hawkeye7246 But there are always "this has never happened before." Like, Sophia Loren can't win Best Actress because no foreign language speaking role has ever won an acting Oscar. And then she did. Parasite can't win Best Picture because no foreign language film has ever won Best Picture. And then it won. Marcia Gay Harden can't win the Oscar because she wasn't even nominated for the SAG: and then she won. You can find a statistic to support any argument you want, but ultimately it comes down to what people are feeling, and there's no statistic that can measure that.

@hawkeye7246

2 жыл бұрын

@@Windupchronic Exactly. People seem to be predicting its win based on emotion, which is usually not a great barometer, while ignoring the logic of the situation. As for a Foreign Language Film winning BP, I don't think that's a great comparison, but that always seemed inevitable (Several have been nominated for BP, but it always seemed a matter of waiting until there was one popular enough to win), and it's only one stat (and again, I wouldn't even really call that a "stat"). We're talking about three very long-standing stats breaking at once. But who knows, maybe this will be the year where emotion wins the day, and causes these major stats to crumble. It won PGA, so it clearly plays well on a preferential ballot (though there have been three times in just the last few years where they didn't match), but again, with all of these massive hurdles in its way, I just don't have the confidence that some do in regards to predicting the collapse of so many stats at once. And that's not even to mention the more minor stats like not getting a Screenplay nod at the GGs (the BP winner has gotten that for the last 16 years) or not being a popular winner with the critics (BP winners usually have several wins from critics groups). I would love for CODA to win (it would be a much better pick than Dog, which has no hurdles in its way), but I just have too much difficulty predicting that big an upset.

@Windupchronic

2 жыл бұрын

@@hawkeye7246 No, you have it backwards. The Oscars have always been an emotional event, not a logical one. That's why How Green Was My Valley beat out Citizen Kane for Best Picture, or Green Book beat out The Favourite and Roma, Shakespeare in Love wins over Saving Private Ryan. People vote their emotions, not logic.That's why so many tearjerkers win, like Terms of Endearment, Ordinary People, Dances with Wolves, The English Patient. You can use all the statistics and history you want, but once it becomes clear the voters are having an emotional reaction to something, you kinda have to throw it all out the window.

I'm feeling Dune is going to sweep the technical categories and that Nightmare Alley is going to get snubbed on all categories. Cinematography is a coin toss for who deserves it but Dune has saturation up to eleven and people love that. Production design and costume should have been Nightmare Alley's to lose but Dune and Cruella is going to get a pop win. I really hope Ciaran Hinds gets the win. He's always such a presence. A long shot though.

Hate to say it, but the Academy has a history of not going with a pure Sci Fi movie for Best Picture. Kind of like Toni Collette not being nominated for her role in Hereditary because it was a "horror" movie.

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

There have been a lot of changes within the Academy in the past few years, so the voting is starting to look a little different. I don't know if they're ready to embrace sci-fi just yet... But that day is coming!

King Richard did win the ACE Eddie so it has a shot at winning Film Editing

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, true

to quote a friend of mine: HOW DARE THEY!! heheh. The novel Dune has been considered "unfilmable" for some 6 decades. Now we have a film that is entertaining, meaningful and artistic. But the Academy will pick another 'adaptor'? That would rub salt into the Denis snub. Decent year for film but "Dog Power" is overrated. Fine, expertly made film but the theme of toxic masculinity has pushed it's value beyond better films. Good to see you again M. Glory to Ukraine!

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, if it was up to me - this would be a "Dune" party all the way. I also feel like it's unfair that there is almost no conversation about this "unfilmable" novel being adapted so brilliantly, but seems like people are using the "it's only half the book" argument.

I love to see original song. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper... wouldn't have wanted to miss that.

I agree with you that they over nominated The Power of the Dog. I like the film, it's well made and deserves to win Best Director but 12 is a bit too much. Why did it get nominated for Sound is head scratching. Technically Dune should have been the most nominated film with 13 nominations but they snubbed Villeneuve and no one paid attention to Rebecca Ferguson.

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

Yeaaaa "The Power of the Dog" was in my top 10 of the year, but it almost seems like they name checked it in some categories.

Licorice pizza has the Asian controversy

@ImpressionBlend

2 жыл бұрын

It does. We'll see if that's a factor - it might be, though those who love the film love it regardless. Jane Campion made a shitty comment in her acceptance speech, but that controversy probably won't cost her the Oscar.

@mudstyle5288

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImpressionBlend it’s gonna cost her best picture and screenplay though

Excellent Best Actress prediction. Penélope Cruz gave my favorite performance and she's been having a major late surge that indicates that she will indeed upset Chastain.

I’ve been watching the Oscars for years but i only care for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress ❤️ I hope The Eyes of Tammy Faye takes the 2 Oscars ❤️❤️ I loved the movie 🎥 and Jessica was Phenomenal ❤️❤️

Top gun maverick definetly needs to be nominated for Best picture

@carsonpeterson758

2 жыл бұрын

For next year

no no Chastain all the way!!