Oscar nominations

[Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain]

I’ve seen Oppenheimer, Barbie and The Holdovers.

My call is Cillian Murphy best actor and Oppenheimer best film/screenplay.

Da’vine Joy Randolph is strongly being tipped for best supporting actress in The Holdovers and I do hope she gets it. The Holdovers is an incredible film.

Anyone else have any bets on who they think will win?

Anyone tuning in tonight?

I am yes. Is there a dedicated Oscar’s thread?

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5025637-the-oscars-tonight-who-else-is-watching?reply=133665259

I'm definitely watching.

Yaaaas!!!
American Fiction for Best Adapted Screenplay!

😀

That plus Godzilla Minus One getting the visual effects Oscar just now has completely made my night 😊

I’m disappointed that The Holdovers got overlooked but well done to everyone!

American Fiction is now on Prime

Will watch this.

Question - so if you're Paul Giamatti, what do you do now? Seems like a case of always the bridesmaid never the bride for him. Such a pity he's not younger and good looking like Cillian is! oh no that didn't sway the judging panel at all!

I think that’s a bit one-sided tbh and disrespectful to both actors. Austin Butler was also dismissed by many for precisely those reasons last year.

And if we’re talking ‘overdue’ on this list we also have Cooper (five acting nominations), Wright (older than Giamatti), Domingo (acting for almost 30 years), Murphy (acting for almost 30 years).

Other factors come into play, like the fact that the Academy unfortunately rarely favours comedic performances. Oppenheimer was also sweeping a lot of the awards and it would have been bizarre not to reward its main performance.

Is Oppenheimer on any streaming services? I can’t find it yet

I think Cillian Murphy is as deserving as anyone. He's 47; been acting since 1996 and is only 2 years younger than Leonardo DiCaprio! He was excellent in The Wind that Shakes the Barley and, to be honest, in 28 Days Later.

I’m sure Paul Giamatti will be fine. If he’s bothered about awards, and he probably is because he campaigned hard this year to win, then he will doubtless get other chances again, probably for a supporting part. He’s not even 69! I wish he’d been nominated (and won) for Sideways.

The Sideways snub definitely still stings!

Meant to say yesterday that P.M isn’t even 60.

I agree Cillian was deserving, but his very best performance was years ago - Breakfast on Pluto. Anyone seen that one?

I think you are doing a massive disservice to Cillian Murphy here. He is an outstanding actor and so respected by his peers which is always a good sign. He was the main character in Oppenheimer by a long shot, he pretty much held the film from start to finish, if he had not been good enough the film would have flopped, there was no hiding for him. He is also the most humble shy un-hollywood type you could get so reducing his win to his youth (he's the same age as me so Ill take that) and his looks is incredibly unfair to an actor that would never ever try to trade on those things, it is all about the craft for him.

Have you seen both films? If you have do you think Paul Giamatti deserved it better or is it just that you think it was his time?

sigh You could equally say the same about Paul Giamatti. He is even more respected by his peers in the film/TV world (my ex was a location manager/talent scout) than Murphy is, just because of his age and experience. I just think that Murphy got the Oscar and Oppenheimer did so well due to the subject matter and also due to Murphy's acting and holding Oppenheimer and yes, I saw both films. I don't deny Murphy was great but Giamatti was equally as good in The Holdovers.

For me, I do think Giamatti deserved it better and it was also his time. But having said that, I think he knew, as soon as Oppenheimer came out, he was unlikely to win for The Holdovers. Giamatti held The Holdovers together (along with his 2 co-stars).

My main point was not so much that Murphy shouldn't have won, he deserved his win, but, what does Giamatti do now? I'm sure he'll carry on acting, no doubt about that.

Did you see The Holdovers?

I enjoyed The Holdovers and Paul Giamatti was good in it, but Oppenheimer was a brilliant film and, like @Dulra says, Cillian Murphy was outstanding. I think it was one of the most deserved wins in recent Oscar history. Also he's only a few years younger than me, which isn't particularly young.
I think Cillian is very likely to win another Oscar in the future. He's very versatile. He was brilliant in Dunkirk and I feel like he's the kind of actor that could easily steal a film in a supporting actor part.

As GQ said Murphy is great at 'hero' roles. Giamatti isn't! That's the difference in them.

I'd seen both Giamatti's other big films, American Splendor and Sideways (last year) but not before, and though I'd heard of him, he wasn't on my radar. After seeing all three films, I was immediately hypnotised by him.

I think Murphy is great - who doesn't? His performance in Oppenheimer was Oscar worthy. But as I said, they are very different actors. And the awards ceremonies love a hero.

No I haven't seen the holdovers and didn't suggest Giamatti wasn't also deserving of the Oscar but there can only be one winner. I just thought it was unfair on Cillian to suggest his win was due to his youth and good lucks

but, what does Giamatti do now? Continue to make great films

I didn’t realise how much schmoozing and politicking went into Oscars campaigns until last year when there was a controversial last minute addition to the best actress noms. I think the winners on the night may be the result of those campaigns because there is almost nothing to choose between the front runners.

I saw Killers of the Flower Moon yesterday. I wish it had got more Oscars recognition but I also understood why it didn’t. The story is really powerful and informative - I had no idea of this ugly aspect of American history. The performances are brilliant but the script, while very good, doesn’t really attain or allow the director scope for cinematic brilliance. In fact I thought the script was more televisual and kept wondering if it had first been conceived of as a 3-part TV serial. * Spoiler alert * Dicaprio’s character ends up being a problematic white saviour. It is difficult to believe that he loved his wife and children when he was instrumental in her family’s murders. The real life Mollie obviously felt the same as she divorced him and remarried. However, I think this, like Zone of interest, is a really important film for our times.

American Fiction is brilliant. I wasn't expecting Sterling K Brown to be so good in it. He was always so earnest in This is Us.

Wasn’t he just! Really disliked his character at first but came to love him in the end.

He’s a great actor. I love him in that one Brooklyn 99 episode where he plays the dentist.