Oscars 2025 Nominations Announcements

[VictoriaSpungecake]

Is anyone else interested to see what happens here.

They are going to announce the Oscars nominations around 1.30pm today. If you are interested you can livestream at Oscar.com, Oscars.org,

I am hoping for nominations for Demi Moore and Marianne Jean Baptiste in the best actress categories, and also hoping for a few other surprises.

Marks out of 5

Bridget Jones 2
A Real Pain 4
The Brutalist 4
A Complete Unknown 3
Better Man 5

Which Oscar is the Bridget Jones film nominated for, @ARainyNightInSoho ?

Are we just doing best picture nominations or any category? 😀

Victoriaspungecake... I love your long analysis. I agree that there is a lot more story to be told there for Dylan and Baez. I am definitely going to investigate her more. I have been a Dylan fan for 40 years but she is new to me other than being a name of the era. I found the Pete Seeger connection fascination and have read his wiki today. I wonder if Dylan kept in touch with Pete and his wife after the ructions in Newport. I don't think he's a great people person and this came over in the film. I enjoyed the film immensely.

Just beck from complete unknown.

It was boring to me. No great peril or even mild peril beyond "would he sing a crowd pleaser at the end". Everyone seemed nice to each other.

Least tc is pretty to look at and Ed Norton is always amazing in anything. 3/5 for me

1more to go! Nickel boys.

My marks out of 5 for the ones I’ve seen,

A Real Pain 5 - shame it’s not up for Best Picture but I hope Kieran Culkin wins best supporting actor.

Wicked 4 - I do like a musical

Emila Perez 1 - I managed five minutes before I had to turn it off, I don’t like a musical that much!

The Substance 3.5 - Brilliantly bonkers.

Anora 3.5 - I found Ivan so unbearable, I know that was probably the point.

September 5, 3

Betterman 4 - I only went because my daughters wanted to see the monkey but it was surprisingly really good.

Conclave 4 - The cinematography was great. I hope Isabella Rossellini gets the Supporting Actress award.

Dune 2, 3.5

A Complete Unknown 3.5

Maria 3 - stunning cinematography. I thought Angelina Jolie might get a Best Actress nomination for this.

Wallace and Gromit 5 of course!

Best picture:

Anora: Filmed with a very male gaze. Plus all the sex scenes verged on the uncomfortable. Found out today that they didn’t have an intimacy coordinator which has also made me uncomfortable, I do like Sean Baker films, and Mikey Madison is good, but see above for why I didn’t love this. 3 out of 5

The Brutalist: absolutely brilliant. It won’t win best picture but Brody and Brady should win for their work as lead actor and director, respectively. 5 out of 5.

A Complete Unknown: I’m not a Dylan fan and went into this knowing very little about him. Came out still knowing very little about him except he seemed like a narcissist and a knob. A very average biopic and I’ve seen Chalamet perform much better. He shouldn’t have won the SAG award and I hope he doesn’t win this. Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez was much better, and Edward Norton made a lot out of a small role on paper. 2 out of 5 for their performances.

Conclave: enjoyed this. Solid film with a great ensemble cast. 4 out of 5.

Dune Part Two: enjoyed this. TC much better in this than as Dylan. 3 out of 5.

Emilia Perez: I refuse to watch this on principle at a man being nominated in the best female actor category. 0 out of 5.

I’m Still Here: haven’t seen this but would like to. I’m guessing at least 4 out of 5!

Nickel Boys: hated the visual style so much it ruined the film for me. 2 out of 5. It could’ve been great.

The Substance: brilliantly subversive and funny. I really hope Demi wins because unfortunately Coralie Fargeat won’t win anything. 5 out of 5.

Wicked: not my cup of tea so won’t be seeing this. 1 out of 5 because I know I’d hate it.

Special shout out for A Real Pain which wasn’t nominated in the best picture category but was a great little film. 4.5 out of 5.

(tried to edit to get rid of my own quote which I used for reference but don’t seem to be able to.)

Just the main best picture category.

Thank you. According to the committee rules (which I am just making up) you have to see the film to vote on it, so I am not recording your vote for I'm Still Here. Otherwise, you have have watched an impressive number of films. Brilliant.

I saw I'm Still Here Tonight. I have never longed for a film to end so much - apart from the time I saw a rather tedious 3hr "experimental" stage play with no interval where you weren't allowed to leave the auditorium even to go for a pee.

It isn't that the film isn't good. It is excellent. But it is such a harrowing watch. I spent the two hours with a knot in my stomach and it made me wonder what purpose it serves to have an audience endure the trauma experienced by the original victims.

That said, I loved the film's realism and I adored the music. Unfortunately, the music did not offer respite from the Grimness of the story.

4/5

None of us has yet managed to watch all the films nominated for Best Film. I wonder if anyone is going to achieve that. Who will be the first?

I have two films left to watch, and plan to see Nickel Boys in the morning and Dune in the afternoon.

Thanks, @burnoutbabe I have added your scores to the list.

Wow! That's a lot of films. I have recorded your scores.

Yes we could vote many different ways.

Films i would like to watch again -conclave
Better arty films which are fine to watch once. Anora /substance.

Films probably great but I found bleak or depressing -brutalist or I'm still here.

Musicals so I am happy to watch again as I like music. Wicked /emillia

Leaves dune (liked 1st one, 2nd seemed just okay) and complete unknown (better than last years meastro but very shallow)

Least after this I can go back to watching un/subtitled stuff that is fun! I probably enjoyed "the gorge" on Apple TV more than 5 of these movies!

You'll beat me then as I have nickel boys Sunday pm.

I doubt anybody has the wherewithal to pay what it would cost to make me sit through Emilia Perez, Dune 2 and Complete Unknown, @VictoriaSpungecake 😁

I would urge you to see I'm Still Here if you can @ConstantlyFuriosa . It's incredibly tough to watch given that it's a real family story, but I think it's going to be one of my films of the year and Fernanda Torres' performance is worth the ticket price on its own.

I can't wait to be done with the Oscars films. I am looking forward to seeing Bong Joon-ho's latest Mickey 17.

I missed that you only have one film left to go. That's fantastic.

I’m lucky to have a Cineworld close to where I live and I have an Unlimited card which is fantastic if you like watching films.

I realised too. Only 13 films would need to be seen to have captured

Best picture /best director plus all 4 acting.

Extra 3 are
Real pain
Sing sing
The apprentice

So I shall try and get them done soon (not by Sunday lol)

Oh, I'd love to have done that. It would make following the Oscars ceremony more interesting. I have already seen The Apprentice, which I would probably give 4/5 stars.

So I checked and apprentice can be rented for £5 and sing sing is free on prime.

So weekend sorted!

Conclave - 2.5
A Complete Unknown - 4

Annoying! Nickel boys now on Amazon prime! (For me as paid to see it tomorrow at cinema)

Given I'm not willing to watch Wicked or EPerez I have four noms yet to watch. Any thoughts on what I should prioritise tonight? Can only watch something I can stream!

A Complete Unknown (don't think this is online?)
Dune: Part Two (think I can rent from anywhere)
I'm Still Here
Nickel Boys (someone just said this is on Prime. Can I rent it without subscribing to Prime?)

Once I've seen The Brutalist tomorrow I will report back on my scores out of five just in time to watch live from the red carpet!