by
Julien Faddoul
Below is the
full list of nominees for the 90th Academy Awards with my
written reactions.
A few notes:
Didn’t do so
well in predicting as I did in the past two years…my average was 4/5 correct this year.
Nomination
Tally:
13 (The
Shape of Water),
8 (Dunkirk),
7 (Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri),
6 (Darkest
Hour, Phantom Thread),
5 (Ladybird,
Blade Runner 2049),
4 (Call Me
by Your Name, Get Out, Mudbound, Star Wars: The Last Jedi),
3 (Baby
Driver, I, Tonya)
2 (The Post,
Beauty and the Beast, Coco, Victoria and Abdul)
Over-performers
this year include Darkest Hour and Phantom Thread, while the
under-performers include I, Tonya, The
Florida Project, The Big Sick and, despite making it into the top category, The Post, which only snagged two nominations…
The Shape of Water did even better than I thought it
would, appearing in categories that were totally unnecessary like Supporting
Actress and Original Screenplay.
BEST PICTURE
Call Me by Your
Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Ladybird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of
Water
Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8/9 correct, missing
Phantom Thread for I, Tonya.
I was feeling 7
or 8 nominees this year but they went with the typical 9.
The Post’s
thrashing can be attributed to multiple factors: the film’s release was rushed
and people probably assumed other branches were supporting it. Also, perhaps
peer group voters found it to be genuinely undeserving…
DIRECTOR
Dunkirk – Christopher Nolan
Get Out – Jordan Peele
Ladybird – Greta Gerwig
Phantom Thread – Paul Thomas Anderson
The Shape of
Water – Guillermo Del Toro
4/5, missing PT
Anderson for Martin McDonagh
Now this was an
upset: McDonagh had appeared in every precursor while Anderson wasn’t honoured
by any. Unlike Best Picture, the Director’s branch is much smaller and far more
insular and one often sees more personal choices than the frontrunner options
(eg. Mel Gibson last year or Lenny Abrahamson the year before).
ACTOR
Call Me by Your
Name – Timothee Chalamat
Darkest Hour – Gary Oldman
Get Out – Daniel Kaluuya
Phantom Thread – Daniel Day-Lewis
Roman J. Israel
ESQ – Denzel Washington
4/5 correct,
missing Washington for James Franco.
I made my case
yesterday for why Franco was iffy but I chickened out. I should've also remembered that AMPAS probably still hates him for ruining their ceremony when he hosted 7
years ago.
ACTRESS
I, Tonya – Margot Robbie
Ladybird – Saoirse Ronan
The Post – Meryl Streep
The Shape of
Water – Sally Hawkins
Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Frances McDormand
5/5
correct.
The expected
five, though one assumes that Streep just barely made it.
SUPPORTING
ACTOR
All the Money
in the World – Christopher Plummer
The Florida
Project – Willem Dafoe
The Shape of
Water – Richard Jenkins
Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Woody Harrelson
Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Sam Rockwell
4/5, missing Plummer
for Michael Stuhlbarg.
Ugh! UUUUUUUGH!
Of all the likely scenarios they went with the worst one. Poor Michael Stuhlbarg.
Fun fact:
Plummer breaks the record for oldest acting nominee, previously held by Gloria
Stuart (TITANIC).
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
I, Tonya – Allison Janney
Ladybird – Laurie Metcalf
Mudbound – Mary J. Blige
Phantom Thread – Lesley Manville
The Shape of
Water – Octavia Spencer
4/5 correct,
missing Manville for Hong Chau.
Many people
were sensing Manville as a possibility. It’s a shame it had to be at the
expensive of Chau but AMPAS rarely nominates Asian actors for some reason.
ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY
The Big Sick – Emily Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out – Jordan Peele
Ladybird – Greta Gerwig
The Shape of
Water – Guillermo Del Toro, Vanessa Taylor
Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Martin
McDonagh
4/5, missing
Del Toro and Taylor for I, Tonya.
I can’t believe
in such a competitive category this year that that stupid script that steals
from everything from Creature from the
Black Lagoon to The Iron Giant
made it in! Who likes that screenplay? Who?! You guys, I really didn’t like The Shape of Water.
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY
Call Me by Your
Name – James Ivory
The Disaster
Artist – Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
Logan – Scott Frank, James Mangold, Michael Green
Molly’s
Game – Aaron Sorkin
Mudbound – Dee Rees, Virgil Williams
5/5
correct.
Well, well,
well. They all made fun of me for predicting Logan…who’s laughing now!
ANIMATED FILM
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
4/5, missing Ferdinand for Despicable Me 3.
I was right
that they’d go with 3 blockbusters and 2 indies, but…Ferdinand? Really? Despicable
Me 3 made a billion dollars! Whatever, they’re both bad movies.
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE
FILM
A Fantastic
Woman – Chile
The
Insult – Lebanon
Loveless – Russia
On Body and Soul – Hungary
The Square – Sweden
4/5, missing On Body and Soul for Foxtrot.
This’ll be an
interesting race toward Oscar night.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blade Runner
2049 – Roger Deakins
Darkest
Hour – Bruno Delbonnell
Dunkirk – Hoyte van Hoytema
Mudbound – Rachel Morrison
The Shape of
Water – Dan Laustsen
5/5
correct.
Rachel Morrison
becomes the first female nominated for the award. Is this finally Deakins’
year?
PRODUCTION
DESIGN
Beauty and the
Beast – Sarah Greenwood
Blade Runner
2049 – Dennis Gassner
Darkest
Hour – Sarah Greenwood
Dunkirk – Nathan Crowley
The Shape of
Water – Paul Austerberry
4/5 correct,
missing Beauty and the Beast for The Post.
Sorry Sarah, Beauty and the Beast was designed by
Brian McEntee back in 1991 but what-fucking-ever.
COSTUME DESIGN
Beauty and the
Beast – Jacqueline Durran
Darkest Hour – Jacqueline Durran
Phantom
Thread – Mark Bridges
The Shape of
Water – Luis Sequeira
Victoria and
Abdul – Consolata Boyle
4/5 correct,
missing Darkest Hour for The Post.
Uh…yeah all
those politicians’ suits were really vivid….yeah…we should definitely nominate
her twice…
FILM EDITING
Baby
Driver – Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss
Dunkirk – Lee Smith
I, Tonya – Tatiana S. Riegel
The Shape of
Water – Sidney Wolinsky
Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Jon Gregory
4/5 correct, missing
I, Tonya for Get Out.
I have to say
I’m kinda flabbergasted that Get Out missed here, not because it’s so great or
anything but because it is the kind of film that the editing branch usually
honours perennially. Also, it’s strange for I,
Tonya to be recognized here but not in Picture or Screenplay…?
ORIGINAL SCORE
Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer
Phantom Thread – Johnny Greenwood
The Shape of
Water – Alexandre Desplat
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John
Williams
Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Carter
Burwell
3/5 correct,
missing Burwell and Williams for Dario Marianelli (Darkest Hour) and Williams (The
Post).
I don’t get the
Jedi nom here at all, sorry. Yay for
Johnny Greenwood!
SOUND
Baby Driver
Blade Runner
2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of
Water
Star Wars: The
Last Jedi
4/5 correct,
missing Baby Driver for Get Out.
SOUND EDITING
Baby Driver
Blade Runner
2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of
Water
Star Wars: The
Last Jedi
5/5
correct.
VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner
2049
Guardians of
the Galaxy Vol. 2
Kong: Skull
Island
Star Wars: The
Last Jedi
War for the
Planet of the Apes
4/5 correct,
missing Kong: Skull Island for Okja.
Kong: Skull Island? Really?
MAKEUP
Darkest Hour
Victoria and
Abdul
Wonder
2/3 correct,
missing Victoria and Abdul for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
They usually
have at least one creature-type film in there. Not this year.
ORIGINAL SONG
Call Me by Your
Name – “Mystery of Love”
Coco – “Remember Me”
The Greatest
Showman – “This is Me”
Marshall – “Standing Up for Something”
Mudbound– “Mighty River”
4/5 correct,
missing Marshall for The Star.
Should’ve
figured Marshall would get in because
they loooove nominating Dianne Warren.
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
Abacus: Small
Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Icarus
Last Men in
Aleppo
Strong Island
3/5 correct.
DOCUMENTARY
SHORT
Edith+Eddie
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop
ANIMATED SHORT
Dear Basketball
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes
LIVE-ACTION
SHORT
DeKalb Elementary
The Eleven O’Clock
My Nephew Emmett
The Silent Child
Watu Wote/All of Us
The Eleven O’Clock
My Nephew Emmett
The Silent Child
Watu Wote/All of Us
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