My
other annual Oscar tradition, who I would’ve nominated in my favorite
categories. I veered off from the Academy on a lot of my opinions, and on some
categories, I found such an embarrassment of riches that I was eliminating
nominees that I genuinely loved because there just wasn’t enough room. That’s a
good problem to have!
Best Picture – The category allows up to 10
nominees, so I’m going to take all 10. Quite a few differences here; I only
kept about half the original nominees.
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Dolemite is My Name – Everyone was talking about Eddie
Murphy, but I thought the film as a whole was just fantastic.
The Farewell
Jojo Rabbit
Just Mercy – Gorgeous film. I’m really
disappointed that it wasn’t recognized at all.
Little Women
Marriage Story
Parasite
Queen & Slim
The Two Popes
Best Leading Actor – Quite a few changes, but most of the
swaps I made were from performances I haven’t seen yet, so that can’t be
helped.
Taron
Egerton (Rocketman) – I feel like Egerton
would’ve gotten in if a) Bohemian Rhapsody
hadn’t happened last year and b) Rocketman
came out later this year.
Adam
Driver (Marriage Story)
Michael
B. Jordan (Just Mercy) – Loved this
performance. So subtle, yet so affecting.
Eddie
Murphy (Dolemite is My Name)
Jonathan
Pryce (The Two Popes)
Best Leading Actress – This was a hard one, because I loved
all the actual nominees, but I had to make room for a few others (I’ll admit,
it hurt to leave out Saoirse Ronan for Little
Women.) Tons of actresses doing fantastic work this year!
Awkwafina
(The Farewell)
Cynthia
Erivo (Harriet)
Scarlett
Johansson (Marriage Story)
Lupita
Nyong’o (Us) – Probably the most
important nomination in this post. It’s absurd that she wasn’t on the real
list.
Renée
Zellweger (Judy)
Best Supporting Actor – My biggest category shakeup. I only
saved one of the nominations here and switched out all the rest!
Christian
Bale (Ford vs. Ferrari) – Not a movie
I’d have put up for Best Picture, but Bale’s performance is great here.
Jamie
Foxx (Just Mercy)
Tom
Hanks (A Beautfiul Day in the
Neighborhood)
Song
Kang Ho (Parasite) – I debated about
where to put actors from Parasite.
It’s such an ensemble piece that my guess is everyone would’ve been up for the
supporting categories.
Taika
Waititi (Jojo Rabbit) – Yes. Fight me, I don’t care, I feel very
strongly about including this nomination!
Best Supporting Actress – Quite a few changes here, and I eliminated
at least one performance I really loved (Scarlett Johansson in Jojo Rabbit) – that’s how competitive this
category was this year!
Jennifer
Lopez (Hustlers)
Park
So Dam (Parasite) – I’d have liked to
nominate Cho Yeo Jeong as well, but I couldn’t fit everybody in.
Florence
Pugh (Little Women)
Margot
Robbie (Bombshell)
Shuzhen
Zhao (The Farewell)
Best Original Screenplay – More big changes. We’re getting into
the categories where you’re seeing which Best Picture nominee I didn’t see (Joker) and which ones didn’t appeal to
me as much (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,
The Irishman,) because it’s in the
Screenplay and Director nominations that you really see their absences.
Dolemite is My Name
The Farewell – I knew I needed this film in here,
but first, I had to look up whether it qualified as Original or Adapted.
Marriage Story
Parasite
Queen & Slim – Really hard-hitting, loved this
script!
Best Adapted Screenplay
Captain Marvel – Is it a list of mine if I don’t sneak
at least one comic book movie in there?
Jojo Rabbit
Just Mercy – Really disappointed that this one
didn’t make the real cut.
Little Women
The Two Popes
Best Director – This is an odd-looking category, most
notably because I have two films on here that I didn’t nominate for Best
Picture. But while I think both Rocketman
and Us could’ve used tighter
screenplays to really hit that top level, I think their direction was
exquisite.
Jojo Rabbit – As with all my Jojo Rabbit nominations, this is non-negotiable. I’m still annoyed
that Taika Waititi wasn’t nominated here.
Little Women
Parasite
Rocketman – Spectacularly put together – those musical
numbers tell the story with such flair and emotion!
Us – Just masterfully directed.
Best Cinematography
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Knives Out
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Parasite – I really think this one should’ve
gotten in, was surprised it didn’t.
Us
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