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mystery-moose · 3 months

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EYO THE OSCAR NOMS ARE OUT

Let’s discuss!

BEST PICTURE: I've seen four of the ten nominees this year! Not a bad score for me. Of the remainder I am very interested in American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, and Past Lives. American Fiction in particular got Jeffrey Wright a Best Actor nomination! I love Jeffrey Wright! He deserves more recognition! Any film that can get him that has gotta be worth something.

Of the ones I’ve seen… I’d probably select Killers of the Flower Moon as the best? It’s a hard watch, but the craft on display at every level is exceptional. If not that, then… I dunno, maybe Barbie? The Holdovers is a safe choice, it’s a great movie, but there’s almost nothing… surprising about it. Barbie is CONSTANTLY surprising! But it’s also a madcap comedy bathed in metaphor so… man I don’t know!

Regardless, I wouldn’t pick Oppenheimer. Not to disrespect it, I genuinely believe it to be a very interesting film that’s compelling to watch, and as always Christopher Nolan’s ability to make weird-ass films with experimental structures popular with a mass audience is worthy of tremendous respect. But its pacing is rushed, its script is sometimes awkward to the point of parody, and I just don’t know that it’s saying or doing anything THAT interesting or enlightening about the real people involved or about people or history in general. Y’know?

BEST DIRECTOR: Nothing but Best Picture nominees here, which makes sense. Pretty blown away that Alexander Payne didn't get a nom here for The Holdovers. Not blown away at all that Greta Gerwig didn't get one for Barbie, despite that whole thing clearly being her baby. A real Streisand situation here, I'd say! "Eight nominations on the shelf, did this film direct itself?" Regardless of who wins (or even who I think deserves to!) I'd definitely say Gerwig got snubbed here.

BEST ACTOR: All best picture nominees here, save for Colman Domingo for Rustin. Had never heard of this film before, because it's a Netflix film and they always bury all their work, but it's about a civil rights activist so that makes... how many years that the Academy has included one of these in a Best Actor/Actress context? Selma, Harriet, Judas and the Black Messiah. I'm sure Colman Domingo gives a good performance, just noting that the Academy loves to nominate these for acting awards and not honor them in most any other way. (Hey, Jeffrey Wright's in that movie too! Good year for him!)

Bradley Cooper's here too. I don't think I like him very much! I've never disliked him really, but I've never loved his performance either. But the Academy seems to, since he's been nominated... TWELVE TIMES? Holy SHIT no wonder I wasn't surprised to see his name. Never won one, though. He keeps this up, maybe they'll throw him a pity one like they did for DiCaprio. Then again, I don't think Cooper assigns as much value to it as Leo did -- or at least, it doesn't feel like it. I care so little about Bradley Cooper! I don't follow his personal journey very closely! He's fine, I guess!

As a fan, I'd LOVE to see Jeffrey Wright take it, even though I haven't seen his movie. Of the ones I have, Cillian Murphy is very good in Oppenheimer, no question, but I've gotta give it to my man Paulie G. Dude is an incredibly talented actor with a non-traditional look who's done great work for decades and deserves a big win. He's fantastic in Holdovers too! It's a layered, funny, incredibly natural performance that he just falls into. Not particularly showy, which lowers his chances for a win, but to me (and most sensible folks) that makes it a better performance, so there, nyeh!

BEST ACTRESS: I haven't seen four of these but if they don't give it to Lily Gladstone they've fucked up. Sorry, other nominees, that's all there is to it. Also, where the fuck is Margot Robbie? She's incredible in Barbie! If I get to Supporting Actor and Ryan Gosling is there, this is misogyny.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: This is misogyny!! But I'd love for Gosling to win for this. It'd be his first, and for a role like this that'd be hilarious. That being said it's still a tremendous performance! His commitment to the role both on-screen and off is clear, he's having a ball throughout, and he does his own dancing! God, I just wanna see his speech.

That being said, he has some extremely stiff competition. De Niro continues his golden year renaissance with an excellent performance of a very evil man in Killers of the Flower Moon, and Downey Jr. is so good in Oppenheimer that it took me a couple minutes and a scene transition to realize it was him at all! Also Sterling K. Brown and Mark Ruffalo are here! I like both those guys! If I had to pick one that I've seen that isn't Gosling? Probably Downey Jr. If I gave Oppenheimer one award, it would be this one.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: I like all these actresses, I think America Ferrera is very good in Barbie, and Jodie Foster has been doing great work lately, but this award belongs to Da'Vine Joy Randolph. She takes a character that could be one note in The Holdovers and invests them with so much life and complexity and history. I still think about that movie in part because of her, and because she made choices that made that character feel more authentic. It's maybe the most I've been impressed by an actress in a good long while, frankly! She deserves this one! Don't fuck it up, Academy! (but I know you will)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: All Best Picture nominees, save for a movie called May December... because it's a Netflix film, of course. God, they sure do make a lot of award-worthy films I never ever hear about, huh! Wild how that happens! (Did you even know a new Spy Kids movie came out this year? Of course you didn't! It was on Netflix!)

I haven't seen four of these, but heard good things about Past Lives. I do really love The Holdovers though! Unless one of the others really knocks my socks off, I'd be comfortable with that winning here.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Oppenheimer does not deserve this. I'm sorry, maybe it's a failure of editing, but the pacing on this thing is too breakneck. Maybe that's a failure of editing more than screenplay, though. Then again, the dialogue itself is uh... often pretty blunt and borderline silly, in that Nolan sort of way! So, y'know!

I'd love to see Barbie win it. It's so fucking funny, and occasionally vibrating with pathos. But I haven't seen the others, and they might rule, actually! American Fiction might be great! I'm looking forward to finding out when it hits digital!

ANIMATED FEATURE: I still think we probably shouldn't cordon these off into their own category, but then so few would get nominated for anything, so let's just live in the world we have, huh? The Boy and the Heron is a Miyazaki film, so that automatically makes it a contender, though I've heard some mixed things about it. Nimona is a dark horse that I remember having some buzz around it earlier this year, and Robot Dreams is a sad movie about a robot so it's automatically a movie I vibe with! Elemental... exists! (Why in the hell was this nominated and not Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem?! Why of all things did THAT get snubbed?!)

But we all know this belongs to Across the Spider-Verse. It might not be a complete narrative, but purely on visual spectacle alone, it should win. It is, without question, the wildest eyeball experience I've ever had watching a movie, finally dethroning the previous occupiers, the Wachowskis' Speed Racer and the animated film Redline. It is constantly visually surprising and experimental, to the point that much like its predecessor I don't know how they fucking did some of the stuff they did. It's not the out-of-nowhere immediate game-changer that its predecessor was, and it might not have the immediate influence on an entire genre in the same way... but I think it pushes the medium even further! I can't wait to see what other movies look like in the future because of it.

(also the production sounds like it was a nightmare, animators deserve more pay and more respect, unionize, etc.)

PRODUCTION DESIGN: I mean, of all the things about Napoleon, how it looked was the absolute best of them. I wouldn't be too upset if it won... except I would, because Barbie. I mean, come on. COME ON. This one's a gimme. (Though why is The Creator not here? I know it was a pretty bad movie, but the design? Absolutely impeccable vibes!)

COSTUME DESIGN: I mean. Barbie. Did you see Ken's outfits?

CINEMATOGRAPHY: This is my nerd-ass award I care about. I've liked Hoyte van Hoytema's work in the past, and if Oppenheimer won this I wouldn't think it a complete miscarriage of justice -- it's got some really great images in it. But to me this is Flower Moon's award to lose. I haven't seen the others, but I don't know that anything else is going to match that. It's not too showy, but it is pretty damn impeccable.

There are also movies that I think got snubbed here, like John Wick 4 (yes I'm serious) and Sisu (again, I'm serious) and The Killer. Heck, they didn't even nominate The Holdovers here, and that movie leans into its period setting by aping the cinematography of films from that period! That's neat!

EDITING: That Oppenheimer is here is more proof the Academy doesn't know what good editing is. I mean, if you isolated a couple scenes of that movie, there IS great editing there! And even structurally, I think it makes some bold choices that should be rewarded! But as a whole, I didn't feel like I had time to breathe during a scene, and most of that is down to Nolan always choosing to cut or transition too soon. Sometimes it's even a matter of seconds! But those seconds matter! They're the difference between me feeling like I'm moving through a room and feeling like I'm being hurried through a room, y'know what I mean?

I'd probably go with Flower Moon here, but Holdovers has a lovely, languid pace to it and some very funny cuts, so I'm leaning in that direction too. Haven't seen the others!

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: How is Barbie not here?! What the hell kind of award show is this?! (A Bad one, we all know this.)

SOUND: (This used to be two awards, one for sound mixing and one for sound editing, and on a technical level those are two very different skills, but whatever, Academy!)

This is one I think that Oppenheimer will probably take, because it does some cool things with sound a few times. But it's also one that I think The Creator might actually deserve. Some really killer sound in that film, right up there with its production design -- which it should have gotten a nomination for! Also, Mission: Impossible dark horse, just to give it something. Because I love those movies, even if this year's was maybe my fourth-favorite Mission: Impossible movie that still makes it better than most movies!

VISUAL EFFECTS: It's kind of a long-shot, but I'm pulling for Godzilla Minus One here. Guardians looked good, The Creator looked good (it's about all it did) and I absolutely adore and respect the commitment to practical stunts and car chases and effects in Mission: Impossible and it should get all the recognition possible for throwing a real train off a real cliff... but c'mon. It's Godzilla. And by all accounts, it does so much with so little, at least in terms of budget. It's a movie directed by a guy who previously supervised visual effects! Of course it was gonna look good! That it looks that good at that budget though? Might be enough to get it the big win. Here's to hoping! It'd be nice to see a movie that cost about ten million dollars be recognized as having better visual effects than a movie that cost... two hundred and fifty million Jesus Christ what are you doing Disney.

ORIGINAL SCORE: Be neat to see Indiana Jones take this one! Good score, nice but not too reverent. But I don't have particularly strong feelings this like I have in previous ones. Don't remember many movie scores from this year, nothing's made it into my playlist beyond a couple Mission: Impossible tracks, certainly nothing's impressed me as much as something like The Batman's score or anything.

ORIGINAL SONG: Two songs from Barbie here, one from the Flamin' Hot Cheetos movie (yes it's real and yes it's historically inaccurate!) and one from... Killers of the Flower Moon. Uh oh. Uh oh! I was all ready to be ride or die for "I'm Just Ken" (and to be clear if it won I wouldn't object) but that song in Flower Moon and how it hits at the end... well. It should probably win, is what I'm saying. Even if it's not the fun choice. Be nice to see it performed, at least. These will all be great performances, probably!

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: I haven't seen any of these! I usually don't until at least year or two after the fact! Just how I end up watching documentaries, usually. It'll probably be the one about Ukraine, though. Not necessarily because it's the best one, but because the Academy likes to think that making picks like that is somehow activism. (Also can you believe that's still happening? Ukrainian sovereignty, end the war, etc.)

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE: Haven't seen any of these, but heard good things about Society of the Snow. Zone of Interest is a best picture nominee, so odds are that'll be the one that wins. Surprised a Japanese film got in here but it's not Godzilla! Damn! Was hoping for a dark horse win for Big G!

ANIMATED SHORT: Never seen 'em!

DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Most of the short documentaries I watch are on Youtube these days!

LIVE ACTION SHORT: Good for all these people who got nominated!

THAT'S IT hoo boy the Oscars, huh. This year's a bit of a dull one, nothing that I'm really excited about winning anything outside of like, Barbie. Killers of the Flower Moon definitely deserves a lot of awards, but how many it'll get remains to be seen. Also I just realized DiCaprio didn't score a nomination for his part in that! Just Lily Gladstone! Haha! Good! (Though I do think DiCaprio's work has improved noticeably after he finally got his stupid Oscar. Almost like he stopped trying so hard and that made his performances feel more natural! Wild!)

Anyway, next year I'm gonna be stumping hard for Dune 2 so. Be prepared for that.

#movies #the oscars #Cinema™#i do enjoy an oscar party #even when it's mostly to get mad at them #or sometimes to celebrate when they get it right #i'd say they've gotten more right than wrong lately but then i remember Green Book #and how they snubbed Decision to Leave #and i'm like 'oh yeah these people don't know nothing bout anything'#anyway it's fun to be excited about movies #and i'll take any excuse to do so #even a dumb one by big dummies!!

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crowdvscritic · 4 months

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behind the scenes // ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS (2023)

The winners have been revealed! The St. Louis Film Critics Association has announced its picks for the most outstanding filmmaking in 24 categories. Like all of the Nobel Prize winners in Barbie, they all worked hard for and deserve the recognition.

If you’re interested in the mechanics of how critics’ voting works , I recently provided a behind-the-scenes look at last year’s voting with a more logistical view. (Read it here or just keep scrolling to the next post if you’re on the home page of Crowd vs. Critic.) For this year's behind-the-scenes look, I’ll be sharing more about why I chose my nominations and how I decided on final voting. Of note, I had not seen every film that ended up being nominated before I submitted my nominations ballot, so if you’re wondering why I ignored Anatomy of a Fall, Bottoms, Evil Dead Rise, The Holdovers, Godzilla Minus One, Knock at the Cabin, Menus Plaisirs - Les Troisgros, Perfect Days, Poor Things, Robot Dreams, Skinamarink, Talk to Me, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, or The Zone of Interest, the simple reason is that there are only 24 hours in a day!

Unlike awards shows, I’m starting with the big kahuna: Best Picture! The SLFCA decided to up this category’s number of nominations to 10 from 5, and you’ll keep seeing these 10 titles in my voting:

Priscilla - My favorite Sofia Coppola movie since 2006’s Marie Antoinette. It just missed a lot of nominations, which I suspect is because too few in the group had seen it, but those who had seen it ranked it highly. Unfortunately, every critic in the group only has 24 hours in a day!

Air - I rewatched this just before submitting my nominations, and it still rules! Based on chatter from my colleagues, I suspected the first six films on my list didn't have a ton of support across our group, which is why I ranked them higher. As you can see, my suspicion was correct since none of them made the final cut

BlackBerry - Another film that just missed nominations by a few votes, including Glenn Howerton’s performance as a most terrorizing boss

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. - My first notable theater cry this year

Asteroid City - The 4th of 7 movies in my top 10 that were released before October—a rarity! I’ve been thinking about all of them for months since their release, which tells me it's not just Awards Season hyping them up in my mind

The Iron Claw - This is the most recent viewing to make my list, and it's also the one that made me cry the most

Past Lives - I ultimately ended up voting for Past Lives because its simple elegance moved me so much that it has stayed with me since seeing it in June

Barbie - The funniest movie of the year and one with big ideas...aka the heart of Crowd vs. Critic!

Oppenheimer - Practically eligible in every category—what wasn’t well-done here?

Killers of the Flower Moon - The same note as Oppenheimer, which is to say, no notes! I correctly assumed Past Lives, Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Killers of the Flower Moon would earn nominations without ranking them at the top of my noms, which was why I ranked them low even though I think they are all outstanding

Also on my long list: Creed III, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, The Killer, You Hurt My Feelings

Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor are two categories I never wavered on how I would vote. Lily Gladstone and Ryan Gosling put performances for the ages on the screen this year! I also wanted to recognize the incredible year Jason Schwartzman has had between Asteroid City, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. His lead role in Asteroid seemed like the best bet for widespread support, but basically every time he breathed in The Hunger Games, I laughed.

More actors on my long list: Matt Damon, Air; Scarlett Johansson, Asteroid City; Anthony Hopkins, Freud’s Last Session; Florence Pugh, A Good Person; Jason Schwartzman, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes; Zac Efron, The Iron Claw; Michael Fassbender, The Killer; Carey Mulligan, Maestro; Jessica Chastain, Memory; Jodie Foster, Nyad; Teo Yoo, Past Lives; Colman Domingo, Rustin; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, You Hurt My Feelings

These categories are always difficult for me to pin down. For Ensemble, is it about the breadth of performers and the number of familiar people I am happy to see? For Director, is it the size of the production and the level of difficulty the shoot appeared to have? Those are all factors, but I think it comes down to weaknesses being nigh invisible in both categories. For example, in The Iron Claw, it was difficult to identify which actor stood out the most because they worked so well in tandem. In Past Lives, the camera work, performances, and writing aligned perfectly to support its theme in every moment. Barbie ended up being my final vote in both categories because Greta Gerwig's vision of Barbie Land was inspired and every member of the huge cast found a moment to shine.

More directors on my long list: Ben Affleck, Air; Matt Johnson, BlackBerry; Sean Durkin, The Iron Claw; David Fincher, The Killer; Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon; Bradley Cooper, Maestro; Todd Haynes, May December

More ensembles on my long list: American Fiction, The Boys in the Boat, The Color Purple, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Leave the World Behind, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Which stories felt clever, sharp, and authentic to the human experience? Which felt fresh with a unique point of view? Which created moments I've never seen before onscreen? Which explored its ideas with honesty, empathy, and thoroughness? It’s no coincidence 8 of these screenplay 10 nominations align with my picks for Best Film.

More screenplays on my long list: American Fiction, The Boys in the Boat, Freud’s Last Session, A Good Person, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, The Iron Claw, The Killer, May December, Memory, Oppenheimer, Polite Society, You Hurt My Feelings

There’s no such thing as objectivity in criticism, but it really goes out the window when looking at these focused categories. Animated and Documentary films aren’t as plentiful as live-action narrative films, and I’m not naturally drawn to Horror and International films as much as other genres, though I’m trying to grow in those areas. (Seeing Cocaine Bear, Renfield, and A Haunting in Venice in theaters felt like big risks for me!) Not including My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 on my ballot would have felt dishonest since I saw it three times in theaters, and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is one of the most fun theatrical experiences I’ve had in years. Perhaps my most unpopular vote this year was for Elemental over Spider-Verse—I'm one of the few people who liked but didn’t love that sequel.

More genre films on my long list: Cocaine Bear (Comedy), The Covenant (Action), The Equalizer 3 (Action), Extraction II (Action), Gran Turismo (Action), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Action, Comedy), A Haunting in Venice (Horror), The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Action), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Action), Kandahar (Action), The Meg 2: The Trench (Action), Polite Society (Comedy), Renfield (Comedy), You Are So Not Invited to My Bar Mitzvah (Comedy), You Hurt My Feelings (Comedy)

In many ways, Stunts and Visual Effects are extensions of the Action Film category, with a few exceptions. The Iron Claw is a drama with insane wrestling stunts, and Polite Society is an action-comedy that centered on the art of stunt work.

More stunts on my long list: Creed III, Extraction II, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Kandahar, Sisu

More VFX on my long list: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, John Wick: Chapter 4, M3GAN

This is where my Spotify Top 100 comes in handy. The Air, Barbie, BlackBerry, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and Priscilla soundtracks all charted for me this year, which made those votes no-brainers. Asteroid City, Creed III, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and Past Lives all had soundtracks I spent time with as well, and May December’s score almost acts like a narrator, adding comedic and dramatic punch when needed.

More music on my long list: Creed III, A Good Person, The Iron Claw, The Killer, Killers of the Flower Moon, Leave the World Behind, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Wish

These come down to wow(!) factor, and the categories were some of the hardest to rank. I voted for Priscilla for Costume Design in the final round because I hoped that movie would win something, but to be honest, I adored the costumes in Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon, too. Same with Production Design: I picked Asteroid City, but it's a three-way tie between Asteroid City, Barbie, and Killers for me.

More editing on my long list: Barbie, BlackBerry, The Iron Claw, Leave the World Behind, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Missing, Oppenheimer

More cinematography on my long list: The Iron Claw, John Wick: Chapter 4, Killers of the Flower Moon, Leave the World Behind, May December

More costumes on my long list: Asteroid City, The Boys in the Boat, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Oppenheimer

More production design on my long list: The Boys in the Boat, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Iron Claw, The Killer, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Sisu

I saved Best Scene for last when picking my nominations since I'm better at remembering how a movie makes feel as a whole than its scenes. I started thinking through my favorite movies of the year, and these moments were the ones that left the biggest impressions (more wow factor!). Barbie’s scene of tricking the Kens made me laugh so hard I cried, but I happily voted for America Ferrera’s monologue in the end since it just made me cry, period.

More scenes on my long list: Killers of the Flower Moon, lots of choices!, Maestro, lots of choices!, May December, hot dogs; Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, the train falling; Past Lives, bar conversation

See more about the St. Louis Film Critics Association picks for 2023 at STLFilmCritics.org.

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bisamwilson · 1 year

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mak’s 95th oscar picks

i have somehow managed to watch all 54 films nominated for an academy award this year (!!!), so here’s my #1 pick for each category and my runner up! this isn’t what i think the academy will choose, but what i think personally deserves it

(note: these don’t necessarily represent my favorite film in each category, for example my runner up in best picture is not what i enjoyed second most, but what i think is second most deserving of the oscar)

some categories will also have a “i will be actively angry if this wins” pick and also some major snubs (only of films i’ve seen though. for example, many agree danielle deadwyler was snubbed for Till but i have not seen it so that snub will not be listed)

to find my review out of 5 stars for all these films, and also a list of 2022 feature length films (non-documentaries) ranked in my personal favorite order, check out my letterboxd!

best picture:

winner: everything everywhere all at once

runner up: the banshees of inisherin

second runner up (bc this category is huge): all quiet on the western front

will be actively angry if it wins: tr*angle of sadness, t*r, avatar: the way of water

snubs: the woman king, NOPE

best director:

winner: steven spielberg, the fabelmans

runner up: the daniels, everything everywhere all at once

will be actively angry if they win: t*dd field, t*r; ruben ostl*nd, tr*angle of sadness

snubs: park chan-wook, decision to leave; jordan peele, NOPE; gina prince-bythewood, the woman king

best actor:

winner: colin farrell, the banshees of inisherin

runner up: austin butler, elvis

will be actively angry if he wins: br*ndan fr*ser, the wh*le (do NOT @ me for this if you haven’t actually seen the movie. i love him as a person and an actor too but that movie was a dehumanizing spectacle that shouldn’t have been nominated for anything, and his performance wasn’t great bc the script wasn’t anything that lent itself to a good performance)

best actress:

winner: michelle yeoh, everything everywhere all at once

runner up: cate blanchett, t*r (blocking this out bc i’m otherwise really negative about the movie)

will be actively angry if she wins: an* de arm*s, bl*nde

snub: viola davis, the woman king

extra note: whatever the FYC said, michelle williams was not a lead in fabelmans. her performance was fantastic, but she deserved a best supporting nom, bc the solo lead was gabriel labelle, but we don’t appreciate young actors enough to acknowledge that

best supporting actor:

winner: ke huy quan, everything everywhere all at once

runner up: barry keoghan, the banshees of inisherin (though a very close runner up race with brian tyree henry for causeway)

snub: paul dano, the fabelmans

best supporting actress:

winner: angela bassett, black panther: wakanda forever

runner up: stephanie hsu, everything everywhere all at once

will be actively angry if she wins: jam*e lee c*rtis, everything everywhere all at once (if she wins over both bassett and hsu i swear to GOD)

snubs: keke palmer, NOPE; lashana lynch, the woman king

best original screenplay:

winner: everything everywhere all at once

runner up: the banshees of inisherin

will be actively angry if it wins: tr*angle of sadness

best adapted screenplay:

winner: women talking

runner up: all quiet on the western front

best animated feature film:

winner: puss in boots: the last wish

runner up: marcel the shell with shoes on

best international feature film:

winner: argentina, 1985

runner up: all quiet on the western front

snub: decision to leave (dir. park chan-wook)

best documentary feature:

winner: all the beauty and the bloodshed

runner up: fire of love

will be actively angry if it wins: nav*lny (which will most likely actually win)

best documentary short subject:

winner: the elephant whisperers

runner up: haulout

will be actively angry if they win: stranger at the gate, how do you measure a year? (not bothering to block these out bc stranger is actively infuriating, and how do you measure barely anyone saw)

extra note: i didn’t super care for any of these, but i found the elephant whisperers cute and heartwarming, so it definitely gets my vote

best live action short film:

winner: the red suitcase

runner up: an irish goodbye

will be actively angry if it wins: night ride (please don’t watch this. the vast majority of the film is just a bunch of transphobia couched in a “happy” ending to make it apparently okay)

best animated short film:

winner: ice merchants

runner up: an ostrich told me the world was fake, and i think i believe it

will be actively angry if it wins: honestly anything in this category that isn’t ice merchants bc it deserves it that much, but particularly the flying sailor and the boy, the mole, the fox, and the horse

best original score:

winner: justin hurwitz, babylon

runner up: volker bertelmann, all quiet on the western front

snubs: michael giacchino, the batman; harold faltermeyer, hans zimmer, lady gaga, and lorne balfe, top gun: maverick

best original song:

winner: “naatu naatu,” RRR

runner up: “lift me up,” black panther: wakanda forever

will be actively angry if it wins: “applause,” tell it like a woman

snub: “i ain’t worried,” top gun: maverick

best sound:

winner: top gun: maverick

runner up: the batman

extra note: the academy needs to split this one back up into best sound mixing and best sound editing

best production design:

winner: elvis

runner up: all quiet on the western front

best cinematography:

winner: all quiet on the western front

runner up: bardo, false chronicle of a handful of truths

will be actively angry if it wins: t*r, emp*re of light (this category SUCKS this year)

snubs: decision to leave; NOPE; top gun: maverick; the batman (this category SUCKS this year!!!! the only one of the nominees that should be there is all quiet and these four should’ve gotten the other spots)

best makeup and hairstyling:

winner: all quiet on the western front

runner up: black panther: wakanda forever

will be actively angry if it wins: the wh*le

best costume design:

winner: black panther: wakanda forever

runner up: mrs. harris goes to paris

will be actively angry if it wins: babylon (those costumes are NOT period accurate!!!!)

best film editing:

winner: everything everywhere all at once

runner up: elvis

will be actively angry if it wins: t*r, the banshees of inisherin, top gun: maverick

extra notes: literally the other three don’t come anywhere near fucking close to the top two. i switched back and forth between my winner and runner up a decent amount tbh, they’re both fantastic editing wise)

best visual effects:

winner: avatar: the way of water

runner up: top gun: maverick

will be actively angry if it wins: anything but avatar. the movie sucked but it’s the obvious winner here. the special effects are insane

#mak rants #mak watches movies #oscars #academy awards #95th oscars

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16, 19, and 29 for the langblr asks?

16 Vocab word you are struggling with right now

Numbers. It’s always numbers when it comes to me -believe me

For some unknown reason, my brain can’t process numbers correctly in any language, including my mother tongue. You will tell me 30, and I will picture 300 in my head. I will picture 354 in my head but said aloud 453. You will raise 8 fingers, and I will have to mentally count the 8 fingers to realize they are, in fact, 8, and not, say, 7 or 9. You will tell me to write 764 and I will only be able to write the 7 before I stand still repeating to myself the number over and over until I can make the connection between the words/sounds and the graphic number.

Because of this, learning to say numbers in another language…well, is just harder. Right now I'm battling with numbers in Uruguayan sign language (LSU), having completely given up on german numbers (what the hell is dreihunderttausendfünfhundertsiebzehn and how the heck do you spell it??)

LSU numbers come as a little bit natural at first (like counting with your hands but having a system or rule for which finger to use and which not) until you turn to 11. There they start to change, and even tho the hand positions don’t really get harder than just a few fingertips touching or finger shaking (and one touching the nose for 1 000, i guess) they do change hand direction (where the palm of the hand is facing) depending on where the number is a decimal or a cent, etc

Which would be awesome and quite interesting! And it would not even be the most complex number system in a sign language i've seen (for example, Argentinian sign language involves the face and the head and even the neck a lot) but there is. so. many. exceptions. and also whether you change or not the direction of the hand depends on what you are saying and i ve been trying to learn them for probably three years now and i just keep messing them up

(thankfully anyone that knows LSU knows the numbers are harder for anyone that doesn't ve it as a mother tongue, so they just let you say them like whatever)

19- Introduce yourself in your target language. GO

zxcdfvgbhjk ces choses me mettent toujours si mal à l'aise. euh, voyons… je suis Gabriel. J'ai un autre nom, mais je ne l'utilise pas sur l'internet. J'ai 20 ans, même si je n'arrête pas d'oublier et de dire que j'ai 18 ans (La pandémie m'a fait complètement oublier que deux ans se sont écoulés depuis 😬)

Je suis uruguayenne, j'ai à peine quitté le pays, même si j'aime découvrir d'autres cultures (telle est la punition de la pauvreté!) J'aime les chats avec une immense passion -vous avez de la chance j'essaie de garder ce blog uniquement lié à la langue, sinon je spammerai tout le monde avec des photos de chats. J'aime aussi les langues, mais d'une manière tout à fait différente (les chats doivent être vénérés, mais les langues doivent être commencées avec les larmes aux yeux en essayant de comprendre comment elles fonctionnent!!)

Je suis malentendant et dyslexique, et j'essaie toujours de comprendre le langage non capacitaire entourant la perte auditive en français… sans trop de résultats J'étudie différentes langues depuis que j'ai environ 2 ans (anglais même depuis, portugais depuis que j'ai 11 ans, français depuis que j'ai 14 ans et LSU depuis que j'ai 17 ans) et…ça c'est tout

29 Proud moments regarding target language

This is such a good one! I’ve always studied with courses, and I always did good and was normally one of the best in my classes, so I was always under both the impression that I always had to do well (it was my responsibility, after all) and that stuff like passing international level assessment exams and such were just your regular achievement, you know? The same as getting on time to go to school, or drinking a healthy amount of water -something you know not everyone does it, or is even capable of it, but that you do out of habit and isn’t that impressionable to you, really. So i think sitting down and thinking about this kind of thing, and reflecting on them and what they mean is actually helpful for me

Starting from when i was young…I stopped being proud of myself for understanding books, films, etc in my target language a long ago, sadly, but i do remember the first big story i read fully in English (the first book of Percy Jackson) and understanding everything and how happy i was and how i wanted to shout it to the world; and the first story i read in english where i forgot i was even reading in english -aka my second language- (pride and prejudice) because i was understanding everything and enjoying myself greatly. I was 10 and 11yo respectively, and I now look back with pride at those times. I was doing things and learning so much back then and i didn’t even realize it! Little me should ve shouted it to the word, i deserved it

There are also a few small proud moments growing up -such as my first time chatting with english native speakers offline, or going to brazil and understanding everything everyone was saying around me, having a french ambassador congratulating me for my french when i was 15 (tho i know it wasn't that great, really lol), and encouraging me to keep studying and going into french-spanish translation; chatting in LSU for the first time; having my french teacher apparently ramble about how good i did in an oral exam to another teacher without knowing i was close by listening, or understanding my first video in LSU

I also remember logging in to see my C1 Cambridge exam (2nd highest international english level assesment) when i was 16/17yo and feeling such an immense shame i had lost the listening part by two or three points, but now i feel quite content with the result even if it wasn’t the best, and even maybe pride, for, after all, i did pass it in one go, having prepared it in less than 8 months completely alone, and all while preparing a portuguese exam and taking french classes (besides high school and work). Like yeah, maybe it wasn’t my best work, but in retrospect? that was awesome and kinda impressive for a 17yo and i should give myself a little more credit for it, to be honest

Now…i would like to say I am proud of myself for being able to assist academic conferences at a university level in Portuguese or English and sometimes even forgetting I'm not there listening to someone talking in spanish, my mother tongue. I’m proud of myself for being able to have classes in Portuguese, to be able to make research for my lessons in four different languages, and being able to watch films and read books in 5 and actually follow the story

i think i sometimes downplay what all this means and all the effort i ve put into it, so thank you for making me reevaluate it!

#better late than never!#thanks for asking!!#if the answes are messy...well that was just me trying to imitate the messy way in which i speak lmao

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🐥☕🌳 for the asking game?

🐓 Chicken: What is a comfort movie/show for you?

(Unfortunately my list has only the big chicken? I hope the baby chick has good body image and future aspirations.)

I have a couple options dedicated to different scenarios.

#1 for “something is not right” I don’t care what, paper cut to migraine to mental health to just want a nap… is Black Panther.

#1 for Laur is practicing the right of being an adult and making “bad choices,” all in the name of self-medication and good sport is Bohemian Rhapsody.

(NOTES: If one is of age, it is 100% ok, in my opinion, to purchase and responsibly use legal/OTC recreational substances, so long as they do not contain other active/inactive ingredients that will harm you in large doses. One of the easiest pure options recently became available on Amazon. Always calculate your weight dose. tripsit.com is a fantastic resource. Be ready for a flop/hangover day. Bohemian Rhapsody was a best picture nom. Rami Malek won for best actor. There are maybe ~3 edit flubs in the movie that I recognize as flubs, and they drive me nuts. But no hate. It’s an incredible movie. IDK why it has so many haters. )

If I’m really going for a ‘blast from the past.’ I’ll throw on a DVD from the Sherlock (BBC) set. I was sooo into it as it came out (my high school into college), and I got the DVDs and watched them as background noise obsessively. When I hear the theme song nowadays, I’m a little, like, a what now? Tardis? Flashing lights? What year is it? (I’ve seen 2ish seasons of Dr. Who, which I remember none of, because it was just on when I was writing my undergrad thesis.) My fave episode is Hound of the Baskervilles, because Sherlock has that moment of fear/ confusion that he can only express as anger… it’s a great scene.

☕ Tea: How do you take your tea?

However it’s meant to be taken at the venue, generally, though I have some severe allergies (dairy, soy, oats) that prevent some ways of doing it.

Tea party tea should have sugar and a little spoon. Starbucks tea is, like, neon pink and iced. Grandparents’ house tea is southern sweet tea. Tea at Chili’s is Lipton. The tea that comes in the tall tins from Republic of Tea is best if it either has a Star Wars character on it, or someone from Downtown Abbey. Those we drink plain. And I have a pre/probiotic tea that we add vitamins to that I have for breakfast most days, and that’s tasty, too.

🌳 Tree: What is one thing in your future you are looking foward towards?

The continuation of Laur and DD rock n roll tour 2022: we’re seeing Greta Van Fleet next month.

They were our first ‘big’ concert (headliner at a festival), and now they’re headlining an arena, and just to see the growth and continuing to love the music… it’s great.

#starbucks sunday #ask game #ask meme

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10 Best Normal Type Pokemon That Are Just Plain Adorable

Regular Kind Pokemon are sometimes missed in favor of different Typings, as they have an inclination to have rather more muted shade palettes when it comes to design, and in addition don’t at all times match as much as others relating to battle potential. Nevertheless, one factor can actually be stated for Regular Sorts, and that's their sheer cuteness. We’ve rounded up 10 of essentially the most lovely, fluffy, cuddly, and cute ‘Mons for you all to admire, to show that these critters are rather more lovable than odd.

Eevee

Picture Supply: The Pokemon Firm C’mon, Eevee is a Pokemon basic, incomes a spot as one of many high fan-favorite ‘Mons of all time. As if this Pokemon wasn’t already lovely sufficient from the second it was first revealed, however in current depictions of the Pokemon anime and Pokemon Let’s Go: Eevee, this fluffy little pal has even confirmed itself to be able to having hair, and sporting it in varied kinds. Naturally, this provides to the cuteness issue indisputably, making this cat-dog-fox creature much more endearing. Want I say extra? There’s no approach you possibly can flip down slightly Eeeve. Not with these eyes.

Skitty

Picture Supply: The Pokemon Firm This will likely simply be the cutest pink kitty anybody’s ever seen. I imply, how may you not love Skitty? From the tiny physique, the stubby little limbs, the squinty cat eyes, and the little mouth with fangs — this Pokemon is all about cuteness! Oh, and as if these particulars weren’t sufficient on their very own, Skitty tends to chase its tail and make itself dizzy, in true kitten vogue. From beloved companion to family Pokemon pet, I don’t suppose you possibly can ever go flawed with having Skitty by your facet — simply keep in mind to present it loads of cuddles!

Teddiursa

Picture Supply: The Pokemon Firm Cute little bear cub? Test. This child Pokemon is one many followers want they might simply choose up and snuggle like a teddy bear, as a result of…properly, it’s simply so darn cute! Have a look at these little eyes and joyful little face — this fuzzball is completely heartwarming when it comes to look! From the stumpy little physique to the teeny tiny bear claws, Teddiursa is definitely essentially the most lovely bear Pokemon within the franchise (properly, at the very least to me. Once more, you’ll should battle me over this opinion), and that crescent moon on the brow simply provides a lot allure to the design. Think about stargazing with this little buddy on a heat evening throughout your adventures. That’s proper, I wager you’re on workforce Teddiursa now too, proper?

Furret

Picture Supply: The Pokemon Firm There’s one factor I’ve at all times stated about Furret, and that's the indisputable fact that I’d like to have one as my little buddy, wrapping itself round my neck and chilling on my shoulder like a fuzzy scarf. Heat and toasty plus accompanied by an lovely buddy? Signal me up. Severely although, Furret is a Pokemon that's usually missed relating to cuteness, so I’m bringing this lengthy boi the eye he so very a lot deserves. Inform me you don’t wanna maintain him up above the bottom and watch that slinky little pal do a biiig stretch. Plus, these nubby little paws? All the higher for nomming on snacks. Furret is about as lovely as Regular Sorts get, and no, you possibly can’t change my thoughts. Battle me.

Cinccino

Picture Supply: The Pokemon Firm Cinccino is just not solely tremendous cute, however this Pokemon is obsessive about preserving its fur clear too, actually upholding some strong magnificence requirements. I imply, simply have a look at artwork that shine! This little chinchilla-like creature seems like an ideal pal for Trainers of all ages and has so many lovely options that make it stand out as one of many cutest Regular Kind Pokemon in existence. Cinccino has some huge ol’ fluffy ears, cute paws, a spherical lovable face, and better of all, that silky clean clear white fur that simply glistens wherever it goes. Is that sufficient to make you go Aww at how lovely this fluffy little factor is? I actually suppose so!

Spinda

Picture Supply: The Pokemon Firm Spinda is one other Regular Kind Pokemon that's usually forgotten, not simply when it comes to cuteness, however altogether. As a single-stage Pokemon with none evolutions or being featured in any of the current Pokemon video games, it’s comprehensible why. Nevertheless, Spinda stays one of the crucial lovely bunnies, and dare I say the cuter alternative over Buneary. Spinda has an lovely, dizzy little approach of strolling, during which they are often discovered stumbling in every single place. Their mouths and swirly eyes additional point out their dizziness, which provides to their attraction and lovely demeanor. Lastly, Spinda are tremendous distinctive, as a result of there are literally thousands of totally different patterns, which means each’s spots will differ from others. Apparently sufficient, this was even true within the Pokemon video games during which it featured, which made stumbling throughout Spinda within the wild a lot enjoyable.

Zigzagoon

Picture Supply: The Pokemon Firm Look, I get it — this little man usually wouldn’t be the primary ‘Mon that pops into your head when you concentrate on the cutest Regular Sorts on the market. Nevertheless, there’s a lot to like about Zigzagoon, which is why it’s disappointing that it’s so usually missed in favor of a extra cute and fuzzy species. This spiky dude is sort of a raccoon-dog hybrid, however with the wandering curiosity of a cat. Is that not essentially the most lovely mixture on the earth? What makes this Pokemon so endearing, aside from its lovely beady eyes, small toes, and lengthy spiky ears, is the truth that when it runs, it at all times does so in a zigzag vogue, therefore the title.

Stufful

Picture Supply: The Pokemon Firm Look, even when Stufful does occur to be surprisingly scary regardless of its look, there’s no denying that this Pokemon is something aside from cute on the floor. Stufful right here seems like a residing respiratory crimson panda plushie, tremendous snuggly and comfortable (shhh, we will faux that is the case). Not solely does Stufful have that harmless plush toy look with stubby legs and beady little eyes, however it additionally is available in a comfortable pink shade palette, which provides to the lovable and cuddly vibe it has happening. And lastly, there’s that huge smiley mouth, beaming with a contented have a look at one of the best of occasions.

Wooloo

Picture Supply: The Pokemon Firm C’mon now, you possibly can’t inform me Wooloo isn’t one of many cutest stuff you’ve ever seen. This tiny sheep simply seems like an enormous fluffy cloud, with Pikachu proving this level by catching some cozy sleep on the again of this Regular Kind ‘Mon. how fluffy the wool of this creature is, it’s arduous to not wish to attain out and pet this critter by giving it an enormous ‘ol cuddle. Wooloo can be comparatively easy in design, which not solely factors to its Typing, but additionally provides to the attraction, as this causes its huge eyes, tiny pink nostril, and mini horns to face out much more so. I wager Wooloo would make simply the cutest little farm pal, too — sitting there nomming away on grass all day like one of the best sheep ever.

Lillipup

Picture Supply: The Pokemon Firm D’awww… have a look at this little pupper — even when he’s grumpy, he’s so heckin’ cute! Lillipup right here is one in all a number of canine Pokemon throughout the franchise, but it nonetheless manages to face out as one of many cutest amongst all of them. The quick stubby legs and outsized ears actually assist to promote the entire pet look, and people huge eyes are stuffed with such expression it could be arduous to not befriend he little man and inform him what a superb boi he's. Plus, whereas Lillipup has an general easy design, there’s one thing about that mega face fluff that's simply begging for all the head pats and chin scratches. In regards to the creator

Grace Black Grace is a author and digital artist from New Zealand with a love for fiction and storytelling. Grace has been writing for Twinfinite for one yr and within the video games trade for 2 years. She's an fanatic of the whole lot spooky, an occasional anime enjoyer, and a die-hard Ghost-Kind Pokemon fangirl. Her favourite video video games embody Overwatch 2, Life is Unusual, The Final of Us, Baldur's Gate 3, and Pokemon - all of which she is going to by no means tire of. Source link Read the full article

#adorable #normal #Plain #Pokemon #Type

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I’ve made an effort to see as many major award contenders as possible this year, thoughts on the Oscar noms below the cut

I’ll say upfront I haven’t seen Nyad or Rustin yet, bc I was kinda waiting to see how they did with noms before I added them to my pre-Oscar viewing roster

That being said I have seen almost every other nominated film, outside of the shorts and a couple of the international noms, and I have Thoughts on the Oscar nominations and predictions for winners

Best Picture

No surprises really. I’m really pleased Anatomy of a Fall, Past Lives, and The Zone of Interest all made it on the list, bc the Academy doesn’t have the best record of recognizing non-English speaking films. Personally, I would’ve given The Color Purple and Society of the Snow noms over Maestro and American Fiction, but.

Predicted winner: Oppenheimer. At this point in awards season, there’s no way the Oppenheimer win streak can be stopped. Which I absolutely loved Oppenheimer, so I’d be happy with this win

Best Director

Fuck, these are really good nominees. I wouldn’t make any changes to this list. I’m thrilled Justine Triet made it on for Anatomy of a Fall, along with Jonathan Glazer for Zone of Interest. One of my hotter takes of the year is, as much as I loved Barbie, Greta Gerwig didn’t really do Best Director level work, at least not in a year this stacked. There aren’t any directors that did get nominated that I would replace with Greta Gerwig.

Predicted winner: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer. Making a three hour, historical biopic that absolutely flies is hard stuff. This would be a deserved win.

Best Actor

If we’re being honest, the race is between Cillian Murphy and Paul Giamatti. I knew it wouldn’t happen, but I was really hoping Zac Efron would make it onto the list for The Iron Claw. I’m a Maestro hater, and really don’t think Bradley Cooper should’ve been nominated. I would’ve loved for Andrew Scott to make it for All of Us Strangers.

Predicted winner: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer. The Globes acceptance speech locked it in for me. A win for the Irish is coming.

Best Actress

The nominations were announced this morning, and all goddamn day I’ve been irritated with the amount of talk about Margot Robbie being snubbed. The nominees are solid this year! For those thinking Margot was snubbed, whose spot should she have taken on this list? Margot was great, but be serious. This is all the more irritating bc it’s taking away from how close Lily Gladstone is from a historic win. I recently heard a film critic discuss the emotional work that was required of Lily Gladstone, a Native actor, to portray a real story of genocide of Native people, and that really locked in for me just how good their performance is.

Predicted winner: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Supporting Actor

No big surprises here. I was really hoping Charles Melton for May December could’ve snuck in, but I knew it was unlikely. My long shot, I-know-this-won’t-happen-but nomination wishes were Dominic Sessa for The Holdovers and Milo Machado-Graner for Anatomy of a Fall.

Predicted winner: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer. This man has yet to lose this season, I would be shocked if anyone else won

Best Supporting Actress

I’m so glad Danielle Brooks was nominated for The Color Purple, she was such a scene stealer. I was really surprised America Ferrera was nominated; she was good but. I would’ve really liked to see Julianne Moore for May December or Cara Jade Myers for Killers of the Flower Moon make the list.

Predicted winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers. She’s been sweeping this awards season, deservedly so.

Adapted Screenplay

It’s absolutely ridiculous that Killers of the Flower Moon didn’t get nominated. Let’s be serious, it should’ve gotten the nom over Barbie.

Predicted winner: Oppenheimer.

Original Screenplay

I was pleasantly surprised Anatomy of a Fall was nominated, and considering it won at the Globes, I’m now betting heavy on it winning. The only upset I could see is The Holdovers, which was also fantastic.

Predicted winner: Anatomy of a Fall

International Feature

Extremely funny how much the French government turning its back on Justine Triet has backfired. I absolutely loved Society of the Snow, and really wish it got more noms overall.

Predicted winner: The Zone of Interest. Especially considering how well All Quiet on the Western Front did at the Oscars last year, I think serious German films are favored by the Academy these days.

Cinematography

El Conde, a pleasant surprise! Overall, just a great year to see films in theaters, as they were meant to be seen.

Predicted winner: Oppenheimer. Hoyte van Hoytema, it’s your year

Production Design

I’ve been watching a lot of behind the scenes videos for Killers of the Flower Moon, and the amount of work that went into making it both historically accurate and accurate to the Osage nation is just mind blowing. That said, I’m such a fan of the practical design that went into the Barbie sets, and just love all the random interesting choices the production team made when designing Barbie Land.

Predicted winner: Barbie. I have a feeling this will be one of the few wins for Barbie overall.

Costume Design

No surprise noms here, but I don’t think there’s a clear winner yet. Historically, the Academy really doesn’t like awarding more modern costume design, which puts Barbie at a bit of a disadvantage. Poor Things had really fun and creative costumes, just a great blend of historical clothing with interesting details. Like the production design, Killers of the Flower Moon did an astonishing amount of work to make accurate traditional Osage clothing, and I really want that to be recognized.

Predicted winner: Killers of the Flower Moon. Period pieces always have an advantage with the Academy, and I’d really love Jacqueline West and Jenny O’Keefe to be recognized for the work they did.

Makeup and Hairstyling

For most of the nominees, the makeup and hair seems to primarily be focused on successfully aging (or de-aging) the actors, which is definitely hard to do well! Except for Society of the Snow, which is great for gruesome injuries makeup and 70s haircuts.

Predicted winner: Oppenheimer. I’m really rooting for Society of the Snow, though.

Film Editing

Again, very pleasantly surprised that Anatomy of a Fall got a nom. Overall, a really solid list with all radically different editing styles that work really well.

Predicted winner: Killers of the Flower Moon. Getting a 3.5 hour film to feel as tight as it did was a no small feat. I wouldn’t be surprised if Oppenheimer won tho.

Original Song

I really agree with recent discussion that only songs actually featured in the film, not in the end credits, should be eligible for this category. I’m tired of end credits songs that few people hear dominating.

Predicted winner: one of the Barbie songs. I really don’t give this category much attention

Original Score

Now how in the hell did American Fiction manage to sneak in here. What an absolute shame that Joe Hisaishi isn’t being recognized for The Boy and the Heron, on top of a lifetime of masterful scores.

Predicted winner: Oppenheimer. Ludwig Göransson absolutely knocked it out of the park, his score fucks hard

Sound Design

I’m really bummed Society of the Snow didn’t get a nom. Sound design is tricky bc it often goes unnoticed, unless it’s being utilized in a particular way or is done badly. But when it’s done really well, it’s very noticeable in how effective it was, which is the case for Society of the Snow, The Zone of Interest, and Oppenheimer.

Predicted winner: Oppenheimer. Absolutely worth it to hear it in an imax theater. I have a suspicion The Zone of Interest may be a surprise winner on Oscar night tho.

Animated Film

There’s a great irony in Disney abandoning Nimona only for Nimona to get nominated over the Disney film of the year.

Predicted winner: The Boy and The Heron. I was locked in on Spider-verse until the Globes, but I think the Academy might be ready to recognize Miyazaki again.

Overall, I’m really pleased with the nominees this year! It is bit of a bummer that All of Us Strangers and The Iron Claw were completely locked out, but that’s just how studio campaigns go sometimes. I’ve been watching the Oscars for years now, and putting in a lot of effort into learning about film and how to be critical of films, along with really understanding how film awards season really works. And I feel like I’ve gotten a lot better at understanding the Oscars and being able to accurately predict nominees and winners.

#oscars 2024

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tboyofwillendorf · 2 years

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and if i were to liveblog the oscars tonight?

#preface: i’ve seen all the best picture noms except for belfast #oscars 22

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milliedazzledust · 3 years

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Somewhere Only We Know (Bucky Barnes imagine)

Request: @the-craziestone story about Bucky x Reader, where Bucky is really obsessed with Reader - But not in a creepy way, more like he's really really in love with her and he can only see her, like she's his world Anon: can you do something with reader gifting Bucky Barnes the 3 Lord of the Rings books? They were published after WWII, and reader knows he liked The Hobbit so she thinks it's something he'd like

Words: 2943

A/N: this is pure fluff with no warning, also I changed a tiny bit the second request to fit the story - enjoy ;)

He couldn’t explain the sadness he constantly felt every time he was walking through the streets of the city he used to know by heart. A stranger in a strange land was the best way to describe him. More than seventy years had passed, and he hadn’t witnessed any changes. While he had been a puppet deprived of freewill and controlled with the sole purpose of killing, he had missed the birth of a whole new world. Now, as he strode around the streets, he could easily remember each of their names, but none of them were familiar. His mind remained in the 1940’s and in the middle of the noises, surrounded by the sound of first responders vehicles, the children running around and cars piling up on the road, he was a stranger in his own home. It was an unsettling feeling, a pining melancholy that reminded him in every step he made that his Brooklyn didn’t exist anymore.

He was furious in a way, but mostly confused. Haunted by memories he had gotten back a second ago, and they didn’t fit this new reality. He wasn’t even nostalgic, but the loneliness was getting heavier every day. He could still picture the park he used to take his sister, the alley where Steve had gotten beaten up one day, the bakery his mother used to go to every morning. Treasure of souvenirs he would keep forever. And although the park, the alley and the streets names were still here, he was left alone walking down Brooklyn.

“Hey, Y/N!” He heard a voice shouting. “Where do I put those ?”

His head mechanically turned to a young boy carrying a heavy box of what looked like antics. Without thinking he crossed the road and when his eyes laid on the small shop, he gasped. There it was, one small piece of his past still here. It was an old bookstore he used to go to with his sister. The man, a friend, an immigrant from France with a thick accent, would let them stay for hours. Bucky loved reading to Rebecca. They would sit inside and she’d insist to hear The Hobbit. François, the man owning the store, would make coffee and stay with them, relating the stories he had heard around the world, telling them all about the France he had known. It was all still here. ‘Au Nom de la Rose’ was still here.

He didn’t hesitate a second and rushed inside the place, an honest smile on his face. His eyes roamed over the room and he took a deep breath. It was just like he remembered, a place filled with murmurs and whispers floating above his head and through the roof, indistinct conversations between friends, huge windows bringing in a powerful light at this hour of the day, plants in almost every corner. Even the atmosphere was the same, this powerful smell of imagination coming from the laying books on the shelves, begging to be read, mixing with a distinct smell coming from the dust. The small couch and the old table he used to sit by with his sister were also there. The wooden pieces had many rough and sharp edges but looked just as smooth and clean as he remembered. Finally, his eyes landed on a woman there. He watched her rearranging a bouquet of daffodils, breathing in the perfume of the vibrant flowers as she tended to them meticulously.

For some reason, he couldn’t look away. She felt familiar, like he had known her all his life, yet he had never seen her before. When she turned around he took an instinctive step toward her. She noticed, raised her head and that was the moment their eyes met. His breath caught in his throat when she smiled at him. He stood, frozen on the spot, staring at her. He couldn’t comprehend that instant connection. There was an inexplicable sense of excitement yet weird feeling that they had known each other forever, that they were meeting each other again after a long journey. He was transfixed, almost stuck by the confusing mixture of emotions but oddly comforted by them - all at the same time.

“Can I help you ?” She asked him.

He surprised himself thinking there was something eerily calming about her voice, that he could listen to her for hours.

“Do I know you ?” He quickly wondered out loud, mentally facepalming himself for his lack of tact.

“Shouldn’t I be asking that question ?”

“Why ?”

“You’ve been staring at me for the past five minutes” She grinned.

“I’m … I’m sorry” He apologized profusely. “I didn’t mean to…”

“Look weird ?”

He could swear his heart skipped a beat when he heard her laugh.

“This place is beautiful”

“Thank you”

“How long have you been working here ?”

“Forever” She smirked. “The store belongs to my family. Passed on from generation to generation”

Bucky raised an eyebrow, surprised.

“You’re related to François Y/L/N ?” He questioned.

She tilted her head, crossing her arms.

“Now I’m intrigued” She told him. “How do you know about my grandfather ?”

“We’ve met,” He answered without thinking. He rapidly realized his mistake when she narrowed her eyes in utter curiosity. “I … I didn’t mean … I mean … It was … It was a long time ago”

He gulped, hoping she wouldn’t push it. She looked him up and down, assessing him.

“What’s your name, weirdo ?” She inquired, giving him a skeptical glance.

“Bucky. M’am”

She smirked.

“Let me guess, a soldier ?”

“How … ?”

“You all have the same manners, and the same eyes”

“What do you mean ?”

She was now standing in front of him, staring at his face with the most adorable smile he had ever seen.

“You carry the same sadness and the horror you’ve seen” She replied honestly. “My father was a lot like that too”

Her answer had the effect of a punch in the gut he hadn’t been expecting. He felt naked under her gaze, a stranger with the power to see through his soul.

“I’m Y/N” She introduced herself, raising her hand to shake his.

It was rare for him to smile truthfully but the unexpected bliss slowly growing made his lips twitch before he could even acknowledge it.

“Hi, Y/N” He greeted her.

She chuckled, amused.

“Hi, Bucky” She murmured.

After that encounter, he made a point of coming back as much as he could. He stayed for hours sitting on the couch, reading the same book over and over again. They shared quick words but he didn’t dare to start up a conversation, too afraid he would say something he shouldn’t, something that would scare her away. He was content like this. There was no Winter Soldier, no war, no fight, no one else than Bucky. Being next to this girl was in itself a medication for him. It made no sense but she was so bright and radiant. Like a magnet, he was sucked into an invisible gravitational pull toward her.

By the second week of him coming into the store, she started to notice the small marks of attention. He would come so silently she wouldn’t hear a thing, bringing a fresh cup of coffee he would lay on her counter when she wasn’t looking, replacing the daffodils before they could fade, carrying the heavy boxes filled with new books. When she wasn’t working, she would grab something to read and sit next to him. They would exchange a smile but wouldn’t talk. The proximity was enough. Their presence was louder than any word. A quiet routine they were slowly creating.

By the fourth month, nothing had changed and that day was no different. Rain was pouring outside and the store was empty, except for Y/N and Bucky. Just as usual, he was reading in a corner while she was working. New stacks of books had arrived and she was methodically putting them on the shelves. Standing on a ladder, on the tip of her toes, she was so focused on the task she had failed to notice the soldier walking up to her.

“Do you need any help ?” He offered.

Surprised to hear his voice so close to her, she lost her balance and slipped. She yelped as her ankle hit one side of the ladder and automatically closed her eyes, anticipating the fall. She tried to brace herself but before her body could touch the ground she felt something cold holding her waist. Suddenly, instead of laying on the floor, she was against his hard chest, in a protective embrace. She recognized his arms around her and shivered at the odd coldness. He felt it immediately and was quick to put some distance between them, making sure his metal arm was no more on her body and only his human hand was steadying her.

“Are you alright ?” He questioned. She pursed her lips, trying not to show that she was hurt when she heard how worried he sounded.

“Yeah, it’s fine. I’m fine”

He looked skeptic but didn’t say anything about it.

“I didn’t mean to scare you,” He apologetically told her.

He took the books scattered on the ground, putting them away, and helped her walk to the couch.

“You know, if the goal was to literally make me fall for you, I’d say you did a pretty good job there” She flirted, making him chuckle.

He sat on the table in front of her and grabbed her calve, gently laying her leg on his thigh to assess the damage. From the corner of his eyes, he could see her blushing. It made him insanely happy to know he wasn’t the only one affected by their closeness. They tried not to look at one another, too embarrassed by the situation. This was the closest they had ever been and the touch on his skin on hers was more than enough to make her heart ready to jump out of her chest. When he clasped her injured ankle, she cried and instinctively pushed him back.

“Fine, huh ?” He repeated her own words with a smirk.

She huffed and rolled her eyes.

“It’s not a big deal, Bucky” She reassured him. “I’ve got to get back to work”

“You’re not moving from this couch” He ordered.

“Is that an order, soldier ?” She ironically threw at him, crossing her arms in annoyance.

“You bet it is”

She watched him, intrigued, as he stood up and piled up some books on the table to put her ankle to rest on it.

“No moving around, got it ?” He made sure she would follow his advice.

“Aye, aye, Captain”

He chuckled

“Technically speaking, I’m not a Captain” He confessed as he continued what she had been doing earlier and started putting the books carefully on the right shelves.

“Would you have preferred Sergeant ?” She replied, bitting her lips, unsure this was the wrong moment to admit she knew who he was.

He instantly stopped what he was doing and slowly turned around to stare at her.

“What did you say ?” He asked, more scared than ever.

Up until that moment, he had avoided telling her who he was. Becoming part of the Avengers meant his identity wasn’t a secret anymore, and although he had done a terrific job staying hidden among the mass of people, it wouldn’t have taken more than a little push to find who he really was. He stood in front of her, frozen, not having a clue how to react.

“Sergeant Barnes, isn’t it ?” She sounded nervous, almost frightened to say his name out loud.

“I… “ He tried to say anything, but as the rain kept pouring outside, slowly turning into a thunderstorm, he blankly stared back.

“Would you have told me ?” She whispered.

“Eventually”

She humorlessly snorted.

“We’ve known each other for more than three months, Bucky. I see you practically every day. Be honest, eventually would’ve never come”

“It’s not like that” He tried to explain.

“I’m not mad, don’t worry” She sadly smiled. “I just wish… I guess I wish you could’ve trust me”

He rubbed his jaw in frustration and made a step toward her. Without breaking his gaze, he slowly took the glove off, revealing his metal hand. Still, he didn’t look at her, too afraid of her reaction. The cold metal had never felt so hot against his skin, a burning reminder of the stranger he had become.

“I didn’t want you to be scared,” He admitted in a broken voice.

“Of you ?” She was surprised. “Why would I be ?”

“I’m not a good man, Y/N”

“Why don’t you let me be the judge of that ?”

“You don’t understand…”

“The red box under the counter” She interrupted him. “Can you take it for me ? And turn the sign of the shop, we’re closed.”

He gave her a puzzled look, but did as she said anyway. He locked the front door and took the box she asked for before walking to her and putting it directly in her hands.

“Sit” She instructed him.

He didn’t dare to stay near her and chose to stay on an opposite chair.

“I found this a little after you and I met” She told him, motioning to the box. “It was in the basement, hidden under old junks my parents had kept over the years”

He let her speak, not understanding where this was going or why she was telling him about that. She slowly opened the mystery box and took a small envelope out of it. It looked old, so old the paper had turned into a deep shade of yellow.

“My grandfather wrote this” She confessed. “In 1957. It’s addressed to Bucky and Rebecca Barnes. I believe it belongs to you”

She handed him the letter that he took with shaky hands.

“How did you… ?” He started to ask.

“It was a long shot,” She explained. “The first time you were here, you said my grandfather's name like it meant something to you. Like you really knew him. When I found the box, and the envelope, I didn’t make the connection with you right away. But your name was all I needed to start my research. My parents kept pretty much everything so it didn’t took me too long to find an old photo with you and him, back in the 1930′s”

He wasn’t moving at all when she showed him a picture François had taken of them right before he was enlisted.

“I wanted to wait for the right time to tell you, I guess. I mean, you have enough ghosts as it is”

“Still not scared ?” He inquired in a humorless chuckle.

“Not one bit” She didn’t hesitate to reply.

She softly smiled and motioned for him to come closer. When he sat next to her, she moved the box from her lap to his.

“We were friends, François and I” He recalled, his eyes glued on the letter. “He was married to Eloise. This bookstore was their treasure. He kept repeating that I shouldn’t go to war when I could stay hidden under the pages of books that would take me around the world without risking my life”

She took his metal palm between her fingers when she heard his voice breaking. He almost tried to remove it but she tightly entwined their hands together.

“Maybe he was right” He muttered under his breath.

“Or maybe you and I were meant to meet almost a century later” She shrugged.

He snorted before turning around the envelope to open it. Y/N gently laid her head against his shoulder and let him read in silence. She didn’t move when she felt his body shaking with tears but only held his hand harder.

“They’re originals, from 1954 I think. He kept them for you” She told him as he slowly took what was in the red box. A set of three old books. “Why Lord of the Rings, though ?”

He laughed,sniffing, before brushing the tears off his face and staring down at the woman. At that very moment, he felt like the journey was done. His soul had stopped the search it had been on for a time that felt like forever. Like a century.

“My sister and I, we used to come here often,” He said in a melancholic grin. Sorrow was finally starting to be replace by something much better, happiness. “We would sit on this very couch and she would make me read the Hobbit. She used to love that story so much.”

“How many times has she make you read it ?” The woman smirked.

“Enough to remember every single word” He exaggerated, making her giggle. “When I told François I was leaving, he said he would send me books to help me travel away from the war, even just for a moment. I guess he kept them, hoping I would come back. Even after I was declared dead”

“Maybe deep down he knew you weren’t”

“And he planned this whole meeting with his granddaughter ?” He ironically added.

“Oh no, that was beyond him. That was fate, Barnes”

“I was meant to find you” He agreed, a deep feeling of love and utter contentment forming in his heart. He bent his head down and let all he needed to say be spoken through the kiss they shared.

“Will you read it to me ?” She playfully requested.

Overflowed with joy, he smirked and kissed her forehead before opening the old book on his lap. There it was, the only choice he needed to make. The only home he had yearn to create. Her.

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I drew something for the Dad’s Troubles AU cause I don’t want it to die!

Q is in pain and bitching about it

Close up internal and Q w/out the internal and a lot of extra writing under the cut.

So this takes place after Quackity noms Ranboo and, realizing he can’t spit him out as planned, noms Tubbo shortly after to comfort him (all of which I’ve mentioned in the first draft for this au)

Warning that I’m about to rant about this au a lot (mostly about Schlatt and Quackity’s relationship) and if you wanna read anything else about the actual art, just read the first and last paragraphs (the last four are a short that happens after the events of the picture because I have zero self control)

A few things I didn’t mention that I put in the pictures is that Quackity feels like shit rn. I mentioned that Ranboo was way too big to comfortably fit inside of Q’s belly, so adding Tubbo to that weight was a big mistake. And he still can’t spit out either of them for the next..maybe 10 or 11 hours at this point. And he doesn’t want his fiancé’s fussing over him so he leaves and walks down the hallway to Schlatt’s place, since he’s the only one who kinda understands this stuff and the only person he can talk about Tubbo to.

I’ve seen a lot of aus where Schlatt and Quackity have a really toxic relationship and Schlatt never loved Q and Q got manipulated and yada yada yada but please let me have my one au where it’s different. Yes, Quackity and Schlatt used to love each other. Yes, they were engaged. Yes, the broke it off, but it was on neutral terms. They both agreed that they were dumb fresh out of high school kids when they wanted to get married and now that they were adults they just didn’t mix well anymore. Hell, they started going out because of a game of “gay chicken” gone too long. There’s no way they could go through with years of marriage together. But Quackity’s just happy that he became Tubbo’s “mom” through the proposal. (Tubbo exclusively refers to Quackity as “mom” or “mama Q.” Quackity thinks it’s hilarious and has never objected to the name. He has, though, asked Tubbo where the nickname came from. His son changes the subject every time, and has refused to answer the question for years now.)

I know I put something a little different earlier, but it’s my au so I’m changing it, but Q and Schlatt were still engaged when Q “met” Tubbo (the losing the bet incident that resulted in the first time Schlatt swallowed Tubbo). Schlatt explained the next morning that Tubbo was his son and that if Quackity was gonna marry him, he had to get used to Tubbo and treat him like a normal kid. He didn’t have to help raise him since “he’s tiny, I can handle him by myself,” but Q felt a sense of obligation since the marriage would make him the tiny’s official dad, so he did his best to help raise the kid.

He never regretted it. He loves Tubbo just as much as Schlatt does, even after they broke up. When they told Tubbo they weren’t gonna get married anymore, he just asked if Quackity was gonna leave him “again,” whatever that meant. He said no. Tubbo felt better after that. Presently, Tubbo doesn’t care that his parents aren’t married. They love him, and they care about it each other, even if it isn’t romantic anymore. (Also, Tubbo has been begging Quackity to let him be the ring bearer at his wedding with Karl and Sapnap since their first date).

Safe to say, Quackity and Schlatt are best friends. Quackity has a back up key to Schlatt’s apartment and will break in in the middle of the night to do whatever. Most of the time that’s breaking in and waking Schlatt up so he can complain about something. This usually ends with a pillow getting thrown in his face before Schlatt falls right back asleep. That’s kinda what happened with the pictures above (see, it wasn’t just a rant, I brought it back around to the art. I’m a genius).

Schlatt was literally just trying to go to sleep before Q bursts the door open, hand on his stomach which is extended far more then normal, and a pained look in his eye. “Schlatt, I fucked up.” “What happened and where’s our son.” “In here, he’s not alone, I can’t get them out because my fiancés are idiots, and my internal organs are being stretched too far and I feel full in the worst way and it fucking hurts and I crave death.” Schlatt sighed and turned on the coffee machine, filling his mug before walking to his couch and sitting down, patting the open spot next to him. “Talk to me.” Q dramatically flopped down next him, wincing immediately after at what Schlatt could only assume to be Tubbo and whoever else getting thrown around his gut due to the sudden movement. Quackity began to ramble about what had happened earlier, hand never leaving his stomach. Schlatt just listened.

The next morning, Schlatt woke up to Quackity leaning on him, still fast asleep. Schlatt shook his shoulder, eventually slowly waking the man up. “What do you want?” Q whispered, still half asleep. “I want you to spit out the poor soul that’s been stuck in your belly all night. Probably scared the fuck out’ve ‘em. Also, I’m sure You and Tubbo and them are hungry, and none of you can eat while your like this. I don’t think you could fit anything else in there if you tried, anyways.” Schlatt said, smirking and poking Quackity’s stomach. Q smacked the finger away and got to work getting the two out of his gut as Schlatt walked away to get food. He came back to see Quackity and Tubbo talking as the sleeping borrower layed on a washcloth on Q’s lap. Tubbo himself had a washcloth, too, and was trying to scrub the spit off of him as he saw Schlatt walk up the the couch with a plate of fruit.

“Dad!” “Yes?” Schlatt smiled, looking down to meet eyes with the tiny, who had a glare on his face and fire in his eyes. “You’re a dickhead.” “Woah, what did I do?” He laughed, and Tubbo smiled back “‘Oh you probably scared them,’ ‘you need to check on the borrower you swallowed last night.’ You forget about me or something?” Tubbo began to dramatically fall off the table, Schlatt’s hand instinctually coming up from under his to keep him from actually hurting himself as Q scoffed, barely containing his laughter. “Your very own son, worthless, abandoned! Forgotten by the man who raised him in favor of another borrower he’d never even met!” Quackity finally laughed out loud before Schlatt slid Tubbo down on his palm and loosely closed his hand around his torso and head, keeping him from speaking as he brought his other hand under him for support. “Ok you drama queen, I get it. You have jealousy issues.” Schlatt said as he set Tubbo back down on the couch near the fruit plate. Tubbo picked up a grape and bit into it before trying to shout “I don’t!” “Dont talk with your mouth full. Besides, I’m not worried about you. You’ve spent longer than 12 hours in specifically Quackity’s stomach before, never mind me and Q’s. I think your record with me was 2 days. So you’re far more than used to this than they are. We’ve been swallowing you for a while, but this other kid must’ve thought they were gonna die. Did they seem ok while you were in there with them?”

Tubbo swallowed another bite of his grape and shrugged. “I don’t know. They seemed pretty panicked when I first got in there with them. They may have relaxed a bit when I told them that we were in my mom and we could trust him. But that might’ve just been confusion since mama Q is, y’know, a guy, and they knew that and I just referred to this random human man as ‘mom.’” Schlatt could practically sense Quackity facepalm without even having to look at him. “At least that bit got them to stop crying some. But they seemed to calm down at least a little after a few more hours. Enough to fall asleep, anyways.” “Alright, that sounds…good, probably.” Schlatt responded looking back to the still unconscious borrower. “Damn, Alex, I feel bad for you. How did they even fit in there?” Quackity went to reply before Tubbo cut him off. “That’s what I was thinking, too!” Tubbo exclaimed. “His belly is, like, barely over half the size of yours. And I normally have extra room. But god was it cramped in there last night.” “Yeah, it seems like it would’ve been.” “It was. I can tell you right now, it was.” Schlatt laughed, picking up Tubbo and moving to sit down next to Quackity as he set Tubbo on his lap next to the other borrower. “So, what are we gonna do when they wake up?” Quackity asked. Schlatt shrugged. “The best we can.”

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