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For those that are interested.

Best picture
“Belfast”
“The Power of the Dog”
“West Side Story”
“Licorice Pizza”
“Dune”
“King Richard”
“CODA”
“Don’t Look Up”
“Drive My Car”
“Nightmare Alley”

Best actress
Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”
Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
Penelope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers”
Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”

Best actor
Will Smith, “King Richard”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
Andrew Garfield, “Tick, Tick…Boom!”
Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”

Best director
Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car”
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”

Best supporting actress
Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”
Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”
Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”
Judi Dench, “Belfast”

Best supporting actor
Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”
Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
Ciaran Hinds, “Belfast”
Jesse Plemons, “The Power of the Dog”
J.K. Simmons, “Being the Ricardos”

I've only seen half of the "best picture" nominations. Must do better.

Scott.

CODA, hands down and because of this diversity trip we are on, quite rightly so.

Ok dear... it's the luvvies self congratulory back slapping time - again

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not aimed at posters on TLF
but daaaahhhlings of the acting world

Mentioned highly favourably Power of the Dog on this Board last December (not to universal acclaim!) and had a fun £10 bet at 7/1. Obviously is going to win.

T7

ps CODA - no chance

How long ago did you place the bet?
If it was mate... he's lost
Red hot favourite @betfair only 6/4 on right now
CODA 21-1

See my thread December 2021

T7

link? please

https://www.lemonfool.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=32563 - you want the betting slip? - just look at Betfair historical price trend.

T7

I did earlier
a smart bet mate
your opening lines in the post were prophetic

Seems surprisingly "meh!" list for best picture this year
- normally there's a few that I think "oh yeah must see that" but really I'm not that bothered by at least half of them
- I've only added "Drive My Car" and "Nightmare Alley" to my list of things to see... oh and "The Lost Daughter" I suppose (Coleman & Buckley must be worth the admission)

Can't see them giving it to "CODA" after the "Sound of Metal" - too thematically similar if both excellent and very different movies

Which makes it a toss up in my book between "Belfast" and "The Power of the Dog": and that could fall either way depending on the mood they're in

I enjoyed Belfast more... possilby because I'd recently been on a Western binge and "The Power of the Dog" didn't stand out (vs The Sisters Brothers, Bone Tomahawk, Slow West)

So I'm going to say Belfast will get it because there's a lot of misty eyed 'muricans who get to vote

If Nicole gets anything I will be very sad because I don't thing we should be encouraging "acting" that can be done by emoji:

"Pig" should be sweeping the board



- sd

nimnarb wrote:CODA, hands down and because of this diversity trip we are on, quite rightly so.

terminal7 wrote:Mentioned highly favourably Power of the Dog on this Board last December (not to universal acclaim!) and had a fun £10 bet at 7/1. Obviously is going to win.

T7

ps CODA - no chance

You still sure about that? I see a good chance for best supporting actor plus another little golden statue in the cards. As for no chance, well there is always a chance. One more week and we will know.

Ive been underwhelmed by Oscar nominations previously. Almost a dont bother watching this list. Hopefully this year is different.

Ive Seen Dune, King Richard and Nightmare Alley.

I never really got to be a Dune fanboy and didnt really rate this much more than average. I looked forward to King Richard having seen trailers in the cinema. It was above average but not as good as I was expecting. I watched Nightmare Alley in two halves. It was quite slow and the Boss didnt like it. I only watched the second half on my own to see what the outcome was. I describe it more like a bad journey with a nice destination.

Denzel Washington is brilliant, Id give him the Oscar without even looking at what he done. I didnt fancy this film though and have not even tried to see it, so what does that say. Maybe its because I want to be entertained by a film rather than be a critic.

Im looking to see CODA after reading many positive comments, some of which were on here.

An incredibly weak list with nothing that stands out as exceptional, but then there has not been anything exceptional in the cinemas for the last year.

Huge support for CODA (got that completely wrong) - decided to lay off my bet on PotD at 2.24 - so nice green book.

T7

Jane Campion though is a cert for best director!

Good call PotD - SO SO overated
people go on about the scenery - WOW

nimnarb wrote:

nimnarb wrote:CODA, hands down and because of this diversity trip we are on, quite rightly so.

terminal7 wrote:Mentioned highly favourably Power of the Dog on this Board last December (not to universal acclaim!) and had a fun £10 bet at 7/1. Obviously is going to win.

T7

ps CODA - no chance

You still sure about that? I see a good chance for best supporting actor plus another little golden statue in the cards. As for no chance, well there is always a chance. One more week and we will know.

HA!!!!!

Power of the dog, one Oscar. what a bitch!

Coda, 3 Oscars but took the biggest one of the night! YES! and fully deserved.

. . . and the film with the most Oscars including the Best Desert Scenery - Dune

The Oscar for the best reprise of a previous role - Will Smith in Ali

T7