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Throw us on the background while you're doing driving or something. I don't know. I mean, if they got a long, if they got an hour long drive, they can pop in one of the. One hour long fuck. Today, we're going to be discussing the Oscar nominations. They are here. They're present. They are snubs. But how many are you going to go over this is that we are going to go through each category. We're not going to discuss every single one because some of these that we can't like best documentary short, we can't talk. Like I haven't watched any of them. So how we're going to do is we're going to discuss some of the films we're going to go through each category that we know. We're going to give you what got snubbed, what we think should win, what will probably win. And really just the front runner, the second runner, and then the dark horse to win. So we kind of have five things to go through each category. So it's going to be a long ride. Let's get straight to it, Cody. You ready? All right. Yeah, let's do it. All right, so we're starting with visual effects and the nominations for visual effects were Avengers Infinity War, Christopher Robin, First Man, Ready Player One, and Solo A Star Wars Story. Did you like all these nominations? Like, did you have any day you're like, wow, that got in. Yeah, well, actually, the one that I would say I was a little surprised by was Christopher Robin. Like, I thought the visual effects were amazing, but as far as that one was a surprise, like overall, out of everything else, yeah. It was nice to see it get in there. I mean, if I'm the pick one out of here, there's a clear snub out of here, two clear snubs for me personally, that wasn't even on the visual effects shortlist to get in. And that was Aquaman. Yeah. And I'm trying to think of the other one. I'm trying to, oh, Annihilation. I think those two hands down should have been in here. And I would have moved out First Man and Solo. Even though I think Solo, or not First Man and Solo, I'm sorry, Christopher Robin and Solo, I would have moved out. Yeah. Even though I think Solo was great, I think at least Aquaman deserved to get in here at least. I agree with that. And also, if it wasn't, I would have moved out Christopher Robin and Solo once again for Aquaman, but the other one would have been Bumblebee. Yeah, that's another good one, because that Bumblebee was really lifelike. And the Cybertron segment was excellent. It really is weird to see that some of these glaring film, at least at Aquaman, like what? But if we were to choose from these visual effects, I have to say, I think the clear, actual winner for this, I have to go with Ready Player One. I think Ready Player One's gonna win it. Yeah, okay, yes. Ready Player One, I think is... And that's personally what I would want to win too, even though I get Avengers made Thanos. Thanos looks real. Ready Player One though is a movie where almost every single part of that film is CGI. Even the characters. Yeah, very true. Visual effects are impressive. And I mean, if it's not Ready Player One, the only other one I would say that I would hope would win would be First Man, because Damien Chazelle successfully, and from a first person perspective, recreated the moon landing. Yeah, I'm with you on that. So if I were to put it, I would put Ready Player One number one. I think of Avengers number two, because that's kind of like, everyone's talking about Thanos' performance. And then the dark horse to win is First Man. Yeah, I'm with you there. Although I would probably put First Man at number two, and it's still having it be the dark horse to win. All right, so moving on to the next one is costume design. We have the Balladabuster Scruggs, Black Panther, the favorite, Mary Poppins Returns, and Mary Queen of Scots. My personal pick, the favorite, who I think will win, probably the favorite or Black Panther. Even actually, no, I'm tied. I would actually want the favorite or Black Panther to win. I think it would be awesome if either one of those won. I think it'll go down between one of those two with a dark horse going to Mary Queen of Scots. And what about you? Any misses for you? No, I can't really say I disagree with you, because you basically said my thoughts. I would say that I'd put Black Panther, the favorite, and Mary Queen of Scots on the same level, only because both Mary Queen of Scots and the favorite are both period pieces, and the Academy loves their period piece outfits. So I think for me, it's either going to be between those two, and then Black Panther is going to be the dark horse. Yeah, and I have something to say. I'm actually like, as much as I didn't love the Balladabuster Scruggs, I'm glad to see that it did get some love. Had you watched the film? I did. It's funny, because the Balladabuster Scruggs is the second film in the Oscar nominations that was released by Netflix. Yeah, I liked it. I didn't get the love for it. There were certain segments in there that I loved, and I do say I need to watch it again because I watched it in theaters, and it felt long. Absolutely, the Balladabuster Scruggs, look, do I think it was the greatest movie in the world? No, do I think it's an enjoyable movie? Yes, I absolutely do. I think it's very creative, but more or less, yeah, I'm just happy that the Academy is actually starting to look at stuff produced in other services, such as Netflix and giving them some attention because there's been some great things released. Yep, I'm with you. So next one, moving up to is Makeup and Hair. Oh, geez. The three nominations is Border, Mary, Queenie, Scots, and Vice. And I want to say this, I wish they did five for this nom. I don't know why they don't, because I think Suspiria is missing. Yep. Hands down, I think Suspiria still has the best makeup and hair effects of the year. I haven't seen Border, so I can't talk about Border. Mary, Queenie, Scots I saw, it's fine, like it's cool, I guess. And Vice, I understand more of Vice got in there. They made him Dick Cheney, but like I said, I know Suspiria, like, come on. Yeah, no, this is, I mean, this is one of those categories I generally don't really care about, but we all know who it's gonna be, it's gonna be between Mary, Queenie, Scots, and Vice, and I think that Vice is probably going to win. Yeah, I just kinda have the darkest, I think darkest hour won the same year, right? One Gary Oldman won, so I can kinda see that happen. Yeah, I'm kinda with you, like I'm glad that they got nominated, but I don't have much say in it, so. But now we're talking about Original Song. All the Stars from Black Panther, I agree. I'll fight from RBG, I heard it, it's fine. The place where the Lost Things go, I like. Shallow, A Star Is Born, and when a cowboy trades his spurs for wings. So can I say this, I'm surprised not more A Star Is Born actually got in here, and I'm actually surprised none of the Spider-Verse soundtrack got in here. Yeah, I agree with you there. The other one is Revelation from Boy Erased, I'm surprised it's not in here as well. Nice surprise to see when a cowboy trains his spurs for wings. I love that song, it's the best segment in the whole film. Yeah, I'm just a little disappointed. I know it's a film that literally nobody has seen because it was so limited, but I was a little disappointed that none of the songs from Anna and the Apocalypse got in to the nominations, because the soundtrack- Again, it's all market. I still haven't even seen the film. I know, I know. The marketing is it was so limited and nobody saw the film, except for a couple of people we know who live around the areas who got to see it, but the soundtrack for it is all marketing, but the soundtrack for Anna and the Apocalypse is one of the, it's up there with Shallow for me as far as the best soundtrack of the entire year. I mean, yeah, and for me, I don't have any Dark Horse or anything for that. I will make it, let's be honest. Let's say it on three, one, two, three. Shallow. Shallow's taking me home. That's the Dark Horse, that's what I wanna win. That's first, that's second. If Shallow's doesn't win, I'll eat my own shit. All right. Just saying. Moving on to original score, and this is the one I'm actually pissed at some stuff in this category. Yeah. We'll get to it. Original score, Black Klansman, Black Panther, if Bill Street could talk, Isle of Dogs and Mary Poppins Returns. The biggest, what the fuck? Where the hell is first man? Where the hell is first man, Justin Hurwitz? Exactly. That is the best score of this year. And if I was gonna say that was the best, I'm glad Bill Street got in, and then I'm also glad Black Panther got in, but come on, that score was excellent. The only other score that I would have personally put in here is the Suspiria one. Yes, absolutely. It's disappointing. I mean, Justin Hurwitz, he worked so hard. I mean, all of these composers worked really hard, but the score and soundtrack to First Man is, it shook you as a viewer of First Man, watching that moon landing. Everything came together perfectly. I'm not saying I'm disappointed. I think that I would honestly, I would call the Mary Poppins Returns. I would call that a soundtrack. I wouldn't necessarily call it a score because if Mary Poppins Returns gotten here, then my biggest, what the heck is, where is the score for A Star is Born? Yeah, no, I'm with you. A Star is Born as well, what it should have been in here. Like I said, it is missing. Isle of Dogs was a nice surprise. If I don't know what would be the clear front runner for this one, because necessarily First Man was the front runner all season, but looking at these nominations, I think the front runner for me would be if Bill Street could talk with a second place being Isle of Dogs and a dark horse being Black Panther. What do you think? For me, kind of similar, except I think that Black Panther might be at the very top of this, followed by if Bill Street could talk, followed by Isle of Dogs, but- I was also glad I had a really good score. I was actually, I'm glad you got in. I think the dark horse for me on this is going to be if Bill Street could talk, because- Do you know what I wish would have gotten in though? Incredibles 2. Oh, yeah. Michael G Aquino's score is great. It's great. Yeah, it absolutely was. Let's move on to production design. Do you want to read it? Do you have them up in front of you? Yeah, I certainly do. The nominations for production design are Black Panther, First Man, The Favorite, Mary Poppins Returns, and Roma. Honestly, for me, this is what I wanted to get in. This is what I wanted to get nominated, but my personal, what I think is going to win, what my personal choice would be is the favorite. I think that everything around that film was brilliant, but if I had a place for this, it would be Favorite First, Roma Second, and then a dark horse for First Man. Because First Man not only looked great as a film, the production design was not only great, the film overall made you feel like you were back during the time period when they were trying to get the First Man into space. Yeah, so I'm with you on that. My number one is actually First Man. I think First Man is going to win it. Okay. And then Second Being Roma and the dark horse being the favorite. I think the favorite will not win that many awards this year for how it has 10 nominations, and I don't think it'll win that many. You think we're going to be looking at a La La Land situation again? Yeah, in a sense. I think Roma is pretty much going to take a lot of these. Yeah, so we'll leave it there. But yeah, those are kind of my thoughts on it. Sound mixing. Okay, here we go. You want to read this one? Yeah. All right, sound mixing. We have Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, Roma, and a Star is Born. Now, we're going to talk about our disappointments when it comes to a certain film on this particular category later on. But I will say if there is something, well I guess I'm revealing it here now, if there is one or at least a couple of categories, I think Bohemian Rhapsody should have been nominated for. Sound mixing is definitely one of them, because the sound in Bohemian Rhapsody was phenomenal. But I don't necessarily think it's going to win this one. For me, I think that First Man is going to take this. Can I be honest? This category, what? I love you, but you're completely wrong. I think Roma has it. Do you think Roma's got it? Roma has some of the best sound I've ever heard in my whole life. I think Roma has it. But I think the Dark Horse is First Man and second place being a Star is Born. Gotcha. And if we're going up to sound editing, which is next, it's Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, a quiet place in Roma. I think that one's Roma's one to win again with the Dark Horse being a quiet place though. Yeah, okay. Same thing or? Yeah, same exact thing. I will say, although I think this is really the only award that it was mentioned for, but a quiet place, I'm at least happy that it was nominated for something. Yeah, I mean, sound is probably the best one that it deserved, but I think it's script, but we'll get to that in a second. Yeah. I have a bone to pick with this next one. That's for film editing. So when people look at statistics, whatever gets nominated for film editing has probably the best chance of winning. I apparently, maybe I'm wrong, but I saw someone post that on Twitter, but Twitter isn't the factual thing. Yeah. The film editing is Black Clansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book, The Favorite and Vice. I'm gonna tell you right now, three of these films should not be in here. Yeah, which ones? Bohemian. Yep. Green Book. Definitely. And no, just those two. I would have moved First Man and Roma in. Okay, completely agree. Completely agree. I think I had a blast with Bohemian Rhapsody. It is not the best editing. Not the best editing. Okay, I would also dark horse in here. I would have also made an argument for a quiet place should have gotten in here. That's another good one. And again, like Green Book. I loved Green Book. I get the hate. I'm not arguing about it within the comments. I get the hate for Green Book. I apparently, whatever. I liked it a lot. And I don't think it deserves a film editing nominee. No, definitely not. That like, it's not anything special when it comes to film editing. Vice, great film editing. The favorite, excellent film editing. Black Clansman, great film editing. Exactly. So personally, my pick for winning this is probably gonna be the favorites with an odd shot out for the dark horse. I don't wanna say it, but I think is Green Book. And my second runner is Vice, but my personal pick would probably be the favorite for this one. Yeah. I'm with you almost all the way, except for second underneath the favorite, I would actually put Black Clansman. Okay. That's kind of like one of those two. I think really any of these films could win. And Bohemian Rhapsody wins though, whatever. You know, whatever. Yeah. All right, next. Best foreign film? Well, I would, except the only thing is, I've only seen one of the films that is on this list. Okay. So I've seen three of them. So I'll let you do this. Best foreign language film. I've seen Roma Cold War and shoplifters. Very disappointed to see Burning was not in there. Burning is excellent. I never look away. You can't watch yet. Unless you've got a screener for it. I didn't. In Cap or NOM, I've never even heard of. So here's my thing. I loved Cold War. I'm so happy I got a lot of nominations through this award. And we'll talk more about Cold War coming up. Shoplifters is very good. And Roma is, I mean, what other praise can we say about it? I'm going to say this though. If Roma wins best picture, I would actually like to see Cold War shoplifters take the best foreign language film. I know everyone's saying, oh, well, Roma has it. Roma has it. But here's the thing. Cold War actually got in for a lot more nominations than I think a lot of other people thought it would. Again, we'll talk about that later. But I have a feeling Cold War actually might win best foreign language film. Yeah. With Roma coming in second. No worries what I'm saying this is because I think Roma is one of the front runners for best picture. Yeah. And the other, and the dark course for this race is either shoplifters or never look away. From the buzz that you've heard, what do you agree or do you think Roma has in the bag? I mean, I've been, the one film on this list that I've been waiting to see is Cold War, but I mean, I'm in Maine. It came in the one theater out in Arizona, and then it'll go on Amazon soon. But so, but here's. Out of all of these, from what I've heard about Cold War, I completely agree with you. I think Cold War will probably win best foreign language film. And that's what I'm going to say this. If Roma wins best foreign language film, it will not win best picture. Maybe I'm wrong by that, but I'm willing to, it's like a 98% chance that if that happens, Roma will not win best picture. I think if it doesn't win best foreign language film, it wins best picture, hands down. Okay, sounds great. Best live action short film we can't talk about. I haven't seen any of these. Best documentary short subject haven't seen the best documentary feature. Okay, we need to talk about this. What do you can talk, because I know this is probably the one that you're more mad about. This is the one I am mad about. One thing is I did see Free Solo. It's- I did too. Okay, that I am happy that Free Solo got in here. That's what I can say, because Free Solo absolutely is a phenomenal documentary about somebody, an incredible individual who's doing something that, or did something that really no one has ever done before. So that should be in there. The one bone I think you and I both have to pick with this is that, I think we can both agree that won't you be my neighbor was the best documentary to come out this year. Or at least should be nominated. It's one of them. It should have been nominated. I have no idea why it was not. I was watching an interview with someone who said he knows Academy members and he said they go down by a list and won't you be my neighbor was the last one on that list because it's alphabetical. So they probably just forgot. They straight up just forgot. Of course they did. But yeah, I'm just, that's all I'm gonna say about it. Out of all of these, I can't speak about any of these because I haven't seen them. I'm guessing that RBG will probably have a good chance to win. But for me, since won't you be my neighbor's not on here, I just hope Free Solo gets a good chance of winning. That's what I'm gonna say. I tell everyone, I've seen three films on here. Watch mine in the gap. It's on Hulu. It's great. It's Hulu's first Oscar nomination. It is excellent. That movie is. Watch it. It's on Hulu. It's really good. Now we're going into cinematography. Cold War, the favorite, never look away. Roma and a star is born. We're the fuck's first man. Good point. Where's first man? Where's Bilstreet? Where's Bilstreet? Okay, so here's the thing. The only one I can't talk about never look away but I know people who have seen it and they were even surprised to see that it got nominated too. Yeah, I wouldn't. I'd move out. We've talked in first man. Yeah, geez. I'd move out and never look away because I've heard the exact same thing as you that they thought the movie was good. They don't think the cinematography is all that special. So I would move out and never look away and a star is born. Because I've heard the cinematography in a Cold War is just kind of like Roma to where it's really phenomenal. And I would put in Bilstreet and there was first man. Bilstreet and first man should absolutely be in there but they're not. So if we're gonna talk about what's in here, I absolutely, this is my pick and I absolutely think Roma is going to be the one to sweep this award away with Roma in first and then I would have the favorite in second and then Dark Horse would be Cold War. Okay, so Roma is number one. Second is Cold War, the Dark Horse, the favorite. Cold War in my opinion has the second best cinematography of the year. Okay. There is one scene that is so smart in this movie that before the lovers are even interacting, you can, there's a part where the guy is leaning against a mirror and he's just talking to someone right next to him. And if you look in the mirror, you can actually see the main lead actress staring at him. It's so subtle but you can tell that they're staring at each other and it's the best shot. That is the shot that probably got them the nomination. It is a excellent shot. I'm not even joking when I said it, it is one of the best shots I've ever seen. Okay. So smart. And they do multiple things throughout the whole movie like that and to be honest, I'm surprised that lead actress from that movie or didn't get best supporting actress. She was really good. She was really good in it. But now we're moving on the best original screenplay. Do you wanna read these ones? Sure. So the nominations for best original screenplay are the favorite, first reformed, Green Book, Roma and Vice. Now I can't speak about first reform cause I haven't seen it. Zack has, but it didn't come out to my area. But my choice for winning this, this is a really hard one. But for me, I think the favorite is my personal choice for winning this. What I think is going to win though is Roma. Either Roma or Vice is in my first spot for what I think the Academy will pick. My personal choice though, would be the favorite to win if I was running the Oscars. But if I'm gonna have an order, I would go Roma, Vice, and then the favorite is my Dark Horse. My Dark Horse is Green Book. I think, dude, Green Book will get to our front runners, but I think that's a front runner for to win best picture. Even if people don't want it to, I still think it will. So I think Green Book is a Dark Horse. I think Roma or Vice are the front runners right now. Yeah. And I'll put it there. And I think even first reformed is a very Dark Horse. That could easily come and win. Films that are missing from best original screenplay. Leave no trace. Eighth grade. Nothing else there. A quiet place. Yes. I would have moved out. Personally, I would have moved out Green Book. I would have moved out first reformed to get at least eighth grade or a quiet place in there. Yeah. Adapted screenplay. The ballot of us describes Joel Kohn and Ethan Kohn. That's actually a big surprise and not think they were gonna get into that. Black Clansman, can you ever forgive me if Bill Street could talk and a star is born? I think the winner here is Black Clansman or Bill Street could talk. What about you? Yeah, I agree with you. With a Dark Horse going to can you ever forgive me? That is seriously one of the best films. It's on digital now, so go check it out. It's excellent. It is amazing. That film should have so many more awards. I mean, the ballot of Buster Scruggs, I'm still not 100% sure about whether it should have been nominated or not. Would you do something else in there? Ah, I guess for the sake of argument, no, I guess I couldn't. But I mean, I just thought that the, let's face it, up until fall this year when it came to movies was just fine. Besides the Hindi films, take out all the Hindi films that we had in the summer. Yeah, that's true. Going back to original screenplay, a film that is not in there real fast is American Animals. I don't think you've seen it yet, have you? No. You need to watch it. Cody, you would love that movie. Love that movie. Okay. Animated short, can't talk about it. I've only seen Bao. I'm pretty sure you do the same way. Yeah. Animated feature, they didn't fuck this category up. Yeah. That woman here deserves it. There's no boss baby this year. I still can't be the nominated boss baby. The nominees are The Incredibles 2, Isle of Dogs, Mira, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and Spider-Man to the Spider-Verse. So I'm gonna say this, the clear one I want to win is Spider-Man. Boy, I think you're the same way, right? Yeah. But I think Spider-Man, as much as I wanted to win, and I still think as a front runner, the dark horse for this race is Isle of Dogs. Yeah. Isle of Dogs do not count that film out of winning. With Incredibles 2, I think both those are dark horses. Everyone's thinking Spider-Man's gonna win. Yeah. I like Hydra. I mean the year that Brave won, or I think Ralph should have won. Come on. Yeah, exactly. So I think we're in the exact same boat when it comes to this. All right, let's move on to it. You wanna talk about director now? Director, oh gosh, dang it. The director nominations are Spike Lee for Black Clansmen, Powell, Powell. Powell, Powellowski. Palakowski for Cold War, Yargos Lanthimos for the favorite, Alfonso Coran for Roma, and Adam McKay for Vice. Okay, now, there are two, there is one person that we both agree is probably the biggest snub of this entire awards season, and that is Bradley Cooper. I would have completely removed Vice and put Bradley Cooper in for a star. I forgot, did you like Vice? I thought it was a good movie. The direction I thought was fine though. I didn't think the direction was the best part of it. Bradley Cooper, I would get rid of Vice and put Bradley Cooper in for a star as born. Another person that I'm disappointed didn't get in though. I mean, if Bradley Cooper was in there, I would understand why Bo Burnham isn't in there for eighth grade, but Bradley Cooper, man. So Spike Lee, I'm really happy got him. First director nomination ever. Awesome, awesome job. Powell, Powell, Skalowsky again. Again, Cold War has some love for there. I didn't expect him to get in there. That was a nice surprise and he did a really good job. Yorgos Lanthimos, finally. I think he deserved it. Alfonso Caron Roma, and Adam McKay, Vice. Again, I liked Vice, but I didn't think it deserved nomination. I am with Bradley Cooper was the big snub. Another snub though, is the director of Can You Ever Forgive Me? She's a, it's a female. There's no female directors in here. And unlike, that's an issue. The director, Mariah Heller, deserved to be nominated. I'm sorry, but she really did. I would have even taken out Powell for that. I think there's people missing, Barry Jenkins. For Beale Street. Yeah, Deborah Brannick for Leave No Trace. I mean, I get some of these films were smaller, but. I, once again, can I argue something? I don't think. Like I would argue that those films, if they had better marketing, because Cold War had a lot of good for your consideration marketing, but still it's just, come on now, really. I'm mostly shocked that Bradley Cooper did not get in. Yeah, I mean, you look at all of the marketing and pushing that they were doing for a Star is Born for the Academy. It's kind of a shock that he didn't get in. With how much they were pushing for it. I, it's kind of like the Ben Affleck thing with Argo. I mean, once again, I'm just, I'm also, I know that they did, they barely did any kind of marketing for, for eighth grade, but. I really. 8.4 marketing sucks. For like. Yeah, it does. I, because they're, I mean, there are two, there are two directors that I also would have loved to have good enough marketing to get in here. And that's Ari Aster for Hereditary and Bo Burnham for eighth grade, but you're right. 8.24 when it comes to their marketing, it's not good. Yeah. It's just not. Well, let's now talk about supporting actress. Nominees are Amy Adams, Vice Marina, D2, Tavira, Roma, Regina King, Emma Stone, Rachel Weiss. I have no complaints in this category. I'm actually really on Marina D. Tavira got it. That was a very big surprise. The clear winner of this will be Regina King. She's won every other award. But. I think Marina has a chance of winning in the dark horse being Rachel Weiss. Okay. I'm, I'm with you there. I would say the dark horse for me would be Emma Stone. Really? You see, I'm, I see. I actually would clearly actually would rather have Emma Stone win, but I don't think she will. But maybe I'm wrong. Who knows? Supporting actor. You want to talk about them? Yeah. Our supporting actors are Mahershala Ali for Green Book, Adam Driver for Black Clansmen, Sam Elliott for A Star Is Born, Richard E. Grant for Can You Ever Forgive Me and then Sam Rockwell for Vice. Hey, Oscars. How the fuck did you nominate Sam Rockwell for eating a chicken finger over a pinkie shallamette? Just saying. Just saying. That's a good point. That's a really good point. And if you ask me, honestly, you take Sam Rockwell, if we were going to nominate people that were in Vice for Best Supporting Actor, I would have preferred Steve. Yeah, exactly. Absolutely. I would have preferred Steve. Ten times better. Ten times better. Yeah, no, I, that's really the only complaint I have with this. Everyone else was great. Adam Driver, really happy to see you finally get some love from the Academy. I mean, Sam Elliott. Yeah, it's Oscar nomination ever. Did you see what he said in his interview? What did he say? It's about fucking time. Personally, the winner will be Ali. Yeah, absolutely. Maybe Dark Horse will be Sam Elliott. Actually, you know, the Dark Horse, I think, is Richard E. Grant and the second place is Sam Elliott. But I don't think Ali should win. I think he's good. But I personally would give it to Sam Elliott or Richard E. Grant. I can't say anything about Richard E. Grant because I haven't seen Can You Ever Forgive Me because it didn't, it wasn't released on like any kind of service around me and it just never came out. But I would prefer to have Sam Elliott win over Mahershala Ali. Yeah. Like again, Ali was good in Green Book but I thought he was better in Moon. Like he got more material in Green Book, but yeah, lead actress. Lead it off, Cody. Oh, wait a second. Did we discuss who we think is gonna win for Best Director? I think it's gonna be like it. Yeah, go back, Karan. Yeah, Alphonse, it's gonna be like the Golden Globes. He's gonna win Best Director. I think we're kind of just glared over it because it's fucking cool. Lead actress, Cody. All right, lead actress. We have, our nominations are Yelitz, Apparicio for Roma, Glenn Close for the wife, and for anybody who's going to complain about that, you didn't see the movie. Yeah, and then here's my thing. Talk crap about the movie. I'll get it. The performance though, you can't say shit about. Yeah. Olivia Coleman for the favorite, Lady Gaga for A Star is Born in Melissa McCarthy for Can You Ever Forgive Me. Now, when it comes to this category, I think when it comes to the Academy, I think that it's going to be Glenn Close. And when it comes to my personal choice, it's torn up between two because do I want Lady Gaga to win? Yes, but do I also want Glenn Close to win? Absolutely. If either one of those actresses win, I'm perfectly happy with it. But if we're gonna have a list, for me it goes Glenn Close, Lady Gaga, and then from everything that I've heard, Melissa McCarthy would be the dark horse for that. So Glenn Close wins it, hands down, with Lady Gaga being second and the dark horse being Olivia Coleman. She's won every other award. But if I were to personally pick this award, I would give it to Melissa McCarthy. Okay. Or Lady Gaga. I love Glenn Close's performance in The Wife. The reason I don't think Lady Gaga will win this is because she's gonna get the nominee, she's gonna get the one for Shallows. She'll have an Oscar. Yeleets, I think, honestly, here's the thing, I'd be happy with any of these lead actresses winning. I really would. I would not complain at all. Maybe I would have a little temp. I think Olivia Coleman's good in the favor. I do not think she's great. I think Emma Stone and Rachel Weiss are the big standouts of the favorite personally. But again, she's really good in it. I would not complain if any of these actresses won. I think they're all worthy of the nomination and this is the one where I'm curious to see what wins, but I think Glenn Close has it. And if we're talking about what got snubbed, where the fuck is Toni Collette? Yes! Here's the thing, I know- Where is Toni Collette? We all knew she wasn't gonna get a nominee, but tell me, when they were listing off the gnomes, we were all sitting there being, come on, surprised-less, surprised-less Toni Collette. It's kind of like supporting actress, no Claire Ford either. So I would've moved Amy Adams out and put Claire Ford in, but seriously- Hey, when it comes to all these actresses- And do you know what, though? There was news saying that a lot of the Academy members did not watch Rarity Terry because of how scary it was. Oh, it's- I'm sorry, but like, you're in the industry. Watch the fucking movie. You know what? And out of all of these, if I was gonna remove anybody from this list, as much as I love the movie, I would probably remove Yeliz Apparicio. I know a bunch of people are probably gonna- I wouldn't, I would move out Olivia Coleman. Really? Just because the elites, I loved what Roma represented, and I think she played it in a very subtle way, and never being an actress. Here's the thing though, I see all four of these ladies, I don't ever see Yeliz ever getting a nomination again. That's just me being personally honest. It's like, it kind of reminds me when Captain Phillips, I don't remember his name, but the supporting actor got nominated for that. And he never got nominated again? Yeah, what's he in now? I think he's been in a Blade Runner short film. He was in Blade Runner 2049. Oh yeah, yeah, so that's it. Like, he hasn't been in much, and I wish he was. He was really good in Captain Phillips, but that's kind of where I get nervous saying these, and I'm glad Yeliz got the one nomination. But let's move on to lead actor, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Womb the Foe, Remy Malick, Vigo Mortensen, no complaints. None, except I did, at Eternity's Gate, who has actually seen the movie? I have. You have? I have the scanner. You're lucky, okay? It's really good, it's really good. One thing I will say though, I would rather had John David Washington in here. I would have taken Will and the Foe or Vigo out for him. Yep, and you know what? This is such a darn shame because he wasn't nominated for Best Director, but hands down for me, I still don't think that Bradley Cooper is going to win this. I did, I think he's the Dark Horse to win. I really think he's the Dark Horse to win. I think Christian Bale's the front runner with Remy Malick coming in second, but I think Bradley Cooper's the Dark Horse. He didn't get that damn Oscar now, but you know for a fact, he's going to get some win out of a star that's born. He has to. I would be utterly shocked if he didn't. Another one, do not, honestly, don't count on anyone in any of these categories can win. And I think lead actor is one of those that any of those actors can win. Even Will and the Foe, even Vigo Mortensen. Don't count it out, do not count it out. Really, is there anyone else missing though that you would have put in? I can't really think of anybody. But yeah, John David Washington is one I certainly would have put in. But other than that, no, for me though, I still have Remy Malick on being on top. It's between him and Christian Bale. I mean, I'm pretty sure that when it comes to them, they're both kind of tied at this point. And now let's get into the category that I think we are the most going to be controversial. Yeah, you can name the first four. I'll talk about the next four. Or name the first four, I'll name the next four. Black Panther, Black Klansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, and the favorite. And from me, it is Green Book, Roma, A Star is Born in Vice. Yeah, Bohemian Rhapsody should not be in this list. It just shouldn't. I posted this on Twitter a couple of days ago. I loved Bohemian Rhapsody for the energy and the celebration of Queen. As a film, it is not a very well-made film. It's very, like cast and crew, production, technical stuff, awesome. Performance is great. The directing, and I'm not just saying this because of the allegations again, Brian Singer. It's pretty lacking. Like it's very much lacking. This film was led by Remy Malick. And if it wasn't for Remy Malick, this film would be getting elderly no nominations. I would, that he's the only reason this film has any nominations. I'm being 100% honest. I completely agree, because you know what? It feels like the people who created this movie, it feels like they walked into the studio and they're like, hey, I got a movie idea for you guys. And they're like, oh, guess what? My movie idea is literally every other musical biopic out there, except about Queen. What would you have switched in? What best pictures? Like actual, not hereditary, but I mean like actual things. No, actual things, if I would have switched out Bohemian Rhapsody, I would have easily taking out the fact that A24's marketing sucks. I would have put eighth grade in. So I'm gonna, so I get it. Here's my thing, my best picture. I think this is an issue with the nominations in general. When you have a chance of getting 10 gnomes, why not just do the 10 gnomes? It makes no sense to not do the 10. You know what I mean? Like if you can do 10, just do the 10. I know it's statistics and probability and calculation, but just do fucking 10. It's not hard. You know what I mean? Like, cause I think, what else? First man, I think first man deserved a nomination. Sorry, I think Bill Street deserved a fucking nomination. Hands down deserved a nomination. You could have taken Bohemian Rhapsody out and put first man or Bill Street and I would have been happy. Here's the thing. And this is also, I think we've all talked about this. The fact that Mad Max Shafiri Road got nominated a few years ago. Mission Impossible Fallout could have easily been nominated this year. I'm with you. Here's the thing, Vice, I don't really have an issue with it being nominated. Do I think it deserves one? Yeah, I loved it, but I don't know if I would have put it in here. Star's Born, yeah. Roma, yeah. Absolutely. Green Book, I want it in there. I'm sorry, I literally, I understand like it may not be the best Oscar film, one of the best made films of the year, but as a film that warmed my heart, it fucking warmed my heart. And I think that's what academy members are going off of. I mean, even if you look at Bohemian Rhapsody, that is kind of the reasons why that film got nominated is because of the energy that it carried. And again, I get it, I get it, I get it, I get the controversies of Green Book, but it just worked for me. And I'm glad to see it in there. The favorite, really happy I got in there. Black Clansman, absolutely happy I got in there. Very happy for Spike Lee. And Black Panther, whatever people will say about the social justice warriors and that it only got in for that and that's why the Oscars nominated it. Here's the thing. I get it. I don't think it's the best Marvel film, but as a cultural, significant superhero film and what it's done for the genre, it deserved the nomination for that. I mean, it's the, what? And honestly, here's the thing. I think Black Panther's, people talk about it being overrated, it's underrated, people crap on that film and watch the film again because I think people watched it after all the hype or once all the hype, because they built that film, I saw like three weeks early. The hype was building up for it. It is, I get it, the CGI is not the best, but the culture, the story, it is beautiful in there. It is, and here's the thing. You're right, there's significance of it. When's the last time that we've actually heard of a comic book movie, a comic book superhero movie being nominated for best picture? We all agree, never. Here's the, we all agreed in the Oscars last year, Logan should have been nominated for best picture. Hands down. Yep, and I agree. And that's my thing. I'm glad Logan got the adaptive screenplay nomination. That's pretty fucking big. Yeah. And I get it, people will always go about, well, the Dark Knight should have been the first one to win and they got nominated. Here's the fucking thing, at that point in time there was only five nominations. I'm gonna tell you something right now. The year the Dark Knight came out, I'm gonna read you guys the best picture nominations. We're gonna decide what should have been taken out. I should have been. Yeah, we're gonna talk about it. A little bit here. So 2008, right? 2009 best Oscar picture. Where the fuck is these awards? Okay. Okay, actually you never went, nevermind. It was Slumdog Millionaire, I wouldn't have taken that out. The reader, Frost Nixon, Milk in the Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons. But remember, that's only when I had five nominations. What would have you put in? Three of those films were not the best and I would have taken three of those fucking out for the Dark Knight. Okay, maybe I'm wrong. But again, this year wasn't the best for film either. No, it wasn't. I keep Black Panther in there. I like Avengers more, but I think Black Panther significantly did something more for the genre. Absolutely. And you might disagree. That's fine. You might think it's for the social justice warriors. That's fine. I don't care. I'm glad it got in. I'm glad comic book films are represented. Let's just be proud. Cause maybe the next time, say Avengers Endgame could get nominated. And here's another thing everyone needs to remember. It's called marketing. Disney pushed the fuck out of Black Panther. They didn't push Avengers. I guarantee if Disney wanted Avengers to be nominated for best picture, it probably could have been. Okay, and here's a little lesson for everybody who's listening to this podcast. The fact of the matter is, look, you're gonna have all the movies that you love in the world. And yes, eighth grade should have probably been in there. A quiet place should have probably been in there. Paddington too should have probably been in there. Paddington too was snubbed. Paddington keep hosting the Oscars. But what you guys need to realize is that when it comes to these award seasons, particularly the Oscars, they run them like political campaigns. That's how these are put together. The people with the best marketing, the people who are the best speakers, the people with the best campaign runners are the people who have their films nominated at these award shows, particularly the Oscars. And these films are the ones that had the best marketing. Look, we can say, yes, films are snubbed. We're unhappy about it, but that's not really on us. That's on the marketing team. They just didn't do enough. Except for Bradley Cooper when it comes to his directing in a Star is Born because that's ridiculous. Now, as far as what we think is going to win for me personally, I think the run for who is going to win Best Picture is between a Star is Born and Roma. And I think the Dark Horse, as much as much as- I don't think a Star is Born. I don't think a Star is Born. As much as I hate to say it, I think the Dark Horse of this whole award, this season, is going to be Bohemian Rhapsody. I don't disagree with you, but I have to say this. I don't think a Star is Born wins Best Picture, man. I think Green Book is the front runner right now. I think Green Book has found the front runner. Even if people don't want to hear that, it's won a ton of awards for Best Picture. It's won the PGA. That's a big one. I can understand that. But I think Roma has the big chances too. With the Dark Horse being Bohemian Rhapsody or the favorite. So if we're going to say- And don't count out Black Panther, Jesse. No, absolutely not. I mean, if we were to say what three films are tied, it's Green Book, Roma, and a Star is Born. I think it's Green Book, Roma, and either the favorite Black Panther. It really comes down to Green Book or Roma. If one of those two don't win, I'll probably boot my pants from sitting there watching, but one of them too, it's going to be interesting. This is one of the first years that there isn't a front runner, but just like last year when Shape of Water won, I swear to God, three billboards was going to win. I never thought in a million years Shape of Water. Personally, that was my personal pick. I'm glad Shape of Water won. Didn't think it would have won though. Did Shape of Water win? Cause I had to. No, it won. It was big. It was big. It won. Cause it's the third year in a row that a Mexican director has won Best Picture and Best Director or something like that. Give me one second. What are you going to look at? It is Shape of Water. You want to bet money? I'll bet you $10 that it is Shape of Water. Look, I've got the Oscar and all that. Okay, never mind. You're right. Yeah. So, but overall Best Picture, it is missing quite a lot of films. Can you forgive me if I didn't know that would have gone in there? And again, it just comes down to marketing. This is going to be interesting. Again, there's only a couple of locks. A cinematography, I think is a lock. Director is a lock. Best Supporting Actress is a lock. Supporting Actress is a lock. I think Cinematography. Wait, did you say Cinematography? Yeah, I said so. Okay, yeah. It's all phones all around. I think, yeah. And pretty much that's where it comes down to. Those are really the only locks. I don't love the Oscars. I love seeing what gets nominated and I love seeing what's winning. I don't actually watch the awards, though, to be honest. I never do. I don't care to. I just play Kingdom Hearts and then I'll be in a couple of minutes. Hey! Guess what? You know what? We're going on a delay for the next two months because I'm going to be eating Kometos playing Kingdom Hearts 3. You're right. No, here's the thing. Is the fact is the Oscars, they make a lot of mistakes, but there is something coming out in about a month that we might be putting together right now. Yes. So if you guys do not know, we have our own award show that is better than the Oscars and Golden Globes. And until the 31st, you can actually vote on it, right, Cody? Yeah, you can vote on it up until the 31st at 6 a.m. in the morning. Yeah, that's Eastern Standard Time. Cody's taking it down and we're starting everything else. Yeah, we are. But guys, if you don't know what this is, this is the second annual Sweet Film Awards. Yes, and we're really excited to be doing this again last year was a great success. So we want you guys to go vote. Go vote. If you're watching this, if you're new, hit that subscribe button and hit that like button so you guys are stay tuned on this channel. 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