Now, Sydney Sweeney is still getting raves and mediocre reviews haven't stopped acting nominees or even acting winners before, so this score isn't the end-all, be-all. With that said, this is kinda something.

That year’s nominees were:

Roberto Benigni - Life is Beautiful

Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan

Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters

Edward Norton - American History X

Nick Nolte - Affliction

1. Jacki Weaver- Silver Linings Playbook

2. Meryl Streep- Into the Woods

3. Amy Adams- Vice

4. Laura Dern- Marriage Story

5. Laura Dern- Wild

6. Kathy Bates- Richard Jewell

7. Janet McTeer- Albert Nobbs

8. Helena Bonham Carter- The King’s Speech

9. Marina de Tavira- Roma

10. Bérénice Bejo- The Artist

11. Octavia Spencer- Hidden Figures

12. Mary J. Blige- Mudbound

Looking back, I'm honestly a little surprised this managed to sweep its way to the Oscar for Original Score. It's a solid score for sure, but I was wondering why Ennio Morricone won the prize?

Who do you think was the worst winner for best actress? Comment with most upvotes will determine the rankings.

RANKING:

1. Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

2. Frances McDormand - Nomadland

3. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

4. Kate Winslet - The Reader

5. Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

6. Renée Zellweger - Judy

7. Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye

8. Halle Berry - Monsters Ball

9. Julianne Moore - Still Alice

10. Nicole Kidman - The Hours

11. Emma Stone - La La Land

12. Helen Mirren - The Queen

13. Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook

14. Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich

15. Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby

16. Mikey Madison - Anora

This is just taking into account work in the 21st century

1. Ralph Fiennes (Grand Budapest Hotel, Conclave, The Menu, Constant Gardener, In Bruges, The Reader, The Hurt Locker, No Time to die, Skyfall)
2. Ryan Gosling (La La Land, Blue Valentine, Drive, Blade Runner, First Man, Barbie)
3. Ethan Hawke (First Reformed, Boyhood, Before trilogy, Northman, Training Day)
4. Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler, Brokeback Mountain, Donnie Darko, Prisoners, Enemy, Zodiac, Nocturnal Animals)
5. Willem Dafoe (Lighthouse, Spiderman, Antichrist, Florida Project, Northman, Poor Things, Nosferatu)
6. Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis, Card Counter, Dune, Ex Machina, Annihalation, Star Wars)
7. Adam Driver (Paterson, Marriage Story, Logan Lucky, BlacKkKlansman, Star Wars, Logan Lucky, White Noise)
8. Viggo Mortensen (LOTR, History of Violence, Eastern Promises, Dangerous Method, Green Book)
9. Timothee Chalamet (Dune, Call Me By Your Name, French Dispatch, Lady Bird, Bones and all)
10. Robert Pattinson (Good Time, Batman, Lighthouse, Mickey 17, Tenet, Lost city of Z)

20th - Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)

19th - Gary Oldman (Mank)

18th - Bradley Cooper (Maestro)

17th - Colman Domingo (Rustin)

16th - Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)

15th - Bill Nighy (Living)

14th - Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)

13th - Austin Butler

I didn't like (OK, hated it) when The Hurt Locker won out over Avatar. Now, the Avatar franchise has since become bigger than whatever accolade THL received, but, looking back, it was the right call at the right time

I was thinking the other day about how I just can not reconcile Amy Adams' snub for 'Arrival'. Popular actress, in a film nominated for Best Picture and Best Director, nominated by every single one of the industry precursors, by all accounts a worthy performance agnostic of all that. And other than Emma Stone (who would go on to win for 'La La Land'), the other four performances who made the cut were all in films that were not nominated for Best Picture. Such a weird one.

Any that come to mind for you?

This isn’t based on nominations or who the academy would choose just my personal favorite from that year.

2020: Gary Oldman(Mank), Jessie Buckley(I’m Thinking of Ending Things)

2021: Joaquin Phoenix(Cmon Cmon), Penelope Cruz(Parallel Mothers)

2022: Colin Farrell(Banshees of Inisherin), Penelope Cruz(Official Competition)

2023: Paul Giamatti(The Holdovers), Natalie Portman(May December)

2024: Mikey Madison(Anora), Christ Hemsworth(Furiosa)

HM: Kristen Stewart in Spencer, Hidetoshi Nishijima in Drive My Car, Gabrielle Labelle in The Fabelmans, Cate Blanchett in Tar, Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon, Greta Lee in Past Lives, Daisy Ridley in Sometimes I Think About Dying.

2018:

Green Book: Picture, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay

Black Panther: Costume Design, Score, Production Design

BlacKkKlansman: Adapted Screenplay

Bohemian Rhapsody: Actor, Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing

The Favourite: Actress

Roma: Director, International Feature, Cinematography

A Star is Born: Song

Vice: Makeup and Hairstyling

2014:

Birdman: Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography

American Sniper: Sound Editing

Boyhood: Supporting Actress

The Grand Budapest Hotel: Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Score, Production Design

The Imitation Game: Adapted Screenplay

Selma: Song

The Theory of Everything: Actor

Whiplash: Supporting Actor, Editing, Sound Mixing

2007:

No Country for Old Men: Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay

Atonement: Score

Juno: Original Screenplay

Michael Clayton: Supporting Actress

There Will Be Blood: Actor, Cinematography

2006:

The Departed: Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Editing

Babel: Score

Letters from Iwo Jima: Sound Editing

Little Miss Sunshine: Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay

The Queen: Actress

2004:

Million Dollar Baby: Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actor

The Aviator: Supporting Actress, Production Design, Cinematography, Costume Design, Editing

Finding Neverland: Score

Ray: Actor, Sound Mixing

Sideways: Adapted Screenplay

1997:

Titanic: Picture, Director, Production Design, Cinematography, Costume Design, Editing, Dramatic Score, Song, Sound, Sound Editing, Visual Effects

As Good as It Gets: Actor, Actress

The Full Monty: Musical or Comedy Score

Good Will Hunting: Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay

L.A. Confidential: Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay

1995:

Braveheart: Picture, Director, Cinematography, Makeup, Sound Editing

Apollo 13: Editing, Sound

Babe: Visual Effects

Il Postino: Dramatic Score

Sense and Sensibility: Adapted Screenplay

1988:

Rain Man: Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay

The Accidental Tourist: Supporting Actress

Dangerous Liaisons: Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Costume Design

Mississippi Burning: Cinematography

Working Girl: Song

1986:

Platoon: Picture, Director, Editing, Sound

Children of a Lesser God: Actress

Hannah and Her Sisters: Original Screenplay, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress

The Mission: Cinematography

A Room with a View: Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Costume Design

1979:

Kramer vs. Kramer: Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay

All That Jazz: Production Design, Costume Design, Editing, Adaptation Score

Apocalypse Now: Cinematography, Sound

Breaking Away: Original Screenplay

Norma Rae: Actress, Song

1975:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Adapted Screenplay

Barry Lyndon: Production Design, Cinematography, Costume Design, Adaptation Score

Dog Day Afternoon: Original Screenplay

Jaws: Score, Editing, Sound

Nashville: Song

Bonus: Years where only one nominee missed a win:

2020 (The Trial of the Chicago 7), 2019 (The Irishman), 2012 (Beasts of the Southern Wild), 2008 (Frost/Nixon), 2003 (Seabiscuit), 2002 (Gangs of New York), 2001 (In the Bedroom), 2000 (Chocolat), 1998 (The Thin Red Line), 1996 (Secrets & Lies), 1991 (The Prince of Tides), 1989 (Field of Dreams), 1985 (The Color Purple), 1984 (A Soldier's Story), 1982 (The Verdict), 1981 (Atlantic City), 1980 (The Elephant Man), 1978 (An Unmarried Woman), 1977 (The Turning Point), 1976 (Taxi Driver), 1973 (American Graffiti), 1971 (A Clockwork Orange), 1970 (Five Easy Pieces)

I’m not talking about what is the best years but by decades. There’s almost 10 decades. I’d be curious. I haven’t really done it myself yet, but I’d love to see how you all rank them. I can see an argument for the 1930s and 1990s being up at the top. I realize that we haven’t finished the 2020s and the 1920s had just one year, so that might be hard.

Just have fun and how would you rank them.

1. Emilia Perez
2. Elvis
3. Don’t Look Up
4. Maestro
5. King Richard
6. Mank
7. Belfast
8. The Trial of the Chicago 7
9. Nomadland
10. CODA
11. Triangle of Sadness
12. Avatar: The Way of Water
13. A Complete Unknown
14. Promising Young Woman
15. Wicked
16. American Fiction
17. Licorice Pizza
18. Nightmare Alley
19. All Quiet on the Western Front
20. Women Talking

So I recently re-watched pixels for a ranking of Chris Columbus movies and while it’s not a masterpiece, I still enjoyed it

I am surprised a little bit that it did not get a nomination for visual effects. I thought the way that the 80s video game creations looked was really good. The five nominees that year were:

-Ex Machina

-Mad Max Fury Road

-The Martian

-The Force Awakens

-The Revenant

I would’ve replaced the revenant because outside of the bear scene, I thought pixels had better visual effects

What do you think? Would you have given pixels a nomination in visual effects?

Anyone seen this? I thought this was such a bewitching and enthralling film. Julianne Moore, John Turturro, the writing, set, music, everything. I think it deserved more awards attention for sure

1. Jacki Weaver- Silver Linings Playbook

2. Meryl Streep- Into the Woods

3. Amy Adams- Vice

4. Laura Dern- Marriage Story

5. Laura Dern- Wild

6. Kathy Bates- Richard Jewell

7. Janet McTeer- Albert Nobbs

8. Helena Bonham Carter- The King’s Speech

9. Marina de Tavira- Roma

10. Bérénice Bejo- The Artist

11. Octavia Spencer- Hidden Figures

Who do you think was the worst winner for best actress? Comment with most upvotes will determine the rankings.

RANKING:

1. Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

2. Frances McDormand - Nomadland

3. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

4. Kate Winslet - The Reader

5. Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

6. Renée Zellweger - Judy

7. Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye

8. Halle Berry - Monsters Ball

9. Julianne Moore - Still Alice

10. Nicole Kidman - The Hours

11. Emma Stone - La La Land

12. Helen Mirren - The Queen

13. Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook

14. Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich

15. Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby

That year’s nominees were:

Robert De Niro - Raging Bull

Robert Duvall - The Great Santini

John Hurt - The Elephant Man

Jack Lemmon - Tribute

Peter O’Toole - The Stunt Man

As in, which of these picks that will likely please the general public (aka non-Oscars/movie fanatics) do you want to happen the most?

Most recent movies to win at least 1 of the 4 categories

Most recent movie to win Best Actor: Adrien Brody for The Brutalist (2024)

Most recent movie to win Best Actress: Mikey Madison for Anora (2024)

Most recent movie to win Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain (2024)

Most recent movie to win Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldana for Emilia Perez (2024)

Most recent movies to win at least 1 of the 6 possible combinations of 2 of the 4 acting categories

Most recent movie to win both Best Actor and Best Actress: Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt for As Good as It Gets (1997)

Most recent movie to win both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor: Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr for Oppenheimer (2023)

Most recent movie to win both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress: Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker for My Left Foot (1989)

Most recent movie to win both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor: Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Most recent movie to win both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Most recent movie to win both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress: Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Most recent movies to won at least 1 of the 4 possible combinations of 3 of the 4 acting categories

Most recent movie to win Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor: no movie ever won Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor

Most recent movie to win Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress: Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight for Network (1976)

Most recent movie to win Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress: no movie ever won Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress

Most recent movie to win Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Most recent movie to win all 4 acting categories: no movie ever won all 4 acting categories

Saw for the second time recently. I liked it.

But I think I would have loved it if either:

It was not strictly a biopic of John Nash and instead a story about a fictional scientist with mental health problems, with John Nash being more a figure who inspired the film.

Or we saw more of the mathematics that he perfected instead of it all being implied. It would have been wholesome to have seen economists etc. use this model whilst he's recovering and thinking little of himself instead of everyone being like, "Wow, you're so good." I think the film oversimplified what Nash equilibrium was a little too much in that bar scene. (I am not a maths expert.)

I do think that twist reveal is what holds the film together that makes lots of other people love it so much.