It's that time of year again. The final round of Oscars voting begins today, and for the third straight year on this day I'm posting my own nominations so you can see where I think the Academy got it right and where I think they got it wrong. Now, my nominations for Best Picture are not included in this post since I don't want to spoil my list of the 10 Best Movies of 2016, which I'll be posting next week, but from my nominations in the 20 other categories listed here(no Live-Action, Animated, or Documentary shorts, again) you can get a strong sense of which movies I liked more than others.
The two movies with the highest number of nominations on my list are a perfect example of how I think the Academy can get it very right and very wrong at the same time. I am in almost complete agreement with them on La La Land. The Academy gave it 14 nominations and I gave it 13(including Best Picture). Love it or hate it, I honestly think it deserves every nomination it got. I have Ryan Gosling nominated for his performance in The Nice Guys instead of La La Land, but the Academy has certainly done a lot worse than this nomination.
Then there's the case of the movie with the 2nd highest number of nominations on my list, The Handmaiden. I gave it 10 nominations(including Best Picture), but the Academy gave it a grand total of 0. This happened last year, but in reverse, when I didn't have a single nomination for one of the Academy's Best Picture nominees, The Big Short. This year all of the Best Picture nominees got at least 2 nominations on my list. Only 3 movies with multiple Oscar nominations don't appear on my list this year: Florence Foster Jenkins(Meryl Streep, totally overrated, sad!), Deepwater Horizon, which I didn't see, and Passengers, which I didn't see and don't plan on seeing because of my ongoing case of Jennifer Lawrence fatigue(dear JLaw, make a good movie again, please).
On the contrary, 3 movies that got multiple nominations on my list, Sing Street, 10 Cloverfield Lane, and I, Daniel Blake got no love from the Academy(Sing Street somehow getting snubbed in the Best Original Song category). Some other Oscar nominated movies that you won't see on my list include: Silence, which I haven't seen but plan on seeing this weekend(I'll update my list if necessary), 20th Century Women and Loving, which I saw but were hugely disappointing, and 2 other films I'm not nominating for technical reasons, OJ: Made in America, which I saw over the course of a full week on TV and for that reason I'm not counting it as a feature film(you should still watch it though), and The Lobster, which I included on my list of 2015 nominations and was actually my #1 movie of 2015.
But enough of what's not on this list. Let's get to the nominations, starting with the Academy's list and then my own so you can compare the two.
And the nominees are ...
And now my nominees ...
Best Actor in a Leading Role
5. Markees Christmas - Morris From America
4. Ryan Gosling - The Nice Guys
3. Denzel Washington - Fences
2. Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
1. Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
Best Actress in a Leading Role
5. Isabelle Huppert - Elle
4. Emma Stone - La La Land
3. Rebecca Hall - Christine
2. Sandra Hüller - Toni Erdmann
1. Natalie Portman - Jackie
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
5. Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Nocturnal Animals
4. Ben Foster - Hell or High Water
3. Sunny Pawar - Lion
2. John Goodman - 10 Cloverfield Lane
1. Ashton Sanders - Moonlight
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
5. Laura Linney - Nocturnal Animals
4. Molly Shannon - Other People
3. Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea
2. Viola Davis - Fences
1. Hayley Squires - I, Daniel Blake
Best Achievement in Directing
5. Pablo Larraín - Jackie
4. Tom Ford - Nocturnal Animals
3. Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
2. Chan-wook Park - The Handmaiden
1. Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Best Original Screenplay
5. Hell or High Water - Taylor Sheridan
4. I, Daniel Blake - Paul Laverty
3. Captain Fantastic - Matt Ross
2. La La Land - Damien Chazelle
1. Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan
Best Adapted Screenplay
5. A Bigger Splash - David Kajganich
4. Hidden Figures - Allison Schroeder & Theodore Melfi
3. Moonlight - Barry Jenkins
2. Nocturnal Animals - Tom Ford
1. The Handmaiden - Chan-wook Park & Sea-kyeong Jeong
Best Achievement in Cinematography
5. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Greig Fraser
4. Moonlight - James Laxton
3. Kubo and the Two Strings - Frank Passingham
2. La La Land - Linus Sandgren
1. The Handmaiden - Chung-hoon Chung
Best Achievement in Film Editing
5. Jackie - Sebastián Sepúlveda
4. Nocturnal Animals - Joan Sobel
3. Manchester by the Sea - Jennifer Lame
2. The Handmaiden - Jae-Bum Kim & Sang-beom Kim
1. La La Land - Tom Cross
Best Achievement in Production Design
5. 10 Cloverfield Lane - Ramsey Avery
4. Arrival - Patrice Vermette
3. The Handmaiden - Seong-hie Ryu
2. Kubo and the Two Strings - Daniel R Casey & Nelson Lowry
1. La La Land - David Wasco
Best Achievement in Costume Design
5. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Colleen Atwood
4. Hidden Figures - Renee Ehrlich Kalfus
3. La La Land - Mary Zophres
2. Jackie - Madeline Fontaine
1. The Handmaiden - Sang-gyeong Jo
Best Achievement in Makeup & Hairstyling
5. Star Trek Beyond
4. Sing Street
3. Jackie
2. Hacksaw Ridge
1. Swiss Army Man
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
5. Captain America: Civil War
4. Arrival
3. Doctor Strange
2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
1. The Jungle Book
Best Original Score
5. Lion - Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka
4. The Handmaiden - Yeong-wook Jo
3. Jackie - Mica Levi
2. Nocturnal Animals - Abel Korzeniowski
1. La La Land - Justin Hurwitz
Best Original Song
5. "We Know the Way" from Moana - Opetaia Foa'i & Lin-Manuel Miranda
4. "City of Stars" from La La Land - Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul
3. "Drive it Like You Stole it" from Sing Street - Gary Clark
2. "Audition(The Fools Who Dream)" from La La Land - Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul
1. "Up" from Sing Street - John Carney, Graham Henderson, and Gary Clark
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
5. Arrival
4. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
3. Hacksaw Ridge
2. La La Land
1. Kubo and the Two Strings
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
5. Hell or High Water
4. Sing Street
3. The Handmaiden
2. Kubo and the Two Strings
1. La La Land
Best Documentary Feature
5. Life, Animated
4. Cameraperson
3. 13th
2. Weiner
1. Gleason
Best Foreign Language Film
3. Elle
2. Toni Erdmann
1. The Handmaiden
Best Animated Feature Film
3. Moana
2. Zootopia
1. Kubo and the Two Strings
5. Markees Christmas - Morris From America
4. Ryan Gosling - The Nice Guys
3. Denzel Washington - Fences
2. Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
1. Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
Best Actress in a Leading Role
5. Isabelle Huppert - Elle
4. Emma Stone - La La Land
3. Rebecca Hall - Christine
2. Sandra Hüller - Toni Erdmann
1. Natalie Portman - Jackie
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
5. Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Nocturnal Animals
4. Ben Foster - Hell or High Water
3. Sunny Pawar - Lion
2. John Goodman - 10 Cloverfield Lane
1. Ashton Sanders - Moonlight
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
5. Laura Linney - Nocturnal Animals
4. Molly Shannon - Other People
3. Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea
2. Viola Davis - Fences
1. Hayley Squires - I, Daniel Blake
Best Achievement in Directing
5. Pablo Larraín - Jackie
4. Tom Ford - Nocturnal Animals
3. Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
2. Chan-wook Park - The Handmaiden
1. Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Best Original Screenplay
5. Hell or High Water - Taylor Sheridan
4. I, Daniel Blake - Paul Laverty
3. Captain Fantastic - Matt Ross
2. La La Land - Damien Chazelle
1. Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan
Best Adapted Screenplay
5. A Bigger Splash - David Kajganich
4. Hidden Figures - Allison Schroeder & Theodore Melfi
3. Moonlight - Barry Jenkins
2. Nocturnal Animals - Tom Ford
1. The Handmaiden - Chan-wook Park & Sea-kyeong Jeong
Best Achievement in Cinematography
5. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Greig Fraser
4. Moonlight - James Laxton
3. Kubo and the Two Strings - Frank Passingham
2. La La Land - Linus Sandgren
1. The Handmaiden - Chung-hoon Chung
Best Achievement in Film Editing
5. Jackie - Sebastián Sepúlveda
4. Nocturnal Animals - Joan Sobel
3. Manchester by the Sea - Jennifer Lame
2. The Handmaiden - Jae-Bum Kim & Sang-beom Kim
1. La La Land - Tom Cross
Best Achievement in Production Design
5. 10 Cloverfield Lane - Ramsey Avery
4. Arrival - Patrice Vermette
3. The Handmaiden - Seong-hie Ryu
2. Kubo and the Two Strings - Daniel R Casey & Nelson Lowry
1. La La Land - David Wasco
Best Achievement in Costume Design
5. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Colleen Atwood
4. Hidden Figures - Renee Ehrlich Kalfus
3. La La Land - Mary Zophres
2. Jackie - Madeline Fontaine
1. The Handmaiden - Sang-gyeong Jo
Best Achievement in Makeup & Hairstyling
5. Star Trek Beyond
4. Sing Street
3. Jackie
2. Hacksaw Ridge
1. Swiss Army Man
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
5. Captain America: Civil War
4. Arrival
3. Doctor Strange
2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
1. The Jungle Book
Best Original Score
5. Lion - Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka
4. The Handmaiden - Yeong-wook Jo
3. Jackie - Mica Levi
2. Nocturnal Animals - Abel Korzeniowski
1. La La Land - Justin Hurwitz
Best Original Song
5. "We Know the Way" from Moana - Opetaia Foa'i & Lin-Manuel Miranda
4. "City of Stars" from La La Land - Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul
3. "Drive it Like You Stole it" from Sing Street - Gary Clark
2. "Audition(The Fools Who Dream)" from La La Land - Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul
1. "Up" from Sing Street - John Carney, Graham Henderson, and Gary Clark
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
5. Arrival
4. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
3. Hacksaw Ridge
2. La La Land
1. Kubo and the Two Strings
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
5. Hell or High Water
4. Sing Street
3. The Handmaiden
2. Kubo and the Two Strings
1. La La Land
Best Documentary Feature
5. Life, Animated
4. Cameraperson
3. 13th
2. Weiner
1. Gleason
Best Foreign Language Film
3. Elle
2. Toni Erdmann
1. The Handmaiden
Best Animated Feature Film
3. Moana
2. Zootopia
1. Kubo and the Two Strings
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