Sunday, February 09, 2020

Oscar Wrap Up 2020









While some of the awards were predictable, I was pleasantly surprised that Parasite took home the big prize. I tied my 2014 record of 21 out of 24 categories. The acting winners were pretty easy to predict but I think this was the first time ever I got all three short films right. Loved Best Director Winner Bong Joon-ho’s shout out to fellow nominee Martin Scorsese. I found it touching. On the other end of the spectrum, Joaquin and Renee, just say ‘thank you’ and get off the stage. Why were they allowed to talk so long and then the Parasite Best Picture winners got the lights turned off? Thank goodness for the front row. When Tom Hanks tells you to keep the lights on, you better listen. I was worried about the nomination packages this year. When they played the long Supporting Actor package, I was worried they were going to short change the Best Actor and Actress packages due to time, like every year. Luckily, they remained consistent. While there were some fun presenters like Maya Rudolph & Kristen Wiig ‘acting’, Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Will Ferrell’s cinematographer ignorance; and James Corden & Rebel Wilson mocking their Cats debacle, this show still need a host. Chris Rock & Steve Martin starting off the show with monologue banter proved how nice it is to have someone ring lead instead of having younger actors introduce another actor who in turn introduces another actor with an award. Let’s get a host and ignore their Twitter feed from ten years ago. Rant over. Anyway, here’s who won:

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
THE NEIGHBOR’S WINDOW (predicted)
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
HAIR LOVE (predicted)
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (If You’re a Girl) (predicted)
SOUND EDITING
FORD V FERRARI
SOUND MIXING
1917 (predicted)
ORIGINAL SCORE
JOKER (predicted)
ORIGINAL SONG
(I’M GONNA) LOVE ME AGAIN (predicted)
VISUAL EFFECTS
1917 (predicted)
MAKE-UP
BOMBSHELL (predicted)
COSTUME DESIGN
LITTLE WOMEN (predicted)
PRODUCTION DESIGN
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
FILM EDITING
FORD V FERRARI (predicted)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
1917 (predicted)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
AMERICAN FACTORY (predicted)
ANIMATED FEATURE
TOY STORY 4 (predicted)
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
PARASITE (predicted)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
JOJO RABBIT (predicted)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
PARASITE (predicted)
BEST DIRECTOR
BONG JOON-HO [PARASITE] (predicted)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
LAURA DERN [MARRIAGE STORY] (predicted)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BRAD PITT [ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD] (predicted)
BEST ACTRESS
RENEE ZELLWEGER [JUDY] (predicted)
BEST ACTOR
JOAQUIN PHOENIX [JOKER] (predicted)
BEST PICTURE
PARASITE

How did you do?

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