Oscars 2025

expectationlost

Did Zoe and Selana not want to sing the songs live? Did the Oscars not want two spanish language songs ?

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123226515#Comment_123226515

I'm not sure why no performances this year of the best song nominees, both Selena and Zoe can sing and in Spanish, even if they were slated for their Spanish, that film is a weird one, very marmite, I haven't watched just going by reviews

expectationlost

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123226524#Comment_123226524

there is singing and then there is singing on live TV, would Zoe be expected to recreate the dance aswell? Look at Charli XCX she chose not to sing at the Brits cos she was doing the Grammys.

JP Liz V1

Adrien Brody's other half is ex Mrs Harvey Weinstein, his speech was long

expectationlost

5 Oscars for Anora.

expectationlost

5 Oscars for a film about someone prostituting themselves out to a rich Russian. Is that a pro-Trump messsage

johnny_ultimate

Really happy for Madison, Baker and the Anora crew. Have been a big Baker fan for years and his success has been well-earned. As audacious as Moore’s turn in The Substance was, Madison was a real force of nature in Anora so great to see such a vibrant performance rewarded. Also a film that’s terrific fun so hopefully should play well to the new audiences suddenly interested in seeing it.

Culkin and Brody fine picks for their respective awards too, and great to see Flow picked over some of the bigger hitters. No Other Land a no brainer for documentary too - hopefully that means it will FINALLY get picked up for proper distribution in the US (thankfully it’s readily available here - essential viewing).

Not a bad set of winners at all tbh, and for my disappointment the divine Nickel Boys didn’t make more of an impact, at least the Emilia Perez sweep didn’t come to fruition.

expectationlost

winners interviews https://www.youtube.com/%40Oscars/videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3MAQ3GFP80

Romario11

I didnt even bother to finish Anora and I got about 80% of the way through it. That this paperweight of a film is winning best picture and the top film produced this year is a sad indictment of where the industry is today. Hollywood is hanging by a thread, and popular film is changed irrevocably I feel.

Man Vs ManUre

Dune 2 shuda won best film. And Longlegs shuda been in the list.

eightieschewbaccy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123226621#Comment_123226621

I'd actually put Anora in a similar vein as Parasite, an incredible clever commentary on capitalism and how terribly the working class can be treated. Think most would view it as pretty exciting that this won over the likes of the more traditional Conclave.

reubenreuben

Culkin wasn't Oscar worthy in A Real Pain. It was just a prolonged version of his Succession character.

The movie was contrived also.

Where was that English accent from for the tour guide.?

Haven't watched Anora yet, so no comment.

Jack Daw

Diane Warren being nominated for 16 Oscars and not having won one is hilarious, she's worse than the Mayo footballers.

They surely have to be trolling her at this stage to keep on nominating her.

Hamsterchops

Disappointed that Demi Moore missed out on the Oscar for best actress in The Substance.

Congrats to Mikey Madison, my 2nd choice👏

Thought Jagger was good fun giving out the award for best original song.

JP Liz V1

Mikey winning over Demi could have been part of The Substance 😆

~Rebel~

A decent Oscars all in all, and delighted for Sean Baker. What a decade for him, from breaking out with Tangerine in 2015 to now! Great to see Anora do so well, though for Best Female Actor I think Fernanda Torres was a level above everyone else, but that was never going to happen. Madison well worth it herself anyway.

A bit of a shame not to have each of the best songs able to perform, but was clearly done as a time-saver, replacing it with a couple shorter set pieces instead. Wonder if there's a middle ground with some sort of medley of the nominated tracks?

johnny_ultimate

The well-deserved Best Documentary winner No Other Land - covering brave journalists’ and activists’ work to draw attention to the Israeli authorities’ increasingly aggressive attempts to force Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank - is actually streaming for free on Channel 4’s website at the moment. Essential viewing - and all the more remarkable it won because it still hasn’t had formal distribution in the US, outside a short awards qualifying run.

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/no-other-land

spurious

Delighted for the makers of 'Flow', a lovely little film.

JP Liz V1

Adrien Brody had longest acceptance speech in history

expectationlost

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123228774#Comment_123228774

they probably give the big awards more time but. 45secs to a minute limit is an insult, why invite them and cut people off.

expectationlost

I was looking back over Adrien Brody's career to see what happened, he just never had a commercial or big enough critical hit again, in 2005 he made a film about Spanish bullfighter with Penelope Cruz that sat and shelf and never got a theatrical run. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manolete_(film)

Romario11

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123226757#Comment_123226757

Now that is generous. I found parasite far more intriguing and a far greater piece of work. To me the story in Anora is very predictable and simplistic. I dont see the commentary and I didnt get any message from the work, had no emotional reaction at all. It was well made and well acted, but very much without any gravitas.

eightieschewbaccy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123229624#Comment_123229624

I think you not finding the message is more on you... Also finishing the movie is pretty much required to fully comprehend it.

johnny_ultimate

Im not sure if anyone would do a complete 180 on Anora based on the ending - it’s a long film and you need to be tuned to its screwball wavelength for much of the runtime - but the brilliant ending really does tie the film together emotionally, thematically and tonally in a way that is exceedingly rare. The film is lesser without it, and it only makes sense after two hours with these characters.

eightieschewbaccy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123229687#Comment_123229687

Yep fair

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123229239#Comment_123229239

AFAIR Predator(s) , King Kong and Peaky Blinders are what I remember him from since his last Oscar win but he is working constantly

Bogey Lowenstein

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123228774#Comment_123228774

He did that before, it was for The Pianist I think. They were playing him off because he went over his time and he told them to stop the music so he could keep talking.

Seathrun66

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123140150#Comment_123140150

Untrue. SOME people in the LGBTQ community hated it. SOME people in the Mexican community hated it. Random rent-a-quote observers do not equate to an entire group of people. For everything successful you can find contrarian viewpoints.

In terms of a hope of success Emilia Perez was the bookies' favourite when the nominations were announced, the movie have one less than the all-time record. And then came the backlash, deserved for Gascón but not for the movie I think. It's pretty decent though subjectively inferior to at least 4/5 of the other films nominated for Best Picture (Nickel Boys the best for me). It had two wins, would definitely have got Best International Film but for the criticism and probably a couple more.

What movies are in for an envious backlash in 2026? Taking bets now.

Yvonne007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123230176#Comment_123230176

A little pedantic. It received a major backlash from the vocal LGBT community and Mexicans. Thats just a fact.

But if you want to be pedantic, you can't say it would DEFINITELY would have won Best International Film. That is simply YOUR opinion. You can find many contrarian viewpoints.

Seathrun66

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123226833#Comment_123226833

Tour guide was English, Will Sharpe a great actor as seen in Girl/Haji & The White Lotus, getting bigger parts now. He's a Londoner but putting on a Sheffield accent for the movie.