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The Oscars are Sunday! Prepare by reading about the important films here<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bI shouldn\u2019t be surprised that the absolute shitshow of our society has extended its reach to the Oscars, my favorite<\/em> thing, but here we are. The 91st Academy Awards will have the inauspicious repute of being the ceremony that went from bad to worse for no good reason. If anyone knows Donna Gigliotti and Glenn Weiss, the Oscars producers, and John Bailey, the Academy president, I hope you show them this to read and then give them a lollipop so those babies feel better after I\u2019m done. Guys, the FORK is wrong with you? You\u2019re in the entertainment business but can\u2019t think of a comedian other than Kevin Hart? I\u2019m not even going to list potential comedians who would have been better \u2013 and who are not homophobic assholes (or the shortest man in America) \u2013 because it\u2019s endless<\/em>. Yet instead of finding a decent, funny human to host, you decided that the longest awards ceremony, the one that famously becomes untenable halfway through, didn\u2019t need a host this year. Were you trying to make a pissy little statement about how much you love Kevin Hart and hate tolerance, because that\u2019s the only thing that anyone gets from your behavior. Why are idiots in charge of literally EVERYTHING? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My favorite part is that after everyone already hated your decision, you doubled down on how wrong you are for this job and decided that not all the Best Song nominees would perform, only the ones you really liked. That\u2019s some real unfair bullshit, to the viewers and to the nominees. And then just for shits and giggles you decided to cut the cinematography, editing, and makeup awards from the telecast, not like those things are important for movies or anything. Best of all, Queen & Adam Lambert (who I love, don\u2019t get me wrong) are now set to perform a Queen medley on the telecast \u2013 even though none of those songs are nominated, even though there supposedly wasn\u2019t enough time for actual nominated songs or crucial awards to get on air, even though Bohemian Rhapsody is not a good movie yet y\u2019all keep acting like it is. What is going on at the Academy HQ?

The whole shebang now reeks of desperation and incompetence. I am absolutely beyond hysterical at the idea of Jose Andres \u2013 yes, the chef \u2013 presenting one of the Best Picture nominees. I assume it is going to be Roma and that this came about because Donna and Glenn were like \u201coh it\u2019s about Mexico, didn\u2019t we just meet a Mexican recently? Oh no, we had Mexican food. Let\u2019s have a Mexican food maker present it! They probably know each other!\u201d Jose is Spanish, not that they care, and a food maker is called a chef<\/em>, Donna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully, the winners won\u2019t be as big of a mess as the show is, but that\u2019s a really high hope considering the nominees are a g-d mess to begin with. We\u2019ll get into that as we discuss the main categories \u2013 the only important ones, as Donna and Glenn taught me \u2013 below, but suffice it to say, it\u2019s a shitshow. Remember to read about the big movies of the year before the show starts<\/a> (on Sunday, 8pm EST, ABC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bBelow, I\u2019m going to list the nominees not in alphabetical order but in order of how I would be voting, with my pick at the top, because that’s who I am and that’s who I care about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST PICTURE<\/strong>
BlacKkKlansman
A Star is Born
Green Book
Roma
The Favourite
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
Vice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will win: Roma
Should win: BlindspottingI can\u2019t remember another season where the actual best film of the year wasn\u2019t even nominated, so that\u2019s why my ordering might seem a little weird. No, I don\u2019t think BlacKkKlansman is the best picture, but it\u2019s the most deserving out of these. Spike Lee\u2019s latest joint tells a riveting true story with a little humor, a lot of tension, and with a pointed reminder of how forked America is right now. It\u2019s a good-to-great movie but its purpose and importance to our society right now is what pushes it over the top and gets my vote. I adored A Star is Born and wish it was doing better this season (it came out too early and lost momentum). However, it takes my second spot and not the top because it\u2019s not the year for an all-white romance to win. We need a political film to win. I enjoyed Green Book the most, and honestly can\u2019t wait to watch it again just for Viggo\u2019s stellar tah-yen slang, but I get that it\u2019s a problematic white-focused race movie, which is not what we need right now. The winner will most likely be Roma, which I found pleasing to watch (and it will definitely win for cinematography, and should) and interesting yet lacking in any real story, especially for what\u2019s now the frontrunner. Such a weird year, guys. What should be up there is the nearly flawless Can You Ever Forgive Me?, and it\u2019s ludicrous that it\u2019s not nominated. But it\u2019s not as ludicrous as the snub for what was actually\u00a0the best film of the year and the one that would be actually worthy of winning this award: Blindspotting.<\/a>
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BEST DIRECTOR<\/strong>
Alfonso Cuaron: Roma
Yorgos Lanthimos: The Favourite
Spike Lee: BlacKkKlansman
Pawel Pawlikowski: Cold War
Adam McKay: Vice
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Will win: Alfonso
Should win: Bradley Cooper
Can\u2019t believe I have to keep typing his name: McKayIt is BEYOND (burger) insanity that Bradley Cooper was snubbed. Sure it was his first time directing, and he\u2019ll be fine, but his work on A Star Is Born deserved this recognition. He would have been my choice to win this award.\u00a0I have already written at length (I know, at very length)\u00a0<\/a>about Vice and about how much I just freaking want to slap Adam McKay across the face, but even if you liked that movie I can\u2019t see how it\u2019s sloppy rough direction impressed you.

\u00a0I would be happy if Yorgos, who is always gonna Yorgos, won, because he seems like just the coolest guy. I was terrified of him from seeing his movies, but after listening to his interview with Marc Maron (on his WTF Podcast), I have to say I\u2019m a huge fan of him now. He is responsible for taking The Favourite, which began as a straightforward period piece, and turning it into a super fun absurdist comedy. He deserves all the credit if you liked that film; he made it happen. But Alfonso gets my vote out of this crop, because his work on Roma is truly magnificent. Even if you don\u2019t like the movie (I\u2019m not saying he should win for screenplay), it\u2019s undeniable that he created a visual masterpiece, with every single frame considered and important to his story. Sure we might not all agree on what the story was or why it was all important, but it\u2019s clear that it\u2019s a masterclass in direction (and cinematography, which he will\/should also win).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST ACTRESS<\/strong>
Melissa McCarthy: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Glenn Close: The Wife
Lady Gaga: A Star is Born
Olivia Colman: The Favourite
Yalitza Aparicio: Roma
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Will win: Glenn Close
Should win: Melissa or GlennThis is definitely the hardest category for me this year, because it\u2019s such a great one. I can\u2019t think of anyone I would sub in. I know it looks like I didn\u2019t enjoy Colman\u2019s performance or that I wouldn\u2019t be happy voting for Gaga, but I would be thrilled for any of the top four to win. All five were great performances, but I think it\u2019s safe to say Yalitza\u2019s was a surprise and she should be honored by the nomination. As for the top four, they would all be deserving winners. In other years, they could each be the standout. Lady Gaga\u2019s debut as a leading lady was more than anyone expected or could have hoped for. She, like every part of A Star is Born, was just right. Olivia was hysterical and frightening and pitch perfect, and I\u2019m glad America is finally noticing how great she is. If forced, I would have a hard time choosing between Melissa and Glenn, when both were spellbinding in wonderful movies. Melissa has proved to be one of the best actresses working right now, a delightful surprise, and she keeps surprising us with every new role she takes. Glenn, we\u2019ve known how amazing she is for like a century now, but she rarely gets the acclaim she deserves. She\u2019s been nominated six or seven times and hasn\u2019t won, so I hope she wins just as much as I hope Melissa wins. Glenn\u2019s role was mainly throwing mystifying looks, and she did a phenomenal job, but for my vote the edge goes to Melissa for disappearing so completely into her performance.
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BEST ACTOR<\/strong>
Viggo Mortensen: Green Book
Bradley Cooper: A Star Is Born
Rami Malek: Bohemian Rhapsody
Christian Bale: Vice
*Didn\u2019t see: Willem Dafoe: At Eternity\u2019s Gate, but I love him and I bet he\u2019s RG.
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Will win: Rami
Should win: Viggo or BradleyChoosing between Viggo and Bradley is surprisingly difficult! I didn\u2019t realize before this very moment that I would have a big struggle on my hands if I were an Academy voter. Bradley was perfection, and has been ever since he played Jenny Garner\u2019s friend on Alias, cementing his place in the history books with his epic recitation of the words \u201cI\u2019m here, she\u2019s here, we made it!\u201d I love that Bradley worked on deepening his voice with a vocal coach for two years before filming his movie. I love everything about his work on A Star Is Born. But my vote would probably go to Viggo because seriously, I forgot that he was Viggo Mortensen. He\u2019s played RULLY scary characters, like in most of his movies, yet in Green Book he became the most lovable (if slightly racist but THEN HE GETS BETTER) goofball and every single word out of his mouth made me pee myself laughing. I forgot all about his work in A History of Violence (yikes!) and his sauna fight in Eastern Promises (double yikes and ow!) and instead I was hundo p watching one of my relatives talking bout faccia brutes and stoonads. He was AMAZING. He should be getting so much more acclaim. Rami was wonderful, don\u2019t get me wrong, but I feel like at least 70% of his performance was the fake teeth and it was just so distracting. Also, it\u2019s hard to win me over with a character based so much on musical performance when it wasn\u2019t him singing. Lastly, I found Bale\u2019s performance to be more an impression of Dick Cheney, with some Batman thrown in, instead of an interpretation.
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS<\/strong>
Rachel Weisz: The Favourite
Emma Stone: The Favourite
Regina King: If Beale Street Could Talk
Amy Adams: Vice
Marina De Tavira: Roma
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Will win: who tf knows, probably Regina?
Should win: Rachel WeiszI know, I know. Amy Adams is the Danny Burstein of the Oscars, and NEITHER of them should be. Amy Adams is incredible in everything, but I just didn\u2019t feel her performance in Vice. It wasn\u2019t that she was so unlikable; I honestly wanted her to be more unlikable. It just didn\u2019t feel cohesive to me. I couldn\u2019t pin down what her Lynne was supposed to be. I wish she could win this year for Arrival; now that was an Oscar-worthy performance (and movie). I would absolutely vote for Regina King if Beale Street was composed of just two scenes \u2013 the incredible early scene with both families and the one in Puerto Rico \u2013 but other than that, she didn\u2019t seem to be in it very much. I wish they used her more, because she was the best part. And I would be happy for her to win, absolutely, but the two gals from the Favourite were the best, and Rachel was the best best. Her role was the most important to the film, and she was, like gum, perfection.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR<\/strong>
Richard E. Grant: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Elliott: A Star Is Born
Sam Rockwell: Vice
Mahershala Ali: Green Book
Adam Driver: BlacKkKlansman
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Will win: Mahershala Ali
Should win: Richard!!!It boggles my mind that Mahershala has been leading this awards season. He\u2019s fantastic, don\u2019t get me wrong, and he is solid in Green Book, but except for that one climactic scene in the rain, his character was stoic and deadpan most of the time, not exactly the stuff of Oscar-winning performances. I just don\u2019t get how that performance has risen above the others so far. My favorite supporting actor this year is without a doubt Richard E. Grant, who owns every frame he\u2019s in in CYEFM with a captivating charm. He\u2019s hilarious, he\u2019s disconcerting, he\u2019s infuriating at times, and he\u2019s likable throughout all of it. I would vote for him in a heartbeat. My second choice is a little harder to make, because both Sams were wonderful. Elliott couldn\u2019t NOT be in A Star Is Born; he was the most perfect choice for that role. I just wish he had more to do (like, as I\u2019ve said before, be shown taking care of the dog at the end so we didn\u2019t have to worry), but what he did have he did so incredibly well. Rockwell, always wonderful, is doing what Christian Bale doesn\u2019t do \u2013 an interpretation instead of an imitation \u2013 and his W is pretty terrific. Mahershala and Adam are great, and always are, but neither role felt special enough.\u00a0\u00a0
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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY<\/strong>
A Star Is Born
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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Will win: BlacKkKlansman
Should win: A Star is BornThe only thing, literally the only tiny thing, stopping me from rooting for CYEFM is that it did the thing I hate at the end, where the character ends up writing the story we just saw. I forking hate that. The first time someone did that, I\u2019m sure it was cute and everyone was like \u2018oh wow I didn\u2019t see that coming\u2019 but now I\u2019m like could you maybe trust the story enough to skip the cutesy ending? (I hope Jennie Snyder Urman is reading this.) Other than that, it would be my choice for such a tight, fantastic script. But as things stand, I would be voting for A Star Is Born, for how it took a classic\/old story and made it relevant and interesting again. But I\u2019m fine with BlacKkKlansman winning, obviously, since it was such a strong film. The last two would not be on my short list.
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY<\/strong>
Green Book
The Favourite
Roma
Vice
Didn\u2019t see: First Reformed
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Will win: The Favourite
Should win: BlindspottingThis award is often the\u00a0real<\/em>\u00a0Best Picture award, and I love when the most deserving original screenplay actually wins even more than I do for any other category. Probably because I think the writing is the most important part of anything. But this year it won’t be the real BP. I get why The Favourite is such a good choice, and a likely winner, but it bothers me a tad that one of its writers is the one who wrote the original dry period piece that is nothing like its end product. I mean, she should still be recognized, it\u2019s just weird that like, this isn\u2019t the movie she wrote. If anyone should be recognized for the success of The Favourite, it\u2019s Yorgos for seeing its potential to be another of his weird ass projects. My vote out of this bunch would be Green Book because I honestly enjoyed it so much, and I want whoever wrote the stage direction \u201cViggo cradles the motel telephone and folds up an entire pizza like a burrito and houses it\u201d to win an Oscar. The fact that Vice was nominated over Blindspotting, or over anything, is a real low-point of the season. Also, Bo Burnham\u2019s Eighth Grade \u2013 which freaking WON the Writers Guild Award \u2013 should be up there as well. What is wrong with voters? (for anything?)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE<\/strong>
Spider-Man Too: 2 Many Spider-Men
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
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I saw literally none of these.\u200bAnyway, I\u2019m pretty tired from thinking about how messed up this year\u2019s Oscars are so I\u2019m gonna stop here. If you are doing an office pool or something, ask @millytweet on twitter for whatever I didn\u2019t cover. This is the first year where I\u2019m not too sad to be missing the telecast. Without the host\u2019s monologue or a fun opening song about all the nominees to look forward to, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll lose anything by reading the results the following day. THAT\u2019S SAD. I hope I’m wrong. Honestly, the only thing I really care about is, if the documentary RBG wins, that RBG herself gets a statue. It would be forking bullshirt if she didn\u2019t, considering the best thing about that movie was the footage of my queen talking and also she deserves every award. You hear me, Academy? Uhh STOONADS!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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