The results are in, so let’s give ’em a look. Mostly pretty predictable, but hey, there’s nothing wrong with a bit of predictability every once in a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
In numbers, for the major feature films: Oppenheimer: 7 (Surprise…), Poor Things: 4, The Zone of Interest: 2, Barbie: 1 (Gasp :o), The Holdovers: 1, American Fiction: 1, Anatomy of a Fall: 1, The Boy and the Heron: 1, Godzilla Minus One: 1 (I guess that makes it Godzilla Zero, no?). Also, some mini thoughts on each winner below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Picture<\/strong> – Oppenheimer<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yep, expected but deserved. Definitely Nolan’s most Oscar-y film so far, but nonetheless very much deserved. And pretty amazing that this is Nolan’s first win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Actor<\/strong> – Cillian Murphy<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also great to see Nolan’s right-hand guy get the win too. And again, it’s kind of shocking that Murphy is the first Irish-born actor to receive the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Supporting Actor<\/strong> – RDJ<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once more, it’s funny to think that RDJ is getting his first gong after he’s been in the industry for so long. But yeah, well deserved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Actress<\/strong> – Emma Stone <\/p>\n\n\n\n A deserved win here too. Definitely Stone’s finest role to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Supporting Actress<\/strong> – Da ‘Vine Joy Randolph<\/p>\n\n\n\n Great to see Randolph picking up this one, and her multiple wins across the awards circuit are a refreshing change from the usual trend of younger actresses hogging this particular category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Original Screenplay<\/strong> – Anatomy of a Fall<\/p>\n\n\n\n I feel like Past Lives and The Holdovers were much more deserving of the award here, but…yeah. Each to their own, I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Adapted Screenplay<\/strong> – American Fiction<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’d almost be tempted to give this one to Oppenheimer having read the adapted material. There were some pretty impressive cutting skills going on there. But yeah, I’ll take this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best International Feature Film<\/strong> – The Zone of Interest<\/p>\n\n\n\n I wasn’t even aware that an English film was allowed to get into this category? I guess it’s international, so any film could get it? More fool me. ‘Tis a great film, I can’t deny that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Film Editing<\/strong> – Oppenheimer<\/p>\n\n\n\n There were certainly some great editing skills on display here, so this is deserving. Nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Cinematography<\/strong> – Oppenheimer<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was some crazy powerful imagery going on too, so yeah deserved. Woooop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Sound<\/strong> – The Zone of Interest<\/p>\n\n\n\n Super happy to see ZoI bag this one, the use of both sound and silence was masterful – and suitably terrifying – throughout the whole running time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Original Score<\/strong> – Oppenheimer<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yep, some great tunes on display from Nolan’s latest musical maverick (sorry Hans Zimmer, you’ve been pushed to the sidelines for Nolan’s last two works). Deserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Song<\/strong> – ‘What Was I Made For?’<\/p>\n\n\n\n It would’ve been nice to see ‘I’ve Just Ken’ get this one for the memes, but there were plenty of those in Gosling’s live performance of the song, so that’s all good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Documentary Feature<\/strong> – 20 Days in Mariupol<\/p>\n\n\n\n My viewing of pretty much every work in this category is very limited, so I’ll have to give this one a skip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Animated Short<\/strong> – War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uh…see above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Animated Feature Film<\/strong> – The Boy and the Heron<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was really gunning for Across the Universe to get this one, but I’ll allow it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Makeup and Hairstyling<\/strong> – Poor Things<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yep, fully deserving of this gong. Everyone looks suitably fancy and eccentric, so, yeah. Wonderful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Production Design<\/strong> – Poor Things<\/p>\n\n\n\n The sets were absolutely astounding, creating a kind of steampunk aesthetic from another world entirely. Mesmerising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Costume Design<\/strong> – Poor Things<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yeah, Poor Things deserved all these awards on the visual side of things. Truly original designs in a truly original narrative. Wow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Visual Effects<\/strong> – Godzilla Minus One<\/p>\n\n\n\n Arrgghhh, I wish I’d caught this at the cinema when it was released, but I missed it. The whole film sounded great. But I haven’t watched it yet, so I’ll reserve judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Documentary Short Film<\/strong> – The Last Repair Shop<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yep, haven’t seen too many of these guys. Soz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Live Action Short Film<\/strong> – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, I’ve seen this, and it was alright. Apparently Jarvis Cocker made a guest appearance on here, which I missed. The more you know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There you go. That’s my Oscars 2024 review summed up in mini soundbites (wordbites? Prosebites? I’m not sure). You’re welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The results are in, so let’s give ’em a look. 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