Well, it finally happened, the 94th Academy Awards has come and gone. I was a bit busy last night, so I didn’t see the telecast. I can’t imagine having missed much. Anyway, here are the complete list of winners.
BEST PICTURE: CODA
BEST ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
BEST ACTOR: Will Smith, “King Richard”
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM: “Drive My Car” (Japan)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Sian Heder, “CODA”
PRODUCTION DESIGN: “Dune”
COSTUME DESIGN: “Cruella”
CINEMATOGRAPHY: “Dune”
EDITING: “Dune”
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: “The Eyes Of Tammy Faye”
SOUND: “Dune”
VISUAL EFFECTS: “Dune”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT): “The Queen of Basketball”
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: “Summer Of Soul”
SCORE: “Dune”
ORIGINAL SONG: “No Time To Die”
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: “Encanto”
ANIMATED SHORT: “The Windshield Wiper”
LIVE-ACTION SHORT: “The Long Goodbye”
Yeah, as usual, mostly all expected. Even with the ones I wouldn’t have preferred winning, I still see why they won. I’d say Dune, as much as I was indifferent towards that film as a whole, definitely deserved most of the wins it received here. I would have liked to have seen Flee take one trophy, preferably Best Animated Feature, but it’s hard to fight against the Disney machine in that category.
It’s been a great year for movies, but as far as the Oscars go, it still feels very much business as usual, and even more bland than usual, at least speaking purely in terms of the winners here. I don’t have a ton of strong feelings about anything here. I’m just glad it’s all over with, and we can move on to making silly predictions about what’s going to get nominated next year.
Anyway, check out my 50 Films I Loved In 2021 article if you haven’t already. Plenty of great stuff that wasn’t even nominated that you should totally seek out!