For whatever it may be worth (probably not much) the 2024 Oscar nominees have been announced. The list is below of the six categories that I care about.
Unfortunately, I have only seen four of the 10 Best Picture Nominees. In former days, when I went to the movies much more often, I might have seen most of them by now and would have certainly made a point of trying to see all of them by the date of the awards. This year, I have only seen Barbie, The Holdovers, Maestro, and Oppenheimer. All of them belong on that list in m opinion, and all of them, I believe, would have qualified if the Academy were still using the traditional five-film list, instead of the newfangled 10. All four, I believe, deserve Best Picture. I would be happy for any one of them to win. My prediction is that Oppenheimer will probably get the Oscar.
For Best Actor, of the three that I have seen, I would go with Paul Giamatti, although I think the other two (Bradley Cooper and Cilllian Murray) are comparably deserving. For Best Actress, the only one I have seen is Maestro’s Carey Mulligan. So I can express neither preference not prediction.
For Best Supporting Actor, I have only seen Robert Downey, Jr., and Ryan Gosling, both of whom I rate about equally. My personal preference would probably go to Ryan Gosling; my prediction to Robert Downey, Jr. For Best Supporting Actress, having seen only two of them, I will go with Oppenheimer’s Emily Blunt.
Finally, for Best Director, the only one I can comment on is Christopher Nolan, who I predict will win. I do, however, note the truly shocking absence of Barbie’s Brett Gerwig, which seems hard to justify.
Best picture:
“American Fiction” “Anatomy of a Fall” “Barbie” “The Holdovers” “Killers of the Flower Moon” “Maestro” “Oppenheimer” “Past Lives” “Poor Things” “Zone of Interest”
Best actor in a leading role:
Bradley Cooper, “Maestro” Colman Domingo, “Rustin” Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers” Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer” Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
Best actress in a leading role: Annette Bening, “Nyad” Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon” Sandra Hüller, “Anatomy of a Fall” Carey Mulligan, “Maestro”
Emma Stone, “Poor Things”
Best actor in a supporting role: Sterling K. Brown, “American Fiction” Robert De Niro, “Killers of the Flower Moon” Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”
Ryan Gosling, “Barbie” Mark Ruffalo, “Poor Things”
Best actress in a supporting role:
Emily Blunt, “Oppenheimer” Danielle Brooks, “The Color Purple” America Ferrera, “Barbie” Jodie Foster, “Nyad” Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
Best director:
Justine Triet, “Anatomy of a Fall” Martin Scorsese, “Killers of the Flower Moon » Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer” Yorgos Lanthimos, “Poor Things” Jonathan Glazer, “The Zone of Interest”
