Joey Magidson
As I’ve continued to cover the aftermath of the Academy Award nominations, I find that I get the most enjoyment out of exploring the roads not taken by Oscar. Whether it’s my annual Alternate Oscar lineup (the latest one is here) or any of our other musings, it has a sense of fun that just recapping the snubs and surprises does not. So, for this weekend’s Awards Radar Community Question, I thought you all should get in on the fun. As such, the question to you all is as follows: who or what would you add to the Oscar lineup if you had an extra pick in each category?
You have an opportunity to just have fun here, too. Tell us your actual favorites. I listed the likely sixth place finishers here yesterday, but they don’t have to be your picks. For me, I know I’d be seeing the likes of Air, The Iron Claw, and Saltburn not be getting shut out. Does that jive with your preferences? If not, chime in…
Below, you can see what my picks would be if I could add another nominee to the Oscar lineup. It’s just my personal preferences, as a way to hopefully kickstart the conversation. Take a gander:
BEST PICTURE: The Iron Claw
BEST DIRECTOR: Ben Affleck – Air
BEST ACTOR: Zac Efron – The Iron Claw
BEST ACTRESS: Eve Hewson – Flora and Son
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Chris Messina – Air
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Viola Davis – Air
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Air
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Killer
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Saltburn
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Saltburn
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Saltburn
BEST FILM EDITING: Air
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING: Barbie
BEST SOUND: The Killer
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Poor Things
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Barbie
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Flora and Son (High Life)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE: Godzilla Minus One
Who and what would be your Oscar additions? Let us know!
I think if I was given that opportunity, I would have gone with these:
PICTURE: Asteroid City – Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, and Steven Rales
DIRECTOR: Wes Anderson – Asteroid City
LEAD ACTRESS: Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One
LEAD ACTOR: Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of a Fall
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Fallen Leaves – Aki Kaurismäki
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Society of the Snow – J. A. Bayona, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaime Marques, and Nicolás Casariego, adapted from the book La Sociedad de la Nieve by Pablo Vierci
ANIMATED FEATURE: The Venture Bros: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (not sure if this was actually eligible, but what the heck, this was still a perfect series finale)
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Asteroid City – Adam Stockhausen and Kris Moran
CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Taste of Things – Jonathan Ricquebourg
COSTUME DESIGN: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. – Ann Roth
FILM EDITING: Society of the Snow – Andrés Gil and Jaume Martí
MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING: Mami Wata – Campbell Precious Arebamen and Funke Olowu
SOUND: Asteroid City – Wayne Lemmer and Chris Scarabosio
VISUAL EFFECTS: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Alan Hawkins, Christian Hejnal, Mike Lasker, and Matt Hausman
ORIGINAL SCORE: The Boy and the Heron – Joe Hisaishi
ORIGINAL SONG: “Live That Way Forever” from The Iron Claw – Richard Reed Parry and Laurel Sprengelmeyer
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Kokomo City – D. Smith, Bill Butler, and Harris Doran
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE: The Taste of Things – France
Interesting picks!
Some of them are close between a couple of choices and will easily make the alternate list.
Best Picture The Color Purple
Best Director Greta Gerwig
Best Actor Andrew Scott All of Us Strangers
Best Actress Margot Robbie Barbie
Best Supporting Actor Milo Machado Graner Anatomy of A Fall
Best Supporting Actress Taraji Henson The Color Purple
Best Original Screenplay Asteroid City
Best Adapted Screenplay Are You There God , It’s Me Margaret
Best Animated Feature Chicken Run Dawn of the Nugget
Best prod Production Design Asteroid City
Best Cinematography A Haunting in Venice
Best Costume Are You There God , It’s Me Margaret
Best Editing Barbie
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Barbie
Best Sound Asteroid City
Best Visual Effects Spider Man Across the Spider Verse
Best Original Score Barbie
Best Original Song The Color Purple, Superpower
Best Documentary Feature Still Life Michael J Fox
Best International Feature Totem
Interesting picks!
Best Picture: The Iron Claw
Best Director: Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers
Best Actress: Greta Lee – Past Lives
Best Actor – Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Best Supporting Actress – Rachel McAdams – Are You There God, It’s Me, Margaret
Best Supporting Actor – Jamie Bell, All Us Us Strangers
Original Screenplay – A Thousand and One, A.V. Rockwell
Adapted Screenplay – Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Production Design – The Zone of Interest
Cinematography – All of Us Strangers
Film Editing – Society of the Snow
Makeup and Hair Styling: Barbie
Sound: Society of the Snow
Best Original Song: Flora and Son
Best Documentary: American Symphony
Animated Feature: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:Mutant Mayhem
International Feature: The Taste of Things
Interesting picks!