Horribly edited musical biopics in particular.
Now that the dust has settled, I can confidently say that Top Gun receiving a nomination for its screenplay is the most bonkers thing to come out of today.
Banshees was my favorite movie of the year so I'm happy with the love it's received though most of that was predicted so no real surprises there.
Probably most pleased with Stephanie Hsu's nomination. Undoubtedly worthy, but I was also in the camp that thought it would've been a little odd to nominate Jamie Lee Curtis and not Hsu in the supporting actress role. No knock on the legend who is JLC, but Hsu carries a lot more weight in her role. Happy to see them both there.
I haven't seen the movies that Brian Tyree Henry or Andrea Riseborough are in so I can't speak to those specific performances but they're both actors I like a great deal so it's nice to see them nominated.
I touched on this before but I think Paul Dano missing out on
The Fablemans is a bit of a bummer. Great work in the least flashy role in the movie. Joseph Kosinski would've been a worthy director nominee (and a rare nod toward action movie direction), but I ain't losing sleep over it.
Colin Farrell's my biggest rooting interest. That dude just constantly delivers no matter the material. His funny-sad and comparatively quiet performance in
Banshees is the sort of acting that doesn't get recognized enough IMO. I'd probably be rooting for him regardless but the fact that his two greatest challengers also are two classic Academy Awards catnip roles with THE TRANSFORMATION (Brendan Fraser) and THE IMPERSONATION (Austin Butler), that makes me stubbornly dig in my heels all the more.
I know it's not a body of work award but Colin Farrell also had
Thirteen Lives,
About Yang and
The goddamn
Batman released this year. Hell of a year.