Oscar Picks 2022

Here are my personal picks for this year’s Oscars along with the number of nominated films I managed to watch from each category:
- Film: CODA (9/10)

- Director: Kenneth Branagh, not even because I’m biased but because it was a breath of fresh air. (4/5)

- Actor: Andrew Garfield, though I’d be ok with Benedict Cumberbatch. (5/5)

- Actress: Jessica Chastain (4/5)

- Supporting Actor: Troy Kotsur with Ciarán Hinds a very close second. (5/5)

- Supporting Actress: Jessie Buckley (5/5)

- Animated film: The Mitchells vs the Machines but more importantly, NOT Encanto! (2/5)

- Original Score: The Power of the Dog though Dune is pretty awesome too. (5/5)

- Song: Be Alive (4/5)

- Adapted Screenplay: CODA (5/5)

- Original Screenplay: Belfast (3/5)

- Cinematography: Dune (5/5)

- Costume Design: Dune (3/5)

- Film Editing: tick, tick…BOOM! because it’s such an integral part of the storytelling. (5/5)

- Production Design: Nightmare Alley, literally the only good thing about the film! (5/5)

Let’s see just how many categories break my heart!

 

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