3 BLOCKBUSTERS are nominated for BEST PICTURE: AVATAR, TOP GUN MAVERICK & ELVIS! Does that mean MORE PEOPLE will watch the ACADEMY AWARDS on MARCH 12?? (Answer: YES!!) #OscarNominations2023

— Scott Mantz (@MovieMantz) January 24, 2023

Angela Bassett is the first actor nominated for a performance in a Marvel film: https://t.co/TU6K2Bdjq0

— ScreenCrush (@screencrushnews) January 24, 2023

Here's where you can stream the 2023 Oscar nominees, from 'The Banshees of Inisherin' to 'Top Gun: Maverick.' https://t.co/v9RmjvUnO2

— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) January 24, 2023

I pay enough for my streaming services that I just can't justify paying to watch an individual movie.

What streaming platforms are available to watch the best movie nominees?

I've seen 4 so far:
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Elvis
- Top Gun: Maverick

I've got some work to do. The kind of work I love!

Chuck Cunningham said:

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I pay enough for my streaming services that I just can't justify paying to watch an individual movie.

What streaming platforms are available to watch the best movie nominees?

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That's what I get for not refreshing my browser for a while. I didn't see the post before mine. Thanks TCTTS.

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Who would've thought a movie with a buttplug fight and two talking rocks would not only in the Oscar race, but leading it?

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say what?

Which movie?

Here's the full list:

Best Picture
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tar
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

Best Director
Martin McDonagh ("The Banshees of Inisherin")
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert ("Everything Everywhere All at Once")
Steven Spielberg ("The Fabelmans")
Todd Field ("Tar")
Ruben Östlund ("Triangle of Sadness")

Best Lead Actor
Austin Butler ("Elvis")
Colin Farrell ("The Banshees of Inisherin")
Brendan Fraser ("The Whale")
Paul Mescal ("Aftersun")
Bill Nighy ("Living")

Best Lead Actress
Cate Blanchett ("Tar")
Ana de Armas ("Blonde")
Andrea Riseborough ("To Leslie")
Michelle Williams ("The Fabelmans")
Michelle Yeoh ("Everything Everywhere All at Once")

Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson ("The Banshees of Inisherin")
Brian Tyree Henry ("Causeway")
Judd Hirsch ("The Fabelmans")
Barry Keoghan ("The Banshees of Inisherin")
Ke Huy Quan ("Everything Everywhere All at Once")

Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett ("Black Panther: Wakanda Forever")
Hong Chau ("The Whale")
Kerry Condon ("The Banshees of Inisherin")
Jamie Lee Curtis ("Everything Everywhere All at Once")
Stephanie Hsu ("Everything Everywhere All at Once")

Best Adapted Screenplay
"All Quiet on the Western Front," Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
"Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," Written by Rian Johnson
"Living," Written by Kazuo Ishiguro
"Top Gun: Maverick," Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
"Women Talking," Screenplay by Sarah Polley

Best Original Screenplay
"The Banshees of Inisherin," Written by Martin McDonagh
"Everything Everywhere All at Once," Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
"The Fabelmans," Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
"Tar," Written by Todd Field
"Triangle of Sadness," Written by Ruben Östlund

Best Cinematography
"All Quiet on the Western Front", James Friend
"Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths," Darius Khondji
"Elvis," Mandy Walker
"Empire of Light," Roger Deakins
"Tar," Florian Hoffmeister

Best Film Editing
"The Banshees of Inisherin," Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
"Elvis," Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
"Everything Everywhere All at Once," Paul Rogers
"Tar," Monika Willi
"Top Gun: Maverick," Eddie Hamilton

Best Production Design
"All Quiet on the Western Front," Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
"Avatar: The Way of Water," Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole
"Babylon," Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
"Elvis," Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn
"The Fabelmans," Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara

Best Visual Effects
"All Quiet on the Western Front," Frank Petzold, Viktor Mller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar
"Avatar: The Way of Water," Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
"The Batman," Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick
"Top Gun: Maverick," Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher

Best Animated Feature Film
"Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio," Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley
"Marcel the Shell With Shoes On," Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey
"Puss in Boots: The Last Wish," Joel Crawford and Mark Swift
"The Sea Beast," Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger
"Turning Red," Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins

Best Costume Design
"Babylon," Mary Zophres
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," Ruth Carter
"Elvis," Catherine Martin
"Everything Everywhere All at Once," Shirley Kurata
"Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris," Jenny Beavan

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
"All Quiet on the Western Front," Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerov
"The Batman," Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
"Elvis," Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti
"The Whale," Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley

Best Original Score
"All Quiet on the Western Front," Volker Bertelmann
"Babylon," Justin Hurwitz
"The Banshees of Inisherin," Carter Burwell
"Everything Everywhere All at Once," Son Lux
"The Fabelmans," John Williams

Best Sound
"All Quiet on the Western Front," Viktor Pril, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte
"Avatar: The Way of Water," Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges
"The Batman," Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson
"Elvis," David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller
"Top Gun: Maverick," Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Absurd just for the sake of absurdity with a pretty minimal plot holding it together.

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I uhh... don't get this. At all. But I also love the movie. So maybe that's just me.

Here's what I've seen of the nominees this year:

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tar
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

6/10 ain't bad, definitely better than my average. I suspect the same is true for most people with so many blockbusters nominated. There's some years where not a single movie has made over $100M.

I think the biggest snub was James Cameron for director. But, it does feel like Hollywood has this weird thing about Cameron ever since the infamous "I'm the king of the world" speech for Titanic. And I guess badmouthing Marvel for most of last year probably didn't help him gain any popularity among town. Would've also liked to see Simon Franglen for score, but that was more of a longshot.

Chuck Cunningham said:

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Who would've thought a movie with a buttplug fight and two talking rocks would not only in the Oscar race, but leading it?

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say what?

Which movie?

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Everything, Everywhere All at Once

PDWT_12 said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Absurd just for the sake of absurdity with a pretty minimal plot holding it together.

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I uhh... don't get this. At all. But I also love the movie. So maybe that's just me.

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I was with it for about the first 45 minutes or so, but after a while it felt like they had sat down at the writing table and tried to out-absurd each other with wacky nonsense and the characters took a back seat.

A whole hour of that was just too much. I was ready for it to end about 30 minutes before it did.

We'll just stick to our common ground on Pandora.

A movie about a multiverse is...too absurd? Minimal plot? Come on. Bryan Earl Spilner is quality poster with good opinions for sure, but you're tripping with this one.

We can celebrate its one guaranteed Oscar for Avatar.

I need to find a betting site that allows for Oscar bets. I'm tempted to put down a couple grand on that VFX Oscar. It's free money.

So Ana De Armas was nominated for both an Oscar and a Razzie for the same performance. (Blonde)

Can't imagine that's happened very often, if at all.

Scratch that, apparently Blonde was in almost every Razzie category except that one.

Found this online:

Four actors have received Oscar and Razzie nominations for the same role: James Coco (Only When I Laugh), Amy Irving (Yentl), Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy) and Ana de Armas (''Blonde''). .

Re: Best Cinematography, I mainly enjoyed Elvis for what it was (a nearly three-hour montage), but man, it looked like straight ass. Nearly every shot felt like it had some kind of sh*tty use of green screen. Would have traded it out for The Batman, no question.

GreasenUSA said:

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Welp, now I don't have to waste time seeing Avatar.

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Plot is pretty predictable but the visuals alone are worth the price of admission.

Worst Oscar snubs:
• Viola Davis in Actress (THE WOMAN KING)
• Danielle Deadwyler in Actress (TILL)
• THE BATMAN in Cinematography (Greig Fraser)
• DECISION TO LEAVE in International Feature
• Paul Dano in Supporting Actor (THE FABELMANS)

— Johnny Sobczak (@JohnnySobczak) January 24, 2023

The Batman, Top Gun, or Avatar are all far more deserving imo.

TCTTS said:

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3 BLOCKBUSTERS are nominated for BEST PICTURE: AVATAR, TOP GUN MAVERICK & ELVIS! Does that mean MORE PEOPLE will watch the ACADEMY AWARDS on MARCH 12?? (Answer: YES!!) #OscarNominations2023

— Scott Mantz (@MovieMantz) January 24, 2023

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So true, I'm actually looking forward to watching it this year.

I tried to watch Elvis and thought it was bad.

Am I missing something?

Holy crap. That's great.

Maybe I have a different idea for what's considered Best Cinematography but it's insane to me that The Batman & Top Gun got snubbed even though both movies pioneered or perfected (incredibly difficult) new ways. While also being fucking gorgeous. pic.twitter.com/m89UU3hJPu

— Stephen Ford (@StephenSeanFord) February 1, 2023

Both movies are the only ones I saw all year where I was floored by so many shots. It truly is mind boggling they weren't nominated for Cinematography.

And all this talking about how great The Batman was is making me want to watch it again for the... I don't know how many-eth time.

Watched "Triangle of Sadness" yesterday.

Wow. Still digesting it. It's a wild wild ride. Hard to say much without spoiling the ride but it's definitely worth the watch, and if you start it then stick it out.

It's commentary of the aloof rich and social constructs is pretty easy pickings but it's done in an entertaining way. The chaos on the ship during the storm was crazy. I could see people turning it off at that point. The island is great I thought but I can see the ending being divisive.

Why were the salesman on the beach even wondering around there? Seems like they would have been there sooner if it was a section of beach the resort goers would be on.

I liked the open ended ending. Did Abigail kill Yaya? I kind of lean towards yes. What is Carl running from/to? The tone of the ending made me think he was running from something/someone (Abigail?). But the more I think on it I think perhaps the salesman on the beach found the rest of the castaways (I mean how could they not? If the stroke lady heard them then the others must have too?) and he is running to find the girls to tell them they are saved. But will he make it in time?

Jim01 said:

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Watched "Triangle of Sadness" yesterday.

Wow. Still digesting it. It's a wild wild ride. Hard to say much without spoiling the ride but it's definitely worth the watch, and if you start it then stick it out.

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I'll probably give it another shot at some point. But I sat down to stream it a couple of weeks ago, and 10 minutes in I said to myself "I'm not interested in this at all" and turned it off. It's pretty unusual for me to give up on something that quickly.

Yeah the first 10 minutes doesn't really give you any idea of where it's going. I'd encourage a second attempt.