BIGGIE'S PLACE

BIG WINNERS!

Parasite – 4 wins [Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Film Editing]

1917 – 4 wins [Cinematography, Original Score, Visual Effects, Sound]

The Irishman – 2 wins [Ensemble Performance, Supporting Actor]

JoJo Rabbit – 2 wins [Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actress]

Little Women –2 wins [Actress, Costume Design]

BIG NOMINEES!  (listed are all films with at least 3 nominations)

The Irishman – 11 nominations [Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Ensemble Performance, Actor, Supporting Actor x2, Film Editing, Art Direction, Costume Design, Visual Effects]

1917 – 10 nominations [Picture, Director, Cinematography, Art Direction, Original Score, Makeup, Stuntwork & Choreography, Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing]

Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood – 10 nominations [Original Screenplay, Ensemble Performance, Actor, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup, Sound, Sound Editing]

Parasite – 8 nominations [Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Ensemble Performance, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Film Editing, Art Direction]

Let it be known that Oscar’s Best Picture winner only received 6 nominations from The Academy.

JoJo Rabbit – 6 nominations [Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Ensemble Performance, Supporting Actress, Film Editing]

Joker – 6 nominations [Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Actor, Cinematography, Original Score]

Little Women – 6 nominations [Adapted Screenplay, Ensemble Performance, Actress, Supporting Actress, Art Direction, Costume Design]

Avengers: Endgame – 4 nominations [Original Score, Stuntwork & Choreography, Visual Effects, Sound Editing]

John Wick: Chapter 3- Parabellum – 4 nominations [Film Editing, Stuntwork & Choreography, Visual Effects, Sound Editing]

Rocketman – 4 nominations [Actor, Costume Design, Original Song, Stuntwork & Choreography]

Ford v Ferrari – 3 nominations [Film Editing, Sound, Sound Editing]

Marriage Story – 3 nominations [Original Screenplay, Actress, Supporting Actress]

People:  (anyone with 2 or more nominations)

Bong Joon Ho – 3 nominations [Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay]

Todd Phillips – 3 nominations [Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay]

Taika Waititi – 3 nominations [Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay]

What a year for the hyphenate director!

Sam Mendes – 2 nominations [Picture, Director]

Emma Tillinger Koskoff – 2 nominations [Picture x2]

Taron Egerton – 2 nominations [Actor, Original Song]

Robert De Niro, Thomasin McKenzie, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh and Choi Woo Shik each have ensemble nominations in addition to their solo recognition

NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FILMS NOMINATED:  32 (Compared to the Oscars’ 27 different nominated films in the same categories this year. As usual, I recognize a wider variety of talent and films.)

NUMBER OF 2019 I MOVIES I SAW (up to the day I published this blog post):  65

This Year’s Strongest Categories:  Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Ensemble Performance, Actor, Actress, Cinematography

This Year’s Weakest Categories:  Supporting Actor, Original Score, Original Song, Stuntwork & Choreography

Notable Omissions (films and people that narrowly missed the cut)

BEST PICTURE–  Avengers: Endgame, Portrait of a Lady on Fire

BEST DIRECTOR–  Joe Russo & Anthony Russo (Avengers: Endgame), Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY– Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917)

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE–  Avengers: Endgame, Bombshell

BEST ACTOR–  Adam Driver (Marriage Story)

BEST ACTRESS–  Adèle Haenel (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), Charlize Theron (Bombshell)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR– Juan Minujín (The Two Popes)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS–  Scarlett Johansson (JoJo Rabbit), Cho Yeo Jong (Parasite)

CINEMATOGRAPHY– Dan Laustsen (John Wick: Chapter 3- Parabellum), Rodrigo Prieto (The Irishman)

ART DIRECTION– Dolemite is My Name, The King

COSTUME DESIGN– Jane Petrie (The King), Mayes C. Rubeo (JoJo Rabbit)

One more page skip and I’ve got my top 10 of 2019, and because we’ve now entered the 2020’s, I’ve listed my 10 favorite movies of the 2010’s. Check it out…