The Unofficial Academy Awards Thread ( 2025 Winners / 97th Oscars )

[MeatHookGekko]

WINNERS

Best Picture
Anora

Best Actress
Mikey Madison - Anora

Best Actor
Adrien Brody - The Brutalist

Best Supporting Actress
Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez

Best Supporting Actor
Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain

Best Director
Sean Baker - Anora

Best Original Screenplay
Anora

Best Adapted Screenplay
Conclave

Best Cinematography
The Brutalist

Best Original Score
The Brutalist

Best Original Song
“El Mal” - Emilia Pérez

Best Editing
Anora

Best Production Design
Wicked

Best Costume Design
Wicked

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Substance

Best Sound
Dune: Part Two

Best Visual Effects
Dune: Part Two

Best International Feature
I’m Still Here (Brazil)

Best Animated Feature
Flow

Best Animated Short
In the Shadow of the Cypress

Best Live-Action Short
I’m Not a Robot

Best Documentary Feature
No Other Land

Best Documentary Short
The Only Girl in the Orchestra

 

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[davejames]

Loved all of Conan's bits (especially that ridiculous sandworm and him crawling out of Demi Moore) but show was a pretty huge snooze otherwise.

I'm definitely curious to check out that Anora movie now though.

 

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[AlanJG1]

I thought the James Bond tribute was a missed opportunity.

The clips scene was fine as well as the songs although I would have preferred that the James Bond songs be performed by the original artists. Paul McCartney singing Live and Let Die and Adele singing Skyfall would have been amazing.

What I really would have liked to see that didn’t happen is the surviving James Bond actors together on the stage.
Even if George Lazenby refused due to his retirement last year, there are still 3 others that they could have gotten together. Heck, even 2 of them together like the 1989 Oscars would have been great.

 

[crows]

Loved all of Conan's bits (especially that ridiculous sandworm and him crawling out of Demi Moore) but show was a pretty huge snooze otherwise.

I'm definitely curious to check out that Anora movie now though.

check the Florida project as well.
it's really good

 

[Wor-Gar]

I thought the James Bond tribute was a missed opportunity.

The clips scene was fine as well as the songs although I would have preferred that the James Bond songs be performed by the original artists. Paul McCartney singing Live and Let Die and Adele singing Skyfall would have been amazing.

What I really would have liked to see that didn’t happen is the surviving James Bond actors together on the stage.
Even if George Lazenby refused due to his retirement last year, there are still 3 others that they could have gotten together. Heck, even 2 of them together like the 1989 Oscars would have been great.

Raye was fantastic as always... but Doja Cat didn't have the range.

Very weak tribute, but I wasn't sure what exactly they were "celebrating"... Amazon getting the rights?

 

[batsheva]

Yeah, just a big plug by Amazon that they got the rights.

I'm thrilled that "No Other Land" has been honored with the award. This recognition has the potential to amplify awareness and inspire a stronger movement toward peace and freedom.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Bond tribute sucked. Barbara Broccoli probably felt like **** in the audience.

Conan was amazing though. I hope he hosts it every year now.

 

[crows]

how the heck did anora win so many awards?????
what the heck seriously. what the heck in the world.
how ...mmhow I can't believe it

 

[Wor-Gar]

how the heck did anora win so many awards?????
what the heck seriously. what the heck in the world.
how ...mmhow I can't believe it

Did she thank Emelia Perez?

 

[crows]

Did she thank Emelia Perez?

but there were other movies, other actresses

anora was just 2 hours of people having sex then screaming in Russian. literally that's what it is lol.
she just yells for the entire thing. what the heck are these awards doing???

 

[Wor-Gar]

what the heck are these awards doing???

No one really knows...

 

[goatchumby]

anora was just 2 hours of people having sex then screaming in Russian.

And that's just the academy deciding who wins.

 

[karamazov80]

how the heck did anora win so many awards?????
what the heck seriously. what the heck in the world.
how ...mmhow I can't believe it

The Academy Awards is a bunch of nonsense, and has been for my entire life, so nothing shocks me too much. The only thing I knew for certain going in was that Emilia Perez wasn't going to get nearly as many awards as it would have if the lead had never posted on social media. And that tells you the story as much as anything else. Woody Allen and Marlon Brando realized how stupid the whole thing was in the '70s, and it's only gotten worse since then.