Oscar Nominations 2023 Reaction

 81/105, so a B+, which isn't so bad considering it's been a wildly unstable year. Everything Everywhere All At Once has solidified itself as the front-runner with a few surprise nominations in categories such as Original Song and Costumes. All Quiet on the Western Front also did very well this morning, as did The Banshees of Inisherin; these were both expected to do well. Elvis did as well as I thought it would, which is to say, very well. TÁR did better than expected with noms in Editing and Cinematography, beating out more likely candidates. Also doing well, despite only three noms, is Triangle of Sadness: these were in Picture, Director and Screenplay. I can imagine that Dolly de Leon just missed it in Supporting Actress. So overall, lots of mini surprises, but only a few from completely out of left field (and these were mostly the case of who made it in and who didn't get nominated).

PICTURE
So it's the agreed-upon top eight, plus two mild surprises. Women Talking making it in despite missing virtually everywhere else, including the acting and music categories, is... strange.

1. Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. The Banshees of Inisherin
3. The Fabelmans
4. TÁR
5. Elvis
6. Top Gun: Maverick
7. Avatar: The Way of Water
8. All Quiet on the Western Front
13. Women Talking
15. Triangle of Sadness

8/10

DIRECTOR
Östlund is our shock nominee... but not that shocking. I may have listed him as "also in contention", but I really felt I should have listed him in the top ten.

1. Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
3. Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
4. Todd Field, TÁR
-. Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness 

4/5

ACTRESS
The most surprising category by snubbing Davis and Deadwyler (?!), who have both been in all season long. It's down to Blanchett and Yeoh, yes, but why oh why did the Academy fall for the blatant category fraud of Williams, as I wrote before? And it turns out that Riseborough's Twitter campaign actually worked. Huh.

1. Cate Blanchett, TÁR
2. Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At One
5. Ana de Armas, Blonde
6. Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
10. Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans

3/5

ACTOR
The Agreed On Five.

1. Brendan Fraser, The Whale
2. Austin Butler, Elvis
3. Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
4. Bill Nighy, Living
5. Paul Mescal, Aftersun

5/5

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2. Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
3. Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once
4. Hong Chau, The Whale
5. Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once

5/5

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Woo! So Dano is switched out for his co-star Hirsch, and Brian Tyree Henry actually made it in. No Redmayne.

1. Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
3. Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
8. Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
9. Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway

3/5

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Aftersun I suspect was very under-seen, as it only made it in one category. Alas. Neat: Östlund is a double-nominee, along with Director.

1. The Banshees of Inisherin
2. Everything Everywhere All At Once
3. The Fabelmans
4. TÁR
6. Triangle of Sadness

4/5

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
I'm actually kinda shocked that Top Gun: Maverick got in here.

1. Women Talking
3. Glass Onion
4. Living
5. All Quiet on the Western Front
10. Top Gun: Maverick

4/5

CINEMATOGRAPHY
And I'm shocked that Top Gun: Maverick got in for writing, but not here. This is actually a weird line-up, considering who didn't make it in. My worst category.

2. Empire of Light
3. Elvis
7. All Quiet on the Western Front
9. TÁR
10. Bardo

2/5

EDITING
1. Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. Top Gun: Maverick
3. Elvis
5. The Banshees of Inisherin
-. TÁR

4/5

PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Elvis
2. Babylon
3. Avatar: The Way of Water
4. The Fabelmans
5. All Quiet on the Western Front

5/5

COSTUMES
1. Elvis
2. Babylon
3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
4. Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
9. Everything Everywhere All At Once

4/5

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. Elvis
2. The Whale
3. The Batman
4. All Quiet on Western Front
9. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

4/5

VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Avatar: The Way of Water
2. Top Gun: Maverick
3. The Batman
4. All Quiet on the Western Front
5. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

5/5

SOUND
1. Top Gun: Maverick
2. Elvis
3. Avatar: The Way of Water
5. All Quiet on the Western Front
8. The Batman

4/5

ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Babylon
3. The Fabelmans
4. The Banshees of Inisherin
6. Everything Everywhere All At Once
8. All Quiet on the Western Front

3/5

ORIGINAL SONG
1. "Naatu Naatu", RRR
2. "Hold My Hand", Top Gun: Maverick
3. "Lift Me Up", Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
6. "Applause", Tell It Like a Woman
9. "This is a Life", Everything Everywhere All At Once

3/5

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Decision to Leave's miss here is actually quite surprising, considering it was in the running for Screenplay and Director.

1. All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
3. Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
4. EO (Poland)
6. Close (Belgium)
10. The Quiet Girl (Ireland)

3/5

ANIMATED FEATURE
1. Pinocchio
2. Turning Red
3. Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
4. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
-. The Sea Beast

4/5

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. All That Breathes
2. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
3. Nalvany
5. Fire of Love
-. A House Made of Splinters

4/5

TALLIES

11: Everything Everywhere All At Once
9: All Quiet on the Western Front; The Banshees of Inisherin
8: Elvis
7: The Fabelmans
6: TÁR; Top Gun: Maverick
5: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
4: Avatar: The Way of Water
3: Babylon; The Batman; Triangle of Sadness; The Whale
2: Living; Women Talking