Overlooked by the Oscars: Here’s What We’d Have Picked
metroweekly.comVariety revealed they didn’t vote for Conclave‘s Ralph Fiennes for Best Actor, under the mistaken belief he already won an Oscar for Schindler’s List (he didn’t).
Consequently, both voted instead for The Brutalist‘s Adrien Brody (who did win an Oscar for The Pianist).Obviously, Academy voters often get things wrong.
Like last year, when they left the devastatingly moving drama All of Us Strangers high and dry with zero nominations. This year, several deserving cinematic achievements were egregiously overlooked by the Motion Picture Academy, but not by us, and hopefully not by you.
Hence, it’s time we pick the winners the Oscar voters didn’t pick.Best Original ScoreTrent Reznor & Atticus Ross, ChallengersThe bias against previous winners might also have struck this composing duo, who already have Oscars (and Grammys) for both The Social Network and Soul but were not invited to the party this year for their brilliant score of Luca Guadagnino’s randy tennis rom-com.
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