Top 15 Films of 2021:
1. Worst Person in the World
2. Pig
3. C'mon C'mon
4. Parallel Mothers
5. Annette
6. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
7.West Side Story
8. Shiva Baby
9. Malignant
10. Red Rocket
11. Summer of 85
12. Dune
13. Drive My Car
14. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
15. Coda
God, this Oscars season has felt like a decade! Of course that is true of the last year in general. I'm rooting for Chloé Zhao tomorrow and so happy for her to get this moment.
I'm most excited for Best Actress which could go in any number of ways. I'm predicting Viola Davis will win with the support of SAG behind her, but really hoping Carey Mulligan gets an Oscar that she has deserved many times over. McDormand gave my favorite performance of the year so I'll be very happy if she can pull it off too.
News broke yesterday that Brendan Fraser has been cast in Darren Aronofsky's next film. I've long been a fan of Brendan Fraser, I think it was all the times we had to watch George of the Jungle in the afterschool program I was in.
He's playing a 600 pound man which sounds quite interesting. I'm struggling to imagine how they will even do it, but I'm excited for it. Aronofsky is one of my favorite directors. The Wrestler and Black Swan are both my choices for Best Picture of their respective years and I nominate both mother! and Requiem for a Dream as well.
I'm excited to see whom gets cast alongside Fraser. Aronofsky always gets the best out of his performers. Ellen Burstyn, Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei and Natalie Portman all are my winners for acting awards for their performances in his films. I also nominate Jennifer Lawrence and Mila Kunis. I imagine Fraser will be in contention for my Best Actor prize for this performance.
Usually I do monthly predictions for the upcoming Academy Awards, but this has been such a strange year that it hasn't really felt right to do them. Honestly, I'm not sure what films are even going to be released in time and what's going to be delayed until 2021.
It feels like Netflix is set to dominate this upcoming season and I guess that would be fitting for a pandemic? However the Academy has been resistant to Netflix winning Best Picture, but maybe they will reward them for keeping the industry alive during this year? Anyway I wanted to do some predictions, but it's impossible. I have no idea what's coming out other than Netflix.
When we get closer, I'll try to actually do these. However all I know is that it's going to feel so wrong if Glenn Close finally wins an Oscar and she has to accept it over Zoom???????
Finally watched Certain Women, can everyone cast Lily Gladstone in their films please????? What a performance!
