The Shattered Lens Live Tweets Oscar Sunday

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Welcome to Oscar Sunday!

Oscars Day always feels like New Year's Eve to me. I love that feeling.

— Leonard B. Wilson (@Cavatica) March 27, 2022

Imagining Billy Crystal at home, looking over the nominees and saying, "What I could do with all of this." #Oscars

— Jeff, who is not Joseph Cotten (@JedadiahLeland) March 27, 2022

Honestly, just the fact that they're in a theater and not a train station makes this an improvement on last year's ceremony. #Oscars

— Lisa Marie Bowman (@LisaMarieBowman) March 28, 2022

Dune, the film that apparently directed itself, is sweeping the technical categories. #Oscars

— Jeff, who is not Joseph Cotten (@JedadiahLeland) March 28, 2022

Next year, #Oscars will be a “take home” award show. Pick up your Oscar at the @DennysDiner at Marina Del Ray, Sunday Afternoon, after the Kiwanis meeting but before Alcoholics Anonymous.
#Oscars

— Case Wright (@casewrites) March 28, 2022

Troy Kostur winning is going to be the highlight of this ceremony. #Oscars

— Jeff, who is not Joseph Cotten (@JedadiahLeland) March 28, 2022

Of all the nights to not have Cable. What am I missing here?! https://t.co/UgeqQOIxZw

— Leonard B. Wilson (@Cavatica) March 28, 2022

If Will wins tonight, is Kenneth Branaugh gonna slap him over Wild Wild West? Not saying he should, time heals most wounds, but anything can happen tonight. #Oscars

— Leonard B. Wilson (@Cavatica) March 28, 2022

I don't know. My personal opinion is that, after punching someone on live TV, you should hold off on the God talk. #Oscars

— Lisa Marie Bowman (@LisaMarieBowman) March 28, 2022

And CODA wins. Not really a surprise anymore. #Oscars

— Lisa Marie Bowman (@LisaMarieBowman) March 28, 2022

Really, this is a great moment for the CODA cast and crew. Too bad all anyone's going to be talking about tomorrow is Will Smith. #Oscars

— Lisa Marie Bowman (@LisaMarieBowman) March 28, 2022

All of that trouble to get the show down to 3 hours and it ended up running 40 minutes over. #Oscars

— Lisa Marie Bowman (@LisaMarieBowman) March 28, 2022

Thus could be the start of a cool trend. We get Amy Adams into a good role this year and Isla Fisher to do something serious next year and we end up with a redheaded Best Actress for 3 years straight.

— Leonard B. Wilson (@Cavatica) March 28, 2022

Music Video of the Day: Shallow, performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (2019, dir by whoever directed the Oscars that year)

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Who knows what tonight’s Oscar telecast will be like but I’m pretty sure it won’t come anywhere close to providing a moment as powerful as this.

Enjoy!

It Is Oscar Sunday

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Doc Bowman

It’s Oscar Sunday. Again.

Can you tell how excited I am?

Yes, cats don’t really care about the Oscars or the movies. But some humans do! Actually, according to the flame-haired once, less humans care about the Oscars this year than ever before. It sounds like the Oscar humans really messed things up and now everyone is mad at them. As long as I get fed, I don’t get mad at anyone. Humans should be more like me. If you’re one of the few remaining humans who cares about the Oscars, the Shattered Lens has you covered today!

Happy Oscar Sunday to those who observe. If you watch the ceremony, don’t forget that the cat needs some attention too!

As for who I think is going to win this year …. meh. I haven’t seen any of the nominees but I’m sure they needed more scenes featuring hunting, stalking, and napping. Lots and lots of napping.

Paddies Final Oscar Predictions!

Posted on March 26, 2022 by paddiesthoughts

I’m going to start with

Short Documentaries because one of these hurt me deeply!

Nominations

“Audible” (Will win and should win best picture, but that is another argument!)

“Lead Me Home”

“The Queen of Basketball”

“Three Songs for Benazir”

“When We Were Bullies”

So, onto my other big predictions:

Best Original Screen play:

Nominations:

“Belfast”

“Don’t Look Up” (probably will win)

“King Richard”

“Licorice Pizza” (would be my pick and should win!)

“The Worst Person in the World”

Best Animated Feature:

Nominations:

“Encanto” (This isn’t even close!)

"Flee

“Luca”

“The Mitchells vs. the Machines”

“Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Cinematography:

Nominations:

“Dune”

“Nightmare Alley”

“The Power of the Dog” (will win)

“The Tragedy of Macbeth” (my pick)

“West Side Story”

And now to my Final Picks!

Best Supporting Actress:

Nominated:

Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”

Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”

Judi Dench, “Belfast”

Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog” (Will win an should!)

Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard

Best Supporting actor

Nominations

Ciaran Hinds, “Belfast”

Troy Kotsur, “CODA” (will win and should!)

Jesse Plemons, “The Power of the Dog”

J.K. Simmons, “Being the Ricardos”

Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog

Best Actress:

Nominated:

Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (will win)

Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”

Penélope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers” (Should win)

Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”

Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”

Best Actor:

Nominated:

 Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”

Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog” (I would’t be surprised here!)

Andrew Garfield, “Tick, Tick … Boom!”

 Will Smith, “King Richard” (It’s his to lose, but...)

Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”

Best Director :

Nominations are:

Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car”

Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”

 Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog” (There should be any question about this!)

Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”

And for the movie of the year:

The nominations are:

“Belfast”

“CODA” (Will win)*

“Don’t Look Up”

“Drive My Car”

“Dune”

“King Richard”

“Licorice Pizza”

“Nightmare Alley”

“The Power of the Dog”

“West Side Story”

Like I said earlier, “Audible” Should be the movie of the year!

Happy Oscar Day and I hope you all get a well deserved trophy! We will see how my predictions (and hopes) go!

My Oscar Predictions

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Well, since the big show is tomorrow, I guess it’s time for me to try to predict what I think will win. Up until four weeks ago, I would thought Power of the Dog would be the obvious front runner but CODA seems to be the film that people are responding too. The same is true of Penelope Cruz, who went from being an also-ran to the new front runner in just a matter of days.

In short, this Oscar race is up in the air. Almost anything could happen. It should be exciting, though I think most people will be tuning in not to see who wins but to see how bad the show is.

Anyway, here are my predictions! We’ll see how right I am (or how wrong I am) tomorrow night!

Best Picture — CODA

Best Director — Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

Best Actor — Will Smith, King Richard

Best Actress — Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers

Best Supporting Actor — Troy Kostur, CODA

Best Supporting Actress — Ariana DeBose, West Side Story

Best Original Screenplay — The Worst Person In The World

Best Adapted Screenplay — CODA

Best Animated Feature Film — Encanto

Best International Film — Drive My Car

Best Documentary Feature — Attica