2020 Awards Season: Oscars Winners and Reactions
February 10, 2020
The Oscars were handed out last night and unlike most years, I wasn’t able to live-blog the awards. This is a real shame, because it was one of the best Oscar nights I can remember and there were very few awards that made me legitimately angry, unlike many years in the past. There was even a surprise winner for the full night, as Parasite earned the most wins with four Oscars. It is incredibly rare for a foreign-language film to pull off that feat.
The categories and winners are...
BEST PICTURE
DIRECTING
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
BEST WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
BEST DOCUMENTARY - FEATURE LENGTH
BEST DOCUMENTARY - SHORT FILM
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
This is another upset that I’m happy to see happen. That said, if Sam Mendes had won for 1917, I would have also been happy, as 1917 is certainly a director’s film.
Renée Zellweger was easily the best part of Judy and it has been a long time since she earned Oscar glory, so I’m happy she won. I also expect some of the runners-up to earn Oscars in the coming years.
This isn’t a shock at all, but I would have preferred either a Antonio Banderas or Adam Driver win here.
Our readers also predicted Parasite would win here, so while it is really rare for a foreign-language film to win this award (this is only the sixth time it has happened), it can’t be seen as an upset. I can’t argue with this result, but I did want Rian Johnson to win for Knives Out.
No one should be shocked by this win. This was arguably the most predictable thing that happened yesterday, and I’m including the sun rising and setting in that statement.
SHORT FILM - LIVE ACTION
SHORT FILM - ANIMATED
Our readers went three-for-three for the short film categories. These are notoriously hard to predict, so this is proof that our readers are really smart when it comes to the Oscars.
This was also an overwhelming favorite.
Filed under: Awards Season, Toy Story 4, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Judy, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Rocketman, Jojo Rabbit, Ford v. Ferrari, 1917, Joker, Little Women, Knives Out, Parasite (기생충), Bombshell, American Factory, Honeyland, Marriage Story, Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Renée Zellweger, Antonio Banderas, Laura Dern, Greta Gerwig, Sam Mendes, Joaquin Phoenix, Taika Waititi, Adam Driver, Rian Johnson, Joon-ho Bong, Han Jin-won