JASON'S BEST: If I Voted For The Oscars 2021 (Return to Jason's Best Main Page)


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Here's the detailed list of my Oscar choices for 2021, if I were allowed to vote -- my choice for the winner is in bold -- in addition, I have also included a few additional categories worth mentioning...


Belfast, The Best Film of 2021

BEST PICTURE
Belfast
Don't Look Up
Licorice Pizza
tick, tick ... Boom!
The Power of the Dog

BEST ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog
Leonardo DiCaprio in Don't Look Up
Andrew Garfield in tick, tick ... Boom!
Will Smith in King Richard
Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of MacBeth

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Frances McDormand in The Tragedy of MacBeth
Alana Haim in Licorice Pizza
Kristen Stewart in Spencer
Rachel Zegler in West Side Story

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bradley Cooper in Licorice Pizza
Troy Kotsur in CODA
Ciaran Hinds in Belfast
Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons in Being The Ricardos

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana DeBose in West Side Story
Caitriona Balfe in Belfast
Kirsten Dunst in The Power of the Dog
Kathryn Hunter in The Tragedy of MacBeth
Rita Moreno in West Side Story

BEST DIRECTOR
Kenneth Branagh for Belfast
Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog
Paul Thomas Anderson for Licorice Pizza
Steven Spielberg for West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve for Dune

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Being The Ricardos
Belfast
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Don't Look Up

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

BEST MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
Nicholas Britell for Don't Look Up
Hans Zimmer for Dune
Hans Zimmer for No Time To Die
Jonny Greenwood for Spencer
Jonny Greenwood for The Power of the Dog

BEST MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
"Automatic Woman" from Bruised -- Performed by H.E.R.
"No Time To Die" from No Time To Die -- Performed by Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell
"Be Alive" from King Richard -- Performed by Beyonce
"Down to Joy" from Belfast -- Performed by Van Morrison
"Just Look Up" from Don't Look Up -- Performed by Ariana Grande & Kid Cudi
"Right Where I Belong" from Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road -- Performed by Brian Wilson & Jim James

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Belfast
Dune
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of MacBeth
West Side Story

BEST FILM EDITING
Dune
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick ... Boom!
West Side Story

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Belfast
Dune
The Tragedy of MacBeth
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dune
House of Gucci
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
Nightmare Alley

BEST SOUND
Dune
Last Night in Soho
No Time To Die
A Quiet Place: Part II
West Side Story

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune
Eternals
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
The Matrix Resurrections
Spider-Man: No Way Home

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Belfast
The Power of the Dog
Licorice Pizza
tick, tick ... Boom!
West Side Story

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Encanto
Flee
The Mitchells vs. The Machines

BEST SCENE OR SEQUENCE IN A 2021 MOTION PICTURE
Buddy's Pa (Jamie Dornan) singing "Everlasting Love" to his wife (Caitriona Balfe) towards the end of Belfast
Valentina (Rita Moreno) singing "Somewhere" in West Side Story
"Sunday" diner performance featuring so many Broadway legends in tick, tick ... Boom!
Ruby performing in school musical, the sound completely goes away to experience what her family experiences not being able to hear in CODA
Arrakis under fire in Dune
The truck downhill coasting through the city when it runs out of gas in Licorice Pizza
The ending of No Time To Die

BEST FILM QUOTE OF THE YEAR
"Life is very fleeting, I've learned that. It has moments you should seize." from The Dig
"I value mystery; the unknown. It's what supports the tension of a relationship and forces us to be the best version of ourselves." from Malcolm & Marie
"I don't think that being afraid to try is a good enough reason for anything." from The Last Letter From Your Lover
"It always seems impossible until it's done." from Queen Bees
"Everything looks very very different when you're looking at it from the bottom up." from The Eyes of Tammy Faye
"The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not use my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time." from No Time To Die
"We are nothing more than the experience that made us." from Sweet Girls
"No such thing as a happy ending. All endings are sad, especially if the story was happy." from Reminiscence
"I believe all truths must be acknowledged, however painful they are. Or else there is no growth. Growth is the key." from No Sudden Move