Luiza Ribeiro
- Mar 14, 2022
- 5 min read

Oscar Snubs and Predictions

This year's Oscar nominees were announced February 8th and the award ceremony will take place March 27th. There were several surprises and snubs, and people are already beginning to make their predictions about who will win. It is, theoretically, the most prestigious award for cinematography and actors of the year. The Academy Award acknowledges: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Animated Feature, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Documentary Feature, Best International Feature, Best Animated Short, Best Documentary Short, and finally, Best Live-action Short. In this article, however, I will only focus on the lead actors and actresses, picture, animated feature and visual effects. But first, let's recognize some of the people and movies that were not recognized from the Academy, and should've (in my opinion!) received at least one nomination in that certain category.

Oscar Snubs

Dennis Villeneuve - Best Director for Dune

Dune was one of the most successful movies of the night, being the second most recognized picture from the Academy (only after The Power of The Dog). Its director, Denis Villeneuve also got a best director recognition in other prestigious awards like the Critic's Choice Awards and the Satellite Awards. Not only this but Dune was nominated for Best Picture, which is an almost guarantee for directors to be nominated - but apparently not for Villeneuve, unfortunately.

Lady Gaga - Best Actress for House of Gucci

This movie, for me at least, wasn't… great, which was a huge disappointment given the star-studded cast and the trailer (which made the movie look quite interesting). With that being said, I think Lady Gaga pulled an excellent performance and really captured the essence of Patrizia - the murderer of her own husband, Maurizio Gucci. It was also a surprise amongst many critics and fans since she was nominated for BAFTA, Critic's Choice, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the Golden Globe, making her the only actress of the season to get recognition from all these awards but not make it to the final cut.

Tick, Tick… Boom! - Best Picture

Tick, Tick… Boom!, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, was a great film, and one of the best this year, in my and many people’s - critics and musical theater nerds - opinion. I'm not saying it was perfect or that it was one of the top contenders for winning this award, but I definitely think it should've gotten recognized in this category. A movie about Jonathan Larsson, writer of one of the biggest musicals ever, Rent, was made into a musical movie that delivered great lines, performances and cinematography. Given that this picture was nominated for other categories in the Oscars like Film editing and Actor in a Leading Role, I was quite hopeful that it would've had a shot at the most prestigious award of the night.

Now that I have ranted about some of my disappointments this year, let's talk about which movies and actors I think have the best shot to win in their respective categories, based on my opinion, film critics’ opinion, and other awards previously won.