Oscar Nominations/My Oscar Reactions: Six Categories of Feeling

YAAAS: Extreme joy, of the 'YAS, Isabelle Huppert winning awards' variety.

Yay: Happy with the nomination, of the 'Yay, happy for you Emma, we couldn't be together but we'll always have La La Land'' variety.

Mixed feelings: Of the, 'I love my onscreen husband, but really he's an asshole and I'm Viola Davis' variety.

Nay: Not particularly enthused or happy with the nomination, of the 'Nay I don't want to move to Boston, I got two girlfriends, Casey' variety.

Silence: Of the, 'I haven't seen this so I'll keep silent for now' variety (I'll put in a curious Yōsuke Kubozuka here)

Clusterfuck: of the J.K. Simmons variety, reserved for only the most disastrous nominations.

NOTE: All nominees are in alphabetical order. I'll release my rankings and my personal rankings for each category over the next month or so. 

Best Picture

Hacksaw Ridge

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Arrival

Fences

Hell or High Water

La La Land

Lion

Hidden Figures

Best Director

Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge

Denis Villeneuve, Arrival

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Best Actor

Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge 

Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

Denzel Washington, Fences

Best Actress

Ruth Negga, Loving

Natalie Portman, Jackie

Emma Stone, La La Land

Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins (I'll explain very soon, after I've seen Elle)

Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

Dev Patel, Lion

Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis, Fences

Naomie Harris, Moonlight

Nicole Kidman, Lion

Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Best Adapted Screenplay

Eric Heisserer, Arrival

Barry Jenkins and Alvin McCraney, Moonlight

August Wilson, Fences

Luke Davies, Lion

Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, Hidden Figures

Best Original Screenplay

Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Mike Mills, 20th Century Women

Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou, The Lobster

Best Animated Feature

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

My Life as a Zucchini

The Red Turtle

Zootopia

Best Foreign Language Film

A Man Called Ove (Sweden)

Land of Mine (Denmark)

The Salesman (Iran)

Tanna (Australia)

Toni Erdmann (Germany)

Best Documentary

Fire At Sea

I Am Not Your Negro

Life, Animated

OJ: Made in America

13th

Best Original Song

La La Land - Audition by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

La La Land - City of Stars by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Trolls - Can't Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster (I didn't actually realize this was a film song, well it's a decent enough song but really, this over 'Drive it Like You Stole It'??

Moana - How Far I'll Go by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Jim: The James Foley Story - The Empty Chair by J Ralph and Sting

Best Original Score

La La Land by Justin Hurwitz

Moonlight by Nicholas Britell

Lion by Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka

Jackie by Mica Levi

Passengers by Thomas Newton

Best Cinematography

Arrival

La La Land

Lion

Moonlight

Silence

Best Costume Design

Allied

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Jackie

La La Land

Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Makeup/Hairstyling

Star Trek Beyond

A Man Called Ove

Suicide Squad (You know what, I'm going to be a complete dick and say this is a bad nomination, purely because of that aesthetic design for the Joker, even though nothing else was technically all that bad and I did like the Harley Quinn makeup/hairstyle stuff)

Best Sound Editing

Arrival

Deepwater Horizon

Hacksaw Ridge

La La Land

Sully

Best Sound Mixing

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

La La Land (I'll need a re-watch to determine this, though)

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Best Production Design

Hail, Caesar!

La La Land

Arrival

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Passengers

Best Visual Effects

Doctor Strange

The Jungle Book

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Deepwater Horizon

Kubo and the Two Strings

Best Editing

Hacksaw Ridge

Moonlight

La La Land

Arrival

Hell or High Water

Best Animated Short

Blind Vaysha

Borrowed Time

Pear Cider and Cigarettes

Pearl

Piper

Best Documentary Short

4.1 Miles

Extremis

Joe's Violin

Watani: My Homeland

The White Helmets

Best Live Action Short

Ennemis Interieurs

La Femme et le TGV

Silent Nights

Sing

Timecode

Conclusion: All in all, fairly decent set of nominees. One massive snub I'm quite upset about, but otherwise it's all good. (EDIT) I've relinquished my use of J.K. Simmons for this time round, maybe next year...