The Movies That Won (2023)

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

This movie is easily one of the best movies to come out this year, and it deserved all of its awards except for Jamie Lee Curtis's Best Actress in a supporting role win. Her role was so small that it barely counted as a supporting role. While having more than five lines in a movie can qualify an actor for this category, comparing her non-essential performance to Angela Bassett's powerful and contributing performance in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is difficult.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

This movie deserved more awards than Best Costume Design.

Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

For animated films, it seems like the Academy has a habit of selecting style over substance. If it were the other way around, perhaps they would have given the award to Marcel the Shell with Shoes on.

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse

This win was another example of the Academy selecting style over substance. If it were the other way around, they would have given the award to Ice Merchants.

RRR

The music in this movie was a bit on-the-nose but fantastic at the same time. Out of the songs in this movie, The Academy could have selected either Naatu Naatu or Komuram Bheemudo for the Best Song award.

Top Gun: Maverick

Critics determine a film's merit based on its brilliance without drawing attention to its brilliance. The Sound in this movie was euphonic without drawing attention to itself.

Avatar: The Way of Water

Like the first movie, Avatar: The Way of Water deserved its Best Visual Effects award.