Still got a lot of them to watch, will watch as they come online. But have a few thoughts
Emilia Pérez shouldn't be up for anything. The two acting nominations are fine, however, 2024 was a really strong year for female performances with many better ones getting passed over for this. The hairstyle and make up nomination did make me laugh, the fake nose and beard they give the troon is comical.
Sebastian Stan for The Apprentice, he is good in it, but he was better in A Different Man and should have been up for that instead. Feel more of a fuck Trump nomination.
Animated feature line up is really good this year, only weak link is Inside Out 2.
Nice to see The Substance get into make up and hairstyling, horror is always passed up at the Oscars even for categories like this, where it really makes sense for horror to do well in.
Visual Effects, Alien Romulus has good effect but it has one huge one that never looks good. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes also doesn't look bad, but didn't look better than the last two movies.