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I'll have more FYCs later but my deep cut for the year is John Cho for Best Actor in Searching and Searching itself for Best Picture. I was super busy around the time I saw it so I never got to say how much I thought that movie rocked. Also, people need to check out Beale Street, Leave No Trace, and Can You Ever Forgive Me if they haven't yet - they'll be showing up all over mine and I hope they get a fair shake.

Definitely the first time I'm ever going to say "They really messed up not nominating Post Malone."

My only real thought at this point is that Kris Tapley is starting to sound the alarm big time that Cold War is probably getting nominated. I will say this year feels WILD compared to most years, though last year was a little bit wild too with Phantom Thread/Darkest Hour surprisingly coming in strong and I Tonya/Big Sick missing out. Looking at the prediction thread from last year, those two show up alot more than Darkest Hour and Phantom Thread. Of course I was a big dummy that zigged while everyone zagged and put Florida Project in my predictions.

Couple people laughed at me in Han's prediction topic for saying that I think Glass would finish under Split unless it got great reviews, feeling pretty damn good about it now, but obviously still early. I never really felt the buzz on this one to match the insane 65m+ OW predictions - Split was much more organic.

Looks alright in a vacuum (pretty good until the crappy CGI kicks in!) but after seeing Into the Spider-Verse this looks so lame. Give Swae Lee a song and they might save it.

Extremely #casual opinion here but this season of True Detective is rocking so far, the cast and central mystery are great, and unlike some reviewers I'm glad it's following the spirit of Season One, which is one of the most engaging seasons of television perhaps ever made. It feels good to be knee deep in some wacky Reddit theories again like I am right now.

Beale Street was really, really great. Also, the trailer reaction for US even with this older crowd was nuts - I think 100m OW is possible.

I never thought either had a real shot to win, I thought we were upset they were getting nominated?

The movie literally has a "downfall" montage where he gives lingering stares to gay sexual partners in leather bars and it smash cuts to a news report on AIDS. Even if it's not homophobic it definitely plays into some pretty dumb 5th grade stereotypes there.

more like Ass am I right?

I've learned to never write off a black nominee or black-focused movie because it missed a BAFTA nom, tbh.

You've gone past the point of self parody, dude. You're trying too hard.

lmaooooo that dude Jessie got banned. One of the biggest try-hard morons in the history of these forums. Thank fuck, these boards will be a more tolerable place without that neckbeard dudebro around.

Sure, but read some of the posts in the topic and tell me that's really the motivation of guys like that JB right win whatever .