The Panda

A moving and rather emotional story. Not sure who the audience for it was, but it doesn't stop it from being very well done.

Another day of sun for La La Land.

I guess Davis misses, but I think this means Lion is in for BP 90% now.

I loved the opening number and Someone in the Crowd. Visually they're quite exciting and fun

Crazy that Midland is more expensive than Dallas. Maybe it's because we have so many theaters that it's harder to overprice

I cut that tradition when I started paying for my own tickets and concessions. Everytime I don't get concessions I just think it pays for two more movie tickets. I'll usually sneak in a water bottle though (cause I'm not paying 3 dollars for water)

Slay La La Land, head for another increase this weekend

I'm intrigued and the fact that it's A24 has me sold. I haven't loved all of their movies, but I found all of them to be inspired, fresh and new, so far.

The academy is weird, as that shouldn't be a standard in the first place. I don't see how implementing and expanding upon themes from original music in the musical makes the movie's score not-original at all. But there are a number of themes used in the score that aren't from the songs too. Such as Mia and Sebastian's theme, and various instrumental, jazz sections. I think it should qualify for original score, but then again I think any original musical should qualify for original score.

That's not the actual score, that's the soundtrack. There's also a score album without the songs. Also, most musicals use the themes from their songs and play with them for some of the instrumental sections. It's still completely original. Hurwitz wrote it all.

It's not really about Lee's downfall though l. If anything it's about his recovery. Of the movies I've seen this year, the only two I'd really label as a tragedy are Fences and The Witch. There were plenty of movies with tragic elements, but not a lot of actual tragedies.

If those aren't tragedies than neither is Manchester by the Sea. I was mostly talking about tragic elements though. A true tragedy follows the protagonist as he falls from grace and dies at the end. Fences is the only actual tragedy nominated at the PGAs. As for A Monster Calls (mild thematic spoilers)

I'd reckon most (besides straight comedies) have some element of tragedy in them. And tragic elements don't make movies the same. Rogue One is a tragedy, and it couldn't be more different from Manchester by the Sea, which is very much different from say A Monster Calls, which is much different from Hell or High Water. Not criticizing the point too much though. I do think there's a lot of politics involved from the studios to get their movies nominated, and certain movies are simply easier sells to the AMPAS primary demographic. I think making that demographic more diverse in ethnicity, age and gender is probably the best solution. As for the movies nominated for the PGA, id reckon even if you don't love all of the movies, there's a number that you did. I'd be shocked if any awards show's top 10 exactly aligned with mine, and that's okay.

La La Land is the return of musicals to the big screen: Tragic

Theyve had Marvel movies there in the past that end up missing. They usually miss 1-2, so I'd say swap Strange with Arrival or Deepwater Horizon.

Sci-fi/fantasy movies get nominated all the time man. These aren't the Saturn awards. There's more good movies out there than "Space, Aliens and Explosions the Movie!" (See how easy generalizing in). You also said, "the same shit as always" but you admitted yourself you only watched the trailers. If this whole rant is just "why don't my Batman, Captain America, Hobbit, Harry Potter insert blockbuster/tentpole here etc movies get nominated?" It's because if you want examples of generic movies, don't look any farther than those. Not saying the academy is perfect with picking their movies, and I do think there are certain movies that have a harder time getting into the academy. For example niche indie genre movies, smaller movies centered on minority issues (im honestly still a little shocked the guilds are going for Moonlight), the rare exceptional franchise film, animation, etc. But I also think your reasoning and argument are little ridiculous. Especially when, what, you've only seen Deadpool? Maybe Arrival?

I'll bite. I haven't seen Hidden Figures or Lion yet, so I won't make a judgment. (Because when you haven't seen a movie, you can't make a legitimate quality judgment of it) But anyways, I don't necessarily see how being a family drama or a feel good movie is a bad thing. But I guess you can categorize Fences and Manchester by the Sea in family drama. However, they're far from dull, and it's doing the movies a disservice from calling them that. It'd be like calling Game of Thrones, Fantasy Dragon Fluff. Maybe Hacksaw Ridge is a feel good movie? Not really, though. It's actually fairly brutal and inspiring. But I guess you could say inspiring makes it feel good? Yet, I'm still not understanding how the tone of an ending or a movie is what makes it mediocre. There are fantastic "feel good" movies and family dramas out there. Deadpool is honestly the most feel good movie on the list, that I've seen, given that it's a comedy that makes you laugh where the good guy beats the villain and gets the girl. (See how easy it is to generically describe a movie) Then that leaves "important" indies. I'm failing to see what you really mean by important. Maybe you meant culturally relevant? I really fail to see how a movie being culturally relevant makes a movie mediocre at all. It should honestly be nothing but a benefit for a movie. Moonlight and Hell or High Water are culturally relevant, and they're fantastic movies. I guess you're trying to imply that they only exist to preach social issues at you, which isn't true at all. They're subtle and quite powerful films. I'd also say Arrival's theme is culturally relevant, but it's not really an indie. So I guess you could classify a number of those films in those categories, given how generic they are. By the way you worded them I could classify Star Wars under "family drama" or "feel good", etc. Then again, that was kind of a troll post, so I am probably wasting my time even responding to this.

Lololololololololol. No comment.

VES snubbed Arrival Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Doctor Strange Stephane Ceretti Susan Pickett Richard Bluff Vincent Cirelli Paul Corbould Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Christian Manz Olly Young Tim Burke Pablo Grillo David Watkins Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Frazer Churchill Hal Couzens Andrew Lockley Jelmer Boskma Hayley Williams Rogue One: A Star Wars Story John Knoll Erin Dusseault Hal Hickel Nigel Sumner Neil Corbould The Jungle Book Robert Legato Joyce Cox Andrew R. Jones Adam Valdez JD Schwalm Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Allied Kevin Baillie Sandra Scott Brennan Doyle Viktor Muller Richard Van Den Bergh Deepwater Horizon Craig Hammack Petra Holtorf-Stratton Jason Snell John Galloway Burt Dalton Jason Bourne Charlie Noble Dan Barrow Julian Gnass Huw Evans Steve Warner Silence Pablo Helman Brian Barlettani Ivan Busquets Juan Garcia R. Bruce Steinheimer Sully Michael Owens Tyler Kehl Mark Curtis Bryan Litson Steven Riley

How is Deadpool done when it keeps getting precursor nods? Not saying it's overly likely, but it's not done like Silence is done.

La La Land is coming for that number 1 spot tomorrow.

So is Silence. It's gotten nothing. Zip. Deadpool would still be really surprising, but it's just as likely as Nocturnal Animals at this point.

Watch it get a DGA nod and everyone be like, "But Girl With the Dragon Tattoo didn't get a BP nod! Not Fappening!"