Jump to content

TStechnij

Free Account+
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,008

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by TStechnij

    Best Screenplays 2016 (Original and Adapted)

    in And The Winner Is...

    Posted

    Lion is supposed to be awful. Screened on TWC's yacht during Cannes and my friends heard people talking about how bad it was throughout the whole festival. The Austrailain Film Comission were promoting every film they had and explicitly didn't promote Lion. 

     

    It tested more than a year ago and people didn't like it then either. I think it is keeping its release date so that TWC looks like less of a mess. 

    • Like 2

    Best Picture predictions-2016!

    in And The Winner Is...

    Posted

    I could see Love and Friendshup picking up a couple noms considering how weak the early race is. Things will pop up, but for right now -- jeez. 

     

    I'd say it could score these noms in order of likeliness--

    Costume Design

    Adapted Screenplay (I think writers could really geek out about this.)

    Production Design

    Best Actress-Beckinsale (Could win the comedy globe.)

    Best Supporting Actor-Bennett 

    Best Picture

     

    Kate and the costumes will probably be on my personal ballot. 

    • Like 1

    Box Office Theory 2015 Oscar nomination Game!-Congrats TST!

    in And The Winner Is...

    Posted · Edited by TStechnij

    Best Picture

    01. The Big Short 

    02. Bridge of Spies

    03. Brooklyn

    04. Carol

    05. Mad Max: Fury Road

    06. The Martian

    07. The Revenant

    08. Spotlight

    Alts: 09. Room

    10. Sicario

     

    Best Directing

    01. Todd Haynes, Carol

    02. Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant

    03. Adam McKay, The Big Short 

    04. George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road

    05. Ridley Scott, The Martian

    Alt: Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

     

    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    01. Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

    02. Matt Damon, The Martian

    03. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

    04. Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

    05. Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

    Alt: Steve Carrell, The Big Short

     

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    01. Cate Blanchett, Carol

    02. Brie Larson, Room

    03. Jennifer Lawrence, Joy

    04. Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

    05. Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years

    Alt: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

     

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    01. Christian Bale, The Big Short

    02. Tom Hardy, The Revenant

    03. Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight

    04. Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

    05. Sylvester Stallone, Creed

    Alt: Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation

     

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    01. Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

    02. Rooney Mara, Carol

    03. Helen Mirren, Trumbo

    04. Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

    05. Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

    Alt: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina

     

    Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

    01. Bridge of Spies

    02. Ex Machina

    03. The Hateful Eight

    04. Inside Out

    05. Spotlight

    Alt: Sicario

     

    Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    01. The Big Short

    02. Brooklyn

    03. Carol

    04. Room

    05. Steve Jobs

    Alt: The Martian

     

    Best Animated Feature

    01. Anomalisa

    02. The Good Dinosaur

    03. Inside Out

    04. The Peanuts Movie

    05. Shaun the Sheep

    Alt: The Prophet

     

    Best Music (Original Score)

    01. Bridge of Spies

    02. Carol

    03. The Hateful Eight

    04. Spotlight

    05. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Alt: Inside Out

     

    Best Music (Original Song)

    01. Earned It, Fifty Shades of Grey

    02. See You Again, Furious 7

    03. Simple Song #3, Youth

    04. Til It Happens to You, The Hunting Ground

    05. Writing’s on the Wall, Spectre

    Alt: The Light That Never Fails, Meru

     

    Best Film Editing

    01. The Big Short

    02. Mad Max: Fury Road

    03. The Martian

    04. The Revenant

    05. Spotlight

    Alt: Bridge of Spies

     

    Best Cinematography

    01. Bridge of Spies

    02. Carol

    03. Mad Max: Fury Road

    04. The Revenant

    05. Sicario

    Alt: The Hateful Eight

     

    Best Art Direction 

    01. Bridge of Spies

    02. Carol

    03. The Danish Girl

    04. Mad Max: Fury Road

    05. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Alt: The Martian

     

    Best Costume Design

    01. Carol

    02. Cindererlla

    03. Crimson Peak

    04. The Danish Girl

    05. Mad Max: Fury Road

    Alt: The Revenant

     

    Best Makeup

    01. Black Mass

    02. Mad Max: Fury Road

    03. The Revenant

    Alt: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared

     

    Best Sound Mixing

    01. Mad Max: Fury Road

    02. The Martian 

    03. The Revenant

    04. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    05. Straight Outta Compton

    Alt: Bridge of Spies

     

    Best Sound Editing

    01. Mad Max: Fury Road

    02. The Martian 

    03. The Revenant

    04. Sicario

    05. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Alt: Bridge of Spies

     

    Best Visual Effects

    01. Jurassic World

    02. Mad Max: Fury Road

    03. The Martian 

    04. The Revenant

    05. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
    Alt: Ant Man

     

    Bonus!

    Best Foreign Language Film 01. The Brand New Testament 02. Mustang 03. Son of Saul 04. Viva 05. A War Best

    Documentary Feature 01. Amy 02. Cartel Land 03. He Named Me Malala 04. Listen to Me Marlon 05. The Look of Silence

    2015 Best Picture predictions!

    in And The Winner Is...

    Posted

    40 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

    Picture: PGA

    Actress: The last 2 spots are a question mark

    Supporting Actor: This category is a mess, but with Sicario rising at the guilds Del Toro is back in the conversation

    Original Screenplay: The fifth spot is a question mark and H8ful is getting weaker

    PGA can't be used on its own for very obvious reasons. Especially when it is missing Carol. If the only hype that can be mustered for Sicario for BP is because of PGA and guild support, which IS the only hype that can be mustered, then it isn't getting nominated. It is textbook definition of a film that does well with guilds and falters at the Oscars. 

     

    And Blunt in actress... That's ridiculous. Lawrence is fine and no one is desperate enough for Blunt. Rampling, Mara, Vikander, Smith and even Schumer are ahead of her. Like... I can't even imagine where this idea comes from. She has three mentions from hodunk critic groups and that is all (in the US). Also, for Blunt to even be in the conversation means that the movie really didn't work, because the whole purpose of her character is to be submissive and that isn't what The Academy goes for. Even with a Globe nom, she wouldn't be happening and she couldn't even get that. Even Cotillard hit one precursor last year and she had Fonda campaigning for her. Blunt doesn't care about the Oscar and no one does. It is deader than Joy in Best Picture. 

     

    Hitting BAFTA alone never has only equaled a nom for Riva in past years, which was a foreign film and never going to do well at the Globes/SAG/BFCA (sometimes even ineligible). And Sicario isn't Amour, which was top five best picture with a directing nom. Del Toro probably won't happen, but could be a surprise. 

     

    Once again, Sicario has 6 screenplay mentions from hodunk critic orgs. Compare the to Ex Machina's BAFTA nod, BFCA nod, BIFA nod and a ton of critic mentions. 

     

    So, no Sicario isn't going to break out big at the Oscars. And it surely isn't an alternate for best director. 

    The Revenant | Dec 25 Limited, Jan 8 2016 wide | Opening in select IMAX theaters Jan 14th.

    in Box Office Discussion

    Posted

    15 minutes ago, Gopher said:

    One of the worst I saw this year imho. The overwhelming SUFFERING Innaritu wants for Leo and the AWE he wants the audience to have is laughable. Everything's for show, every shot is intended to call attention to itself and he's got no story or character to back it up. Worthless garbage. And fwiw Birdman made my top 10 last year. 

    Gopher, I fucking love you. I feel our top tens of last year and this year are so in line too! :D

    • Like 1

    Star Wars TFA 2nd Wknd Actual: 149.2M !!!

    in Numbers and Data

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, Gopher said:

    Gold Derby's list is wack. BOS isn't gaining any traction outside of Rylance. I don't think Revenant is a sure thing either. 

     

    If I had to guess now - 

     

    Carol

    Spotlight

    The Martian

    Mad Max

    The Big Short

    Room

    Brooklyn

    Revenant (fringe)

    TFA (fringe)

    Straight Outta Compton (SAG nom + major calls for diversity lead me to think this one could make it in) 

    The Revenant is just too OMG DIRECTORIAL AND ARTISIC FEAT to

    miss. Bridge of Spies is still ahead of SOC and has hit some of the minor precursors. The Academy probably won't forget it. 

    • Like 1

    Star Wars TFA 2nd Wknd Actual: 149.2M !!!

    in Numbers and Data

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, JonathanLB said:

    Has anyone else here actually seen Carol / give a crap about it? We watched it the other night. Basically all I got out of it was that I'm supposed to like it because it's about lesbian romance. I tend to prefer a bit more X-rated material when I'm watching lesbian content, personally. :P LOL, j/k. I just ask myself, "If this were a traditional romance, would I care?" The answer is no. Then again, I don't care at all about romance movies. I'm a Nazi with that. I don't even think "romance" is a genre, I think it's an element of a film. It should be a romantic comedy or romance in an action film or a drama with romance. Carol failed on all levels for me. It was supremely boring and didn't engage me at all. The best scene had boobies, that's about it.

    Carol is a fucking masterpiece. Every part of it is well intentioned and all of the technical elements are amazing. Best cinematography, production design and costumes of the year. It is perfect and totally a piece of art. 

    • Like 2

    Star Wars TFA 2nd Wknd Actual: 149.2M !!!

    in Numbers and Data

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Blan Solo said:

     

    Hmm, interesting. It's a bit more dense than the typical DOR, but her comment about the crowd is weird. My crowd was near sold out and had a lot of laughs throughout it. I think it'll have good WOM despite its oddities.

     

    I think it's interesting to look at it more as a deconstruction of a soap opera (and I believe that's what Russell's aiming for), but whatever made you like it is still good. I think it'll be under-appreciated around here.

    Also agree! I think he was taking from both types of storytelling. I'm just more familiar with fairytales and my thesis is stronger haha. 

    Star Wars TFA 2nd Wknd Actual: 149.2M !!!

    in Numbers and Data

    Posted

    Just now, Blan Solo said:

    It's actually very in line with yours surprisingly. Like I thought I didn't like it much at first, but now I think it could've been O. Russell's masterpiece if it had a little bit more time in the editing room and some reshoots. Definitely better than AH, on par with SLP (SLP is a more consistent film but Joy has a lot more interesting stuff going on).

    I've been saying that it works so much better if you watch it as a fairytale about a woman's impowerment. You can turn the other way about the messiness if you think of it as a bare-bone archetypal, almost mythish story. I'm glad you liked it, it is the feel good movie of the year for me. 

    • Like 2

    Star Wars TFA 2nd Wknd Actual: 149.2M !!!

    in Numbers and Data

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

     

    Okay, what made MMXXL such a great movie? :apocalypse:

     

     

    I mean, it is shot by Soderbergh, who is a great cinematographer with an extensive array of accolades. It is some of the best ensemble work of the year from Tatum to Mangialleno to Smith. 

     

    It also feels fresh and new because it is so inclusive. It makes no spectacle of its gay audience and even embraces them in parts. 

     

    Otherwise, it is uncompromising entertainment. It is just great. And I'm not the only one who thinks this-- high brow critics are giving it a ton of list mentions and attention. 

     

    I'm writing a series of pieces about films that got tepid response that absolutely don't deserve it: MMXXL, Joy, Youth and Saint Laurent are the first four of the yer. 

     

    And it is even entertaining for straight men. One of my butchest, cinephile, man friends has it at number five for the year, even ahead of MMFR. It is a total masterpiece. 

    • Like 4
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Guidelines. Feel free to read our Privacy Policy as well.

  I accept