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On 10/28/2017 at 8:58 PM, filmlover said:
Watch McAvoy become this year's random SAG nominee ala Emily Blunt last year.
He was not as bad as blunt tbh , the movie was ok too
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Can a movie not about sexuality/race/politics/Hollywood win ? or must they send a message every year ? a Lady Bird win would be very refreshing for example
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On 10/19/2017 at 1:50 AM, The Pumpkin Spice Panda said:
Given that the Academy is going to shut out Mudbound because of Netflix, part of its pretty deserved. Furthermore, it's a fair controversy, it shows a hiring bias when choosing actors (or tech work hires). It shows Hollywood is still a white male dominated industry, despite flagging themselves as progressive.
The fact that we cats in general don't average around 2 minorities and 3 whites each shows there's a possible case of discrimination in the industry when it comes to hiring minorities. Furthermore, there's a gender issue in certain categories, like writing and director, where women are almost always completely ignored (plus in the industry there aren't a lot of women that are given director positions). People just don't raise a fuss about that because it's not as visible (you don't see the director's face and such).
The Academy is an extension of Hollywood, so backlash against the Oscars due to a problem with how Hollywood execs hire employees is fair. Maybe there weren't 2 minorities worthy that year by happenstance, but it happens year after year, some years when there were quality minority actors to choose from. It's both a judgement on the academy and Hollywood as a whole. It'll take longer than a year to fix.
You can't just give Moonlight a BP win and expect Hollywood to be free of discrimination issues in who they hire, and who they give good roles to (or title positions such as a head editor, cinematographer, director, etc). Furthermore, you don't frequently have a more barren Best Actress field because the women are worse, you have it because Hollywood still has a white male preference.
is hollywood racist ? hell yeah , most people are
but trying to correct a wrong with another wrong is utterly stupid , nominating people based on skin color or political agenda instead of merit could be acceptable if the number of nominees was not limited , but this is a zero sum game , someone getting in for such purposes means someone else arguably more deserving was left out
this happened to amy adams last year when she lost her spot to negga and streep who were not half as good as her but it's ok because the category was not all white ( streep got in for bashing trump )
after all the award season is for diversity not awarding the most competent I guess
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8 hours ago, XC-TF said:
I really don't see Star Wars getting a nomination for BP. If that happens it'll be Episode IX, ala LOTR: Return of the King.
I'm wondering if people will remember Get Out, especially with some of the Oscar bait out there like Woody Allen's new film. Even though Get Out should get nominated, it would have to be from a good campaign, right?
I don't know man , a horror comedy that is not scary nor funny that turns out to be some sort of fantasy sci fi thing with a very mediocre last 15 minutes SHOULD get nominated ? It was good but not that good tbh
8 hours ago, keysersoze123 said:I dont see this SW trilogy getting nominated. It does not have the critical cred as serious piece of film making. Lack of original theme in SW7 and probably SW8(if it takes too much from ESB) will kill the chance for SW9 as well. Plus Sci-fi as a genre is not oscar friendly.
If the academy does nominate a genre movie maybe either War of the planet of the apes or Logan would be the better option
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3 hours ago, Jake Gittes said:
No, it means that actors of color on the whole still aren't getting nearly enough meaty showcase-type roles in films. The lack of Oscar recognition for them is more of a symptom than the disease, but it's an easy target for critics as a supposed celebration of the best the movie year had to offer.
Exactly , but idiots can't realize that so it's either nominate this person if deserved , if not , nominate a mediocre role to be inclusive
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On 10/1/2017 at 4:51 AM, The Pumpkin Spice Panda said:
If 3 Acting cats are all white and you have one minority nominated in supporting actress, there'll still be a diversity problem (there still is technically. In every cat, the average should be 2 minorities, 3 whites. Most cats are still white and white male dominated)
There are some strong minority options. Especially if Mudbound gets traction. The only acting cat that doesn't have at least one great minority option is actress.
what is this ? a quota system ? voting should be based on merit or skin color ? if a person of a certain color or ethnicity is not nominated does that mean the academy went racist in the span of a year despite having the same members ?
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how many weeks minimum a movie needs to play in theaters to be eligible ?
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Was there a big budget box office flop getting into most awards other than Hugo recently ?
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Well , there goes BR2049's chances out the window
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anyone worried the post becomes this year's silence ?
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Deakins is already writing his acceptance speech
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9 hours ago, Barnack said:
I also thought as MMFR was one of the hardest project of recent time, thousand of people in the deserts, months in the deserts, making/bringing a small armada of vehicles, trying to develop a 3D camera that would both support the desert action movie condition and be small enough to enter by cars windows and failing at doing it, projects than went on for decades, 470 hours of footage to edits and so on, not seen Blade Runner yet but it would be really hard to make that look easy imo.
Visually people , visually
there aren't many people in BR2049 but the visuals , productions design and cinematography are otherworldly
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watch it and judge , you can't find even one minute that is not a visual achievement
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Just watched BR2049 , makes MMFR look easy
5 or 6 tech nominations guaranteed , also director and picture most likely
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so you think it has a reasonable shot outside of acting ?
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IDK why but Darkest hour seems to me like it will be this year's The Master
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So Del Toro and Nolan are very close to being locked in , McDonagh , Guadagnino and Villeneuve are in a great spot for now Rees might have a better chance than Gerwig , Aronofsky is dead , Baker and Wright could happen and I don't want to say anything about Spielberg because last years " Silence " was a good lesson
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22 hours ago, The Pumpkin Spice Panda said:
Peele is for Get Out, Gerwig is for Lady Bird.
Im hoping we can at least have 1 female director nom this year.
I know what they would be in for
but it could be argued that Martin McDonagh , Sean Baker , Luca Guadagnino , Joe Wright and Dee Rees are in a better position , not to mention Spielberg who can always get in
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3. Peele
4. Gerwig
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Early buzz surrounding BR2049 is very encouraging
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Unlikely but not impossible IMO
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you guys really think Get out is happening ??? I know political correctness runs deep but come on
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I hope Blade Runner 49 doesn't disappoint , that and Shape of water are the only possible ones to make this an interesting year ( yeah , I know the others are really good but most of them were made for the award season so nobody will be surprised if they got in )
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10 hours ago, CoolioD1 said:
i'll take a punt at the acting categories too.
Actor: (not predicting ddl until that gets a definitive date)
Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Bryan Cranston, Last Flag Flying
Tom Hanks, The Papers
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, Roman Israel
Actress:
Judi Dench, Victoria and Abdul
Sally Hawkins, Shape of Water
Jennifer Lawrence, mother!
Meryl Streep, The Papers
Kate Winslet, Wonder Wheel
Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, Florida Project
Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
Mark Rylance, Dunkirk (lol please)
Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name
Laurence Fishburne or Steve Carell in Last Flag Flying whoever gets the better role
Supporting Actress (lol no confidence in any of these)
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Melissa Leo, Novitiate
Julianne Moore, Suburbicon
Michelle Pfeiffer, mother!
I don't think Timothee Chalamet is happening , same for hanks
the general consensus about dunkirk is that it's missing the human element , that is why it is not gonna get acting noms or win BD
Best Picture predictions-2017!
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Any early word about The Post ? any one knows anything ??