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1 minute ago, John Marston said:
Still nothing for 1917? Interesting
Production Design is the only category presented so far that it had a shot of winning, albeit a slight one.
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Very pleased for Taika. I was hoping Greta would win here but I can't begrudge this outcome.
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Keanu Reeves announcing Bong Joon-Ho as an Oscar winner. Lovely stuff.
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Cue the "Kelly Marie Tran got more dialogue at the Oscars than in Rise of Skywalker" jokes.
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"About time that person won an acting Oscar!" - something I'll be saying more than once tonight.
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2 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:
they probably want to space out the Bong speeches. i'd assume it'd make more sense to give IFF early because it's a given. but they have presented the screenplay awards first sometimes in the past.
True, but the last time they were this early was the year Spotlight and The Big Short won those categories and they were locks. Still, interesting change-up.
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Interesting presentation schedule. The Screenplay categories are slightly competitive this year so I assumed they would be handed out later in the show, and International Film is unusually at the back end of the ceremony. Animated Short being given out after Animated Feature is another rarity.
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3 minutes ago, Valonqar said:
Drama. The point is that it could go either way so you either get happy reunion a la SLP/Spike or WTF like when they lose.
Portman is working with Waititi on Thor so it's a pretty safe choice to have her with Chalamet to present Adapted since it's a tossup between him and Gerwig for win. But maybe they are presenting Costume, in which case she has a tiny connection with Waitit's movie (Jojo is up for that too, against LW).
It just seems to happen more often that it did before, but that's not surprising given we're in the age of social media where people crave talking points or memes.
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9 minutes ago, filmlover said:
Photos from the rehearsal reveal that Natalie Portman and Timothee Chalamet will be presenting together. Hopefully one of the Little Women categories so we can see his reaction if the movie either wins or loses lol.
This is one of my pet peeves with the Oscars. Why get people who are, to varying extents, close with one of the nominees to present an award unless it's an absolute lock like Scorsese winning Director for The Departed? Sometimes it makes for a really nice moment like Matt Damon presenting Kenneth Lonergan with his Oscar or Samuel L. Jackson giving Spike Lee his one last year, but then you have occasions like Ansel Elgort and Eiza Gonzalez presenting the Sound categories which Baby Driver was up for, only for it not to win either of them.
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The preferential ballot has its problems, but if it weren't in place the Best Picture race wouldn't have been as open as it has over the last few years. I'm sticking with 1917 to win the big prize mostly because of its PGA win which demonstrates its strength on a preferential ballot. However, Parasite's SAG and WAG wins have shaped it as a strong alternative to 1917.
The identity of the Best Picture presenter has been kept closely under wraps according to reports from the rehearsal...
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9 minutes ago, RealLyre said:
Hobbs & Shaw showed almost everything in the trailers but still kept the 2 best camoes under wraps.
what could F9 be hiding if they already have Han?
Unless I'm mistaken, they didn't show Cardi B's character...
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You think this is crazy, wait until Fast 10. THAT my friends will be the cinematic event of a generation.
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8 minutes ago, Darth Lehnsherr said:
Wish these films could cut the melodrama but who cares Han is back!!!!
This franchise is basically an action movie soap opera, so the melodrama is pretty much guaranteed. Just look at the farcical amount of "resurrections", corny dialogue, family-related twists, etc.
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So between Star Wars and now Fast and the Furious, 9th installments of tentpole franchises have set a trend of bringing back characters who were assumed dead.
Looking forward to seeing the shocking return of Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) in Mission: Impossible 9.
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One of my biggest grievances with the marketing for these films is how many money shots they throw into the trailers. At least leave some of the third act insanity to the imagination.
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As someone who mildly enjoyed the first two films, I had a great time with this one. Turns out that the best way to revitalize a popular franchise starring Will Smith is:
a) Get Will Smith back
b) Have a soul
The action never surpasses the insanity of the second film but I felt like almost every other area of this movie saw an improvement - tone (more heartfelt), humor, music (Mark Mancina's theme being brought back made me so happy), secondary characters (especially the villains) and the overall story. It gave me a similar feeling to the one I had after <em>Fast Five</em>, where I went from being ambivalent about the franchise to eager for a follow-up.
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29 minutes ago, Coldbird said:
Seems like film twitter already turned on Joker, now i hope it wins and they throw a tantrum again like with green book.
Film Twitter has been against Joker since September.
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Just now, filmlover said:
Also don't know if this has been mentioned already (probably has) but this is looking to be the most hit-heavy Best Picture line-up in a while? 1917, Ford v Ferrari, Joker, Little Women, and Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood all either have or will make over $100M totals. Good for ratings, I guess.
Last year and this year's set of Best Picture nominees have made that Popular Film idea look even worse in hindsight.
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This reminds me of the 2010 and 2014 set of nominees whereby so many categories consist of Best Picture contenders when the individual branches could've gone for much more inspired choices (Screenplay, Acting, Costumes, Film Editing and Sound in particular). Thankfully, The Lighthouse's cinematography wasn't a victim of this.
It hurts more when the likes of Awkwafina, Nyong'o and Lopez are recognised by their precursors just to give us hope before AMPAS delivers crushing disappointment.
All that being said, there's no Best Picture nominee in that line-up I had mixed or negative feelings towards (unlike last year) and given the way the race is shaping up I'll probably be satisfied with the majority of winners too.
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I'll be watching these on my phone on my bus commute home from work, but if Uncut Gems gets nominated for any major categories I may let out a shriek.
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1 hour ago, Avatree said:
Firstly yes there are two POC nominations, for Awkwafina (chinese or whatever she is) and Michael Ward (black), in the Rising Star award.
Anyway why should the actor categories be non-white? Is it not possible that people just thought those 5 in each category were the best they had seen?
You might also like to know that Parasite does not release until February and most people have not heard of it
I could somewhat subscribe to that line of thinking if they hadn't nominated Robbie and Johansson TWICE, especially the former in the same category. This isn't an outlier either: BAFTA is notorious for overlooking some POC when it comes to big awards e.g. Denzel Washington never being nominated and Barry Jenkins failing to get a Director nomination for Moonlight.
I'm absolutely thrilled for Jessie Buckley. Her turn in Wild Rose is one of my top 5 favourite performances from an actress and I was also lucky to see her perform here in Dublin last June where she was brilliant. She has a bright future ahead of her.
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92nd Academy Awards Discussion Thread | PARASITE WINS BITCHESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS #BONGHIVE
in And The Winner Is...
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Missed opportunity there for that Eminem performance to transition into Venom, and then a Venom 2 teaser premiere.