That One Girl Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 3 minutes ago, RichWS said: Why were we talking about Visual Effects in this thread in the first place? people use this thread to predict other categories too (presumably because it's the most frequented of all the Oscar topics) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Ehhh, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 14 minutes ago, That One Guy said: people use this thread to predict other categories too (presumably because it's the most frequented of all the Oscar topics) It's one thing to post your comprehensive predictions in this thread. That's fine. But devoting posts purely to a category irrelevant to the actual thread topic is just clutter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 MODERATION: Please use this thread for discussion of Best Picture ONLY. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 We should have a general awards season thread for discussion about it all overall. That's pretty much how this ones been treated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepItU25071906 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 6 hours ago, The Shape of Pasta said: MODERATION: Please use this thread for discussion of Best Picture ONLY. оk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardCrank Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Can Wonder be this year's the help ? it certainly is the crowd pleaser of the season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrwick Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 7 hours ago, The Shape of Pasta said: MODERATION: Please use this thread for discussion of Best Picture ONLY. Yeah thank you, Speaking about Wonder woman in a BP thread is seriously off topic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 1 hour ago, BardCrank said: Can Wonder be this year's the help ? it certainly is the crowd pleaser of the season Nah. It needed to be a true $200M+ sensation ala Ghost/The Sixth Sense/The Blind Side to really get into the conversation. A lone Adapted Screenplay nomination is its best chance (and is gonna happen with how dead that category is). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepItU25071906 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 2 hours ago, BardCrank said: Can Wonder be this year's the help ? It has any chance. Even for nomiantion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I was pretty high on Wonder like a week or two ago, but Lionsgate is doing fuck all to campaign for it. Had it hit 150-160M, the box office alone would've been strong enough to push it, but now? Not so much. It's still getting into Screenplay though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrwick Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 The fact that a movie should have to campaign to get recognition just shows how pointless and innacurate oscars are. Take a film for what it is, a campaign should make no difference to the quality of a film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 6 minutes ago, Mrwick said: The fact that a movie should have to campaign to get recognition just shows how pointless and innacurate oscars are. Take a film for what it is, a campaign should make no difference to the quality of a film. I can tell this is your first time at the Oscar rodeo. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 The Post is getting pretty good reviews so far but it definitely isn't an undeniable contender. I feel like everything's starting to fall into place for Lady Bird winning tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanic2187 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 43 minutes ago, Mrwick said: The fact that a movie should have to campaign to get recognition just shows how pointless and innacurate oscars are. Take a film for what it is, a campaign should make no difference to the quality of a film. hate to disagree but campaign is what make oscar so special, it feels like more than a awards show but an annual festival, kind of film version of the superbowl....and i don't think oscar are largely inaccurate, their picks are quite consistent with how they perceive art, this is elitism of the visual/movie art, their picks show that view and style 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Right now I see it as Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name and Get Out being the frontrunners, while Three Billboards, The Florida Project and The Shape of Water are darkhorses. It's still pretty early though. But I do think The Post's reviews take it out of contention for the win, it should still get a nom though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 The critics aren't going to affect The Post's chances at all. It'll still be a big box office hit and timely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCsoft Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, filmlover said: The Post is getting pretty good reviews so far but it definitely isn't an undeniable contender. I feel like everything's starting to fall into place for Lady Bird winning tbh. Being divisive (at least appears that way on RT so far) probably means it's not winning BP considering the way preferential ballot works, its current MTC score is too low anyway. Also, it's been a rollarcoaster for the past few days, at first I thought chances for TSOW and 3 Billboards were dying, but they seem to be making a nice comeback. Edited December 6, 2017 by NCsoft 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanic2187 Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 6 hours ago, NCsoft said: Being divisive (at least appears that way on RT so far) probably means it's not winning BP considering the way preferential ballot works, its current MTC score is too low anyway. Also, it's been a rollarcoaster for the past few days, at first I thought chances for TSOW and 3 Billboards were dying, but they seem to be making a nice comeback. No frontrunner is now in play as the final oscar BP list is pretty much "finalized", and I expect there will be no surprise contender in the last min...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Will Disney campaign for Shape of Water, The Post, and Three Billboards? Posting this here may be just trolling, but it actually seems oddly plausible if the deal goes through. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...