85th Academy Awards (24/2/13) Official Thread- TONIGHT!! NOMINEES IN THE FIRST POST

[The Futurist]

Sometimes , David wins ...

[MovieMan89]

Sometimes , David wins ...

If the Academy completely ignored Bigelowe and Affleck's work, it tells me they only have one man on their mind this year. And it ain't Russell.

[baumer]

SLP will surprise.

[Jack Nevada]

*sigh* I think LoP mught win only fx, unfortunately

[MovieMan89]

Not sure why some are still fighting Lincoln's sweep. To me its been obvious for weeks, and if it wasn't it sure is now after today's noms.

[The Futurist]

That s the problem with Lincoln.It s just too obvious for a gazillion reasons.If the movie really sweeps, most people will fall asleep during the ceremony halfway through ...That guy, Steven S I am sure I know him but from what ?,and oh, that DDL dude, he reminds me of something ...

Edited January 10, 2013 by The Futurist

[nAlkaline]

Not sure why some are still fighting Lincoln's sweep. To me its been obvious for weeks, and if it wasn't it sure is now after today's noms.

Personal preferences. From an objective standpoint, however, agreed. SLP or LoP winning would be shocking. Lincoln is textbook Academy material.

[acsc1312]

I'm sure this is exactly what people were thinking in 1998, movieman.

[nAlkaline]

That s the problem with Lincoln.It s just too obvious for a gazillion reasons.If the movie really sweeps, most people will fall asleep during the ceremony halfway through ...That guy, Steven S I am sure I know him but from what ?,and oh, that DDL dude, he reminds me of something ...

If your best rationale for an alternative win is for the "surprise factor", that's pretty telling.

[MovieMan89]

Exactly it's too obvious, which is why it WILL sweep. If you think back to the times movies have really swept in the past 15 years or so (Titanic and ROTK most notably) it was painfully obvious they were going to do so way before hand. Whenever it's this obvious, it's gonna happen.

[MovieMan89]

That s the problem with Lincoln.It s just too obvious for a gazillion reasons.If the movie really sweeps, most people will fall asleep during the ceremony halfway through ...That guy, Steven S I am sure I know him but from what ?,and oh, that DDL dude, he reminds me of something ...

I think you're wrong about people getting bored with a Lincoln sweep if it happens. Lincoln has to be the public's favorite, why else would it be churning towards $200m at the box office? The public would get bored if a movie like SLP, which very few have even seen, swept.

[The Futurist]

Affleck and Bigelow were so obvious it happened.Big time.NOT.And ROTK had tons of passion.Lincoln has respect, a bit of love but no passion sorry.The Artist was fresh as frack.Lincoln is filmmaking for schools ( as in homework) and retirement homes. That doesn't mean it s not brilliant or well crafted.

[Jack Nevada]

The Artist shouldn't have won last year. Tree of Life and.. and.. Midnight in Paris were nominated..GODDAMMIT *flips a table*

[MovieMan89]

Affleck and Bigelow were so obvious it happened.Big time.NOT.And ROTK had tons of passion.Lincoln has respect, a bit of love but no passion sorry.The Artist was fresh as frack.Lincoln is filmmaking for schools ( as in homework) and retirement homes. That doesn't mean it s not brilliant or well crafted.

Lincoln is the public's favorite and is already being considered a swan song of sorts for Spielberg as a director (you know, the most iconic director still alive). You're totally kidding yourself if you think it doesn't have passion. Edited January 10, 2013 by HobbitMan89

[Jake Gittes]

*sigh* I think LoP mught win only fx, unfortunately

It's arguably the main contender for cinematography and score.

[The Futurist]

People go see Lincoln because it is about the most famous and ideolized US president, he has almost become a superhero in america's psyche.

It s like a film like The Hobbit, people go see it to stay in the conversation. Teachers asked their students to see Lincoln in most schools in America.

Lincoln is social homework, not passionate word of mouth.

And what is it difficult to understand that seeing Spielberg and DDL winning their third Oscar is going to be boring as hell ??

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The average Oscar viewer during Oscar telecast as Lincoln is sweeping ...

Edited January 10, 2013 by The Futurist

[MovieMan89]

And Bigelow and Affleck were never as locked in or obvious for a director nom as Spielberg was.

[Jack Nevada]

The Artist is a 3/5 movie that definitely didn't deserve to win so many damn awards, especially since you had so many other better movies nominated.

[MovieMan89]

All I'm saying is since Lincoln is such an oscar baiting movie it makes no sense why they wouldn't take the bait. They already did as far as noms go. It's like arguing back in early '98 that Titanic wasn't gonna win cause it was so obvious. To me Lincoln falls in the same category as that and ROTK. We knew they were gonna win everything long before it happened.

[The Futurist]

Because sometimes even a gold fish understands the bait for what iit is, a trap.