CoolioD1 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 When are the nominations? the 16th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantCALBears Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I enjoyed AH but is not oscar worthy.Disagree in a weak year, it's up there no question. May not be/win the best picture but is easily in the top 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Shouldn't we all agree Llewyn Davis is locked to win since John Goodman is in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I'd say yes, 12YAS is the big favourite though gravity and American hustle are not beng ruled out Gravity won't win, matter of fact I think it has zero chance of winning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pieman Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) Gravity won't win, matter of fact I think it has zero chance of winning. Yeah, Cuaron might win (it's 50/50 with McQueen) but the film is such an anti-Academy movie. If the Academy is scared of 12 Years a Slave then American Hustle could win because there aren't really any viable alternatives. It's a very weak year (perhaps divisive is a more accurate word) and I don't think the Academy really know what to do with the films in contention. Edited January 6, 2014 by pieman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 At the very least I hope it remains kinda up in the air until the end. These past few years of seeing the same movie sweep through every awards show in January and February have been rather dull. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 It won't be up in the air. It's either 12 Years a Slave or American Hustle. Nothing else has a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Real talk: If American Hustle was the exact same movie but from a different director, and released in like, April, nobody would be taking it into any sort of awards consideration. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXtacy Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Every year there's a handful of films like American Hustle and 12 Years a Slave, they don't bring anything really new to the movies. They are still great films but critics will always eat up well executed history movies. Gravity however is quite ground breaking in what it managed to achieve and gives an unique amazing experience. That is why it deserves the best picture this year. Also American Hustle does not really have a chance when 12 Years a Slave is by far the better of history films this year. Its either going to be Gravity or 12 Years a Slave. I'am hoping for Gravity because simple put Gravity on the silver screen is escapism at its finest. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Oh, god, if anyone still doubted Armond White's assholery, doubt no more http://variety.com/2014/film/news/12-years-a-slave-director-steve-mcqueen-heckled-at-new-york-critics-circle-awards-1201032911/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 Blank I was saying that earlier about Goodman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I still don't want to bet who will win. For me, the most interesting questions right now are: How many nominees we'll have? What film will be surprisingly in? What films are going to be painfully snubbed? Every year the top 10 seems pretty obvious and then we have a lot of surprises. I think we'll have eight nominees. 12 Years a Slave (it has a legion of supporters) Gravity (the blockbuster) Captain Phillips (classy Academy voters going to support this) American Hustle (the quality December hit spot) Her (a lot of #1 votes for the indie supporters) Nebraska (a lot of #1 votes for the indie supporters, part 2) Saving Mr Banks (classy Academy voters going to support this, part 2) Philomena (surprisingly in thanks to Weinstein factor + catchy emotional story) OUT Wolf of Wall Street (too divisive) Inside Llewyn Davies (indie's supporting with #1 other options) The Butler (lack of #1 votes) Blue Jasmine & Fruitvale Station What I would love to see getting in? Rush and All is lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yjs Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) so Dallas Buyers Club's chance has gotten higher than ever with its WGA and PGA supports, no? basically Slave, Gravity and Hustle are locked. Maybe Phillips and Nebraska, too. other prominent players would be Her, Wolf, Llewyn, Banks and Dallas and each of them has its weakness. (Her feels a bit too edgy for the Oscars, Wolf is too polarizing, Llewyn was snubbed by both WGA AND PGA, Banks - probably the weakest of the bunch - somehow always looks like an underdog even though it was nominated by most of the precursor awards (it didn't get a Golden Globe nod, either), and finally Dallas, which seems to have joined the party a little too late. well, to be fair, it could also be its strength since it'll be more memorable and feel more relevant.) and then there's Blue Jasmine and Philomena. (which is seemingly the best bait of the Weinstein) I think this could be the best first year to have 10 nominees under the new rule. 2009 didn't deserve 10 slots, tbh. (Maybe that's why they revised the rule only after a year.) Edited January 7, 2014 by yjs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Real talk: If American Hustle was the exact same movie but from a different director, and released in like, April, nobody would be taking it into any sort of awards consideration. TBH, if it was released in April even with DOR, I think that no one would acknowledge at awards time, ala Shutter Island 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) Oh, god, if anyone still doubted Armond White's assholery, doubt no more http://variety.com/2014/film/news/12-years-a-slave-director-steve-mcqueen-heckled-at-new-york-critics-circle-awards-1201032911/ What a cuntt. And you know what Armond White's favourite movie of the year was? American Hustle. Don't do it Academy. Edited January 7, 2014 by CoolioD1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 Looking over the first few pages for some laughs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I was the only person to mention 12 Years A Slave in like, the first ten pages. Although I did bring it up in the context of "yeah, that's not happening". But I was also the first person to mention American Hustle too.... while everyone else was too busy talking about August: Osage County. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 Well Coolio you know these threads are always fun to look over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Well Coolio you know these threads are always fun to look over. This is true. I remember everyone predicting Blindness to win at the start of whatever year it came out. Teeheeheee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 And sometimes you see a title that changed or got delayed and you go "What is this film?" One time in a acting cat I remember seeing a name of someone who I have no clue who it was (It was the famous someone put the actor/actress without the film) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
