91st Annual Academy Awards

[Spider-Fan]

The Favourite to this point I think was the best of the Oscar favorites that I saw. But I haven't seen a few of the probable contenders.

 

[MadderMaximus]

It's pretty difficult to see them all when they don't play anywhere :/

 

[Schlosser85]

Yea, The Favourite and Green Book never played around here. Neither did Destroyer, and Boy Erased played for like two days.

 

[AResistor]

I cant take this Oscar season seriously or get excited about it. Green Book is a pleasant and well intentioned movie made by people who at worst said awful stuff and director who played a stupid gross prank 20 years ago. AND THAT gets the outrage when something made by Bryan Singer just won Best Picture golden globe.

So Twitter isn't outraged?

Pages back a member pointed out how grown adults were berating a teen for liking BR.

Was that a contained incident? Really confused...

It's pretty difficult to see them all when they don't play anywhere :/

Was going to say - um, yeah they do... Then again, that'd likely be just due to having the privilege of always living in well known towns and cities. "Fly over" areas really have zero access?

 

[redhawk23]

Yea, The Favourite and Green Book never played around here. Neither did Destroyer, and Boy Erased played for like two days.

Destroyer is just now starting to expand some.

 

[redhawk23]

So Twitter isn't outraged?

Pages back a member pointed out how grown adults were berating a teen for liking BR.

Was that a contained incident? Really confused...



Was going to say - um, yeah they do... Then again, that'd likely be just due to having the privilege of always living in well known towns and cities. "Fly over" areas really have zero access?

Even Chicago, one of the largest cities in the country can be very slow to get a lot of the limited releases.

Many films never play St. Louis at all although there's been a great amount of improvement on that front in the last few years.

 

[terry78]

It varies. I live in Indiana but commute to Chicago for work and while a lot of theatres get some of the flicks, a lot of limited releases are only available in NY and LA and you get that "opening everywhere weeks later" shirt.

 

[AResistor]

It varies. I live in Indiana but commute to Chicago for work and while a lot of theatres get some of the flicks, a lot of limited releases are only available in NY and LA and you get that "opening everywhere weeks later" ****.

Typically limited-limited is NYC, LA, and these days VOD to expand reach. These films typically aren't considered for awards though.

Films with big name actors that can draw in a buck, especially if they're considered for awards, start limited then open wide (sometimes suddenly, other times on a week by week expanding basis (which would require one to mark it off on their calendar and these films typically have websites which can tell you the release schedule months in advance)). Personally, I can't think of one Academy Awards film this year - or one considered for it - where that wasn't the case unless it's a foreign film.

That said, I can easily see these films not getting into towns without big or notable cities - "drive by" towns due to having few theaters around and needing the most money possible, which would mean the more commercially over artistically viable.

 

[Heretic]

You can't expect America to watch a show about movies they have never heard of and had no real chance to see (or, in some cases, were never promoted to). I'm not suggesting that they nominate bad, popular movies (there is no superhero movie that makes my top 5 of the year, and I haven't even seen any of the Oscar frontrunners) but they need to find a way to cater to the general audience. Move a bunch of the obscure categories to the untelevised show...hype up a trailer debut or make some major announcement etc. Personally, I'd love it if all the Oscar movies were to be placed on Netflix leading up to the show so I could actually pick a favorite.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Roma is a great movie.

 

[Luigi]

Holding out hope for some noms for A Quite Place, Hereditary and Suspiria tomorrow morning. Would love to see horror films get some love.

 

[TheVileOne]

Everyone's outraged over everything these days. We don't deserve anything. We don't deserve entertainment .

A liberal democrat American astronaut got shouted down on social media for quoting Winston Churchill and was bullied into apologizing.

 

[Abudefduf]

Today's the day. For my own entertainment, I hope Black Panther gets a Best Picture nom.

 

[Kev4000]

2 Hours I think?

 

[Schlosser85]

Everyone's outraged over everything these days. We don't deserve anything. We don't deserve entertainment .

A liberal democrat American astronaut got shouted down on social media for quoting Winston Churchill and was bullied into apologizing.

.....why?

 

[kvz5]

I predict an ASIB BP surge or Cooper BA surge after that Cooper Director snub ala Affleck Argo.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Best Picture:

“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
“Vice”

Lead Actor:

Christian Bale, “Vice”
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
Willem Dafoe, “At Eternity’s Gate”
Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book”

Lead Actress:

Yalitza Aparicio, “Roma”
Glenn Close, “The Wife”
Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born”
Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

Supporting Actor:

Mahershala Ali, “Green Book”
Adam Driver, “BlacKkKlansman”
Sam Elliott, “A Star Is Born”
Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Sam Rockwell, “Vice”

Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, “Vice”
Marina de Tavira, “Roma”
Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Emma Stone, “The Favourite”
Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite”

Director:

Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”
Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite”
Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma”
Adam McKay, “Vice”

Animated Feature:

“Incredibles 2,” Brad Bird
“Isle of Dogs,” Wes Anderson
“Mirai,” Mamoru Hosoda
“Ralph Breaks the Internet,” Rich Moore, Phil Johnston
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman

Animated Short:

“Animal Behaviour,” Alison Snowden, David Fine
“Bao,” Domee Shi
“Late Afternoon,” Louise Bagnall
“One Small Step,” Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas
“Weekends,” Trevor Jimenez

Adapted Screenplay:

“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” Joel Coen , Ethan Coen
“BlacKkKlansman,” Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
“If Beale Street Could Talk,” Barry Jenkins
“A Star Is Born,” Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters

Original Screenplay:

“The Favourite,” Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
“First Reformed,” Paul Schrader
“Green Book,” Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly
“Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón
“Vice,” Adam McKay

Cinematography:

“Cold War,” Lukasz Zal
“The Favourite,” Robbie Ryan
“Never Look Away”
“Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón
“A Star Is Born,” Matthew Libatique

Best Documentary Feature:

“Free Solo,” Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” RaMell Ross
“Minding the Gap,” Bing Liu
“Of Fathers and Sons,” Talal Derki
“RBG,” Betsy West, Julie Cohen

Best Documentary Short Subject:

“Black Sheep,” Ed Perkins
“End Game,” Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
“Lifeboat,” Skye Fitzgerald
“A Night at the Garden,” Marshall Curry
“Period. End of Sentence.,” Rayka Zehtabchi

Best Live Action Short Film:
“Detainment,” Vincent Lambe
“Fauve,” Jeremy Comte
“Marguerite,” Marianne Farley
“Mother,” Rodrigo Sorogoyen
“Skin,” Guy Nattiv

Best Foreign Language Film:

“Capernaum” (Lebanon)
“Cold War” (Poland)
“Never Look Away” (Germany)
“Roma” (Mexico)
“Shoplifters” (Japan)

Film Editing:

“BlacKkKlansman,” Barry Alexander Brown
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” John Ottman
“Green Book,” Patrick J. Don Vito
“The Favourite,” Yorgos Mavropsaridis
“Vice,” Hank Corwin

Sound Editing:

“Black Panther,” Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” John Warhurst
“First Man,” Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan
“A Quiet Place,” Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl
“Roma,” Sergio Diaz, Skip Lievsay

Sound Mixing:

“Black Panther”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“First Man”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”

Production Design:

“Black Panther,” Hannah Beachler
“First Man,” Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas
“The Favourite,” Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
“Mary Poppins Returns,” John Myhre, Gordon Sim
“Roma,” Eugenio Caballero, Bárbara Enrı́quez

Original Score:

“BlacKkKlansman,” Terence Blanchard
“Black Panther,” Ludwig Goransson
“If Beale Street Could Talk,” Nicholas Britell
“Isle of Dogs,” Alexandre Desplat
“Mary Poppins Returns,” Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman

Original Song:

“All The Stars” from “Black Panther” by Kendrick Lamar, SZA
“I’ll Fight” from “RBG” by Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns” by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
“Shallow” from “A Star Is Born” by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice
“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” by Willie Watson, Tim Blake Nelson

Makeup and Hair:

“Border”
“Mary Queen of Scots”
“Vice”

Costume Design:

“Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Black Panther,” Ruth E. Carter
“The Favourite,” Sandy Powell
“Mary Poppins Returns,” Sandy Powell
“Mary Queen of Scots,” Alexandra Byrne

Visual Effects:

“Avengers: Infinity War”
“Christopher Robin”
“First Man”
“Ready Player One”
“Solo: A Star Wars Story”

 

[Spider-Fan]

I only need to see 2 BP noms. I saw all of them except Roma and Blackkklansman

 

[harlequinade]

They robbed Ethan Hawke

 

[harlequinade]

I'm shocked AMPAS cooled it with shamelessness and Panther ain't even there in VFX

Poor Cooper. Maybe he will sympathy his way to Best Actor like Affleck did when he was 'snubbed' for Argo

 

[NotNickFury]

Nothing for Won't You Be My Neighbor?

What do, Oscars?

 

[The Chris]

They robbed Ethan Hawke

Hawke and Toni Collette may have been my two favorite performances of the year so yeah he definitely got screwed IMO.

No Nod for the Mr. Rogers doc? Ugh that sucks.

 

[Boom]

fork off for the Ethan Hawke snub, and fork off again for the Toni Collette snub.

/rage

 

[Schlosser85]

I'm shocked AMPAS cooled it with shamelessness and Panther ain't even there in VFX

Poor Cooper. Maybe he will sympathy his way to Best Actor like Affleck did when he was 'snubbed' for Argo

Black Panther’s effects weren’t that great. But I didn’t think Solo’s were that great either.

BP did get a nomination for production design, which I think was a more fitting nom than VFX. The production design was great, just the CGI was a little cheap-looking.

 

[harlequinade]

Black Panther’s effects weren’t that great. But I didn’t think Solo’s were that great either.

This has nothing to do with quality