really? did you see last year's? this is honestly one of the strongest showings in some time.
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92nd Oscar Nominees
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really? did you see last year's? this is honestly one of the strongest showings in some time.
Once Upon A Time seems like the safest bet for Best Picture to me. The Academy loves films about filmmaking, Tarantino doesn't have a Best Picture win yet and it's nominated in lots of categories.
Biggest runner-ups would surely be Irishman and 1917, but Irishman might suffer from being a Netflix film and 1917 is completely absent in all the acting categories.
Biggest runner-ups would surely be Irishman and 1917, but Irishman might suffer from being a Netflix film and 1917 is completely absent in all the acting categories.
A Best Supporting Actor nod for Pesci but nothing for De Niro?! That's some bollocks. Don't get me wrong, Pesci is good in The Irishman, but it's not exactly an Oscar-worthy performance. As for Pacino, anyone could see that nomination from a mile away. He dominates in that movie.
Shame about Uncut Gems getting snubbed. Really wanted to see Adam Sandler get nominated, if purely for the disbelief factor.
Shame about Uncut Gems getting snubbed. Really wanted to see Adam Sandler get nominated, if purely for the disbelief factor.
The inexplicable editing snub is the big monkey wrench in OUaTiH's Best Picture aspirations.
The last film to win Best Picture without an editing nomination AND without a silly "one shot" gimmick to excuse its absence was... get this... Ordinary People in 1981.
That's how significant a snub this is. It's a HUGE deal.
Stats like these don't mean anything unless one can explain a deeper relationship between the two nominations and a win.
Jojo Rabbit is just Green Book for people who love Edgar Wright movies
It's nothing like an Edgar Wright movie. At all.
It's more like a Disney-approved and diluted, sanitised rip-off of a Wes Anderson film.
It's similar to an Edgar Wright film in that it's unfunny and boring but people love to insist that it's very good actually
I'm guessing you've seen maybe one Edgar Wright film in your life. Maybe two. Shame.
Maybe compared to the rest of his filmography (though I'd hold it higher than World's End). But sucked is a bit strong considering some of the films we get on the regular that actually suck.
I was surprised about that, too. The story is entirely driven by Pitt.
A24's shipment of gold bars and Rolex watches to the Academy must have gotten lost in the mail lol.
They are basically co-leads. But putting them both up for the same category would ensure that neither would win, so they split them as such. Leo gets Lead Actor because he gets top billing and probably, even if very narrowly, he has more screen time.
More than 5 people liked this movie therefore I must hate it.
Really strong year for movies IMO, and I'm mostly happy with the nominations. I think Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was my overall favorite this year. I will say that My Name is Dolomite got robbed for best picture and best supporting actor nominations, but given the strength of those categories, I kinda get it. Still wish it would have got something, as I really loved the movie. Really happy to see Jojo Rabbit and Joker with so many nominations because of the themes in those films, but more people need to see Jojo Rabbit. Seriously torn on the cinematography award between Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and 1917. Best supporting actor and director categories are an outright bloodbath.
Is there a reason 1917 didn't get a best editing nomination? I thought the technical aspects of that movie were outstanding in blending each scene, but is that covered by the "visual effects" nomination?
Is there a reason 1917 didn't get a best editing nomination? I thought the technical aspects of that movie were outstanding in blending each scene, but is that covered by the "visual effects" nomination?
Brad Pitt in supporting is 100% category fraud but whatever. That boat has sailed when Rooney Mara and Alicia Vikander got nominated for Best Supporting Actress when they have over 61% screen time
I'll say that Watiti did something Edgar Wright didn't, directed a total of one (1) good movie. But it's not Jojo Rabbit
All of those Joker nominations, nothing for Uncut Gems, Midsommar or The Farewell?
Literally the worst Oscar nominations of all time.
Literally the worst Oscar nominations of all time.
Come now... the Production Design wasn't THAT bad.
Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh did an impressive job recreating 1969 Hollywood.
Yes, and really.
Last year wasn't a strong year for film imo, especially compared to this year, so I'm a bit more invested.
are you sure?
i can't find anything other than there's the 2017 restoration and then there is a new 2k one coming this year from janus
you seem to know so ill trust you though lol
Not all of us are able to value the film equivalent of Rick and Morty, sadly. Wish I could be an enlightened genius that could.
Climax, Gloria Bell, High Life, The Souvenir, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Midsommar, The Farewell, The Lighthouse, Waves, In Fabric, Uncut Gems = 1 nomination
A24 really needs to fire whoever was in charge of their Oscar campaigning.
Hot take(?): The Lighthouse was the fourth best horror film that they released last year.
A24 really needs to fire whoever was in charge of their Oscar campaigning.
Hot take(?): The Lighthouse was the fourth best horror film that they released last year.
Can't deny the Welsh pope his nom. I mean, you just can't nom one pope and not the other. It wouldn't be right.
The movie is called The Two Popes for a reason.
Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor 28 years ago. The category has never been "Let's time how long a person appears on screen!"
Trust me - there's more to it than that, but I can see where you're coming from. Wright has a kinetic genius to his films that's almost Buster Keaton-esque in its approach.
Rick and Morty... what's the opposite of Big Bang Theory, but pretentious and unfunny? Yeah, it's that.
I try not to use the word "take" because it's pretty much lost all meaning, but now I'm finding myself in need of a replacement to describe whatever this is.
When your acting nom will be the film's only nom, it's easy to get snubbed at the Oscars even if you were getting recognition in precursors. Same goes for Lupita, she had some notice but would have been the only nom for Us. Even if they're just song noms, Judy and Harriet (real original titles there) do have a second nom.
I was already part time when Titanic won it all.
I haven't seen UG yet but from all the Oscar buzz surrounding his performance I would say yes lol.
I thought Pesci deserved it specifically because he didn't dominate the film. It was the complete opposite of his performances in Goodfellas or Casino, loud and brash and in your face. He did a superb job reminding everyone who remembers him post-retirement for Goodfellas and Home Alone that he has much more range than just "short angry asshole".