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  1. Ah, I was looking at it frome a much narrower perspective (Picture + Director nomination, produced outside of US/UK)
  2. I'm surprised at how many people don't take the voting power of the new members into consideration of their predictions. Poor Things would have never received a nomination just a decade ago. The international section really loves Lanthimos. Can't wait for the 20-year retrospective on this, when people start asking what the Academy was thinking giving Oppenheimer all these awards when better films existed alongside it. I get the feeling that the new batch of members aren't at all concerned with the whole spread the wealth outlook. Also, where any of this year's nominees as hyped as EEAAO? Because hype can get you additional awards, deserved or otherwise. I've been waiting to write of the BAFTAs as a precursor ever since they announced that the winners are determined by a small select jury. Last year seemed like the start of it and yet somehow they bounced back.
  3. But Cannes has proven to be the most significant this decade (Parasite, Drive My Car, Triangle of Sadness and now Anatomy of a Fall).
  4. Now that I've watched most of the nominees, here's my ballot if I was a member of the Academy: Best Picture 1. Anatomy of a Fall 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 3. The Zone of Interest 4. Barbie 5. Past Lives 6. American Fiction 7. Poor Things 8. The Holdovers 9. Oppenheimer 10. Abstain Best Director: Winner: Justine Triet - Anatomy of a Fall Runner-up: Martin Scorsese: Killers of the Flower Moon Best Actor: Winner: Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer Runner-Up: Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers Best Actress: Winner: Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon Runner-Up: Sandra Hüller - Anatomy of a Fall Best Supporting Actor: Winner: Ryan Gosling: Barbie Runner-up: Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon Best Supporting Actress: Winner: Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple Runner-up: Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers Best Original Screenplay: Winner: Justine Triet - Anatomy of a Fall Runner-up: Celine Song: Past Lives Best Adapted Screenplay: Winner: Jonathan Glazer: The Zone of Interest Runner-up: Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach- Barbie Best Animated Feature: Winner: The Boy and the Heron Runner-up: Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse Best International Feature: Winner: Society of the Snow Runner-up: The Zone of Interest Best Original Score: Winner: Ludwig Göransson - Oppenheimer Runner-up: Robbie Robertson - Killers of the Flower Moon Best Original Song: Winner: Wahzhazhe - Killers of the Flower Moon Runner-up: I'm Just Ken - Barbie Best Sound: Winner: Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary Rizzo & Kevin O'Connell - Oppenheimer Runner-up: Abstain Best Production Design: Winner: Jack Fist & Adam Willis - Killers of the Flower Moon Runner-up: Sean Price, Shona Heath & Zsuzsa Mihalek - Poor Things Best Cinematography: Winner: Rodrigo Prieto - Killers of the Flower Moon Runner-up: Edward Lachman - El Conde Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Winner: Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí & Montse Ribé - Society of the Snow Runner-up: Nadia Stacy, Mark Coulier & Josh Weston - Poor Things Best Costume Design: Winner: Jacqueline Durran: Barbie Runner-up: Jacqueline West: Killers of the Flower Moon Best Film Editing: Winner: Laurent Sénéchal - Anatomy of a Fall Runner-up: Thelma Schoonmaker - Killers of the Flower Moon Best Visual Effects: Winner: Takashai Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi & Tatsuji Nojima - Godzilla Minus One Runner-up: Abstain (I haven't seen the other nominees)
  5. Does that really matter? KotFM loosing out in a competitive field shouldn't have that much of an effect on her chances. And apparently Leo has been doing more campaigning for Gladstone than for himself, so that probably a benefit for her.
  6. There's a chance Marty could go 0-10 on back-to-back films at the Oscars? For me, it's been undeniable since the start of the awards season. Oppenheimer is well liked with no clear challenger and it doesn't seem to be polarising Academy members, so a CODA/Power of the Dog scenario is unlikely to happen here. Hasn't he been getting away with this since the Star Wars sequels?
  7. That's kinda how it goes at the Emmy's. Usually the score wins during a show's early seasons, and I don't think a show has won it more than twice, after that it's completely forgotten about.
  8. Perhaps it's just a less offensive way saying Technical Craft? I can kind of see voters getting bored listening to variations of a score (even though it's good) compared to something different
  9. Looking at the nominees, the key word here appears to be Cinematic. If it really was about box office, then Fast X, The Little Mermaid and Quantumania would also be nominated. I think this award is meant to tell studio big wigs that films don't necessarily have to be assembly line productions to be financially successful, giving filmmakers artistic freedom can also do that.
  10. A pretty fun flick, although it may be too meta for its own good.
  11. In which Nolan hijacks The Facebook Movie, while incorporating some Malick elements here and there. If you're fan of Nolan's filmography, you'll have a blast seeing Oppenheimer. (I saw this in digital imax, where there were no sound issues). The issues I had where the same issues I've had with his previous films: Noaln still tries to be as literal as possible, delivering the message with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Perfunctory editing, jumping from one scene to the next to get to the story moving quickly, while not giving the scene time to breathe and for the audience to digest. Nolan still doesn't know how to write and properly film intimate relationships. On the positive side, the performances were top notch, they should really make an Oscar category for best ensemble or best casting. And Göransson's score was exceptional, exceeding beyond the many technical components of the film (except maybe the acting) without completely drowning everything out. I'd be surprised if Göransson doesn't win all the awards for his score.
  12. That Greg would end up taking over Waystar Royco. The timeline of the show is really wonky, but 18 months would be sometime in season 2. At that point Roman and Kendall were vying it out to see who would be Logan's number 2 in the proxy war, and Shiv rejoined the company. I could definitely see the underlining as Logan putting in a note to revisit whether Kendall should still be running the company. Given everything that went down during season 3, the document may have slipped his mind.
  13. I was listening to this one podcast which says that Logan, in terms of character, resembles Redstone more than Murdoch. I'm pretty sure that was a wink to the fan theory that was popular during the early seasons. Really? To me it looks like he clearly intended to underline it but his poor health makes it look like he's scratching it out halfway. It's also hilarious that Kendall is intact, but Logan Roy is scratched out. Yep, I wonder who he'll turn to once Hugo is gone. Nah, Greg always improves his station with every passing season, he's the Bronn of this show.
  14. Never mind, I'm stupid. There's actually a 70% correlation between Picture and Director. To be fair, outside of a niche group of film lovers, most people thought this was a bad movie upon release. But the argument against Marvel isn't that it's about superheroes, but rather that instead of being an artistic expression, it's an assembly line product. That's the difference between them. People still go crazy over The Dark Knight right? I think the exhaustion is part of the reason it resonated so much with certain audiences, particularly with Gen-Z. Depends on how one defines "Original". Throughout the previous year, a lot of people where talking about Top Gun: Maverick as if it was somehow an "original" movie. I'm pretty sure it will. Any movie that comes out early in the year, gets constantly talked about throughout the year and receives a best picture nomination pretty much stands the test of time. Taxi Driver, Get Out, Silence of the Lambs. I'm not sure it will change what gets awards anytime soon. Look at the other big win of the night, a movie that fits many characteristics of Oscar Bait. There's a high probability that it could have won more awards if Netflix had been campaigning for it from the beginning.
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