Heartofice Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 12 minutes ago, Deadlines? What Deadlines? said: He should. He made an amazing movie. Sure did, but not sure Strictly Ballroom is still eligible this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 7 hours ago, Myrddin said: Makes you wonder: do we remember him from Shannara because he did such a poor job or because he was a light in the muddled mess of a show? From what I remember to call his performance in Shannara wooden would be an insult to trees, although to be fair he didn't have much of a script to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadlines? What Deadlines? Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 38 minutes ago, Heartofice said: Sure did, but not sure Strictly Ballroom is still eligible this year Never seen it. I'm sure it's almost as good as Elvis. Amazing film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mladen Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 Producers Guild Of America (PGA) WINNERS The Award for Outstanding Producer of a Feature Theatrical Motion Picture Avatar: The Way of Water The Banshees of Inisherin Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ElvisEverything Everywhere All at Once The Fabelmans Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Tár Top Gun: Maverick The Whale The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion PicturesGuillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Minions: The Rise of Gru Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Turning Red The Award For Outstanding Producer Of Documentary Motion Pictures All That Breathes Descendant Fire of LoveNavalny Nothing Compares Retrograde The Territory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mladen Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS - WINNERS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE Babylon The Banshees Of InisherinEverything Everywhere All At Once The Fabelmans Women Talking OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Cate Blanchett – TAR Viola Davis – The Woman King Ana de Armas – Blonde Danielle Deadwyler – TillMichelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Austin Butler – Elvis Colin Farrell – The Banshees Of InisherinBrendan Fraser – The Whale Bill Nighy – Living Adam Sandler – Hustle OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Hong Chau – The Whale Kerry Condon – The Banshees Of InisherinJamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Paul Dano – The Fabelmans Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees Of Inisherin Barry Keoghan – The Banshees Of InisherinKe Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once Eddie Redmayne – The Good Nurse OUTSTANDING ACTION PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE Avatar: The Way Of Water The Batman Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverTop Gun: Maverick The Woman King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mladen Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 The Film Independent Spirit Awards - WINNERS BEST FEATURE Bones and AllEverything Everywhere All At Once Our Father, the Devil TÁR Women Talking BEST FIRST FEATUREAftersun Emily the Criminal The Inspection Murina Palm Trees and Power Lines JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD The African Desperate A Love SongThe Cathedral Holy Emy Something in the Dirt BEST DIRECTOR Todd Field – TÁR Kogonada – After YangDaniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once Sarah Polley – Women Talking Halina Reijn – Bodies Bodies Bodies BEST SCREENPLAY Lena Dunham – Catherine Called Birdy Todd Field – TÁR Kogonada – After YangDaniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once Sarah Polley – Women Talking BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Joel Kim Booster – Fire Island Jamie Dack, Audrey Findlay, Story by Jamie Dack – Palm Trees and Power Lines K.D. Dávila – Emergency Sarah DeLappe, Story by Kristen Roupenian – Bodies Bodies BodiesJohn Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE Cate Blanchett – TÁR Dale Dickey – A Love Song Mia Goth – Pearl Regina Hall – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. Paul Mescal – Aftersun Aubrey Plaza – Emily the Criminal Jeremy Pope – The Inspection Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie Taylor Russell – Bones and AllMichelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway Nina Hoss – TÁR Brian d’Arcy James – The CathedralKe Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once Trevante Rhodes – Bruiser Theo Rossi – Emily the Criminal Mark Rylance – Bones and All Jonathan Tucker – Palm Trees and Power Lines Gabrielle Union – The Inspection BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE Frankie Corio – Aftersun Gracija Filipović – MurinaStephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once Lily McInerny – Palm Trees and Power Lines Daniel Zolghadri – Funny Pages BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYFlorian Hoffmeister – TÁR Hélène Louvart – Murina Gregory Oke – Aftersun Eliot Rockett – Pearl Anisia Uzeyman – Neptune Frost BEST EDITING Ricky D’Ambrose – The Cathedral Dean Fleischer Camp & Nick Paley – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Blair McClendon – AftersunPaul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All At Once Monika Willi – TÁR BEST DOCUMENTARY All That BreathesAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed A House Made of Splinters Midwives Riotsville, U.S.A. BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM CorsageJoyland Leonor Will Never Die Return to Seoul Saint Omer PRODUCERS AWARD Liz CardenasTory Lenosky David Grove Churchill Viste SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD Adamma Ebo – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.Nikyatu Jusu – Nanny Araceli Lemos – Holy Emy TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD Isabel Castro – MijaReid Davenport – I Didn’t See You There Rebeca Huntt – Beba ROBERT ALTMAN AWARDWomen TalkingDirector: Sarah Polley Casting Directors: John Buchan, Jason Knight Ensemble Cast: Shayla Brown, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Kira Guloien, Kate Hallett, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Sheila McCarthy, Frances McDormand, Michelle McLeod, Liv McNeil, Ben Whishaw, August Winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 6:45 PM, Tywin et al. said: EEAAO is the only one that truly belongs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 On 3/5/2023 at 7:55 AM, Tywin et al. said: Nearly done watching every serious nominee for Best Picture (not bothering with Avatar 2), after having seen Women Talking. I am a bit divided on it. I think the very opening section and then the last 20-30 minutes are very powerful. But everything in between is, IMO, pretty shaky. The blunt, obvious didacticism of the script is not helped by the odd diction often used, a strange poeticism that maybe is meant to capture something of the Low German of the Mennonites, but just seems jarringly strange for a group of women who are completely illiterate and don't even know what lies beyond the boundaries of their colony. It's Sarah Polley (and Towes, the original author of the novel being adapted, I'd guess) speaking, not these Mennonite women, is the sense I get. It also lacks any real sense of urgency in a lot of it. It's a very "dead" movie in a lot of ways, which is a shame. The way any moment of drama just ends in quiet and moving on to something else felt so strange. I remember reading the news pieces about it years ago when it first came out, and after finishing the movie I decided to read a long Vice report following-up a couple of years later, and I feel like the film doesn't live up to the potential of the horror of what happened. Even the performers are largely flat for me, and yet it's a terrific list of performers on paper. Ben Whishaw stands out as the soft-spoken teacher who's invited to record the minutes of the women's meeting to discuss what to do, he's incredibly expressive and for me the most emotional scene in the film turned on him, which I feel like Polley could never possibly have intended. Only Tár left, which I hope to see this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Ran said: Only Tár left, which I hope to see this week. Do not watch it in bed or on a oomphy coach unless you're pining for a great nap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mladen Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 3 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: Do not watch it in bed or on a oomphy coach unless you're pining for a great nap. It most certainly is not the most dynamic movie, but I was glued to the screen for whole 2,5 hours. Simply, what Cate did in that movie... A league of her own... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Mladen said: It most certainly is not the most dynamic movie, but I was glued to the screen for whole 2,5 hours. Simply, what Cate did in that movie... A league of her own... Blanchett was great in it though overall the movie was kind of boring. I'd recommend it, but it's not a movie that will be remembered five years from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 The everything everywhere movie And Whiplash Everything else is whatever Did Matrix 4 count? I don't care give it something something for "best first and second acts and ending but c'mon just DON'T DO THE MARVEL THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadlines? What Deadlines? Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 On 3/4/2023 at 11:55 PM, Tywin et al. said: https://media.tenor.com/wDje5TGhTGAAAAAM/self-five-high-five.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mladen Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 10 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: Blanchett was great in it though overall the movie was kind of boring. I'd recommend it, but it's not a movie that will be remembered five years from now. I am not so sure. I think that its open ending, the fact that we have been debating separation of art from the artist for decades now, that cancel culture is in full swing, the fact that movie can be interpreted differently. I suppose wide public across the world will not remember it, but I don't think it will die as some people think it will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mladen Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 Producers Guild Of America (PGA) Nominations The Award for Outstanding Producer of a Feature Theatrical Motion Picture Avatar: The Way of Water The Banshees of Inisherin Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ElvisEverything Everywhere All at Once The Fabelmans Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Tár Top Gun: Maverick The Whale The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion PicturesGuillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Minions: The Rise of Gru Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Turning Red The Award For Outstanding Producer Of Documentary Motion Pictures All That Breathes Descendant Fire of LoveNavalny Nothing Compares Retrograde The Territory Directors Guild Of America (DGA) Feature Film Nominations NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMDaniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once Todd Field – Tár Joseph Kosinski – Top Gun: Maverick Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans FIRST TIME NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM Alice Diop – Saint Omer Audrey Diwan – Happening John Patton Ford – Emily The Criminal Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović – MurinaCharlotte Wells – Aftersun OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARYSara Dosa – Fire of Love Matthew Heineman – Retrograde Laura Poitras – All the Beauty and the Bloodshed David Rohde – Navalny Shaunak Sen – All That Breathes Writers Guild Of America (WGA) Winners ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYEverything Everywhere All At Once – Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert; A24 The Fabelmans – Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner; Universal Pictures The Menu – Written by Seth Reiss & Will Tracy; Searchlight Pictures Nope – Written by Jordan Peele; Universal Pictures Tár – Written by Todd Field; Focus Features ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Screenplay by Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole, Story by Ryan Coogler, Based on the Marvel Comics; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Written by Rian Johnson; Netflix She Said – Screenplay by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Based on the New York Times Investigation by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey and Rebecca Corbett and the Book She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey; Universal Pictures Top Gun: Maverick – Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks, Based on Characters Created by Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr.; Paramount PicturesWomen Talking – Screenplay by Sarah Polley, Based upon the Book by Miriam Toews; Orion Pictures/MGM DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY 2nd Chance – Written by Ramin Bahrani; Showtime Documentary Films Downfall: The Case Against Boeing – Written by Mark Bailey & Keven McAlester; Netflix Last Flight Home – Written by Ondi Timoner; MTV Documentary FilmsMoonage Daydream – Written by Brett Morgen; Neon ¡Viva Maestro! – Written by Theodore Braun; Greenwich Entertainment American Society Of Cinematographers (ASC) Winners Feature Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC for “Empire of Light” (Searchlight Pictures) Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS for “The Batman” (Warner Bros.) Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC for “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (Netflix) Claudio Miranda, ASC for “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)Mandy Walker, ASC, ACS for “Elvis” (Warner Bros.) SpotlightSturla Brandth Grøvlen, DFF for “War Sailor” (DCM Film) Kate McCullough, ISC for “The Quiet Girl” (Super) Andrew Wheeler for “God’s Country” (IFC Films) DocumentaryBen Bernhard and Riju Das for “All That Breathes” (HBO/HBO Max) Adam Bricker for “Chef’s Table: Pizza” – “Franco Pepe” (Netflix) Wolfgang Held, ASC for “This Stolen Country of Mine” American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards Winners BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Drama, Theatrical) All Quiet on the Western Front – Sven Budelmann, BFS Elvis – Matt Villa, ACE ASE & Jonathan Redmond Tár – Monika WilliTop Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton, ACE The Woman King – Terilyn A. Shropshire, ACE BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Comedy, Theatrical) The Banshees of Inisherin – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, ACEEverything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Bob Ducsay, ACE The Menu – Christopher Tellefsen, ACE Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund & Mikel Cee Karlsson BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM (Theatrical or Non-Theatrical) The Bad Guys – John Venzon, ACEGuillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Ken Schretzmann, ACE & Holly Klein Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Dean Fleischer-Camp & Nick Paley Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – James Ryan, ACE Turning Red – Nicholas C. Smith, ACE BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (Theatrical) All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Amy Foote, Joe Bini & Brian A. Kates, ACEFire of Love – Erin Casper & Jocelyne Chaput Good Night Oppy – Helen Kearns, ACE & Rejh Cabrera Moonage Daydream – Brett Morgen Navalny – Langdon Page & Maya Hawke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Have seen 6 of the 10 Best Picture Oscar nominees. Not bowled over by any of them this year. Dont regret having seen them once, but nothing compelling where Im longing to have a 2nd viewing or where the story lead to a lot of reminiscing. I believe the only one I rewatched was AQotWF and even that pales compared with Dunkirk or 1917 for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mladen Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 So, we are in Oscar week and it's time for one mega-post about the categories, frontrunners etc. There are movies I really liked this year, but as @DireWolfSpirit said, I am not bawled over any of them. It is more parts, or certain aspects of those movies that fascinate me more than finishing product. Somewhere it is acting, somewhere script, somewhere cinematography... A lot can be said about Oscar movies and the fact many of them failed at Box office. But then you have two biggest movies of 2022 being nominated for Best Picture: Avatar 2 and Maverick, you have Elvis and EEAAO, not to mention Wakanda Forever and The Batman also being present in other categories, so the criticism of Oscars being too niche, at least this year, doesn't stand. Simply, the Best Picture category is a nice balance between populist hits and niche arthouse movies. EEAAO has been sweeping the guilds awards like no one before them. It broke SAG record, it tied with Gravity as the most accolated movie in the guilds award season. It got holy trifecta - DGA, PGA, WGA. Naturally, that is our Best Picture winner. But will it have unprecedented sweep in above-the-line categories is yet to be seen. Since expansion to 10 Best Picture nominated movies, Academy has been known for "spreading the wealth". To have movie winning Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Editing is unheard of. And EEAAO is locked or frontrunner in most of those categories. That said, BAFTA and AACTA, as also some other international awarding bodies show us different picture. EEAAO has strong American support, but will international votes (20% of AMPAS) be able to sway votes in some of these categories, remains to be seen. What helps EEAAO is the fact that it doesn't have strong competitor - simply, there is no number 2. All possible contenders showed weaknesses in some areas - Banshees losing BAFTA, All Quiet on Western Front not being nominated at the guilds, Maverick not winning anything substantial or securing above-the-line nominations, TAR not existing outside Cate Blanchett etc. Not to mention that international body is divided between Elvis, TAR, Triangle of Sadness, Banshees and All Quiet on the Western Front. Simply, there are no alternatives in Picture, Director, Original Screenplay but EEAAO. However, acting categories are basically a mess. In Actress, Blanchett and Yeoh are in a coin-tossup situation. Yeoh certainly has the momentum with SAG and Spirit wins, but it should be noted that difference in voting bodies is quite substantial. Yeoh's biggest trump card is that her movie is sweeping through the guilds. Blanchett's is that TAR seems like a movie Academy would not leave without at least one award. And since Venice, she has been that award. However, Blanchett getting her third Oscar against first open-Asian POC actress in this category who is in Best Picture... People say they don't want to talk about race. However, it is inevitable. Yeoh has a rather strong narrative and push from Film Twitter. We'll see how it goes. The fact is no one knows whose name will be called once that envelope is opened. Similarly confusing situation is in Lead Actor category. Colin Farrell was an early frontrunner having won Volpi Cup at Venice and starting to amass critics awards. He then won Globe - Comedy/Musical. But fighting against the narrative of Brandan Fraser and the adoration of music biopics that pushed Austin Butler for "Elvis" proved to be insurmountable obstacle for Farrell. Butler won Globe and BAFTA, Fraser won CCA and SAG. Likelier to win is Butler as "Elvis" is a strong Best Picture contender with 8 Oscar nominations. But, Fraser has been quite strong in reminding people why they love him and want to award him. In Best Supporting Actor, I doubt anyone else can win Ke Huy Quan from EEAAO. He has not swept the precursors, but Globe, CCA and SAG make undeniable claim. Especially since his 2 biggest rivals are from the same movie, thus splitting the votes. But the real clusterfu*k is Best Supporting Actress category. To say that we have entire lineup that is not nominated and more deserving than frontrunners in this category would be understatement of the year. Angela Bassett won Globe and CCA but failed at BAFTA and SAG. Kelly Condon won BAFTA and AACTA, but then SAG created a chaos and awarded Jamie Lee Curtis, propelling her as one of the three possible winners in this category. The fact that EEAAO is win-competitive in 3 acting categories in 2023 is practically madness. Only 2 movies have managed to win 3 acting Oscars, the last being Network (1976). To win 3 acting awards would be a true madness that is equal to Emmys going nuts for some contenders like "Game of Thrones" and nominating everyone they could have in last season. Needless to say, that would not age well. So, there is hope that Kerry Condon will win for Banshees, securing at least one award for the movie. But JLC has been campaigning like there is no tomorrow, and she is Hollywood nepo baby, so you do the math. If EEAAO sweeps in acting categories and above-the-line (Picture, Director, Screenplay), it would leave 4 Best Picture nominated movies without an award - The Fabelmans, Banshees of Inisherin, TAR and Triangle of Sadness (all 4 nominated for Picture, Director, Original Screenplay). Women Talking seems certain to take Best Adapted Screenplay after winning WGA, but the news from LA is that Netflix finally came to senses and started campaigning hard for All Quiet. Which leaves us with below-the-line categories. Cinematography became a race when Claudio Miranda was not nominated for Oscar, All Quiet won at BAFTA, but then yesterday Elvis won at ASC. Honestly, I would adore if Florian Hoffmeister would win for TAR, but Academy doesn't award that kind of cinematography very often. In Editing, again we have EEAAO facting Top Gun Maverick, but Paul Rogers for EEAAO has also won BAFTA so it also seems like Editing will be part of EEAAO sweep. Sound is usually tied with Editing, but I expect Maverick to take it. Elvis seems destined to take Costumes and Hair and Makeup. Production design is between Babylon and Elvis. And score seems like it is Justin Hurwitz's to lose. Visual effects are expected to go to AVATAR and song to RRR. The animated feature seems to be reserved for GDT's Pinocchio, and foreign feature for All Quiet on the Western front. Documentary is most likely for Navalny, due to its relevant topic. Possible spoiler: Fire of Love. Don't ask me for shorts. The only thing I have watched is "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" and it is amazing. I really hope it wins! The voting for Oscars ends on March, 7th. Ceremony will be on ABC on March, 12th. Host is Jimmy Kimmel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GZ Bloodraven Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Personal Best Picture Nominees Ranking: 1. Triangle of Sadness 10/10 (3rd act strongest) 2. Everything Everywhere All At Once 10/10 (3rd act strongest) 3. Women Talking 9/10 (3rd act strongest) 4. Tar 9/10 (3rd act strongest) 5. The Banshees of Inisherin 9/10 (1st act strongest) 6. All Quiet on the Western Front 8/10 (2nd act strongest) 7. Top Gun: Maverick 8/10 (3rd act strongest) 8. Avatar: The Way of Water 7/10 (2nd act strongest) 9. The Fablemans 5/10 (3rd act strongest) 10. Elvis 4/10 (1st act strongest) Oscar Winner Predictions (what my ballot would look like): Picture: EEAAO (runner-up: Banshees) Director: Spielberg (runner-up: the Daniels) Actor: Brendan Fraser (runner-up: Austin Butler) Actress: Michelle Yeoh (runner-up: Cate Blanchett) Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan (runner-up: Brendan Gleeson) Supporting Actress: Angela Bassett (runner-up: Kerry Condon) Original Screenplay: Banshees (runner-up: EEAAO) Adapted Screenplay: Women Talking (runner-up: Living) Animated: Pinocchio (runner-up: Puss in Boots) International: All Quiet (runner-up: Argentina, 1985) Documentary: Fire of Love (runner-up: Navalny) Doc Short: The Elephant Whisperers Short: Le pupille Animated Short: Ice Merchants Score: Babylon Song: Naatu Naatu Sound: Top Gun Production Design: Babylon Cinematography: All Quiet Makeup: Elvis Costume: Black Panther Editing: Top Gun Visual Effects: Avatar Notes: I'm not giving much to Tar, however Cate will likely beat Michelle Yeoh so Tar will be covered. I tried to spread the love as much as possible, and I hope the Oscars do as well. Tar was a perfect rebuttal to those who think cancel culture has gone too far, expertly showing that you can both have empathy for people who have done terrible things and still hold them accountable for those terrible things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 On 3/7/2023 at 3:55 AM, GZ Bloodraven said: Personal Best Picture Nominees Ranking: 1. Triangle of Sadness 10/10 (3rd act strongest) 2. Everything Everywhere All At Once 10/10 (3rd act strongest) 3. Women Talking 7/10 (3rd act strongest) 4. Tar 9/10 (3rd act strongest) 5. The Banshees of Inisherin 9/10 (1st act strongest) 6. All Quiet on the Western Front 8/10 (2nd act strongest) 7. Top Gun: Maverick 8/10 (3rd act strongest) 8. Avatar: The Way of Water 7/10 (2nd act strongest) 9. The Fablemans 5/10 (3rd act strongest) 10. Elvis 4/10 (1st act strongest) Oscar Winner Predictions (what my ballot would look like): Picture: EEAAO (runner-up: Banshees) Director: Spielberg (runner-up: the Daniels) Actor: Brendan Fraser (runner-up: Austin Butler) Actress: Michelle Yeoh (runner-up: Cate Blanchett) Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan (runner-up: Brendan Gleeson) Supporting Actress: Angela Bassett (runner-up: Kerry Condon) Original Screenplay: Banshees (runner-up: EEAAO) Adapted Screenplay: Women Talking (runner-up: Living) Animated: Pinocchio (runner-up: Puss in Boots) International: All Quiet (runner-up: Argentina, 1985) Documentary: Fire of Love (runner-up: Navalny) Doc Short: The Elephant Whisperers Short: Le pupille Animated Short: Ice Merchants Score: Babylon Song: Naatu Naatu Sound: Top Gun Production Design: Babylon Cinematography: All Quiet Makeup: Elvis Costume: Black Panther Editing: Top Gun Visual Effects: Avatar Notes: I'm not giving much to Tar, however Cate will likely beat Michelle Yeoh so Tar will be covered. I tried to spread the love as much as possible, and I hope the Oscars do as well. Tar was a perfect rebuttal to those who think cancel culture has gone too far, expertly showing that you can both have empathy for people who have done terrible things and still hold them accountable for those terrible things. Agree with everything except song and cinematography, the latter imho should go to Deakins or Khondji (of late the genre of war is influencing audience more than actual camerawork brilliance much like the dance in Naatu Naatu than the actual music) I fear RRR winning will do to Indo-Asian cinema what CT,HD or Oldboy did to Eastern cinema (not including the already broke out Japanese scene). Following the attention, barring the few great films from Korea and Co, nothing of note. The authentic voice here may get into a western pandering outlook (market reversal) look at K-Pop. Lesser said about the so called dramas the better. Already watching inaccurate brown inclusion for woke tokens making me cringe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Going to borrow from @GZ Bloodraven and rank the films and then discuss individual awards, now that I've finally seen Tár which I found completely riveting thanks to Blanchett's performance and Field's direction. Personal Best Picture Nominees Ranking: Tár 10/10 The Banshees of Inisherin 10/10 To me, those are the only films I'd consider flawless from those that have been nominated. There's literally nothing I can critique about either of them. Tár takes first place by a hair purely because the direction and cinematography is a little bit more complicated and challenging. Everything Everywhere All at Once 8/10 All Quiet on the Western Front 8/10 I've voiced my critiques about EEAaO and the "maximalism" of the Daniels (which I see more as lack of discipline moreso than anything laudable), and think the movie's too long for its own good to boot, but end of the day the themes it touches on and the performances (especially Ke Huy Quan) that strung a real, human chord with me despite some of the nonsense around it. All Quiet is a very accomplished film with some real empathetic acting, but its flaws strike me as serious errors of judgment rather than simply being the result of deliberate style. Triangle of Sadness 7/10 Elvis 7/10 Women Talking 7/10 The Fabelmans 7/10 Triangle was a bit disappointing, as the individual parts of it were generally fun and entertaining critiques of the wealthy and especially of "influencers", but I didn't feel it hang together too well. The Square was much stronger. The rest... I feel like Fabelmans was interesting for what it was, a somewhat hagiographic semi-autobiography, and the best bits for me had to do with young Spielberg's -- err, Fabelmans -- budding obsession with films and filmmaking. As to Elvis and Women Talking... I'm vacilliating a bit, but basically Elvis is certainly a more directorially complex film, and Austin Butler did manage to stand out in his performance. Combine it with the production design and editing and I'll just put that over Women Talking, which I was bit underwhelmed by. Especially because of the cast -- Roonie Mara? Jessie Buckley? Francis McDormand? Claire Foy? That's a list of heavy-hitters, and yet they couldn't breathe life into a film that to me felt strangely inert. Top Gun: Maverick 6/10 Didn't see it in a theatre, much less IMAX, so I know that is part of the issue. But other than Cruise's undeniable charm and the excellent action cinematography, plus the very touching appearance of Val Kilmer's Iceman, it's a deeply mediocre script and story.Definitely think Oscar Winner Predictions (what my ballot would look like PLUS who I think will actually win): Picture: Tár (runner-up: The Banshees of Inisherin) (Will win: Everything Everywhere All at Once) Director: Todd Field (runner-up: Martin McDonagh) (Will win: The Daniels) (That said, never count Spielberg out. Won't shock me if he wins.) Actor: Paul Mescal (runner-up: Colin Farrell) (Will win: Brendan Fraser) (This is a tough category. I thought for sure it was Farrell, up until I saw Aftersun. Just heartbreaking, shattering performance from Mescal, but Farrell brings all of his considerable charm and talent to bear... this probably the most toss-up category for me Actress: Cate Blanchett (runner-up: Andrea Riseborough -- I don't mind Yeoh getting a lifetime achievement type of award here, but having just seen To Leslie, Riseborough's performance is completely lived-in and impeccable.) (Will win: Michelle Yeoh) Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan (runner-up: Brendan Gleeson) (Will win: Ke Huy Quan, what a lovely, humane performance, and what a great story) Supporting Actress: Kerry Condon (runner-up: Jamie Lee Curtis -- this one may be movie apostasy, but she was more memorable than Hsu for me, particularly in the alternate universe sequences where she had those sausage fingers and we see her tragic love affair) (Will win: Angela Basset -- more a lifetime achievement award than anything, but I love Bassett so I wouldn't be mad.) Original Screenplay: The Banshees of Inisherin (runner-up: Tár) (Will win: EEAaO) Adapted Screenplay: Wish I had seen Living to better judge this. Without that, I guess it'd be All Quiet on the Western Front followed by Women Talking, and I'm guessing Women Talking will win. Cinematography: Florian Hoffmeister (Tár) (runner-up: Roger Deakins, Empire of Light) (Will win: Deakins, because I think he's now entered the perennial winner zone after being a perennial also-ran for decades. Plus I just saw he's on the press circuit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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