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by Okri
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:12 pm
Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
Topic: The 25th Annual Who'll Be Back?
Replies: 5
Views: 409

Re: The 25th Annual Who'll Be Back?

Fantastic as always. We often talk about the internationalizing of AMPAS as who it can potentially include. We rarely talk about it as who it might exclude because that both seems more fraught and largely unknowable. But I can imagine some performers and filmmakers falling into that cultural gap. It...
by Okri
Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:21 pm
Forum: 2024
Topic: Dune, Part 2
Replies: 4
Views: 217

Re: Dune, Part 2

I thought it was pretty extraordinary. It tells a more complete story than the first one (yeah, it ends with a To Be Continued type moment, but it felt more natural) and the visuals are wall-to-wall stunners. Villeneuve has complete command of this material and that cinemagicians he employs do stagg...
by Okri
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:30 pm
Forum: 2024
Topic: Civil War reviews
Replies: 6
Views: 159

Re: Civil War reviews

Wasn't the recent Ari Aster film on that level (expense wise)?
by Okri
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:21 pm
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 25
Views: 1187

Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

I'm always optimistic to be honest. But I also think I liked 2023's crop slightly less than you.

Only time will tell.
by Okri
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:11 pm
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 25
Views: 1187

Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

Hmmm.... From previously nominated directors Blitz - Steve McQueen Civil War - Alex Garland Hard Truths - Mike Leigh High and Low - Spike Lee Juror No. 2 - Clint Eastwood The Phoenician Scheme - Wes Anderson Untitled - Paul Thomas Anderson (probably 2025) From others I admire Janet Planet (Annie Bak...
by Okri
Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Best Picture Ballot
Replies: 17
Views: 631

Re: Best Picture Ballot

Ruffalo's character may be repulsive, but his acting, despite being over-the-top, is a pleasure to watch. Not for me. Christopher Abbott's character was also repulsive and his was a much better performance. His appearance towards the end were some of the best scenes in the film. Ruffalo was just un...
by Okri
Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:32 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Stray Thoughts for Day-of
Replies: 6
Views: 192

Re: Stray Thoughts for Day-of

To more film-centered things: Some pundit commented that the Academy has to go for Nolan -- "They changed the best picture rules for him, and now he reaps the reward". But the point, as I see it, is that no rules needed to be changed: Oppenheimer would be just as prohibitive a favorite in...
by Okri
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:10 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Oscar Predictions Contest
Replies: 27
Views: 903

Re: Oscar Predictions Contest

Picture: Oppenheimer Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon Supp. Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer Supp. Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Original Screenplay: Justine Triet & Arthur Harari, ...
by Okri
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:02 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Animated Feature
Replies: 5
Views: 208

Re: Categories One-by-One: Animated Feature

Three films need not apply. That said, Nimona had pleasantly spiky energy and nice character design [and led the Annie Awards nominations]. The soundscape to Elemental was pleasingly serene and provides a lovely background to doing the dishes (or typing Oscar predictions). Robot Dreams is nicely abs...
by Okri
Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:18 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Adapted Screenplay
Replies: 10
Views: 402

Re: Categories One-by-One: Adapted Screenplay

dws1982 wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:19 am This American Fiction win, which seems inevitable, is not going to age any better than Jojo Rabbit's.
Yeah.... I'm feeling this more and more.
by Okri
Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:26 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Ceremony Details
Replies: 15
Views: 386

Re: Ceremony Details

I love, love, love the "winners tribunal" approach.
by Okri
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:12 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One by One: Best Original Score
Replies: 3
Views: 110

Categories One by One: Best Original Score

The nominees American Fiction, Laura Karpman Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, John Williams Killers of the Flower Moon, Robbie Robertson Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson Poor Things, Jerskin Fendrix I’m being slightly dishonest because I’m missing one of the films. But, honestly, I’m not even con...
by Okri
Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:31 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: SAG Thoughts/Winners to be Added
Replies: 19
Views: 587

Re: SAG Thoughts/Winners to be Added

Cillian Murphy is our new frontrunner. But why wouldn't he have already been our frontrunner? He won the Golden Globe and BAFTA. It really does seem like there was a mindset predetermined that Oppenheimer's coattails wouldn't extend to him despite having the titular role in a Best Picture juggernau...
by Okri
Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:49 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: BAFTA WINNERS
Replies: 17
Views: 490

Re: BAFTA WINNERS

I had pretty strong feeling Murphy would win here -- British isles guy, probably more familiar to these voters than stateside folk -- and don't see why that would mean any more to the Oscar outcome than a Giamatti SAG win. Which, of course, hasn't happened yet, but... Little-knowns have occasionall...

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