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by dws1982
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:35 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
Replies: 41
Views: 1490

Re: I'm always here for the Trivia

I would put Yuh-jung Youn alongside Robert DeNiro or Benicio Del Toro, in that it is a foreign language performance in an American film.
by dws1982
Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
Replies: 41
Views: 1490

Re: I'm always here for the Trivia

Mister Tee wrote Not a revolution, but I'd say progress. What's closer to a revolution is the number of women nominated for Best Director. This decade alone (if we start in 2020), we've seen almost as many nominated (4) than in all of Academy history combined (5). Not to mention twice as many winne...
by dws1982
Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:53 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Oscar Predictions Contest
Replies: 27
Views: 873

Re: Oscar Predictions Contest

If there is no actual prize involved, why does it matter?
by dws1982
Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:03 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
Replies: 41
Views: 1490

Re: I'm always here for the Trivia

HarryGoldfarb wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:34 am - Oppenheimer is the first Best Picture to win both actor and supporting actor since Ben-Hur (1959).
Fun fact all 7 of Oppenheimer's Oscars were in categories that Ben-Hur won.
by dws1982
Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:02 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Best Live Action Short
Replies: 2
Views: 102

Re: Best Live Action Short

Anderson starts production on his next film today. Not sure where it is filming, but I believe he's shot overseas on everything post-Tenenbaums.
by dws1982
Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:42 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Oscar Predictions Contest
Replies: 27
Views: 873

Re: Oscar Predictions Contest

Making a couple of no guts, no glory picks just to separate myself a little from the pack. Picture: Oppenheimer Leading Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer Leading Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Rand...
by dws1982
Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:43 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Costume Design
Replies: 2
Views: 108

Re: Categories One-by-One: Costume Design

I think Poor Things and Barbie will probably get a combined two-thirds of the votes in this category, and Production Design. But I think they are also going to split that vote share pretty evenly. Whether you predict Poor Things for both, a split between the two, or Barbie for both, I don't think yo...
by dws1982
Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Adapted Screenplay
Replies: 10
Views: 380

Re: Categories One-by-One: Adapted Screenplay

I have spoken disparagingly about Oscar podcasts once this morning, but the Next Best Picture predictions episode raised a good point in this category: We have good reason to believe that American Fiction could prevail in a general vote over Oppenheimer , Poor Things , and The Zone of Interest , bec...
by dws1982
Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:36 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Makeup and Hairstyling
Replies: 8
Views: 306

Re: Categories One-by-One: Makeup and Hairstyling

I mentioned in the visual effects thread that this branch seems to have gotten their act together, but then it hit me: In not even shortlisting Barbie , did they box out a potential winner? A movie that makes looks and beauty and perceptions of what is an isn't "beautiful" central to its p...
by dws1982
Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:56 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Visual Effects
Replies: 4
Views: 158

Re: Categories One-by-One: Visual Effects

Tee used to talk about the makeup branch, and specifically how they used to leave out potential winners, which is how we end up with discordant-sounding phrases like "Oscar-winning film The Wolfman ". (Given that the winner probably would have been Alice in Wonderland if it had not been bo...
by dws1982
Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:11 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Your Oscar ballot
Replies: 3
Views: 158

Re: Your Oscar ballot

Actor: Cillian Murphy Actress: Lily Gladstone Supporting Actor: Robert DeNiro (close over Gosling and Downey) Supporting Actress: Emily Blunt (I would toss the entire lineup) Director: Christopher Nolan (or Scorsese) Original Screenplay: May December Adapted Screenplay: Oppenheimer Cinematography: K...
by dws1982
Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:53 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Brutally Honest Ballots
Replies: 6
Views: 274

Re: Brutally Honest Ballots

I'm convinced that the publications who do these brutally honest ballots contact a bunch of voters and then pick the most outrageous ballots to share.
by dws1982
Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Leading Actor
Replies: 10
Views: 381

Re: Categories One-by-One: Leading Actor

I think Murphy will get this, and I am very happy about that. Giamatti is not bad, but the "best of the year!" acclaim he has gotten is a complete mystery to me. I really don't get it at all. Other than being, as some might say, a bit "cringe" in interviews, I don't get why Coope...
by dws1982
Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:00 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Best Actress
Replies: 15
Views: 635

Re: Categories One-by-One: Best Actress

I've said before that Oscars are often won on PR narratives as much as performances. Not always: voters didn't bite on Chadwick Boseman a few years back, and we all know how Glenn Close's nomination for The Wife worked out, but last year Michelle Yeoh, who had "great performance + Best Picture ...
by dws1982
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:25 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Supporting Actor
Replies: 4
Views: 153

Re: Categories One-by-One: Supporting Actor

I might give this one to DeNiro, but Downey will be a great winner, and Gosling wouldn't be bad either.

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