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by MovieWes
Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:41 am
Forum: 89th Nominations and Winners
Topic: Trivia
Replies: 99
Views: 19157

Re: Trivia

Brad Pitt also produced "Moonlight" and the other 3 nominated films. Was he not nominated 4 years in a row too?
by MovieWes
Tue Jan 24, 2017 9:31 am
Forum: 89th Nominations and Winners
Topic: Trivia
Replies: 99
Views: 19157

Re: Trivia

"Fences" is only the 2nd Best Picture nominee that Denzel Washington has appeared in. The other one was "A Soldier's Story" back in 1984.
by MovieWes
Tue Jan 24, 2017 9:18 am
Forum: 89th Nominations and Winners
Topic: 89th Oscar Nominations
Replies: 61
Views: 13983

Re: 89th Oscar Nominations

Looks like Hollywood has finally forgiven Mel Gibson.

No huge surprises overall, although I expected "Silence" to do better in the craft categories.
by MovieWes
Sat Jan 16, 2016 9:43 am
Forum: 88th Nominations and Winners
Topic: Trivia, anybody?
Replies: 29
Views: 3448

Re: Trivia, anybody?

Mad Max: Fury Road is the first fourquel to receive a Best Picture nomination. In addition, it becomes the 2nd sequel to be nominated without a previous film being a Best Picture nominee (the first being Toy Story 3 ), and the first sequel to be nominated without any of the previous films having re...
by MovieWes
Thu Jan 15, 2015 1:06 pm
Forum: 87th Nominations and Winners
Topic: Nomination Talk
Replies: 141
Views: 10703

Re: Nomination Talk

Selma's set of nominations is genuinely odd, but I have to say, even including it for director/actor in my predictions (and knowing both of those were highly competitive), I found it hard to locate a lot of categories where it could compete. Does the song now become the go-to category for its disap...
by MovieWes
Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:18 am
Forum: 87th Nominations and Winners
Topic: Nomination Talk
Replies: 141
Views: 10703

Re: Nomination Talk

At the end of its l-o-o-o-n-g run, The Hobbit finally denies Middle Earth a visual effects mention -- but shows up in sound editing (where I believe only The Two Towers has scored prior?). At least Transformers was omitted completely. The Desolation of Smaug was also nominated in this category last...
by MovieWes
Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:01 am
Forum: 87th Nominations and Winners
Topic: Nomination Talk
Replies: 141
Views: 10703

Re: Nomination Talk

It's times like this that I miss Damien. I know he's somewhere smiling right now with Ethan Hawke nominated for his 2nd acting Oscar in the Best Picture frontrunner.
by MovieWes
Mon Dec 15, 2014 1:26 pm
Forum: 87th Predictions and Precursors
Topic: Critics Choice Nominations
Replies: 8
Views: 2649

Re: Critics Choice Nominations

Another observation, since this nomination is really going to help Wes Anderson score a directing nomination at the Oscars.... but if Wes Anderson hangs on and receives a Best Director Oscar nomination, this season is going to be a huge victory for the University of Texas at Austin film school, who ...
by MovieWes
Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:45 am
Forum: 87th Predictions and Precursors
Topic: Critics Choice Nominations
Replies: 8
Views: 2649

Re: Critics Choice Nominations

Sooooooo...... I guess it's safe to say that the words "Academy Award nominee Jennifer Aniston" will become a reality on January 15?
by MovieWes
Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:32 pm
Forum: 2014
Topic: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies reviews
Replies: 3
Views: 2082

Re: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies reviews

And a surprising positive review from Slant Magazine... The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: 3 out of 4 stars By Richard Larson ON December 1, 2014 Go to Comments (2) With a title as long as The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, a plot description of the conclusion to this plodding and la...
by MovieWes
Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:26 pm
Forum: 2014
Topic: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies reviews
Replies: 3
Views: 2082

Re: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies reviews

Village Voice Peter Jackson's Hobbit-Embiggening Project Hits Its Spectacular End By Alan Scherstuhl Wednesday, Dec 3 2014 The biggest laugh I heard from the audience at my screening of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies came from seven words in the end credits: “Based on the novel by J.R.R. ...
by MovieWes
Fri Dec 05, 2014 1:14 pm
Forum: 2014
Topic: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies reviews
Replies: 3
Views: 2082

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies reviews

First, from The Hollywood Reporter 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies': Film Review 2:00 PM PST 12/1/2014 by Todd McCarthy The Bottom Line Third time's a charm for the mammoth screen version of Tolkien's little persons' odyssey. Opens December 17 (Warner Bros.) Cast Martin Freeman, Ian McKel...
by MovieWes
Fri Nov 14, 2014 6:19 pm
Forum: 87th Predictions and Precursors
Topic: First 2014 Predicitons
Replies: 105
Views: 19416

Re: First 2014 Predicitons

Having just listened to Billy Boyd's "The Last Goodbye" from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies , I can think of no scenario in which the Academy does not nominate it for Best Original Song. It might actually be the best song from the entire franchise, including both nominated songs...
by MovieWes
Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:13 pm
Forum: 87th Predictions and Precursors
Topic: First 2014 Predicitons
Replies: 105
Views: 19416

Re: First 2014 Predicitons

Sabin wrote:Wes, did you mean it's an IP that's new to film or a brand new IP? Because Guardians of the Galaxy has been kicking around the Marvel universe for some time in one iteration or another since the 70s.
I meant as in new to film.
by MovieWes
Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:59 pm
Forum: 87th Predictions and Precursors
Topic: First 2014 Predicitons
Replies: 105
Views: 19416

Re: First 2014 Predicitons

Could it be a film that most of us are grossly underestimating? In my opinion, not remotely. I view Guardians of the Galaxy as no more of an Oscar candidate than Skyfall, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, Star Trek, and the final Harry Potter film, all movies that were talked about in some circl...

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