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- Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: Leading Actor
- Replies: 10
- Views: 406
Re: Categories One-by-One: Leading Actor
I'm on the Paul Giamatti bandwagon this year! Not only for his past work but because I think he creates a really great character in The Holdovers . Murphy is deserving but for some reason I didn't get the "he's winning an Oscar for this" vibe when I saw the film last summer. Colman Domingo...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:54 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: Supporting Actor
- Replies: 4
- Views: 165
Re: Categories One-by-One: Supporting Actor
I would go with Sterling K. Brown. The performance isn't a co-lead, and he brings a range of comedy and pathos during his screen time that makes an impact on the film. His character makes us see the main character's many facets in a slightly different light than we might have at the beginning of the...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:40 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: International Feature
- Replies: 7
- Views: 231
Re: Categories One-by-One: International Feature
If Academy voters see The Zone of Interest and have the same mixed response I had, there could be another winner. But not having the option of nominating either Anatomy of a Fall or Godzilla Minus One , as more popular choices, I think the "important film" will prevail. It even made my own...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:32 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: Makeup and Hairstyling
- Replies: 8
- Views: 318
Re: Categories One-by-One: Makeup and Hairstyling
It's too bad the creature effects from The Last Voyage of the Demeter didn't make it past the shortlist phase. The work there was pretty impressive, but I still think the overall work on Poor Things will likely prevail here over Maestro . After all it is "makeup and hairstyling" and I thin...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:23 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: Visual Effects
- Replies: 4
- Views: 164
Re: Categories One-by-One: Visual Effects
I was glad to see "Oppenheimer" not get in here, because it would not have been deserving of a win considering its effects amounted to camera gimmicks and imagery we've actually seen before in terms of VFX. The film uses what it has effectively, but I think it would have kind of been cheat...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:04 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Oscar Predictions Contest
- Replies: 27
- Views: 902
Re: Oscar Predictions Contest
Picture: Oppenheimer Actor: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers (Cillian Murphy) Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (RU: Emma Stone) Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Original Sc...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:11 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: 2023 Oscar Shouldabeens
- Replies: 3
- Views: 45794
Re: 2023 Oscar Shouldabeens
BEST PICTURE Anatomy of a Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer BEST DIRECTOR Greta Gerwig, Barbie Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Alexander Payne, The Holdovers Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall BEST ACTOR Colman Domingo, Rustin ...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:16 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Final Oscar Predictions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 963
Re: Final Oscar Predictions
I totally forgot to post my picks here
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:56 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: New Developments III
- Replies: 2976
- Views: 515912
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:24 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: New Developments III
- Replies: 2976
- Views: 515912
Re: New Developments III
I'm honestly having a hard time remembering Republican debates before Donald Trump. Did they ever make points or policy proposals? Was it always just bickering and sabrerattling? He really is just there to attack Trump, isn't he? It's not working. I never thought he'd be able to bring his party bac...
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:11 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Post-Festival Predictions
- Replies: 32
- Views: 13543
Re: Post-Festival Predictions
Quick thought on Giamatti for Sideways: With Gere and DiCaprio, I have to believe the fact that there was some confusion about what category they truly belonged in. Gere has had some bad luck with the Academy. He's certainly been in well-received films and given performances that could have been no...
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 11:48 am
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2023
- Replies: 161
- Views: 1655477
Re: The Official Review Thread of 2023
All of which to say, less than twelve hours after watching Elemental, it's hard to remember much about it. I think the creators came up with a nice little idea ("Can fire and water fall in love?" -- by the way, I'm here for that story! That's a good rom com conflict) and nothing beyond th...
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 10:37 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: New Developments III
- Replies: 2976
- Views: 515912
Re: New Developments III
The kind of charges Hunter Biden is up for rarely goes to trial, much less conviction. I agree that the deal was broken out of political reasons, in order to appear as if they are not being soft on him because he's the son of the president. I think that's a bad message to send, because it makes it s...
- Thu Mar 16, 2023 1:47 pm
- Forum: 95th Academy Awards
- Topic: Notable Firsts and Records
- Replies: 84
- Views: 37403
Re: Notable Firsts and Records
Emilia Jones was my pick for best actress, and I didn't even nominate CODA for Best Picture.Mister Tee wrote: CODA's actress (mercifully) was not nominated.
- Thu Mar 16, 2023 1:32 pm
- Forum: 95th Academy Awards
- Topic: 95th Oscars General Ceremony Discussion
- Replies: 67
- Views: 24858
Re: 95th Oscars General Ceremony Discussion
Stewart faced maybe the toughest competition in his best years: Donat (or Gable) with Mr. Smith, March with Wonderful Life, Jack Lemmon in the Anatomy year (the Academy made a truly indefensible choice there). That's how he ended up winning for one of his least distinguished nominations. (Though he...