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POST-SAG WINS/PRE-BAFTA NOMS
This race is getting tighter and tighter. The noms are very close to forming. It feels like all major categories so far are incredibly weak and extremely divisive in precursors while having zero frontrunners.
Best Picture
1. Lady Bird
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Call Me By Your Name
4. Get Out
5. The Shape of Water
6. Dunkirk
7. The Post
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8. Darkest Hour
9. The Big Sick
10. I, Tonya
11. The Florida Project
12. Phantom Thread
Best Actor
1. Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
2. Timothée Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
3. Daniel Day Lewis - Phantom Thread
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4. James Franco - The Disaster Artist
5. Tom Hanks - The Post
6. Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Best Actress
1. Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
2. Francis McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
4. Meryl Streep - The Post
5. Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
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6. Judi Dench - Victoria and Abdul
Best Supporting Actor (THIS CATEGORY IS SUCH A MESS. I suppose we have to wait until BAFTA)
1. Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
2. Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
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3. Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
4. Armie Hammer - Call Me By Your Name
5. Bob Odenkirk - The Post
6. Michael Stuhlbarg - Call Me By Your Name
7. Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8. Ben Mendelsohn - Darkest Hour
9. Steve Carell - Battle of the Sexes
10. Mark Rylance - Dunkirk
11. Christopher Plummer - All The Money In The World
Best Supporting Actress
1. Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
2. Allison Janney - I, Tonya
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3. Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
4. Hong Chau - Downsizing
5. Holly Hunter - The Big Sick
6. Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
Best Director
1. Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
2. Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
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3. Steven Spielberg - The Post
4. Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
5. Martin McDonaugh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
6. Luca Guadagnino - Call Me By Your Name
7. Jordan Peele - Get Out
8. Sean Baker - The Florida Project
Best Original Screenplay
1. Greta Gerwig - Ladybird
2. Martin McDonaugh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Jordan Peele - Get Out
4. Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread
5. Liz Hannah, Josh Singer - The Post
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6. Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani - The Big Sick
7. Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor - The Shape of Water
Best Adapted Screenplay
1. James Ivory - Call Me By Your Name
2. Michael H. Weber, Scott Neustadter - The Disaster Artist
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3. Anthony McCarten - Darkest Hour
4. Aaron Sorkin - Molly’s Game
5. Virgil Williams, Dee Rees - Mudbound
6. Stephen Chbosky, Steve Conrad, Jack Thorne - Wonder
This race is getting tighter and tighter. The noms are very close to forming. It feels like all major categories so far are incredibly weak and extremely divisive in precursors while having zero frontrunners.
Best Picture
1. Lady Bird
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Call Me By Your Name
4. Get Out
5. The Shape of Water
6. Dunkirk
7. The Post
__________________________________________________
8. Darkest Hour
9. The Big Sick
10. I, Tonya
11. The Florida Project
12. Phantom Thread
Best Actor
1. Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
2. Timothée Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
3. Daniel Day Lewis - Phantom Thread
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4. James Franco - The Disaster Artist
5. Tom Hanks - The Post
6. Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Best Actress
1. Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
2. Francis McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
4. Meryl Streep - The Post
5. Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
__________________________________________________
6. Judi Dench - Victoria and Abdul
Best Supporting Actor (THIS CATEGORY IS SUCH A MESS. I suppose we have to wait until BAFTA)
1. Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
2. Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
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3. Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
4. Armie Hammer - Call Me By Your Name
5. Bob Odenkirk - The Post
6. Michael Stuhlbarg - Call Me By Your Name
7. Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8. Ben Mendelsohn - Darkest Hour
9. Steve Carell - Battle of the Sexes
10. Mark Rylance - Dunkirk
11. Christopher Plummer - All The Money In The World
Best Supporting Actress
1. Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
2. Allison Janney - I, Tonya
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3. Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
4. Hong Chau - Downsizing
5. Holly Hunter - The Big Sick
6. Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
Best Director
1. Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
2. Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
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3. Steven Spielberg - The Post
4. Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
5. Martin McDonaugh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
6. Luca Guadagnino - Call Me By Your Name
7. Jordan Peele - Get Out
8. Sean Baker - The Florida Project
Best Original Screenplay
1. Greta Gerwig - Ladybird
2. Martin McDonaugh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Jordan Peele - Get Out
4. Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread
5. Liz Hannah, Josh Singer - The Post
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6. Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani - The Big Sick
7. Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor - The Shape of Water
Best Adapted Screenplay
1. James Ivory - Call Me By Your Name
2. Michael H. Weber, Scott Neustadter - The Disaster Artist
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3. Anthony McCarten - Darkest Hour
4. Aaron Sorkin - Molly’s Game
5. Virgil Williams, Dee Rees - Mudbound
6. Stephen Chbosky, Steve Conrad, Jack Thorne - Wonder
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I'd switch Get Out and The Florida Project and bump Phantom Thread up to "On the bubble" but otherwise, yeah, pretty much.
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Kris Tapley's take on an admittedly exciting year.
http://variety.com/2017/film/in-content ... 202636267/
Best Picture Frontrunners
“Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“The Florida Project” (A24)
“Lady Bird” (A24)
“The Post” (20th Century Fox)
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
On the Bubble
“The Big Sick” (Amazon Studios/Lionsgate)
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features)
“The Disaster Artist” (A24)
“Get Out” (Universal Pictures)
“Mudbound” (Netflix)
Dark Horses
“All the Money in the World” (Sony/TriStar Pictures)
“I, Tonya” (Neon/30WEST)
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features)
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Walt Disney Pictures)
“Victoria & Abdul” (Focus Features)
http://variety.com/2017/film/in-content ... 202636267/
Best Picture Frontrunners
“Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“The Florida Project” (A24)
“Lady Bird” (A24)
“The Post” (20th Century Fox)
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
On the Bubble
“The Big Sick” (Amazon Studios/Lionsgate)
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features)
“The Disaster Artist” (A24)
“Get Out” (Universal Pictures)
“Mudbound” (Netflix)
Dark Horses
“All the Money in the World” (Sony/TriStar Pictures)
“I, Tonya” (Neon/30WEST)
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features)
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Walt Disney Pictures)
“Victoria & Abdul” (Focus Features)
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What can I say? You thought Chalamet was Oldman's "competition?" Uh-uh.Big Magilla wrote:OK, but could you please stop trying to give Frances McDormand a sex change? Once might be a typo, but this is becoming a habit with you!ThePianist wrote:POST-GLOBE NOMS
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BEST PICTURE
The Shape Of Water
Lady Bird
Call Me by Your Name
The Post
Dunkirk
Get Out
Darkest Hour
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
The Florida Project
Wonder
DIRECTING
The Shape Of Water
Lady Bird
The Post
Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Lady Bird
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Get Out
The Post
The Shape Of Water
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me by Your Name
Molly’s Game
The Disaster Artist
Mudbound
Wonder
LEAD ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins - The Shape Of Water
Meryl Streep - The Post
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
Margot Robbie - I,Tonya
LEAD ACTOR
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
Timothy Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Tom Hanks - The Post
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alison Janey - I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalfe - Lady Bird
Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
Leslie Manville - Phantom Thread
Octavia Spencer - The Shape Of Water
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Michael Stulhberg - Call Me By Your Name
Richard Jenkins - The Shape Of Water
Armie Hammer - Call Me By Your Name
FILM EDITING
Dunkirk
The Post
The Shape Of Water
Get Out
Darkest Hour
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dunkirk
The Shape Of Water
Blade Runner 2049
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
ART DIRECTION
The Shape of Water
Blade Runner 2049
Murder On The Orient Express
Beauty And The Beast
The Post
COSTUME DESIGN
Murder On The Orient Express
Beauty And The Beast
Victoria and Abdul
Phantom Thread
A Quiet Passion
ORIGINAL SCORE
The Post
The Shape of Water
Darkest Hour
Wonderstruck
Victoria and Abdul
SOUND MIXING
Dunkirk
The Last Jedi
The Shape Of Water
The Post
Darkest Hour
SOUND EDITING
Dunkirk
The Last Jedi
Wonder Woman
Blade Runner 2049
Only The Brave
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Last Jedi
Blade Runner 2049
War For The Planet of the Apes
Dunkirk
Wonder Woman
MAKEUP
The Shape of Water
Darkest Hour
Wonder
The Shape Of Water
Lady Bird
Call Me by Your Name
The Post
Dunkirk
Get Out
Darkest Hour
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
The Florida Project
Wonder
DIRECTING
The Shape Of Water
Lady Bird
The Post
Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Lady Bird
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Get Out
The Post
The Shape Of Water
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me by Your Name
Molly’s Game
The Disaster Artist
Mudbound
Wonder
LEAD ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins - The Shape Of Water
Meryl Streep - The Post
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
Margot Robbie - I,Tonya
LEAD ACTOR
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
Timothy Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Tom Hanks - The Post
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alison Janey - I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalfe - Lady Bird
Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
Leslie Manville - Phantom Thread
Octavia Spencer - The Shape Of Water
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Michael Stulhberg - Call Me By Your Name
Richard Jenkins - The Shape Of Water
Armie Hammer - Call Me By Your Name
FILM EDITING
Dunkirk
The Post
The Shape Of Water
Get Out
Darkest Hour
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dunkirk
The Shape Of Water
Blade Runner 2049
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
ART DIRECTION
The Shape of Water
Blade Runner 2049
Murder On The Orient Express
Beauty And The Beast
The Post
COSTUME DESIGN
Murder On The Orient Express
Beauty And The Beast
Victoria and Abdul
Phantom Thread
A Quiet Passion
ORIGINAL SCORE
The Post
The Shape of Water
Darkest Hour
Wonderstruck
Victoria and Abdul
SOUND MIXING
Dunkirk
The Last Jedi
The Shape Of Water
The Post
Darkest Hour
SOUND EDITING
Dunkirk
The Last Jedi
Wonder Woman
Blade Runner 2049
Only The Brave
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Last Jedi
Blade Runner 2049
War For The Planet of the Apes
Dunkirk
Wonder Woman
MAKEUP
The Shape of Water
Darkest Hour
Wonder
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OK, but could you please stop trying to give Frances McDormand a sex change? Once might be a typo, but this is becoming a habit with you!ThePianist wrote:POST-GLOBE NOMS
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POST-GLOBE NOMS
Best Picture
1. Lady Bird
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Call Me By Your Name
4. Get Out
5. The Shape of Water
6. Dunkirk
7. The Post
8. I, Tonya
9. Darkest Hour
Best Actor
1. Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
2. Timothée Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
3. Daniel Day Lewis - Phantom Thread
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4. Tom Hanks - The Post
5. James Franco - The Disaster Artist
6. Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Best Actress
1. Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
2. Francis McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
4. Meryl Streep - The Post (Near-Locked Nom, but no chance of winning.)
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5. Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
6. Jessica Chastain - Molly’s Game
7. Vicky Krieps - Phantom Thread
8. Judi Dench - Victoria and Abdul
Best Supporting Actor
1. Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project (I guess?)
2. Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Michael Stuhlbarg - Call Me By Your Name
4. Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
5. Armie Hammer - Call Me By Your Name
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6. Bob Odenkirk - The Post
7. Ben Mendelsohn - Darkest Hour
8. Christopher Plummer - All The Money In The World
9. Michael Shannon - The Shape of Water
Best Supporting Actress
1. Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
2. Allison Janney - I, Tonya
3. Holly Hunter - The Big Sick
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4. Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
5. Hong Chau - Downsizing
6. Tiffany Haddish - Girls Trip
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7. Mary J. Blige - Mudbound ("NETFLIX STIGMA")
Best Director
1. Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
2. Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
3. Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
4. Luca Guadagnino - Call Me By Your Name
5. Steven Spielberg - The Post
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6. Martin McDonaugh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
7. Jordan Peele - Get Out
Best Original Screenplay
1. Greta Gerwig - Ladybird
2. Martin McDonaugh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Jordan Peele - Get Out
4. Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread
5. Liz Hannah, Josh Singer - The Post
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6. Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor - The Shape of Water
Best Adapted Screenplay
1. James Ivory - Call Me By Your Name
2. Michael H. Weber, Scott Neustadter - The Disaster Artist
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3. Anthony McCarten - Darkest Hour
4. Virgil Williams, Dee Rees - Mudbound (COULD AVOID "NETFLIX STIGMA")
5. Aaron Sorkin - Molly’s Game
6. Stephen Chbosky, Steve Conrad, Jack Thorne - Wonder
7. Richard Linklater - Last Flag Flying
8. John Pollono - Stronger
Best Picture
1. Lady Bird
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Call Me By Your Name
4. Get Out
5. The Shape of Water
6. Dunkirk
7. The Post
8. I, Tonya
9. Darkest Hour
Best Actor
1. Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
2. Timothée Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
3. Daniel Day Lewis - Phantom Thread
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4. Tom Hanks - The Post
5. James Franco - The Disaster Artist
6. Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Best Actress
1. Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
2. Francis McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
4. Meryl Streep - The Post (Near-Locked Nom, but no chance of winning.)
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5. Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
6. Jessica Chastain - Molly’s Game
7. Vicky Krieps - Phantom Thread
8. Judi Dench - Victoria and Abdul
Best Supporting Actor
1. Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project (I guess?)
2. Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Michael Stuhlbarg - Call Me By Your Name
4. Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
5. Armie Hammer - Call Me By Your Name
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6. Bob Odenkirk - The Post
7. Ben Mendelsohn - Darkest Hour
8. Christopher Plummer - All The Money In The World
9. Michael Shannon - The Shape of Water
Best Supporting Actress
1. Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
2. Allison Janney - I, Tonya
3. Holly Hunter - The Big Sick
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4. Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
5. Hong Chau - Downsizing
6. Tiffany Haddish - Girls Trip
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7. Mary J. Blige - Mudbound ("NETFLIX STIGMA")
Best Director
1. Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
2. Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
3. Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
4. Luca Guadagnino - Call Me By Your Name
5. Steven Spielberg - The Post
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6. Martin McDonaugh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
7. Jordan Peele - Get Out
Best Original Screenplay
1. Greta Gerwig - Ladybird
2. Martin McDonaugh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Jordan Peele - Get Out
4. Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread
5. Liz Hannah, Josh Singer - The Post
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6. Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor - The Shape of Water
Best Adapted Screenplay
1. James Ivory - Call Me By Your Name
2. Michael H. Weber, Scott Neustadter - The Disaster Artist
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3. Anthony McCarten - Darkest Hour
4. Virgil Williams, Dee Rees - Mudbound (COULD AVOID "NETFLIX STIGMA")
5. Aaron Sorkin - Molly’s Game
6. Stephen Chbosky, Steve Conrad, Jack Thorne - Wonder
7. Richard Linklater - Last Flag Flying
8. John Pollono - Stronger
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I don't know the details, but, due to the massive differences in intensity of competition between Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay, I was wondering if any of the likely Best Picture nominees thought of as being Original would finagle their way into adapted a la Whiplash and Moonlight.The Original BJ wrote:I genuinely don’t see a scenario where Call Me By Your Name loses Adapted Screenplay.
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Excellent question, and I don't know the answer. I tended to think of it as a big rubber suit, but the make-up branch may view it otherwise.Sabin wrote: So...here's my question. If the creature in 'The Shape of Water' is a makeup creation, then wouldn't it give 'Darkest Hour' a run for its money?
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Unless of course 'Mudbound' sneaks in. The industry seems very enamored with Dee Rees right now.Mister Tee wrote
That was my immediate reaction as well; it's more than likely Call Me by Your Name will be the only best picture nominee on that side of the ledger, which almost ensures a win.
'Dunkirk' has a shot.Mister Tee wrote
Score: Shape of Water and Phantom Thread are both huge candidates; maybe something else has a chance as well.
'Dunkirk' would have my vote for worst sound mixing and editing of the year, easily. But after 'Gravity' won for Sound Editing, I'm convinced voters just go for what they think is the best mixing and editing of the year. Haven't seen 'The Shape of Water' so I can't say how good the sound work is.Mister Tee wrote
Sound/sound editing: These could go to Dunkirk -- especially sound editing -- but Shape of Water isn't out of the question.
So...here's my question. If the creature in 'The Shape of Water' is a makeup creation, then wouldn't it give 'Darkest Hour' a run for its money?Mister Tee wrote
Make-up: People have been saying Darkest Hour forever, but now Wonder offers competition. And, of course, the branch voters could omit both and make the choice among films no one's seen.
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That was my immediate reaction as well; it's more than likely Call Me by Your Name will be the only best picture nominee on that side of the ledger, which almost ensures a win.The Original BJ wrote:I genuinely don’t see a scenario where Call Me By Your Name loses Adapted Screenplay.Greg wrote:So far, the only category I can think of that has a true front runner is Animated Feature with Coco. Can anyone think of any other?
I'd also argue Dunkirk for editing is pretty close to locked in, unless we get a repeat of the Inception omission.
But Greg's overall point is well-taken: most years, we have categories that seem nailed down or at least damn close by this point. It's possible, of course, that some categories will have the suspense taken out of them by the TV rounds, but that's different from the past -- when people like J.K. Simmons or Cate Blanchett won, it confirmed what we'd already intuited; this year, a TV round sweep would create consensus, not ratify it.
Just to be specific about what competition we're looking at:
Picture: I have no clue what'll win. Could be up to half a dozen different films.
Actor: the closest to a front-runner with Oldman, but only because the field is so thin and his main competition is so young. He NEEDS to sweep TV to become a sure thing.
Actress: Could be any of Hawkins, Ronan, McDormand -- I think less likely Streep, but some disagree.
Supporting actor: Could be turned into a runaway if Dafoe continues this unlikely run. I still think it's more apt to become at least a three-way race with Stuhlbarg and Rockwell.
Supporting actress: Janney or Metcalf. Could stay that way to the end.
Director: Till we know which five survive the cut, there's no point speculating. Nolan could be anywhere from our winner to our Affleck-like omittee. del Toro is strong. And Spielberg could take off.
Original screenplay: Three Billboards...or Lady Bird...or Get Out...or The Post...or...
Cinematography: Blade Runner, Shape of Water and Dunkirk all have solid claims.
Production design: I never thought anything could make me doubt Blade Runner, but Shape of Water is wow.
Costume design: People are talking up Phantom Thread, but it remains to be seen how well-received that'll be overall. Maybe something more traditional: Beauty and the Beast, Victoria & Abdul.
Sound/sound editing: These could go to Dunkirk -- especially sound editing -- but Shape of Water isn't out of the question.
Score: Shape of Water and Phantom Thread are both huge candidates; maybe something else has a chance as well.
Visual effects: As I said elsewhere, I think Blade Runner is tops, but box office anemia might get in its way (which would be in the tradition of the original).
Make-up: People have been saying Darkest Hour forever, but now Wonder offers competition. And, of course, the branch voters could omit both and make the choice among films no one's seen.
Song: We have no idea what they'll nominate, but right now Remember Me and the song from Call Me by Your Name both seem potent contenders.
Docs, shorts, foreign film are always wide open.
This is, so far, a blessedly murky year -- something we US folk deserve, in this time of national morass. Let us be gloriously distracted for months by this!
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I don't know about Beauty and the Beast. I think Phantom Thread could conceivably win that one.OscarGuy wrote:Beauty and the Beast's costume design. Possibly even BPM in Foreign Language FIlm.
I don't think there's a Foreign Language front-runner yet. I found BPM to be good but not great.
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I genuinely don’t see a scenario where Call Me By Your Name loses Adapted Screenplay.Greg wrote:So far, the only category I can think of that has a true front runner is Animated Feature with Coco. Can anyone think of any other?
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Beauty and the Beast's costume design. Maybe Call Me By You Name in Adapted Screenplay. Possibly even BPM in Foreign Language FIlm.
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So far, the only category I can think of that has a true front runner is Animated Feature with Coco. Can anyone think of any other?