oscars 2018 — Page 2

darthrush said:

DominicCobb said:

yhwx said:

Apparently a woman’s been nominated for cinematography for the first time. What do we think of that?

About time, apparently it was the only category where a woman had never been nominated.

I’m very happy for the nomination as well. I must admit that I am still rooting for Deakins to take home the win. I just feel he finally deserves one and I think the cinematography in 2049 is impeccable.

Yeah I think he’s deserved one for quite a while. His work on BR2049 is impressive as always but I think Hoyte van Hoytema’s Dunkirk is some of the finest cinematography I’ve seen in a long time.

darthrush said:

DominicCobb said:

darthrush said:

DominicCobb said:

Starting back in around 2009 or 2010 I had the goal to one day see all the Best Picture nominees before the awards ceremony. I finally managed this for the 2013 awards in 2014. From there my goal became to see all the Best Picture nominees before the nominations were even announced. I came really close (one off) a couple years ago, and last year I managed it easily.

This year, not only have I easily managed that, but I’ve almost managed to see every single major awards contender before the nominations (missed out on Roman J. Israel and Molly’s Game, wanted to see the former but it past me by, been trying to see the latter the past couple weeks and came very close to last night). I guess this will be my new goal next year.

However what’s pretty funny that I’m just realizing is that I’ve almost already seen every movie in every category. Not counting original song, which is a bullshit category, the only other film I haven’t seen is Victoria and Abdul (and even if you count song there are only two more).

Less impressive is animated, where I’ve only seen one, and my showing in foreign and documentary is pathetic as I’ve seen none (as for shorts it’s essentially impossible to see most beforehand).

Anyway, what’s the verdict, should I watch more movies, or less movies?

I tried to pull off this as well and came relatively close. What were some of your favorites? For me I thought that A Ghost Story went really under the radar.

A Ghost Story was very good, very small film that came and went from theaters in flash but it’s on Amazon Prime now so hopefully more people will see it.

My top ten this year:

1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2. Dunkirk
3. Phantom Thread
4. The Post
5. Baby Driver
6. Blade Runner 2049
7. Get Out
8. The Disaster Artist
9. War For the Planet of the Apes
10. Lady Bird

Interesting that Three Billboards and Shape of Water are left out of here? I wasn’t the biggest fan of Shape of Water but overall really enjoyed Three Billboards. The writing felt a bit sloppier than some would say but it was pretty satisfying for me.

I think I put Three Billboards and Shape of Water at 12 and 13, respectively (with Call Me by Your Name at 11). I thought both were really very good but a bit on the overhyped side (for very different reasons).

DominicCobb said:

My top ten this year:

1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2. Dunkirk
3. Phantom Thread
4. The Post
5. Boss Baby Driver
6. Blade Runner 2049
7. Get Out
8. The Disaster Artist
9. War For the Planet of the Apes
10. Lady Bird

Reported due to #5.

yhwx said:

Apparently a woman’s been nominated for cinematography for the first time. What do we think of that?

I wonder if it’s because no one would nominate a woman or if no one would hire a woman, or both.

Hugh Jackman for logan and James Mcavoy for split both should have been nominated for best actor.

For supporting Actors Patrick Stewart deserve a nomination for supporting actors.

SilverWook said:

Once again, the Oscars are a joke. Wish I could cobble up a fake statuette and somehow get it to Mark. I used to have a fake Oscar, but loaned it out to a local comic shop where it subsequently disappeared.

Agreed. Lucas should’ve won Best Director in 1978, and imo Hamill at least deserved a nomination for this one.

TV’s Frink said:

DominicCobb said:

My top ten this year:

1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2. Dunkirk
3. Phantom Thread
4. The Post
5. Boss Baby Driver
6. Blade Runner 2049
7. Get Out
8. The Disaster Artist
9. War For the Planet of the Apes
10. Lady Bird

Reported due to #5.

But it got nominated!

TV’s Frink said:

yhwx said:

Apparently a woman’s been nominated for cinematography for the first time. What do we think of that?

I wonder if it’s because no one would nominate a woman or if no one would hire a woman, or both.

More so the second one. I don’t think anyone is actively not nominating women, although there are some perennial male nominees that always end up in that category and take up slots.

ray_afraid said:

I hope Kong wins best effects. Won’t be surprised if it doesn’t, but it deserves it.
I dunno if I could care any less about the rest.

I can’t agree when Planet of the Apes is right there.

DominicCobb said:

ray_afraid said:

I hope Kong wins best effects. Won’t be surprised if it doesn’t, but it deserves it.
I dunno if I could care any less about the rest.

I can’t agree when Planet of the Apes is right there.

This.

ray_afraid said:

Meh. I think everything in Kong looked better than Apes.

That’s a hard “ya crazy” from me.

ray_afraid said:

Meh. I think everything in Kong looked better than Apes.

some parts of Kong absolutely.