HIGH DEF JEFF
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This..along with everyone's Chazelle boner. People are going to talk about this guy they way they talk about PT Anderson. So his movies will be brought up. And he deserves it..guy is a great movie maker.
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2017 Oscar Nominations
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This..along with everyone's Chazelle boner. People are going to talk about this guy they way they talk about PT Anderson. So his movies will be brought up. And he deserves it..guy is a great movie maker.
ScaryShark
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Oh you don't have to tell me that, I just wanted to include it when people are shouting out other great films of last year.
Haloid1177
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Nah if you looked at the buzz around the movie it was clear Shannon was the only part that stood a chance. That's why the Globe win was so weird to me since he wasn't even the most acclaimed supporting actor in the film.
Why would there be?
This seems crazy to me. Don't get me wrong it's a fun film, but so is Storks. I'd rather re-watch Storks.
The script, acting, and cinematography are all among the best this year. Specifically the Bridges and Foster performances. The score is, in my opinion, the best of the year. I don't think it's going to win, but it definitely deserves a nod (so do a few other films that were snubbed though so).
A well filmed and acted neo-western is the perfect way to forget the mediocre Magnificent Seven remake and an under-utilized genre, probably helped.
ReplacementPelican
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Yeah, my main issue is I've seen most of the films that seem to be killing the nominations but haven't seen enough of the others to make judgement. I've been trying to get all of my movie-loving friends to watch it but haven't been able to get too much interest other than 'Sam Neill? Awesome' or 'the director that's making Thor?'
Didn't realise Neogaf had Whips. I'll be sure to do so.
Amy Adams doesn't need another nomination in a year where she has no shot of winning.
Zootopia is a better movie than Kubo. And I like Kubo.
UberTag
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I was ragging on La La Land back in September... but that's largely because I could see this outcome coming from a mile away.
ratcliffja
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Ah I haven't seen that one and didn't know he was in it. That makes more sense.
Jeffolation
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Wholeheartedly agree.
Hoping Manchester, Hell or High Water and Arrival get some love this year.
Diprosalic
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that's true of 99.9% of all movies.
there are only very few special movies that people still talk about in years to come.
if Kubo was a CGI movie nobody would care. real talk.
its strength is its looks, everything else is mediocre.
Isnt Emma Stone the favorite fto win best actress?
ScaryShark
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I think it might be Portman.
I can see it winning Best Actress, I think stone Seals it from her "Audition" Song that she sings at the end.
I think it wins Best Song, Cinematography (I mean look at some of this shit they pull off: https://davechen.net/2017/01/insane-camera-steadicam-moves-la-la-land/) Best Director, Score, and BP.
The reason why I think it wins BP, is because it's a movie about Hollywood, and It's re-launching the "movie-musical" genre more than any Disney movie could.
twinturbo2
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Both. And people are having the biggest meltdown over it.
Vulcano's assistant
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So those Joker tats got a nomination eh?
Honestly my guess would be Portman or Huppert
Huppert was the best performance last year, hands down. But the Oscars loves biopics so Portman will probably get it
It's likely going to Stone but both Portman and Huppert have won far more awards so far. Portman (and Huppert) is hurt because her movie was too daring for the Academy and already having an Oscar makes them more likely to want to spread the wealth and Emma Stone is a loved actress in a loved film.
Agreed, although I think Stone has the best chance.
GlamFM
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Emma tho.
OG Shaka Zulu
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That Best Documentary list is way overpowered.
Gunslinger
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So la la land about to beat titanic and return of the king? For those who seen it is it really better than these two?
Famous rich white people love it when people make movies about them.
DeathoftheEndless
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TheExhaustedWalrus
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I don't care for Titanic but in no way will it beat RoTK. That movie is masterful and deserved all its wins.
I say La La Land wins around 7.
HIGH DEF JEFF
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Huh?
Spotlight - 2016
12 Years a Slave - 2014
Try again with that shit.
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I will leave my post but I definitely misread what Blader said.
And omgkitty..fuck off. Those evil white people.
Mortimer Brewster
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Yeah and it's a shame. Portman is good but that performance and the movie itself is the worst kind of mediocre oscarbait but she probably will pull it out due to voter bias. In a just world, Huppert would run away with it but I don't see the Academy giving the one of the most prestigious awards to a Verhoeven film. Stone was great to so I would be cool with her winning but again I feel La La La Land will be that movie that should sweep the awards but will end up being shut out of the major categories in favor of the blatant oscar bait films.
Moana goes trough all the predictable motions of a modern animated feature, beat for beat, the obligated frenzic ADHD-action scene with some humor in it to keep kids attention included (It's fun you think Kubo is inconsistant, when Moana has a freakin scene OUT OF NOWHERE with some pirate coconuts). It shows a lack of confidence in your audience and your story to include set pieces for the sake of it.
That's why Moanas story feels very fragmentaric. It also puts the most interesting character arc in it's supporting character, while the main characters journey is pretty bland (achieving her dramatic need at freaking plot point 1).
It's nice to look at, sure. And the music is catchy. But I was bored half the time (fun thing is, it's usually the set pieces they include to keep kids from getting bored, that make the movie drag. Zootopia has the same problem in its first half).
All that while Kubo at least moved me on an emotional level too. Moana is one of the weaker second renaissance Disney's imo.
But the GOAT animated feature of 2016 is My Life as a Zucchini. Brave, touching and beautifully animated. It also doesn't need action set pieces or silly humor to keep the attention of the kids, it has a beautiful, confident story to do so.
It's a pretty strong showing in the animated category this year, and still it has one clear deserved winner (that will never win)
I'd give La La Land a sold 8 wins.
I think it wins all the big ones (minus Screenplay, and Best Actor)
Jackie wasn't Oscar bait at all. The subject matter might be but there is a reason AMPAS didn't go ham for it. It's a unique film, very unconventional for a biopic. Pablo Larraín did a great job.
pretty much.
With my luck, no way.
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Future PhaZe
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I can't remember a single song from La La Land lol. Loved the movie but I'm not sure how to parse credit for the musical elements. Loved the piano stuff but beyond that idk
You didn't think LLL was one of those?
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
Silence of the Lambs
Has oscar bait lost all meaning?
Like, can people make a good movie about showbiz without it being called oscar bait at this point?
Haloid1177
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If you consider Silence of the Lambs a horror film then that. If not then I think you gotta go all the way back to Exorcist.
Lights and Waves
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FUCK YES! LA LA LAND! That film is a masterpiece, it deserves to sweep.
I see the internet is quickly deciding that disliking the film is now the cool thing to do!
I see the internet is quickly deciding that disliking the film is now the cool thing to do!
La La Land's max win total is basically 12. It competes against itself in best song, and Gosling has zero chance of winning.
So one more loss in one of the more technical categories, and you have a tie with Titanic/Ben Hur/Return of the King, even if you figure Emma Stone for best actress.
So one more loss in one of the more technical categories, and you have a tie with Titanic/Ben Hur/Return of the King, even if you figure Emma Stone for best actress.
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