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[massivekettle]

It's okay to be wrong

Spotlight average review 8.9 >>> Mad Max 8.6

 

[jett]

Spotlight is some of the blandest, dullest shit that has ever won Best Picture Oscar.

 

[daxter01]

How the fuck Mad Max didn't win best Director? Jesus

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Gonna highlight what I got wrong (I didn't do predictions for all categories):

Best Picture
"Spotlight"

Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "The Revenant"

Best Actor
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"

Best Actress
Brie Larson, "Room"

Best Supporting Actor
Sylvester Stallone, "Creed"

Best Supporting Actress
Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl"

Best Original Screenplay
"Bridge of Spies"

Best Adapted Screenplay
"The Big Short"

Best Foreign Film
"Son of Saul"

Best Documentary Feature
"Amy"

Best Animated Feature
"Inside Out"

Best Film Editing
"Mad Max: Fury Road"

Best Original Score
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"

Best Visual Effects
"Mad Max: Fury Road" – Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams, and Tom Wood

Best Cinematography
"The Revenant"

Best Costume Design
"Cinderella"

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
"Mad Max: Fury Road"

Best Production Design
"Mad Max: Fury Road"

Best Sound Editing
"Mad Max: Fury Road"

Best Sound Mixing
"Mad Max: Fury Road"

Best Short Film, Animated
"World of Tomorrow"

 

[Kindekuma]

THE DIVINE BLESSING HAS CHANGED HANDS

 

[TheXbox]

This just came to me, but how did Idris Elba NOT get nominated for his role in Beasts of no nation? Or for that matter, Michael B. Jordan for Creed? The conspiracy theorist in me says they snubbed The Wire back in the day, and the snubbing will continue forever more by proxy through the actors of that show.

Elba's accent was kinda wack. Attah outperformed him, and he deserved some recognition.

 

[Ridley327]

Is The Room basically a sci-fi psychological drama? Didn't know anything about it until tonight.

Nothing like that at all.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

I still ship Leo and Kate. Maybe one day he'll realize he done fucked up and correct that mistake.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Over under on how many Victoria Secret models Leo wakes up to? I mean compared to normal that is

All of them.

 

[Lan Dong Mik]

Just rented Spoltight on the xbone for 5.99. Didn't realize movies were so cheap to rent these days online.

 

[Discotheque]

Nope. Spotlight has earned a spot in "Best investigative journalism / exposed scandal" movie recommendations for decades to come. It's a good movie that does what it does with a lot of restraint.

Yeah it's not as good as all the presidents men but it is in the same vein and a good movie no doubt

I'm cool with it. Even if fury road is one of the movies of the decade for me


Now the real travesty is that fucking fraudaritu has more academy awards than scorsese and coppola. Lubezki deserved the award, he did not

 

[Androidsleeps]

Carol didn't win anything...*stares in despair*

 

[Blader]

Spotlight took the SAG award, and it is the largest voting body of the Academy. It was nice to have a three way race this year either way.

Which is why I said it was second in the running

PGA is usually a better predictor than SAG for best pic winners. I think this is the first time in like 10 years where the PGA winner did not also win at the Oscars

 

[TheAutomator]

Spotlight is some of the blandest, dullest shit that has ever won Best Picture Oscar.

You spelled The Revenant wrong.

Spoiler

though it didn't win Best Picture

 

[QuantumZebra]

Spotlight is the highest actually. Nice try though.

On Rotten Tomatoes? No, Mad Max has it beat by 4%

On Metacritic I think they're tie.

 

[UrokeJoe]

I'm going to bed okay.

 

[Salsa]

Is The Room basically a sci-fi psychological drama? Didn't know anything about it until tonight.

its about a very nice guy who likes doggies and buying flowers

 

[nib95]

How can Mad Max win literally every technical award but not best picture?

Technically the movie is incredible, but imo it lacks in other departments like narrative, character development, pacing etc. So actually it does make sense.

 

[Monocle]

Because it literally was not the best picture nominated.

So you're suggesting pure merit tends to be the main factor in a best picture win? Hmm...

 

[FTF]

So your movie didn't win so now Spotlight = Crash? This is nuts.

Yeah people are crazy.

 

[TWrecks310]

Pretty great Oscars IMO, from the awards to Chris Rock.

It wasn't perfect but I can't expect it to be, overall I enjoyed it.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

A shout out to Morgan Freeman, who tore open those Girl Scout cookies, took one, and left the stage immediately.

Sunhi pls

 

[Mestizo]

So your movie didn't wing so now Spotlight = Crash? This is nuts.

Salty gaffer would say the same thing if Revenant won the oscar

 

[zeroOman]

My stream died right before they announced best actor

Me too i was so pissed fuk not in the most important minute of the whole oscar

 

[RowdyReverb]

I can't decide if I want to rewatch Mad Max: Fury Road, or watch Steve Jobs for the first time

 

[Timbuktu]

Spotlight is some of the blandest, dullest shit that has ever won Best Picture Oscar.

It's about as dull as The Wire, I'd say. Still can't believe Scott Templeton directed a Oscar winning film about a newsroom.

 

[Agent Unknown]

Nothing like that at all.

Guess I read a bad/oddly slanted description then, ha.

 

[ckohler]

 

[MIMIC]

Is The Room basically a sci-fi psychological drama? Didn't know anything about it until tonight.

Just a drama. Nothing sci-fi or psychological about it.

 

[KAP151]

This just came to me, but how did Idris Elba NOT get nominated for his role in Beasts of no nation? Or for that matter, Michael B. Jordan for Creed? The conspiracy theorist in me says they snubbed The Wire back in the day, and the snubbing will continue forever more by proxy through the actors of that show.

Creed was a great movie, but Jordan wasnt outstanding in any sense of the word.

 

[Unfriendly TimeTraveler]

Sad fury road didn't win for film and Miller or director. But overall the film brought home 5 awards and was very well deserving of it. felt this was a lot better awards show than the Grammys. Still no matter what fury road was my favorite film or the year and maybe one of my favorites of all time. It will ride to the gates of Valhalla, shiney and chrome.

Edit: yeah beast of no nation got nothing and that was the most upsetting thing out of everything. Also just got noted fury road got 6 (thank you) so all and all a goodnight.

 

[Jonm1010]

Because it literally was not the best picture nominated.

Pure merit has never driven the oscars. Had it, Mad Max would of won, so yeah.

 

[Ithil]

Sad fury road didn't win for film and Miller or director. But overall the film brought home 5 awards and was very well deserving of it. felt this was a lot better awards show than the Grammys. Still no matter what fury road was my favorite film or the year and maybe one of my favorites of all time. It will ride to the gates of Valhalla, shines and chrome.

Six.

 

[Ridley327]

Guess I read a bad/oddly slanted description then, ha.

There's definitely a lot of psychological elements to it, but there's nothing science-y about it at all, fiction or otherwise.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

I can't decide if I want to rewatch Mad Max: Fury Road, or watch Steve Jobs for the first time

I myself loved Steve Jobs. Fassbender was incredible

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Which is why I said it was second in the running

PGA is usually a better predictor than SAG for best pic winners. I think this is the first time in like 10 years where the PGA winner did not also win at the Oscars

Sorry, my bad if I misread your original post.
And yes, this is the first time in 10 or 12 years since the PGA winner was not also the Oscar winner.
And again, it was nice to have the Best Picture winner be a toss up. Kept a bit of suspense at the end.

I think the only upset was Best Supporting Actor.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Damn Brooklyn
;_;

 

[LiK]

Sunhi pls

probably fell asleep

 

[TWrecks310]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that half the people here saying Spotlight is horrible didn't see the movie.

 

[Klocker]

Shocked it beat the Revenant

 

[Dreams-Visions]

I was greatly entertained tonight. Chris was excellent. I hope he's back hosting again soon, under better conditions.

 

[hamchan]

As an Australian though I'll say I'm really proud that an Australian film has received the most awards at this Oscars. This is the most successful Australian film ever. Well done to George Miller and the whole production team.

 

[Agent Unknown]

There's definitely a lot of psychological elements to it, but there's nothing science-y about it at all, fiction or otherwise.

Ah, thanks, I want to see it after tonight.

its about a very nice guy who likes doggies and buying flowers

lol

 

[Blader]

I think the only upset was Best Supporting Actor.

I was indeed very upset about it...

 

[duckroll]

Martian's the big loser of the night.

 

[Clydefrog]

Damn Brooklyn
;_;

it's okay, i'll go console Saoirse

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Nooooooo

 

[Lonely1]

I don't get Iñaritu and The Revenenant hate. I like that film better than Mad Max. Didn't saw the others. Well, i saw the Martian, it was ok.

 

[Nelo Ice]

So forgot this was even on since I was binge watching Young Justice. I caught the opening monologue online and tuned in just in time to see Leo win and best picture. Sounds like I should have tuned in for the whole event.

 

[tearsintherain]

This just came to me, but how did Idris Elba NOT get nominated for his role in Beasts of no nation? Or for that matter, Michael B. Jordan for Creed? The conspiracy theorist in me says they snubbed The Wire back in the day, and the snubbing will continue forever more by proxy through the actors of that show.

Because Beasts of No Nation was a Netflix movie and the movie industry sort of hates Netflix. They released it the same day it came out in theaters, and really it was only a token theater presentation - it showed up in 31 theaters on release day, was gone by the following week, and made only 50k (not a typo, $50,000) in theater sales.

If every movie started releasing simultaneously on Netflix as the theater, theater sales would shrivel up even more and Hollywood would make a lot less money. So there is pretty much zero chance of them throwing any sort of spotlight on any Netflix movie.