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[Random Human]

I could maaaaybe see Stewart getting a nomination.

 

[broncobuster]

I think Fox should push Jackman & Stewart .

Fox should, along with Andy Serkis for Planet if the Apes.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

I think Fox should push Jackman & Stewart .

Id get behind this. Especially Stewart for supporting.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

If Suicide Squad could get an Oscar, I really can't say Wonder Woman couldn't/shouldn't

Best Picture's absolutely out of the question though in my opinion, as much as I loved it

I'd get behind Stewart getting Supporting

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I wonder which Marvel movie is gonna get the Visual Effects Oscar push. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is my guess.

 

[Toa TAK]

Apes should get the visual effects Oscar.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Apes should get the visual effects Oscar.

Oh, absolutely. That shit is nuts.

Edit: Baby Driver could be nominated for Best Editing. I haven't actually seen it yet but I'm going off it being an Edgar Wright film that's edited to the soundtrack.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I could maaaaybe see Stewart getting a nomination.

I didn't say Jackman should get it, but Fox should push him. Stewart especially, though.

(although can you imagine Stewart winning an award in the same year he played "Poo" in the Emoji movie?)

 

[Random Human]

I didn't say Jackman should get it, but Fox should push him. Stewart especially, though.

(although can you imagine Stewart winning an award in the same year he played "Poo" in the Emoji movie?)

2017, man.

 

[broncobuster]

GOTG2 will probably get nominated for make up/hair again.

 

[Random Human]

Thor 3 will get some nominations. #believe

 

[Phamit]

My guess is Guardians is going to be pushed for Make Up and Visual effects

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

GOTG2 will probably get nominated for make up/hair again.

That category is just weird. Some straight up brilliant stuff loses to something kinda mundane. Didn't The Hobbit lose to Les Miserables?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Oh, absolutely. That shit is nuts.

Edit: Baby Driver could be nominated for Best Editing. I haven't actually seen it yet but I'm going off it being an Edgar Wright film that's edited to the soundtrack.

Baby Driver should get that nom, absolutely.

(Scott Pilgrim should have won the best editing award for like, 3 straight years)

 

[Prompto]

Any chance Get Out gets nominated for Best Picture?

 

[Schlorgan]

Apes should get the visual effects Oscar.

It'll be like Star Trek Beyond where it gets nominated but loses to The Emoji Movie.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Any chance Get Out gets nominated for Best Picture?

There needs to be a push there.

I can see the Academy getting Peele in there for Best Director but not giving his movie the BP nod.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I think Get Out will definitely get a push of some kind. For Best Picture or, as Bobby said, Best Director. Maybe screenplay?

 

[Random Human]

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[DecoReturns]

DC vs Marvel at the Oscars again. Whoever wins, we lose.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I could also possibly see Get Out get a screenplay nom, but yeah it'll depend on the push.

Yeah, screenplay is the ultimate bone throw for a movie that should get BP but voters are just too prissy to break the unwritten genre laws about what can and can't be rewarded.

 

[Toa TAK]

If Get Out doesn't get anything I'm going to be bummed.

 

[kswiston]

There needs to be a push there.

I can see the Academy getting Peele in there for Best Director but not giving his movie the BP nod.

They have up to 10 slots for BP and only 5 for Best Director, so I think that it is unlikely to see that scenario now.

EDIT: I looked, and it does look like Foxcatcher received a Best Director nod without a best picture nod in 2014. That's the only exception since they upped the number of BP nominations.

 

[J_Viper]

Apes better win Best Visuals

I can't wait to see what Serkis does with Jungle Book.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

We still got 5 months for the more Oscar-friendly movies to release (and I have no idea what they are) so it's kinda up in the air right now.

 

[broncobuster]

Apes better win Best Visuals

I can't wait to see what Serkis does with Jungle Book.

Supposedly the new title for it is "Mowgli: Tales From the Jungle Book"

 

[Obliterator]

I would think Nolan is a shoe in for a best director nomination for Dunkirk right?

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Serkis should get something for Apes

 

[kswiston]

I highly doubt that Apes wins best visual effects.

 

[J_Viper]

We still got 5 months for the more Oscar-friendly movies to release (and I have no idea what they are) so it's kinda up in the air right now.

I can see Nut Job 2 getting a Best Picture nod

Supposedly the new title for it is "Mowgli: Tales From the Jungle Book"

Serkis no wtf are you doing bro

 

[Toa TAK]

I highly doubt that Apes wins best visual effects.

WHY

 

[Sweeney Tom]

I highly doubt that Apes wins best visual effects.

*inhales*

*very Andy Serkishly* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[DecoReturns]

Couldn't Dunkirk get a Visual Effects nod?

the criteria has always been kinda of strange to me

 

[kswiston]

WHY

The first two films lost to Interstellar and Hugo. The Jungle Book was the first conventional CGI blockbuster to win since Avatar. Ex Machina beat The Force Awakens.

I wouldn't be that surprised to see Dunkirk picked.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Couldn't Dunkirk get a Visual Effects nod?

the criteria has always been kinda of strange to me

Can you tell if it is visual effects? If not, odds are it did a damn good job. It doesn't always have to be super showy CGI. It could be something so seamless you never really see it.

 

[Prompto]

I can see Andy Serkis getting nominated for that movie he's directing but not for Apes.

 

[Toa TAK]

The first two films lost to Interstellar and Hugo. The Jungle Book was the first conventional CGI blockbuster to win since Avatar. Ex Machina beat The Force Awakens.

I wouldn't be that surprised to see Dunkirk picked.

The Oscars are a sham.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I can see Nut Job 2 getting a Best Picture nod

Will Arnett nominated for Best Actor

 

[Bobby Roberts]

The VFX award has, basically since The Matrix, gone to the film that does something new, not necessarily to the house that put in the best VFX work overall.

It used to be the award was given to a film that did fantastical things, but hid the seams really, really well.

Now it's basically a matter of just putting something nuts on a screen that isn't exactly like the 1500 other nuts things you saw all year long.

So when The Force Awakens blends practical and computer generated visuals as well as it does, it doesn't really get a clean shot because everyone's more or less inured to what a Star Wars is supposed to look like. Same with a Jurassic World. Doesn't matter how well the VFX in those films was actually done. Ex Machina put Alicia Vikander's face on a robot body in an interesting way.

So it wins.

I mean, Spielberg basically did the exact same shit a decade previous on A.I., but I think everyone forgot about that movie for the most part (except for the bear).

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Ex Machina's work was impressive for the budget they did it on. That might have played into it some.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Probably did.

(it's fucking great work, too. I'm not like, mad it beat JW or TFA or anything. But it's a good example of how VFX awards are handed out by the voters at large as opposed to what might get rewarded if it were just the VFX industry - although who knows. Might be the VFX industry rewarded Ex Machina just as much. I should look that up)

 

[Toa TAK]

Damn, I keep forgetting about Ex-Machina.

So Apes,

For as good as that trilogy is

Gets nothing

😔🔫

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

2015 was also a crazy as hell year for the category, with 3 of the nominees also getting a BP nod.

I've always figured the other noms cannibalized each other, letting Ex Machina get the win.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

Dunkirk is gonna go full Mad Max. Nominations:

Picture
Director
Supporting actor (Rylance)
Cinematography*
Editing*
Sound design*
Sound editing*
OST
VFX

*wins

Tales from my ass.

 

[kswiston]

I forgot that Ex Machina beat Mad Max too. That was the crazier upset.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Ex Machina deserved to win, so I couldn't be upset about that

 

[nhlducks35]

Visual effects go far beyond just CGI, two of Nolan's films (Inception and Interstellar) used a lot of practical effects as well in combination with CGI.

As for now, I can guarantee that Dunkirk, Planet of the Apes, and Blade Runner will be the top runners for the Oscar

 

[BronsonLee]

Oh we're talking about Ex Machina? Oh ok well I'm honor bound to post this

COME ON, CALEB

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Editing is a tough thing to call because you really don't know what they were working with.
However, I feel like editing is Baby Driver's award to lose right now. If it gets anything, it should be that.

 

[Random Human]

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