knocking a very easy trophy out of Oldman's hands
You are familiar with what wins Oscars, yes? Chalamet didn't have a chance in hell to win this, no matter how much SPC flogged him.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
who's been flogging Chalamet? in what dungeon?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.)
I wasn't even thinking of Chalamet – I had Kaluuya in mind. Until the TV award juggernauts Oldman looked like frontrunner for obv reasons but not a lock, i.e. no real enthusiasm.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
If it were either Chalamet or Kaluuya alone in a category full of Gary Oldmans and Denzel Washingtons -- the actual Adrian Brody scenario set-up -- then yes, maybe they would've had a shot. And even then, Brody was playing a Holocaust survivor, so.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link
and Kaluuya's playing the lead in 2017's favorite mainstream talking point movie.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 17:40 (six years ago) link
it evens out
Ask three people over the age of 50 what they thought of Get Out.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link
I'd argue that Get Out gets knocked out of the best picture race by the second or third pass, tbh.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
It's true, we oldtimers know The Stepford Wives when we see it. (even if we never saw the original)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
Maybe there's just enough reflexive Day-Lewis voters to engineer an upset (who are also closeted gay men who like to get poisoned). Not betting on it though.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 17:46 (six years ago) link
have you seen the fashion choices of Academy members? Not happening.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 17:47 (six years ago) link
Phantom Thread is not going to win anything
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
Maybe Best Score
Nope: https://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/oscar-2018-winner-predictions-costume-design
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
oh right, duh
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 18:03 (six years ago) link
"closeted gay men who like to get poisoned" is one of the less popular craigslist personals sections
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 18:19 (six years ago) link
easier to find your soulmate then
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 18:19 (six years ago) link
he's not gay.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 18:21 (six years ago) link
don't say that to David Ehrenstein!
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 18:27 (six years ago) link
I'm 63. I loved Get Out. Whatever that means.
― banjoboy, Thursday, 22 February 2018 00:10 (six years ago) link
jed, do you know what the exclusive meaning of "confirmed bachelor" was in the mid-20th century?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 February 2018 03:28 (six years ago) link
It meant “hungry boy,” iirc
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Thursday, 22 February 2018 13:20 (six years ago) link
lol
I was finally able to see Lady Bird on its return to a local theater and I'm going to be angry if it gets shut out
I don't need to see this Three Billboards crap to be justifiably angry at it for getting nominations, right?
― mh, Monday, 26 February 2018 22:31 (six years ago) link
it is very bad
― piper at the gates of d'awwww (voodoo chili), Monday, 26 February 2018 22:33 (six years ago) link
I never saw Crash for similar reasons, but is it Crash levels of bad
― mh, Monday, 26 February 2018 22:36 (six years ago) link
not quite, but it nearly reaches crash levels of hamfistedness
― piper at the gates of d'awwww (voodoo chili), Monday, 26 February 2018 22:52 (six years ago) link
There is no such thing as Crash-level badness. Only Crash has ever been that bad.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Monday, 26 February 2018 23:25 (six years ago) link
Three Billboards is its own level of badness.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 February 2018 23:27 (six years ago) link
The CMBYN Talking Heads t shirt having a picture from 1984 despite the film being set in 1983.. i mean come on costume bloke/lady jeez. Maybe i like film too much and i'm just nitpicking but i mean if it was the wrong Bob Dylan photo or some such we'd never hear the last of it.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 00:19 (six years ago) link
you're just nitpicking
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 02:45 (six years ago) link
i love when the anonymous Oscar voters call Dunkirk confusing just to remind us they're in their 70s and watched it on their couch while doing a sudoku— Corey Atad (@CoreyAtad) February 28, 2018
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link
finally getting to watch Dunkirk the way it was intended to be seen pic.twitter.com/vSqGquIMs4— demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) December 20, 2017
― mh, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link
two hilarious tweets, nice
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link
btw Ed G went gonzo at Slant today and picks Metcalf to take supp actress.
Any chance Jerry Lewis wins the obit montage? Didn't check any of the necrologies.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 March 2018 20:35 (six years ago) link
I'm hoping we get a Rylance-type surprise -- anything
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 March 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
I agreed with Ed's feelings on this one. And tomorrow's.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 March 2018 20:56 (six years ago) link
http://theweek.com/articles/756341/why-years-best-picture-race-total-crapshoot
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 March 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
it turns out i'll be watching at my friend's house (with his son who went to HS with Chalamet), so i don't need pool picks.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 March 2018 21:06 (six years ago) link
xp that sums up the problem with awards like the Oscars in a nutshell, along with some of the interviews with anonymous voters I've read: people vote for whatever film they feel is "the type of movie that wins Oscars"
it's almost as bad as the thought process that leads producers to demand things get include in high budget films because they're elements needed in blockbusters
― mh, Thursday, 1 March 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
So, Beatty and Dunaway take two for best picture, eh?
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Friday, 2 March 2018 13:11 (six years ago) link
:o
if so it's gonna be heavily scripted comedy
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 March 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
Slant BP pick strikes me as "wishful." (Kinda like Ed's RussiaRussiaRussia doc feature pick, but I think he's got the mindset right there.)
https://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/oscar-2018-winner-predictions-picture
"politically acute genre miscegenation" zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 March 2018 15:39 (six years ago) link
that's a lot of adjectives to live down
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 March 2018 15:39 (six years ago) link
if Slant's picks prove correct and Get Out were to win ONLY Best Picture, it will be interpreted by many as a supreme act of tokenism.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 March 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
xps go to bed, old man.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Friday, 2 March 2018 15:55 (six years ago) link
And you're damned right it'll be tokenism. Until every category gets the ranked-choice treatment.
what's the fewest Oscars a BP has ever won?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 March 2018 15:56 (six years ago) link
I think Grand Hotel won just the one.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Friday, 2 March 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
Plus The Broadway Melody and Mutiny on the Bounty
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Friday, 2 March 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
In modern times, Spotlight only one two.