[OFF TOPIC] Movies & TV Series Thread

[dcro 10,210]

The Favorite on the road to get 0/10...

 

Too many Oscars for Bohemian Rhapsody and Black Panther.

[Olympian1010 7,955]

Big upsets as Roma loses best picture and Close loses best actress. I’m really sad that BlackkKlansman didn’t do well. Happy for Bao too. Really wanted Dentainment to win and cause controversy, but...oh well. I’m really curious to see Capernaum now too (even though it didn’t win).

[Vojthas 949]

Only one for "The Favorite" (the least expected for me), no Oscar for monarchist films for make-up/costumes, and a loss 0:3 in a match between "Cold War" and "Roma". Not the best night for me.

[vinipereira 3,239]

4 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Big upsets as Roma loses best picture and Close loses best actress. I’m really sad that BlackkKlansman didn’t do well. Happy for Bao too. Really wanted Dentainment to win and cause controversy, but...oh well. I’m really curious to see Capernaum now too (even though it didn’t win).

 

Roma losing wasn't an upset. As I said earlier, I was almost sure they would reward a more popular movie than Roma.

 

[vinipereira 3,239]

11 hours ago, vinipereira said:

 

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Best Picture

WILL WIN: Roma

COULD WIN: Green Book or Black Panther

SHOULD WIN: 1. Roma; 2. The Favourite; 3. BlacKkKlansman; 4. A Star is Born; 5. Black Panther; 6. Green Book; 7. Vice; 8. Bohemian Rhapsody.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (actually this year only Roma and The Favourite would be in my top 10)

 

 

Directing

WILL WIN: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

COULD WIN: Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman

SHOULD WIN: 1. Alfonso Cuarón, Roma; 2. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite; 3. Pawel Pawlokowski, Cold War; 4. Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman; 5. Adam McKay, Vice.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Paul Schrader, First Reformed

 

 

Actor in a Leading Role

WILL WIN: Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

COULD WIN: Christian Bale, Vice

SHOULD WIN: 1. Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born; 2. Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate; 3. Christian Bale, Vice; 4. Viggo Mortensen, Green Book; 5. Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed

 

 

Actress in a Leading Role

WILL WIN: Glenn Close, The Wife

COULD WIN: Olivia Colman, The Favourite

SHOULD WIN: 1. Olivia Colman, The Favourite; 2. Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?; 3. Glenn Close, The Wife; 4. Yalitza Aparicio, Roma; 5. Lady Gaga, A Star is Born.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Toni Collette, Hereditary

 

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

WILL WIN: Mahershala Ali, Green Book

COULD WIN: Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

SHOULD WIN: 1. Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?; 2. Sam Elliott, A Star is Born; 3. Mahershala Ali, Green Book; 4. Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman; 5. Sam Rockwell, Vice.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Alex Wolff, Hereditary

 

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

WILL WIN: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

COULD WIN: Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

SHOULD WIN: 1. Rachel Weisz, The Favourite; 2. Marina de Tavira, Roma; 3. Emma Stone, The Favourite; 4. Amy Adams, Vice. Not watched: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Claire Foy, First Man

 

 

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

WILL WIN: BlacKkKlansman

COULD WIN: Can You Ever Forgie Me?

SHOULD WIN: 1. Can You Ever Forgive Me?; 2. BlacKkKlansman; 3. A Star is Born; 4. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Not watched: If Beale Street Could Talk.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Widows

 

 

Writing (Original Screenplay)

WILL WIN: The Favourite

COULD WIN: Green Book

SHOULD WIN: 1. First Reformed; 2. The Favourite; 3. Roma; 4. Vice; 5. Green Book.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Eighth Grade

 

 

Animated Feature Film

WILL WIN: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

COULD WIN: Incredibles 2

SHOULD WIN: 1. Isle of Dogs; 2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; 3. Mirai; 4. Incredibles 2; 5. Ralph Breaks the Internet.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: didn't watch any other good animations aside from these

 

 

Documentary Feature

WILL WIN: Free Solo

COULD WIN: RBG

SHOULD WIN: 1. Minding the Gap; 2. Free Solo; 3. Of Fathers and Sons; 4. RBG; 5. Hale County This Morning, This Evening.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: McQueen (which wasn't in the shortlist, so I pick Won't You Be My Neighbor? from those)

 

 

Foreign Language Film

WILL WIN: Mexico, Roma

COULD WIN: Poland, Cold War

SHOULD WIN: 1. Mexico, Roma; 2. Poland, Cold War; 3. Lebanon, Capernaum; 4. Japan, Shoplifters. Not watched: Germany (Never Look Away).

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: didn't watch any of the other four shortlisted movies but I'm eager to see Burning

 

 

Cinematography

WILL WIN: Roma

COULD WIN: Cold War

SHOULD WIN: 1. Roma; 2. Cold War; 3. The Favourite; 4. A Star is Born. Not watched: Never Look Away.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: First Man

 

 

Film Editing

WILL WIN: Bohemian Rhapsody

COULD WIN: Vice

SHOULD WIN: 1. The Favourite; 2. BlacKkKlansman; 3. Vice; 4. Green Book; 5. Bohemian Rhapsody.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Roma

 

 

Costume Design

WILL WIN: Black Panther

COULD WIN: The Favourite

SHOULD WIN: 1. Black Panther; 2. The Favourite; 3. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs; 4. Mary Queen of Scots. Not watched: Mary Poppins Returns.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Paddington 2

 

 

Production Design

WILL WIN: Black Panther

COULD WIN: The Favourite

SHOULD WIN: 1. Roma; 2. The Favourite; 3. First Man; 4. Black Panther. Not watched: Mary Poppins Returns.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Isle of Dogs

 

 

Makeup and Hairstyling

WILL WIN: Vice

COULD WIN: Mary Queen of Scots

SHOULD WIN: 1. Border; 2. Vice; 3. Mary Queen of Scots.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: The Favourite

 

 

Music (Original Score)

WILL WIN: Black Panther

COULD WIN: If Beale Street Could Talk

SHOULD WIN: 1. Isle of Dogs; 2. Black Panther; 3. BlacKkKlansman. Not watched: If Beale Street Could Talk and Mary Poppins Returns.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: First Man

 

 

Music (Original Song)

WILL WIN: "Shallow", A Star is Born

COULD WIN: "All the Stars", Black Panther

SHOULD WIN: 1. "Shallow", A Star is Born; 2. "All the Stars", Black Panther; 3. "The Place Where Lost Things Go", Mary Poppins Returns; 4. "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings", The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, 5. "I'll Fight", RBG.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: "We Won't Move", The Hate U Give

 

 

Sound Editing

WILL WIN: A Quiet Place

COULD WIN: Bohemian Rhapsody

SHOULD WIN: 1. First Man; 2. Roma; 3. Black Panther; 4. A Quiet Place; 5. Bohemian Rhapsody.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Hereditary

 

 

Sound Mixing

WILL WIN: Bohemian Rhapsody

COULD WIN: Black Panther

SHOULD WIN: 1. Roma; 2. First Man; 3. A Star is Born; 4. Black Panther; 5. Bohemian Rhapsody.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: At Eternity's Gate

 

 

Visual Effects

WILL WIN: First Man

COULD WIN: Avengers: Infinity War

SHOULD WIN: 1. First Man; 2. Ready Player One; 3. Solo: A Star Wars Story; 4. Christopher Robin. Not watched: Avengers: Infinity War.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Isle of Dogs

 

 

Short Film (Animated)

WILL WIN: Bao

COULD WIN: Weekends

SHOULD WIN: 1. Bao; 2. One Small Step; 3. Late Afternoon; 4. Weekends; 5. Animal Behaviour.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Lost & Found

 

 

Short Film (Documentary)

WILL WIN: Period. End of Sentence.

COULD WIN: Black Sheep

SHOULD WIN: 1. Black Sheep; 2. Lifeboat; 3. Period. End of Sentence.; 4. A Night at the Garden; 5. End Game.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes

 

 

Short Film (Live Action)

WILL WIN: Marguerite

COULD WIN: Skin

SHOULD WIN: 1. Marguerite; 2. Mother (Madre); 3. Fauve; 4. Skin; 5. Detainment.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Chuchotage (Susotázs)

 

 

Btw, edited my predictions with the winners. 19/24 correct guesses, which is my best result in years, but AGAIN picked the wrong Best Picture (I suspect it was a toss-up between those two). Of the 5 wrong predictions, my alternate prediction was the winner.

 

Overall, a night with some good awards but I can't really get into Bohemian Rhapsody winning FOUR oscars, more than any other movie. That movie was pretty lame. Sad for Close but Colman had the best performance + the speech was great + it was the only surprise of the night (in a ceremony which I hoped for much more unexpected results).

 

[LDOG 2,418]

It was easy to predict best picture. No way a foreign language film would win it. 

[vinipereira 3,239]

2 minutes ago, LDOG said:

It was easy to predict best picture. No way a foreign language film would win it. 

 

Well, I think it has more to do with the content than the fact that is foreign. Times have changed a little and something like Life is Beautiful (just naming an extremely popular foreign Best picture contender from the past) could win in a year like this.

 

But yes, that plays a huge difference + it was a Netflix movie and the Academy maybe doesn't want to award one of their productions in the big category. Still, 3 Oscars is something to be proud of.

 

[LDOG 2,418]

hace 5 minutos, vinipereira said:

 

Well, I think it has more to do with the content than the fact that is foreign. Times have changed a little and something like Life is Beautiful (just naming an extremely popular foreign Best picture contender from the past) could win in a year like this.

 

But yes, that plays a huge difference + it was a Netflix movie and the Academy maybe doesn't want to award one of their productions in the big category. Still, 3 Oscars is something to be proud of.

 

 

I think it's not a random circumstance that Iñárritu and Del Toro films won it when they were in english and this one didn't.

[vinipereira 3,239]

6 minutes ago, LDOG said:

 

I think it's not a random circumstance that Iñárritu and Del Toro films won it when they were in english and this one didn't.

 

But those movie were arguably more accessible/popular that their competition (Boyhood/Three Billboards), unlike Roma which was an "artsy" movie in style compared to its close competitors. I'm not saying language hasn't played its part, but I see maybe in the next decade that barrier being broken - or at least I hope so.

 

Anyway, of the last 6 best Director prizes, 5 went to mexicans (2x Cuarón, 2x Inarritu, 1x del Toro). So I guess del Toro wins the next one

 

[Olympian1010 7,955]

Apparently Spike Lee went off after Green Book won Best Picture, caused a real scene off-camera. Poor form