Awards season topic

[Steel Sponge]

https://www.grammy.com/nominees

The Grammy nominees have arrived.

I'm fine with most of these choices, but the biggest upset for me is how "Blackstar" was dodged for Album of the Year.

[Katniss]

Here's the Critic's Choice Awards winners from last night, if you're interested:

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BEST ACTION MOVIE
Hacksaw Ridge

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Moonlight

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jane Krakowski – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Louie Anderson – Baskets

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
Arrival

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Elle

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Margot Robbie – Suicide Squad

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Heisserer – Arrival

BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Courtney B. Vance – The People v. O.J. Simpson

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Sarah Paulson – The People v. O.J. Simpson

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Thandie Newton – Westworld

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
John Lithgow – The Crown

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Linus Sandgren – La La Land

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
La La Land

BEST EDITING
Tom Cross – La La Land

BEST SCORE
Justin Hurwitz – La La Land

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Madeline Fontaine – Jackie

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Jackie

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Jungle Book

SPECIAL AWARD: Entertainment Weekly Presents Entertainer of the Year
Ryan Reynolds

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Donald Glover – Atlanta

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Zootopia

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool

SPECIAL AWARD: First Annual #SeeHer Award
Viola Davis

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Sterling K. Brown – The People v. O.J. Simpson

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR
LIMITED SERIES
Regina King – American Crime

BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin – Saturday Night Live

BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Walking Dead

BEST SONG
City of Stars – La La Land

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Damien Chazelle – La La Land (TIE)
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea (TIE)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Viola Davis – Fences

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
The People v. O.J. Simpson

BEST STRUCTURED REALITY SERIES
Shark Tank

BEST UNSTRUCTURED REALITY SERIES
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

BEST REALITY COMPETITION SERIES
The Voice

BEST REALITY SHOW HOST
Anthony Bourdain – Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

BEST TALK SHOW
The Late Late Show with James Corden

BEST ANIMATED SERIES
BoJack Horseman

BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle – La La Land

BEST COMEDY
Deadpool

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Evan Rachel Wood – Westworld

BEST ACTRESS
Natalie Portman – Jackie

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul

BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea

BEST DRAMA SERIES
Game of Thrones

BEST COMEDY SERIES
Silicon Valley

BEST PICTURE
La La Land

 

And the Golden Globes nominees were announced this morning:

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Best Motion Picture, Drama
Moonlight 
Manchester by the Sea 
Lion 
Hacksaw Ridge 
Hell or High Water

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
La La Land
20th Century Women
Sing Street
Florence Foster Jenkins
Deadpool

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Isabelle Huppert, Elle 
Natalie Portman, Jackie 
Ruth Negga, Loving 
Amy Adams, Arrival 
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Emma Stone, La La Land
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Lily Collins, Rules Don’t Apply
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea 
Denzel Washington, Fences 
Joel Edgerton, Loving 
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge 
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Dev Patel, Lion
Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea 
Viola Davis, Fences 
Naomie Harris, Moonlight 
Nicole Kidman, Lion 
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Best Director, Motion Picture
Damien Chazelle, La La Land 
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea 
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight 
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge 
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill, War Dogs

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Manchester by the Sea 
La La Land 
Moonlight
Hell or High Water 
Nocturnal Animals

Best Original Score, Motion Picture
Arrival
Lion
La La Land
Moonlight
Hidden Figures

Best Motion Picture, Animated
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life As a Zucchini
Sing
Zootopia

Best Original Song, Motion Picture
"Can't Stop the Feeling," Trolls 
"City of Stars," La La Land 
"Faith," Sing 
"Gold," Gold 
"How Far I'll Go," Moana

Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
Divines, France
Elle, France
Neruda, Chile
The Salesman, Iran/France
Toni Erdmann, Germany

Best Television Series, Drama
The Crown
Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Atlanta 
Veep 
Transparent 
Black-ish 
Mozart in the Jungle

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
American Crime
The Dresser
The Night Manager
The Night Of
The People v. O.J. Simpson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot 
Matthew Rhys, The Americans 
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul 
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan 
Billy Bob Thornton, Goliath

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical, or Comedy
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
Nick Nolte, Graves

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Riz Ahmed, The Night Of 
Bryan Cranston, All The Way 
Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager 
John Turturro, The Night Of 
Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J. Simpson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson 
Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager 
John Travolta, The People v. O.J. Simpson 
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot 
John Lithgow, The Crown

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series, Drama
Winona Ryder, Stranger Things 
Claire Foy, The Crown 
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld 
Catriona Balfe, Outlander 
Keri Russell, The Americans

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Olivia Colman, The Night Manager
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
Mandy Moore, This Is Us
Thandie Newton, Westworld

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson
Kerry Washington, Confirmation
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Charlotte Rampling, London Spy
Riley Keough, The Girlfriend Experience

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Sarah Jessica Parker, Divorce
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Issa Rae, Insecure
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish

I'll swing back by here later to offer my thoughts, but in the meantime feel free to post your reactions, predictions, and of course the snubs.

[Clappy]

Lmao the Golden Globes are so absurd and crazy.  Deadpool for Best Picture and Ryan Reynolds for Best Actor.  How are they such a prestigious awards show?

[Katniss]

4 hours ago, Clappy said:

Lmao the Golden Globes are so absurd and crazy.  Deadpool for Best Picture and Ryan Reynolds for Best Actor.  How are they such a prestigious awards show?

That's in the comedy/musical category though so I won't take too much issue with it  It's an interesting choice but the Globes have always been offbeat so it doesn't surprise me that much. Wish The Nice Guys could've gotten a nod, though.

Pleasantly surprised to see Hailee Steinfeld get recognized even though I don't think she'll win. 

Kinda salty about The Americans not getting a Best TV Drama nod but at least Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell got nominated.

And how could I forget? It's pretty cool that Stranger Things got recognized and congrats to Winona Ryder too, she was great.

Edited December 14, 2016 by Merry Swiftmas

[Katniss]

It's Oscar nom time!

Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures 
La La Land
Lion 
Manchester by the Sea 
Moonlight

Best Director
Damien Chazelle, La La Land 
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight 
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea 
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge

Best Actor
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea 
Denzel Washington, Fences 
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge 
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

 

Best Actress
Emma Stone, La La Land
Natalie Portman, Jackie 
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving

 

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

Dev Patel, Lion

Lucas Hedges, Manchester By the Sea

Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

 

Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, Fences 
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea 
Naomie Harris, Moonlight 
Nicole Kidman, Lion 
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

 

Best Adapted Screenplay
Moonlight
Arrival
Fences
Lion
Hidden Figures

Best Original Screenplay
Manchester by the Sea
La La Land
Hell or High Water
The Lobster
20th Century Women

 

Best Foreign Language Film
Toni Erdmann
The Salesman
Land of Mine
Tanna
A Man Called Ove

 

Best Documentary Feature
O.J.: Made in America
13th
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life Animated

 

Best Animated Feature
Zootopia
Kubo and the Two Strings
The Red Turtle
My Life As a Zucchini
Moana

 

Best Film Editing
La La Land
Moonlight
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water

 

Best Original Song
"City of Stars," La La Land 
“Audition” (The Fools Who Dream)," La La Land
"How Far I'll Go," Moana
"Can't Stop the Feeling," Trolls
“The Empty Chair,” The James Foley Story

 

Best Original Score
La La Land
Lion
Jackie
Moonlight
Passengers

 

Best Cinematography
La La Land
Moonlight
Arrival
Silence
Lion

Best Costume Design
Florence Foster Jenkins
La La Land
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Allied
Jackie

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Star Trek Beyond
A Man Called Ove
Suicide Squad

Best Production Design
La La Land
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
Arrival
Passengers

Sound Editing
Hacksaw Ridge
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
La La Land
Sully

Sound Mixing
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Arrival
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Visual Effects
The Jungle Book
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Kubo and the Two Strings
Doctor Strange
Deepwater Horizon

Best Short Film, Live Action
Timecode
Silent Nights
La Femme et le TGV
Ennemis Interieurs
Sing

Best Short Film, Animated
Piper
Pearl
Borrowed Time
Blind Vaysha
Pear Cider and Cigarettes

Best Documentary, Short Subject
Joe’s Violin
The White Helmets
Extremis
Watani: My Homeland
4.1 Miles

 

My thoughts:

-Pleasantly surprised to see Ruth Negga get a nom, thought she wouldn't. She is so good in Loving.

-That Amy Adams snub though...come on. I'm glad Arrival got a Best Picture nom and Best Director for Denis Villenueve, but the prime reason the movie works so well is because of Amy. Did we really need to give Meryl Streep another nomination instead?

-Glad to see Hell or High Water get some love, especially Jeff Bridges who was great in it.

Edited January 24, 2017 by Katniss

[Clappy]

Thoughts:

-Still need to see half of the Best Picture nominees.  I've seen La La Land, Hiiden Figures, Manchester By The Sea, and Hell or High Water and I don't want to spoil how I would rank the four that I've seen...that being said though, Hidden Figures is definitely the worst of the bunch.  I'm glad a film like Hidden Figures was made and is a smash hit at the box office, but it's extremely predictable, very corny, and is not a good movie to me.

-Meryl Streep getting another nomination really pisses me off.  Especially since Florence Foster Jenkins is such a terrible movie with Meryl not even giving her best effort and somehow getting this nomination.  I feel like the Academy is just doing everything in their power at this rate to give Meryl as many nominations as possible so no one ever comes close to breaking her record.

-I know that they are nominated for minor features but the words Academy Awards and the movies Passengers and Suicide Squad makes me cringe.

-I like Jeff Bridges getting nominated just fine and all, but Ben Foster got robbed.  He was the best supporting actor in that movie.  Stole every scene he was in.

-Audition was not one of the best songs in La La Land.  To me, it was the weakest of the bunch.  Would have preferred to see Someone in the Crowd or A Lovely Night.

-I know La La Land is the runaway favorite to win most of the awards.  I understand why since the Academy is a sucker for movie love letters to classic Hollywood.  That's why I love it too, but 14 nominations?  Holy crap.  At least make it a little more competitive and give other films some due recognition too.

[Katniss]

Not sure if La La Land needed two noms for Best Original Song tbh. City of Stars is definitely the better of the two though.

I'm also salty that Sing Street didn't get any nods for its music. That movie has some fantastic songs. #justicefordriveitlikeyoustoleit

[WhoBibbles]

- I only saw Arrival, La La Land and Hell or High Water as oscars and I won't tell which movie I want to win the most, even though so far It's so obvious.  

- Nice to see Hell or High Water got nominated for some categories. For a movie that was premiered in summer, it really deserved these nominations.

- I'm okay with La La Land getting the most nominations. Yeah a few more movies could have been nominated but I'm pretty much impressed with everything about La La Land, so it deserved it.

- Amy Adams getting snubbed upsetted me. She was terrific in Arrival. I'm so disappointed she didn't get nominated.

- If there's one thing we can agree mostly is that thankfully we got more nominations from black people and their movies. I still haven't seen Moonlight (tho I really want to see that one out of all best pictures.), Hidden Figures and Fences.

- I actually thought Auditions was the most impactful one out of all La La Land songs to me. Perhaps not my favorite one cuz most of others are more energetic but It really brought me feels. I wouldn't mind City of Stars winning this but I would love for Auditions to win this one tbh.

- YES, Doctor Strange got nominated for best visual effects. As much as I think all visual effects of other movies (excluding The Jungle Book cuz I haven't seen that one) were amazing, Doctor Strange should win imo. It was one of the best visually stunning movies I've ever seen in my life. Part of myself kind of felt that Arrival got snubbed here tho because the visual effects of Arrival deserves praise.

- I agree with Clappy. Jeff Bridges was good in Hell or High Water but he didn't blow me away as much as Ben Foster did in the movie.

- I really would love for The Witvch to get nominated for best cinemtography. Too bad it didn't. I kind of wished that movie would get a bit more recognition because I thought it was one of the best horror movies of the decade. I know most audience weren't impressed by it but it really brought me the chills, so it sucks that The Witch didn't get recogniton from oscars. It also could have been the horror movie that get nominated for a very long time. :/

- honestly It's obvious that Zootopia will win the best animated feature since Disney usually wins at this category. Either that or low chance Moana but I would really love for Kubo and the Two Strings to win this time. Spoiler for the list but it's my favorite animated movie of 2016. Everything about it just blew me away. While I did appreciate Zootopia with it's storytelling more, I enjoyed watching Kubo and the Two Strings more and I felt that one was more imaginative.

That's all really. Most of other nominations are fine for me. I can't wait for the oscar night.

[Clappy]

 

On 1/24/2017 at 5:46 PM, Clappy said:

-I know La La Land is the runaway favorite to win most of the awards.  I understand why since the Academy is a sucker for movie love letters to classic Hollywood.  That's why I love it too, but 14 nominations?  Holy crap.  At least make it a little more competitive and give other films some due recognition too.

Like Silence for example.  After seeing it, I'm shocked that it only got one nomination.  It's a damn great movie that got heavily underlooked...to me at least, but what do I know?  The Academy had to be aware that Martin Scorsese had a movie out this year, right?

[Clappy]

Oscars are here in a week.  Here is my rankings for the main five categories.  I would have done director to make it six, but I still haven't seen Arrival.  I'll still do Best Picture though because there is enough nominees to share my thoughts:

Best Picture:

1. La La Land

2. Hell or High Water

3. Manchester By the Sea

4. Moonlight

5. Hacksaw Ridge

6. Lion

7. Hidden Figures

8. Fences

Comments: The first four were all really good.  Although I particularly never plan to sit through Moonlight again.  That was a chore to sit through.  They nominated the wrong Andrew Garfield prestige flick, but Hacksaw was okay.  Lion was fine I guess, but my mind wandered an awful lot during it.  Hidden Figures was predictable and cheesy as fuck.  Like I said above, I wish the subject matter got an actually compelling movie.  Fences was as staged of a movie as they come.

Best Actor:

1. Casey Affleck

2. Ryan Gosling

3. Denzel Washington

4. Andrew Garfield

5. Viggo Mortensen

Comments: Just give the award to Affleck already.  Christ.  Ryan Gosling was great, but he doesn't stand a chance.  Even though I hated Fences, Washington still did a good job.  Once again, wrong Garfield performance; but still I didn't like his portrayal in Hacksaw Ridge. Captain Fantastic...fucking really?

Best Actress:

1. Natalie Portman

2. Ruth Negga

3. Emma Stone

4. Isabelle Huppert

5. Meryl Streep

Natalie Portman, no contest.  Glad to see Loving didn't fly under the radar completely because Negga was great.  Emma Stone was not the best of this group, but she was still great.  Did not see Elle but Isabelle had to be better than Meryl Fucking Streep in that all around terrible Florence Foster Jenkins.  Christ that movie...is it too late to add that to my dishonorable mentions for my Worst of 2016?

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Lucas Hedges

2. Mahershala Ali

3. Dev Patel

4. Jeff Bridges

5. Michael Shannon

Honestly the toughest category.  All these performances were good with no complaints except I would have nominated Ben Foster over Jeff Bridges in terms of Hell or High Water supporting roles.  But man, I'm just going to say the top two were the best of the bunch.  I'm going to give the edge to Hedges though because he wowed me.

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Michelle Williams

2. Naomie Harris

3. Viola Davis

4. Nicole Kidman

5. Octavia Spencer

I'm just going to finally admit it.  Manchester By the Sea had the best acting of any movie all year.  All three nominees should win in case my opinion isn't obvious.  Naomie Harris was great too.  Viola Davis should have won five years ago over Meryl Steep, but she still did good in Fences.  Nicole Kidman was fine too, although I won't remember her role or Lion in a year from now.  Really?  Octavia Spencer was fine too, but I thought her portrayal was the weakest of the Hidden Figures trio.

 

[WhoBibbles]

I haven't seen all of the best picture noms but seriously just give Casey Affleck the oscar.  

[Katniss]

Casey Affleck deserves the Best Actor Oscar for sure. I'd love to see Natalie Portman win Best Actress but I wouldn't be mad with Emma Stone winning since she was good in La La Land. And Ruth Negga was great too. 

I know people are tired of Pixar and Disney winning Best Animated Feature Film but Zootopia totally deserves it this year. It's a fantastic story.

[WhoBibbles]

I'm certain Doctor Strange won't win for best visual but I wanna be proven wrong and I really want Doctor Strange to win at this.

[WhoBibbles]

90th Academy Awards nominees

 

Spoiler

 

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

NOMINEES

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET

Call Me by Your Name

 

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS

Phantom Thread

 

DANIEL KALUUYA

Get Out

 

GARY OLDMAN

Darkest Hour

 

DENZEL WASHINGTON

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

 

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

NOMINEES

WILLEM DAFOE

The Florida Project

 

WOODY HARRELSON

Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

 

RICHARD JENKINS

The Shape of Water

 

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER

All the Money in the World

 

SAM ROCKWELL

Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

 

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

NOMINEES

SALLY HAWKINS

The Shape of Water

 

FRANCES MCDORMAND

Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

 

MARGOT ROBBIE

I, Tonya

 

SAOIRSE RONAN

Lady Bird

 

MERYL STREEP

The Post

 

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

NOMINEES

MARY J. BLIGE

Mudbound

 

ALLISON JANNEY

I, Tonya

 

LESLEY MANVILLE

Phantom Thread

 

LAURIE METCALF

Lady Bird

 

OCTAVIA SPENCER

The Shape of Water

 

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

NOMINEES

THE BOSS BABY

Tom McGrath and Ramsey Naito

 

THE BREADWINNER

Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo

 

COCO

Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson

 

FERDINAND

Carlos Saldanha

 

LOVING VINCENT

Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY

NOMINEES

BLADE RUNNER 2049

Roger A. Deakins

 

DARKEST HOUR

Bruno Delbonnel

 

DUNKIRK

Hoyte van Hoytema

 

MUDBOUND

Rachel Morrison

 

THE SHAPE OF WATER

Dan Laustsen

 

COSTUME DESIGN

NOMINEES

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Jacqueline Durran

 

DARKEST HOUR

Jacqueline Durran

 

PHANTOM THREAD

Mark Bridges

 

THE SHAPE OF WATER

Luis Sequeira

 

VICTORIA & ABDUL

Consolata Boyle

 

DIRECTING

NOMINEES

DUNKIRK

Christopher Nolan

 

GET OUT

Jordan Peele

 

LADY BIRD

Greta Gerwig

 

PHANTOM THREAD

Paul Thomas Anderson

 

THE SHAPE OF WATER

Guillermo del Toro

 

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

NOMINEES

ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL

Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman

 

FACES PLACES

Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda

 

ICARUS

Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan

 

LAST MEN IN ALEPPO

Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen

 

STRONG ISLAND

Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes

 

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

NOMINEES

EDITH+EDDIE

Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright

 

HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405

Frank Stiefel

 

HEROIN(E)

Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon

 

KNIFE SKILLS

Thomas Lennon

 

TRAFFIC STOP

Kate Davis and David Heilbroner

 

FILM EDITING

NOMINEES

BABY DRIVER

Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos

 

DUNKIRK

Lee Smith

 

I, TONYA

Tatiana S. Riegel

 

THE SHAPE OF WATER

Sidney Wolinsky

 

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

Jon Gregory

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

NOMINEES

A FANTASTIC WOMAN

Chile

 

THE INSULT

Lebanon

 

LOVELESS

Russia

 

ON BODY AND SOUL

Hungary

 

THE SQUARE

Sweden

 

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

NOMINEES

DARKEST HOUR

Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick

 

VICTORIA & ABDUL

Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard

 

WONDER

Arjen Tuiten

 

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

NOMINEES

DUNKIRK

Hans Zimmer

 

PHANTOM THREAD

Jonny Greenwood

 

THE SHAPE OF WATER

Alexandre Desplat

 

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

John Williams

 

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

Carter Burwell

 

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

NOMINEES

MIGHTY RIVER

from Mudbound; Music and Lyric by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson

 

MYSTERY OF LOVE

from Call Me by Your Name; Music and Lyric by Sufjan Stevens

 

REMEMBER ME

from Coco; Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

 

STAND UP FOR SOMETHING

from Marshall; Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Lonnie R. Lynn and Diane Warren

 

THIS IS ME

from The Greatest Showman; Music and Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

 

BEST PICTURE

NOMINEES

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges and Marco Morabito, Producers

 

DARKEST HOUR

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten and Douglas Urbanski, Producers

 

DUNKIRK

Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers

 

GET OUT

Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr. and Jordan Peele, Producers

 

LADY BIRD

Scott Rudin, Eli Bush and Evelyn O'Neill, Producers

 

PHANTOM THREAD

JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison and Daniel Lupi, Producers

 

THE POST

Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

 

THE SHAPE OF WATER

Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, Producers

 

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers

 

PRODUCTION DESIGN

NOMINEES

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

 

BLADE RUNNER 2049

Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Alessandra Querzola

 

DARKEST HOUR

Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

 

DUNKIRK

Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis

 

THE SHAPE OF WATER

Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin

 

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

NOMINEES

DEAR BASKETBALL

Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant

 

GARDEN PARTY

Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon

 

LOU

Dave Mullins and Dana Murray

 

NEGATIVE SPACE

Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata

 

REVOLTING RHYMES

Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer

 

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

NOMINEES

DEKALB ELEMENTARY

Reed Van Dyk

 

THE ELEVEN O'CLOCK

Derin Seale and Josh Lawson

 

MY NEPHEW EMMETT

Kevin Wilson, Jr.

 

THE SILENT CHILD

Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton

 

WATU WOTE/ALL OF US

Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen

 

SOUND EDITING

NOMINEES

BABY DRIVER

Julian Slater

 

BLADE RUNNER 2049

Mark Mangini and Theo Green

 

DUNKIRK

Richard King and Alex Gibson

 

THE SHAPE OF WATER

Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira

 

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce

 

SOUND MIXING

NOMINEES

BABY DRIVER

Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis

 

BLADE RUNNER 2049

Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth

 

DUNKIRK

Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo

 

THE SHAPE OF WATER

Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier

 

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson

 

VISUAL EFFECTS

NOMINEES

BLADE RUNNER 2049

John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover

 

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2

Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick

 

KONG: SKULL ISLAND

Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus

 

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould

 

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist

 

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

NOMINEES

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

Screenplay by James Ivory

 

THE DISASTER ARTIST

Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber

 

LOGAN

Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold

 

MOLLY'S GAME

Written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin

 

MUDBOUND

Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

 

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

NOMINEES

THE BIG SICK

Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani

 

GET OUT

Written by Jordan Peele

 

LADY BIRD

Written by Greta Gerwig

 

THE SHAPE OF WATER

Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro

 

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

Written by Martin McDonagh

 

 

 

first things first

 

IN A HEARTBEAT GOT SNUBBED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY??????????

 

I haven't seen most of these movies that were nominated for the best, so I'll comment on them later. Otherwise, here are some thoughts.

 

Spoiler

 

- I'm so shocked Logan got nominated for the best adapted screenplay and it deserved to be. My favorite superhero movie of 2017. So emotionally gut punching and compelling. We need more superhero movies like Logan. It's gonna be so tough for that movie to win against Call Me By Your Name and The Disaster Artist but we'll see.

 

- Welp, sucks that The Disaster Artist couldn't get nominated, outside adapted screenplay but I can't say I'm surprised, considering sexual assault accusations for James Franco. I still need to see that movie tho.

 

- Blade Runner 2049 got snubbed for best picture and best directing, as well as Ryan Gosling getting snubbed for best actor. That's my biggest disappointment because that movie was so damn engaging, intellegent and surprising. Oh well...

 

- I'm okay with any of visual effect nominees. I'd love for Wonder Woman to be included but yeah, during third act, visuals did go downhill a bit. Blade Runner 2049 for the win! Tho I'm so happy War for the Planet of the Apes got nominated for this as well. Godly af visuals.

 

- Woohoo for Baby Driver's Sound Editing and Mixing nominees. I really hope it wins at both categories. 

 

- Can't talk about Meryl Streep and Danzel Washington nominees but I don't think people will be happy with both.  

 

- Lol for The Baby Boss nomination for the best animated movie category. They couldn't even give The Lego Batman Movie or Captain Underpants a chance.  

- Damn. So many The Shape of Water, Lady Bird, Three Billboards and Call Me By Your Name nominations. Gotta see those movies asap.

 

- Yay for more and more Get Out, Dunkirk and Blade Runner 2049 nominations. Those movies were amazing.

 

- Coco will obviously win for the best animated movie.

 

Those are my thoughts. What are yours?  

[Katniss]

Sad that The Florida Project didn't get much love (it totally deserved a Best Picture nomination IMO) but happy that Willem Dafoe got a Best Supporting Actor nomination. I also agree with WhoBob that In a Heartbeat totally should've gotten a nom for Best Animated Short. 

So excited for Jordan Peele and Greta Gerwig getting Best Director nominations. I thought the Academy had an anti-Netflix bias but Mudbound got more love than I was expecting: Best Supporting Actress for Mary J. Blige, Best Original Song, Cinematography, and Best Adapted Screenplay! I also worried that The Big Sick would get snubbed, but it managed a Best Original Screenplay nomination! The writing in that movie was great. Wish it could've gotten a BP nom or Best Supporting Actress nom for Holly Hunter but oh well.

Despite the snubs and omissions, there are some interesting picks in the mix. And say what you want about Meryl Streep, but 21 Oscar nominations is impressive.

Now I've got some catching up to do before March 4th  

Edited January 23, 2018 by Midge Maisel
fixed some errors

[Clappy]

My thoughts are that James Franco got robbed massively.  I thought The Disaster Artist, for as great as I found the film, was a long shot for best picture, so that wasn’t a surprise to me.  That being said, he deserved to at least be nominated, sexual assault accusations or not.  Because you could have used the same argument against Casey Affleck last year and he won Best Actor.  Unacceptable to me.

Also this is the first time in awhile where I’ve seen more of the best picture nominees before the announcements.  Still need to see Call Me By Your Name and Phantom Thread.  All I’m going to say is that I have problems with Three Billboards, Darkest Hour, and The Post.  Three Billboards is a huge front runner and outside of Frances McDormand, I didn’t like practically anything about it.  Darkest Hour does have Gary Oldman’s practically guaranteed Best Actor performance and he really is that good, but everything else is what you’d expect from an awards bait biographical pic.  No real surprises for me.  The Post I found to be a chore to sit through.  I don’t know what it is about Spielberg’s prestige flicks lately, but they are just not as captivating as they use to be.  Probably in the minority with that thought.

For the record, might as well give Meryl Streep a nomination next year for Mamma Mia 2 or whatever the hell else she is going to be in moviewise 2018.  It’s abundantly clear that they aren’t judging her for the performances anymore because I didn’t find yet another nominated role of hers to be engaging.

 

[Wumbo]

looking forward to boss baby's oscar win

seriously were there like no animated movies this year or what

[WhoBibbles]

1 hour ago, Wumbo said:

looking forward to boss baby's oscar win

seriously were there like no animated movies this year or what

there was Coco by Pixar. I still have to see that one but I've heard great things about it.

The Lego Batman Movie was great but sadly It didn't get nominated.

[Steel Sponge]

2 hours ago, Wumbo said:

looking forward to boss baby's oscar win

seriously were there like no animated movies this year or what

Yes. ...I mean, if you're the Academy.

I'd also consider 2017 as a barely recognizable year for animated films, let alone an infamous year if you ask the kind of people who'll always bring up The Emoji Movie. To be fair though, I eventually thought about how the Lego Batman Movie, Captain Underpants, and Cars 3 weren't all nominated, and if it's because they are all too commercial and don't look like original ideas to the Academy, then I shouldn't feel surprised, but I'm perplexed about one thing. (Captain Underpants was adapted from a series of books and it doesn't get nominated, but (THE) Boss Baby was based on a single book, and it got the spot???)

And if you think that's disappointing, "In a Heartbeat" wasn't nominated for Animated Short of the year. I guess that short was a little too progressive for the Academy.

Edited January 23, 2018 by Steel Skeet

[Katniss]

 

19 minutes ago, Steel Skeet said:

Yes. ...I mean, if you're the Academy.

I'd also consider 2017 as a barely recognizable year for animated films, let alone an infamous year if you ask the kind of people who'll always bring up The Emoji Movie. To be fair though, I eventually thought about how the Lego Batman Movie, Captain Underpants, and Cars 3 weren't all nominated, and if it's because they are all too commercial and don't look like original ideas to the Academy, then I shouldn't feel surprised, but I'm perplexed about one thing. (Captain Underpants was adapted from a series of books and it doesn't get nominated, but (THE) Boss Baby was based on a single book, and it got the spot???)

And if you think that's disappointing, "In a Heartbeat" wasn't nominated for Animated Short of the year. I guess that short was a little too progressive for the Academy.

About the "too progressive": A movie about a gay man won the Oscar last year and another gay romance (Call Me by Your Name) got nominated this year so idk. I don't think that's a reason why not. Still a bummer In a Heartbeat didn't get selected.

I wish the Academy cared more about animation tbh. I don't think it's about original vs. unoriginal ideas. They opened up the voting to people outside the animated film industry branch so some people might not be as invested in that category as others.