Mark Vader Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I know that some of you don't care for these awards shows, but for those who are interested.....here are the nominees. Best Picture: “Call Me by Your Name” “Darkest Hour” “Dunkirk” “Get Out” “Lady Bird” “Phantom Thread” “The Post” “The Shape of Water” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Lead Actor: 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.” Lead Actress: 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” Supporting Actor: 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” Supporting Actress: Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound” Allison Janney, “I, Tonya” Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread” Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird” Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water” Director: “Dunkirk,” Christopher Nolan “Get Out,” Jordan Peele “Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig “Phantom Thread,” Paul Thomas Anderson “The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro Animated Feature: “The Boss Baby,” Tom McGrath, Ramsey Ann Naito “The Breadwinner,” Nora Twomey, Anthony Leo “Coco,” Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson “Ferdinand,” Carlos Saldanha “Loving Vincent,” Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Sean Bobbitt, Ivan Mactaggart, Hugh Welchman Animated Short: “Dear Basketball,” Glen Keane, Kobe Bryant “Garden Party,” Victor Caire, Gabriel Grapperon “Lou,” Dave Mullins, Dana Murray “Negative Space,” Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata “Revolting Rhymes,” Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer Adapted Screenplay: “Call Me by Your Name,” James Ivory “The Disaster Artist,” Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber “Logan,” Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green “Molly’s Game,” Aaron Sorkin “Mudbound,” Virgil Williams and Dee Rees Original Screenplay: “The Big Sick,” Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani “Get Out,” Jordan Peele “Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig “The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Martin McDonagh Cinematography: “Blade Runner 2049,” Roger Deakins “Darkest Hour,” Bruno Delbonnel “Dunkirk,” Hoyte van Hoytema “Mudbound,” Rachel Morrison “The Shape of Water,” Dan Laustsen Best Documentary Feature: “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” Steve James, Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman “Faces Places,” JR, Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda “Icarus,” Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan “Last Men in Aleppo,” Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, Soren Steen Jepersen “Strong Island,” Yance Ford, Joslyn Barnes Best Documentary Short Subject: “Edith+Eddie,” Laura Checkoway, Thomas Lee Wright “Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405,” Frank Stiefel “Heroin(e),” Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Kerrin Sheldon “Knife Skills,” Thomas Lennon “Traffic Stop,” Kate Davis, David Heilbroner Best Live Action Short Film: “DeKalb Elementary,” Reed Van Dyk “The Eleven O’Clock,” Derin Seale, Josh Lawson “My Nephew Emmett,” Kevin Wilson, Jr. “The Silent Child,” Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton “Watu Wote/All of Us,” Katja Benrath, Tobias Rosen Best Foreign Language Film: “A Fantastic Woman” (Chile) “The Insult” (Lebanon) “Loveless” (Russia) “On Body and Soul (Hungary) “The Square” (Sweden) Film Editing: “Baby Driver,” Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss “Dunkirk,” Lee Smith “I, Tonya,” Tatiana S. Riegel “The Shape of Water,” Sidney Wolinsky “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Jon Gregory Sound Editing: “Baby Driver,” Julian Slater “Blade Runner 2049,” Mark Mangini, Theo Green “Dunkirk,” Alex Gibson, Richard King “The Shape of Water,” Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood Sound Mixing: “Baby Driver,” Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin “Blade Runner 2049,” Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hephill “Dunkirk,” Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo “The Shape of Water,” Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick Production Design: “Beauty and the Beast,” Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer “Blade Runner 2049,” Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola “Darkest Hour,” Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer “Dunkirk,” Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis “The Shape of Water,” Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau Original Score: “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 Original Song: “Mighty River” from “Mudbound,” Mary J. Blige “Mystery of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name,” Sufjan Stevens “Remember Me” from “Coco,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez “Stand Up for Something” from “Marshall,” Diane Warren, Common “This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman,” Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Makeup and Hair: “Darkest Hour,” Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick “Victoria and Abdul,” Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard “Wonder,” Arjen Tuiten Costume Design: “Beauty and the Beast,” Jacqueline Durran “Darkest Hour,” Jacqueline Durran “Phantom Thread,” Mark Bridges “The Shape of Water,” Luis Sequeira “Victoria and Abdul,” Consolata Boyle Visual Effects: “Blade Runner 2049,” John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick “Kong: Skull Island,” Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza, Mike Meinardus “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould, Neal Scanlan “War for the Planet of the Apes,” Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Joel Whist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Get Out got 4 nominations?! One for best picture?? That movie was not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 8 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Get Out got 4 nominations?! One for best picture?? That movie was not good. I have not seen that movie, yet, but I am just as stunned. Best Picture? It's that good? Also "The Disaster Artist" got shunned, thanks to James Franco. "The Post" got hit hard, except for Meryl Streep's annual token nomination. "Hostiles", "Molly's Game" & "All the Money in the World" all practically ignored. "Money" got 1 nomination. I was thrilled to see "Logan" get a screenplay nomination. Too bad the academy didn't have the guts to nominate it for Best Picture, or "War For the Planet of the Apes". Contrary to popular belief, there are still great mainstream movies being made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 It was better when the ceremony coincided with the NCAA hoops title game, then I could ignore the movie thing with happy emphasis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Rooting hard for Christopher Nolan to win best director for Dunkirk. The direction made that movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 56 minutes ago, JR in Pittsburgh said: Rooting hard for Christopher Nolan to win best director for Dunkirk. The direction made that movie. That would be great. However, I have a feeling that "Dunkirk" has become a forgotten movie. Despite it's great execution, storytelling, and artistic brilliance, it appears to have taken a backseat to movies like "The Shape of Water" and the overrated "Three Billboards". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 7 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Get Out got 4 nominations?! One for best picture?? That movie was not good. "The film was also a box office success, grossing $254 million worldwide on a $4.5 million budget." Not a bad haul... ...But I agree w/you. "Sign of the times" and political climate we are in now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Franco shut out after allegations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 6 hours ago, Mark Vader said: That would be great. However, I have a feeling that "Dunkirk" has become a forgotten movie. Despite it's great execution, storytelling, and artistic brilliance, it appears to have taken a backseat to movies like "The Shape of Water" and the overrated "Three Billboards". I think you are right. Seems like part of that is timing with dunkirk’s summer release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Cant believe Jordan Peele got nominated for best director. Good for him Rooting hard for Sam Rockwell to win. I think he will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I'm extremely fond of Phantom Thread, but I don't think it'll get a lot of love on awards night, despite probably being Daniel Day-Lewis' last film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Disaster Artist was the best I saw this year. The Three Billboard movie was laughably cliched. Heavy-handed garbage. I giggled out loud a few times how horribly unsubtle it was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 On 1/24/2018 at 10:17 AM, Dante said: Disaster Artist was the best I saw this year. The Three Billboard movie was laughably cliched. Heavy-handed garbage. I giggled out loud a few times how horribly unsubtle it was. Thank you! "Three Billboards" is very overrated. The acting is good, but there is too much absurdity going on in it to take it seriously, which is how they want us to take it. It's anti-police message is why the people love it so much. Watch "Wind River", it's a movie with somewhat similar themes, and is a much better film than "Three Billboards". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Was the best actor and supporting actor categories removed or protested because no woman were nominated? Or because all the men now have misconduct acusations against them? Can't wait for yet another Hollywood circle jerk where they tell us how great they are and how their pretentious crap fest was the best thing because only pretentious people saw it and it wasn't a box office success. Then they can all share their political beliefs to everyone and this year they can make it all about girl power . 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 On 1/24/2018 at 4:55 AM, JR in Pittsburgh said: I think you are right. Seems like part of that is timing with dunkirk’s summer release. Yet "Get Out" was nominated, and that came out in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 22 hours ago, Mark Vader said: Thank you! "Three Billboards" is very overrated. The acting is good, but there is too much absurdity going on in it to take it seriously, which is how they want us to take it. It's anti-police message is why the people love it so much. Watch "Wind River", it's a movie with somewhat similar themes, and is a much better film than "Three Billboards". I just get tired of being hit over the head with this stuff. We saw "Wind River" and I couldn't agree more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Info Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I have seen some but not all of these movies yet so need tp complete that first before giving an opinion. Thanks to those that provided recommendations on other movies like Wind River & Disaster Artist. The only comment I can make after looking through all the nominees Mark listed is ‘Holy Sh!t...Kobe Bryant is nominated for an Academy Award?’ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 On 1/23/2018 at 4:05 PM, Johnny Hammersticks said: Get Out got 4 nominations?! One for best picture?? That movie was not good. On 1/24/2018 at 12:06 AM, ExiledInIllinois said: "The film was also a box office success, grossing $254 million worldwide on a $4.5 million budget." Not a bad haul... ...But I agree w/you. "Sign of the times" and political climate we are in now. I saw "Get Out" this weekend and I agree with Exiled. Sign of the times & political climate is why this got nominated, which is still stupid to me. I don't think it's a terrible movie, in fact I thought it was fairly decent. Yet it has no business being nominated for Best Picture, Director, Actor or Screenplay. This got a screenplay nomination? This movie gets recognition, but "Logan" and "War for the Planet of the Apes" are ignored. Disgraceful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Murica Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 On 1/23/2018 at 7:22 PM, Mark Vader said: I have not seen that movie, yet, but I am just as stunned. Best Picture? It's that good? Also "The Disaster Artist" got shunned, thanks to James Franco. "The Post" got hit hard, except for Meryl Streep's annual token nomination. "Hostiles", "Molly's Game" & "All the Money in the World" all practically ignored. "Money" got 1 nomination. I was thrilled to see "Logan" get a screenplay nomination. Too bad the academy didn't have the guts to nominate it for Best Picture, or "War For the Planet of the Apes". Contrary to popular belief, there are still great mainstream movies being made. I thought Logan was going to get a nomination for Best Picture. The movie was great. Just not a good comic based movie, it was just a really good film overall. My girlfriend doesn't follow comics or the movies like I do. But, she was in tears at the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 Here are my predictions. Best Picture Who will win: "Three Billboards" Who should win: "Dunkirk" Cultural and political climate is more important than artistic vision. The Hollywood left hates the police, and "Three Billboards" delivers with their anti-police message, and that alone is enough for it to win best picture. Meanwhile, an artistic thrilling World War II tale like "Dunkirk" is brushed aside as "just another war movie." Best Director Who will win: Guillermo Del Toro Who should win: Christopher Nolan Del Toro's vision is undeniable, even if "The Shape of Water" may not be his best film. Regardless, the movie's message of tolerance will be highlighted for him winning. Sadly, Christopher Nolan will get ignored. Both men in my opinion are deserving candidates. Best Actor Who will win: Gary Oldman Who should win: Gary Oldman Long overdue for an Oscar, even though it's only his second nomination. The versatile and talented Oldman commands the screen in "Darkest Hour", and he leaves the rest of the nominees in the dust. Best Actress Who will win: Frances McDormand Who should win: Margot Robbie Everyone is going gaga over McDormand, and she will win easily, even though she has relegated herself to doing the same thing. Which is unfortunate for Margot Robbie, who gave such a breakout performance in "I, Tonya". The excuse will be that Robbie's time will come later. You could also make a strong case for Sally Hawkins. The anti-police movie is more important than a mockumentary. Best Supporting Actor Who will win: Sam Rockwell Who should win: Sam Rockwell Rockwell may be winning for the wrong movie(he was overlooked in "Moon"). Unless people feel that Willem Dafoe is overdue, this will be an easy win for Rockwell's unforgettable performance. Best Supporting Actress Who will win: Allison Janney Who should win: Allison Janney Another lock to win in a fairly weak group. Janney is just miles ahead in this race. Best Adapted Screenplay Who will win: Call Me By Your Name Who should win: Logan "Call Me By Your Name" has to win something, right? It would take real guts to give the award to the much deserving "Logan". Best Original Screenplay Who will win: Get Out Who should win: The Shape of Water It's sickening that a movie like "Get Out" is actually nominated in this category, what's even worse, is that it will actually win. Somehow this is more "original" than any of the other candidates. "The Shape of Water" has real originality. The rest of the rest... Cinematography: Will win: Blade Runner 2049 Should win: Dunkirk Score: Will win: The Shape of Water Should win: Dunkirk Make-up & Hair: Will win: Darkest Hour Should win: Darkest Hour Visual Effects: Will win: Blade Runner 2049 Should win: War for the Planet of the Apes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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