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captveg wrote:It would be three in a row for Lubezki. That just seems improbable.

At least his work is worthy of it!

I will say right now that there is zero chance that Eddie Redmayne gets not just his second award but back-to-back Best Actor Oscars at the expense of DiCaprio's first. I haven't seen The Danish Girl either, but there appears to be little love for it outside the two leads (though Vikander was nominated in supporting) and certainly nowhere near enough support to derail DiCaprio's narrative.

When was the last time somebody won Best Actor after getting full-frontal naked in a movie? Nothing springs to mind.

That's not the only reason he won't win but it'd make an interesting historical curio if it happened.

Ribs wrote:When was the last time somebody won Best Actor after getting full-frontal naked in a movie?

When was the last time someone got mauled by a bear and won Best Actor?

Feels like The Revenant, DiCaprio, Inarritu and Lubezki have comfortable leads at this point.
Far From Heaven only got actress, screenplay, cinematography and score, Carol added supporting actress and costume so it seems the Academy has a template for honoring Haynes films.
Directors pulled their left field, way left field with Abrahamson.
Studio Ghibli's last release When Marnie Was There getting in was nice.
I would lock in Amy and Son of Saul.
For some reason I don't see the Academy giving Sly his "career" Oscar and instead maybe going with Hardy or Ruffalo.
I think Vikander may win Supporting, only because her role was closer to a lead.

domino harvey wrote:Now to endure a month and a half of outraged think pieces regarding the racial makeup of the nominees, hooray!

Not to mention the ceremony, remember who's hosting.

I'll be watching on mute this year

How is Bridge of Spies's script an original work? It was adapted primarily from a nonfiction book.

Winslet for Steve Jobs is a joke.

Rampling for 45 Years is great, but how did Tom Courtenay not get a nom?

The biggest surprise for me was Bennett Miller somehow not accidentally getting nominated instead of George Miller.

Has there ever been a director that won an Oscar in back to back years?

The interesting thing about Room is that this is the first Best Adapted Screenplay to get a nomination for its source material's author in quite a
while-perhaps the last was Little Children?

Friendly mod note: Even in jest(?), do not call others here racists for not liking Chris Rock or not wanting to endure Internet think pieces

FrauBlucher wrote:Has there ever been a director that won an Oscar in back to back years?

Mankiewicz and Ford

FrauBlucher wrote:Has there ever been a director that won an Oscar in back to back years?

John Ford and Joseph Mankiewicz. Hasn't happened in over 65 years.

domino harvey wrote:Friendly mod note: Even in jest(?), do not call others here racists for not liking Chris Rock or not wanting to endure Internet think pieces

Yeah, Rock can be unbearable. Even having him announce the Best Animated Feature a while back was excruciating.

Adam McKay: Oscar-Nominated Director of Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and Step Brothers (give me the cyanide now please)

Seriously, fuck this nominees. Glad to see The Revenant get its dues, and Carol still receive a fair amount of mentions, but this is such a clusterfuck (in what I would consider to be a pretty mediocre year) that I barely care at this point.

Also strange to see only eight nominees for Best Picture (you can really tell that the Academy just gave up this year).

domino harvey wrote:Friendly mod note: Even in jest(?), do not call others here racists for not liking Chris Rock or not wanting to endure Internet think pieces

Not sure what Chris Rock hosting has to do with internet think pieces about racial makeup of nominees except that Rock is black, which seems like an odd nudge nudge connection to yuk it up about on here. But OK

criterion10 wrote:Adam McKay: Oscar-Nominated Director of Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and Step Brothers (give me the cyanide now please)

Not quite as bile-inducing as Oscar-nominee Kristen Wiig.

criterion10 wrote:Adam McKay: Oscar-Nominated Director of Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and Step Brothers (give me the cyanide now please)

Did you see this film? Or are you passing judgment based on the prior work alone?

mfunk9786 wrote:

criterion10 wrote:Adam McKay: Oscar-Nominated Director of Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and Step Brothers (give me the cyanide now please)

Did you see this film? Or are you passing judgment based on the prior work alone?

I have seen it. (Brief thoughts: It's okay, but McKay's direction was one of my least favorite parts of the film. Didn't care for the Scorsese-like editing, fourth wall cutaways, etc. Think it had a lot of potential, but didn't quite do it for me.)

That makes a lot more sense than trashing other films that aren't nominated/weren't nominated for anything.

mfunk9786 wrote:

criterion10 wrote:Adam McKay: Oscar-Nominated Director of Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and Step Brothers (give me the cyanide now please)

Did you see this film? Or are you passing judgment based on the prior work alone?

Also his prior work is good showing him to be a great director of (comedic) action without necessarily getting into stylistic obviousness ala Wes Anderson (who I would say is a better director, but his films are his in big shiny neon). Also with his increased political focus (The Other Guys basically ends in a rant that perfectly precedes this film) it was just a matter of time for him to make something more dramatic. Or to say it another way; better McKay than Roach.

mfunk9786 wrote:

domino harvey wrote:Friendly mod note: Even in jest(?), do not call others here racists for not liking Chris Rock or not wanting to endure Internet think pieces

Not sure what Chris Rock hosting has to do with internet think pieces about racial makeup of nominees except that Rock is black, which seems like an odd nudge nudge connection to yuk it up about on here. But OK

You are the one who quoted both of those items together as evidence of the forum being "anti-black" (in a post I deleted for breaking basic rules of decorum). Now knock it off.

lacritfan wrote:

domino harvey wrote:Now to endure a month and a half of outraged think pieces regarding the racial makeup of the nominees, hooray!

Not to mention the ceremony, remember who's hosting.

Am I imagining things? Sorry for also quoting your comment in the original post, but my curiosity still stands.

mfunk9786 wrote:That makes a lot more sense than trashing other films that aren't nominated/weren't nominated for anything.

I know, it was a tongue-in-cheek joke that I probably shouldn't have made. (For the record: There are some funny moments in both Talladega Nights and Step Brothers.)