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[megabyteme]

[...]Handmaid's Tale

Unless you are an axe-grinding, overalls-wearing, buzzcut-styled, I-eat-men's-souls-because-they-are-all-evil feminist-- I doubt you will find Men Want to Do THIS to US Tale worth 30 minutes of your life.

[Stehle]

[...]Handmaid's Tale

Unless you are an axe-grinding, overalls-wearing, buzzcut-styled, I-eat-men's-souls-because-they-are-all-evil feminist-- I doubt you will find Men Want to Do THIS to US Tale worth 30 minutes of your life.

Yes, you still got it.

@Meg: Best Oscar Predictions?

[IdolEyes787]

@Meg: Best Oscar Predictions?

Meg says some Black or Asian will win something. He can't say exactly who as in his words "They all look alike to me".

[megabyteme]

There are only a handful of movies I have felt were outstanding this year: Ferdinand, Blade Runner 2049, Last Jedi (Luke Fucking Skywalker!!!), Guardians 2, Logan (for what it was),

Good, but not as great as said to be: Dunkirk, Get Out, Darkest Hour, Shape of Water (Dark Splash remake), Roman J., Esq., Beauty and Idol, Baby Driver,

Have not seen yet: I, Tonya, Phantom Thread

Seen, but can fuck off: :Lady Bird (teen angst and self pity countered by quirky shit-- watched 30 minutes before vomiting on my remote), Three Billboards (suffered through whole thing hoping for something worthy of my attention-- not at all)

Personally, i'd give special effects awards. Blade Runner was a very well done sequel as were Jedi, Logan, and Guardians 2. Ferdinand I *loved*... Still award worthy??? IDK. On the benchmark of "Would I purchase any of these to have forever?" All but Ferdinand fall short.

Best of the year means far less during as year of disappointments and made-for-award-show-acclaim.

Here's the list and predictions from Forbes:

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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
  

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
• Allison Janney, I, Tonya
• Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
• Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
• Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

BEST 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 FILM

• The Boss Baby
• Breadwinner
• Coco
• Ferdinand
• Loving Vincent

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
• Faces Places
• Icarus
• Last Men In Aleppo
• Strong Island

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

• Edith+Eddie
• Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
• Heroin(e)
• Knife Skills
• Traffic Stop

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• A Fantastic Woman, Chile
• The Insult, Lebanon
• Loveless, Russia
• On Body and Soul, Hungary
• The Square, Sweden

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

• Call Me by Your Name
• The Disaster Artist
• Logan
• Molly's Game
• Mudbound

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

• The Big Sick
• Get Out
• Lady Bird
• The Shape of Water
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

ORIGINAL SONG

• "Mighty River," Mudbound
• "Mystery of Love," Call Me by Your Name
• "Remember Me," Coco
• "Stand Up for Something," Marshall
• "This is Me," The Greatest Showman

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Beauty and the Beast
• Blade Runner 2049
• The Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• The Shape of Water

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Blade Runner 2049
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• Mudbound
• The Shape of Water

COSTUME DESIGN

• Beauty and the Beast
• Darkest Hour
• Phantom Thread
• The Shape of Water
• Victoria & Abdul

SOUND EDITING

• Baby Driver
• Blade Runner 2049
• Dunkirk
• The Shape of Water
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi

SOUND MIXING

• Baby Driver
• Blade Runner 2049
• Dunkirk
• The Shape of Water
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

• Dunkirk
• Phantom Thread
• The Shape of Water
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

• Dear Basketball
• Garden Party
• Negative Space
• Lou
• Revolting Rhymes

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

• DeKalb Elementary
• The Eleven O'Clock
• The Silent Child
• All of Us
• My Nephew Emmett

VISUAL EFFECTS

• Blade Runner 2049
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Kong: Skull Island
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• War for the Planet of the Apes

FILM EDITING

• Baby Driver
• Dunkirk
• I, Tonya
• The Shape of Water
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• Darkest Hour
• Victoria & Abdul
• Wonder

[Stehle]

There are only a handful of movies I have felt were outstanding this year: Ferdinand, Blade Runner 2049, Last Jedi (Luke Fucking Skywalker!!!), Guardians 2, Logan (for what it was),

Good, but not as great as said to be: Dunkirk, Get Out, Darkest Hour, Shape of Water (Dark Splash remake), Roman J., Esq., Beauty and Idol, Baby Driver,

Have not seen yet: I, Tonya, Phantom Thread

Seen, but can fuck off: :Lady Bird (teen angst and self pity countered by quirky shit-- watched 30 minutes before vomiting on my remote), Three Billboards (suffered through whole thing hoping for something worthy of my attention-- not at all)

Personally, i'd give special effects awards. Blade Runner was a very well done sequel as were Jedi, Logan, and Guardians 2. Ferdinand I *loved*... Still award worthy??? IDK. On the benchmark of "Would I purchase any of these to have forever?" All but Ferdinand fall short.

Best of the year means far less during as year of disappointments and made-for-award-show-acclaim.

Here's the list and predictions from Forbes:

I mostly concur. Especially special effects awards to Blade Runner.

I go with Best Film (and Director) "The Shape of Water (Back up or layoff bet... "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Best Actor: Gary Oldman "Darkest Hour"
Best Actress: Frances McDormand "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Big party tonight betting and such. Thank YOU!

@Meg: Best Oscar Predictions?

Meg says some Black or Asian will win something. He can't say exactly who as in his words "They all look alike to me".

You know Idol? You never fail to make me smile or laugh... (especially when you point that razor sharp wit at Meg) ...but as it has been over these years... I know you just love the guy.

(NO, unrequited or not you REALLY love him.)

[IdolEyes787]

The Best Picture Oscar isn't voted on like the other categories. For Best Picture people give first, second and third choices and the winner is determined by aggregate score. Therefore something like Get Out will probably benefit more from that than a more artistically brave(ie divisive) movie would.

Also in Hollywood you can never underestimate the desire to appear politically correct.

Btw I don't care how much Meg praises it. I refuse to see Ferdinand as I've never like ABBA.

Actually of all the movies mentioned I've only seen Guardians and the fight scenes from Logan that were on a YouTube video. I hear that Willem Dafoe killed it in The Florida Project though, whatever that means.

[Stehle]

The Best Picture Oscar isn't voted on like the other categories. For Best Picture people give first, second and third choices and the winner is determined by aggregate score. Therefore something like Get Out will probably benefit more from that than a more artistically brave(ie divisive) movie would.

Also in Hollywood you can never underestimate the desire to appear politically correct.

Btw I don't care how much Meg praises it. I refuse to see Ferdinand as I've never like ABBA.

Actually of all the movies mentioned I've only seen Guardians and the fight scenes from Logan that were on a YouTube video. I hear that Willem Dafoe killed it in The Florida Project though, whatever that means.

Thank you Meg & Idol! "Money" -Pink Floyd playing in my head... better'un fantasy football! Ka-Ching!

"Get Out" got its nod, but haven't watched Willem Dafoe who you say killed it in "The Florida Project" or "I,Tonya"... never liked her.
"Lady Bird" was good too.

[megabyteme]

Seriously??? You liked Lady Bird? Saoirse is always a good actress, but I found the tone of the show unbearable.

I, Florida and Tonya Project are my next watches...

[IdolEyes787]

As Meg's favourite pickup line is apparently "Hey, sailor. I certainly like the cut of your jib" I wouldn't be too concerned if you and he don't see eye to eye on everything, Stehle.

[megabyteme]

As Meg's favourite pickup line is apparently "Hey, sailor. I certainly like the cut of your jib" I wouldn't be too concerned if you and he don't see eye to eye on everything, Stehle.

Says they guy who just starts working on anything stuck through the hole in the bathroom stall...