90th Academy Awards - March 4th, 2018

[shinobipopcorn]

Originally Posted by GLaDOS

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If Ennio Morricone can snag a win after 5 nominations and decades worth of work, then they might as well give Deakins this one after like 13 nominations.

Yeah, yeah, Morricone got an Honorary Award, but Deakins da gawd is just as overdue for one right now.

Forget his honorary award for the moment, the man got his competitive Oscar by beating John Williams on a Star Wars movie with a Tarantino movie. Of all the times he went up against Williams, that's the sweetest possible victory.

[AaronJ]

All I care about -- and I LOVE the Oscars (I don't care what you say!) -- is that Deakins wins. 13 Academy Award nominations, zero wins. Hell, in 2008 he was nominated for BOTH The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford AND No Country for Old Men -- and won for NEITHER!!!

Either one of those should have won. But to lose on BOTH?! Come on. At that point, it's practically just getting petty. It's like, "HAHA! You lost!"

(Yes, I know it's nothing like that. It just seems that way now.)

But, at least from what I can tell at this point, Blade Runner 2049 looks breathtaking. As usual. Come on Academy -- get your #&%$ together.

[Predatorix38417]

Of all the categories, I think Best Animated Feature is the hardest one to predict right now. Lego Batman is frontrunner, but remember the Academy skipped the original Lego Movie so even that isn't a lock. Captain Underpants is probably second due to great reviews but I don't think it'll be taken that seriously. Cars 3 and Despicable Me 3 both got mediocre reviews. I think Coco probably has the best chance and we don't know how it's gonna turn out.

[Jasonic]

Originally Posted by Predatorix38417

Of all the categories, I think Best Animated Feature is the hardest one to predict right now. Lego Batman is frontrunner, but remember the Academy skipped the original Lego Movie so even that isn't a lock. Captain Underpants is probably second due to great reviews but I don't think it'll be taken that seriously. Cars 3 and Despicable Me 3 both got mediocre reviews. I think Coco probably has the best chance and we don't know how it's gonna turn out.

More like easiest to predict. All Coco has to do is be a good movie and it will win. Disney/Pixar run away with this category these days. If the movie isn't absolutely great and is just serviceable, then that may open the competition up to other films, but even then it would still be the frontrunner.


Loving Vincent, the all oil painting film, may have a shot if Coco sucks and this one blows people away. But it's an indie film, and I've already read mixed things on it.

[flyry]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

It's Deakins, so you already know it'll deserve to win but won't.

Even though Chivo won for Gravity the academy definitely has a bias towards sci-fi. We'll see though 2049 looks gorgeous. I guess it depends on how good the movie is to an extent.

Will be a good fight vs Hoytema

[Mr.F]

Originally Posted by Jasonic

More like easiest to predict. All Coco has to do is be a good movie and it will win. Disney/Pixar run away with this category these days. If the movie isn't absolutely great and is just serviceable, then that may open the competition up to other films, but even then it would still be the frontrunner.


Loving Vincent, the all oil painting film, may have a shot if Coco sucks and this one blows people away. But it's an indie film, and I've already read mixed things on it.

That is actually rotoscoped, amd rotoscoping =/= animation so it won't qualify.

This category is weak as far as mainstream options go. So far the only ones that have gotten decent reviews are Lego Batman and Captain Underpants. And from what remains to be released it seems only Coco and maybe Ferdinand could get good reviews.

So, assuming the new rule changes for the category don't have a huge impact, I'd look for GKids to fill two of the slots with either The Bread Winner (the first film they've produced themselves, presented by Angelina Jolie), The Girl Without Hands, My Entire Highschool is Sinking Into the Sea, or Birdboy

[UltraMario9]

Let's not forget, there is a Paul Thomas Anderson film starring Daniel Day-Lewis being released on Christmas.

I'm not certain on the rules, but I think PTA doing the cinematography himself negates any chance of a nomination in that category.

[xbs2034]

Originally Posted by UltraMario9

Let's not forget, there is a Paul Thomas Anderson film starring Daniel Day-Lewis being released on Christmas.

I'm not certain on the rules, but I think PTA doing the cinematography himself negates any chance of a nomination in that category.

He should be eligible, but depending on union rules, might be credited under a pseudonym and that pseudonym actually gets nominated. This happened fairly recently with editing nominations for No Country for Old Men and Dallas Buyers Club as the directors could not be officially credited (though James Cameron has been officially credited and nominated for editing- perhaps he belongs to the editors union).

[imsounoriginal]

Alfonso Cuaron was also a co-nominee (and winner IIRC) for editing Gravity.

[GLaDOS]

So far, Dunkirk is looking to be the frontrunner for this year's award season. I expect Best Picture and Best Director nods, as well as Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Film Editing, Best Production Design, etc.

Blade Runner 2049 will most definitely get a Best Cinematography nod (and hopefully Deakins will finally win for this one) as well as Best Production Design. As for how the movie will ultimately play out, I'm very optimistic considering Denis Villeneuve's track record.

War for the Planet of the Apes will probably snag a Best Visual Effects award. I mean, come on... the apes look STUNNING.

Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie will snag some nominations, most likely a Best Actor nod to Daniel-Day Lewis. I'm very curious as to how he'll helm the camera as his own DP, but I'm looking forward to it since I'm a fan of his visual style.

[Cremildo]

Let's see if some contender will be revealed here:

2017 TIFF FIRST LINEUP

CLOSING FILM: C'est La Vie! dir. Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:

Battle of the Sexes dir. Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton
BPM (Beats Per Minute) dir. Robin Campillo
The Brawler dir. Anurag Kashyap
The Breadwinner dir. Nora Twomey
Call Me By Your Name dir. Luca Guadagnino
Catch the Wind dir. Gael Morel
The Children Act dir. Richard Eyre
The Current War dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Disobedience dir. Sebastian Lelio
Downsizing dir. Alexander Payne
A Fantastic Woman dir. Sebastian Lelio
First They Killed My Father dir. Angelina Jolie
The Guardians dir. Xavier Beauvois
Hostiles dir. Scott Cooper
The Hungry dir. Bornila Chatterjee
I, Tonya dir. Craig Gillespie
Lady Bird dir. Greta Gerwig
mother! dir. Darren Aronofsky
Novitiate dir. Maggie Betts
Omerta dir. Hansal Mehta
Plonger dir. Melanie Laurent
The Price of Success dir. Teddy Lussi-Modeste
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women dir. Angela Robinson
The Rider dir. Chloe Zhao
A Season in France dir. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
The Shape of Water dir. Guillermo del Toro
Sheikh Jackson dir. Amr Salama
The Square dir. Ruber Ostlund
Submergence dir. Wim Wender
Suburbicon dir. George Clooney
Thelma dir. Joachim Trier
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri dir. Martin McDonagh
Victoria and Abdul dir. Stephen Frears

GALA FILMS:

Breathe dir. Andy Serkis
The Catcher Was A Spy dir. Ben Lewin
The Darkest Hour dir. Joe Wright
Film Starts Don’t Die in Liverpool dir. Paul McGuigan
Kings dir. Deniz Gamze Erguven
Long Time Running dir. Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier
Mary Shelley dir. Haifaa Al Mansour
The Mountain Between Us dir. Hany Abu Assad
Mudbound dir. Dee Rees
Stronger dir. David Gordon Green
Untitled Bryan Cranston/Kevin Hart Film dir. Neil Burger
The Wife dir. Bjorn Runge
Woman Walks Ahead dir. Susanna White

[Mr.F]

Originally Posted by xbs2034

He should be eligible, but depending on union rules, might be credited under a pseudonym and that pseudonym actually gets nominated. This happened fairly recently with editing nominations for No Country for Old Men and Dallas Buyers Club as the directors could not be officially credited (though James Cameron has been officially credited and nominated for editing- perhaps he belongs to the editors union).

Cary Fukunaga was his own DP for Beasts of No Nation and he was nominated for the ASC award, so there's seems to be no problem with that. Granted, when it came to winning he was actually the only one that lost because there was a tie and only 3 nominees

[captveg]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

All I care about -- and I LOVE the Oscars (I don't care what you say!) -- is that Deakins wins. 13 Academy Award nominations, zero wins. Hell, in 2008 he was nominated for BOTH The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford AND No Country for Old Men -- and won for NEITHER!!!

Either one of those should have won. But to lose on BOTH?! Come on.

There Will Be Blood, though. It's not like he lost to a bad looking movie.

[GLaDOS]

Originally Posted by captveg

There Will Be Blood, though. It's not like he lost to a bad looking movie.

Oh, yeah. I can imagine the competition between No Country, Jesse James, and TWBB to be cutthroat to a T.

I couldn't choose between the three, but I can see why TWBB was the winner. PTA and his DPs always had a good eye.

[Mr.F]

The thing about Roger Deakins is that with maybe only one or two exceptions, he has lost to totally worthy winners

[imsounoriginal]

Jesse James still should've won. I always figured votes for Deakins got split between Jesse James and NCFOM, so TWBB was able to win.

[GLaDOS]

I really want Deakins to win for 2049, but after seeing Dunkirk in IMAX 15/70, he's gonna have some really tough competition ahead of him as always.

[A113]

I think Free Fire should be nominated for Best Sound Editing or Best Sound Mixing.

[MikeScott]

Baby Driver should get so many technical nominations. ESPECIALLY for sound. If it doesn't it will be absolutely ridiculous.

[shinobipopcorn]

People hate war, but war movies are always Oscar babies.