Oscars 2018 Thread (The Shape of Water Wins Best Picture)

shadow_priest_x said:
Just tuning in. Has it just been one big circle jerk about #MeToo, female empowerment and Donald Trump so far, or has it actually been a good show?
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Kinda the former so far, but at least Sammy Rockwell got a well deserved Oscar

that fucking douchebag
 
Eiza is like a mix of Jessica Alba and Gal Gadot... can I get an amen?
 
ofc the film in which you couldn’t hear a fucking word the actors were saying won for Sound Mixing. lol. the academy clearly has no clue what the sound categories mean.
 
sloppypie said:
If you want to see an awesome movie then it’s three billboards. The acting in that movie is amazing.

This year is more about seeing acting in specific movies than seeing one or two epic films. Gary oldman is awesome, Margot Robbie is grea, everyone in billboards is awesome.

Best picture and directing very lackluster this year. I predict Guillermo will win director since he made a very artistic although slightly boring film, but he used a lot of metaphors and nicely done scenes that the academy likes.

Best picture will go to the post, I’m almost sure of it. The last two years they denied the actual best pictures in lieu of socially “relevant”films in spotlight and moonlight. This year with all the speech issues and women’s issues, the post is prob gonna give them the tinglies.

And Streep will win so she can give a speech. It should go to frances mcdormand but I just know the academy is gonna push hard for Meryl.
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You are spot on, and this why the Oscar is a fucking joke of an award. It's never been relevant, and it almost never gets it right.

FUCK THE OSCARS. Seriously, have you ever been excited about a movie, director, just because it has won an Oscar? No, because it has been a joke since the 1940s, and everyone knows it.

The last time they got it right was in 1995 with Braveheart, and they felt so guilty that they gave the Oscar to The English Patient, Titanic and Shakespeare in Love 3 years in a row. Yeah, over Fargo, Shine, Good Will Hunting and Saving Private Ryan.

That's how STUPID the Oscars are.

Again, fuck this.
 
If I see one more fucking white male win a goddamn award I swear to fucking god I am gonna burn down the university I attend
 
HenryFlower said:
ofc the film in which you couldn’t hear a fucking word the actors were saying won for Sound Mixing. lol. the academy clearly has no clue what the sound categories mean.
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I could hear the actors speaking perfectly fine
 
Anung Un Rama said:
Oh, this already started... who has won so far?
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The winners so far:

BEST SOUND MIXING – Dunkirk

BEST SOUND EDITING – Dunkirk

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – Icarus

BEST COSTUME DESIGN – Phantom Thread

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING – Darkest Hour

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
 
Anung Un Rama said:
My predictions:

Best Picture: Oscars always goes social justice warrior over substance for this category so I believe Get Out (black director) or Call Me By Your Name (gay borderline :eek::eek::eek::eek:philic romance movie) will are locks. I liked Get Out a lot, so I wouldn't mind if it won. I haven't seen CMBYN.
I have seen 5 of the nominees (Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards). My personal pick would be Shape of Water, but I'm biased for the genre, lead actress, and director.

Best Directing: Haven't seen Phantom Thread but PTA is a genius. Peele hit it out of the park in his debut. I'm betting on Greta Gerwig, rooting for Guillermo. Has a woman won best director before (Copalla, right?)?

Best Actress: Love Frances, but this role wasn't worthy of nomination (neither was the movie, imo). I'm rooting for Hawkins, but it will probably be Hannah. Haven't seen I, Tonya, but Robbie looked amazing in the trailers.

Best Actor: Gotta be Gary. I didn't think Darkest Hour was that great, nor did I think this was one of Gary's better roles, but he is marvelous just the same. This is an oscar bait role for a career lacking its proper celebration.

Original Screenplay: Three Billboards will win. Adapted Screenplay: Logan (please)

Supporting Actor: Love Rockwell, but didn't think this role deserved a nom. Didn't see Dafoe's movie, but I plan to and he looks great in it. Rooting for him.

Supporting Actor: Alison Jani looked like she killed it. Rooting for her.

Editing: Baby Driver

Visual Effects: Planet of the Apes should win.

Sound Editing: Dunkirk might actually deserve this one.

Costume Design: This is legit the tightest race seeing as all the nominees did bang up jobs.

Cinematography: Blade Runner (another good category (Dunkirk, Shape of Water, and Darkest Hour were all very solid in this area, but BR was a painting).

Production Design: Blade Runner
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Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker is the only one to do it
 
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