Oscar Nominations for 2017 announced

[TheGOAT]

Watched Hacksaw Ridge last night.

Seemed like Andrew Garfield was doing his best Forrest Gump impression the whole film.

His performance in Silence >>> this

Vince Vaughn played his role real well. Some real good battle scenes but movie wasnt all that. It was basically Forrest Gump/Letters From Iwo Jima mashup film

 

[TheGOAT]

@fortyacres did u see all the movies?

 

[fortyacres]

@fortyacres did u see all the movies?

no

havent watched manchester by the sea and Lion, ive seen the rest even the documentaries.

 

[TheGOAT]

@fortyacres did u see all the movies?

no

havent watched manchester by the sea and Lion, ive seen the rest even the documentaries.

Ive seen almost all them by now too. But i cant do La La Land. Florence Foster Jenkins looks like some bullshit as well.

How is Jackie, Elle, & Loving? Those are the final 3 i have been putting off. Jackie & Loving looked boring. I never even heard of Elle before this thread.

 

[Lou Cypher]

Has anyone seen any of those docs?

(Besides oj)

I've seen 13th and I am not your negro. They are both pretty good and on netflix.

 

[fortyacres]

@fortyacres did u see all the movies?

no

havent watched manchester by the sea and Lion, ive seen the rest even the documentaries.

Ive seen almost all them by now too. But i cant do La La Land. Florence Foster Jenkins looks like some bullshit as well.

How is Jackie, Elle, & Loving? Those are the final 3 i have been putting off. Jackie & Loving looked boring. I never even heard of Elle before this thread.

sorry for the late reply

Lalaland was okay but overrated it hollywood being nostalgic and writing a love letter to itself. B -

Loving was great nuanced in it performance from both Neega and Joel Edgerton ( who should have been nominated for an oscar). A -

Jackie was aight its only worth seeing only if you care for the kennedys history. Natalie Portman did her thing. B -

aint seen Elle but the trailer is intriguing.

aint seen foster florene jenkins tho.

 

[fortyacres]

 

[fortyacres]

after watching Manchester by the Sea i still think Denzel best win that best actor Oscar his performance was better imo.

 

[TheGOAT]

My Picks

Best Picture:

-Arrival

Best Director:

Denis Villeneuve - Arrival

Best Actress:

-didnt watch any of those movies

Best Actor:

Denzel Washington - Fences

Best Supporting Actress:

Naomie Harris - Moonlight

Best Supporting Actor:

Mahershala Ali - Moonlight

Best Original Screenplay:

Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester By the Sea

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Eric Heisserer - Arrival

 

[TheGOAT]

Im sure LaLa Land will be cleaning up sunday.

Would also be funny to see Mel Gibson win just to see the response and his speech

 

[fortyacres]

Best Picture:

Lala Land

Best Director:

Damian Chazzelle - Lala Land

Best Actress:

Emma Stone - Lala Land

Best Actor:

Denzel Washington - Fences

Best Supporting Actress:

Viola Davis

Best Supporting Actor:

Mahershala Ali - Moonlight

Best Original Screenplay:

Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester By the Sea

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Fences

Best Song

Lala Land

Best Docu

13th - Ava Duevaney

Best Animated

Moana

 

[fortyacres]

I do hope there arent alot Trump speeches or shit focused on Trump but with the banning of news outlets from the White House this weekend, Hollywood gonna play into Steve Bannon's hands.

 

[S.jR.]

In order my rank for Best Picture:

1. Hidden Figures: Best overall story, acting, music and ending.

2. Hacksaw Ridge: The backstory was a bit rushed, but very entertaining when boot camp starts til the end.

3. Hell or High Water: Has some really slow moments but incredible climax.

4. Lion: Powerful ending, great not amazing. But I didn't care for his "new" parents story.

5. Fences: Amazing acting, not excited about major characters disappearing off screen.. see Moonlight.

6. Arrival: Good not great. Should've offered more to the alien story.

7. Moonlight: Chapter II should've been more delved into, the strongest chapter. Very realistic overall.

8. LaLa Land: Ryan Gosling can't sing. The ending was good though and the beginning sequence.

9. Manchester By The Sea: Some of the best story they didn't really get into. Actually kind of boring, original doesn't mean award worthy every time.

I'd take Birth of a Nation over a few of these movies. Meh, what do I know awards probably will go in reverse order in likelihood to win.

 

[fortyacres]

In order my rank for Best Picture:

1. Hidden Figures: Best overall story, acting, music and ending.

2. Hacksaw Ridge: The backstory was a bit rushed, but very entertaining when boot camp starts til the end.

3. Hell or High Water: Has some really slow moments but incredible climax.

4. Lion: Powerful ending, great not amazing. But I didn't care for his "new" parents story.

5. Fences: Amazing acting, not excited about major characters disappearing off screen.. see Moonlight.

6. Arrival: Good not great. Should've offered more to the alien story.

7. Moonlight: Chapter II should've been more delved into, the strongest chapter. Very realistic overall.

8. LaLa Land: Ryan Gosling can't sing. The ending was good though and the beginning sequence.

9. Manchester By The Sea: Some of the best story they didn't really get into. Actually kind of boring, original doesn't mean award worthy every time.

I'd take Birth of a Nation over a few of these movies. Meh, what do I know awards probably will go in reverse order in likelihood to win.

Birth of a nation was very average , very average.I expected more.

 

[S.jR.]

In order my rank for Best Picture:

1. Hidden Figures: Best overall story, acting, music and ending.

2. Hacksaw Ridge: The backstory was a bit rushed, but very entertaining when boot camp starts til the end.

3. Hell or High Water: Has some really slow moments but incredible climax.

4. Lion: Powerful ending, great not amazing. But I didn't care for his "new" parents story.

5. Fences: Amazing acting, not excited about major characters disappearing off screen.. see Moonlight.

6. Arrival: Good not great. Should've offered more to the alien story.

7. Moonlight: Chapter II should've been more delved into, the strongest chapter. Very realistic overall.

8. LaLa Land: Ryan Gosling can't sing. The ending was good though and the beginning sequence.

9. Manchester By The Sea: Some of the best story they didn't really get into. Actually kind of boring, original doesn't mean award worthy every time.

I'd take Birth of a Nation over a few of these movies. Meh, what do I know awards probably will go in reverse order in likelihood to win.

Birth of a nation was very average , very average.I expected more.

You know I think my expectations wanted more for the revolt. But it was what it was. Still had some powerful imagery IMO.

 

[TheGOAT]

In order my rank for Best Picture:

1. Arrival: Most imaginative & unique story. Most rewatchable of the films nominated

2. Moonlight: im actually rooting for this the most. Amazingly shot.

3. Manchester By the Sea: Great performance by Casey. Not really a multiple watch movie but hits you deep the 1st time you sit thru it.

4. Hell or High Water: The most "fun" movie in the bunch. Ben Foster always been underrated. Fuck the Big Lebowskis racist version of Tommy Lee Jones character from No Country Old Men

5. Hidden Figures: Very good movie. Surprised its up for best picture tho. Its kinda similar to all the civil rights based family films like Remember The Titans. Good movie tho.

6. Fences: Denzel made this movie watchable. He made a boring movie barable with a great performance and deserves Best Actor.

7. Lion: I was not able to enjoy this proper because i saw the 60Mins episode on the real story. Tainted the experience of the film for me.

8. Hacksaw Ridge: This movie was not great. Battle scenes were very good but other than that i dont see the hype.

9. LaLa Land: Fuck this corny ass shit. And i already know its gonna sweep every category

 

[Rampage12]

In order my rank for Best Picture:

1. Arrival: Most imaginative & unique story. Most rewatchable of the films nominated

2. Moonlight: im actually rooting for this the most. Amazingly shot.

3. Manchester By the Sea: Great performance by Casey. Not really a multiple watch movie but hits you deep the 1st time you sit thru it.

4. Hell or High Water: The most "fun" movie in the bunch. Ben Foster always been underrated. Fuck the Big Lebowskis racist version of Tommy Lee Jones character from No Country Old Men

5. Hidden Figures: Very good movie. Surprised its up for best picture tho. Its kinda similar to all the civil rights based family films like Remember The Titans. Good movie tho.

6. Fences: Denzel made this movie watchable. He made a boring movie barable with a great performance and deserves Best Actor.

7. Lion: I was not able to enjoy this proper because i saw the 60Mins episode on the real story. Tainted the experience of the film for me.

8. Hacksaw Ridge: This movie was not great. Battle scenes were very good but other than that i dont see the hype.

9. LaLa Land: Fuck this corny ass shit. And i already know its gonna sweep every category

Jeff Bridges based his character on a real-life Texas Ranger named Joaquin Jackson.

 

[MR.CJ]

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[TheGOAT]

In order my rank for Best Picture:

1. Arrival: Most imaginative & unique story. Most rewatchable of the films nominated

2. Moonlight: im actually rooting for this the most. Amazingly shot.

3. Manchester By the Sea: Great performance by Casey. Not really a multiple watch movie but hits you deep the 1st time you sit thru it.

4. Hell or High Water: The most "fun" movie in the bunch. Ben Foster always been underrated. Fuck the Big Lebowskis racist version of Tommy Lee Jones character from No Country Old Men

5. Hidden Figures: Very good movie. Surprised its up for best picture tho. Its kinda similar to all the civil rights based family films like Remember The Titans. Good movie tho.

6. Fences: Denzel made this movie watchable. He made a boring movie barable with a great performance and deserves Best Actor.

7. Lion: I was not able to enjoy this proper because i saw the 60Mins episode on the real story. Tainted the experience of the film for me.

8. Hacksaw Ridge: This movie was not great. Battle scenes were very good but other than that i dont see the hype.

9. LaLa Land: Fuck this corny ass shit. And i already know its gonna sweep every category

Jeff Bridges based his character on a real-life Texas Ranger named Joaquin Jackson.

Well my mexican & indian blood says fuck that guy

 

[PanchoYoSancho]

Hacksaw Ridge, Hidden Figures and Arrival are the only major nominees I actually watched. I skimmed thru Moonlight. Don't really have any strong rooting interest, but Hacksaw was my shit.