criterionforum.org

It's such a joke that Ad Astra wasn't nommed for visual effects-- didn't it not even make the short list?

It did not, but Cats did

In the spirit of my usual logical vs. emotional prediction combination, with top spots always airing on the side of the latter, here goes:

Best Picture:
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Best Director:
Bong Joon-ho

Best Actress:
Renée Zellweger

Best Actor:
Joaquin Pheonix

Best Supporting Actress:
Laura Dern

Best Supporting Actor:
Brad Pitt

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Greta Gerwig, Little Women

Best Original Screenplay:
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Best Cinematography:
Roger Deakins, 1917

Best International Film:
Parasite

Best Editing:
Ford v. Ferrari

Best Original Score:
Joker

Best Original Song:
Rocketman

Best Production Design:
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Best Costume Design:
Little Women

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Bombshell

Visual Effects:
Avengers: Endgame

Sound Editing:
1917

Sound Mixing:
1917

Best Documentary:
American Factory

Best Documentary Short:
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)

Best Animated Short:
Hair Love

Best Live Action Short:
Brotherhood

Best Animated Feature:
Toy Story 4

domino harvey wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2020 6:38 pm It's such a joke that Ad Astra wasn't nommed for visual effects-- didn't it not even make the short list?

The Ad Astra filmmakers didn't actually want to be nominated, which is why they weren't

Speaking of, not sure if you noticed you left VFX blank...

At the risk of making the equivalent of a chalk bracket...

Best Picture:
1917

Best Director:
Sam Mendes

Best Actress:
Renée Zellweger

Best Actor:
Joaquin Pheonix

Best Supporting Actress:
Laura Dern

Best Supporting Actor:
Brad Pitt

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Greta Gerwig, Little Women

Best Original Screenplay:
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Best Cinematography:
1917

Best International Film:
Parasite

Best Editing:
The Irishman

Best Original Score:
Hildur Gudnadóttir, Joker

Best Original Song:
"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again", Rocketman

Best Production Design:
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Costume Design:
Little Women

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Bombshell

Best Visual Effects:
1917

Best Sound Editing:
Ford v. Ferrari

Best Sound Mixing:
Ford v. Ferrari

Best Documentary:
American Factory

Best Documentary Short:
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)

Best Animated Short:
Hair Love

Best Live Action Short:
Brotherhood

Best Animated Feature:
Toy Story 4

therewillbeblus wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:15 pm

domino harvey wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2020 6:38 pm It's such a joke that Ad Astra wasn't nommed for visual effects-- didn't it not even make the short list?

The Ad Astra filmmakers didn't actually want to be nominated, which is why they weren't

Do we have any information as to why they didn't want to be?

DarkImbecile wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:20 pm Speaking of, not sure if you noticed you left VFX blank...

I suppose it must be because I don't want to win either, then

I'll just go with Avengers

Altair wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:29 pm

therewillbeblus wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:15 pm

domino harvey wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2020 6:38 pm It's such a joke that Ad Astra wasn't nommed for visual effects-- didn't it not even make the short list?

The Ad Astra filmmakers didn't actually want to be nominated, which is why they weren't

Do we have any information as to why they didn't want to be?

I'm just being cheeky in response to another thread where it was supposed that people wind up where they want in life by sheer will regardless of uncontrollable systemic factors. I believe that they would be happy to be nominated just as I would be happy to win this ballot or be a superhero

Predictions time - to me the excitement is really centred around the screeplay editing categories (although for some reason I'm feeling extreme indecision over Makeup, which I think could go to either Bombshell or Judy). I'm sure the shorts prediction will be catastrophically erroneous on my part - partly because I haven't seen any of them, there're no precursors for them really, many Academy members don't vote here, and because there's very little buzz or attention paid to them, members often vote for the films they genuinely enjoy, unecumbered by any grander narrative.

Best Picture: 1917

Best Director: Sam Mendes

Best Actor: Joaquin Pheonix

Best Actress: Renée Zellweger

Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt

Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern

Best Original Screenplay: Parasite

Best Adapted Screenplay: Jojo Rabbit

Best Cinematography: 1917

Best International Film: Parasite

Best Editing: Parasite

Best Original Score: Joker

Best Original Song: '(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again', Rocketman

Best Production Design: 1917

Best Costume Design: Jojo Rabbit

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Bombshell

Best Visual Effects: 1917

Best Sound Editing: Ford v Ferrari

Best Sound Mixing: 1917

Best Documentary: Honeyland

Best Documentary Short: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)

Best Animated Short: Kitbull

Best Live Action Short: Nefta Football Club

Best Animated Feature: Klaus

I'll toss my predictions in here

Best Picture: Parasite

Best Director: Sam Mendes

Best Actor: Joaquin Pheonix

Best Actress: Renée Zellweger

Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt

Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern

Best Original Screenplay: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Adapted Screenplay: Little Women

Best Cinematography: 1917

Best International Film: Parasite

Best Editing: Parasite

Best Original Score: Joker

Best Original Song: '(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again', Rocketman

Best Production Design: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Costume Design: Little Women

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Bombshell

Best Visual Effects: Avengers: Endgame

Best Sound Editing: 1917

Best Sound Mixing: 1917

Best Documentary: American Factory

Best Documentary Short: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)

Best Animated Short: Kitbull

Best Live Action Short: Brotherhood

Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 4

I've decided what to do:

Picture: Parasite

Director: Sam Mendes

Actor: Joaquin Phoenix

Actress: Renee Zellweger

Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt

Supporting Actress- Laura Dern

Original Screenplay: Parasite

Adapted Screenplay: Jojo Rabbit

Cinematography: 1917

Film Editing: Parasite

Production Design: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Costume Design: Little Women

Makeup and Hair: Bombshell

Original Score: Joker

Original Song: Stand Up

Sound Mixing: 1917

Sound Editing: 1917

Visual Effects: 1917

Foreign Language Film: Parasite

Documentary Feature: American Factory

Animated Feature: Klaus

Live-Action Short: Nefta Football Club

Documentary Short: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone

Animated Short: Hair Love

Now here’s a trainwreck ballot— my favorite part:

[The Irishman's] Martin Scorsese has done this a lot, and often better. Listen, I've seen Casino, in its entirety, start to finish, 20 times — that movie makes you want to be a gangster; this one was depressing; I'm watching my wise-guy heroes for decades as old men.

I like how they have to specify “in its entirety” and “start to finish” as if they either are proud to watch movies the way people normally watch them, or because they know deep down it’s not that easy to watch Casino that way

Casino was the film that made them want to be a gangster? The one that begins with the nominal hero (who is emotionally illiterate despite being mathematically brilliant) being blown up with a car bomb and then looking back on his life? Where someone gets bludgeoned to death in a shallow grave in the desert? Where a woman drinks herself to death after having her vitality drained from her by the cold, unfeeling monster she married? I mean Goodfellas or The Wolf of Wall Street I could just about understand since we are in the reminiscences of a romantic whose main disappointment at the end is that he did not get a flashy death, but has no regrets about the fun he had before he sold everyone out, but Casino?!?!?

But yeah, running a casino looks cool, I guess!

Both films have people digging their own graves, but that’s like the most fun you can have, so I’m torn

Apperson wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2020 10:50 pm I've decided what to do:

So hey this list is exactly the same as that predictions list the Academy posted on Twitter before being quickly removed, which I didn't realize until seeing them on another account.

Not sure what to do with that...

Predictions

Picture: 1917
Actor: Joaquin Phoenix
Actress: Renée Zellweger
Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt
Supporting Actress: Laura Dern
Director: Bong Joon-Ho
Original Screenplay: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Adapted Screenplay: The Irishman
Animated Film: Toy Story 4
International Film: Parasite
Documentary Film: Honeyland
Animated Short Short: Kitbull
Documentary Short: Learning to Skateboard
Live Action Short: Brotherhood
Original Score: Joker
Original Song: I'm Gonna Love Me Again
Sound Editing: 1917
Sound Mixing: 1917
Cinematography: 1917
Production Design: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Costume: Jojo Rabbit
Hair and Makeup: Bombshell
Film Editing: Parasite
VFX: 1917

How Drunk I'll Get If I Actually Watch It: Very :-&

Please don't give 1917 best picture. Prove me wrong.

The commentary on your alcohol-fueled Globes experience was impressive and enlightening, but perhaps not everyone wants to hear about your drinking habits in this thread

It's a joke. I'm not gonna watch the Oscars.

DarkImbecile wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:17 pm Unless your post specifically says otherwise, if you post your predictions for the 2020 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards in all categories in this thread before 11:59 PM Eastern time on Saturday, February 8, 2020, you are entered in the CF.org Oscar Winners Predictions Sweepstakes, with a chance to win the Grand Prize of: naming one (1) 2019 film that is accessible through legal means in an English-friendly version and politely suggesting that all non-winning contestants see and and post about that film within a reasonable time frame or face a penalty of lukewarm public shaming.

Scoring:

• One point per correctly predicted winner
• Tiebreaker: in the case of a tie, the individual who posted their list of predictions earliest will be declared the winner

Just a reminder that if anyone else wants to participate in our friendly, not-at-all-brutally-competitive contest, you have about 4 hours to submit your guesses for the winners in all categories...

Thanks for the reminder to remove Mendes before it was too late to escape cognitive dissonance

Independent Spirit Awards winners

Feature: The Farewell
Director: Josh and Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems
First Feature: Booksmart
Female Lead: Renée Zellweger, Judy
Male Lead: Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
Documentary: American Factory
Female Supporting: Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
Male Supporting: Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
Screenplay: Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
First Screenplay: Fredrica Bailey and Stefon Bristol, See You Yesterday
Cinematography: Jarin Blaschke, The Lighthouse
Editing: Benny Safdie and Ronald Bronstein, Uncut Gems
International Film: Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite

DarkImbecile wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:04 am

DarkImbecile wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:17 pm Unless your post specifically says otherwise, if you post your predictions for the 2020 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards in all categories in this thread before 11:59 PM Eastern time on Saturday, February 8, 2020, you are entered in the CF.org Oscar Winners Predictions Sweepstakes, with a chance to win the Grand Prize of: naming one (1) 2019 film that is accessible through legal means in an English-friendly version and politely suggesting that all non-winning contestants see and and post about that film within a reasonable time frame or face a penalty of lukewarm public shaming.

Scoring:

• One point per correctly predicted winner
• Tiebreaker: in the case of a tie, the individual who posted their list of predictions earliest will be declared the winner

Just a reminder that if anyone else wants to participate in our friendly, not-at-all-brutally-competitive contest, you have about 4 hours to submit your guesses for the winners in all categories...

I must've missed CF was doing this. I guess I'll predict the other categories. I recall Apperson won the nominees game and wants us to watch I Lost My Body. I saw the film a few days ago but haven't got around to posting on its thread yet. And I see only one person has so far. I'll get to it.

Best Picture Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood
Best Director Quentin Tarantino
Best Actor Joaquin Phoenix
Best Actress Rene Zellweger
Supporting Actor Brad Pitt
Supporting Actress Kathy Bates
Adapted Screenplay Little Women
Original Screenplay Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood
Animated Feature Missing Link
Animated Short Hair Love
Cinnamontography The Lighthouse
Costume Jojo Rabbit
Documentary American Factory
Documentary Short Learning To Skateboard In A Warzone
Editing Ford Vs. Ferrari
Internationale Filme Parasite
Live Short A Sister
Makeup Bombshell
Production Design Parasite
Score Joker
Visual Effects Avengers: Endgame
Song "(I'm) Gonna (Love Me) Again" - from Rocketman
Sound Editing 1917
Sound Mixing Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood