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by Mister Tee
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:07 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Your Oscar ballot
Replies: 3
Views: 170

Your Oscar ballot

Excluding best picture (covered in another thread, for preferential), what would you vote for in the other 22 categories? I found a number of the choices difficult -- some because I didn't swoon for anyone; others because I swooned for more than one. Best Actor: Paul Giamatti (it would have been And...
by Mister Tee
Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:01 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Visual Effects
Replies: 4
Views: 167

Re: Categories One-by-One: Visual Effects

I've been reluctant to comment here for a reason I'm guessing some other share: because I haven't seen the apparently quite competitive Godzilla Minus One. I skipped seeing it in theatres because 1) horror films/not my thing and 2) I presumed it'd be streaming in time for the ceremony. But the film'...
by Mister Tee
Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:38 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: International Feature
Replies: 7
Views: 231

Re: Categories One-by-One: International Feature

Sabin wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:21 pm Can I ask: did you watch this at home or on the big screen?
My local AMC theatre. Where Nicole Kidman still won't shut up.
by Mister Tee
Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:37 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Original Screenplay
Replies: 5
Views: 184

Re: Categories One-by-One: Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall has won the Globe, BAFTA and Critics Choice for Screenplay For the record, the Broadcasters didn't choose Anatomy of a Fall; they went for Barbie, pre-switch to adapted. You know what won Globe/BAFTA last year? The Banshees of Inisherin. Which is to say, people are predicting base...
by Mister Tee
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Supporting Actor
Replies: 4
Views: 165

Re: Categories One-by-One: Supporting Actor

I think Downey would make a fine winner. But I also think Gosling would make a fine winner. Or the non-nominated Melton. So, my problem, as always, is with the hive mind that sets in and makes any other outcome unthinkable. Occasionally a performance rates that status -- Christoph Waltz in Ingloriou...
by Mister Tee
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Leading Actor
Replies: 10
Views: 406

Re: Categories One-by-One: Leading Actor

but given the all-time low this category has been in over the past decade (except for Hopkins and I guess Affleck), he wouldn't be a bad winner at all. You know, I hadn't really looked at the past decade as a unit, and, yeesh!, you're right. The only one besides Hopkins/Affleck I might exempt is Ph...
by Mister Tee
Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:51 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Animated Feature
Replies: 5
Views: 208

Re: Categories One-by-One: Animated Feature

Elemental is the weakest of the group -- which isn't to say it's horrible; just that the Pixar formula is starting to really stick out. (I found myself wondering what life subdivision would be their next project: the major food groups?) The characters were likable enough to carry things along, but i...
by Mister Tee
Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:02 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: International Feature
Replies: 7
Views: 231

Categories One-by-One: International Feature

The nominees: Io Capitano Perfect Days Society of the Snow The Teachers' Lounge The Zone of Interest This category appears a slam dunk -- in the 10-wide best picture era, no film nominated for best film has ever lost best Foreign/International Film. So, start with, The Zone of Interest wins. It's st...
by Mister Tee
Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:21 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Leading Actor
Replies: 10
Views: 406

Re: Categories One-by-One: Leading Actor

This category this year proves once and for all most Oscar predictors aren't seers, they're aggregators. Prior to the SAGs, a good many on O'Neil's site were heavily touting Paul Giamatti -- a few, in fact, had been loudly predicting him from before Christmas. Then Murphy goes and wins SAG and, whoo...
by Mister Tee
Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Ceremony Details
Replies: 15
Views: 386

Re: Ceremony Details

Yet more presenters. The five-wide teams for the acting awards have obviously beefed things up, but this year seems to have a stronger batch of credentialed folk (as opposed to up-and-comers) than has been customary of late:

https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/1 ... 5313260819
by Mister Tee
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:15 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Costume Design
Replies: 2
Views: 119

Categories One-by-One: Costume Design

The nominees: Barbie (Jacqueline Durran) Killers of the Flower Moon (Jacqueline West) Napoleon (Janty Yates & Dave Crossman) Oppenheimer (Ellen Mirojnick) Poor Things (Holly Waddington) Since Apple finally gave me freebie-access to Napoleon, I'm qualified to judge this category whole. Napoleon i...
by Mister Tee
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Best Sound
Replies: 2
Views: 160

Re: Categories One-by-One: Best Sound

This is mostly a pretty classic Best Sound line-up -- a couple of loud/dumb action movies, a music film, a big best picture favorite with major techs -- and then there's The Zone of Interest, to wild card things up. I think, had Zone not won BAFTA, everybody would be going Oppenheimer without a seco...
by Mister Tee
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:31 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Best Actress
Replies: 15
Views: 651

Re: Categories One-by-One: Best Actress

As it turned out, I could have addressed this category prior to the SAG/BAFTA rounds, because each went precisely as I'd expected, setting up the only truly up-in-the-air acting category this year. (Barring upset, which is always possible -- though not as much in this millennium.) You can make the a...
by Mister Tee
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:51 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Minor Critics Groups Winners
Replies: 60
Views: 475421

Re: Minor Critics Groups Winners

Hey...remember the Satellites? They mostly stay in the predictable zone above the line, but show refreshing independence below. Best Motion Picture – Drama: Oppenheimer Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical: The Holdovers Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Best Actor in a Motion Picture...
by Mister Tee
Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: CAS Nominations
Replies: 3
Views: 37299

Re: CAS Nominations

Oppenheimer as expected, though the absence of Zone of Interest from the nominees leaves that race faintly alive.

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