nightwingnova wrote:You guys were right on the money.
I do question whether Fennell survives to the Oscars.
I think Fennell will be replaced by either Zeller or Vinterberg (if the BAFTA nominations are any indication). Then again, maybe Sorkin will be replaced. Fennell is certainly more deserving of a nomination than him.
In case anyone is wondering, in the past 10 years the DGA and Oscar noms have never completely aligned. Eight times only one of the Oscar nominees did not have a DGA nom in the feature film category (not counting first time category). One time there were two Oscar nominees without a corresponding DGA nom, and one (very infamous) time there were three Oscar nominees replacing DGA noms.
Also, in that same ten years, two Oscar nominees did not see their films also be nominated for Best Picture (odd-man-out). We used to see this every year before the top prize was expanded beyond five slots, but for obvious reasons is quite rare these days.
"When it comes to the subject of torture, I trust a woman who was married to James Cameron for three years."
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