2017 Academy Award Nominations Thread (3 Viewers)

[Winston T. Boogie]

I think the Jim Carrey video telling Emma how much he loves her is a gag but I don't know much about it or the context in which it was made. As far as I know Emma Stone just said she loved it...I think lots of other people were creeped out by it but she was alright with it I think. I do think Jim should do another one in light of her Best Actress win

 

[Tony Bensley]

I shouldn't be encouraging this...but hope that it'll become clear that without hearing directly from Denzel himself, we'll never know what his state of mind was at that moment:

To further illustrate the futility in reading facial expressions, here's some humorous possibilities:
"Damn, did I leave the water running?"
"Damn, I'm not looking forward to dealing with the post Oscar LA Traffic!"
"Damn, I think my Dentures are slipping!" (No, I don't really suspect that Denzel wears Dentures, but for me, it further illustrates the futility in accurate facial expression reading!)

CHEERS!

 

[Lord Dalek]

I mentioned my Pick the Winners win on my Facebook timeline. A graphic artist friend of mine (that happens to have a fun sense of humor) superimposed one of my profile pictures into an image that is familiar to holiday movie fans, suggesting what I should win:

Mark

Don't knock it, its Italian!

 

[Bryan^H]

Is it just me, or does anyone else think it is weird that nearly every Oscar bait movie is a Lionsgate movie?
-Manchester By The Sea
-La La Land
-Moonlight
-Hell Or High Water
-Lion
-Hacksaw Ridge

all Lionsgate.
I must have missed something along the way. I had no idea Lionsgate has become such a powerful force in the world of cinema.
Do other big Studios even try anymore? Do they care?

 

[SamT]

PWC Accountant Wanted to Perform Sketch at Oscars

When the mistake was corrected three minutes later, it was because of a stagehand, not the PwC accountants, who are supposed to memorize all the winners and storm the stage in the unlikely occurrence of a mix-up.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Is it just me, or does anyone else think it is weird that nearly every Oscar bait movie is a Lionsgate movie?
-Manchester By The Sea
-La La Land
-Moonlight
-Hell Or High Water
-Lion
-Hacksaw Ridge

all Lionsgate.
I must have missed something along the way. I had no idea Lionsgate has become such a powerful force in the world of cinema.
Do other big Studios even try anymore? Do they care?

I wouldn't have thought of Hell Or High Water as Oscar bait - I was thrilled that it was nominated but I did not see that coming.

 

[Hanson]

Hell or High Water wasn't Oscar bait for the sole reason that it was released in August and not the traditional awards season window. It garnered it's critical accolades more organically.

 

[Chris Will]

Yes, blockbusters used to be good. Nowadays, not so much, IMHO.

Don't worry, Avatar 2, 3, 4 and 5 are coming!!!

 

[TJPC]

Is it just me, or does anyone else think it is weird that nearly every Oscar bait movie is a Lionsgate movie?
-Manchester By The Sea
-La La Land
-Moonlight
-Hell Or High Water
-Lion
-Hacksaw Ridge

all Lionsgate.
I must have missed something along the way. I had no idea Lionsgate has become such a powerful force in the world of cinema.
Do other big Studios even try anymore? Do they care?

Big studios concentrate on making popular movies 90% of the population will enjoy, not arty farty pretentious stuff for the other 10%.
MGM once said that because they churned out so many movies like the Andy Hardy series they could make prestige pictures which did not make a profit but were good advertising.

 

[Rob_Ray]

I long for the days when the best pictures were often one of the more popular pictures of the year: GONE WITH THE WIND, CASABLANCA, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, BEN-HUR, WEST SIDE STORY, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, etc.

 

[Stan]

Don't any of you people own a PVR? A 4 hour show -- commercials, boring thank yous, anything else you are not interested in = 1 hour. My God we haven't watched a live show since our first Beta machine in 1986.

Love your post. I can condense the entire show to less than hour, and that's being generous.

I was also a Beta guy, sadly lost out in the war. Wish I'd kept my BetaMax, probably worth some pretty good money now.

 

[Tony Bensley]

PWC Accountant Wanted to Perform Sketch at Oscars

When the mistake was corrected three minutes later, it was because of a stagehand, not the PwC accountants, who are supposed to memorize all the winners and storm the stage in the unlikely occurrence of a mix-up.

I read an article that announced PWC would no longer be doing the Academy Awards. It does appear that their most recent representative Accountant for the Oscars was a bit too starstruck to properly carry out his ONE job. I believe it's time for another firm to take over that job, one that can furnish non starstruck representatives. The question is what firm?

CHEERS!

 

[Edwin-S]

Talk about turning a tempest in a teapot into a hurricane.

 

[Mark Booth]

We received our prize for the Pick the Winners contest we won at the Oscar viewing dinner party. A $25 gift card to a local restaurant and 2 passes to Regal theaters. Dinner and a movie!

Mark

 

[SamT]

You have to spend it on an Oscar movie. The only way to go!

 

[Mark-P]

You have to spend it on an Oscar movie. The only way to go!

He'll probably just use it to see La La Land for the umpteenth time!

 

[SamT]

If I had won, of the best picture nominees
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

I have seen only Arrival. I would have gone to see Hacksaw Ridge probably. Seems the only movie that would justify the trouble of seeing it in a theater.

 

[bujaki]

Moonlight's cinematography is quite beautiful and poetic where it needs to be.

 

[SamT]

Oscars Tourist 'Gary From Chicago' Goes Hollywood: "I Got a Real Publicist"

As you'll read, Coe had been very open about having just being released from prison when he was unwittingly recruited by a Jimmy Kimmel Live! producer. The producer wasn't dissuaded. On the contrary, Coe was so charming in the bus that they pushed him to the front of the group at the Dolby Theatre.

But Coe, who is now in the process of reintegrating and hopes to help others do the same one day, isn't interested in looking backward. Through the help of his newly acquired publicist, Coe spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about his hardscrabble past and unexpected celebrity.

 

[TravisR]

I think the real story here is that there's a publicist that is so desperate that he takes on this guy as a client. Who are some of his other clients? Ken Bone? A guy who once yelled "Baba Booey!" during a live news broadcast in Topeka?