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February 23rd, 2019 at 8:26:07 AM
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Here are the betting favorites for the 2019 Academy Awards and the probability of winning, as suggested by the going odds:
The question for the poll is which film do you think should win for best picture?
| Award | Winner | Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Best Picture | Roma | 68.75% |
| Best Director | Alfonso Cuaron | 92.08% |
| Best Actor | Rami Malek | 84.47% |
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | 84.91% |
| Best Supporting Actor | Mahershala Ali | 92.08% |
| Best Supporting Actress | Regina King | 69.70% |
| Best Animated Feature Film | Spider-Man | 93.06% |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Roma | 92.59% |
| Best Cinematography | Roma | 90.91% |
| Best Original Song | Shallow - Lady Gaga - A Star Is Born | 95.24% |
The question for the poll is which film do you think should win for best picture?
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February 23rd, 2019 at 9:52:49 AM
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Alfonso, Rami, Mahershala, Roma? Is the the foreign
awards? Never heard of them.
awards? Never heard of them.
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February 23rd, 2019 at 10:05:56 AM
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"Should" is a tricky term. The Academy's tastes and values are very different than the general public's... and mine, The industry is in the middle of huge changes in the way films are produced and screened. If "Roma" wins, it would be a "jump the shark" moment for motion pictures, and signal a clear end to the studio/distribution model that has dominated since the middle of the last century. The film was barely in theaters, but all over Netflix, and heavily promoted on network advertisements. I guess it's just like how the Emmy awards for television are now dominated by shows only on paid cable channels.
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February 23rd, 2019 at 10:15:23 AM
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The wife tried watching Roma, and even though she likes artsy films, gave up after 30-40 minutes. So it will probably win. I never like the ones the win best picture it seems. I really liked Green Book so it has no shot.
February 23rd, 2019 at 10:57:44 AM
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I've only seen Black Panther, but I don't think it deserves Best Picture. It wasn't even the best Marvel movie released last year, let alone best overall movie.
'The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars,[1] are a set of awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette, officially called the "Academy Award of Merit", although more commonly referred to by its nickname "Oscar". The award was originally sculpted by George Stanley from a design sketch by Cedric Gibbons.[2] AMPAS first presented it in 1929 at a private dinner hosted by Douglas Fairbanks in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.[3][4]'
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Quote: EvenBobAlfonso, Rami, Mahershala, Roma? Is the the foreign
awards? Never heard of them.
'The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars,[1] are a set of awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette, officially called the "Academy Award of Merit", although more commonly referred to by its nickname "Oscar". The award was originally sculpted by George Stanley from a design sketch by Cedric Gibbons.[2] AMPAS first presented it in 1929 at a private dinner hosted by Douglas Fairbanks in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.[3][4]'
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February 23rd, 2019 at 11:01:33 AM
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say Black Panther.:) Virtually EVERYONE loved BP and praised it as a really good movie. It may be a "Crazy, unorthadox , radical choice," but I'm not exactly known for my "Normal," Predictions, ;) Hey, maybe Black Panther will get 125 votes! LMAO! :D ;)
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February 23rd, 2019 at 11:42:19 AM
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Leftywood will give it to VICE
February 23rd, 2019 at 11:59:12 AM
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Quote: TigerWuI've only seen Black Panther, but I don't think it deserves Best Picture.
I lasted 35 min thru the awful acting
and storyline. I had no idea what it
was even about. And what's with
the green black people. Terrible
movie, talk about overrated..
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February 23rd, 2019 at 12:59:26 PM
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Quote: aceofspadesLeftywood will give it to VICE
I hope they do. It was brilliant acting. Stands alone without you throwing political shade.
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February 23rd, 2019 at 2:08:56 PM
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I just watched Roma on Netflix last night. For the first 30 minutes, I wasn't sure I was going to watch the entire movie (its B&W, and spanish language and very slow and without much narrative tension.) By the end of the movie, I couldn't look away. And afterward, I feel haunted.
Roma has no people with superpowers -not even teenagers who can hack anything including the traffic lights. It is about common people who are often surrounded by a chaotic and distracting reality. It is a profund depiction of the real world as it was in a third-world country in the 1970s. Not sure whether that is a Best Picture attribute. But it also has beautiful cinematography that film arts students will be studying for years. In that way (cinematography) it is a modern-day Citizen Kane.
Black Panther -meh. Not even an exceptional Marvel Universe film.
Roma has no people with superpowers -not even teenagers who can hack anything including the traffic lights. It is about common people who are often surrounded by a chaotic and distracting reality. It is a profund depiction of the real world as it was in a third-world country in the 1970s. Not sure whether that is a Best Picture attribute. But it also has beautiful cinematography that film arts students will be studying for years. In that way (cinematography) it is a modern-day Citizen Kane.
Black Panther -meh. Not even an exceptional Marvel Universe film.
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February 23rd, 2019 at 2:15:00 PM
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Quote: aceofspadesLeftywood will give it to VICE
If that was true, then Brokeback Mountain would have won instead of Crash (or, as Jack Nicholson said it when he read the winner, "Crash...heh").
Don't be so focused on national politics that you overlook Hollywood internal politics.
February 23rd, 2019 at 3:12:41 PM
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Quote: gordonm888I just watched Roma on Netflix last night. For the first 30 minutes, I .
That's longer than I lasted. B/W bores me,
we don't live in B/W, why would a movie
made in it be good. I love what they
do with the new colorization techniques.
It takes an otherwise lifeless movie and
makes it jump off the screen.
And don't get me started on subtitles. I
don't care who are, without the actors
voices in your language, you miss half
the movie.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
February 23rd, 2019 at 3:33:22 PM
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Quote: EvenBob
And don't get me started on subtitles. I
don't care who are, without the actors
voices in your language, you miss half
the movie.
I agree. I used to be a subtitle snob, but then I realized I was wasting time reading instead of actually watching and enjoying the scene. I almost feel like it's insulting to the people who made the movie that instead of appreciating their craft, I'm concentrating on some subtitles some minimum wage editing monkey typed into a computer years after the fact.
I'll watch subtitles if that's only version available, though.
February 23rd, 2019 at 3:35:11 PM
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Quote: beachbumbabsI hope they do. It was brilliant acting. Stands alone without you throwing political shade.
I rest my case
February 23rd, 2019 at 3:44:21 PM
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If Hollywood wants to be artsy fartsy, it's going to be Roma.
If Hollywood wants to be political, it's going to be BlackKKlansman.
If Hollywood wants to be safe, it's going to be Bohemian Rhapsody.
If Hollywood wants to be popular, it's going to be Black Panther.
If Hollywood wants to be edgy , it's going to be A Star is Born.
If Hollywood wants an upset, it's going to be Creed II.
If Hollywood wants to be political, it's going to be BlackKKlansman.
If Hollywood wants to be safe, it's going to be Bohemian Rhapsody.
If Hollywood wants to be popular, it's going to be Black Panther.
If Hollywood wants to be edgy , it's going to be A Star is Born.
If Hollywood wants an upset, it's going to be Creed II.
February 23rd, 2019 at 3:45:33 PM
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Quote: gordonm888I But it also has beautiful cinematography
I don't have Netflix but I watched a trailer on youtube for it, and first thing I noticed.
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February 23rd, 2019 at 3:52:48 PM
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Quote: TigerWu
I'll watch subtitles if that's only version available, though.
Not me, never seen one all the
way thru. I get tired of having
to pay soooo much attention
so I miss nothing. It takes any
enjoyment away. I've always
felt people who say they like
subtitles are fibbing because
they think it makes them cool.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
February 23rd, 2019 at 3:55:07 PM
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Quote: TigerWuIf Hollywood wants to be artsy fartsy, it's going to be Roma.
If Hollywood wants to be political, it's going to be BlackKKlansman.
If Hollywood wants to be safe, it's going to be Bohemian Rhapsody.
If Hollywood wants to be popular, it's going to be Black Panther.
If Hollywood wants to be edgy , it's going to be A Star is Born.
If Hollywood wants an upset, it's going to be Creed II.
If Hollywood wants to add fuel to the "The Oscars are rigged" fire, it's going to be either Creed II or Death of a Nation, neither of which are nominated for Best Picture.
The "quick" version of how Best Picture nominees are really determined:
Every member of the Academy is asked, "Name your choice for Best Picture - yes, there are 10 lines on the ballot, but we're only really interested in your first choice."
Every movie that got votes from at least 5% of the voters is nominated.
There's a complicated procedure for what to do if either fewer than five or more than 10 get 5%, but that has never happened since the 5% rule was adopted.
And here's Sunday's TV schedule (all times Pacific):
10:30 AM - ABC's pre-pre-pre-show (what are they going to show - people actually installing the carpet?)
1:00 PM - after a 30-minute American Idol special, a lot of ABC affiliates will be airing KABC Los Angeles's pre-pre-show coverage (in Vegas, it will start at 1:30)
3:30 PM - ABC's pre-show
5:00 PM - "Okay, everybody, let's try to keep the Oscars to under three hours this year!"
February 23rd, 2019 at 3:58:48 PM
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Quote: aceofspadesI rest my case
The awards are all about politics, it's
why the winners make statements
sometimes. Remember when Brando
sent the Indian out?
Oscar and Politics Over the Decades
https://variety.com/2018/vintage/news/oscar-politics-controversy-marlon-brando-jimmy-kimmel-1202711409/
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February 23rd, 2019 at 4:13:35 PM
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Quote: EvenBobThe awards are all about politics, it's why the winners make statements sometimes.
Remember when Brando sent the Indian out?
IIRC, the Academy immediately established a "no proxy recipients" rule after that. The only exception I can think of off the top of my head is when Jane Fonda accepted her father's Oscar for On Golden Pond.
And of course politics is involved - especially in the Documentaries. I wonder what's going to be brought up if RBG wins.
I'm just saying that it's not the driving force behind determining the winners...although it would explain how, in 2009, Sean Penn won for Milk over Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler.
February 23rd, 2019 at 4:22:20 PM
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Quote: ThatDonGuyIIRC, the Academy immediately established a "no proxy recipients" rule after that. The only exception I can think of off the top of my head is when Jane Fonda accepted her father's Oscar for On Golden Pond.
And of course politics is involved - especially in the Documentaries. I wonder what's going to be brought up if RBG wins.
I'm just saying that it's not the driving force behind determining the winners...although it would explain how, in 2009, Sean Penn won for Milk over Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler.
Mickey deserved that Oscar -- that was a stunning performance
February 23rd, 2019 at 4:47:43 PM
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Quote: ThatDonGuySean Penn won for Milk over Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler.
That's when I quit caring and watching.
Wrestler was awesome, Milk was awful.
I quit after 15 min..
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February 23rd, 2019 at 5:16:46 PM
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At the end of the day the Oscars are an INDUSTRY award, given by people in the industry to other people in the industry. That's why I think it's funny that so many people get so upset that certain movies are or aren't nominated, or do or don't win, etc., and get mad and say, "It's just a big Hollywood circlejerk!" Haha, well, no ****, sherlock! That's exactly the point! That's what industry awards are for! It's no different than a plumber's union handing out awards for plumbing. It's not FOR YOU. They do it for themselves. I don't know why so many people don't seem to understand that and get so offended by what Hollywood does in their spare time.
February 24th, 2019 at 7:51:21 AM
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The last scene of Roma as written in the screenplay:
"The patio, in shadows now, floats in the afternoon quiet. Borras sleeps and the parakeets are quiet. Only the hum of the city in the distance.
Cleo comes out of the kitchen carrying her load of dirty laundry and crosses the tiny patio to go up the metal staircase that leads to the roof. Her steps reverberate throughout the bony structure in a metallic moan that echoes through the tiny patio, waking the caged birds.
Cleo reaches the step in front of her room and keeps walking upwards.
A sweet potato vendor lets out his sad howl in the distance.
Step by step, Cleo ascends.
Yet further up, beyond the roof, the sky is pure."
"The patio, in shadows now, floats in the afternoon quiet. Borras sleeps and the parakeets are quiet. Only the hum of the city in the distance.
Cleo comes out of the kitchen carrying her load of dirty laundry and crosses the tiny patio to go up the metal staircase that leads to the roof. Her steps reverberate throughout the bony structure in a metallic moan that echoes through the tiny patio, waking the caged birds.
Cleo reaches the step in front of her room and keeps walking upwards.
A sweet potato vendor lets out his sad howl in the distance.
Step by step, Cleo ascends.
Yet further up, beyond the roof, the sky is pure."
So many better men, a few of them friends, are dead. And a thousand thousand slimy things live on, and so do I.
February 24th, 2019 at 9:47:41 AM
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Quote: gordonm888The last scene of Roma as written in the screenplay:
The screenplay is way better than
the movie..
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February 24th, 2019 at 10:44:36 AM
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I still need to watch a few on the list.
Green Book was my favorite so far. Fantastic.
Green Book was my favorite so far. Fantastic.
February 24th, 2019 at 10:53:50 AM
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Watched Bohemian Rhapsody last night - pretty much by the numbers but Rami Malek transformed into FM - great performance
February 24th, 2019 at 11:50:47 AM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: gordonm888The last scene of Roma as written in the screenplay:
The screenplay is way better than
the movie..
I thought you hadn't seen it?
I watched Roma last night and really liked it, but I'd love to see BlacKkKlansman or The Favourite win. Those were the best movie going experiences I had last year. And I really hope The Favourite cleans up in the actress categories. I haven't seen Green Book or Vice due to poor reviews, and never got around to A Star Is Born. Black Panther was good but had the same tiresome plot devices and action sequences of all the Marvel movies.
February 24th, 2019 at 1:29:21 PM
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Quote: jmillsI thought you hadn't seen it?
Saw enough of it to know I hate
B/W and really hate subtitles. I
talked about this already. B/W is
so lifeless and so unlike real
life. Nobody see's the world
totally devoid of color. At least
most of us don't.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
February 24th, 2019 at 4:06:37 PM
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Quote: EvenBobSaw enough of it to know I hate
B/W and really hate subtitles. I
talked about this already. B/W is
so lifeless and so unlike real
life. Nobody see's the world
totally devoid of color. At least
most of us don't.
You must be a blast at parties.
February 24th, 2019 at 4:09:03 PM
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Quote: TigerWuYou must be a blast at parties.
You think everybody loves B/W? I know
people that won't even watch classic
movies like It's a Wonderful Life or
Maltese Falcon cause they aren't
in color.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
February 24th, 2019 at 5:12:56 PM
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Quote: EvenBobYou think everybody loves B/W? I know
people that won't even watch classic
movies like It's a Wonderful Life or
Maltese Falcon cause they aren't
in color.
February 24th, 2019 at 5:13:56 PM
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Quote: EvenBobYou think everybody loves B/W? I know
people that won't even watch classic
movies like It's a Wonderful Life or
Maltese Falcon cause they aren't
in color.
I bet you're a fan of Ted Turner.
February 24th, 2019 at 5:35:18 PM
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I’ve seen all of the Best Picture nominees except Green Book and Roma.
If I was an academy member, I think I’d vote for The Favourite. I really enjoyed that one a whole lot more than I thought I would.
A Star is Born would be my 2nd choice.
Ah hell, I’ll just rank the ones I’ve seen:
1) The Favourite
2) A Star is Born
3) BlacKKKlansman
4) Vice
5) Bohemian Rhapsody
6) Black Panther
The last two shouldn’t have been nominated for Best Picture, IMO.
If I was an academy member, I think I’d vote for The Favourite. I really enjoyed that one a whole lot more than I thought I would.
A Star is Born would be my 2nd choice.
Ah hell, I’ll just rank the ones I’ve seen:
1) The Favourite
2) A Star is Born
3) BlacKKKlansman
4) Vice
5) Bohemian Rhapsody
6) Black Panther
The last two shouldn’t have been nominated for Best Picture, IMO.
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February 24th, 2019 at 5:45:54 PM
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Quote: TigerWuYou must be a blast at parties.
Quote:You're enjoying your day
Everything is going your way
Then along comes Debbie Downer
Always there to tell you
'bout a new disease
a car accident or killer bees
You'll beg her to spare you
Debbie please!
But you can't stop Debbie Downer
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February 24th, 2019 at 6:46:20 PM
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Quote: rxwinecourtesy of SNL
B/W was forced on us because they
had no color yet. Then when it did
become available, it was too expensive
to use except on the highest budget
films, like GWTW and Wizard of OZ.
Technicolor hid it's secrets well. You
had to rent their cameras and an
operator, and every night they would
take the huge camera back to the
office and lock it up.
They used a 3 film process in one
camera. One would film only red,
one blue, one yellow. In the camera
it pressed the 3 together and the result
was gorgeous color that still stands
out today. I believe the last movie
using the old process was the first
Star Wars.
Here's a clip from 1935, look at how
well the color has held up. People
went absolutely crazy for Technicolor.
A movie using the process never lost
money as people saw it just because
of the color. In the 40's there was a
3 year waiting list to rent a Technicolor
camera.
That's how much the public hated B/W.
Read the comments, this still has the
same effect on people as it did in 1935.
They're astounded at how real the people
look and how it takes you back in time.
B/W never does.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
February 24th, 2019 at 7:24:30 PM
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Quote: EvenBobSaw enough of it to know I hate
B/W and really hate subtitles. I
talked about this already. B/W is
so lifeless and so unlike real
life. Nobody see's the world
totally devoid of color. At least
most of us don't.
The Bad Seed that was filmed entirely in Black And White in 1956 could put a lot of movies in color that were made in the 2000's and beyond to shame, but to be fair Patty McCormack had better acting as an 11 year old than many adult Actress and Actors in current and recent movies.
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February 24th, 2019 at 7:34:30 PM
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To the Poster who pointed out that The Oscars are what the industry gives to other industry Celebs and workers, I think it would have been ideal if the ORDINARY people were actually the only ones voting. The people who plop down $18 to watch Thor weild his hammer around in 3D IMAX and pay $10 for a large popcorn and $8 for a large Coke, so $36 to eat, drink, and see the CGI IMAX Thor Hammer in all my it's glory. And then gush about how incredibly cool the movie was. These people should be the only ones voting in the Oscars. Other than that you will have movies like The Artist which a lot of people admitted they had never even heard of it until it won Best Picture and then be mainly forgotten about quickly.
In both The Hunger Games and in gambling, may the odds be ever in your favor. :D
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"Olive oil is processed but it only has one
ingredient, olive oil."-Even Bob, March 27/28th. :D The 2 year war is over! Woo-hoo! :D
I sometimes speak in metaphors. ;) Remember this. ;)
Crack the code. :D 8.9.13.25.14.1.13.5.9.19.14.1.20.8.1.14! :D
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February 24th, 2019 at 7:47:13 PM
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Quote: NathanTo the Poster who pointed out that The Oscars are what the industry gives to other industry Celebs and workers, I think it would have been ideal if the ORDINARY people were actually the only ones voting. The people who plop down $18 to watch Thor weild his hammer around in 3D IMAX and pay $10 for a large popcorn and $8 for a large Coke, so $36 to eat, drink, and see the CGI IMAX Thor Hammer in all my it's glory. And then gush about how incredibly cool the movie was. These people should be the only ones voting in the Oscars. Other than that you will have movies like The Artist which a lot of people admitted they had never even heard of it until it won Best Picture and then be mainly forgotten about quickly.
That already exists. The People's Choice Awards.
February 24th, 2019 at 7:57:35 PM
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"Here's a clip from 1935, look at how
well the color has held up. People
went absolutely crazy for Technicolor."
In that same vein, I was 20 years old before
I got my first color tv. My dad was too cheap
to buy one, and I was 20 before I could afford
one. It was a Zenith 16" portable, even
though it weighed a ton, that was $400 at Sears.
That was a huge amount of money in 1969.
It's the equivalent of $2740 in today's money.
I was thrilled and enthralled for the first year
with that TV. It's still one of the major events
of my life. Everyday watching reruns of shows
that I'd seen for years in black and white and
now they were in glorious color. I remember
those days like they were yesterday.
Superman, Gilligans Island, Beverly Hillbillies,
Bewitched, Hogans Heroes, Batman, Green
Acres, Get Smart, The Virginian, Bonanza,
it was a glorious whole new world. God how
I loved that TV..
well the color has held up. People
went absolutely crazy for Technicolor."
In that same vein, I was 20 years old before
I got my first color tv. My dad was too cheap
to buy one, and I was 20 before I could afford
one. It was a Zenith 16" portable, even
though it weighed a ton, that was $400 at Sears.
That was a huge amount of money in 1969.
It's the equivalent of $2740 in today's money.
I was thrilled and enthralled for the first year
with that TV. It's still one of the major events
of my life. Everyday watching reruns of shows
that I'd seen for years in black and white and
now they were in glorious color. I remember
those days like they were yesterday.
Superman, Gilligans Island, Beverly Hillbillies,
Bewitched, Hogans Heroes, Batman, Green
Acres, Get Smart, The Virginian, Bonanza,
it was a glorious whole new world. God how
I loved that TV..
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
February 24th, 2019 at 8:14:21 PM
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Glenn Close didn’t win. Olivia Coleman did for The Favourite.
Biggest upset in a major category in years...
Biggest upset in a major category in years...
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February 24th, 2019 at 8:39:47 PM
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Quote: NathanTo the Poster who pointed out that The Oscars are what the industry gives to other industry Celebs and workers, I think it would have been ideal if the ORDINARY people were actually the only ones voting. The people who plop down $18 to watch Thor weild his hammer around in 3D IMAX and pay $10 for a large popcorn and $8 for a large Coke, so $36 to eat, drink, and see the CGI IMAX Thor Hammer in all my it's glory. And then gush about how incredibly cool the movie was. These people should be the only ones voting in the Oscars. Other than that you will have movies like The Artist which a lot of people admitted they had never even heard of it until it won Best Picture and then be mainly forgotten about quickly.
You mean the golden globes.
Most millennials simply download and watch a pirated copy on an app. And even if you did let the viewers choose it would be heavily skewed to marketing efforts towards people who watch movies,. meaning 3d action films every year.
A movie is only meaningful to you it's meaningful to you. If I were to give out academy awards it would be to Airplane.
Oscars are far from perfect but it shouldn't be a popularity contest. It should be about excellence.
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February 24th, 2019 at 8:43:31 PM
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Quote: ams288Glenn Close didn’t win. Olivia Coleman did for The Favourite.
Biggest upset in a major category in years...
I don't think anybody was more shocked than Olivia Coleman.
If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
February 24th, 2019 at 8:56:15 PM
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Quote: ams288Glenn Close didn’t win. Olivia Coleman did for The Favourite.
Biggest upset in a major category in years...
Shades of the 1990 Oscars, when Lead Actor was a two-horse race between Morgan Freeman and (I want to say) Tom Cruise, but it went to Daniel Day-Lewis. IIRC, even presenter Jodie Foster was surprised when she saw the name in the envelope.
February 24th, 2019 at 9:01:18 PM
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Quote: boymimboIt should be about excellence.
When will that start. I quit watching after
they gave the talentless Whoopsie
Goldfarb the Oscar for Ghost. She beat
Lorraine Bracco in Good Fellas and Mary
McDonnell in Dances with Wolves?
Sure she did. She got the token Black
award and the real talent went home
with nothing. I was so pissed I've never
watched awards again.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
February 24th, 2019 at 9:33:25 PM
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I aint watching no black and white film, but I will do so over the Oscars. I could care less about the Oscars
"Man Babes" #AxelFabulous
February 24th, 2019 at 9:37:43 PM
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The libs are seeing Trump's hair in the stage design. He is definitely living in their heads...lol
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/02/oscars-stage-designed-to-look-like-trumps-hair/
Personally, I don't remotely see it or any resemblance for that matter.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/02/oscars-stage-designed-to-look-like-trumps-hair/
Personally, I don't remotely see it or any resemblance for that matter.
February 25th, 2019 at 1:58:17 AM
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Quote: EvenBobWhen will that start. I quit watching after
they gave the talentless Whoopsie
Goldfarb the Oscar for Ghost. She beat
Lorraine Bracco in Good Fellas and Mary
McDonnell in Dances with Wolves?
Sure she did. She got the token Black
award and the real talent went home
with nothing. I was so pissed I've never
watched awards again.
Whoppie Goldberg did give a good performance in Ghost, especially when she pretended to be/was actually possessed by Sam's Ghost. Whoppie actually acted like she was actually possessed. That's some good acting. :)
In both The Hunger Games and in gambling, may the odds be ever in your favor. :D
"Man Babes" #AxelFabulous
"Olive oil is processed but it only has one
ingredient, olive oil."-Even Bob, March 27/28th. :D The 2 year war is over! Woo-hoo! :D
I sometimes speak in metaphors. ;) Remember this. ;)
Crack the code. :D 8.9.13.25.14.1.13.5.9.19.14.1.20.8.1.14! :D
"For about the 4096th time, let me offer a radical idea to those of you who don't like Nathan -- block her and don't visit Nathan's Corner. What is so complicated about it?" Wizard, August 21st. :D
February 25th, 2019 at 2:26:33 AM
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Quote: NathanWhoppie Goldberg did give a good performance in Ghost,
LOL!
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
February 25th, 2019 at 3:11:19 AM
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Quote: gamerfreakI still need to watch a few on the list.
Green Book was my favorite so far. Fantastic.
Damn I should have put some money on this.
