2019 Academy Awards
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Quote: WizardHere are the betting favorites for the 2019 Academy Awards and the probability of winning, as suggested by the going odds:
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%
Hit all of them except Best Picture and Best Actress. Glad I didn't bet this year. I probably wouldn't have bet Best Picture, but Best Actress would have wiped winnings in every other category and more.
Quote: WizardAs a bit of trivia, and correct me I'm wrong, but I believe the only two times Spike Lee was up for best picture were for Do the Right Thing and BlacKKKlansman. Do the Right thing lost to Driving Miss Daisy, a movie about a black chauffeur for a white client. This year he lost to a movie about a white chauffeur for a black client.
“Every time somebody is driving somebody I lose. They changed the seating arrangement.” - Spike Lee to the press last night in the green room
Quote: WizardAs a bit of trivia, and correct me I'm wrong, but I believe the only two times Spike Lee was up for best picture were for Do the Right Thing and BlacKKKlansman. Do the Right thing lost to Driving Miss Daisy, a movie about a black chauffeur for a white client. This year he lost to a movie about a white chauffeur for a black client.
This is correct.
Last night Spike Lee threw a fit when he didn’t win and stormed out of the room. Jordon Peele talked him down and he returned to his seat.
I’ve always thought Spike Lee was a jerk based on other incidents, and last night confirmed.
I haven’t seen it so I have no strong feelings whatsoever. And I’d still like to see it.
I just think it’s interesting that it was directed by Peter Farrelly, one half of the “Farrelly Brothers” who directed comedies like Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, and There’s Something About Mary. Never would have guessed he’d be an Oscar winner one day.
Quote: ams288Lots of liberals are upset about Green Book winning for some reason. I don’t get it.
I haven’t seen it so I have no strong feelings whatsoever. And I’d still like to see it.
I just think it’s interesting that it was directed by Peter Farrelly, one half of the “Farrelly Brothers” who directed comedies like Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, and There’s Something About Mary. Never would have guessed he’d be an Oscar winner one day.
Because many on the far left are virtue signalers who get outraged recreationally.
They are upset because it has a white hero in a film about racism.
Anyone upset about it should be ignored. It was a great movie.
Quote: ams288Lots of liberals are upset about Green Book winning for some reason. I don’t get it.
I haven’t seen it so I have no strong feelings whatsoever. And I’d still like to see it.
I just think it’s interesting that it was directed by Peter Farrelly, one half of the “Farrelly Brothers” who directed comedies like Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, and There’s Something About Mary. Never would have guessed he’d be an Oscar winner one day.
I'm ok with the win. It is what it is. People in the industry voted for this movie.
I have heard that the family of the piano player are unhappy about the inaccuracy of the movie but what movie is accurate
Quote: EvenBob
That's how much the public hated B/W.
So, enthusiastic use of new technology equates to unbridled vitriol of old technology?
Look at all these people driving cars... that's how much they hate horses.
Hey, Evenbob... why are you using a computer to communicate? Do you really hate writing letters and making phone calls that much?
Why are you on a forum to learn about gambling? Do you really hate books that much?
Quote: MaxPenThe 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.
LOL... that article quotes TWO WHOLE TWEETS from people basically saying, "That kind of looks like Trump's hair" and Gateway Pundit melts down and thinks "teh libz are losing their minds! Hur hur hurr!" Gotta invent reasons to be outraged to keep the Trump Train running, I guess.....
Bohemian Rhapsody
A Star is Born
BlacKKKlansman
The Favourite
All of them were good movies, but none of them great. If you put a gun to my head and make me vote for one, and "none of the above" weren't an option, I think I would go with BlacKKKlansman, not so much based on that movie alone, but I think Spike is overdue.
Quote: Wizard, but I think Spike is overdue.
Gamblers fallacy
Unlike a roulette ball, the Academy has a memory of past winner and losers that could impact future results.Quote: michael99000Gamblers fallacy
Quote: TigerWuHey, Evenbob... why are you using a computer to communicate? Do you really hate writing letters and making phone calls that much?
OMG, I hated both of them! I never
wrote letters and would do anything
to get out of using the phone. I
hate phones so much I didn't even
get a smartphone till less than a
year ago and so far have called
someone twice with it.
F Buckminster Fuller said having a
phone is like having a rope tied to
your ankle and whenever someone
wanted you they just jerk on the
rope. He didn't have a phone either.
Quote: EvenBobOMG, I hated both of them! I never
wrote letters and would do anything
to get out of using the phone. I
hate phones so much I didn't even
get a smartphone till less than a
year ago and so far have called
someone twice with it.
Haha... I still use a flip phone. My phone bill is $10 a month.
Quote: TigerWuHaha... I still use a flip phone. My phone bill is $10 a month.
My smartphone bill is $12.50 a month.
today, what a shock. The 'best' never
get the award, it's who the academy
thinks is politically correct and 'deserves'
the award this year.
Quote: EvenBobLots of people upset by the awards
today, what a shock. The 'best' never
get the award, it's who the academy
thinks is politically correct and 'deserves'
the award this year.
It's their awards, they can dole them out however they please. The people upset by it are missing the point.
Quote: TigerWuIt's their awards, they can dole them out however they please. The people upset by it are missing the point.
Yes, but people want some kind of objective measure of quality and the Academy constantly fails to deliver that.
One way is to go to IMDB, look in a year and rank all the movies by the "Most Votes." Over time, that rank order of Most Votes tends to coincide closely with a public definition of Quality.
Its a bit too early for 2018 results to be terribly meaningful, but the current top six for 2018 Most Voted on IMDB is:
1. Avengers: Infinity War_____ 590,541
2. Black Panther_____ 466,873
3. Deadpool 2_____ 352,066
4. Ready Player One_____ 281,299
5. A Quiet Place_____ 278,016
6. Bohemian Rhapsody______270,329
The Rank ordering of the Oscar Nominated films is:
6. Bohemian Rhapsody_____270,329
13. A Star is Born_____194,529
23. BlacKkKlansman_____114,713
27. First Man_____99,300
32. Green Book_____90,404
34. Roma_____85,338
48. The Favourite_____73,470
80. Vice_____38,919
As the years go by, movie watchers will gravitate back to the really good movies, and the above lists will morph and change.
Quote: gordonm888Yes, but people want some kind of objective measure of quality and the Academy constantly fails to deliver that.
This has nothing to with quality and everything to do with image
Its like the NAACP Image awards, they are not voting for quality, simply image.
Academy members in the film industry vote for the image Hollywood wants to present to the world
If you are looking for quality, then check out Critics Choice Awards 2019. They vote on quality, not image
I haven’t seen The Wife (I don’t think anyone besides the critics have) so I can’t comment on her performance.
Olivia Coleman was great in The Favourite and her acceptance speech was very enjoyable.
Quote: terapinedThis has nothing to with quality and everything to do with image
That's what I realized in 1971 when
Whoopsie won. Which makes the
awards meaningless and useless.
It's just a big circle jerk now, it has
nothing to do with the quality
of their product.
If Mikie Moore's stupid Trump movie
hadn't been a laughable mega flop,
it would have been nominated just
because it trashed Trump.
Quote: gordonm8885. A Quiet Place_____ 278,016
That was my favorite movie of 2018.
I thought Black Panther was nominated?Quote: gordonm888Yes, but people want some kind of objective measure of quality and the Academy constantly fails to deliver that.
One way is to go to IMDB, look in a year and rank all the movies by the "Most Votes." Over time, that rank order of Most Votes tends to coincide closely with a public definition of Quality.
Its a bit too early for 2018 results to be terribly meaningful, but the current top six for 2018 Most Voted on IMDB is:
1. Avengers: Infinity War_____ 590,541
2. Black Panther_____ 466,873
3. Deadpool 2_____ 352,066
4. Ready Player One_____ 281,299
5. A Quiet Place_____ 278,016
6. Bohemian Rhapsody______270,329
The Rank ordering of the Oscar Nominated films is:
6. Bohemian Rhapsody_____270,329
13. A Star is Born_____194,529
23. BlacKkKlansman_____114,713
27. First Man_____99,300
32. Green Book_____90,404
34. Roma_____85,338
48. The Favourite_____73,470
80. Vice_____38,919
As the years go by, movie watchers will gravitate back to the really good movies, and the above lists will morph and change.
How many people in this thread complaining about the process actually saw Green Book?
I haven't watched an awards show when I have choice in forty five years.
Quote: billryan
I haven't watched an awards show when I have choice in forty five years.
If they have a good host, like Ricky Gervais,
I'll watch the outakes on Utube, but never
the show itself.
It was fantastic. Highly enjoyable. Great performance by Viggo.
I still don’t understand the backlash by some liberals about it winning so many awards.
