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Oh and All The Beauty And The Bloodshed is incredible! RAGING if that doesn't win best documentary.
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LUL wat. The Oscars FAMOUSLY miss the mark more often than they hit it because it's never actually based on pure performance (which in itself is not really possible to rank or judge fairly anyway). Celebrity, bankability, feelings of being overdue, likeability within the industry, being in the right film or let's not kid ourselves prettiness weigh in as much if not more as the quality of a performance.
If Tár starred some quality Austrian stage actress nobody in Hollywood had ever heard of before this film, she would have been lucky to be nominated and, if she had been, the nomination would have been her REWARD.
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Well why bother discussing anything AT ALL then!!
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Didn't Cate Blanchett recently suggest that awards should be scrapped altogether and that actors shouldn't be pitted against each other for entertainment? Maybe she could set an example by refusing the 23547 nominations she receives by default whenever she takes on a dramatic role (she can keep her awards for Blue Jasmine though).
Yeah such a pity Julianne Moore won for a role in a film that no-one remembers - out of all the stellar performances she's delivered.
Yeah such a pity Julianne Moore won for a role in a film that no-one remembers - out of all the stellar performances she's delivered.
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Not a banner year for the animated shorts
1. My Year of Dicks
2. Ice Merchants
3. An Ostrich Told Me
4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox & the Horse
5. The Flying Sailor
1. My Year of Dicks
2. Ice Merchants
3. An Ostrich Told Me
4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox & the Horse
5. The Flying Sailor
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And now that I’ve finally finished Best Picture…
1. Banshees of Inishirin
2. Everything Everywhere All At Once
3. Triangle of Sadness
4. Tar
5. Women Talking
6. The Fabelmans
7. All Quiet On the Western Front
8. Elvis
9. Avatar 2: The Way of Water
10. Top Gun Maverick
Good year! I enjoyed 1-7 a lot. Elvis was watchable and the two blockbusters were dumb as rocks but enjoyably so at times.
1. Banshees of Inishirin
2. Everything Everywhere All At Once
3. Triangle of Sadness
4. Tar
5. Women Talking
6. The Fabelmans
7. All Quiet On the Western Front
8. Elvis
9. Avatar 2: The Way of Water
10. Top Gun Maverick
Good year! I enjoyed 1-7 a lot. Elvis was watchable and the two blockbusters were dumb as rocks but enjoyably so at times.
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Wow at the actor they interviewed for this anonymous ballot.
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His performances in critically heralded prestige dramas, biting mainstream thrillers, and on Emmy-winning TV shows have earned this actor consistent acclaim throughout his career.
"I'd sort of stopped watching them. I was so disgusted by the whole thing, and then I got into the Academy, and now I'm forced to — so, be careful what you wish for. The whole Hollywood back-slapping, 'get a big stinkin' load of me,' it's not a newsflash, it just seems to get worse and worse.
I think the Academy is making an effort to please everybody, and it's reflective of the state of the world, but I feel like they're being held hostage — somewhat unfairly — by the wokeness.
When they get in trouble for not giving Viola Davis an award, it's like, no, sweetheart, you didn't deserve it. We voted, and we voted for the five we thought were best," he finishes. "It's not fair for you to start suddenly beating a frying pan and say [they're] ignoring Black people. They're really not, they're making an effort. Maybe there was a time 10 years ago when they were, but they have, of all the high-profile things, been in the forefront of wanting to be inclusive. Viola Davis and the lady director need to sit down, shut up, and relax. You didn't get a nomination — a lot of movies don't get nominations. Viola, you have one or two Oscars, you're doing fine
I said a little prayer during TÁR that I would never have to watch Cate Blanchett act again. I thought, this has got to be the end of this, this can't go on. I think she's a talented woman, but she's so technical, she's ice cold, and I always see her acting. If she opens a door, she gets an Academy Award nomination. I feel like they bought TÁR hook, line, and sinker. It seemed way too long, it seemed really ham-fisted, I got very confused about, like, when she went to her assistant's house and it was this run-down slum, like, what? What are we doing? Where are we? What's happening? I didn't think it was good storytelling, and with a central performance that's inauthentic, it felt so much longer. I really struggled to get through that thing.
The Fabelmans was bad. It was sentimental. Spielberg was working something out, clearly. I don't know what it was. The story wasn't that interesting. Alright, you made movies? Who doesn't make movies when they're a kid? This particular slice you decided to show us wasn't that compelling.... it felt indulgent, and he couldn't be objective about it. I thought it was not well cast, people were just playing types. Michelle Williams was tragic. The whole thing, her running around going, "Dahlink! Dahlink!" It's like, oh, come on. It was like that old quote about Garbo in her last movie, it's like seeing your mother drunk.... I think she's a wonderful actress in the right thing, but she was struggling in this.
The Whale is so pandering for an Oscar. I think he's a very talented guy, but I didn't buy a second of that movie. I'd seen the play, so I knew what I was in for, and somehow turning it into a movie just made the artifice look so magnified.... cheeseball from the get-go, and I didn't even think the makeup was that good.
I don't believe that thing of you have to be a murderer to play a murderer — I know it's all the rage. You can't play a gay guy unless you're a gay guy — it's so out of control with the wokeness. I'm a fervent liberal, but wokeness, I think we all agree, has taken over. I thought he was fine casting, I just wish the movie had been better.]
On Andrea Riseborugh's surprise nomination, I feel like anything goes. All's fair in love and war. I thought she gave a great performance. It was very much "for your consideration" — like, what's going to win me an Oscar? It had all the check-boxes through it, and it seemed to be pandering a bit, so that bugged me. The ending was terrible. Good for them, they went about it and got her a nomination.
I'm sure other people were doing equally political maneuverings behind the scenes, they just didn't get caught. If it hadn't been for Viola Davis being mad she wasn't nominated, I don't think anybody would've questioned it.... it's ridiculous, it's sour grapes. The Academy has bent over backwards to be inclusive. Last year, there were more Black people presenting. It's like, come on. I think Viola Davis is talented, I didn't see Woman King, but I'm a little tired of Viola Davis and her snotty crying. I'm over all of that. I'm willing to believe that Andrea Riseborough gave a better performance.
Danielle Deadwyler was also so pandering in Till for an Academy Award nomination. She was good. I mean, who wouldn't be good in a part like that? The strong, wronged mother. But you look at the real Mamie Till, she's not wearing all of these incredible gowns and beautifully made-up. I thought it was a confusing message. If they'd really [made a movie about] that woman, who was not used to being in the public eye and wore house dresses, she wouldn't have had one incredible outfit after another. The ego behind this pushing her to be a movie star was too blatant for me.
I actually didn't watch Causeway because there are some actors in there that I'm not a fan of, and I just didn't want to go there.
Angela Bassett, you know, it's a comic book, and she was a comic book character. She sort of over-articulates everything in this weird, fake English way. I didn't buy it. Jamie Lee Curtis just seemed like a stunt. Like, here, I'm not going to wear a girdle, you're going to see how fat I am, I'm Hollywood royalty and I'm putting on glasses and a funny wig and we'll all have a good laugh at it. It seemed ordinary.
4 anonymous Oscars voters reveal brutally honest secret ballot picks for the Academy Awards
Four 2023 Oscars voters share juicy secret ballot picks for the Academy Awards winners.
His performances in critically heralded prestige dramas, biting mainstream thrillers, and on Emmy-winning TV shows have earned this actor consistent acclaim throughout his career.
"I'd sort of stopped watching them. I was so disgusted by the whole thing, and then I got into the Academy, and now I'm forced to — so, be careful what you wish for. The whole Hollywood back-slapping, 'get a big stinkin' load of me,' it's not a newsflash, it just seems to get worse and worse.
I think the Academy is making an effort to please everybody, and it's reflective of the state of the world, but I feel like they're being held hostage — somewhat unfairly — by the wokeness.
When they get in trouble for not giving Viola Davis an award, it's like, no, sweetheart, you didn't deserve it. We voted, and we voted for the five we thought were best," he finishes. "It's not fair for you to start suddenly beating a frying pan and say [they're] ignoring Black people. They're really not, they're making an effort. Maybe there was a time 10 years ago when they were, but they have, of all the high-profile things, been in the forefront of wanting to be inclusive. Viola Davis and the lady director need to sit down, shut up, and relax. You didn't get a nomination — a lot of movies don't get nominations. Viola, you have one or two Oscars, you're doing fine
I said a little prayer during TÁR that I would never have to watch Cate Blanchett act again. I thought, this has got to be the end of this, this can't go on. I think she's a talented woman, but she's so technical, she's ice cold, and I always see her acting. If she opens a door, she gets an Academy Award nomination. I feel like they bought TÁR hook, line, and sinker. It seemed way too long, it seemed really ham-fisted, I got very confused about, like, when she went to her assistant's house and it was this run-down slum, like, what? What are we doing? Where are we? What's happening? I didn't think it was good storytelling, and with a central performance that's inauthentic, it felt so much longer. I really struggled to get through that thing.
The Fabelmans was bad. It was sentimental. Spielberg was working something out, clearly. I don't know what it was. The story wasn't that interesting. Alright, you made movies? Who doesn't make movies when they're a kid? This particular slice you decided to show us wasn't that compelling.... it felt indulgent, and he couldn't be objective about it. I thought it was not well cast, people were just playing types. Michelle Williams was tragic. The whole thing, her running around going, "Dahlink! Dahlink!" It's like, oh, come on. It was like that old quote about Garbo in her last movie, it's like seeing your mother drunk.... I think she's a wonderful actress in the right thing, but she was struggling in this.
The Whale is so pandering for an Oscar. I think he's a very talented guy, but I didn't buy a second of that movie. I'd seen the play, so I knew what I was in for, and somehow turning it into a movie just made the artifice look so magnified.... cheeseball from the get-go, and I didn't even think the makeup was that good.
I don't believe that thing of you have to be a murderer to play a murderer — I know it's all the rage. You can't play a gay guy unless you're a gay guy — it's so out of control with the wokeness. I'm a fervent liberal, but wokeness, I think we all agree, has taken over. I thought he was fine casting, I just wish the movie had been better.]
On Andrea Riseborugh's surprise nomination, I feel like anything goes. All's fair in love and war. I thought she gave a great performance. It was very much "for your consideration" — like, what's going to win me an Oscar? It had all the check-boxes through it, and it seemed to be pandering a bit, so that bugged me. The ending was terrible. Good for them, they went about it and got her a nomination.
I'm sure other people were doing equally political maneuverings behind the scenes, they just didn't get caught. If it hadn't been for Viola Davis being mad she wasn't nominated, I don't think anybody would've questioned it.... it's ridiculous, it's sour grapes. The Academy has bent over backwards to be inclusive. Last year, there were more Black people presenting. It's like, come on. I think Viola Davis is talented, I didn't see Woman King, but I'm a little tired of Viola Davis and her snotty crying. I'm over all of that. I'm willing to believe that Andrea Riseborough gave a better performance.
Danielle Deadwyler was also so pandering in Till for an Academy Award nomination. She was good. I mean, who wouldn't be good in a part like that? The strong, wronged mother. But you look at the real Mamie Till, she's not wearing all of these incredible gowns and beautifully made-up. I thought it was a confusing message. If they'd really [made a movie about] that woman, who was not used to being in the public eye and wore house dresses, she wouldn't have had one incredible outfit after another. The ego behind this pushing her to be a movie star was too blatant for me.
I actually didn't watch Causeway because there are some actors in there that I'm not a fan of, and I just didn't want to go there.
Angela Bassett, you know, it's a comic book, and she was a comic book character. She sort of over-articulates everything in this weird, fake English way. I didn't buy it. Jamie Lee Curtis just seemed like a stunt. Like, here, I'm not going to wear a girdle, you're going to see how fat I am, I'm Hollywood royalty and I'm putting on glasses and a funny wig and we'll all have a good laugh at it. It seemed ordinary.
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What a cunt!
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Am I mad, but was it not Danielle Deadwyler throwing a hissy fit and not Viola Davis?
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Do you think a person like that can tell black people apart?
Anyway I generally try not to engage with these ballots. They’re usually there for outrage.
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Just placed my little spread of bets for tonight. Not predictions, but possible upsets with reasonable odds to keep things interesting for me through the night.
Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front (14/1)
Best Actor: Austin Butler (7/4)
Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis (11/10)
Best Animated Feature: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (17/1)
Best Animated Short: My Year of Dicks (7/2)
Best Documentary Feature: All the Beauty & the Bloodshed (8/1)
Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front (14/1)
Best Actor: Austin Butler (7/4)
Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis (11/10)
Best Animated Feature: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (17/1)
Best Animated Short: My Year of Dicks (7/2)
Best Documentary Feature: All the Beauty & the Bloodshed (8/1)
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And have Spielberg do Actor!
I'm sure they won't make that mistake again
I think Harrison Ford is there so they could have them present that (as sort of an Indiana Jones reunion). At least that one is guaranteed.
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I see they’re doing a Four Weddings 29th anniversary pairing of Hugh Grant and Andie Macdowell presenting together.
I really hope they don't, no matter how nailed on that win is. Stick them on together later on!
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Should have got Julianne Moore and Harrison Ford for a 30th Anniversary The Fugitive pairing.
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Anyone fancy a Hazelnut Quality Street?
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Yeah, what’s with all the white? Salma Hayek however looks 
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SO glad the US daylight savings started earlier than us this year so it starts at midnight rather than 1am.
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I’m glad it started today cause it means my body will think it’s 10 instead of 11 and I won’t be zonked out.