Oscars 2018

[left_hook_lacey]

Would we have to have seen any of the movies we are voting on?

Or can it be like the MOTM poll were we can just vote based on the boxscore or upon which player we like the most?

If that's the case, Luke Kennard will get best actor.

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

If that's the case, Luke Kennard will get best actor.

But someone will vote for Justin Robinson.

[left_hook_lacey]

But someone will vote for Justin Robinson.

Even though it should've been unanimous. Contrarians. 🙄

[CameronBornAndBred]

Don't vote on Shape Of Water. It just dried up. (Even if not true, Hollywood is very jumpy about allegations these days.)

Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-nominated film, The Shape of Water, has been hit with accusations of plagiarism by the estate of an American author and playwright.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/osc...cid=spartandhp

[dball]

I really liked Three Billboards and think it would be a deserving winner.

Of the others that I've seen, I would rank

Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
Darkest Hour
Shape of Water
The Post

[JasonEvans]

Don't vote on Shape Of Water. It just dried up. (Even if not true, Hollywood is very jumpy about allegations these days.)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/osc...cid=spartandhp

Naaah, plagiarism doesn't move the needle here. Hollywood is jumpy about sexual harassment, but kinda sorta maybe copying a play that was performed 50 years ago (Del Toro was 5 when the play came out) just isn't going to spook voters very much. Maybe it hurts Del Toro in the Original Screenplay category, but I don't see it having much impact on best picture.

Also, for what it is worth, even though Shape had far and away the most nominations, I don't think it is the front-runner for best picture. It did not win the Best Picture Globe and did not win at the SAG awards (heck, it didn't even get a Best Cast nomination at the SAGs). Actors make up the largest block of voters for Best Picture and Shape didn't do so well at the SAGs. Where Shape has done well is in critic awards, but not so much in the Guilds.


-Jason "In my book, Three Billboards is the Best Pict front-runner with Lady Bird, Get Out, and Shape also in the race" Evans

[weezie]

Saw Call Me By Your Name last night and felt like it was four hours long. It was a looooooong movie.

One of those where you wanted to stand up and yell, "Move it along already!"

Still, my Florida Project is the most innovative and moving film that I've seen this season.
Phantom Thread awaits this week.

[luburch]

Caught Three Billboards and Shape of Water over the weekend.

Three Billbaords was great. Makes my top 10 for the year.

Shape of Water was...something. I can appreciate that it was well made, but I did not find that remotely enjoyable. It was such a strange film.

[OldPhiKap]

Caught Three Billboards and Shape of Water over the weekend.

Three Billbaords was great. Makes my top 10 for the year.

Shape of Water was...something. I can appreciate that it was well made, but I did not find that remotely enjoyable. It was such a strange film.

Saw Three Billboards on a flight yesterday. That’ll stick with me awhile.

[budwom]

Saw Three Billboards on a flight yesterday. That’ll stick with me awhile.

you can see why the lead role was written specifically for Frances McDormand.

[OldPhiKap]

you can see why the lead role was written specifically for Frances McDormand.

She was great. What an interesting character.

[weezie]

Has anybody listened to the soundtrack for Baby Driver?

It's fantastic.

[NashvilleDevil]

Has anybody listened to the soundtrack for Baby Driver?

It's fantastic.

Yes it is a character in the movie.