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2015 Awards Thread; Like death and taxes...
Topic Started: Nov 24 2015, 11:39 AM (3,151 Views)
Aaron
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TBickle,Dec 10 2015
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Aaron,Dec 10 2015
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The consensus I've heard from smart people that watch lots of movies is that 2015 leaves a lot to be desired.

Strange, the consensus for most of the people I follow is that 2015 is a stellar year or at least a good deal better than 2014. The more films I catch up on from the year, the more I tend to agree.

I also think Golden Globes nominations are rarely useful for determining how strong a year's crop of films is.

So far I've been disappointed, but usually I catch the better films (like Vorn's list, international films) later than awards season. It'll be interesting when our R&R comes back around to 2014 and 2015 to see how they rate.
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Best Actor in a Limited-Series or TV Movie
Idris Elba, Luther
Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Patrick Wilson, Fargo


Where is the f**king drool emoticon? Holy crap.

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Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone, Creed


Oh, look, it's Rylance and Elba again...and Michael Shannon!

Aaron actually said to me, "Who is Mark Rylance?" More proof that my husband doesn't listen to me (ha ha ha), or maybe all my British faves blend together. But I've been a fan of Rylance since I saw him in Angels and Insects years ago. And Intimacy, which opens with a very, ahem, memorable scene.

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The consensus I've heard from smart people that watch lots of movies is that 2015 leaves a lot to be desired.

Strange, the consensus for most of the people I follow is that 2015 is a stellar year or at least a good deal better than 2014. The more films I catch up on from the year, the more I tend to agree.

I also think Golden Globes nominations are rarely useful for determining how strong a year's crop of films is.

Either most of the good movies I've yet to see, or this is the worst year of the decade.

Going by IMDb year, I've rated the following # of movies '75' or higher on the 100-pt scale:

2010: 22
2011: 20
2012: 22
2013: 23
2014: 23
2015: 7

I'm consistently around 20-23 movies a year passing that threshold. I'd have to get a pretty good hit rate on these to get up to that level:

Carol
Anomalisa
The Hateful Eight
The Assassin
Chi-Raq
Heart of a Dog
Bone Tomahawk
The Witch
Amy
Room
45 Years
Son of Saul
Mistress America
Tangerine
Right Now, Wrong Then
Queen of Earth
Taxi
Experimenter
James White
My Golden Days

It's hard to say since I'm only talking 2015 U.S. releases, although that would knock my #1 film, The Lobster to 2016. There are a number of 2015, and even some 2014, films that won't be available 'til next year, so any current year is at a disadvantage until at least March or April of the following year. For example, on letterbox'd, you've only seen 42 films from 2015 but 106 films from 2014 (yes, it's a slow work day) so even after you see the 20 films you list at the end, you'll still have only seen barely over half as many films as 2014. I image once enough year-end lists come up and more stuff becomes available, your 7 will come pretty close to the 20-23 range, but that's all speculation.

Looking over everything I've rated, 2015 actually may not be better than last year, but I'd at least put it above 2010 and 2013. It may have been that I've seen so many good films from this year just within the last 4-5 weeks that caused me to overrate it a bit, but I still think it's a pretty solid year. I have about as many 4.5s, 4s and 3.5s for films from this year as I did last year and I still have a handful of potentially solid films to see soon

From what you listed, I'd give the following 75+:

Carol
The Assassin
Room
Son of Saul
Mistress America
Queen of Earth
My Golden Days
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But I've been a fan of Rylance since I saw him in Angels and Insects years ago. And Intimacy, which opens with a very, ahem, memorable scene.

Yeah, that Intimacy scene definitely puts the "lance" in "Rylance."

Well, technically, it puts it in Kerry Fox, but you know what I mean.
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Phoenix, which I just happened to watch last night, made a nice showing with this group:

Toronto Film Critics Association

Picture: Carol
Director: Todd Haynes, Carol
Actor: Tom Hardy, Legend
Actress: Nina Hoss, Phoenix
Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Screenplay: The Big Short, Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
Foreign Language Film: Phoenix, Christian Petzold
Animated Film: Shaun the Sheep Movie, Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
Documentary: The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer
Best First Feature: Ex Machina, Alex Garland
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San Francisco Film Critics Circle

Picture: Spotlight
(Runner up: Brooklyn)

Director: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
(Runner up: John Crowley, Brooklyn)

Actor: Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
(Runner up: Ian McKellen, Mr. Holmes)

Actress: Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
(Runner up: Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years)

Supporting Actor: Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
(Runner up: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies)

Supporting Actress: Mya Taylor, Tangerine
(Runner up: Elizabeth Banks, Love & Mercy

Documentary: Listen to Me, Marlon
(Runner up: Best of Enemies)

Foreign Language Picture: Son of Saul
(Runner up: The Assassin)

Animated Feature: Anomalisa
(Runner up: Inside Out)

Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road, Margaret Sixel, Jason Ballantine
(Runner up: Love & Mercy, Dino Jonaster

Production Design: Carol, Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
(Runner up: Mad Max: Fury Road)

Cinematography: Mad Max: Fury Road, John Seale
(Runner up: The Revenant, Emmanuel Lubezki

Screenplay (Adaptation): Brooklyn, Nick Hornby
(Runner up: The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Marielle Heller

Screenplay (Original): Love & Mercy, Michael Alan Lerner, Oren Moverman
(Runner up: Spotlight, Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer)

Special Citation: The Forbidden Room
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Here's the long-ass list of nominees for the Critics' Choice Awards. Most of the really cool nominations are in TV (it's like the Emmys of your dreams!):

MOVIE

BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Sicario
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (* added to the list after a vote on 12/21 due to an "unprecedented outcry" from voters who said they would have included it if they'd been able to see it before the deadline)

BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian
Johnny Depp – Black Mass
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Brie Larson – Room
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Dano – Love & Mercy
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon – 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone – Creed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara – Carol
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Helen Mirren – Trumbo
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation
RJ Cyler – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Shameik Moore – Dope
Milo Parker – Mr. Holmes
Jacob Tremblay – Room

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Big Short
The Hateful Eight
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo

BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes – Carol
Alejandro Gonzαlez Iραrritu – The Revenant
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott – The Martian
Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen – Bridge of Spies
Alex Garland – Ex Machina
Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – Inside Out
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – The Big Short
Nick Hornby – Brooklyn
Drew Goddard – The Martian
Emma Donoghue – Room
Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol – Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale
The Martian – Dariusz Wolski
The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario – Roger Deakins

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies – Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
Brooklyn – Franηois Sιguin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay
Carol – Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
The Danish Girl – Eve Stewart, Michael Standish
Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson
The Martian – Arthur Max, Celia Bobak

BEST EDITING
The Big Short – Hank Corwin
Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel
The Martian – Pietro Scalia
The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione
Spotlight – Tom McArdle

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Brooklyn – Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol – Sandy Powell
Cinderella – Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Black Mass
Carol
The Danish Girl
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
The Walk

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Furious 7
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Sicario

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Daniel Craig – Spectre
Tom Cruise – Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Tom Hardy – Mad Max: Fury Road
Chris Pratt – Jurassic World
Paul Rudd – Ant-Man

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Emily Blunt – Sicario
Rebecca Ferguson – Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic World
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST COMEDY
The Big Short
Inside Out
Joy
Sisters
Spy
Trainwreck

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Steve Carell – The Big Short
Robert De Niro – The Intern
Bill Hader – Trainwreck
Jason Statham – Spy

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Tina Fey – Sisters
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Melissa McCarthy – Spy
Amy Schumer – Trainwreck
Lily Tomlin – Grandma

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
Ex Machina
It Follows
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Assassin
Goodnight Mommy
Mustang
The Second Mother
Son of Saul

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy
Cartel Land
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
He Named Me Malala
The Look of Silence
Where to Invade Next

BEST SONG
Fifty Shades of Grey – Love Me Like You Do
Furious 7 – See You Again
The Hunting Ground – Til It Happens To You
Love & Mercy – One Kind of Love
Spectre – Writing’s on the Wall
Youth – Simple Song #3

BEST SCORE
Carol – Carter Burwell
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
The Revenant – Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto
Sicario – Johann Johannsson
Spotlight – Howard Shore

TELEVISION

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson – Black-ish – ABC
Aziz Ansari – Master of None – Netflix
Will Forte – The Last Man on Earth – Fox
Randall Park – Fresh Off the Boat – ABC
Fred Savage – The Grinder – Fox
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent – Amazon

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Hugh Dancy – Hannibal – NBC
Rami Malek – Mr. Robot – USA
Clive Owen – The Knick – Cinemax
Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan – Showtime
Justin Theroux – The Leftovers – HBO
Aden Young – Rectify – Sundance

BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Wes Bentley – American Horror Story: Hotel – FX
Martin Clunes – Arthur & George – PBS
Idris Elba – Luther – BBC America
Oscar Isaac – Show Me a Hero – HBO
Vincent Kartheiser – Saints & Strangers – National Geographic Channel
Patrick Wilson – Fargo – FX

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Rachel Bloom – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – The CW
Aya Cash – You’re the Worst – FXX
Wendi McLendon-Covey – The Goldbergs – ABC
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin – The CW
Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish – ABC
Constance Wu – Fresh Off the Boat – ABC

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Shiri Appleby – UnREAL – Lifetime
Carrie Coon – The Leftovers – HBO
Viola Davis – How to Get Away With Murder – ABC
Eva Green – Penny Dreadful – Showtime
Taraji P. Henson – Empire – Fox
Krysten Ritter – Jessica Jones – Netflix

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Hotel – FX
Kirsten Dunst – Fargo – FX
Sarah Hay – Flesh and Bone – Starz
Alyvia Alyn Lind – Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors – NBC
Rachel McAdams – True Detective – HBO
Shanice Williams – The Wiz Live! – NBC

BEST COMEDY SERIES
Black-ish – ABC
Catastrophe – Amazon
Jane the Virgin – The CW
Master of None – Netflix
The Last Man on Earth – Fox
Transparent – Amazon
You’re the Worst – FXX

BEST DRAMA SERIES
Empire – Fox
Mr. Robot – USA
Penny Dreadful – Showtime
Rectify – Sundance
The Knick – Cinemax
The Leftovers – HBO
UnREAL – Lifetime

BEST GUEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ellen Burstyn – Mom – CBS
Anjelica Huston – Transparent – Amazon
Cherry Jones – Transparent – Amazon
Jenifer Lewis – Black-ish – ABC
Timothy Olyphant – The Grinder – Fox
John Slattery – Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp – Netflix

BEST GUEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Richard Armitage – Hannibal – NBC
Justin Kirk – Manhattan – WGN America
Patti LuPone – Penny Dreadful – Showtime
Margo Martindale – The Good Wife – CBS
Marisa Tomei – Empire – Fox
B.D. Wong – Mr. Robot – USA

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Childhood’s End – Syfy
Fargo – FX
Luther – BBC America
Saints & Strangers – National Geographic Channel
Show Me a Hero – HBO
The Wiz Live! – NBC

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine – Fox
Jaime Camil – Jane the Virgin – The CW
Jay Duplass – Transparent – Amazon
Neil Flynn – The Middle – ABC
Keegan-Michael Key – Playing House – USA
Mel Rodriguez – Getting On – HBO

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Clayne Crawford – Rectify – Sundance
Christopher Eccleston – The Leftovers – HBO
Andre Holland – The Knick – Cinemax
Jonathan Jackson – Nashville – ABC
Rufus Sewell – The Man in the High Castle – Amazon
Christian Slater – Mr. Robot – USA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
David Alan Grier – The Wiz Live! – NBC
Ne-Yo – The Wiz Live! – NBC
Nick Offerman – Fargo – FX
Jesse Plemons – Fargo – FX
Raoul Trujillo – Saints & Strangers – National Geographic Channel
Bokeem Woodbine – Fargo – FX

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory – CBS
Kether Donohue – You’re the Worst – FXX
Allison Janney – Mom – CBS
Judith Light – Transparent – Amazon
Niecy Nash – Getting On – HBO
Eden Sher – The Middle – ABC

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Ann Dowd – The Leftovers – HBO
Regina King – The Leftovers – HBO
Helen McCrory – Penny Dreadful – Showtime
Hayden Panettiere – Nashville – ABC
Maura Tierney – The Affair – Showtime
Constance Zimmer – UnREAL – Lifetime

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR LIMITED SERIES
Mary J. Blige – The Wiz Live! – NBC
Laura Haddock – Luther – BBC America
Cristin Milioti – Fargo – FX
Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story: Hotel – FX
Winona Ryder – Show Me a Hero – HBO
Jean Smart – Fargo – FX

BEST ANIMATION SERIES
Bob's Burgers - Fox
BoJack Horseman - Netflix
South Park - Comedy Central
Star Wars Rebels - Disney XD
The Simpsons - Fox

BEST REALITY SHOW - COMPETITION
Chopped - Food Network
Face Off - Syfy
MasterChef Junior - Fox
Survivor - CBS
The Amazing Race - CBS
The Voice - NBC

BEST REALITY SHOW HOST
Ted Allen - Chopped - Food Network
Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race - CBS
James Lipton - Inside the Actors Studio - Bravo
Jane Lynch - Hollywood Game Night - NBC
Jeff Probst - Survivor - CBS
Gordon Ramsay - Hell's Kitchen - Fox

BEST STRUCTURED REALITY SHOW
Antiques Roadshow - PBS
Inside The Actors Studio - Bravo
MythBusters - Discovery
Project Greenlight - HBO
Shark Tank - ABC
Undercover Boss - CBS

BEST TALK SHOW
Jimmy Kimmel Live! - ABC
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - HBO
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Comedy Central
The Graham Norton Show - BBC America
The Late Late Show with James Corden – CBS
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - NBC

BEST UNSTRUCTURED REALITY SHOW
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – CNN
Cops – Spike
Deadliest Catch – Discovery
Intervention - A&E
Naked and Afraid – Discovery
Pawn Stars - History
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Hmm, I called those TV nominees the Emmys of your dreams before I noticed that The Americans and Better Call Saul were completely shut out.

EDIT: So some are saying the eligibility period for these TV awards was June to December, making those shows ineligible. Whatevs.
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Online Film Critics Society winners (also edited nomination post on page 2 to denote winners):

Best Picture
Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Animated Feature
Inside Out

Best Film Not in the English Language
The Assassin (Taiwan)

Best Documentary
The Look of Silence

Best Director
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Actor
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Best Supporting Actor
Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina)

Best Supporting Actress
Rooney Mara (Carol)

Best Original Screenplay
Spotlight (Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Carol (Phyllis Nagy)

Best Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road(Margaret Sixel)

Best Cinematography
Mad Max: Fury Road(John Seale)

They also honor 10 foreign language films that didn't get a domestic release this year:

Aferim!
Cemetery of Splendor
The Club
Dheepan
The Lobster
Mountains May Depart
Mia Madre
Rams
Right Now, Wrong Then
The Sunset Song
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Aaron,Dec 9 2015
09:24 PM
Agree to disagree on Mad Max, but it is weird that it has become such a critical darling.

I meant to go into a rant about this earlier, but forgot...

I'd actually argue that FURY ROAD being a major awards contender was easy to spot, and I would put money on it getting a large number of nominations come Oscars time. I think the Oscars are basically Hollywood/major studios trying to sell a narrative of "We know people think we only care about making money with big, dumb movies but we're actually artists making a difference!" Looking at Oscars Best Picture winners and (to a large extent) nominations they seem to fall into two categories, both of which sell this narrative: genre movies with 'artistic' cred (BIRDMAN, ARTIST, NO COUNTRY, DEPARTED), or (melo)dramas about serious issues (12Y, ARGO, KINGS SPEECH, HURT LOCKER, SLUMDOG, CRASH). FURY ROAD is a surefire Oscar Best Pic nom because:
* It's a reboot (that people enjoyed as much as the originals)
* Its colour scheme is teal and orange (that works really well and is totes appropriate)
* It's a really loud and quick action film (that's well choreographed)
* It's got barely dressed hot chicks (dealing with the serious issue of misogyny)
* It's got lashings of CGI (but people still praise the action and stunts)
* It's a big dumb blockbuster (that's also a deeply personal vision)
* It's directed by the man behind HAPPY FEET (and he's an Artist at heart!)
FURY ROAD is like a perfect justification for the road Hollywood is currently walking down, because it's managed to take the dreadful decisions that Hollywood takes every day and make them work.

I'm not really too clear on whether it will win Best Pic (I'm not up on modern cinema enough to know whether the competition better fit the Oscar 'narrative') but if it does: you heard why here. :P
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1. Carol
2. The Assassin
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Clouds of Sils Maria
5. Arabian Nights
6. Timbuktu
7. Spotlight
8. Phoenix
9. Inside Out
10. The Look of Silence
11. Hard to Be a God
12. Anomalisa
13. In Jackson Heights
14. Son of Saul
15. Horse Money
16. Jauja
17. Tangerine
18. Brooklyn
19. The Diary of a Teenage Girl
20. Bridge of Spies
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I'm not really too clear on whether it will win Best Pic (I'm not up on modern cinema enough to know whether the competition better fit the Oscar 'narrative') but if it does: you heard why here. :P

You make good points, but what I meant was that it has appeared to be the critical darling that does not get a chance at Oscars. I'm thinking in the vein of Eternal Sunshine, Lost in Translation from old days. Or Tree of Life for more recently. I'd say it has a better shot than those films and that a Carol is the real critical darling. But since The Dark Knight, there seems to be a blockbuster film that gets a lot of critical love only to be shut out.

Look at the OFCS nominees. Those are a LOT different than the days of RTCD.
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Aaron,Dec 14 2015
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I'm thinking in the vein of Eternal Sunshine, Lost in Translation from old days. Or Tree of Life for more recently.

Aaron - I'm not following, are you saying those critical darlings were snubbed? All 3 of those were Oscar nominated (2 for BP) and the first two won at least one in other major categories.
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The only ''Best of 2015'' lists I take seriously are the ones featuring Aloha.
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The only ''Best of 2015'' lists I take seriously are the ones featuring Aloha.

Cameron Crowe just keeps getting better with age.
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