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2015 Awards Thread; Like death and taxes...
Topic Started: Nov 24 2015, 11:39 AM (3,146 Views)
Karim Amir
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Shay Casey,Jan 14 2016
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Dr. Raskolnikov,Jan 14 2016
10:04 AM
Would love to get behind the noms for Brooklyn, and I think Saoirse Ronan is a bright young goddess of a performer ... but the film is merely very nice, pleasant and polite, without much in the way of surprise or provocation. It's certainly not in the least bit bad, but what on earth am I missing in this sudden burst of enthusiasm? It's tidy, moral storytelling, sure, but where's the fire, the interest and the complexity? Someone turn me on to this one quick because I'm sitting here kind of at a loss.

Nope, that's pretty much what it is. Straightforward, feel-good romance. Nothing provocative about it.

I just think it's really well-made feel-good romance.

I'm with Shay on this one, and not surprisingly, not with TBickle or Dr. Ras. (No offense, but I rarely agree with y'all.)

And Dr. Ras, I am Catholic on my dad's side, and my paternal grandparents emigrated to New York State a couple decades before Eilis--but from Italy. I thought the movie nailed the Irish/Italian relations of that time in that dinner scene with Tony's younger brother. The Irish and Italian share some things (religion, love of Notre Dame football), but an Italian guy dating an Irish girl in 1950s NY would have raised some eyebrows.

I've also lived in another country, so I know that feeling of crippling homesickness.

I found Brooklyn to be really moving, and Ronan was just radiant. YMMV.
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Kevin Harvey
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None taken. :)

I think that might be the dividing line, really -- between "good" and "great", I mean: some Irish or Italian Catholic heritage, a bit of family/personal history in the same vein, etc. Certainly the most glowing reviews I've read have come from writers with something of this in their backgrounds.

It might have something to do with Hornby for me as well. This isn't the first time I've been vaguely put off, despite finding much to like in the finished film. An Education, for example: really engaging stuff, until the 180-degree flip to conventional moralizing at the end. I don't even think the film is wrong, per se, just overly tidy in the way it gets there.

So yes, ymmv (and I feel less baffled -- or, dare I say, bitter -- about it, a month or two down the line). :)
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Aaron
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Congrats Conty for smoking the Oscar pool!
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YancySkancy
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The overcompensation for #OscarsSoWhite definitely hit a peak right at the end with songs by Kool and the Gang and Public Enemy. Surprised they didn't go with Oscar winners like "Theme from Shaft" and "Hard Out Here for a Pimp."
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Aaron,Feb 29 2016
12:12 AM
Congrats Conty for smoking the Oscar pool!

It was surprisingly close all around (with my selections the obvious low-lier)

I only hope that Sharon didn't make that one late move that could have made this a tie at least.

Fame and Glory to Conty ... for a year at least!

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YancySkancy,Feb 29 2016
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The overcompensation for #OscarsSoWhite definitely hit a peak right at the end with songs by Kool and the Gang and Public Enemy. Surprised they didn't go with Oscar winners like "Theme from Shaft" and "Hard Out Here for a Pimp."

And while I am with the message for diversity and inclusiveness in art, it is interesting that major awards were won by two Mexicans and an Italian. Plus Chile has their first Oscar. The message, however necessary, could have been softened.
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sharon peters,Feb 7 2016
11:11 AM
DiCaprio is the overwhelming favorite for the Oscar, and Inarritu now seems to have an edge for the directing award.  However, at the moment The Revenant appears to be a bit behind both Spotlight and The Big Short in the Best Picture race.

I found 24 previous occasions when the same film won both the Best Actor Oscar and the Best Director Oscar.  In 22/24 instances, the movie also won the Best Picture award as well.  The only exceptions were The Informer for 1935 and The Pianist for 2002.

Doubtless you've already heard about the very rare possibility of Inarritu winning the directing award back to back, but it might not be the only piece of history in play at the ceremony this year.

So make that 22 of 25. Inarritu first back-to-back directing winner in 65 years. Lubezki with an incredible 3d straight win for Cinematography. I believe that's also the fewest awards (2) for the Best Picture winner in 75 years. Think about if you could step back in time a few years and tell someone Michael Keaton would be starring in the Best Picture winner 2 years in a row.

Wow, a lot of amazing Oscar history all in one night.

P.S. How could I forget the oddity of 2 Bond films in a row winning Best Song after all the decades of great Bond songs that didn't win?
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Congrats, Conty!

Looks like only Guy got Rylance and Ex Machina.

I got home from seeing The Revenant about a half hour before the ceremony started, but didn't feel the need to change any of my votes. I'd decided to let them stand anyway. Earlier thought about changing my vote for World of Tomorrow, but I would've changed it to Sanjay's Super Team, which didn't win either.
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Thanks, everybody! Think this is a first for me, so I'll savor this year. I feel a little like I cheated...first year I did actual research on favorites, etc.

Funny enough, I finished second (out of 18, first beat me by one) with 18 correct picks in my ballots at the house party...changed a few votes for my party, to include votes for Rylance and Ex Machina!

Enjoyed: Chris rock's opening/Girl Scout bit, Alicia Vikander's speech (genuine happiness), the guys from Chile, Ennio, Louis CK as funniest presenter, Revenant not winning.

Started to really believe George Miller was going to pull it off!

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YancySkancy,Feb 28 2016
10:27 PM
Looks like only Guy got Rylance and Ex Machina.

I was going to go with the received wisdom of Stallone for the win, but at the last minute I remembered Lauren Bacall not winning for The Mirror Has Two Faces when everybody thought she would. (And I really hoped that Rylance would win.)
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sharon peters
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Two other Oscar trends that have become more frequent in the 21st century than they were in the latter decades of the 20th century recurred again tonight:

1) The movie with the most total nominations did NOT win Best Picture
2) There was a split between Director and Picture
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Shay Casey
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I love an Oscar night with surprises! Even if it means I don't win the Oscar pool.
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Conty - not getting Best Picture negates your entire ballot. :P

Yancy - looks like our ballots were fairly close to identical - two exceptions: costume and doc short.
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Shay Casey,Feb 28 2016
11:06 PM
I love an Oscar night with surprises! Even if it means I don't win the Oscar pool.

Me, too. Especially when Mark Rylance won. :D

Congrats, Conty!

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Conty - not getting Best Picture negates your entire ballot.


Haha! Only 1 person, out of 18 ballots, got Best Picture right at my house...and he won the whole thing, like a real winner!

My research told me it was a coin flip between The Big Short (my pick) and The Revenant, with Spotlight just outside looking in...they were wrong.
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