NFT: 92nd Academy Awards 8 PM

Was fantastic and she is my pick for Best Actress.

She is also double nominated for the singing in the film.

accepting at least one award for Jojo Rabbit. Adapted Screenplay works. I would vote for ScarJo for Supporting Actress. She is the heart of that movie, she’s perfect and if she wasn’t, the picture wouldn’t work. Dern will win though.

Parasite for Best Picture. But 1917 wins by being everyone’s safe 2nd choice.

Roger Deakins for 1917 cinematography — too showy for my taste but what a goddam achievement.

Parasite for original screenplay.

The Irishman could win for VFX and nothing else

tell me how I should think and act while they accept an award for playing make believe.

I thought it was excellent. Would not mind seeing it win best picture.

is best supporting actor. I’m absolutely torn between Pitt and Pesci, both have their career best performances. As long as it’s one of the two I’m happy.

that was such a phenomenal movie experience.

I'm not going to be able to create another 'will win' as I feel you have adequately pulled out the favorites in each category.

I'll list who I think should win from the nominee list and include an alternative that was not nominated in the category at all.

Best picture: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Uncut Gems)

Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker (Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems)

Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan, Little Women (Jillian Bell, Brittany Runs a Marathon)

Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Christian Bale, Ford vs. Ferrari)

Best supporting actress: Margot Robbie, Bombshell (Margot Robbie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

Best director: Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems)

My personal Top 5:

1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2. Uncut Gems
3. Parasite
4. 1917
5. Brittany Runs a Marathon
Honorable mentions (no order): Bombshell, Us, The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Joker.

Overall, the best movie year for me since 2007 when No Country, The Assassination of Jesse James, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead, Michael Clayton and There Will Be Blood all popped.

Once upon a time in on Hollywood was fantastic. Hope it cleans up but doubt that happens

In comment 14807268 Giants Fan in Steelers Land said:

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Once upon a time in on Hollywood was fantastic. Hope it cleans up but doubt that happens

It's actually been a pretty good year for movies. A ton of the Oscar nominees are very compelling. The French "Les Miserables" (not the musical, not the Victor Hugo story) is terrific. (It's about the tensions between Paris police and impoverished black Muslim immigrants, largely set in the same neighborhoods as the Hugo story) If not for Parasite I'd be pulling for that for International Film.

There are a lot of "snubs" this year because there was a lot of good work. Look at the Independent Spirit Awards -- they're an entirely different universe but also very very good.

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tell me how I should think and act while they accept an award for playing make believe.

Feel better now?

HAAARK!

Hark Triton, hark! Bellow, bid our father the Sea King rise from the depths full foul in his fury! Black waves teeming with salt foam to smother this antiquated mouth with pungent slime, to choke ye, engorging your organs til’ ye turn blue and bloated with bilge and brine and can scream no more -- only when he, crowned in cockle shells with slitherin’ tentacle tail and steaming beard take up his fell be-finned arm, his coral-tine trident screeches banshee-like in the tempest and plunges right through yer gullet, bursting ye -- a bulging bladder no more, but a blasted bloody film now and nothing for the harpies and the souls of dead sailors to peck and claw and feed upon only to be lapped up and swallowed by the infinite waters of the Dread Emperor himself -- forgotten to any man, to any time, forgotten to any god or devil, forgotten even to the sea, for any stuff for part of Oscar, even any scantling of your soul is Oscar no more, but is now itself the sea!

Joaquin Phoenix will say something issue-related. He has every time he's won over the last few months.

Sometimes that speechifying is aimed more at the room, and the movie industry, than the larger world -- the whole thing a few years ago about "inclusion rider" was entertainment-industry inside baseball. I think "non-pros" (as Variety used to call them) sometimes forget that the Oscars are a platform for the industry to talk to itself, because almost everyone in the business is watching.

that is an actual option, I sometimes wonder if people know that.

For me I invest a lot of time in watching movies, just like with sports. Seeing my favorite movie or actor win an acknowledgement of excellence is no different than a player I root being an all pro. I ignore most of what athletes say about their political views, so it’s no different here either.

Peanut Butter Falcon was one of my favorite films of the year that didn’t get any Oscar love. Highly recommend for those that didn’t see it. Great cast (surprisingly great comeback by Shia Lebeouf) and a great original story that is in the mold of a Huck Finn type.

Hope it wins best picture...and I loved Joker so I hope Phoenix wins best actor.

years ago. This includes the ESPN awards...

For those of you who like them... enjoy!

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years ago. This includes the ESPN awards... For those of you who like them... enjoy!

Yeah I probably haven't seen an award show since t he early 70s but I have a couple predictions
Somebody will say something "controversial" during the show and somebody will wear something stupid or outrageous.
Hope they keep it lively I'll hear about it at work tomorrow. And I'll regret not watching when talk rolls around to whose boobs were hanging out the furthest.

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In comment 14807223 Crispino said: Quote: tell me how I should think and act while they accept an award for playing make believe. Feel better now?

Lil’ bit.

As much as I enjoyed Joker, Tarantino's flick was the only one that really felt like a true classic and left me with a lasting feeling (if that makes sense). I doubt it wins a whole lot but that was my personal favorite.

Best supporting actress

All of her movies she was excellent in. She’s going to be the next big thing in Hollywood . Book it .

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Once upon a time in on Hollywood was fantastic. Hope it cleans up but doubt that happens

self-indulgent Tarantino fantasy.

Retire!

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tell me how I should think and act while they accept an award for playing make believe.

This only applies to liberals right? It's ok when Kid Rock, Ted Nugent or other braindead hillbillies spout rhetoric on stage?

Asking for a friend.

OUATIH was absolutely a true Hollywood old/new classic feel. Just an overall awesome movie experience at the theater. It got a standing ovation at the theater we saw it at in NYC. That was pretty cool to see.

the movies, hollywood, actors, etc. to the Academy voters this is their real life. look at past years results.

So Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Rene Z playing an actress have the inside track.

I'm guessing Rene Z., Brad P and OUSTIH all win. and J. Phoenix because the Academy likes personality disorders.

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Hope it wins best picture...and I loved Joker so I hope Phoenix wins best actor.

i'd bet the house 1917 wins best cinematography. i don't think it will win best picture, although I loved it.

probably my biggest lock.

To make up for the massive snubbing it received in so many other categories.

sucks.

the over/under on political statements?

Pitt leads off with one

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the movies, hollywood, actors, etc. to the Academy voters this is their real life. look at past years results. So Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Rene Z playing an actress have the inside track. I'm guessing Rene Z., Brad P and OUSTIH all win. and J. Phoenix because the Academy likes personality disorders.

This is dead on. History shows that Hollywood loves pictures about Hollywood!

every imagined in his life he'd be part of an acceptance speech at the Oscars?

to lead off his speech

I didn’t see the Mr Rogers movie, but why was Hanks nominated for supporting actor and not best actor? Meaning why did he qualify for supporting actor? I’m surprised in playing Mr. Rogers in a movie about Mr. Rogers he wasn’t technically the lead role? Who would the lead role have been then ??

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I didn’t see the Mr Rogers movie, but why was Hanks nominated for supporting actor and not best actor? Meaning why did he qualify for supporting actor? I’m surprised in playing Mr. Rogers in a movie about Mr. Rogers he wasn’t technically the lead role? Who would the lead role have been then ??

The journalists doing the story about Mr.Rogers

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In comment 14807571 Leg of Theismann said: Quote: I didn’t see the Mr Rogers movie, but why was Hanks nominated for supporting actor and not best actor? Meaning why did he qualify for supporting actor? I’m surprised in playing Mr. Rogers in a movie about Mr. Rogers he wasn’t technically the lead role? Who would the lead role have been then ?? The journalists doing the story about Mr.Rogers

Okay got it. Just started to read the synopsis and realized that. Thanks. Is it worth seeing?

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In comment 14807571 Leg of Theismann said: Quote: I didn’t see the Mr Rogers movie, but why was Hanks nominated for supporting actor and not best actor? Meaning why did he qualify for supporting actor? I’m surprised in playing Mr. Rogers in a movie about Mr. Rogers he wasn’t technically the lead role? Who would the lead role have been then ?? The journalists doing the story about Mr.Rogers

Tom Hanks didn't get top billing in that film? It always seemed like that when I saw the commercials.

was a real treat for the eyes.

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is best supporting actor. I’m absolutely torn between Pitt and Pesci, both have their career best performances. As long as it’s one of the two I’m happy.

Agreed, but I loved Anthony Hopkins in The Two Popes.

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In comment 14807577 Leg of Theismann said:

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In comment 14807575 Motley Two said: Quote: In comment 14807571 Leg of Theismann said: Quote: I didn’t see the Mr Rogers movie, but why was Hanks nominated for supporting actor and not best actor? Meaning why did he qualify for supporting actor? I’m surprised in playing Mr. Rogers in a movie about Mr. Rogers he wasn’t technically the lead role? Who would the lead role have been then ?? The journalists doing the story about Mr.Rogers Okay got it. Just started to read the synopsis and realized that. Thanks. Is it worth seeing?

I haven't seen it, but I did see your question answered before.

Was brilliantly filmed. Unfortunately the narrative arc was pretty meh, IMO

...because that was *painfully* unfunny

Yet they send her out every year for some long, dull, stupid attempt at comedy (at the expense of the actual award winners).

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...because that was *painfully* unfunny

Comedy IS their day job (which is what makes it that much more sad).

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Yet they send her out every year for some long, dull, stupid attempt at comedy (at the expense of the actual award winners).

she has never been funny

in the best supporting actress category

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In comment 14807623 Mr. Bungle said: Quote: Yet they send her out every year for some long, dull, stupid attempt at comedy (at the expense of the actual award winners). she has never been funny

I like her and Kristin Wiig in certain roles; scripted roles. But, I find their schtick painfully unfunny every year at the Oscars and other shows.

I didn't see all the other films, but I did see Marriage Story. I was not enamored with the film and I did not find anything special about Dern's performance.

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In comment 14807621 jnoble said: Quote: ...because that was *painfully* unfunny Comedy IS their day job (which is what makes it that much more sad).

Lol
I know. I was stuck for a clever way to word my point

But, what is the purpose of this performance? It's not very timely. And what's with the audio feed?