Username1198
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I really hope suicide squad wins so I can say, "oh yea, if it's so bad why'd it win an oscar?"
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2017 Oscar Nominations
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Bobby Roberts
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His first film is on Netflix, and I really liked. Pretty honest look at the weird melancholy of trying to date when you probably shouldn't be dating.
twinturbo2
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Bobby Roberts
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It is kind of weird how Damian Chazelle went from up-and-coming talent with Whiplash to rigid example of the old boys network re-establishing dominance through mediocrity on La La Land.
Like, it wasn't that long ago everyone really liked this kid for being an audacious filmmaker.
Now he's seen as the safe face of Hollywood complacency.
Via his melancholy musical about young people in modern day Los Angeles.
Like, it wasn't that long ago everyone really liked this kid for being an audacious filmmaker.
Now he's seen as the safe face of Hollywood complacency.
Via his melancholy musical about young people in modern day Los Angeles.
manzoman96
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Don't forget about beauty and the beast now, that was nominated in 1991.
Bobby Roberts
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To clarify, I'm lightly mocking that idea having gained as much traction as it has, not agreeing with it.
Nothing screams Academy Award tailored audience like active military personnel.
shira
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Damaged forehead tattoos increase by 322%
I wonder just how low the percentage of voters is for ones that actually have seen the Jacques Demy films it draws so much from.
Right, I should have qualified that with 'live action'.
HIGH DEF JEFF
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I think its the best thing I watched in 2016!
MidnightCowboy
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La La Land is not the best movie of the year.
The concept in Arrival isnt even about timelines or time.
Its about language shaping perception and human cognition to a very drastic extent.
Also because the academy only likes Pixar. If you're anyone else or Japanese your movie gets nothing.
lightskintwin
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LOL @ the current political climate having anything to do with a Disney film winning best animated feature.
ratcliffja
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Kubo was much, much better than Zootopia, but since the academy seemingly doesn't watch the animated movies, the highest rated Disney movie will win by default again.
Last year there was a guy who complained about the two "Chinese" animated shorts that got nominated. One was Japanese and one was French.
CountAntonius
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Wow...I have not watch a single best picture nominee this year. Where the fuck have I been.
Uncharted 4 and Overwatch probably aren't the best games of the year, but that's what a lot of people voting for Game of the Year awards are feeling right now.
It is interesting to watch how film perception (or video game perception, novel perception, etc) changes over time.
EatinOlives
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Even with your statement you're giving the Academy too much credit when it comes to the animated category, with members voting movies based on things like "I hate this kiddie crap but I took my daughter to see X so I'm voting for X".
I know it's all essentially a circle jerk, but they could at least pretend to care about animation. It's just as legitimate as any other type of film.
orthodoxy1095
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Well yeah, I'll thumb up the selection, but I know who the winner is already, so that it's still not doing much for me.
If we're playing the importance game, Moana is a timely film as well. Kubo is my favorite, but The Red Turtle and Ma vie de Courgette are beautiful and deserving films as well considering that both of those are extraordinarily thoughtful and moving films.
lightskintwin
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This.
Violence Jack
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I feel like this is the first year that I've seen two or fewer films on the Oscars list.
Not true. Multiple animated films got Best Picture nominations recently.
I think he means the people voting for the winners (the entire academy). I'm pretty sure the people specifically voting for the nominees are involved in the animation industry.
lightskintwin
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Only three animated films have been nominated for Best Picture (Disney's Beauty and the Beast, (1991); and Disney-Pixar's Up (2009) and Toy Story 3 (2010) were nominated after the Academy expanded the number of nominees) and none have won.
orthodoxy1095
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Which movie
lightskintwin
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Silence bombing at the box office didn't help its prospects.
Prince of Space
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I need to get around to seeing La La Land, but I just can't muster any excitement for it whatsoever. It's weird; I like Gosling, Stone, and Chazelle. I like musicals. But this just seems like a hard pass for me.
Fully expect it to sweep the Oscars, too. As has been mentioned, Hollywood just LOVES movies about show business (Hollywood).
Fully expect it to sweep the Oscars, too. As has been mentioned, Hollywood just LOVES movies about show business (Hollywood).
Ahem, he complained about them being "Chinese fucking things." Big difference!
lightskintwin
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Who would you replace out of the lead actress?
Isabelle Huppert
Ruth Negga
Natalie Portman
Emma Stone
Meryl Streep
CadetMahoney
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I hope it doesn't win anything.
Meryl Streep, who is not nearly as strong in I guess...Florence Foster Jenkins or Emma Stone, who basically plays Emma Stone in everything but with singing.
Oscar worthy
So they did improve the Director's Cut!
Certainly Emma Stone.
If she wins its gonna be like Sandra Bullock in Blinside or J Lawrence in Silver linings playbook, one of the weakest performances to ever win or be nominated.
Natalie Portman put in a lot of effort ,but I could still replace her with Amy Adams.
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