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*** OSCARS 2020 ***

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Nominations will be announced in the morning, starting at 5:18 AM Pacific. No way I'm getting up that early, so most of you will likely see them long before I do. Figured I'd go ahead and get a thread started, though...

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lol 7:20am for nominations? No thanks. Looking forward to talking about them though.
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Jojo Rabbit, Little Women and Ford v. Ferrari got Best Picture nods. Interesting.
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I am way behind in my viewing this year. Only seen Once Upon A Time... and last week watched Joker. Wasn't that impressed with Joker. He seems to be a near lock for Best Actor, but I always feel like roles where you play insane seem easy to me. You can just basically do whatever, chew the scenery, scream, cry, laugh, it all fits because hey, you're insane.

Then again I was doing a near 3 hour ride on the trainer, so maybe I wasn't in the best mental state to enjoy it

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Uncut Gems or it doesn't matter
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Surprise nom for John Williams. Probably not going to win, but still great to see him break his own record for nominations. As the GOAT, this is just a show of respect.

Other notable things:
Todd Phillips for Joker
No nomination for DeNiro (who lost a lot of steam in the last couple of months)
No nomination for Taron Egerton, who won the Globe for best musical or comedy

No real surprises other than that. OUATIH got all the nominations it should have gotten. At this point it's my pick to win Best Picture.
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Full list: http://www.ign.com//articles/2020/01/13/joker-up-for-most-awards-as-oscar-2020-nominations-revealed
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Wow. I didn't expect him to win, but Adam Sandler not even getting nominated for best actor (Uncut Gems) is ridiculous.
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No Apollo 11 for best doc? Obama doc got a nom.
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Uncut Gems completely hosed across the board
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Ridiculous
Head Ninja In Charge
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Willem Dafoe???
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Parasite and JoJo Rabbit getting some love is nice to see. No nod for Awkwafina or Adam Sandler?
Bunk Moreland
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even though it's expected, The Irishman for BP is a joke. Whew, what a weak year it was for film.

Rooting for Once Upon a Time & QT for Best Director. He deserves it.
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Looking at the nomination categories, it is the same pictures for almost every category. How much groupthink is going on here?
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I feel like i'm really missing something with Joker... 11 nominations? The highest grossing R-rated movie of all time?

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Nothing for The Farewell.
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Not that I care about the Oscars, but why do they announce these so early on a Monday?

They could do it on a Sunday in an hour long show and treat it like the college football playoff selection show and make money off of it.
Jim01
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That's how I felt. It was good, but not that level of good.
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Sports-Ag said:

Parasite and JoJo Rabbit getting some love is nice to see. No nod for Awkwafina or Adam Sandler?
She named herself after bottled water. She should never be nominated for anything.
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TexAgBolter said:

No Apollo 11 for best doc? Obama doc got a nom.
Only thing I can figure is that maybe it isn't technically a documentary if it doesn't have a narrator?
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No Frozen 2 for Best Animated Feature?
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Gap said:

Looking at the nomination categories, it is the same pictures for almost every category. How much groupthink is going on here?
That more or less makes sense though. If a film is nominated for Best Picture it probably had a strong screenplay, strong performances, etc.
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Olsen said:

No Frozen 2 for Best Animated Feature?
That's surprising, though it honestly wasn't that great so I'm totally ok with it.

Klaus (Netflix) and Missing Link are both fantastic if y'all haven't seen them, and I've heard great things about I Lost My Body (Netflix) but haven't seen it yet.
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The Oscars are worthless. The best roles and movies are the ones you watched and enjoyed the most. Don't let a bunch of disconnected elitists get you upset.

Best acting I saw this year was by Sam Rockwell in Richard Jewell, he's not on the list, don't care, still #1
Best animated movies I saw this year were Frozen 2 and Abominable, neither is on the list, don't care.

Eventually they'll just be an awards show called Look How Rich and Good-Looking We All Are.

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Agree on Rockwell. He got snubbed.
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fig96
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Excited to see Parasite, Jojo Rabbit, Klaus, and Missing Link get nominated.

I also find the VFX nomination for Lion King interesting...it was fully animated so is any of it really VFX?
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Quote:

The Oscars are worthless. The best roles and movies are the ones you watched and enjoyed the most.
Not mutually exclusive. I enjoyed OUATIH the most and it seems to be the frontrunner.
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Can we get Ricky Gervais to host at last minute?
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Brian Earl Spilner said:

Quote:

The Oscars are worthless. The best roles and movies are the ones you watched and enjoyed the most.
Not mutually exclusive. I enjoyed OUATIH the most and it seems to be the frontrunner.
And a lot of people (myself included at times) like some terrible movies.
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I actually think Missing Link is one of the worst movies I've ever seen in a theatre. It was formulaic and boring.
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I must have really missed the boat with OUATIH and The Irishman. Thought they were both really meh. Rooting for 1917. Will also be watching some of the nominated Netflix movies in the next couple weeks.
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Olsen said:

No Frozen 2 for Best Animated Feature?


Frozen 2 was not good.
fig96
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amercer said:

I actually think Missing Link is one of the worst movies I've ever seen in a theatre. It was formulaic and boring.
I get if it's not your cup of tea, but if that's the worst movie you've ever seen in a theater you must not go to the movies much.

The production values alone in Laika films are always worth a watch.
 
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