Nah, I'm sure it's still A Star is Born and Cuaron wins Best Director and Foreign Language.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
Yeah, the combination of Green Book and Vice underwhelming + the likelihood of Bohemian Rhapsody being in the BP line-up making A Star is Born look better in comparison = that dumb movie winning, marking the worst BP since, what, The Artist?
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
Birdman, surely. It can't possibly be worse than Birdman?
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
Vice isn't playing widely yet -- the embargo lifted yesterday -- and it's just getting notices, so don't discount its box office. I forget that The Big Short made over a $100 million.
ASIB >>>>>>> The Artist >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Birdman
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
I can imagine GDT's evangelism getting Roma all the way tbh
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
i think "worst winner since The Shape of Water" is damning enough
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:09 (five years ago) link
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Crash
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:15 (five years ago) link
Yeah, what was I thinking. The Artist, Argo, Birdman, The Shape of Water and The King's Speech are all equally as awful as A Star is Born. Which, to be clear, is awful.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link
They just gave it to a good movie so they've filled their quota for the decade
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
Moonlight is a once-ever-25-years kind of thing.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
The King's Speech and A Star is Born are C movies, mundanities. We have to be like Minos in Inferno, wrapping our tails around our bodies judging which circle in hell to cast these movies.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
Argo wasn't terribly offensive, by virtue of not trying to be terribly important, unlike most of the rest of those
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
the shape of water was good. burn the rest
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
Argo made the CIA heroic and Ben Affleck into a Serious Director. That's important.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
yeah i bet the hostages loved that shit
Jimmy Carter was all "lol, that didnt happen"
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:48 (five years ago) link
what 1969-relevant elders can they get to present Best Picture? Hoffman and Voight are kinda pariahs... Redford and Katharine Ross?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
Birdman soundtrack was smoking.
― dinnerboat, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
XP Peter Fonda & Jack
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
...riding onstage on a chopper.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
Argo is by far the worst of the movies in that list you are crazy
― akm, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
does Nicholson still go out? haven't seen him since that last Jim Brooks movie.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
He was gonna be in the Toni Erdmann remake.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
not if there's a god
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
the likelihood of Bohemian Rhapsody being in the BP line-up
wait...waht
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
There were only 3 maybe 4 non-franchise hits this whole year. You better believe the Oscars are going to try to jam as many as possible in the top category.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link
Bohemian and Crazy Rich Asians could complete their transformation into the People's Choice Awards.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 03:37 (five years ago) link
Or undo their transformation into the Indie Spirit Awards.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 03:40 (five years ago) link
Full list of eligible films: https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/91st_reminder_list.pdf
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
the Venom campaign starts now
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
really was hoping for some Welles action, but then again no eligibility for the Fassbinder miniseries
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
d'souza robbed
― adam the (abanana), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
Robin Hood is eligible. 24 Frames is not.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
Glad to see Madeline's Madeline still in the running. Fingers crossed!
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
not too late for Zamarama
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
Or for 12 Strong Bing Bong
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
lol, there is still no host?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 January 2019 15:25 (five years ago) link
Apparently they couldn't find anyone else and are now begging Kevin Hart to reconsider?
― love craptually (Eric H.), Friday, 4 January 2019 15:30 (five years ago) link
Given this will clearly be the last Oscars ever, what a way to go out.
what, is sea level rise affecting California too?
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 January 2019 15:34 (five years ago) link
Oscar will be exposed as a serial flasher
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 January 2019 15:43 (five years ago) link
so 'no host' is the plan, it seems
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/oscars-no-host-2019-kevin-hart-1203103010/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 19:29 (five years ago) link
Good idea tbh, if only because it might tighten things up
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 19:40 (five years ago) link
they had 'rotating hosts' one year, don't think it went over that well
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
Apparently they did it all the time in the '70s.
― forrest drumpf (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 19:46 (five years ago) link
i didn't watch til '76, but earlier in the decade, yeah probably.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
then Carson did it for awhile when Bob Hope got too old.
Maybe the one your thinking of was the Gandhi ceremony that had Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, and Walter Matthau?
― forrest drumpf (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 19:49 (five years ago) link
sounds like it! i thought Chevy Chase was involved in one. I remember him starting with "Good evening, Hollywood phonies."
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 19:52 (five years ago) link
Liza as host THIS year would be unimaginably entertaining. Or, just unimaginable.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 19:53 (five years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Academy_Awards_ceremonies
Chevy did the Last Emperor one.
― forrest drumpf (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 19:56 (five years ago) link