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Post by Brother Fease on Jan 30, 2024 11:43:55 GMT
American Fiction received 5 Oscar nominations for Picture, Adapted Screenplay (Cord Jefferson), Actor (Jeffrey Wright), Supporting Actor (Sterling K. Brown), and Original Score (Laura Karpman).
THE PRECURSOR AWARDS
- 2 Golden Globe awards (Comedy/Musical, Actor) - 5 Critics Choice Awards (Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Comedy) - AFI top ten list - 4 Guild awards (PGA, SAG Ensemble, Actor, Supporting Actor, ACE) - 1 BAFTA (Adapted Screenplay) - Best Lead Actor runner-up at the L.A Film Critics and National Society of Film Critics awards.
Its only major awards win this year, besides at the Toronto International Film Festival, was winning the Critics Choice Best Adapted Screenplay award over Oppenheimer and Poor Things.
Since 2008, all of the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice winners have won at least once Oscar, except in 2011 and 2022. Last year's The Fabelmans broke a long streak with People's Choice winners winning at least one Oscar.
Do you think we will see American Fiction winning any Oscars?
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Post by stephen on Jan 30, 2024 12:02:39 GMT
Adapted Screenplay is its best bet, and frankly, I think four of the top five could win it at any given day.
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Post by mhynson27 on Jan 30, 2024 13:27:40 GMT
Pretty much what Stephen said
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Post by JangoB on Jan 30, 2024 13:49:27 GMT
Basically what mhynson27 said.
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Post by rhodoraonline on Jan 30, 2024 16:43:05 GMT
Speaking of this, how do you all rate the chances of a surprise SAG win for Wright? The movie seemed big with them and they made Sterling's nom happen... Another trend-changer coming?
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Post by stephen on Jan 30, 2024 16:54:09 GMT
Speaking of this, how do you all rate the chances of a surprise SAG win for Wright? The movie seemed big with them and they made Sterling's nom happen... Another trend-changer coming? I'd be shocked if it happened, in all honesty. I feel it's such a tight two-horse race between Giamatti and Murphy (with Cooper as a possible spoiler), and while Wright's film surged at the right moment to overperform with the Oscars with Brown and the score nod, I just feel like the buzz is elsewhere at the moment. |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jan 30, 2024 17:40:26 GMT
I could only see it winning adapted in the unlikely chance that Barbieheimer cancels itself out with vote splitting, so I think it goose-eggs.
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Post by countjohn on Jan 30, 2024 19:49:53 GMT
It deserves to win screenplay but probably gets nil
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Post by Brother Fease on Jan 31, 2024 0:16:54 GMT
I think American Fiction over-performed in the nomination process. We all know it was going to get picture, adapted screenplay, and actor. Brown was in the maybe pile, along with Dafoe, Melton, Ruffalo, and Sessa. Karpman's score was very left-field material. We will see what happens with the Guilds, but I suspect that Adapted Screenplay will be its best shot.
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Post by finniussnrub on Jan 31, 2024 2:07:22 GMT
Hopefully nothing, it's not that good. Its score is terrible, and the screenplay is a complete mess. Wright's good but does not deserve to be win over Giamatti or Murphy. Brown is decent but frankly robbed Sessa or Dafoe.
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Post by forksforest on Jan 31, 2024 5:00:46 GMT
Hopefully nothing, it's not that good. Its score is terrible, and the screenplay is a complete mess. Wright's good but does not deserve to be win over Giamatti or Murphy. Brown is decent but frankly robbed Sessa or Dafoe. Fully agreed. This over performed, and I have no idea why it was singled out. The third act ruins the entire movie so the screenplay should not have made it in… unless the folks voting only saw the first 30 minutes lol. The score does not stand out whatsoever. Brown > Wright but neither deserve a nod. |
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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 31, 2024 9:37:43 GMT
Probably none - which is what it deserves tbh because it's just good not inspired or better than good and is soft too actually......
It's not as funny or on message as the hit or miss - but more jarring (and consequently better satire) - Hollywood Shuffle which was 167 years ago and AF spends an awful lot of time hitting low hanging fruit - instead of implicating its lead (played brilliantly by Wright) far more than it does........
This movie is actually what will be well liked in the Hamptons ......it needed more venom - more "if you escaped what I escaped you'd be in Paris getting fncked up too" for those who know that song.......which is also funnier and better satire btw
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Post by Brother Fease on Feb 18, 2024 22:42:47 GMT
My vote goes Adapted Screenplay.
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Post by rhodoraonline on Feb 18, 2024 23:42:09 GMT
My vote goes Adapted Screenplay. Having watched the film it would be deserving on its own, but how do you NOT award Oppie for Adapted....? |
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Post by JangoB on Feb 18, 2024 23:45:06 GMT
Yeah, looks like it's taking Adapted. Oh well...
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Post by finniussnrub on Feb 18, 2024 23:48:01 GMT
Unfortunately now for its screenplay, sadly, I mean come on the reason people say it's two films because the screenplay so poorly interweaves them, and how the hell is a certain character's suicide such a random footnote, also "Let them love all of you Monk" speech really isn't at all earned, in fact the film really written in a pretty haphazard way, with note joke on the satire side and ill-fitting one liners on the other. It won't be the worst possible screenplay winner ever, but when Poor Things and Oppenheimer are there, this is a trash choice.
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Post by mhynson27 on Feb 19, 2024 0:24:45 GMT
Yeah, the BAFTA win is enough to sway me.
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Post by stabcaesar on Feb 19, 2024 2:16:17 GMT
Yeah I think adapted screenplay. Women Talking did it just last year.
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