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Post by Zeb31 on Feb 23, 2018 1:54:35 GMT
The two awesome videos she dropped today reminded me I forgot to give her a shout-out here: FYC: Janelle Monáe, Best Supporting Actress. Moonlight and Hidden Figures are popular enough that I didn't think to do any FYCs for them, but she was lovely in the former and a scene-stealer in the latter, so here goes.
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Post by pendragon on Feb 23, 2018 3:34:42 GMT
I'd like to address a few things that people have been asking. I think expanding Best Picture to 10 is, as the Oscars have shown, just going to result in a bunch of also-rans that have no shot at winning. Keeping it at 5 just feels neater to me. As for Foreign/Animated/Documentary categories, I was hoping that we would be more likely to include those in the main categories than the Academy. Plus, the earlier we go, the harder the Animated and Documentary categories will be to fill. As for the Foreign category, wait until we get to the 60s, it would have become very redundant.
For the sake of transparency, I'm going to be tallying full categories so that your #1 gets 5 points, your #2 gets 4 points and so on down to 1. If you submit less than 5, like 3 for example, your #1 would get 3 points. The number of ballots and the number of top placements will be used to break any ties.
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Post by Martin Stett on Feb 23, 2018 5:35:53 GMT
Okay, so my actual FYCs based on my ballot (only through supporting actor atm, I'll update as I go along):
Best picture Green Room Love & Friendship Tower Your Name.
Best director Jim Jarmusch; Paterson Keith Maitland; Tower Jeremy Saulnier; Green Room Makoto Shinkai; Your Name.
Best actor Mad Mel Gibson; Blood Father (Maddest. Mel. Ever.) Daniel Radcliffe; Swiss Army Man (never has a man played a corpse with such comedic timing) Anton Yelchin; Green Room (The glue that holds the whole movie together)
Best actress Elle Fanning; The Neon Demon
Best supporting actor Ralph Ineson; The Witch (I may dislike the movie, but I'm startled by how good he was) Issei Ogata; Silence (please make sure the correct actor from Silence gets in!!!) Tom Bennett; Love & Friendship (Comedy is hard, and Bennett makes it look natural) John Travolta; In a Valley of Violence (An underappreciated work of comedy from Travolta here, and more of you should take note)
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Post by Pavan on Feb 23, 2018 6:52:13 GMT
No animated feature category?
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Post by mhynson27 on Feb 23, 2018 7:20:40 GMT
Okay, so my actual FYCs based on my ballot (only through supporting actor atm, I'll update as I go along): Best pictureGreen Room Love & Friendship Tower Your Name. Best directorJim Jarmusch; Paterson Keith Maitland; Tower Jeremy Saulnier; Green Room Makoto Shinkai; Your Name. Best actorMad Mel Gibson; Blood Father (Maddest. Mel. Ever.) Daniel Radcliffe; Swiss Army Man (never has a man played a corpse with such comedic timing) Anton Yelchin; Green Room (The glue that holds the whole movie together) Best actressElle Fanning; The Neon Demon Best supporting actorRalph Ineson; The Witch (I may dislike the movie, but I'm startled by how good he was) Issei Ogata; Silence (please make sure the correct actor from Silence gets in!!!) Xavier Samuels; Love & Friendship (Comedy is hard, and Samuels makes it look natural) John Travolta; In a Valley of Violence (An underappreciated work of comedy from Travolta here, and more of you should take note) Love the Green Room mentions
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Post by helebrety on Feb 23, 2018 23:12:26 GMT
Best Actress Rebecca Hall
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Post by Martin Stett on Feb 24, 2018 2:25:37 GMT
Best supporting actress Laura Dern; Certain Women Elle Fanning; Live by Night Rachel House; Hunt for the Wilderpeople Imogen Poots; Green Room Kristen Stewart; Cafe Society
Actually, that's just my ballot. Not in that order, but the same people.
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Post by stephen on Feb 24, 2018 2:31:52 GMT
FYC:
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Post by Martin Stett on Feb 26, 2018 3:41:30 GMT
FYC: Best original screenplay Green Room The Nice Guys Paterson Your Name.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Feb 26, 2018 13:09:40 GMT
Best Actress Rebecca Hall Consider it done
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Post by Billy_Costigan on Feb 26, 2018 16:58:38 GMT
Shouldn't Best Picture be up to 10 to match the Academy? A top 10 is much better than top 5 - rewarding more films is always better than less. 5 is too limiting and we'll see the same films over and over.
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Post by stephen on Feb 26, 2018 17:06:21 GMT
Shouldn't Best Picture be up to 10 to match the Academy? A top 10 is much better than top 5 - rewarding more filns is always better than less. Agreed. I hate how limiting a field of five can be. I still wanna see a Top 7 for all categories save for Picture, which gets Top 10.
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Post by Billy_Costigan on Feb 26, 2018 18:45:08 GMT
FYC - The Handmaiden
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Post by Billy_Costigan on Feb 26, 2018 19:37:25 GMT
I'd like to address a few things that people have been asking. I think expanding Best Picture to 10 is, as the Oscars have shown, just going to result in a bunch of also-rans that have no shot at winning. Keeping it at 5 just feels neater to me. Why don't we vote? It seems like most prefer 10 and that's how we have always done it. Keeping it in line with the Oscars makes more sense too. 5 is too limiting - you're going to get the usual suspects. The more options and more films being rewarded, the better.
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Post by Billy_Costigan on Feb 26, 2018 19:37:42 GMT
Shouldn't Best Picture be up to 10 to match the Academy? A top 10 is much better than top 5 - rewarding more filns is always better than less. Agreed. I hate how limiting a field of five can be. I still wanna see a Top 7 for all categories save for Picture, which gets Top 10. Isn't that how it's always been?
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Post by Sharbs on Feb 26, 2018 19:39:06 GMT
Agreed. I hate how limiting a field of five can be. I still wanna see a Top 7 for all categories save for Picture, which gets Top 10. Isn't that how it's always been? for the other big 8 & ensemble lineups it's been the full 10 as well
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Post by Martin Stett on Feb 27, 2018 3:49:53 GMT
I'd like to address a few things that people have been asking. I think expanding Best Picture to 10 is, as the Oscars have shown, just going to result in a bunch of also-rans that have no shot at winning. I think that I look at the purpose of the awards differently. This isn't some comprehensive list of the very best movies and performances of each year, but rather a geeking out, a place where we can find more movies to be excited about and things to discuss. In many years, there's probably gonna be just one or two real leaders in votes. With more movies in the field, more can be discussed -- and the truly divisive ones that probably wouldn't get into a 5 nominee field would get their shot here where we can really debate them and... well, geek out. That's my two cents, anyway.
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Post by pendragon on Feb 27, 2018 6:08:56 GMT
So, I'm considering the arguments for expanding and I still have issues. For one, having 10 Best Picture nominees inevitably leads to putting movies in the "top tier" and the "lesser tier". We've seen this happen with the Oscars and it's going to happen here, especially, but not just, if there are more in Best Picture than Best Director. I know that people are going to want to see their passion picks have a better shot, but there are going to be movies that you or I will want to get in that will miss if there are 10 nominees or even 20. It's the nature of the beast.
Also, I'm trying to come up with a category pattern that will fit in the early years as well. The expanded lineups make sense in years where everyone's seen a lot of movies, but how long is that going to hold? Are people going to be able to fill up their Supporting Actress ballot every year? What about Original Screenplay? Hollywood was all about adapting works in the 40s and 50s.
I am trying to think of a way to make this work that will make everyone happy, but the conciseness of 5 is something I feel strongly about. I do appreciate hearing your thoughts, though.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Feb 27, 2018 8:38:51 GMT
So, I'm considering the arguments for expanding and I still have issues. For one, having 10 Best Picture nominees inevitably leads to putting movies in the "top tier" and the "lesser tier". We've seen this happen with the Oscars and it's going to happen here, especially, but not just, if there are more in Best Picture than Best Director. I know that people are going to want to see their passion picks have a better shot, but there are going to be movies that you or I will want to get in that will miss if there are 10 nominees or even 20. It's the nature of the beast. Also, I'm trying to come up with a category pattern that will fit in the early years as well. The expanded lineups make sense in years where everyone's seen a lot of movies, but how long is that going to hold? Are people going to be able to fill up their Supporting Actress ballot every year? What about Original Screenplay? Hollywood was all about adapting works in the 40s and 50s. I am trying to think of a way to make this work that will make everyone happy, but the conciseness of 5 is something I feel strongly about. I do appreciate hearing your thoughts, though. My two cents...I think 10 for picture and 5 for everything else. If I was being a self centered ass, then 10 for cinematography, as it's my favourite category.
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Post by mhynson27 on Feb 27, 2018 14:15:58 GMT
A bit late to the party here, but I agree with Johnny; 10 for Picture and 5 for everything else.
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Post by Sharbs on Feb 27, 2018 16:02:09 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 16:50:31 GMT
If a movie didn't get a theatrical release is it not eligible?
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Post by Martin Stett on Feb 28, 2018 17:15:32 GMT
If a movie didn't get a theatrical release is it not eligible? Good question. I think that's a very limiting way of looking at films (especially in this day and age), and I'm all for including TV movies. The real question is... if we've got a 6-8 hour movie in the mix and there's a miniseries/TV show that is even shorter than that, should both be included if we go for including non-theatrical releases?
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Post by stephen on Feb 28, 2018 21:52:27 GMT
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Post by helebrety on Mar 2, 2018 13:38:25 GMT
Poesía Sin Fin (Endless Poetry) is eligible? One of the origin countries is France and (based on IMDB) it premiered in 2016.
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