Oscars 2017 thread

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Did not see a thread about it, so here it is for comments and cheers or jeers.

The main nominees:

Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Directing
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences

Actress in a Leading Role
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Actress in a Supporting Role
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

Adapted Screenplay
Arrival, Eric Heisserer
Fences, August Wilson
Hidden Figures, Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
Lion, Luke Davies
Moonlight, Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney

Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water, Taylor Sheridan
La La Land, Damien Chazelle
The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan
20th Century Women, Mike Mills

Full list here:

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I’ve only seen Florence Foster Jenkins (I was suprised by how much I liked it) and Hell or High Water (which I think is overrated).

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Here’s the rest, as I care about a lot of these:

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence

COSTUME DESIGN
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O. J.: Made in America
13th

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Ennemis Intérieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode

FILM EDITING
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Land of Mine
A Man Called Ove
The Salesman
Tanna
Toni Erdmann

SOUND EDITING
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully

SOUND MIXING
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” La La Land
“Can’t Stop The Feeling,” Trolls
“City Of Stars,” La La Land
“The Empty Chair,” Jim: The James Foley Story
“How Far I’ll Go,” Moana

VISUAL EFFECTS
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester by the Sea
20th Century Women

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Passengers

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper

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For instance, the Sound Mixing category has a nomination for Kevin O’Connell. This is is 21st nomination without a win.

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[Wilhelm Scream!]*

*( No, not as a criticism of you but to the members for not giving it to O’Connell )

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Predictions based on early awards from 538:

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The sound of Hacksaw Ridge was amazing. It would be a shame if he got it and everyone thought he got it for any reason other than that he did an amazing job.

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Sorta meta, and if you don’t like jeers you might want to block me for the next 6 hours, but serious question: Just saw the Disney Avatar ad and was wondering, now that 3-D is dead does that mean that the dandelion fluff storm will be over on Pandora?

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I just saw Jackie Chan applauding in the opening number in the crowd.

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I’ve seen all of the Shorts (Animated, Live-Action and Documentary) and all of the Features nominated except for 7 (I’m missing 1 Actor,-Captain Fantastic, 1 Animated-My Life As A Zucchini, 1 Documentary-OJ: Made In America, 2 Foreign Language-Land Of Mine and Tanna, 1 Sound Mixing-13 Hours, and 1 Song-Jim) and I STILL can’t predict some of the categories. Other than La La Land, which I guess will dominate (sigh).

That opening song from Trolls (which I liked) was pretty fun.

I have the sound turned down on the monologue. I usually hate Oscar opening monologues, no matter who does them.

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I think he’s getting a Life Achievement award.

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Jimmy Kimmel: Mel (Gibson), you look great! I think the Scientology is working… :slight_smile:

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Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar goes to:

Mahershala Ali for Moonlight

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MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
The Oscar goes to…

Suicide Squad.

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Good for Mahershala! He was great in both Moonlight and Hidden Figures this year, and really showed off his range.

A trivia bit about Lucas Hedges, nominated for Manchester By The Sea, his father is writer/director Peter Hedges, who was nominated in 2003 for co-writing About A Boy. Lucas and his brother accompanied Peter to the Oscars back then, and now he’s here for his own work. Peter didn’t win either.

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VERY deserved.

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Suicide Squad is an Oscar-Winning movie.

Yeah.

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COSTUME DESIGN

The Oscar goes to:

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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It had Oscar-worthy makeup.

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I know.