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I hated Dunkirk & loved 1917. Not to say you would.
Individuals are unrelated to the Oscars though.. I don't know if the Oscars themselves work with charities? It still doesn't alter the money spent on the Oscars themselves though (or indeed, in Hollywood on many a [sometimes terrible] movie, I guess!)
I think the Oscars are a load of pants - think how much money is spent on them. Tonight there will be loads of speeches about causes, however if they'd cancelled the Oscars and used the money spent (not just on them but on all that campaigning) for causes, imagine the good that could be done!
And, like the hypocrite I am... whenever (not that often) stuff I absolutely adore might or does win, I'm then like WOOHOO - The Oscars!!! The best! haha! Not really. I don't take them too seriously still, but I admit it is really nice if something I love wins and I do hope for an Oscar for things I love.
Also, the meaning is diminished - if one year you thought a terrible film won an Oscar, if another year the one you feel deserved won it is hard to feel it has much power even though you're happy.
hee. I mean, congratulations to her - wonderful in Fences... but... seriously.... "Thank god I became an artist because we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life." Oooooookaaaayyyyy!!!!
Did Viola Davis just say being an actor is the most worthy/best job in the world....?
Thank you. :)
BEST PICTURE
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Moonlight
Manchester by the Sea
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)
Ryan Gosling (La La Land)
Denzel Washington (Fences)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)
Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Emma Stone (La La Land)
Natalie Portman (Jackie)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Viola Davis (Fences)
Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)
BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
None!
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Life, Animated
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Toni Erdmann (Germany)
(But who needs to see any others when you've seen this!?! :D)
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Arrival
Fences
Moonlight
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester by the Sea
20th Century Women
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Jackie
La La Land
Moonlight
I have Hell or High Water on Blu Ray - meant to watch before tonight, but too late now! I'm in the UK, so a few films haven't been released here yet.
Yes...
I have seen:
Manchester by the Sea: Casey Affleck
Hacksaw Ridge: Andrew Garfield
La La Land: Ryan Gosling
Fences: Denzel Washington
Jackie: Natalie Portman
La La Land: Emma Stone
Moonlight: Mahershala Ali
Manchester by the Sea: Lucas Hedges
Nocturnal Animals: Michael Shannon
Fences: Viola Davis
Moonlight: Naomie Harris
Manchester by the Sea: Michelle Williams
12/20 I'm in the UK & not all of the films have been released here yet (Elle & Loving... not sure if any others haven't been released yet?) but there's also a few more I haven't seen.
Anyone know what kind of time the big awards are normally presented? I'm in the UK and can't stay up all night as I am working tomorrow but am wondering whether to try to waken for the big awards live....
BEST PICTURE
Manchester by the Sea
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)
(I haven't seen a huge amount in this category though)
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Natalie Portman (Jackie)
(Not seen Elle or Loving yet though)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Viola Davis (Fences)
BEST DIRECTOR
I'd be happy with any winner except Gibson ( hated Hacksaw Ridge), but I loved Manchester most, so
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Not seen any of them.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
I've only seen Life, Animated.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Toni Erdmann (Germany)
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Arrival
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Tempted to go 20th Century Women, just to give it something as it deserves an Oscar! I mean if I were awarding Lonergan Director, I guess I'd give this one screenplay
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Jackie
Amazing! Thank you! :)
Manchester by the Sea is my favourite. The others in my top 4 would be A Monster Calls and Swiss Army Man. Gee, I was all for the happy films in 2016, clearly! haha! Well, Swiss Army Man is happy (tough I cried loads in that!!) More recently, I loved 20th Century Women... at least a bit happier.. though it still made me cry, haha. Oh dear. Starting to feel like my tears don't mean so much. There are films I didn't cry in, I promise. Moonlight, for one.
And no worries, I didn't take it in a bad way. I am sure having children gives you a perspective to many things that those without kids can't fully feel. I have for example felt the love my Mum has for me as a thing indescribable, really. It's hard to image quite how that would feel to feel myself. Makes me feel kind of selfish in fact to try to imagine it. At the same time, I think all great films and art don't require you to have experienced whatever they're about yourself for you to fully feel what they express. :)
And haha - there will be people who hate every film. It's not always people being opposite just for the sake of it. While I don't care if someone dislikes a film I've loved, I find it difficult when someone feels nothing at all from a film I adore. But that said, there are many critically acclaimed films that lots of people adored (and sometimes which I expected I'd love before I saw them) that I hated. And I think you tend to feel you want to talk about both the films you adore and the films you detest more than the ones in the middle.
Hmm... Anyway. Yeah, Arrival is so beautiful. A truly beautiful message.
I don't have kids, but I was the same with Arrival - beautiful film. I saw it twice in the cinema and sobbed (start and end and in between) both times. It feels even better now I've seen most of the year's films. Perhaps my second favourite film of 2016? :)
Testament of Youth. Such a beautiful film. I think Alicia Vikander is the absolute best.
At the cinema, I saw Moonlight and 20th Century Women yesterday. Loved the latter. Sobbed and laughed and smiled and it is simply wonderful. Pretty sad I was disappointed by the former. Moments of beauty, but it just didn't move me... at all really. For me, it didn't work overall. But my, does it have a gorgeous cast. And they acted well... it's just the film itself. Will I get burned down now for not being a massive fan of Moonlight? Ho hum, sorry!
Thanks Jim! Will there be a way to recover passwords at all in the end, maybe via e-mail? I first registered here at a time when my computer was broken. Now it is fixed I tried to log in but apparently kept getting the password wrong so just had to register a new name instead.
Thanks again for all your wonderful work! :)