Oscars 2019

JP Liz V1

Kevin Hart in talks to host

Theboinkmaster

He announced today he was doing it.

I stopped watching the Oscars about 20 years ago.

Meaningless drivel.

Agent Coulson

How many jokes that the Oscar is taller the Hart will be made.


To many.

JP Liz V1

Vice, The Favourite, A Star Is Born and Green Book got most nominations at the Globes

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-golden-globes-nominations-full-list-1165090

dark crystal

I'm hoping it's finally Glenn Close's turn to win this year.

HandsomeBob

Am I missing something in relation to the Golden Globes... seems to be nominations for films that haven't been released unless they've been released already in the states???

JP Liz V1

dark crystal wrote: »

I'm hoping it's finally Glenn Close's turn to win this year.

I didn't realise she had never won, I think Lady GaGa is her biggest threat

dark crystal

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I didn't realise she had never won, I think Lady GaGa her biggest threat

6 nominations and counting...I'm assuming she'll be nominated again for The Wife.


Ugh, Gaga.

peteeeed

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

He announced today he was doing it.

I stopped watching the Oscars about 20 years ago.

Meaningless drivel.

Hes stepped down

https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/12/kevin-hart-steps-down-oscars/

El Duda

Does Lady GaGa really deserve a nom?

A good performance but it is elevated massively by her incredible singing talent. Her singing is not acting, that's what she does for a living naturally.

Theboinkmaster

peteeeed wrote: »

Hes stepped down

https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/12/kevin-hart-steps-down-oscars/

Jesus that was quick.

Ah well, jog on....

dark crystal

peteeeed wrote: »

Hes stepped down

https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/12/kevin-hart-steps-down-oscars/

Bring back Ellen!


Otherwise, Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin together again would be great.

DJIMI TRARORE

El Duda wrote:

Does Lady GaGa really deserve a nom?

El Duda wrote:

A good performance but it is elevated massively by her incredible singing talent. Her singing is not acting, that's what she does for a living naturally.

Just about to say that,never realized what a good singer she is,with all the sh1te she had released,Cooper is nailed on ,imo

Sad Professor

I was about to suggest Kevin Spacey, who I've been saying for years would make a great Oscars host... and then I remembered.

I still think it should be an actor. Someone who really knows Hollywood, not an east coaster. Someone with a sense of humour and a bit of gravitas but who isn't a comedian and who really knows and loves movies. Getting a stand-up comedian to host the Oscars doesn't work anymore. Sensitivities in America are such that even Crystal or Martin would have hard time avoiding controversy.

JP Liz V1

Sad Professor wrote: »

I was about to suggest Kevin Spacey, who I've been saying for years would make a great Oscars host... and then I remembered.

I still think it should be an actor. Someone who really knows Hollywood, not an east coaster. Someone with a sense of humour and a bit of gravitas but who isn't a comedian and who really knows and loves movies. Getting a stand-up comedian to host the Oscars doesn't work anymore. Sensitivities in America are such that even Crystal or Martin would have hard time avoiding controversy.

Robert Downey Jnr seems to be mentioned as a possible host, could just all be online speculation

What about Ricky Gervais and Mel Gibson

dark crystal

Sad Professor wrote: »

I was about to suggest Kevin Spacey, who I've been saying for years would make a great Oscars host... and then I remembered.

I still think it should be an actor. Someone who really knows Hollywood, not an east coaster. Someone with a sense of humour and a bit of gravitas but who isn't a comedian and who really knows and loves movies. Getting a stand-up comedian to host the Oscars doesn't work anymore. Sensitivities in America are such that even Crystal or Martin would have hard time avoiding controversy.

Kevin Spacey would have been great!


Would it be too much to hope for Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum or Christopher Walken...?

HandsomeBob

I'm on my own maybe but I have no interest in these gimmicky hosts that seems to be the rage these days. I'd happily sit through an Oscars ceremony hosted by someone like Russell Crowe or Emily Blunt if they were interested. Respected in their art and well capable of holding your attention without appealing to the lowest common denominator.

Sad Professor

A-list actors are pretty much totally out of the question unless the Academy is prepared to pay them. Most hosts get about 15k plus (substantial!) freebies. A comedian or media personalty will benefit from the publicity, but for a big name actor or star it's potentially a lot of work for little reward.

Agent Coulson

Give it back to Billy Crystal give him one last Hurrah.

Tony EH

Sad Professor wrote: »

I was about to suggest Kevin Spacey, who I've been saying for years would make a great Oscars host... and then I remembered.

That would, literally, be the greatest joke ever for any Oscar night.

Sad Professor

Hart is considering returning as host.

speedboatchase

And he's out again:

https://deadline.com/2019/01/kevin-hart-no-academy-awards-host-ellen-degeneres-1202529458/

Sad Professor

Oh boy, as if the Academy didn't have enough problems. Bohemian Rhapsody beat A Star is Born at the Golden Globes last night. If there are any more juicy stories about Bryan Singer's poolside escapades out there expect to be reading about them within days.

Keatsian

If the Globes are a reliable guide to the Oscars, it looks like it will be a frustrating year. Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book both received mixed reviews, and from the trailers neither looks worth seeing.

Incidentally, why did Rhapsody and A Star Is Born get classed as dramas, but Green Book as a musical/comedy?

Sad Professor

Not sure exactly how it works but I think it's mostly down to whichever category the studio submits the film to - based on what they think they have the best chance of winning. However, the HFP can reject them if they wish.

JP Liz V1

Keatsian wrote: »

If the Globes are a reliable guide to the Oscars, it looks like it will be a frustrating year. Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book both received mixed reviews, and from the trailers neither looks worth seeing.

Incidentally, why did Rhapsody and A Star Is Born get classed as dramas, but Green Book as a musical/comedy?

Yes I thought both were under the musical category

Also what about Olivia Colman as host, could a nominee host?

w/s/p/c/

Seen Steve Carrell mentioned online as a potential host, I reckon he would be good?

p to the e

Keatsian wrote: »

If the Globes are a reliable guide to the Oscars, it looks like it will be a frustrating year. Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book both received mixed reviews, and from the trailers neither looks worth seeing.

Incidentally, why did Rhapsody and A Star Is Born get classed as dramas, but Green Book as a musical/comedy?

I think "The Martian" was a winner in the musical/comedy class.

Kirby

Well The Martian was neither a musical nor a comedy.........but it had great music in it and was funny.

Ultimately its just the studio's putting their properties into races they think they can win.

SimonTemplar

The Oscar winners and the year's actual best films/directors/actors is a venn diagram. Sometimes there is a big overlap, other times they are completely different.

For me, the most satisfying part of the Oscars is seeing some young or up-and-coming actor/filmmaker get recognized for their work when they were pretty much unknowns the year before. It helps kick-start a career when someone deserves it. Much more satisfying than seeing Meryl Streep get her forth win.

JP Liz V1

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a25799651/bafta-nominations-2019/

No surprise The Favourite leads with most BAFTA nominations

I hope Sam Elliot is a surprise supporting nomination for A Star is Born at the hostless Academy Awards

MisterAnarchy

Every year the films getting nominated for Oscars seem to be getting progressively worse.
Its all so lazy .

johnny_ultimate

It's a strange old awards season this year. Maybe it was because there was an exceptional batch of awards films last year, but there's something oddly lethargic and lazy about how things are going this year. Don't get me wrong: I'm delighted for everyone being awarded for their stellar work on The Favourite, and it's great to see Roma punching through the foreign-language barrier. But also feels like a few more traditional 'Oscar baity' films are in the running compared to the last year.

Obviously we haven't actually heard the Oscar nominations yet. But going by the precursors to that announcement, it's a haphazard sort of selection of films. Probably just my ambivalence towards A Star Is Born and disinterest in Bohemian Rhapsody / Green Book skewing my perception of things.

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Every year the films getting nominated for Oscars seem to be getting progressively worse.

I'd disagree with that assertion. I'm an Oscars cynic, but when it comes to nominations more good to great films have been getting the nod over the last decade due to the expanded Best Picture category. Look at the 90s and most years you're lucky to have one or two 'keepers'. Now you can easily have four or five - last year was a case in point with (IMO anyway) Call Me By Your Name, Phantom Thread, Lady Bird, Dunkirk and Get Out all deserving nominees. Shape of Water I wasn't big on, but still has more going for it than Shakespeare in Love, Crash, The English Patient, Argo etc... Moonlight the previous year was probably the best Best Picture winner in a decade. I mean, bad films are absolutely still making the cut when they shouldn't, but that's been the case for pretty much as long as the Oscars have existed.

JP Liz V1

Critics Choice Film Winners

https://deadline.com/2019/01/critics-choice-awards-2019-winners-list-live-blog-1202534016/

peteeeed

Best Picture
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice

Best Director
Spike Lee - BlacKkKlansman
Pawel Pawlikowski - Cold War
Yorgos Lanthimos - The Favourite
Alfonso Cuaron - Roma
Adam McKay - Vice



Best Actor nominees ��
Christian Bale, "Vice"
Bradley Cooper, "A Star Is Born"
Willem Dafoe, "At Eterenity's Gate"
Rami Malek, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Viggo Mortensen, "Green Book"


Actress in a Leading Role
Yalitza Aparicio - Roma
Glenn Close - The Wife
Olivia Colman - The Favourite
Lady Gaga - A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy - Can You Ever Forgive Me?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Vice
Marina de Tavira, Roma
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

BEST FILM EDITING
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice

Best Documentary Feature
Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding The Gap
Of Father and Sons
RBG

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots

BEST SOUND MIXING
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma
A Star Is Born

BEST SOUND EDITING
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“Animal Behavior”
“Bao”
“Late Afternoon”(irish)
“One Small Step”
“Weekends”

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Detainment”(irish director)
“Fauve”
“Marguerite”
“Mother”
“Skin”

Animated Feature
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Makeup and Hairstyling
Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice

Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story

Original Screenplay
The Favourite
First Reformed
Green Book
Roma
Vice

Best Documentary Short Subject
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
Period. End of Sentence.

Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star is Born

Original Song
"All the Stars" - Black Panther
"I'll Fight" - RBG
The Place Where Lost Things Go" - Mary Poppins Returns
"Shallow" - A Star is Born
"When a Cowboy Trades His Surs for Wings" - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs



The favourite & Roma with 10 nominations
a star is born & vice with 8
Black Panther with 7
Bradley cooper not nominated is a surprise

El Duda

I'd have liked to see Toni Collette get a nom for Hereditary.

A Quiet Place would've been a good shout for original screenplay.

Shame to see Vice dominate so many categories. It isn't even meant to be that good.

valoren

Justin Hurwitz without a nod for First Man's score.

Probably the dullest list of Oscar nominations I've seen but on the flip side much tighter.

peteeeed

valoren wrote: »

Justin Hurwitz without a nod for First Man's score.

Probably the dullest list of Oscar nominations I've seen but on the flip side much tighter.

slightly suprised at that
4 nominations but no best score

Arghus

Some pretty weak movies getting best picture nods this year.

valoren

peteeeed wrote: »

slightly suprised at that
4 nominations but no best score

Probably a case of "He's got two (oscars) already, let someone else get a nod"

Sad Professor

The Favourite did extremely well. Tied with Roma for most nominations.

Pleased to see Pawlikowski got a nom for Cold War. Shame Joanna Kulig was overlooked.

Hurrache

peteeeed wrote: »

Bradley cooper not nominated is a surprise

He's in your list, second in the best actor category.

johnny_ultimate

On the plus side: the two front runners Roma and The Favourite are superb films well deserving of their ten nominations apiece. Would be great to see either of them triumphing in best picture.

On the negative side: whole lot of merely decent or mediocre films punching above their weight in best picture particularly. Felt like the Oscars had moved away from that somewhat. Particularly notable when some much stronger films like Beale Street, Leave No Trace, Widows etc have been overlooked (that’s not even going into foreign films like Shoplifters or Burning) and there’s only eight films in the running. Hell I’d say First Man, very much a theoretically Oscar friendly film, was better than some of what made the cut.

peteeeed

Hurrache wrote: »

He's in your list, second in the best actor category.

sorry, as director

MfMan

Hurrache wrote: »

He's in your list, second in the best actor category.

Nominated for Best Film and Best Actor, but not for Director, bit surprising.
Just think it's ordinary enough anyway.

Rami Malek and Glenn Close early favourites with PPs. Christian Bale worth a wager?

Sad Professor

The Academy probably felt that Cooper doesn't need any more trophies.

Frank O. Pinion

Such a bland year for (award) films, even compared to last year. Nothing as magical as The Shape of Water or as dramatically good as Call Me By Your Name. In fairness, I haven't seen The Favourite yet, but I'm very much looking forward to it.

Black Panther seems like a political nomination to continue the recent streak of Moonlight and Get Out. They were good films though, Black Panther is one of the more blander of the bland MCU films. What Eric Cartman said about the film is very true.

Only 8 nominations out of a possible 10 for Best Picture? Nicolas Cage and Mandy got robbed! Mandy is still my #1 for the year. For a "proper" film, I'm surprised Beautiful Boy didn't get any nominations, that film was brilliant.

Mid90s, Blindspotting, and Wildlife are more great films I thought had chances at some nominations. I'm guessing Under The Silver Lake was ineligible, but that was a minor masterpiece too...maybe next year's awards.

JP Liz V1

Is Mahershala Ali not lead in Green Book?

I am delighted for Sam Elliot

murpho999

How is Bohemian Rhapsody doing so well?

Also, how come Meryl Streep was not nominated? Felt almost compulsory that she'd be nominated this year.
Roma and The Favourite deserved for me. Have not seen A Star is Born as it doesn't appeal to me.

murpho999

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is Mahershala Ali not lead in Green Book?

I am delighted for Sam Elliot

No, Viggo Mortenssen is and was also nominated.

pixelburp

Good to see in a world gone mad, the Oscars still manages to be consistent in it feeling like a weird shotgun blast of films.