It's pointless to argue about the Oscars - as the Old Hollywood adage goes, "nobody knows anything."

What we can say with confidence, however, is that the demographics of Oscar voters are changing rapidly and irrevocably. This is an extremely welcome development for Diversity, and this year hopefully bodes well for Green Book.

Concerning Black Panther:
In my opinion, Diversity is the only thing Marvel does correctly. I am far more a fan of Justice League, and Snyder. There's plenty of YouTube videos that do a great job detailing why Batman v. Superman is great and massively under-appreciated...mentioned by me here due to the atrocious tastes and takes constantly on putrid display.

Edit: all DC adaptations have been either triples or homeuns. Snyder deserves a nomination more than anyone on this year's list, including Farelly who is finally addressing Social Justice in his work.

Sine poena nulla lex.

Sine poena nulla lex.

Sine poena nulla lex.

First cbm best picture nomination goes to black Panther. Everyone knows why even the SJWs on reddit.

There were so many other cbm over the last 15 years more deserving of a best picture nomination (The Dark Knight for example or spider verse this year).

Name one person who has seen Slumdog Millionaire this decade.

That's right, no one.

Zero cultural influence whatsoever.

The fact that it won and TDK wasn't nominated is probably the worst Oscar crime of my adult lifetime.

Especially considering Harvey Weinstein was a big factor in it winning.

Big snub for not nominating Ballad of Buster Scruggs for Cinematography

I was not an adult then. But yes.

C@LAg said:

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Hello there said:

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Name one person who has seen Slumdog Millionaire this decade.

That's right, no one.

Zero cultural influence whatsoever.

The fact that it won and TDK wasn't nominated is probably the worst Oscar crime of my adult lifetime.

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No. Saving Private Ryan losing to that stupid Shakespeare movie with Ben ****ing Affleck was much worse.

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My Senior English teacher said it best. "Saving Private Ryan is probably one of the top 5 war films of all time. It lost to one of the best 5 films of the year"

Watched it last year and think it's a better movie than The Dark Knight, which I doubt I've seen in the last decade.

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Lead Actress:
Yalitza Aparicio, "Roma"
Glenn Close, "The Wife"
Olivia Colman, "The Favourite"
Lady Gaga, "A Star Is Born"
Melissa McCarthy, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"

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And one more thing. Toni Collette's performance blew each and every single one of these out of the water.

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Sadly it's horror

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The fact that Black Panther is nominated, and The Dark Knight wasn't, really rustles my jimmies.

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The Dark Knight not being nominated is a crime, but it changed the Oscars forever. The following year, they changed from 5 nominees to up to 10 nominees. The Dark Knight was sacrificed, so that movies like Black Panther could thrive.

I think we will get more comic book nominees in the near future. Maybe even next year with Todd Phillips/Joaquin Phoenix's Joker movie.

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"You've changed things...forever. There's no going back."

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Original Song:
"All The Stars" from "Black Panther" by Kendrick Lamar, SZA
"I'll Fight" from "RBG" by Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson
"The Place Where Lost Things Go" from "Mary Poppins Returns" by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
"Shallow" from "A Star Is Born" by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice
"When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings" from "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" by Willie Watson, Tim Blake Nelson

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Oh well.

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C@LAg said:

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Hello there said:

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Name one person who has seen Slumdog Millionaire this decade.

That's right, no one.

Zero cultural influence whatsoever.

The fact that it won and TDK wasn't nominated is probably the worst Oscar crime of my adult lifetime.

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No. Saving Private Ryan losing to that stupid Shakespeare movie with Ben ****ing Affleck was much worse.

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My Senior English teacher said it best. "Saving Private Ryan is probably one of the top 5 war films of all time. It lost to one of the best 5 films of the year"

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I don't remember Affleck in "Shakespeare in Love".

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Lead Actress:
Yalitza Aparicio, "Roma"
Glenn Close, "The Wife"
Olivia Colman, "The Favourite"
Lady Gaga, "A Star Is Born"
Melissa McCarthy, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"

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And one more thing. Toni Collette's performance blew each and every single one of these out of the water.

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Sadly it's horror

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She literally got nominated for an Oscar for The Sixth Sense.

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Watched it last year and think it's a better movie than The Dark Knight, which I doubt I've seen in the last decade.

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AgMarauder04 said:

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C@LAg said:

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Hello there said:

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Name one person who has seen Slumdog Millionaire this decade.

That's right, no one.

Zero cultural influence whatsoever.

The fact that it won and TDK wasn't nominated is probably the worst Oscar crime of my adult lifetime.

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No. Saving Private Ryan losing to that stupid Shakespeare movie with Ben ****ing Affleck was much worse.

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My Senior English teacher said it best. "Saving Private Ryan is probably one of the top 5 war films of all time. It lost to one of the best 5 films of the year"

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I don't remember Affleck in "Shakespeare in Love".

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It was a small role. He maybe had five minutes of screen time.

FYI, I just watched one of the Best Documentary nominees called Minding The Gap on Hulu and it was fantastic. Highly recommend it.

https://www.hulu.com/watch/efcd9be9-9541-46b4-abbc-dd8b0606b304

C@LAg said:

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Hello there said:

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Name one person who has seen Slumdog Millionaire this decade.

That's right, no one.

Zero cultural influence whatsoever.

The fact that it won and TDK wasn't nominated is probably the worst Oscar crime of my adult lifetime.

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No. Saving Private Ryan losing to that stupid Shakespeare movie with Ben ****ing Affleck was much worse.

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I've seen Shakespeare in Love many, many times. It is a fantastic movie and one of my all-time favorites.

But... Saving Private Ryan absolutely should have won the Oscar. No question.

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BassCowboy33 said:

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AgMarauder04 said:

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C@LAg said:

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Hello there said:

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Name one person who has seen Slumdog Millionaire this decade.

That's right, no one.

Zero cultural influence whatsoever.

The fact that it won and TDK wasn't nominated is probably the worst Oscar crime of my adult lifetime.

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No. Saving Private Ryan losing to that stupid Shakespeare movie with Ben ****ing Affleck was much worse.

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My Senior English teacher said it best. "Saving Private Ryan is probably one of the top 5 war films of all time. It lost to one of the best 5 films of the year"

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I don't remember Affleck in "Shakespeare in Love".

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It was a small role. He maybe had five minutes of screen time.

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In his defense, it was an Oscar-winning performance compared to his portrayal of Bruce Wayne and Batman.

Bo Burnham pulling the upset win at the WGA. So great.

Academy reverses its decision to give awards off-air during commercial breaks.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/academy-reverses-decision-will-air-all-oscars-categories-live-1187338

What a cluster**** it is this year.

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Academy reverses its decision to give awards off-air during commercial breaks.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/academy-reverses-decision-will-air-all-oscars-categories-live-1187338

What a cluster**** it is this year.

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Good.

Sorry but putting Cinematography off the air was a ****ing travesty. Just do a couple less montages or other extremely circle jerky type stuff that they do.

My Best Picture Rankings so far are as follows:


Roma


---A Big Gap



Black Panther
BlacKKKlansman
A Star is Born

I felt this tier was all pretty equal. I was listening Black Panther a bit lower but I went back and gave it a rewatch and its just a damn great movie.

Another Gap

Vice - good, but not as good as The Big Short. Maybe unfair to compare the two. Some good acting though.

Another Gap

Bohemian Rhapsody
Green Book

These last two aren't bad, but I enjoyed other movies way more than these this year. Really don't think they belong. Like I said, these are not bad movies but definitely a lot of other movies (Hereditary, Widows just to name two) that were more deserving.

I'm seeing the Favorite tonight. Hopefully that lives up to the hype. I can't remember the last time I saw all the nominees in this category. This year seems incredibly accessible for moviegoers.

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So anyone think any major upsets happen?

Can Rami Malek beat out Christian Bale? Does anyone have a shot against Glenn Close?

Does anything besides Roma have a shot at Best Picture?

Uhhh Rami malek is the favorite.