Rank the Nominees
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01-31-2017, 09:51 AM
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RE: Rank the Nominees
Best Picture
1. La La Land and Moonlight (I'm not choosing between them, and you can't make me!) ---------- 3. Lion 4. Fences 5. Hidden Figures 6. Arrival ---------- 7. Hell or High Water 8. Hacksaw Ridge ---------- 9. Manchester by the Sea My top two touch me so deeply in such different ways that I can't choose between them, but they easily lap the field for me. I thought the next four were awesome, really enjoyed the next two, and hated the last one. Best Director 1. Damien Chazelle 2. Barry Jenkins ---------- 3. Denis Villenueve ---------- 4. Mel Gibson ---------- 5. Kenneth Longergan Chazelle and Jenkins were incredible, Villenueve did a fabulous job, Gibson was fine, and I hated Lonergan's work. Best Actor 1. Andrew Garfield 2. Denzel Washington 3. Ryan Gosling 4. Viggo Mortensen ---------- 5. Casey Affleck Honestly, the order of the first four is pretty arbitrary, and I'd be fine with any ordering of them; all four of them are really great. Affleck is easily my least favorite, and I hope anyone else upsets him. Best Actress 1. Emma Stone ---------- 2. Isabelle Huppert ---------- 3. Ruth Negga ---------- 4. Natalie Portman ---------- 5. Meryl Streep Stone was transcendent and way ahead of the field for me, Huppert was great in a really...French...film, Negga was good (although her character was unfortunately kind of a cipher), Portman was one-note, and Streep and her grating performance stole a spot that Amy Adams and her terrific performance entirely deserved. Best Supporting Actor 1. Mahershala Ali ---------- 2. Dev Patel 3. Michael Shannon ---------- 4. Jeff Bridges ---------- 5. Lucas Hedges None of these men gave bad performances, although I thought Hedges was only fine. Bridges was good, Patel and Shannon were great, but this category is all about Mahershala Ali. He is everything. Honestly, this entire category should be filled with the men from Moonlight. Best Supporting Actress 1. Viola Davis 2. Naomie Harris ---------- 3. Nicole Kidman 4. Octavia Spencer ---------- 5. Michelle Williams Davis and Harris were both absolutely phenomenal, Kidman and Spencer were terrific, and Williams was awful. |
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02-16-2017, 08:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-27-2017 09:46 AM by malcolm1980.)
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RE: Rank the Nominees
I'll rank every film that got an Oscar nomination that I've seen. I'll edit as I go along.
01. La La Land 02. Moonlight 03. Kubo and the Two Strings 04. The Salesman 05. Arrival 06. Hell or High Water 07. Borrowed Time 08. Toni Erdmann 09. O.J. Made in America 10. 20th Century Women 11. Zootopia 12. The White Helmets 13. Elle 14. The Lobster 15. Jackie 16. Manchester by the Sea 17. Moana 18. Lion 19. Pearl 20. Captain Fantastic 21. Doctor Strange 22. Piper 23. 13th 24. The Jungle Book 25. Fire at Sea 26. Hidden Figures 27. 4.1 Miles 28. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 29. Hail, Caesar! 30. Hacksaw Ridge 31. Florence Foster Jenkins 32. Fences 33. Extremis 34. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 35. Sully 36. Loving 37. Star Trek Beyond 38. Nocturnal Animals 39. Tanna 40. Trolls 41. Deepwater Horizon 42. Allied 43. Suicide Squad PERFORMANCES RANKING: LEAD ACTOR 01. Casey Affleck 02. Viggo Mortensen 03. Denzel Washington 04. Ryan Gosling 05. Andrew Garfield LEAD ACTRESS 01. Isabelle Huppert 02. Emma Stone 03. Natalie Portman 04. Ruth Negga 05. Meryl Street SUPPORTING ACTOR 01. Mahershala Ali 02. Lucas Hedges 03. Jeff Bridges 04. Dev Patel 05. Michael Shannon SUPPORTING ACTRESS 01. Viola Davis 02. Naomie Harris 03. Michelle Williams 04. Nicole Kidman 05. Octavia Spencer |
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02-27-2017, 07:57 AM
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RE: Rank the Nominees
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02-05-2018, 10:40 PM
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RE: Rank the Nominees
Picture
1. Lady Bird 2. Call Me By Your Name 3. The Shape of Water 4. Get Out 5. Dunkirk --------------- 6. The Post 7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 8. Phantom Thread 9. Darkest Hour Lukewarm on these picks overall. Wish you were here: The Florida Project and The Big Sick Director 1. Guillermo Del Toro 2. Greta Gerwig 3. Christopher Nolan 4. Jordan Peele 5. Paul Thomas Anderson My favorite category. All worthy in their own ways. Actor 1. Timothee Chalamet 2. Gary Oldman 3. Denzel Washington 4. Daniel Day-Lewis 5. Daniel Kaluuya Actress 1. Saoirse Ronan 2. Sally Hawkins 3. Meryl Streep 4. Margot Robbie 5. Frances McDormand S Actor 1. Willem Dafoe 2. Richard Jenkins 3. Woody Harrelson 4. Christopher Plummer 5. Sam Rockwell S Actress 1. Laurie Metcalf 2. Lesley Manville 3. Allison Janney 4. Octavia Spencer 5. Mary J. Blige Original Screenplay 1. Lady Bird 2. The Big Sick 3. Get Out 4. The Shape of Water 5. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Adapted Screenplay 1. Call Me By Your Name 2. Logan 3. Molly's Game 4. The Disaster Artist 5. Mudbound |
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02-06-2018, 02:22 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-30-2018 12:55 PM by malcolm1980.)
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RE: Rank the Nominees
Oooh, I'll do my rank every Oscar nominated film I've seen regardless of category as well. I'll edit them in as I go along.
01. Call Me By Your Name 02. Phantom Thread 03. Coco 04. Lady Bird 05. The Florida Project 06. Blade Runner 2049 07. The Shape of Water 08. Get Out 09. A Fantastic Woman 10. Mudbound 11. Baby Driver 12. On Body and Soul 13. Star Wars: The Last Jedi 14. The Breadwinner 15. Loveless 16. The Square 17. Dunkirk 18. Strong Island 19. The Big Sick 20. Logan 21. Wonder 22. Lou 23. The Disaster Artist 24. Heroin(e) 25. War for the Planet of the Apes 26. Edith+Eddie 27. The Post 28. Icarus 29. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 30. I, Tonya 31. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 32. Beauty and the Beast 33. Molly's Game 34. Kong: Skull Island 35. Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 36. All the Money in the World 37. Loving Vincent 38. Victoria & Abdul 39. Dear Basketball 40. Darkest Hour 41. The Greatest Showman 42. Roman J. Israel, ESQ 43. Ferdinand 44. The Boss Baby Finally completed the acting/directing/writing categories: 01. Chalamet 02. Day-Lewis 03. Kaluuya 04. Washington 05. Oldman 01. Hawkins 02. Ronan 03. Robbie 04. McDormand 05. Streep 01. Dafoe 02. Jenkins 03. Rockwell 04. Plummer 05. Harrelson 01. Metcalf 02. Manville 03. Janney 04. Spencer 05. Blige 01. Del Toro 02. Anderson 03. Gerwig 04. Peele 05. Nolan 01. Lady Bird 02. Phantom Thread 03. Get Out 04. The Shape of Water 05. Three Billboards 01. Call Me By Your Name 02. Mudbound 03. The Disaster Artist 04. Logan 05. Molly's Game |
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02-06-2018, 02:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-20-2018 11:39 AM by venom1976.)
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RE: Rank the Nominees
Overall (Best Picture ranking implied)
01. I, Tonya 02. The Big Sick 03. The Shape of Water 04. The Post 05. Get Out 06. Mudbound 07. Three Billboards 08. Dunkirk 09. Lady Bird 10. Wonder Woman 11. Call Me By Your Name 12. The Darkest Hour 13. The Florida Project 14. Phantom Thread Actress 01. Robbie 02. McDormand 03. Hawkins 04. Streep 05. Ronan (all really good) Actor 01. Chalamet 02. Day-Lewis 03. Oldman 04. Kaluuya Supporting Actress 01. Janney 02. Metcalf 03. Spenser 04. Manville 05. Blije Supporting Actor 01. Jenkins 02. Rockwell 03. Harrelson 04. Dafoe Adapted Screenplay 01. Mudbound 02. Call Me By Your Name Original Screenplay 01. The Big Sick 02. Get Out 03. The Shape of Water 04. Lady Bird 05. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri |
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02-26-2018, 12:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-26-2018 12:05 AM by dws1982.)
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RE: Rank the Nominees
Top eight thoughts:
Best Picture 1- Dunkirk (The only nominee I've seen more than once, so I might expect some fluctuation on re-watches. But this compelled me from the start, and really deepened on re-watches, although I will admit to being a pushover for World War II narratives--my dad and I have bonded over World War II movies for year) 2- Phantom Thread (I didn't expect to like this, given that Anderson and I usually don't get along, but it was one of the most compelling, fascinating, and fun movies I've seen in awhile, although I will always argue this as a comedy) 3- Lady Bird (I was in high school the same time as Lady Bird, at a private Christian school--although not Catholic--and we weren't poor, but many of my friends were better-off; this is a movie that understands class, family dynamics, and friend dynamics; as so many others have said, it's a lovely movie) 4- Call Me By Your Name (Took me awhile to get on the wavelength of this movie, but it really does find a unique, interesting groove, and it really nails the ending) 5- Get Out (Saw it at an odd time--after it had been a startling hit, but before it became full-on cultural phenomenon--and appreciated its juggling of so many tones and ideas) 6- The Post (It felt like mid-tier Spielberg, like one of his movies that tries--unlike, say, Lincoln--to act like it has the solution to the problems in America, but it deserves another watch; In the interest of full-disclosure, for whatever reason, I had to pee about half an hour in, and then I really had to pee again at the 1:15 mark, so from that point on I was dying for it to be over, which was a hell of a distraction) 7- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (At least Dogville's fundamental misunderstanding of America was played as parable) 8- The Shape of Water (I understand all of the positives--that it's unique, that it has interesting ideas, that it builds a singular world--but watching it, I felt absolutely nothing) 9- Darkest Hour (I liked this movie better when they did on HBO about ten years ago with Brendan Gleeson) Should've been: The Lost City of Z; wouldn't have argued with Molly's Game or Good Time, although that one was never going to happen. Most of my other favorites have come from overseas. Best Director: 1- Paul Thomas Anderson (A better world-builder than a Marvel director, better at juggling divergent tones than Martin McDonagh, and even better at keeping you guessing what the hell is going on than Jordan Peele) 2- Christopher Nolan (Much easier to take once he's freed from his big ideas about dreams, or going back in time to correct the past, or Batman) 3- Greta Gerwig (There's something almost fragmentary to the movie, which is composed almost of short episodes, but it coheres as a fully-formed piece--not an easy task, and Gerwig deserves credit) 4- Jordan Peele (A smart movie by a smart director who knows how to use actors and story effectively) 5- Guillermo del Toro (I wish he would just keep his dreams between himself and his therapist; he has a clear vision, but it's not one that appeals to me) Should've been: James Gray, easily. The Safdie brothers as well. Also wouldn't have argued with Denis Villeneuve. And as far as Best Picture nominees go, I think Luca Guadagnino is more essential to the success of his film than the nominated screenplay. Best Actor: 1- Timothee Chalamet (Don't know if any movie in 2017 demanded more of its Lead, but Chalamet is more than up to the task; Offers more, in the closing shot, than most other actors do in an entire film) 2- Daniel Day-Lewis (His techniques don't always work, but there's no denying that each character is very different; I may like his Lincoln work a little more, but this is easily his most fun and playful work) 3- Daniel Kaluuya (He's good, but I think it's more about an actor who is well-used by a savvy director, rather than great acting) 4- Gary Oldman (A professional job, but too busy, too actorly, and never really gets under Churchill's skin the way John Lithgow, of all people did, on The Crown) 5- Denzel Washington (Nothing about the movie makes sense, and Washington is partially responsible for that) Should've been: Robert Pattinson (Good Time), James McAvoy, if we're looking for actors from winter horror movies, and James Franco if we're looking for touchingly-weird real-life characters. Best Actress: 1- Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird may not understand who she is, but Ronan clearly does) 2- Meryl Streep (Kind of boring casting, but she makes a solid anchor for the film, and makes you almost wish the movie had been more interested in her than the newspaper; One of her best recent nominations) 3- Frances McDormand (Always compelling, and no one does the grumpy hard-ass better, but she's shoe-horned by her film) 4- Sally Hawkins (She's a good actress, and it's a valiant effort, but Elisa remains an idea of a character rather than a fully-formed person) 5- Margot Robbie (Miscast and self-conscious, and I almost think that her star-power--which I do believe she has--works against the nature of the role) Should've been: Jessica Chastain, definitely, and Vicky Krieps. Drawing a blank otherwise. Best Supporting Actor: 1- Woody Harrelson (Many things concerning his character often don't make sense, but he sells it) 2- Willem Dafoe (Very solid, very lived-in supporting work) 3- Christopher Plummer (I get that this nomination is mostly for his last-minute step-in, but he's fun, and he definitely understands the upper-class asshole nature of J. Paul Getty) 4- Sam Rockwell (Many things concerning his character often don't make sense, and I don't think he quite sells it; like the movie itself, it feels successful in the moment, but less so when taken as a whole) 5- Richard Jenkins (Hate to be grumpy about a solid character actor getting nominated--I have loved him in the past--but I got absolutely nothing from him here) Should've been: Everyone who wasn't. Garret Hedlund, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, Idris Elba, Robert Pattinson (The Lost City of Z), Ben Safdie (Good Time). Best Supporting Actress: 1- Laurie Metcalf (I've been a fan for so long that I can't put her anywhere but number one, but I think she deserves it on merit, for embodying aspects of everyone's mother, but also creating a distinct person) 2- Lesley Manville (The fact that Phantom Thread never clearly announces what it is about, and keeps you guessing its entire run-time--and beyond--is due in large part to the performances, especially and including Manville's) 3- Octavia Spencer (A serviceable supporting performance that never would've been singled out except on the coattails of a Best Picture frontrunner) 4- Mary J. Blige (Why Blige and not Carey Mulligan? Or Garret Hedlund? Or Rob Morgan? Or Jason Mitchell? She's fine, but other than name recognition, I can't think of any reason why she should be singled out over the other actors) 5- Allison Janney (A bad freak-show performance, in my mind, although to her credit, it seems to be exactly what everyone making the film was going for) Should've been: Not my favorite category this year, based on what I've seen, but Sienna Miller (Lost City of Z) and Carla Juri (Blade Runner 2049), and Elizabeth Marvel (The Meyerowitz Stories) are better than at least three of these. Best Adapted Screenplay (Haven't read any of the source materials, not even any X-Men comics--when I've done comics, it's almost always DC rather than Marvel--so this is about the screenplays; I will say I liked all of these movies) 1- Molly's Game (Not great-great, but I'm a soft-touch for this subject matter, and it's a very fun, well-structured take on it) 2- Call Me By Your Name (I feel like the memory-piece nature of the film--the key to its success, in my opinion--is more a product of direction/acting, rather than writing) 3- The Disaster Artist (Kind of a gimmicky piece, but based around a truly unique character, with an interesting relationship at the center) 4- Mudbound (Several really good parts, but it's also too fragmented and feels cut down from what could've been a more successful miniseries) 5- Logan (Did this get nominated despite the comic-book origin, or because it works so hard at running away from those origins? An interesting genre deconstruction, but James Mangold is not Clint Eastwood) Should've been- The Lost City of Z--maybe the only movie of 2017 where I read the book it was adapted from--and if we're going for an action film, Blade Runner 2049, although I wouldn't really consider it adapted. Best Original Screenplay 1- Lady Bird (Entertains so many more perspectives and points-of-view than your average high school film; feels like a very thought-out and tightly-controlled piece of writing, but it plays out with a real feel of everyday life) 2- Get Out (It's hard to deal with racial issues in an openly commercial horror-comedy, but Peele's screenplay mostly pulls it off) 3- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Has some good qualities, and does work a lot on the individual-scene level, but also has some mind-boggling plot-holes and shifts in tone) 4- The Big Sick (Often a movie is overrated simply by virtue of being one of the only decent, adult-oriented films in release) 5- The Shape of Water (Thought the Cold War stuff was beyond bad, but sure, del Toro, I always watched Edward Scissorhands and wished it focused on more on Winona Ryder) Should've been: Phantom Thread, for sure; Good Time, and if we're going for horror movies, It Comes At Night wouldn't be a bad choice. |
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02-26-2018, 01:17 PM
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RE: Rank the Nominees
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1.) Dunkirk 2.) Lady Bird 3.) Call Me By Your Name 4.) Get Out ----------- 5.) The Shape of Water 6.) The Post 7.) Darkest Hour 8.) Phantom Thread - - - 9,385.) Three Shitty Billboards Outside Bumfuck, Missouri Director: 1.) Nolan 2.) Gerwig 3.) Peele 4.) del Toro 5.) Anderson Lead Actor: 1.) Chalamet 2.) Oldman 3.) Kaluuya 4.) Day-Lewis Lead Actress: 1.) Ronan 2.) Hawkins 3.) Robbie 4.) Streep 5.) McDormand Supporting Actor: 1.) Jenkins 2.) Harrelson 3.) Rockwell Supporting Actress: 1.) Metcalf 2.) Janney 3.) Spencer 4.) Manville 5.) Blige Adapted Screenplay: 1.) Call Me By Your Name 2.) Mudbound Original Screenplay: 1.) Lady Bird 2.) Get Out 3.) The Shape of Water 4.) Three Billboards |
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02-27-2018, 01:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-05-2018 09:37 AM by Veronica Mars.)
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RE: Rank the Nominees
Best Picture
1. Call Me By Your Name 2. The Shape of Water 3. Phantom Thread 4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 5. Get Out 6. Lady Bird --- 7. The Post --- 8. Dunkirk 9. Darkest Hour Best Director 1. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water 2. Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread 3. Jordan Peele, Get Out 4. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk 5. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird Best Actor 1. Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name 2. Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread --- 3. Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out --- 4. Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour 5. Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq. Best Actress 1. Margot Robbie, I, Tonya 2. Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird 3. Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 4. Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water 5. Meryl Streep, The Post Best Supporting Actor 1. Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2. Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project 3. Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water 4. Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 5. Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World Best Supporting Actress 1. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird 2. Allison Janney, I, Tonya 3. Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread 4. Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water 5. Mary J. Blige, Mudbound Best Adapted Screenplay 1. Call Me By Your Name 2. Logan 3. Mudbound 4. Molly's Game 5. The Disaster Artist Best Original Screenplay 1. Get Out 2. Lady Bird 3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 4. The Big Sick 5. The Shape of Water |
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02-27-2018, 02:03 AM
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RE: Rank the Nominees
I'm almost done!
Best Picture 1. "Get Out" 2. "Call Me By Your Name" 3. "The Shape of Water" 4. "3 Billboards" 5. "Lady Bird" 6. "Dunkirk" 7. "The Post" 8. "Phantom Thread" 9. "Darkest Hour" Best Picture 1. Jordan Peele 2. Guillermo Del Toro 3. Christopher Nolan 4. Greta Gerwig 5. Paul Thomas Anderson Best Actor 1. Timothee Chalamet 2. Daniel Kaluuya 3. Gary Oldman 4. Daniel Day-Lewis N/S. Denzel Washington Best Actress 1. Frances McDormand 2. Margot Robbie 3. Sally Hawkins 4. Saoirse Ronan 5. Meryl Streep Best Supporting Actor 1. Willem Dafoe 2. Richard Jenkins 3. Sam Rockwell 4. Woody Harrelson N/S. Christopher Plummer Best Supporting Actress 1. Laurie Metcalf 2. Allison Janney 3. Lesley Manville 4. Octavia Spencer 5. Mary J. Blige Best Original Screenplay 1. "Get Out" 2. "The Shape of Water" 3. "3 Billboards" 4. "Lady Bird" 5. "The Big Sick" Best Adapted Screenplay 1. "Call Me By Your Name" 2. "Mudbound" 3. "Molly's Game" 4. "The Disaster Artist" N/S. "Logan" |
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