GeneticBlueprint Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 https://deadline.com/2019/01/oscar-nominations-2019-academy-award-nominees-list-1202538943/ BEST PICTURE Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Green Book Roma A Star Is Born Vice BEST DIRECTOR BlacKkKlansman - Spike Lee Cold War - Paweł Pawlikowski The Favourite - Yorgos Lanthimos Roma - Alfonso Cuarón Vice - Adam McKay ACTOR Christian Bale, Vice Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody Viggo Mortensen, Green Book 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 I'm glad to see an actual black nomination along with the token one under Best Picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' got positively fucked over. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Why would they pick Black Panther over If Beale Street Could Talk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 Just now, Jose said: Why would they pick Black Panther over If Beale Street Could Talk? Or at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Just now, GeneticBlueprint said: Or at all. I mean you can tell that this was a diversity pick. It just makes 0 sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Black Panther had nearly a full year of “the academy can’t ignore this one” going for it. Vice is the one that really bugs me. Acting and makeup, sure. Those are the only reasons to watch that movie. I knew it didn’t have much of a chance, but I was hoping for Eighth Grade to get something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Shit, why did they pick Black Klansmen over Beale Street? While I dont think Panther deserves a best picture nod, I can get why it got one. It was a legit cultural phenomenon and it made a shit ton of money. The Academy pays attention to stuff like that. Saying it was a "diversity pick" while ignoring that the best Black movie of the year got snubbed shows a fundamental lack of understanding as to how the Academy works. By nominating Black Panther, they kill several birds with one stone. There have been other superhero movies far more deserving of a best picture nod than this film though... but at the end if the day, The Oscars have been irrelevant for decades. Who gives a shit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 1 minute ago, skillzdadirecta said: Shit, why did they pick Black Klansmen over Beale Street? While I dont think Panther deserves a best picture nod, I can get why it got one. It was a legit cultural phenomenon and it made a shit ton of money. The Academy pays attention to stuff like that. Saying it was a "diversity pick" while ignoring that the best Black movie of the year got snubbed shows a fundamental lack of understanding as to how the Academy works. By nominating Black Panther, the kill several birds with one stone. There have been other superhero movies far more deserving of a best picture nod than this film though... but at the end if the day, The Oscars have been irrelevant for decades. Who gives a shit? Klansman was legitimately good. Panther was merely fun. I'm not saying it was solely a diversity pick, but it was certainly a factor. I'm sure the fact that it was hugely successful certainly helped as you mentioned since they apparently want to take that into account now. I'm just bummed Beale Street didnt get nominated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Jose said: Klansman was legitimately good. Panther was merely fun. I'm not saying it was solely a diversity pick, but it was certainly a factor. I'm sure the fact that it was hugely successful certainly helped as you mentioned since they apparently want to take that into account now. I'm just bummed Beale Street didnt get nominated. I can't get why Beale Street didn't get nominated... it was one of the best films I saw last year. Did it not do well at the box office? Maybe the studio didn't market it well enough to Academy members and they just didn't see it. Members have to see the films to vote on them and if the money isn't there, then you probably won't get a nod. Something similar may have happened to "Wont You Be My Neighbor". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Also, is Romars Roma? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexy_shapiro Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 43 minutes ago, Chris- said: 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' got positively fucked over. WTF, that movie was a lock for winning. I know this board doesn’t care as much about the documentary field, but this may be the biggest snub in recent memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 8 minutes ago, Jose said: Also, is Romars Roma? Yes. Typo I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexy_shapiro Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 9 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: I can't get why Beale Street didn't get nominated... it was one of the best films I saw last year. Did it not do well at the box office? Maybe the studio didn't market it well enough to Academy members and they just didn't see it. Members have to see the films to vote on them and if the money isn't there, then you probably won't get a nod. Something similar may have happened to "Wont You Be My Neighbor". I’d be curious to see what went behind Won’t You Be My Neighbor getting snubbed because it was the highest grossing doc of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Just now, sexy_shapiro said: I’d be curious to see what went behind Won’t You Be My Neighbor getting snubbed because it was the highest grossing doc of the year. I'd be curious too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Vice And of course the Academy lacks the guts to nominate Sorry to Bother You. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 34 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: I can't get why Beale Street didn't get nominated... it was one of the best films I saw last year. Did it not do well at the box office? Maybe the studio didn't market it well enough to Academy members and they just didn't see it. Members have to see the films to vote on them and if the money isn't there, then you probably won't get a nod. Something similar may have happened to "Wont You Be My Neighbor". Beale Street has a box office total of $10.8 million against a budget of $12 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 2 minutes ago, Pikachu said: Beale Street has a box office total of $10.8 million against a budget of $12 million. Whelp... there you go. They probably put NO money into an Academy campaign for it when it underperformed like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 BlacKkKlansman and Black Panther but no If Beale Street Could Talk, Blindspotting (could you imagine if the Academy ever selected this?), Sorry to Bother You (same as with Blindspotting), Widows, or The Hate U Give? Definitely feels like some snubs there as we had some great films by black filmmakers, etc. Eighth Grade, mid90s, and First Reformed all getting the shaft feel like snubs too (among so many others I can think of). But its the Oscars, this is par for the course. No nomination for Hawke for First Reformed is criminal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexy_shapiro Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 37 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: Vice And of course the Academy lacks the guts to nominate Sorry to Bother You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexy_shapiro Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 The biggest snub of the year is obviously Paddington 2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 I loved Blackkklansmen, but it got nominated just for the anti-Trump coda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexy_shapiro Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 12 minutes ago, sblfilms said: I loved Blackkklansmen, but it got nominated just for the anti-Trump coda. That coda, within the context of the movie, was most emotionally intense experience I’ve had in a theater in years. Spike Lee made the whole movie for that coda. Choices he makes throughout the movie are made so that the coda is as effective as possible. The coda is very much tied into the whole movie. You’re probably right, but to me the coda is what makes the movie stand out to me. It IS the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 7 minutes ago, sexy_shapiro said: That coda, within the context of the movie, was most emotionally intense experience I’ve had in a theater in years. Spike Lee made the whole movie for that coda. Choices he makes throughout the movie are made so that the coda is as effective as possible. The coda is very much tied into the whole movie. You’re probably right, but to me the coda is what makes the movie stand out to me. It IS the movie. The silence in the room during it, which continued even as we all walked out of the auditorium...unforgettable for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 27 minutes ago, sexy_shapiro said: The biggest snub of the year is obviously Venom. ftfy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Wow, Roma and The Favorite both got a ton of noms, with some of them unexpected. I didn't think Roma would get Best Actress or that Yorgos Lanthimos would get a Directing nom. First Reformed got a well deserved Screenplay nod. Paweł Pawlikowski got a nom for Directing Cold War. Best Documentary was packed this year. I thought that Won't You Be My Neighbor was the favorite to win, and it didn't get a nod. I would have liked to have seen Shirkers get nominated, but I haven't seen Hal County or Fathers and Sons. I didn't think much of the cinematography of A Star is Born. I'd like to have seen First Man or If Beale Street Could Talk. Vice got 8 noms. Yuck. ----- I feel like this year, more so than most others, the films I loved didn't get any recognition at all. Widows, Eight Grade, Burning, The Rider, Leave No Trace, First Man (which did get some technical noms), Blindspotting, Death of Stalin, Sorry to Bother You, Hereditary. --- Since Green Book is going to win, I suppose I should see it. Also, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 46 minutes ago, sexy_shapiro said: Boots did have some thoughts about BlacKkKlansman when during its initial release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 If Black Panther made the list, I expect John Wick 3 to nominated next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Honestly, this was a weak year for "Oscar Caliber" films... a lot of the films I see being cited as being snubbed weren't much better than what got nominated. Granted, there's still a couple I need to see, but Beale Street was the one that stood out to me the most out of what i saw personally. Shit, I could make a case for A Quiet Place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Ok, no really, where's the real nominations list??? And I still stand by Blindspotting is the better film between it and BlacKKKlansman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: Honestly, this was a weak year for "Oscar Caliber" films... a lot of the films I see being cited as being snubbed weren't much better than what got nominated. Granted, there's still a couple I need to see, but Beale Street was the one that stood out to me the most out of what i saw personally. Shit, I could make a case for A Quiet Place. We've got the eye-rollingly liberal wankfest known as Vice taking up a slot. That alone is infuriating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 1 hour ago, sblfilms said: I loved Blackkklansmen, but it got nominated just for the anti-Trump coda. I have to disagree here. That sequence showing the klan shouting white power and the students chanting black power was powerful, emotional, and brilliant. The protagonist was interesting and conflicted. The romance was a good story. Etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Ten years after the upset of The Dark Knight being snubbed, and Black Panther is the first comic book superhero movie to be nominated for Best Picture. That's history made for the genre right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, Brick said: Ten years after the upset of The Dark Knight being snubbed, and Black Panther is the first comic book superhero movie to be nominated for Best Picture. That's history made for the genre right there. I thought Logan should have been nominated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Oscar's big snubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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