Sadly, I still have not watched There Will Be Blood yet. Black Swan, Inception, The Social Network, Silver Linings Playbook, Her, Whiplash, and Mad Max: Fury Road are all movies I've revisited multiple times. Midnight in Paris, Juno, Inglorious Bastards, Up in the Air, Toy Story 3, The Tree of Life, Amour, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street, Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The Revenant are other past nominees that I love but haven't revisited. From this year's nominees, I've only watched Arrival and La La Land more than once.
Toni Erdmann is a lot to chew on. Which makes it a hell of a lot more deserving of recognition than the other foreign language noms I've seen, good as they are.
Refreshingly nuanced take on La La Land amidst the hyperbole on both sides about its quality/whether it's deserving of awards recognition. I don't buy as much into some of what he says works, but parts of the piece remind me of what I really liked about it, which was nice. ‘La La Land’ Deserves Your Respect: Why Damien Chazelle’s Oscar-Bound Musical Is A Dream Come True
Been getting caught up over the past week. Nothing I've caught has beat Arrival for me, that film was easily the film that affected me the most. Moonlight is a close second and since I know Arrival has basically no shot I hope Moonlight wins everything. Hell Or High Water is way underrated, haven't heard anyone talk about it but that was a really really great movie. Still need to see Fences, Hidden Figures, and Lion.
Where's the Lion thread? Just watched it and wondering if anyone else spent 3/4 of that movie sobbing. Oh, just me? That's cool.
I have never, in hundreds and hundreds of times at a movie theater, walked out to more people sobbing.
look we're all sad that Nicole Kidman isn't our mom and Rooney Mara isn't our girlfriend seriously though for whatever reason I don't think a movie has ever made me cry, not really a crier in general
There was some guy, who must have been adopted or orphaned or something, who was legit stock still, shaking, with his arms around his knees while his girlfriend held him.
I don't know, I couldn't watch any of the first act without crying. It was devastating. Then Rooney Mara cheered me up a bit, but the tears came back for the last part, all the way through to the credits.
Didn't cry but I did really enjoy the film and was pretty moved by it, especially at the end when They show the real Saroo reuniting with his mother in India.
Official Picks for Tonight: Best Picture: La La Land Best Director: Damian Chazelle, La La Land Best Actress: Emma Stone, La La Land Best Actor: Denzel Washington, Fences Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Fences Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight Best Adapted Screenplay: Moonlight Best Original Screenplay: Manchester By The Sea Best Cinematography: La La Land Best Film Editing: La La Land Best Animated Feature: Zootopia Best Costume Design: Jackie Best Documentary Feature: O.J.: Made In America Best Foreign Language Film: The Salesman, Iran Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Star Trek Beyond Best Original Score: La La Land Best Original Song: "City of Stars," La La Land Best Production Design: La La Land Best Sound Editing: Hacksaw Ridge Best Sound Mixing: La La Land Best Visual Effects: The Jungle Book Best Live Action Short: Ennemis Interieurs Best Animated Short: Piper Best Documentary Short: Joe's Violin
It feels so weird that Jimmy Kimmel is hosting tonight because he used to do blackface on The Man Show as Karl Malone, dreading his Moonlight Hidden Figures and Fences jokes, oh well at least it's not Billy Crystal he'd probably still do blackface
I doubt that Certain Women/Lily Gardner/Kristen Stewart will pull off a major upset tonight, I think not being nominated at all really hurt their chances, so I guess I'll root for Moonlight, Isabelle Huppert, Toni Erdmann, Manchester by the Sea, and Silence, then be slightly bummed out as La La Land beats them all.