The 13th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (January 22, 2019 - February 24, 2019)
02-26-19, 04:04 PM
#101
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Re: The 13th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (January 22, 2019 - February 24, 2019)
02-26-19, 09:27 PM
#102
Re: The 13th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (January 22, 2019 - February 24, 2019)
Well, I didn't watch the ceremony (I never do) but there were some good surprises and some not so good surprises.
I kinda figured that The Green Book would win even though I was hoping it wouldn't. It's a film that makes white people feel good about racism so I had a feeling it would win. As folks are already predicting, this one's going down in history in the same vein as Driving Miss Daisy.
Maybe because the Academy knew the backlash they'd get for the Best Picture choice, several black people won: Regina King, Ruth Carter (finally), Hannah Beachler, Peter Ramsey, Mahershala Ali, and Spike Lee/Kevin Willmott.
What say you all: did the Academy get it right?
I kinda figured that The Green Book would win even though I was hoping it wouldn't. It's a film that makes white people feel good about racism so I had a feeling it would win. As folks are already predicting, this one's going down in history in the same vein as Driving Miss Daisy.
Maybe because the Academy knew the backlash they'd get for the Best Picture choice, several black people won: Regina King, Ruth Carter (finally), Hannah Beachler, Peter Ramsey, Mahershala Ali, and Spike Lee/Kevin Willmott.
What say you all: did the Academy get it right?
Out of the pictures nominated...I would have preferred ROMA.
02-26-19, 09:44 PM
#103
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Re: The 13th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (January 22, 2019 - February 24, 2019)
They should just do straight up voting for the Best Picture winner though who knows if that would have changed the outcome. We did have Crash and Driving Miss Daisy win for Best Picture so, there's a history of this sort of thing.
Do folks have any suggestions for next year's challenge? I think I am going to put the Checklist in Alpha order since the Oscar Database lists the categories in Alpha order. 2018- will be added to the checklist years.
It doesn't look like too many people took advantage of the Razzie or the Movie That Should Have Been Nominated checklist categories so I can nix those.
Do folks have any suggestions for next year's challenge? I think I am going to put the Checklist in Alpha order since the Oscar Database lists the categories in Alpha order. 2018- will be added to the checklist years.
It doesn't look like too many people took advantage of the Razzie or the Movie That Should Have Been Nominated checklist categories so I can nix those.
As for the Razzie and fantasy allowance, I kind of just forgot about it. I was obsessed with seeing the actual nominees, but I think I would do it in the future. Why not let it breath a little and see if it catches on eventually?
Agreed! I would have liked to see First Reformed do much better! And there were several choices better than GB, Roma tops among them for sure.
03-02-19, 03:13 PM
#104
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Re: The 13th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (January 22, 2019 - February 24, 2019)
I'm going to choose the winner this year...it'll be from a combination of lots of titles watched and a varied mix of titles, too.
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned!
03-10-19, 02:26 PM
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03-11-19, 06:05 PM
#106
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Re: The 13th Annual Academy Award Movie Challenge (January 22, 2019 - February 24, 2019)
even though ShortsTV made available the Live Action / Animated shorts just a few days prior to the Oscar telecast last year, this year, they didn't make them available til AFTER .... [grumble, grumble] oh well.
