The 86th Academy Awards — 2014 Nominations Discussion Thread
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If you mean that the Palme d'Or doesn't mean much when it comes to forecasting Oscar nominees or winners, I agree. If you mean that people should pay less attention to the Cannes awards over the Academy Awards, I would disagree, as I find the Cannes juries tend to pick more interesting films.
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Re: The 86th Academy Awards — 2014 Nominations Discussion Thread
Palm d'Or Winners include Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, All That Jazz, Paris Texas, The Mission, Sex Lies and Videotape, Wild at Heart, Barton Fink, The Piano, Farewell My Concubine, Pulp Fiction, Taste of Cherry, Dancer in the Dark, The Pianist, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, White Ribbon, Tree of Life, etc;
Runner ups (Grand Prix) have been Breaking the Waves, Sweet Hereafter, The Piano Teacher, Oldboy, Broken Flowers, A Prophet, Inside Llewyn Davis.
Blue is the Warmest Color was deemed ineligible for Best Foreign Language, but could have picked up non-Foreign Language awards if there was any campaigning done for it.
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Looks like 3 out of the 4 acting spots are locked up with Matthew, Cate and Jared winning SAG and Golden Globes.
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Caught WoWS last night, so now I've see 3 of the 9 BP contenders. Wolf of Wall Street was great, but I still think Gravity and 12 Years a Slave were better overall.
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I'm probably going to pick a split this year. 12 Years a Slave for Picture, Cuaron for Directing. McQueen hasn't won anything yet, but if he can win the BAFTA, that might keep things interesting on Oscar night. I think Gravity lacking a Screenplay nomination hurts its chances of winning Picture. Not to mention, outside of the visual effects, it's an extremely average movie.
I think with 12 Years managing a tie at the PGA shows it has some very strong support. A blockbuster like Gravity probably should have easily won a Producer's award.
I think with 12 Years managing a tie at the PGA shows it has some very strong support. A blockbuster like Gravity probably should have easily won a Producer's award.
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After seeing 12 Years a Slave, I'm really hoping we don't get a split again this year. McQueen, and his film, both deserve to win.
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https://www.amctheatres.com/events/b...cture-showcase
For those that want to catch up on Best Picture noms, I provided the link which lists locations for AMC theaters. Feel free to add any other theaters that you may know about.
Saturday Feb 22 - $30
12:00 Philomena
2:00 Dallas Buyers Club
4:15 The Wolf of Wall Street
8:15 12 Years a Slave
Saturday March 1 - $40
12:00 Nebraska
2:15 Captain Phillips
4:45 Her
7:55 American Hustle
10:30 Gravity
Saturday March 1 - $60
24-hour Marathon, all 9 films! Yikes.
For those that want to catch up on Best Picture noms, I provided the link which lists locations for AMC theaters. Feel free to add any other theaters that you may know about.
Saturday Feb 22 - $30
12:00 Philomena
2:00 Dallas Buyers Club
4:15 The Wolf of Wall Street
8:15 12 Years a Slave
Saturday March 1 - $40
12:00 Nebraska
2:15 Captain Phillips
4:45 Her
7:55 American Hustle
10:30 Gravity
Saturday March 1 - $60
24-hour Marathon, all 9 films! Yikes.
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12 Years A Slave will, at this point, win Best Picture without a doubt. However, I still think Gravity is the better directed picture by a country mile. 12YAS has better acting, writing and story.
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Yep. Though last year Affleck had just been snubbed been snubbed by the academy.
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9 is absurd. I can't even watch that many movies at my home in a day.
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9 is absurd. I can't even watch that many movies at my home in a day.
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Hell if you can argue that two movies are deserving of top awards in one year it's pretty impressive.
12YAS is really well directed, but could exist quite successfully with other competent directors. Gravity had what, a 10 page script? it is literally all directing, and with anyone other than Cuaron I don't think we would be having any sort of conversation about it now.
12YAS is a better, full package movie. Gravity is a B-movie masquerading as art, and it too is awesome.
12YAS is really well directed, but could exist quite successfully with other competent directors. Gravity had what, a 10 page script? it is literally all directing, and with anyone other than Cuaron I don't think we would be having any sort of conversation about it now.
12YAS is a better, full package movie. Gravity is a B-movie masquerading as art, and it too is awesome.