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It's probably just me, but I didn't find the technical aspects in WW to be particularly impressive. Especially in the first and final acts.

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Agreed. The CG was pretty shitty. Luckily, the movie didn't suffer overall because of that.

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I know and it was super annoying.

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I’m betting McDonough is feeling like Spielberg in this clip

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I agree. Get Out is actually the only BP nominee I've seen this year, so I can't compare it to the other nominated movies, but I felt it was a mildly entertaining genre film at best, and nowhere near good enough to be a Best Picture.

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I had to look up what "The Boss Baby" was... never heard of it.

I know it's only an animated film, but has a film of any genre ever had a RT score as low as 52% with a 5.5 rating (38% from Top Critics)?

Was it just that they needed a 5th animated movie and that was the best one available?

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Usually when the alternative is Boss Baby and Ferdinand they nominate a Foreign or Indy Film with critical acclaim and a high RT score.For example My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea is 30% higher then Boss Baby on RT and about 20% higher then Ferdinand.

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^The Lego Batman movie easily edges out Boss Baby, which my kids even thought was a pretty dumb flick.

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A lot of people are upset about Gary Oldman getting nominated. Will the #TimesUp outrage be enough to sink his chances? They're also upset that Kobe Bryant is nominated for something.

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Are there allegations against Oldman? I haven't heard anything.

I heard that some were expecting Hanks to get nominated and I was surprised to learn that he hasn't had an Oscar nod in 17 years. I figured it's been maybe only 6 or 7 years due to the Oscar-bait type films he winds up being in - but I looked it up and his last was from Cast Away - a movie released before 9/11.

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^ That's the main thing. He also said some stuff that offended some people which included defending Mel Gibson.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gary-o...th-a-dark-past

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Sorry I edited that post and accidentally hit delete, apparently he smacked his wife with a phone after a bender back in 01.

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While I'll agree that Chastain should have received a nomination over Streep given only 5 can be nominated, Streep was terrific in "The Post". And turned in an award level performance IMO. She was the best part of the film. Also, I didn't think "Detroit" was all that great. In fact, I thought it was just o.k. There were far more worthy movies that deserved a Best Picture nomination.

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Just my thoughts on a couple of films being discussed ...

The Disaster Artist ... I haven’t seen this and I don’t intend to. It has nothing to do with Franco and any allegations ... it has to do with this being a film that laughs at its subject at the subject’s expense, not with its subject. For this reason, it is not a film that should be considered worthy of awards.

Get Out ... for those who are saying this is a middling genre film, you only watched it for its surface value.

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How much of a lock is del Toro? Just put a few bucks on Gerwig at +600.

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No, I 'get' the satire and the social commentary on race and class. That was all pretty much on the surface actually, along with the film's tributes to standard genre tropes. None of that was exactly subtle. What do you think was below the surface that we're missing?

I liked 'Key and Peele' and I found many of their short sketches to be more clever and subversive than anything in this movie.

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The problem is that the social satire and everything the film does is pretty much on the surface, unless you're really not paying attention. There's no sub-text or deeper meaning that's not obvious. I think it would've worked out much better if they were more subtle and made people work for it.

Also, I went into this blind having no idea what it was about - and I figured out the twist long before it was revealed. I'm not sure if was meant to be so obvious or not.

The other thing was the TSA friend - his attempted comedic effect was just too out of place. Everywhere else the humour was much more subtle, but then when he's involved - it gets more wacky. Felt out of place and unfunny.

With that said, I still liked Get Out - I just think it's getting way too much praise.

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Agree with all this. It's social commentary is unique and engaging but it's nothing revolutionary. It's a decent movie but people making it into what it isn't is just tiresome.

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Having seen the movie, no, it doesn't. It's quite respectful of Tommy, and celebrates his passion and determination, and cuts a lot of the more embarrassing stuff from the book.

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Same exact issue for me...everything that they had done so successfully in the film was undercut every time this character appeared. And he ends up essentially being the hero of the film, rather than the main character...never sat right with me. Again like I've said, solid, well made film...no business being in the Oscar considerations (in any category).

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Seriously. How did this happen? The Academy has done some crazy crap before but this is just inexcusable. There were so many more animated films that would have deserved a spot over this terrible, bizarre movie.

I guess Coco is probably the most guaranteed win this year.

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He also does things that no TSA agent would ever do and seems to have investigative authority far beyond the jurisdiction of the airport where he works. And he takes a TSA car--if such things exist--to carry out his personal mission. I realize the absurdity of it fits right into the absurdity of the whole movie, but I just couldn't suspend disbelief.

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so did the allegations hurt Franco's nomination?

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Clearly.

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kind of shitty to know you are guilty until proven innocent.