Go Back  DVD Talk Forum > Entertainment Discussions > Movie Talk
Reload this Page >

2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

Movie Talk A Discussion area for everything movie related including films In The Theaters

2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

Old 02-16-19, 08:30 AM
  #226  
DVD Talk Hero
 
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 45,294
Received 1,011 Likes on 803 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

Originally Posted by Decker
Wow, I hadn't heard that. So that's at least three major decisions (Kevin Hart, Popular Movie Oscar, off-air technical awards) that they have reversed this year due to public criticism. Somebody is really cluster fucking this Oscar telecast big time.
And then there was the push to only have two musical performances, it's now up to 4. Though that was more Lady Gaga's doing than the public criticism.
Old 02-16-19, 10:02 AM
  #227  
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
 
Decker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Vegas, Baby!
Posts: 75,176
Received 6,032 Likes on 4,117 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

Originally Posted by RichC2
And then there was the push to only have two musical performances, it's now up to 4. Though that was more Lady Gaga's doing than the public criticism.
You're right, it is four. I forgot that one.

You know why they're suddenly so desperate to trim the telecast down? Because for the first time, they're using the Oscars like every network uses the Super Bowl -- they are going to launch a new TV program right after it ends and don't want people turning off the TV. It's something that doesn't make a lick of sense to me -- even if it was able to come in at a tight 3 hrs (which it never would), that TV show wouldn't air until 11 PM ET; the Super Bowl ends around 10. If they really want to trim the telecast, well not having a host will help. The show will be far less memorable, but at least that can make it quicker. If they eliminate the stupid, much-loathed montages and tributes to WHY WE LOVE THE MOVIES, that will help more. A template can be the Golden Globes which hands out 25 awards, all televised, (and now two honorary awards) and still always comes in at 3 hours long. The Oscars have 24 awards and five songs to perform. Without a host 3 hrs should be do-able. 3:15 certainly should be.
Old 02-18-19, 07:25 AM
  #228  
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
 
AaronHernandez's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Bayside
Posts: 3,132
Received 112 Likes on 88 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

This year is probably the most spread out in terms of Guild Winners


DGA-Roma
PGA-Green Book
Sag Ensemble-Black Panther
WGA/Writers-*Eight Grade(Orginal)/ Can You Ever Forgive Me?(Adapted)*
Visual Effects-Avengers Infinity Wars*
Cinematography Guild-Cold War*
Film Editors-Bohemian Rhapsody(Drama)/The Favorite(Comedy)
Art Directors Guild-*Crazy Rich Asians(Contemporary),Black Panther(Fantasy),The Favorite(Period)

*Not a best picture nominee


Roma's the defacto favorite but a very soft one. Green Book and Roma(*The Favorite was WGA ineligable and might have won there) losing to 2 non best picture nominee's at WGA make's me think The Favorite is an underrated darkhorse. The prefferential voting system may allow The Favorite to win if it just places a respectable top 3 in 1st place votes as the Green Book controversy and Roma being a non english language arthouse film will push those films at the bottom of many ballots.
Old 02-19-19, 01:21 PM
  #229  
Moderator
 
dex14's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 44,889
Likes: 0
Received 4,516 Likes on 3,064 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pI3T87CXM04" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
...
Old 02-21-19, 07:00 PM
  #230  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Drexl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 16,077
Likes: 0
Received 15 Likes on 13 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

If Roma wins Best Picture (and assuming it gets Directing, Cinematography, and Foreign-Language Film), I believe Alfonso Cuarón would set a new record for the most Oscars won by an individual for one film. I was doing some research and couldn't find anyone with 4. Naturally my first thought was to look for an actor who directed him/herself, but nobody has ever won both an acting and a directing Oscar, let alone for the same film. However, there have been cases of a director writing his own screenplay and producing the film, with Oscar wins for all 3 categories - Billy Wilder (The Apartment), Francis Ford Coppola (Godfather Part II) and James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment). The Coen brothers had another Picture-Director-Screenplay sweep for No Country for Old Men and could have done it since they were nominated in the Editing category. But they (well, Roderick Jaynes) lost to The Bourne Ultimatum there.
Old 02-21-19, 07:03 PM
  #231  
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
 
Decker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Vegas, Baby!
Posts: 75,176
Received 6,032 Likes on 4,117 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

^ You forgot that Curon is also nominated for Best Original Screenplay for Roma. He could win 5.

Edit : No, he can only win 4. That's because the Best Foreign Language Oscar goes to a country, not a director or producer (which is kinda weird).
Unlike other Academy Awards, the Best Foreign Language Film Award is not presented to a specific individual. It is accepted by the winning film's director, but is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole.
Old 02-21-19, 07:15 PM
  #232  
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
 
Decker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Vegas, Baby!
Posts: 75,176
Received 6,032 Likes on 4,117 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

BTW : Curon has also already won Oscars for Directing and Editing Gravity.

If he wins out he would have won for Directing, Producing, Writing, Editing, and Cinematography. That would probably be a feat no other filmmaker will ever achieve.
Old 02-22-19, 07:03 PM
  #233  
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
stvn1974's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 7,296
Received 526 Likes on 329 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

I haven't seen any of the nominated films (I do have the BD of A Star Is Born) but I am rooting for Black Panther to win BP and Malek to win best actor for the online meltdowns. I won't be watching the telecast but I will have twitter open.
Old 02-22-19, 10:12 PM
  #234  
Inane Thread Master, 2018 TOTY
 
OldBoy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Are any of us really anywhere?
Posts: 49,295
Received 888 Likes on 751 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

So if you’re in an Oscar pool this weekend, do you go with what you want to win or odds on what will win?
Old 02-23-19, 12:40 AM
  #235  
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
 
Decker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Vegas, Baby!
Posts: 75,176
Received 6,032 Likes on 4,117 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

Originally Posted by OldBoy
So if you’re in an Oscar pool this weekend, do you go with what you want to win or odds on what will win?
The four acting Oscars and Director are pretty well set in stone. Best bet is to pick something other than Roma for BP and maybe something semi-adventurous in the screenplay categories. Roma is the clear BP front-runner but it feels like a really soft one. If there will be an upset to be had, it's there.
Old 02-23-19, 09:55 AM
  #236  
Inane Thread Master, 2018 TOTY
 
OldBoy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Are any of us really anywhere?
Posts: 49,295
Received 888 Likes on 751 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

Originally Posted by Decker
The four acting Oscars and Director are pretty well set in stone. Best bet is to pick something other than Roma for BP and maybe something semi-adventurous in the screenplay categories. Roma is the clear BP front-runner but it feels like a really soft one. If there will be an upset to be had, it's there.
i dunno. i think Roma is pretty sure thing with Cuaron winning Director as well...
Old 02-23-19, 10:25 AM
  #237  
DVD Talk Hero
 
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 45,294
Received 1,011 Likes on 803 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

I think BP is a toss up with Green Book, Favourite and Roma vying for the title.

Green Book has had its controversy, Favourite may be too soapy/trashy and Roma may be too art house (+ Netflix).
Old 02-23-19, 10:38 AM
  #238  
DVD Talk Hero
 
GoldenJCJ's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Colorado
Posts: 27,131
Received 3,160 Likes on 2,036 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

If Bryan Singer wasn’t involved with Bohemian Rhapsody I would think it had a decent chance at BP (despite the lukewarm reaction to it) but there no chance it’s going to win with Singer as director.

It’ll also be ironic if a black and white, foreign language movie wins Bet Picture in the same year where much of the attention went to an extremely popular comic book movie being nominated.
Old 02-23-19, 03:30 PM
  #239  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Drexl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 16,077
Likes: 0
Received 15 Likes on 13 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

Originally Posted by OldBoy
i dunno. i think Roma is pretty sure thing with Cuaron winning Director as well...
Well, there have been Directing/Picture splits in 4 of the last 6 years. Moonlight, Spotlight, 12 Years a Slave, and Argo did not win for Directing (Argo wasn't even nominated).

It used to be a good bet that both awards went to the same film, but apparently something has changed.
Old 02-23-19, 03:41 PM
  #240  
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
 
Decker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Vegas, Baby!
Posts: 75,176
Received 6,032 Likes on 4,117 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

This year especially the Academy can reward Curon for his artistry and still give the BP award to something more commercially appealing While there is still a decent likelihood that Roma wins both, I do think there is an anti-Netflix bias that might make some industry members rank it #8 in the voting and submarine its chances even if it ends up with the most First Place votes
Old 02-24-19, 04:09 AM
  #241  
DVD Talk Legend
 
JeffTheAlpaca's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: CA
Posts: 23,223
Received 699 Likes on 570 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

Roma might win but more people will remember A Star is Born and most likely watch that movie again over and over again. or buy it on DVD or Blu-ray.

Roma will join the Artist as one of those movies most people will forget.
Old 02-24-19, 04:59 AM
  #242  
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
Sonny Corinthos's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Port Charles, NY.
Posts: 7,360
Received 211 Likes on 160 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

I never understood why the don't give the awards, like for sound, editing, costume design and things like that on a Friday or Saturday, and have the major awards on Oscar Sunday. That would free up some time and help the show not drag on forever like it has down in year's past. And be sure to tell everyone if you start on a political rant, the band will start playing and you will be asked to leave the stage.
Old 02-24-19, 10:55 AM
  #243  
Inane Thread Master, 2018 TOTY
 
OldBoy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Are any of us really anywhere?
Posts: 49,295
Received 888 Likes on 751 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
Roma might win but more people will remember A Star is Born and most likely watch that movie again over and over again. or buy it on DVD or Blu-ray.

Roma will join the Artist as one of those movies most people will forget.

The Artist
was much more memorable than Roma imo. The Artist I loved, Roma, i couldn't even make it through...
Old 02-24-19, 01:36 PM
  #244  
Moderator
 
dex14's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 44,889
Likes: 0
Received 4,516 Likes on 3,064 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

Originally Posted by Sonny Corinthos
I never understood why the don't give the awards, like for sound, editing, costume design and things like that on a Friday or Saturday, and have the major awards on Oscar Sunday. That would free up some time and help the show not drag on forever like it has down in year's past. And be sure to tell everyone if you start on a political rant, the band will start playing and you will be asked to leave the stage.
It’s amazing to me that those awards weren’t the ones selected to be presented during commercials over cinematography and editing.
Old 02-24-19, 01:53 PM
  #245  
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
 
Decker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Vegas, Baby!
Posts: 75,176
Received 6,032 Likes on 4,117 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

Originally Posted by dex14

It’s amazing to me that those awards weren’t the ones selected to be presented during commercials over cinematography and editing.
The plan was to alternate the awards not shown on TV to not "Ghetto - ize" certain technical categories
The easy fix, and one that I'm still amazed that they don't implement is to award the Live Action Animated and Documentary Shorts Oscars before the start of the live telecast but broadcast live on the hour long Red Carpet pre-show. That would cut 15-20 minutes from the telecast and still have every feature length award during the actual telecast. And those Short winners will still be on TV.
Old 02-24-19, 04:45 PM
  #246  
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
stvn1974's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 7,296
Received 526 Likes on 329 Posts
Re: 2019 Oscar Pre-award show discussion, nominees, etc.

Has Jennifer Lawrence fallen down yet?

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.