They’ll find a way to keep it from Roma
by DakotaDomer (2019-01-22 10:19:39)
Edited on 2019-01-22 10:24:52

In reply to: Oscar Nominations  posted by rutfilthygers

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They don’t want Best Picture to go to a Netflix movie

It’s going to be interesting because they’re probably going to give it Director, Original Screenplay, and Cinematography then convince themsleves to give the picture to A Star Is Born...but no cooper directing nod makes me think they won’t.

Favourite maybe...but that seems unlikely too.

Picture, Actor, and Actress are wide open

No nod for If Beale Street Could Talk? That’s surprising.



Isn't the nomination process something like
by harmonica  (2019-01-22 10:52:42)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

only directors nominate for best director but everyone votes once nominees are selected? If so, I wouldn't be surprised to see A Star Is Born win best picture.

It's also instant runoff voting
by rutfilthygers  (2019-01-22 12:17:06)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

The votes are tallied, and then the votes for the last place finisher and redistributed to their second-place choice. This is repeated until one movie reaches 50% of the vote.

Since they went to this system, the number of "surprise" Best Picture winners has increased. Spotlight and The Shape of Water were rather shocking wins.

Hard to predict what movie in this field would benefit most from that kind of voting. It would seem to hurt Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book which are very divisive.

Good, because "Roma" is hilariously overrated. "Cold War"
by 1NDGal  (2019-01-22 10:50:04)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

got a nomination for Best Foreign Film and Best Director (all films), so Gal is happy this morning.