oscar nominations 2018

[Vic Sage]

Here is the list of 2018 Oscar nominations:

[u:1l8zrtyr]Best Picture:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“Call Me by Your Name”
“Darkest Hour”
“Dunkirk”
“Get Out”
“Lady Bird”
“Phantom Thread”
“The Post”
“The Shape of Water”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

[u:1l8zrtyr]Lead Actor:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”
Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”
Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”
Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”

[u:1l8zrtyr]Lead Actress:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water”
Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya”
Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
Meryl Streep, “The Post”

[u:1l8zrtyr]Supporting Actor:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”
Woody Harrelson, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”
Christopher Plummer, “All the Money in the World”
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

[u:1l8zrtyr]Supporting Actress:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound”
Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”
Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread”
Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”
Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water”

[u:1l8zrtyr]Director:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“Dunkirk,” Christopher Nolan
“Get Out,” Jordan Peele
“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig
“Phantom Thread,” Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro
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Animated Feature:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“The Boss Baby,” Tom McGrath, Ramsey Ann Naito
“The Breadwinner,” Nora Twomey, Anthony Leo
“Coco,” Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson
“Ferdinand,” Carlos Saldanha
“Loving Vincent,” Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Sean Bobbitt, Ivan Mactaggart, Hugh Welchman

[u:1l8zrtyr]Animated Short:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“Dear Basketball,” Glen Keane, Kobe Bryant
“Garden Party,” Victor Caire, Gabriel Grapperon
“Lou,” Dave Mullins, Dana Murray
“Negative Space,” Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata
“Revolting Rhymes,” Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer

[u:1l8zrtyr]Adapted Screenplay:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“Call Me by Your Name,” James Ivory
“The Disaster Artist,” Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
“Logan,” Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green
“Molly’s Game,” Aaron Sorkin
“Mudbound,” Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

[u:1l8zrtyr]Original Screenplay:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“The Big Sick,” Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
“Get Out,” Jordan Peele
“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig
“The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Martin McDonagh

[u:1l8zrtyr]Cinematography:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“Blade Runner 2049,” Roger Deakins
“Darkest Hour,” Bruno Delbonnel
“Dunkirk,” Hoyte van Hoytema
“Mudbound,” Rachel Morrison
“The Shape of Water,” Dan Laustsen

[u:1l8zrtyr]Best Documentary Feature:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” Steve James, Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman
“Faces Places,” JR, Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda
“Icarus,” Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan
“Last Men in Aleppo,” Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, Soren Steen Jepersen
“Strong Island,” Yance Ford, Joslyn Barnes

[u:1l8zrtyr]Best Documentary Short Subject:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“Edith+Eddie,” Laura Checkoway, Thomas Lee Wright
“Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405,” Frank Stiefel
“Heroin(e),” Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Kerrin Sheldon
“Knife Skills,” Thomas Lennon
“Traffic Stop,” Kate Davis, David Heilbroner

[u:1l8zrtyr]Best Live Action Short Film[/u:1l8zrtyr]:
“DeKalb Elementary,” Reed Van Dyk
“The Eleven O’Clock,” Derin Seale, Josh Lawson
“My Nephew Emmett,” Kevin Wilson, Jr.
“The Silent Child,” Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton
“Watu Wote/All of Us,” Katja Benrath, Tobias Rosen

[u:1l8zrtyr]Best Foreign Language Film[/u:1l8zrtyr]:
“A Fantastic Woman” (Chile)
“The Insult” (Lebanon)
“Loveless” (Russia)
“On Body and Soul (Hungary)
“The Square” (Sweden)

[u:1l8zrtyr]Film Editing:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“Baby Driver,” Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss
“Dunkirk,” Lee Smith
“I, Tonya,” Tatiana S. Riegel
“The Shape of Water,” Sidney Wolinsky
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Jon Gregory

[u:1l8zrtyr]Sound Editing:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“Baby Driver,” Julian Slater
“Blade Runner 2049,” Mark Mangini, Theo Green
“Dunkirk,” Alex Gibson, Richard King
“The Shape of Water,” Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood

[u:1l8zrtyr]Sound Mixing:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“Baby Driver,” Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin
“Blade Runner 2049,” Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hephill
“Dunkirk,” Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo
“The Shape of Water,” Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick

[u:1l8zrtyr]Production Design:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“Beauty and the Beast,” Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer
“Blade Runner 2049,” Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola
“Darkest Hour,” Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
“Dunkirk,” Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
“The Shape of Water,” Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau

[u:1l8zrtyr]Original Score:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“Dunkirk,” Hans Zimmer
“Phantom Thread,” Jonny Greenwood
“The Shape of Water,” Alexandre Desplat
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” John Williams
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Carter Burwell

[u:1l8zrtyr]Original Song[/u:1l8zrtyr]:
“Mighty River” from “Mudbound,” Mary J. Blige
“Mystery of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name,” Sufjan Stevens
“Remember Me” from “Coco,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
“Stand Up for Something” from “Marshall,” Diane Warren, Common
“This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman,” Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

[u:1l8zrtyr]Makeup and Hair[/u:1l8zrtyr]:
“Darkest Hour,” Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick
“Victoria and Abdul,” Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
“Wonder,” Arjen Tuiten
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Costume Design:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“Beauty and the Beast,” Jacqueline Durran
“Darkest Hour,” Jacqueline Durran
“Phantom Thread,” Mark Bridges
“The Shape of Water,” Luis Sequeira
“Victoria and Abdul,” Consolata Boyle

[u:1l8zrtyr]Visual Effects:[/u:1l8zrtyr]
“Blade Runner 2049,” John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick
“Kong: Skull Island,” Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza, Mike Meinardus
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould, Neal Scanlon
“War for the Planet of the Apes,” Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Joel Whist

[Vic Sage]

wonder woman got skunked!

[Ceetar]

Pitch Perfect 3 for all awards. the best movie I saw all year.

also the worst movie I saw all year.

[Vic Sage]

so after James Franco wins the Golden Globe for his performance in DISASTER ARTIST, there is a backlash regarding his "history of sexual harassment", and lo and behold, he doesn't even get a nomination from the Academy. Instead, Denzel gets a nod for a movie everyone hated.

After the GGs, a few women stepped forward to make accusations about Franco's past actions; some allegations seem credible, some not so much. One accusation I read consisted of a claim that he tried unsuccessfully to talk a woman's 17-year old friend into coming back to his hotel when he was on Broadway in MICE AND MEN. Now that's creepy, but its not illegal. That wasn't harassment, it was a failed effort at seduction. I'm not saying he didn't engage in OTHER acts of harassment, but the way that article read (as written by a female reporter), it asserted as FACT that he was pursuing a "legally underage girl", which is simply a falsehood. 17 is not legally underage in NY, and journalists need to do a better job about this sort of stuff to (1) maintain credibility, (2) have legitimate charges treated seriously, and (3) ensure that these sorts of loopholes aren't there for predators to jump through.

There's enough smoke in our culture to warrant a real effort to put out these fires. But calling every ember a conflagration undermines the effort and smacks of blacklisting. There is a lot of real and righteous anger out there, and for good reason, but due process is still a thing and an off-color quip or staged photo, or a clumsy effort at seduction, is not the same (morally, legally or in any other way) as abuse or harassment, much less rape. And we're getting to a place where these distinctions are not only NOT being made, but people trying to make such distinctions are themselves being viewed suspiciously. Now if all this costs us is the ongoing career of James Franco, i'm fine with that. But it's already cost us a smart, effective senator from Minnesota. So i think we need to be more responsible in our pursuit of equity and justice, and that starts with journalists maintaining basic professional standards of accuracy.

[MFS62]

Vic Sage wrote: wonder woman got skunked!

Mueller should investigate the Academy.
But Kobe Bryant got nominated for an Oscar.
If he wins, will he thank Oscar Robertson?

Later

[nymr83]

Vic Sage wrote: wonder woman got skunked!

Politics. There is no other explanation for Gadot's lack of recognition.

[Guest cooby]

Vic Sage wrote: so after James Franco wins the Golden Globe for his performance in DISASTER ARTIST, there is a backlash regarding his "history of sexual harassment", and lo and behold, he doesn't even get a nomination from the Academy. Instead, Denzel gets a nod for a movie everyone hated. After the GGs, a few women stepped forward to make accusations about Franco's past actions; some allegations seem credible, some not so much. One accusation I read consisted of a claim that he tried unsuccessfully to talk a woman's 17-year old friend into coming back to his hotel when he was on Broadway in MICE AND MEN. Now that's creepy, but its not illegal. That wasn't harassment, it was a failed effort at seduction. I'm not saying he didn't engage in OTHER acts of harassment, but the way that article read (as written by a female reporter), it asserted as FACT that he was pursuing a "legally underage girl", which is simply a falsehood. 17 is not legally underage in NY, and journalists need to do a better job about this sort of stuff to (1) maintain credibility, (2) have legitimate charges treated seriously, and (3) ensure that these sorts of loopholes aren't there for predators to jump through. There's enough smoke in our culture to warrant a real effort to put out these fires. But calling every ember a conflagration undermines the effort and smacks of blacklisting. There is a lot of real and righteous anger out there, and for good reason, but due process is still a thing and an off-color quip or staged photo, or a clumsy effort at seduction, is not the same (morally, legally or in any other way) as abuse or harassment, much less rape. And we're getting to a place where these distinctions are not only NOT being made, but people trying to make such distinctions are themselves being viewed suspiciously. Now if all this costs us is the ongoing career of James Franco, i'm fine with that. But it's already cost us a smart, effective senator from Minnesota. So i think we need to be more responsible in our pursuit of equity and justice, and that starts with journalists maintaining basic professional standards of accuracy.

Hear hear!

[Ceetar]

The Franken allegations were hardly embers.

[Guest cooby]

I'm hearing hearing Vic's stance that the media is becoming catty when there is plenty of sleaze going on behind its own doors

[Fman99]

Curious to know, from those who have seen them, which of the "Best Picture" movies are worth watching, as Fwife wants to see some of them. I am drawn to "The Post" and "Dunkirk" based on them being based on history, but don't know much about the others. Recommendations?

[Edgy MD]

If you believe our thread, Dunkirk wasn't particularly engaging filmmaking or history.

One user loved it, but apart from the rating, he or she hasn't said what was the appeal. I thought Their Finest was twice the picture, but I don't think it received any Oscar attention.

[metirish]

Have to say I found the Oscars very boring...

[Vic Sage]

Fman99 wrote: Curious to know, from those who have seen them, which of the "Best Picture" movies are worth watching, as Fwife wants to see some of them. I am drawn to "The Post" and "Dunkirk" based on them being based on history, but don't know much about the others. Recommendations?

*“Call Me by Your Name” - didn't see it; don't want to
*“Darkest Hour” - Its a great performance, but a slow, "inside politics" perspective of the events from Churchill's becoming PM through the Dunkirk rescue. Feels like Masterpiece Theater. [**1/2]
*“Dunkirk” - this is the quietest war epic you'll see. You follow 3 story lines that all converge at Dunkirk; minimal dialogue, with moments of great intensity, its like a big-budget art film. I loved it. [***1/2]
*“Get Out” - fun horror/social satire. Well done and entertaining. [***]
*“Lady Bird” - mother/daughter coming of age story. Great perfs and script, but the girl's character is so annoying, i could see why some would hate it. I found it moving and insightful [***]
*“Phantom Thread” - didn't see it; don't want to
*“The Post” - didn't see it; i'm planning to
*“The Shape of Water” - My favorite non-superhero movie of the year. Del Toro's heartbreaking, gorgeous fairy tale about love is like Beauty & the Beast, if the beast didn't change and Belle was fine with that and fucked him anyway. great perfs all around. [****]
*“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” - really good story about a mother's grief, with best perfs of the year. McDonagh's script has some interesting reversals, some great dialogue, and a hopeful denouement. [***1/2]

[Vic Sage]

i won the office pool.
19/24 (89 points in weighted scoring)

i missed the 3 editing categories. I knew they'd go together, either to BABY DRIVER or DUNKIRK. I voted BABY DRIVER, which was voting my heart. DOH! You always vote for the war movie in editing categories. And i missed the 2 shorts categories, doc and live action. Nothing to be done about that; Foreign film, Best Doc and the shorts categories are always something of a crap shoot.

[seawolf17]

Stony Brook wins Costume Design AND the jet ski. SO THERE.

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[Vic Sage]

I was class of '83!
Mark, is that you? Hey buddie, can i borrow your jet ski?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I started a thread on the gayest film nominated, Call Me By Your Name.

It had a quite memorable look -- bright, bright sun in most scenes, it was a little uncomfortable but if you look past how gay it is, a pretty good story about a kid encountering his first luv.

I disagree with the room on EBBING, performances were good, but I found the extreme violence, black comedy and police corruption in Missouri a little much in light of Ferguson. It just didn't sit right with me.

[MFS62]

Snow storm movie watching.
The Great Wall is on.
Its not a great movie by any means, but I think it might have gotten an Oscar nod for one of the categories like Production Design, Costume Design or Special Effects.

Later

[Guest sharpie]

Saw Darkest Hour last night which leaves only The Post from this year's nominees. Not a bad crop of movies I must say.