I was rooting for Get Out, after that Ladybird or Call Me By Your Name, was perfectly happy with the Shape of Water/del Toro win. If only because in my little deluded brain, these awards are all really for Crimson Peak, Film of My Heart.
I genuinely liked The Shape of Water on its own merits. It worked better for me than Crimson Peak. But I did not think the Academy would go for it—I figured it would get sidelined on grounds of genre or bleeding-heart social justice or both—and I am delighted if confused that they did. I can get behind this decision a lot more than Jackson's Tolkien.
The only big disappointments for me were Best Actress and Best Actor
Who did you want for Best Actress? I got the impression no one but McDormand ever had a chance, which is one of the reasons why I was so glad she made the speech she did (the others being that it was just a really good speech).
and TLJ not winning anything
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS TO BLADE RUNNER 2049 PULL THE OTHER ONE IT'LL KICK YOU IN THE TEETH.
but HFS Daniela Vega on the red carpet and up onstage and getting to accept the Oscar too? That is worth a whole amazing lot.
Yes! I was not sure until this afternoon if she was the first trans star of an Oscar-winning film (she was the first I was aware of, but that does not necessarily mean anything) and the answer turned out to be yes. I haven't seen A Fantastic Woman because it sounded beautifully done and brutal, but that was true of a lot of well-regarded movies last year.
Ivory is also the oldest winner of the adapted award! I hadn't realized he had NEVER WON before, which seemed criminal.
I'd heard that he was the oldest winner in his category—he's older than I thought—but I did not realize it was his first award! What the hell. How did neither A Room with a View nor Maurice win all the awards in the '80's?
I did want Agnès Varda to win for Best Documentary Feature this year. Again, I had trouble believing she didn't have a couple of Oscars already.
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I genuinely liked The Shape of Water on its own merits. It worked better for me than Crimson Peak. But I did not think the Academy would go for it—I figured it would get sidelined on grounds of genre or bleeding-heart social justice or both—and I am delighted if confused that they did. I can get behind this decision a lot more than Jackson's Tolkien.
The only big disappointments for me were Best Actress and Best Actor
Who did you want for Best Actress? I got the impression no one but McDormand ever had a chance, which is one of the reasons why I was so glad she made the speech she did (the others being that it was just a really good speech).
and TLJ not winning anything
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS TO BLADE RUNNER 2049 PULL THE OTHER ONE IT'LL KICK YOU IN THE TEETH.
but HFS Daniela Vega on the red carpet and up onstage and getting to accept the Oscar too? That is worth a whole amazing lot.
Yes! I was not sure until this afternoon if she was the first trans star of an Oscar-winning film (she was the first I was aware of, but that does not necessarily mean anything) and the answer turned out to be yes. I haven't seen A Fantastic Woman because it sounded beautifully done and brutal, but that was true of a lot of well-regarded movies last year.
Ivory is also the oldest winner of the adapted award! I hadn't realized he had NEVER WON before, which seemed criminal.
I'd heard that he was the oldest winner in his category—he's older than I thought—but I did not realize it was his first award! What the hell. How did neither A Room with a View nor Maurice win all the awards in the '80's?
I did want Agnès Varda to win for Best Documentary Feature this year. Again, I had trouble believing she didn't have a couple of Oscars already.