I genuinely liked The Shape of Water on its own merits. It worked better for me than Crimson Peak.
That is because you are a sea denizen. //jokejoke
I can get behind this decision a lot more than Jackson's Tolkien.
FUCKING SERIOUSLY -- Also, did you know most people assumed the original Star Wars flopped critically? I did, until I looked it up and it was nominated for TEN Oscars, including Best Pic! WTF! It's like wrong pop culture trivia you can't get rid of, like how Colour Purple supposedly flopped. //fucking random tangent, I should take my pills
Who did you want for Best Actress? I got the impression no one but McDormand ever had a chance
I was really pulling for Margot Robbie in I Tonya altho I haven't seen the entire film yet. But in fine Oscar tradition I kind of really wanted her to win because she wasn't nominated for her Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad. /o\
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS TO BLADE RUNNER 2049 PULL THE OTHER ONE IT'LL KICK YOU IN THE TEETH.
GOD I LOATHED THAT MOVIE. ALMOST LIKE IT WAS A POLITICIAN.
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.
I thiiiiiink she doesn't die at the end? Hopefully? But a lot of it does sound heartbreaking and brutal. But it also sounds like a beautiful movie. She was the first trans presenter ever, too.
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 KNOW, RIGHT Ruth Prawer Jhabvala won for Best Adapted with Room but it lost Best Pic to Platoon and Best Director to Oliver Stone. AUGH. (Stone lost Best Original to Woody Allen, hah.) Maurice got ONE nom for Best Costume Design and lost to The Last Emperor.
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.
Whaaaa? No, didn't she win one for Vagabond? I was sure she did because that was how I got into her. I remember watching it on Bravo in the eighties.
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That is because you are a sea denizen. //jokejoke
I can get behind this decision a lot more than Jackson's Tolkien.
FUCKING SERIOUSLY -- Also, did you know most people assumed the original Star Wars flopped critically? I did, until I looked it up and it was nominated for TEN Oscars, including Best Pic! WTF! It's like wrong pop culture trivia you can't get rid of, like how Colour Purple supposedly flopped. //fucking random tangent, I should take my pills
Who did you want for Best Actress? I got the impression no one but McDormand ever had a chance
I was really pulling for Margot Robbie in I Tonya altho I haven't seen the entire film yet. But in fine Oscar tradition I kind of really wanted her to win because she wasn't nominated for her Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad. /o\
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS TO BLADE RUNNER 2049 PULL THE OTHER ONE IT'LL KICK YOU IN THE TEETH.
GOD I LOATHED THAT MOVIE. ALMOST LIKE IT WAS A POLITICIAN.
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.
I thiiiiiink she doesn't die at the end? Hopefully? But a lot of it does sound heartbreaking and brutal. But it also sounds like a beautiful movie. She was the first trans presenter ever, too.
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 KNOW, RIGHT
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala won for Best Adapted with Room but it lost Best Pic to Platoon and Best Director to Oliver Stone. AUGH. (Stone lost Best Original to Woody Allen, hah.) Maurice got ONE nom for Best Costume Design and lost to The Last Emperor.
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.
Whaaaa? No, didn't she win one for Vagabond? I was sure she did because that was how I got into her. I remember watching it on Bravo in the eighties.