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  1. M.I.C.
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    M.I.C.

    Apr 25, 2021
    they made movies this year?
     
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  2. lil uzi vert stan
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    lil uzi vert stan

    Apr 25, 2021
    Hi all, feel free to post your predictions here -- or, if you're watching tonight, any stray thoughts or observations. It's been an....interesting year to say the least. below i have listed the categories w poitns in case u want to guess.

    the stakes can't be higher! As always @WPG and i are engaged in a sublte battle for superiority. Who will predict better? that's the true contest that matters:

    ***

    Picture (12 points)
    The Father
    Judas and the Black Messiah
    Mank
    Minari
    Nomadland
    Promising Young Woman
    Sound of Metal
    The Trial of the Chicago 7


    Actor (8 points)
    Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
    Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
    Anthony Hopkins, The Father
    Gary Oldman, Mank
    Steven Yeun, Minari

    Actress (8 points)
    Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
    Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie
    Holiday
    Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
    Frances McDormand, Nomadland
    Carey Mulligan, Promising Young
    Woman


    Supporting Actor (6 points)
    Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
    Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
    Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
    Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
    Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah


    Supporting Actress (6 points)
    Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent
    Moviefilm
    Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
    Olivia Colman, The Father
    Amanda Seyfried, Mank
    Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

    Director (7 points)
    Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
    Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
    Daivd Fincher, Mank
    Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
    Thomas Vinterberg, Anther Rou


    Adapted Screenplay (5 points)
    Sacha Baron Cohen, et al., Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
    Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller, The Father
    Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
    Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami
    Ramin Bahrani, The White Tiger

    Original Screenplay (5 points)
    Will Berson & Shaka King, Judas and the Black Messiah
    Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
    Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
    Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, Sound of Metal
    Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Animated Feature Film (6 points)
    Onward
    Over the Moon
    A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
    Soul
    Wolfwalkers

    Documentary (Feature) (6 points)
    Collective
    Crip Camp
    The Mole Agent
    My Octopus Teacher
    Time

    Cinematography (5 points)
    Sean Bobbitt, Judas and the Black Messiah
    Erik Messerschmidt, Mank
    Dariusz Wolski, News of the World
    Joshua James Richards, Nomadland
    Phedon Papamichael, The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Original Song (4 points)
    “Fight for You”, Judas and the Black Messiah
    “Hear My Voice”, The Trial of the Chicago 7
    “Husavik”, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
    “Io Sì (Seen)”, The Life Ahead
    “Speak Now”, One Night in Miami


    Original Score (4 points
    Terence Blanchard, Da 5 Bloods
    Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank
    Emile Mosseri, Minari
    James Newton Howard, News of the World
    Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste, Soul

    International Film (3 points)
    Another Round (Denmark)
    Better Days (Hong Kong)
    Collective (Romania)
    The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia)
    Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

    Costume Design (3 points)
    Emma
    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
    Mank
    Mulan
    Pinocchio

    Makeup & Hairstyling (3 points)
    Emma
    Hillbilly Elegy
    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
    Mank
    Pinocchio

    Editing (3 points)
    The Father
    Nomadland
    Promising Young Woman
    Sound of Metal
    The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Documentary (Short) (2 points)
    Colette
    A Concerto Is a Conversation
    Do Not Split
    Hunger Ward
    A Love Song for Latasha

    Short Film (Live Action) (2 points)
    Feeling Through
    The Letter Room
    The Present
    Two Distant Strangers
    White Eye

    Short Film (Animated) (2 points)
    Burrow
    Genius Loci
    If Anything Happens I Love You
    Opera
    Yes-People


    ProductionDesign (1 point)
    The Father
    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
    Mank
    News of the World
    Tenet

    Sound (1 point)
    Greyhound
    Mank
    News of the World
    Soul
    Sound of Metal

    Visual Effects (1 points)
    Love and Monsters
    The Midnight Sky
    Mulan
    The One and Only Ivan
    Tenet

    Tie Breaker:

    Length (in minutes) of the 93rd Academy Awards: 3 hours COLD.

    ***Total of 103 Points***

    The One and Only Ivan

    Tenet


    Tie Breaker:


    Length (in minutes) of the 93rd Academy Awards: 3 hours COLD.


    ***Total of 103 Points***
     
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  3. Sign Language
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    Sign Language We miss you Screw

    Apr 25, 2021
    Imagine caring about the Oscars :lmaooo:
     
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  4. lil uzi vert stan
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    lil uzi vert stan

    Apr 28, 2021
    @1999 co-sign on Mud, rly great. interesting your love on PBTP, i thought it was ok left me a little cool or something.

    follow me guys. https://letterboxd.com/hoglundan/films/diary/ just watched Vanishing Point, which influenced Baby Driver, Death Proof etc. (one thing i would say about the justified love for Uncut Gems is people should check out the original bad lieutenant with harvey kietel.) also been binging on brother @Swizz's advice all the best picture winners ive missed over the years. fun but sometimes tedious.
     
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  5. 1999
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    1999

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  6. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Apr 26, 2021
    I think we already follow each other but for anyone else as well: https://boxd.it/1dXub
     
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  7. 1999
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    1999

    Apr 26, 2021
    Mud is one of the most rewatchable films ever, maybe I just relate to it growing up in the south and all. His other film I mentioned Take Shelter is just as incredible. Whats your lbxd?

    Also for 2020 one of my favorite films that wasnt nominated was SPREE. Just a good action flick
     
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  8. 1999
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    1999

    Apr 26, 2021
    Oh d--- I gotchu. Yeah Safdie bros are dope (Heaven Knows What is a must) as well as Lanthimos, Sacred Deer was great. I like Waititi too but not as much (although I need to see WWDITS). As much as I like sci-fi and horror films I've drifted more towards realism based stories.

    Two of my favorites would be Cianfrance (The Place Beyond the Pines, Blue Valentine) and Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, MUD) if you haven't seen those 4 films you really should. TPBTP is my favorite movie ever.

    I like Cary a lot, True Detective season 1 is incredible. If you liked TD you should definitely watch Maniac with Jonah Hill and Emma Stone. He directed the entire series, probably my favorite miniseries ever tbh.
     
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  9. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Apr 26, 2021
    Yeah exactly, I was actually going to compare it to the convo about Melle Mel in another thread recently. Of course there's been bigger, better, flashier rappers than Melle Mel, but that doesn't mean "The Message" isn't a classic song and he wasn't a super important and influential rapper.
     
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  10. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Apr 26, 2021
    lol come on man it came out in 1941, there's obviously better movies that have come out since then but it's a super influential and important film. Regardless, I thought the best parts of Mank were the stuff about WRH/Upton Sinclair (honestly I'm a sucker for films about journalism tho lol), and I thought the writing of Citizen Kane was an interesting frame for that political/journalistic era (and vice versa, zooming in on what influenced Mank's writing).
     
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  11. reservoirGod
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    reservoirGod reckless adventurer.

    Apr 25, 2021
    You've seen "Q:Into the Storm", right?
     
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  12. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Apr 25, 2021
    Mank had a lot going for it—great director, great musician, an interesting historical time period for both Hollywood and America in general—but was still underwhelming. It’s one I def wanna revisit down the line cuz I could see it growing on me. Liked it but didn’t love it.
     
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  13. reservoirGod
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    reservoirGod reckless adventurer.

    Apr 25, 2021
    Biggest Disappointment: Mank
     
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  14. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Apr 25, 2021
    @Captain Awesome AKA Papa

    Best Picture: Nomadland
    Director: Zhao
    Actor: Boseman (I know there are Hopkins rumblings but I doubt it)
    Actress: Mulligan (as close to a three-way split as we've had in an acting category in a decade+)
    Supporting Actor: Kaluuya
    Supporting Actress: Youn
    Original Screenplay: Promising Young Woman
    Adapted Screenplay: The Father (momentum heading this direction imo!)
    Editing: Chicago 7 (Could be Sound of Metal but I sort of think they're hungry to award this somewhere)
    Cinematography: Nomadland (could be Mank but going Nomad)
    Animated Feature: Soul
    International Feature: Another Round
    Documentary Feature: My Octopus teacher
    Live Action Short: Two Distant Strangers
    Animated Short: If Anything Happens...
    Documentary Short: Latasha
    Score: Soul
    Song: Speak Now
    Sound: Sound of Metal
    Costuming: Ma Rainey
    Hair/makeup: Ma Rainey
    VFX: Tenet
    Production design: Mank
     
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  15. lil uzi vert stan
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    lil uzi vert stan

    Apr 25, 2021
    excuse u. @skip get ur man!
     
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