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Author:  xiayun [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:04 pm ]
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Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Garth Davis, Lion
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival

Author:  xiayun [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:05 pm ]
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Yep, these films are the top 5 contenders, and the weak link for Oscar, if we have any, could be Villeneuve instead of Davis.

Author:  Shack [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:13 pm ]
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So Lion is top 5 and lived up to its more AMPAs than critics bill. It is well directed so it should get in BD. I'm surprised it didn't get SAG ensemble

Author:  publicenemy#1 [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:24 pm ]
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Nate Parker got a nom for first time director.

Author:  Steve [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:40 pm ]
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xiayun wrote:
Yep, these films are the top 5 contenders, and the weak link for Oscar, if we have any, could be Villeneuve instead of Davis.

Just curious why you say that? Based on stats, precedent, or intuition?

Anywho, even though this is shaping up to be a 'predictable' awards season, I'm floored that the two best movies of the year, Arrival and Moonlight, both of which resonated deeply for me, are getting so much recognition. Haven't seen Lion, Manchester, Fences, Nocturnal, Hacksaw, and others yet, while La La Land was just very good, not great.

Author:  trixster [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:49 pm ]
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publicenemy#1 wrote:
Nate Parker got a nom for first time director.

so did tim miller

Author:  trixster [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 3:14 pm ]
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ugh this means i have to watch lion now

Author:  xiayun [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 3:18 pm ]
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Steve wrote:
xiayun wrote:
Yep, these films are the top 5 contenders, and the weak link for Oscar, if we have any, could be Villeneuve instead of Davis.

Just curious why you say that? Based on stats, precedent, or intuition?


I guess all of them? :) Lion is showing across the board guilds support and looking at multiple major noms elsewhere (Picture/Supporting Actor/Supporting Actress/Screenplay), and it has Harvey Weinstein; then there is the precedent of sci-fi directors getting snubbed at the Oscars, and Davis starts to remind me of Lenny Abrahamson and Benh Zeitlin.

BTW, this is the first time since 1999 where DGA consists of all first-time nominees. Will Oscars follow suit?

Author:  Kenspy [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 3:31 pm ]
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Two sweepers of the big 5 precusors (SAG, PGA, DGA, BAFTA, ACE) this year, Moonlight and Manchester. LLL missed SAG ensemble.

Author:  Shack [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 3:42 pm ]
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Villeneuve missing would kind of remind me of a Fincher or Nolan situation where the cool genre guy got in at DGA but not AMPAs. But is still a good bet to get in.

Gibson is probably out, he felt more like a DGA nominee who misses AMPAs than other way around and Nate Parker nomination proved they're probably less worried about doing the PC thing than AMPAs will be

Author:  Libs [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 4:39 pm ]
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Harvey obviously has some mojo left judging by Lion's guilds performances.

Author:  Dr. Lecter [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 4:44 pm ]
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xiayun wrote:
Steve wrote:
xiayun wrote:
Yep, these films are the top 5 contenders, and the weak link for Oscar, if we have any, could be Villeneuve instead of Davis.

Just curious why you say that? Based on stats, precedent, or intuition?


I guess all of them? :) Lion is showing across the board guilds support and looking at multiple major noms elsewhere (Picture/Supporting Actor/Supporting Actress/Screenplay), and it has Harvey Weinstein; then there is the precedent of sci-fi directors getting snubbed at the Oscars, and Davis starts to remind me of Lenny Abrahamson and Benh Zeitlin.

BTW, this is the first time since 1999 where DGA consists of all first-time nominees. Will Oscars follow suit?


Except Abrahamson and Zeitlin didn't make DGA.

Author:  xiayun [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 4:56 pm ]
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Dr. Lecter wrote:
xiayun wrote:
Steve wrote:
xiayun wrote:
Yep, these films are the top 5 contenders, and the weak link for Oscar, if we have any, could be Villeneuve instead of Davis.

Just curious why you say that? Based on stats, precedent, or intuition?


I guess all of them? :) Lion is showing across the board guilds support and looking at multiple major noms elsewhere (Picture/Supporting Actor/Supporting Actress/Screenplay), and it has Harvey Weinstein; then there is the precedent of sci-fi directors getting snubbed at the Oscars, and Davis starts to remind me of Lenny Abrahamson and Benh Zeitlin.

BTW, this is the first time since 1999 where DGA consists of all first-time nominees. Will Oscars follow suit?


Except Abrahamson and Zeitlin didn't make DGA.


Yeah, that part was falling in the "intuition" bucket.

Author:  Dr. Lecter [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 5:00 pm ]
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I don't know, it is so rare that PGA and DGA get all the nominees right. PGA has missed Amour, Room, Philomena, The Tree of Life, Winter's Bone, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, A Serious Man and The Blind Side ever since expanding to 10 nominations.

DGA has missed Abrahamson, Miller, Payne, Zeitlin, Haneke, the Coens in the same time period.

Author:  Dr. Lecter [ Thu Jan 12, 2017 10:28 pm ]
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xiayun wrote:

BTW, this is the first time since 1999 where DGA consists of all first-time nominees. Will Oscars follow suit?


Actually, this is the first time since 1996. Frank Darabont was a previous nominee back in 1999.

Author:  publicenemy#1 [ Sun Feb 05, 2017 3:09 am ]
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Chazelle wins.

Author:  xiayun [ Sun Feb 05, 2017 3:48 am ]
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Can't be stopped now, given if directors want to make a point, this is the best venue/opportunity for Moonlight and Jenkins.

Author:  Dr. Lecter [ Sun Feb 05, 2017 11:16 am ]
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But the momentum is shifting!

Author:  Jiffy [ Sun Feb 05, 2017 7:20 pm ]
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Dr. Lecter wrote:
But the momentum is shifting!


:lol:

Author:  Darth Indiana Bond [ Fri Feb 10, 2017 2:32 am ]
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Dr. Lecter wrote:
But the momentum is shifting!


Dat Sarcasm :shades:

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