The Official 2017 Oscar Discussion/Contest Thread

[Still Servant]

2017 Complete Nomination List

Best Picture

Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Director

Denis Villeneuve - Arrival
Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight

Best Actor

Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling - La La Land
Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington - Fences

Best Actress

Isabelle Huppert - Elle
Ruth Negga - Loving
Emma Stone - La La Land
Natalie Portman - Jackie
Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel - Lion
Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis - Fences
Naomie Harris - Moonlight
Nicole Kidman - Lion
Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea

Best Cinematography

Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence

Best Documentary Feature

Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in America
The 13th

Best Foreign Language Film

Land of Mine
A Man Called Ove
The Salesman
Tanna
Toni Erdmann

Best Costume Design

Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land

Best Original Score

Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers

Best Original Song

"Audition" - La La Land
"Can't Stop the Feeling!" - Trolls
"City of Stars" - La La Land
"The Empty Chair" - Jim: The James Foley Story
"How Far I'll Go" - Moana

Best Sound Editing

Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully

Best Sound Mixing

Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Best Documentary Short

4.1 Miles
Extremis
Joe's Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets

Best Production Design

Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Passengers

Best Original Screenplay

Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester by the Sea
20th Century Women

Best Adapted Screenplay

Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight

Best Animated Feature

Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life As a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia

Best Animated Short

Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper

Best Live Action Short

Ennemis Interieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode

Best Film Editing

Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight

Best Visual Effects

Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad

Past results:

2010 results
Heather - 15
Servant - 14
Turtlex - 14
Cody - 8
Seymour - 8
Odetta - 4

2011 results
Heather - 17
Servant - 15
Path - 14
Mattrick - 14
Ricky - 12
Merlin - 11
Feev - 8

2012 results
Servant - 14
Heather - 14
Ricky - 14
Stockerlone - 12
Shannon - 11
Thorin- 10
Mattrick - 9
Feev - 8
Garrell - 8
Odetta - 5
Mystima - 4

2013 results
Heather - 20
Servant - 17
Ricky - 15
Matt - 14
Stockerlone - 13
Feev - 12
Pablo - 10

2014 results
Heather - 22
Ricky - 20
Servant - 19
Randall - 16
Pablo - 13
Matt - 10
Mystima - 10
Merlin - 7
Stockerlone - 6

2015 results
T-Dogz - 20
George Monkey - 19
Lurker - 19
Ricky - 18
Servant - 17
Feev - 17
Heather - 15
Shannon - 15
Pablo - 13
Stocker - 9
Matt - 6

2016 results
Heather - 17 (winner by tiebreaker - Mad Max 6)
Servant - 17
Pablo - 16
T-Dogz - 16
Ricky - 15
Matt - 15
Lurker - 14
Stocker - 8

[Mattrick]

Moonlight is a contender I think, but how big a contender, I'm not sure.

[webstar1000]

Hope Hacksaw Ridge gets love...

[fernandito]

Was wondering when you were going to get around to this!

Really want to watch La La Land and Moonlight.

I'm also hearing a lot of noise about Fences starring - and directed by - Denzel Washington.

[Mattrick]

Miss Sloane is guaranteed to get a best actress nod.

[mae]

[Still Servant]

Was wondering when you were going to get around to this!

Really want to watch La La Land and Moonlight.

I'm also hearing a lot of noise about Fences starring - and directed by - Denzel Washington.

I completely blanked. Thankfully, Pablo reminded me.

Also, I just saw the Fences trailer and it's one of those trailers where you can give Oscars out just by watching a performance. Denzel knocked the shit out of that trailer.

[Mattrick]

Pablo, that video reminded me what I hate about Oscar season...people bitching about snubs.

[Still Servant]

Pablo, that video reminded me what I hate about Oscar season...people bitching about snubs.

That's the best part of Oscar season. Debating who should have been nominated. I still think Jake Gyllenhaal got robbed for not getting nominated for Nightcrawler.

[fernandito]

Pablo, that video reminded me what I hate about Oscar season...people bitching about snubs.

I still think Jake Gyllenhaal got robbed for not getting nominated for Nightcrawler.

He did.

[Still Servant]

For those keeping score at home.

Past results:

2010 results
Heather - 15
Servant - 14
Turtlex - 14
Cody - 8
Seymour - 8
Odetta - 4

2011 results
Heather - 17
Servant - 15
Path - 14
Mattrick - 14
Ricky - 12
Merlin - 11
Feev - 8

2012 results
Servant - 14
Heather - 14
Ricky - 14
Stockerlone - 12
Shannon - 11
Thorin- 10
Mattrick - 9
Feev - 8
Garrell - 8
Odetta - 5
Mystima - 4

2013 results
Heather - 20
Servant - 17
Ricky - 15
Matt - 14
Stockerlone - 13
Feev - 12
Pablo - 10

2014 results
Heather - 22
Ricky - 20
Servant - 19
Randall - 16
Pablo - 13
Matt - 10
Mystima - 10
Merlin - 7
Stockerlone - 6

2015 results
T-Dogz - 20
George Monkey - 19
Lurker - 19
Ricky - 18
Servant - 17
Feev - 17
Heather - 15
Shannon - 15
Pablo - 13
Stocker - 9
Matt - 6

2016 results
Heather - 17 (winner by tiebreaker - Mad Max 6)
Servant - 17
Pablo - 16
T-Dogz - 16
Ricky - 15
Matt - 15
Lurker - 14
Stocker - 8

[Mattrick]

Loving was excellent.

Top films of 2016 (as of now)

1. Midnight Special
2. Loving
3. Hell or High Water
4. 10 Cloverfield Lane

[Mattrick]

Pablo, that video reminded me what I hate about Oscar season...people bitching about snubs.

That's the best part of Oscar season. Debating who should have been nominated. I still think Jake Gyllenhaal got robbed for not getting nominated for Nightcrawler.

The problem with debating who should have been nominated is its actors making the nominations. It's their personal opinion too. It's all personal opinion. There are plenty of great performances left out in the rain every year. that happens when you can only highlight 5. Sure he deserved to be nominated. He was great. The biggest travesty that year was Redmayne winning. Biographical performances beating out better original performances is a big hang up when it comes to academy voting. I find the Best Actor/Actress awards have been pretty poorly voted upon for years. At least the supporting awards tend to go to the right people. I kind of gave up caring about the big 2 acting Oscars and Best Picture awhile ago. Sometimes the right people win, but it's usually the actresses as I find there is often a bigger divide in their performances. Larsen, Blanchette, and Lawrence were all runaway choices and deservedly so. 2014 an 2010 had the strongest fields for Best Actress this decade. The others didn't have much depth.

[Still Servant]

Loving was excellent.

Top films of 2016 (as of now)

1. Midnight Special
2. Loving
3. Hell or High Water
4. 10 Cloverfield Lane

Interesting. Your top two films are Jeff Nichols films. I must say, I enjoyed Midnight Special, but I was somewhat underwhelmed by it. I was expecting to like it a lot more.

[Shannon]

I didn't play last year? What the hell happened there, lol.

THIS year ... ya'll goin' down.

[Still Servant]

I didn't play last year? What the hell happened there, lol.

THIS year ... ya'll goin' down.

http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...l=1#post984713

[Shannon]

Yeah, not sure what happened there ... But I blame you anyway.

[Heather19]

I was not a fan of Midnight special, pretty boring. I'll be surprised if it gets any nominations.

[Mattrick]

Moonlight was freaking amazing.

Top Films of 2016 so far

Moonlight
Midnight Special
Loving
Hell or High Water
10 Cloverfield Lane

[Still Servant]

Moonlight was freaking amazing.

Top Films of 2016 so far

Moonlight
Midnight Special
Loving
Hell or High Water
10 Cloverfield Lane

Yeah, I'm hearing great things about Moonlight. As usual, the Oscar films aren't opening up near me. Loving never opened and I doubt I will find Manchester, Moonlight and Nocturnal Animals.

[Mattrick]

That's the one great part of living near a 24 screen theatre. I'll get all those films. Hope I get Lion too.

[Still Servant]

That's the one great part of living near a 24 screen theatre. I'll get all those films. Hope I get Lion too.

I live near a 22 screen theater and they only play mainstream films most of the time. I checked and Manchester and Loving are playing in New Haven, which is 25 minutes away. It's pretty much right on the Yale campus in downtown New Haven. The problem is I don't feel like paying 15 bucks for parking.

[Mattrick]

Mine gets lots of mainstream films too, but they make a point to play numerous smaller market titles, especially during awards season. They usually re-release oscar contenders in the slower winter season around oscar time too. They also played a new Canadian movie for a week or two about every month.

[DoctorZaius]

Hell or High Water
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Manchester by the Sea

Anticipating that Fences is going to bring in major nominations. Great play, and Denzel rocks!

[Still Servant]

Hell or High Water
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Manchester by the Sea

Anticipating that Fences is going to bring in major nominations. Great play, and Denzel rocks!

I'm currently putting together my lists and Hell or High Water #1 a well.

I'm thinking Fences is well represented as well come Oscar night.