Board 8 > ~ * 9th Annual Board 8 Academy Awards Pick 'Em * ~ [oscars]

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No, you can just send the change.
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Less than 7 hours
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final bump
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honestly I went super boring this year, I'm pretty disillusioned with expecting major awards to pull upsets after how the Grammy's went. I know those are vastly different but still.
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I'm still of the opinion that Best Picture is a 50/50 shot

between Darkest Hour and Darkest Hour because that's got it on lock
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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

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honestly I went super boring this year, I'm pretty disillusioned with expecting major awards to pull upsets after how the Grammy's went. I know those are vastly different but still.

there aren't many avenues ripe for upset, honestly. some of the technical categories, and maybe supporting actor, but it's a pretty chalky year
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so is this the oscar discussion topic then
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Christ this is unoriginal even by Jimmy Kimmel's standards
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First prediction correct

Shocking
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Kimmel is awful

I want the god damn Rock to host ffs. Make it fun.
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Not that he's great by any means but I dunno he's inoffensive to me right now
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Kimmel is inoffensive at best, painfully unfunny at worst
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I was gonna say if Phantom Thread lost the one category it's literally made for
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Oh wow the pretty dress movie won best costuming shocker

As opposed to the much more impressive sexy fishman
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Dude had to design like 30 original designer dresses. I respect it.
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Nelson_Mandela posted...

Dude had to design like 30 original designer dresses. I respect it.

Yeah it's not that I don't recognize the work that went into it

I just want a year where it's not just whoever did the best fancy dresses

Every Guillermo del Toro movie should've won that
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https://twitter.com/vulture/status/970469763825750018?s=19
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Kimmel there are some holes in your argument there
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damn I almost went with icarus and then backed down
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Shit

Watch fucking Icarus be what determines first place
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true story when I was copying and pasting to submit I had copy and pasted icarus from when I was first picking it, went OOPS and switched to my final selection

rip
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4 for 4. I am bracing for a complete collapse.
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KCF0107 posted...

4 for 4. I am bracing for a complete collapse.

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at least I did awful last year so I'm not even living up to anything like defending champ johnbobb
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Man do I suck at predicting documentaries
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Is there a reason that keep using the Austin Powers music?
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Oh cool a montage for "the movies." The Oscars are so oblivious.
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alright that reusing "christopher plummer is old" joke was pretty bad
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Nelson_Mandela posted...

Oh cool a montage for "the movies." The Oscars are so oblivious.

Yeah that's kind of how I felt

It's an awesome montage but also like half of those movies would never be recognized by the Oscars for not being the right type of movie
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Baby Driver deserves to win all three of its nominations but it's gonna lose all three to Dunkirk
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Fuck baby driver

The sound work in Dunkirk might literally be the best in film history
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Poor Ansel Elgort having to announce all of his movie's losses
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Yea baby driver def gets 2nd but it's real tough to compete with war films in general for that, let alone a Christopher Nolan movie
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Really excited for best animated short

Kobe winning an Oscar should make Celtics fans shit
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So who would you say is the director most mutually loved by critics AND the public? I feel like Christopher Nolan's making a run for that
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Johnbobb posted...

So who would you say is the director most mutually loved by critics AND the public? I feel like Christopher Nolan's making a run for that

Absolutely. Spielberg had it locked up until he kind of lost his touch for a decade.

Denis Villaneuve is encroaching too
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Yeah now Spielberg's literally releasing movies in limited release just in time for Oscars, so his public appeal is getting shot
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Tarantino's probably another consideration too
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Coco low key the best film of 2017
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I haven't seen Coco yet because I was still a little salty about The Book of Life which got shafted when it released, but it looks quality

Although not gonna lie for being a somewhat frontrunner for best song that performance wasn't super great imo
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What a good fucking song
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Oh shit Dave Chappelle?! HYPE

Dude gives no fucks
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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

I haven't seen Coco yet because I was still a little salty about The Book of Life which got shafted when it released, but it looks quality

Although not gonna lie for being a somewhat frontrunner for best song that performance wasn't super great imo

I felt the same way about it at first because of loved Book of Life and thought it was really underrated

But then Coco ended up being better
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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

I haven't seen Coco yet because I was still a little salty about The Book of Life which got shafted when it released, but it looks quality

Although not gonna lie for being a somewhat frontrunner for best song that performance wasn't super great imo

It's not a great standalone song, but it elevates the fuck out of the movie when you hear it in context.

Best Pixar movie ever.
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Speaking of best song How Far I'll Go got fucked over super hard and should have won last year, La La Land be damned.
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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Speaking of best song How Far I'll Go got fucked over super hard and should have won last year, La La Land be damned.

La La Land was the worst because the movie was just Hollywood pandering to itself garbage.
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Man this really is gonna whittle down to Icarus
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