Board 8 > ***** 11th Annual Board 8 Academy Awards Pick 'Em [Oscars] *****

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CherryCokes
02/09/20 11:32:36 PM
#151:


Well, I nailed the tiebreaker

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SwiftyDC
02/09/20 11:32:52 PM
#152:


20/24 - Missed on Directing, Animated Feature, Film Editing, and Sound Mixing.

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Raka_Putra
02/09/20 11:33:14 PM
#153:


Ramdon stocks skyrocket.

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Nelson_Mandela
02/09/20 11:33:28 PM
#154:


So happy. The best movie of the year, the second best movie of the decade, and a top 20 film of all time actually won. Everyone should see Parasite now.

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Raka_Putra
02/09/20 11:33:36 PM
#155:


I'm so happy.

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tyder21
02/09/20 11:34:35 PM
#156:


SwiftyDC posted...
20/24 - Missed on Directing, Animated Feature, Film Editing, and Sound Mixing.
Sounds like we had the same ballot except for Sound Mixing.

Klaus was robbed.

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CaptainOfCrush
02/09/20 11:34:39 PM
#157:


Nelson_Mandela posted...
So happy. The best movie of the year, the second best movie of the decade, and a top 20 film of all time actually won. Everyone should see Parasite now.
And it's even better on the second watch imo

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MichelBollinger
02/09/20 11:37:12 PM
#158:


Slight frustration that a lot of people who were on board with the Oscars sucking suddenly doing a total 180 just because the right movie won for once.
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SeabassDebeste
02/09/20 11:42:03 PM
#159:


MichelBollinger posted...
Slight frustration that a lot of people who were on board with the Oscars sucking suddenly doing a total 180 just because the right movie won for once.

boxing has a bunch of championship belts, and no one gives a shit about them... unless the best fighter in the division holds it. then everyone cares about it.

the awardee gives credibility to the award itself
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CherryCokes
02/09/20 11:42:26 PM
#160:


MichelBollinger posted...
Slight frustration that a lot of people who were on board with the Oscars sucking suddenly doing a total 180 just because the right movie won for once.

The amount the Oscars suck is directly correlated to how many shitty nominations and winners there are

There were some shitty snubs this year but very few shitty winners and very few undeserving nominations

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Mac Arrowny
02/09/20 11:42:44 PM
#161:


MichelBollinger posted...
Slight frustration that a lot of people who were on board with the Oscars sucking suddenly doing a total 180 just because the right movie won for once.


but the reason the oscars often suck is because the right movie doesn't win
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Nelson_Mandela
02/09/20 11:47:18 PM
#162:


CherryCokes posted...
The amount the Oscars suck is directly correlated to how many shitty nominations and winners there are

There were some shitty snubs this year but very few shitty winners and very few undeserving nominations
Yeah this

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Nelson_Mandela
02/09/20 11:49:57 PM
#163:


The actual best picture of the year has won twice in the past decade (parasite and moonlight). So yeah 20% accuracy is pretty bad imo.

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lordjers
02/09/20 11:52:57 PM
#164:


Still don't see what's so great about Parasite. First anime live action for many and they go ape.

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ScepterOfLove
02/09/20 11:53:54 PM
#165:


lordjers posted...
First anime live action for many and they go ape.

This is such a bad take I don't even know how to respond
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Nelson_Mandela
02/09/20 11:54:26 PM
#166:


lordjers posted...
Still don't see what's so great about Parasite. First anime live action for many and they go ape.
I assume trolling?

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FFDragon
02/09/20 11:54:47 PM
#167:


"anime live action"

I think they call that "life."

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SwiftyDC
02/09/20 11:55:02 PM
#168:


That's kinda racist.

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MichelBollinger
02/09/20 11:58:58 PM
#169:


lordjers posted...
Still don't see what's so great about Parasite. First anime live action for many and they go ape.


Yeah dude Hollywood Steins;Gate is totally gonna win in for 2020.
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Menji
02/10/20 12:02:36 AM
#170:


Unofficial Results
  1. @tyder21 - 48 (21/24)
  2. Menji - 47 (20/24)
  3. @SwiftyDC - 46 (20/24)
  4. @madadude - 45 (20/24)
  5. thesmark - 44 (19/24)


Fun facts
  1. 22 entries
  2. Everyone guessed Parasite to win Foreign film but only five did for Best Picture (including the top three)
  3. @bryans7 had the lowest score in history of 5 points and has finished last or second to last for seven straight years. Impressive!
  4. @linkhatesganon guesses the length exactly at 3 hours 35 minutes



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Menji
02/10/20 12:03:44 AM
#171:


CherryCokes posted...
Well, I nailed the tiebreaker

Where are you seeing it? Pulling from the wiki has 3h35m but I'm not sure where that's from.

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SwiftyDC
02/10/20 12:06:29 AM
#172:


Top 3 finish. My best mark ever. I'll take it.

Congrats to tyder21

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tyder21
02/10/20 12:10:52 AM
#173:


Less salty about my Klaus upset pick not panning out now. Thank you, Parasite.

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paulg235
02/10/20 12:19:08 AM
#174:


Did I place 4th to last place for the fourth straight time?

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Menji
02/10/20 12:21:08 AM
#175:


No, you got like 6th this time

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Ngamer64
02/10/20 12:27:13 AM
#176:


This might have been the best ceremony of the last 15 years, in terms of my personal favorites taking home awards. Pretty sweet! Helps take the sting off my less-than-great picking performance.


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CherryCokes
02/10/20 12:42:27 AM
#177:


Menji posted...
Where are you seeing it? Pulling from the wiki has 3h35m but I'm not sure where that's from.

The credits started rolling at 11:33 and I know mine was 3:33

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MichelBollinger
02/10/20 12:51:09 AM
#178:


Oh just saw what happened in Animation. Lolol.
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bryans7
02/10/20 2:23:51 AM
#179:


Menji posted...
@bryans7 had the lowest score in history of 5 points and has finished last or second to last for seven straight years. Impressive!

hell yeah

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LiquidOshawott
02/10/20 5:42:34 AM
#180:


CherryCokes posted...
The amount the Oscars suck is directly correlated to how many shitty nominations and winners there are

There were some shitty snubs this year but very few shitty winners and very few undeserving nominations

yeah this was just a strong year all around, there were a couple snubs but I dont think any of the films were undeserving and it made the year feel stronger

Moonlight > Parasite > 12 Years > Birdman > Kings Speech > Shape of Water > Spotlight > Artist > Argo > Green Book for winners of the last decade

Think only the first three were the best picture of those years


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Mr Lasastryke
02/10/20 9:20:16 AM
#181:


the artist winning that year was so dumb. typical "the academy loves movies about hollywood" bullshit.

on that note, surprising once upon a time in hollywood didn't win this year! though i guess nobody expected it to as everyone was saying 1917 would win?

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Aecioo
02/10/20 11:19:16 AM
#182:


LiquidOshawott posted...
yeah this was just a strong year all around, there were a couple snubs but I dont think any of the films were undeserving and it made the year feel stronger


This year is going to be looked back on as one of the strongest of the decade, possibly the strongest. Only 2014 really competes (12 Years A Slave, American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena, The Wolf of Wall Street).

Parasite was a surprise, but not as much as people think. It was only slightly behind 1917 in terms of gambling odds. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood came in at 3rd, and every other film was wayyyy out there in terms of odds.

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HeroicSpiderPig
02/10/20 11:26:08 AM
#183:


Monumental moment for Parasite!

I will concede to having a blisteringly Hot Take though. Is Parasite really the first foreign language film to win Best Picture? Does The Artist not qualify? It is a French movie, whose initial release in its country of origin features dialogue which is almost entirely in French (the French version has French intertitles, it's not just the English ones subtitled.) It's just that the dialogue is written out and not spoken. The version we got in America was, essentially, a dub, but due to the nature of the film the dub is essentially seamless, so no one watching it realizes that's what it was.*

But congrats to Parasite! Please don't mistake my being pedantic for a criticism. Although I was rooting for 1917.

*I'm not sure if the film was originally written in English, and then translated into French for the French release or not, to be fair. If it actually was, then ignore my point.

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lordjers
02/10/20 12:17:52 PM
#184:


Aecioo posted...
Parasite was a surprise, but not as much as people think. It was only slightly behind 1917 in terms of gambling odds.

I think both of those movies were actually the safe picks. OUaTiH and Joker were the upsets that at least had a chance.

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LiquidOshawott
02/10/20 12:18:44 PM
#185:


Mr Lasastryke posted...
the artist winning that year was so dumb. typical "the academy loves movies about hollywood" bullshit.

on that note, surprising once upon a time in hollywood didn't win this year! though i guess nobody expected it to as everyone was saying 1917 would win?

eh, I actually kinda liked the Artist. It was pretty emotional and a love for old Hollywood which is overlooked nowadays

Argo felt more like the weird Hollywood movie to me.

have you seen Parasite btw? Felt like you would like it

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SwiftyDC
02/10/20 1:52:11 PM
#186:


Bong said that Parasite will be adapted to an HBO TV series in the future.

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SwiftyDC
02/10/20 1:54:23 PM
#187:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeXYpMGyCho

"This is really fucking crazy" - Bong Joon Ho

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Johnbobb
02/10/20 1:58:17 PM
#188:


Ya know I have to admit, I really didn't have faith in the academy to follow through with that.

After Roma lost to Greek Book of all things last year, I just didn't think they'd be willing to watch and vote for a foreign language film yet.

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Nelson_Mandela
02/10/20 2:03:38 PM
#189:


Johnbobb posted...
Ya know I have to admit, I really didn't have faith in the academy to follow through with that.

After Roma lost to Greek Book of all things last year, I just didn't think they'd be willing to watch and vote for a foreign language film yet.
Roma only lost because it was a Netflix movie

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Paratroopa1
02/10/20 2:05:11 PM
#190:


Roma didn't lose because it was foreign it lost because it was netflix imo
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Johnbobb
02/10/20 2:18:02 PM
#191:


Nelson_Mandela posted...
Roma only lost because it was a Netflix movie

Paratroopa1 posted...
Roma didn't lose because it was foreign it lost because it was netflix imo
Honestly I feel like it was some of both

hard to believe it's just for being Netflix when two Netflix movies were nominated this year and that number will only continue to grow, whereas I can't really imagine a situation where more than one (MAYBE 2 in an especially rare circumstance) international film gets nominated

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SwiftyDC
02/10/20 6:05:33 PM
#192:


Seven Samurai and Cidade de Deus should've won something in their respective years.

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Mr Lasastryke
02/10/20 6:23:22 PM
#193:


LiquidOshawott posted...
eh, I actually kinda liked the Artist. It was pretty emotional and a love for old Hollywood which is overlooked nowadays

i liked it too but no way it was the best movie released in 2011. it was a cute little tribute to silent movies but it wasn't a masterpiece.

have you seen Parasite btw? Felt like you would like it

sephy has recommended it to me too but no, sadly. where i live, it only plays during the daytime in theaters and then i'm usually busy with other stuff :-/

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Jakyl25
02/11/20 12:51:29 AM
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Bane_Of_Despair
02/11/20 12:59:17 AM
#195:


God of course I called him for wanting Joker to win before actually watching the clip

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SwiftyDC
02/11/20 2:20:15 AM
#196:


Its funny when he was ranting about Joker it kinda sounded like he was talking about Parasite. What a moron.

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LordoftheMorons
02/11/20 8:18:57 AM
#197:


I probably would have been a little upset had Joker somehow won tbqh...!

Easily the worst movie of the six Best Picture noms I saw

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FFDragon
02/11/20 8:20:37 AM
#198:


He lives in a society

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KCF0107
02/11/20 8:31:50 AM
#199:


I'm a little bummed the only notable award Hollywood won was Supporting Actor. It deserved better.
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SwiftyDC
02/11/20 7:44:48 PM
#200:


It was a pretty stack year.

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