Oscars tonight. This thread better get Poppin. My picks:

picture: roma (upset: green book)
director: cuaron (lock)
actor: rami malek (upset: christian bale)
actress: glenn close (upset: olivia coleman)
supporting actor: mahershali ali (upset: grant)
supporting actress: regina king (upset: rachel weisz)
original screenplay: green book (upset: the favourite)
adapted screenplay: blackklansman (upset: can you ever forgive me)
cinematography: roma (upset: the favourite)
editing: bohemian rhapsody (upset: vice)
costume: the favourite (upset: black panther)
makeup and hair: vice
production design: black panther (upset: the favourite)
score: if bealle street could talk (lock)
song: shallow (lock)
sound editing: first man (upset: bo rap)
sound mixing: bo rap (upset: a star is born)
visual fx: avengers (upset: first man)
animated: spider man (upset: incredibles 2)
doc: rbg (upset: free solo)
foreign: roma (upset: cold war)
short animated: bao (lock)
short live action: marguerite (upset: skin)
short doc: period. end of sentence (upset: black sheep)

Looks like they're going to air all awards at the oscars live after all. What a sh*tshow this all has been.

BlessedBaphomet says

why do you want more streaming services what is wrong with u
no offense

I'm notmally skeptical of new streaming services too, but Criterion focuses or more classic and prestige stuff, and also restores and remasters films. A lot of these probably won't make it to Netflix and whatnot. Also, they're gonna have a ton of bonus features on their streaming service. They got a super solid catalog that's ever-growing. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Criterion_Collection_DVD_and_Blu-ray_releases).

why do you want more streaming services what is wrong with u
no offense

Oscar predictions now that the BAFTAs are out of the way?

Super, super stoked: Criterion's streaming service is launching April 8th!!!

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18204107/criterions-channel-streaming-service-launch-april-8th

also very disappointed john krasinski didnt even get a nom

pickels says

shayneismyname says

Oh I liked The Kindergarten Teacher as well! Maggie Gyllenhaal takes on really interesting roles.

Yess. I have been meaning to watch Secretary. I feel like Fifty Shades of Grey ripped it off. lol

She was also great in The Honorable Woman a few years back.

shayneismyname says

Oh I liked The Kindergarten Teacher as well! Maggie Gyllenhaal takes on really interesting roles.

Yess. I have been meaning to watch Secretary. I feel like Fifty Shades of Grey ripped it off. lol

I watched The House that Jack Built yesterday and it was actually quite an interesting movie, up there in my 2018 movies list. It was the first von Trier film I've seen though

Oh I liked The Kindergarten Teacher as well! Maggie Gyllenhaal takes on really interesting roles.

tbh i prefer to watch the quirky/thriller/drama movies

if you're into that I recommend Welcome to Me starring Kristen Wig

I also just watched The Kindergarden Teacher which was pretty cringy/drama but I liked it

the upside is really good i would watch it again despite the plot seeming.. horrible when you read about it

recommended!!!

blackkkclansman: forgettable, and not very good
black panther: lol
sorry to bother you: great movie, not nominated
hereditary: great movie, not nominated

welp

So.. Climax is totally batsh*t, and I highly recommend it. It's insane.

https://letterboxd.com/film/climax-2018/

so i watched aquaman and mortal engines yesterday

both of them sucked to be very honest but aquaman was the kind of marvel funny/action/adventure movie so it was ok.

Mortal Engines lacked organization, it was like they compressed a lot of things and tried to rush towards the end of it.. im sure a book would be way better if is there such.

Now that i've seen If Bealle Street Could Talk i'm super bummed it didn't get a best pic nom.

Yeah I was pretty disappointed as well, but not very surprised. Lots of love for foreign films though, which is always great.

disappointing nominations tbh, no ethan hawke or toni collette and no mention of sorry to bother you. also way too much black panther

i started going through and picking movies but theres too many movies in the world so i stopped after like 5 pages of the 2010's

i thought you said futurama

i need someone to watch future man with

i think mike wazowski is a cool monster

Oscar noms announced tomorrow (the 22nd). Yall ready? Any surprises you're expecting? I think Ethan Hawke gets in for First Reformed.

desta says

shayne whats your top 3 movies of 2018? also i'd share my letterboxd but i'd slightly dox myself

my top 3 would be Roma, Sorry To Bother You and Hereditary probably (but i havent seen many 2018 movies yet tbh)

I'm holding off on making my top 2018 list until I've seen more. I've seen a good chunk of 2018 movies so far, but I don't wanna make a concrete list until I've basically finished off my watchlist for 2018. Still got some more to get through. Roma is definitely on there, though.