2017 Academy Award Nominations Thread (1 Viewer)

[Tino]

15 minutes.

 

[Aaron Silverman]

If they want to improve ratings, they can hand out the awards for shorts, foreign films, and documentaries at a separate ceremony with a brief recap during the main broadcast, and hand out the technical awards during the main show. You know, the ones that all go to movies that large numbers of people have seen, and that have clips of cool imagery and sound to demonstrate why they were nominated. Material that might interest people more than three-second snippets of completely unfamiliar films.

And while they're at it, why not post the separate ceremonies online, or stream them?

 

[TJPC]

The Tony awards have done this for years, and limit the show to 2 hours. I have always said, who cares, except for a relative, which short from a Eastern European county, that you will never see won the oscar? You could probably show last year's winners and we would not notice. Why not start the show @ 7:00 and the telecast @8:00?

 

[Bryan^H]

I wouldn't have thought of Hell Or High Water as Oscar bait - I was thrilled that it was nominated but I did not see that coming.

Fair enough. I just found it odd that 6 of the 9 BP nominees were all from Lionsgate.
I had no idea they had become that big of a studio.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Why not start the show @ 7:00 and the telecast @8:00?

The same reason Major League Baseball won't start World Series games earlier so that young people can see them through to the end...

Money.

 

[Mark Booth]

15 minutes.

I've somehow managed to have "15 minutes" many more times than once. It adds up.

Mark

 

[Tino]

I've somehow managed to have "15 minutes" many more times than once. It adds up.

Mark

Really? Do tell.

 

[SamT]

Two German Comedians Pranked an Awards Show With a Fake Ryan Gosling

 

[Malcolm R]

It looks like La La Land, Manchester By the Sea, and maybe Arrival will be shown on the plane during my upcoming vacation. I'll be able to catch up on a few nominated films, albeit on a 4-inch screen with crappy headphones.

 

[Aaron Silverman]

It looks like La La Land, Manchester By the Sea, and maybe Arrival will be shown on the plane during my upcoming vacation. I'll be able to catch up on a few nominated films, albeit on a 4-inch screen with crappy headphones.

At least you won't have to suffer through the slightest hint of sexual material, either.

 

[Malcolm R]

At least you won't have to suffer through the slightest hint of sexual material, either.

Not really an issue, though I did forget that these are likely to be edited versions.

 

[Walter C]

Not really an issue, though I did forget that these are likely to be edited versions.

At least it saves you the hassle of covering your screen, so others around you won't get offended.

 

[SamT]

Brie Larson addresses her reaction to Casey Affleck's Oscar win

And lets start all over again about Denzel's reaction....

 

[SamT]

I never watch movies on planes! It's terrible.

 

[Robert Crawford]

After viewing Arrival again, I think it and Hell or High Water were the best overall films from last year.

 

[Tino]

Yeah. Arrival on my second viewing shot it to #2 on my list after LA3. It's an amazing film.

 

[Mark-P]

After viewing Arrival again, I think it and Hell or High Water were the best overall films from last year.

I'm with you on Hell or High Water, not so much on Arrival. While Arrival is certainly a good film, it's at the bottom of my ranking of the Best Picture nominations.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I'm with you on Hell or High Water, not so much on Arrival. While Arrival is certainly a good film, it's at the bottom of my ranking of the Best Picture nominations.

How many times have to seen Arrival?

 

[TJPC]

I plan to watch Arrival again soon. It is in my "new blu rays to watch" drawer, right beside Doctor Strange. Am I correct in that there is no commentary track? I always really enjoy these, and if ever a movie cried out for one, this is it.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I plan to watch Arrival again soon. It is in my "new blu rays to watch" drawer, right beside Doctor Strange. Am I correct in that there is no commentary track? I always really enjoy these, and if ever a movie cried out for one, this is it.

No commentary track! Some of the bonus material was good.