2017 Academy Award Nominations Thread (1 Viewer)

[Mark-P]

How many times have to seen Arrival?

Just once. I'm not like a toddler who has to watch The Little Mermaid 37 times in a row. I always space my viewings (of any film) by a period of at least 2 years.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Just once. I'm not like a toddler who has to watch The Little Mermaid 37 times in a row. I always space my viewings (of any film) by at a period of at least 2 years.

Yeah, but certain films need to be viewed more than once due to the subject matter and some stuff, any person can miss on their first viewing. I liked this film after my first viewing, but I appreciate it more after my second viewing.

 

[Tino]

How many times have to seen Arrival?

Yes. Arrival needs to be seen at least twice to fully absorb its message imo.

 

[SamT]

Wow, there is no dedicated Manchester by the Sea thread? I watched it tonight. Surprisingly I did not find it sad. It was easy to watch and I enjoyed it.

However I did not understand the hype, I do not think Affleck's acting was anything extraordinary and I don't think he deserved the Oscar. Will see Fences later.

 

[bujaki]

Monday I watched Land of Mine and My Life as a Zucchini. With these two films I've watched every single film nominated for an AA in all the main categories including animation, documentaries, shorts, foreign films, etc.

 

[Mark-P]

Wow, there is no dedicated Manchester by the Sea thread?

This thread had quite a bit of debate over the movie:
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/manchester-by-the-sea-blu-ray-review.351427/

 

[SamT]

Thanks, I don't search the media section for movie discussion.

 

[Matt Hough]

Wow, there is no dedicated Manchester by the Sea thread? I watched it tonight. Surprisingly I did not find it sad. It was easy to watch and I enjoyed it.

However I did not understand the hype, I do not think Affleck's acting was anything extraordinary and I don't think he deserved the Oscar. Will see Fences later.

Both Robert Harris and I have review threads for the Blu-ray disc in the Blu-ray and UHD Forum. That's where a good bit of discussion has taken place.

 

[Mark-W]

I completely love Viola, but as I watched her speech, I was thinking, "Does she think she's curing cancer?"

+1

I think what I said to my wife was, "is this the first time someone over-acted when receiving an Oscar?"

 

[SamT]

Found no topic. Just watched Loving (2016). Loved it. I'm quite surprised it was not nominated for a Best Picture. I have still not seen all of them but it could have easily replaced many of them.

I loved how they avoided being melodramatic but it still felt dramatic to me. It was the perfect balance.

 

[Matt Hough]

Found no topic. Just watched Loving (2016). Loved it. I'm quite surprised it was not nominated for a Best Picture. I have still not seen all of them but it could have easily replaced many of them.

I loved how they avoided being melodramatic but it still felt dramatic to me. It was the perfect balance.

I reviewed the Blu-ray of Loving a month or so ago.

 

[Tino]

Found no topic. Just watched Loving (2016). Loved it. I'm quite surprised it was not nominated for a Best Picture. I have still not seen all of them but it could have easily replaced many of them.

I loved how they avoided being melodramatic but it still felt dramatic to me. It was the perfect balance.

Huh?

If you have not seen all the nominated films how can you say it could have easily replaced many of them??

 

[SamT]

mmm.....Because I have seen many of them!

It could have replaced
Arrival
Fences
Hell or High Water
Manchester by the Sea

 

[bujaki]

Loving could have replaced Lion or Hidden Figures. The others deserved their nominations. In my opinion, of course.

 

[Hanson]

I didn't think Lion or Hidden Figures were Oscar worthy, but then again, I wasn't a huge fan of Loving either. Hacksaw Ridge was another WTF candidate. The second half of that movie was well made, but the first half was dreadful.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

With respect, I completely disagree. It's the first half of Hacksaw Ridge that gives the second half meaning. Seeing Doss hold to his principles doesn't matter if we don't understand what his principles are or what they mean to him.

 

[Tino]

I agree. It made the film a much richer experience for me.

 

[Hanson]

The acting, dialog, and directing of the first half are amateurish at best. My skin crawled the entire first hour. It was so obvious and on the nose that you could have just had a crawl explaining how devout he was.

 

[Robert Crawford]

The acting, dialog, and directing of the first half are amateurish at best. My skin crawled the entire first hour. It was so obvious and on the nose that you could have just had a crawl explaining how devout he was.

Wow!

 

[SamT]

Beginning next year, PwC will station a third accountant in the control room. That accountant will know the winners in advance, and will be able to alert the show’s director in case of an error.

Starting next year, the Academy will ban electronic devices backstage.

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