February 9th, 2020

[Ava]

It's almost 4 pm and no chat. What the heck?
Isn't it Oscar night? I might actually watch this year. They don't have a host do they?

[showa58taro]

It is oscars. Hope it’s a good one.

[Reign in Blood]

Yeah might check out some of the Oscars.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

No host again. Will be watching, of course. I love watching these, even if it doesn't turn out how I wish.

[showa58taro]

What is it you wish?

[DancesWithWerewolves]

What is it you wish?

Biggest wish? Stop this stupid preferential voting system for Best Picture that they've been doing for about a decade now. But they didn't, so Best Picture's going to be mostly unpredictable, and usually the most "comfortable/middle of the road" of the nominees.

But really, I root for certain things, sometimes they don't win.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

If you're curious what I'd vote for:

(I deleted the categories I have no opinion on)

Red = D's picks
Green = Actual winners
(if there is no red, D's pick actually won)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
ANTONIO BANDERAS - Pain and Glory
LEONARDO DICAPRIO - Once upon a Time...in Hollywood
ADAM DRIVER - Marriage Story
JOAQUIN PHOENIX - Joker
JONATHAN PRYCE - The Two Popes

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
TOM HANKS - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
ANTHONY HOPKINS - The Two Popes
AL PACINO - The Irishman
JOE PESCI - The Irishman
BRAD PITT - Once upon a Time...in Hollywood

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
CYNTHIA ERIVO - Harriet
SCARLETT JOHANSSON - Marriage Story
SAOIRSE RONAN - Little Women
CHARLIZE THERON - Bombshell
RENÉE ZELLWEGER - Judy

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
KATHY BATES - Richard Jewell
LAURA DERN - Marriage Story
SCARLETT JOHANSSON - Jojo Rabbit
FLORENCE PUGH - Little Women
MARGOT ROBBIE - Bombshell

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD
I LOST MY BODY
KLAUS
MISSING LINK
TOY STORY 4

CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE IRISHMAN - Rodrigo Prieto
JOKER - Lawrence Sher
THE LIGHTHOUSE - Jarin Blaschke
1917 - Roger Deakins
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD - Robert Richardson

COSTUME DESIGN
THE IRISHMAN - Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson
JOJO RABBIT - Mayes C. Rubeo
JOKER - Mark Bridges
LITTLE WOMEN - Jacqueline Durran
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD - Arianne Phillips

DIRECTING
THE IRISHMAN - Martin Scorsese
JOKER - Todd Phillips
1917 - Sam Mendes
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD - Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE - Bong Joon Ho

FILM EDITING
FORD V FERRARI - Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland
THE IRISHMAN - Thelma Schoonmaker
JOJO RABBIT - Tom Eagles
JOKER - Jeff Groth
PARASITE - Yang Jinmo

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
CORPUS CHRISTI - Poland
HONEYLAND - North Macedonia
LES MISÉRABLES - France
PAIN AND GLORY - Spain
PARASITE - South Korea

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
BOMBSHELL - Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker
JOKER - Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou
JUDY - Jeremy Woodhead
MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL - Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White
1917 - Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
JOKER - Hildur Guðnadóttir
LITTLE WOMEN - Alexandre Desplat
MARRIAGE STORY - Randy Newman
1917 - Thomas Newman
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER - John Williams

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
I CAN'T LET YOU THROW YOURSELF AWAY
from Toy Story 4; Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
(I'M GONNA) LOVE ME AGAIN
from Rocketman; Music by Elton John; Lyric by Bernie Taupin
I'M STANDING WITH YOU
from Breakthrough; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
INTO THE UNKNOWN
from Frozen II; Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
STAND UP
from Harriet; Music and Lyric by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo

BEST PICTURE
FORD V FERRARI
Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold, Producers
THE IRISHMAN
Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers
JOJO RABBIT
Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi and Chelsea Winstanley, Producers
JOKER
Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers
LITTLE WOMEN
Amy Pascal, Producer
MARRIAGE STORY
Noah Baumbach and David Heyman, Producers
1917
Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall, Producers
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino, Producers
PARASITE
Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers

PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE IRISHMAN
Production Design: Bob Shaw; Set Decoration: Regina Graves
JOJO RABBIT
Production Design: Ra Vincent; Set Decoration: Nora Sopková
1917
Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
PARASITE
Production Design: Lee Ha Jun; Set Decoration: Cho Won Woo

SOUND EDITING
FORD V FERRARI
Donald Sylvester
JOKER
Alan Robert Murray
1917
Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
Wylie Stateman
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
Matthew Wood and David Acord

SOUND MIXING
AD ASTRA
Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano
FORD V FERRARI
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow
JOKER
Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland
1917
Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano

VISUAL EFFECTS
AVENGERS: ENDGAME
Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken and Dan Sudick
THE IRISHMAN
Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser and Stephane Grabli
THE LION KING
Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman
1917
Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
THE IRISHMAN
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
JOJO RABBIT
Screenplay by Taika Waititi
JOKER
Written by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver
LITTLE WOMEN
Written for the screen by Greta Gerwig
THE TWO POPES
Written by Anthony McCarten

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
KNIVES OUT
Written by Rian Johnson
MARRIAGE STORY
Written by Noah Baumbach
1917
Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
Written by Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE
Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won; Story by Bong Joon Ho

[DancesWithWerewolves]

flipped it on the red carpet while doing the dishes. Greta looks gorgeous.

[Reign in Blood]

QT getting done dirty.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Salma Hayek look'n like a fuckin goddess...

[Headhunter]

QT getting done dirty.

And Marty.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Don't know who Janelle is, but that was a killer opening. And Tom Hanks gets to go home with something

[Ava]

I weirdly like Martin and Rock together.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

I weirdly like Martin and Rock together.

Was thinking the same.

[Ava]

Notice that Brad and Al Pacino have the same hairstyle but only Al looks homeless.
QT looks happy.

[Ava]

Aww...he got choked up.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Notice that Brad and Al Pacino have the same hairstyle but only Al looks homeless.

lol

[Tiggnutz]

Mr. Rodgers isn't the lead in a movie about Mr. Rodgers?

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Mr. Rodgers isn't the lead in a movie about Mr. Rodgers?

There's been a lot of confusion about that. Word is they decided to run him in Supporting since the lead actor category was already incredibly stacked.

[Ava]

I have no idea with this category. Toy Story 4 sucked balls.