Here ya go, from Huffingtonpost.com:
To me the most interesting category is that of Best Picture. I’ll spoil the article above -at least a little bit- by listing the movies nominated for this year’s Oscar:
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Post, Call Me by Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, Phantom Thread, The Shape of Water.
So, I’m familiar with all the films listed above and a couple of them, especially Three Billboards, have intrigued me to the point where I want to see them.
But, once again, I’m batting .000 in terms of having seen any of the films considered for the Oscar.
Yup, I’ve not seen any of them.
I was intrigued with Get Out but as word …er… got out (ouch) about the story presented, I unfortunately had too much information on what the story presented was and, therefore, felt little need to go see the film.
Dunkirk, as I’ve mentioned elsewhere, is a film that intrigues me, especially given that its a Christopher Nolan directed film, BUT I’m so tired of “war” films at this point. Understand, I have little doubt its a good, perhaps even great film, but there you go.
Very curious to see which of the films win, though I can’t help but wonder if I’ll ever see any of ’em!
Blade runner 2049 should win all 5 if it’s noms. Visually a masterpiece of a film. But really folks, only 1 nomination for the MCU?! They continue to get snubbed year after year. They have everything and are entertaining for anyone to watch with great acting, writing, and visual effects. Shocked Thor: ragnarok didn’t get anything. But like always, some movie that no ones ever seen or probably heard of, will win. Then everyone will wait for it be in HD on illegal websites to watch it, and then be like, huh, that wasn’t really that good. Wow.
Re: Blade Runner 2049… I liked so much of it but felt that this was a film that really, really, REALLY needed to have a story editor go through the script at least one or two more times to pare things down. Ridley Scott, the director of the original Blade Runner, was absolutely correct when he said the film was too long, though at this point and with his terrible (IMHO!) Alien films of late, he probably shouldn’t talk too much! 😉
As for MCU films… I’m going to have to disagree with you on this one. As good as many of them have been (I’m a huge fan of Winter Soldier), I don’t know if they could qualify for Oscar contention other than perhaps in some of their special effects. Sadly, with the release of each new film, I’m finding myself feeling less impressed with the whole thing. They’re good films, don’t get me wrong, but it feels like they’re becoming formulaic, something I didn’t think I’d ever feel early on in the releases!