2016 Makeup and Hairstyling Finalists

[AwardsConnect Joined: Jan 16th, 2016 Topics: 17 Posts: 3626 View Predictions]

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I feel reasonably confident about Star Trek here. A Man Called Ove is too obscure, I suspect, and Suicide Squad is well, too unwatchably horrendous.

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[GusCruz Joined: Feb 26th, 2012 Topics: 54 Posts: 13345 View Predictions]

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AwardsConnect wrote:

A Man Called Ove is too obscure

There’s nothing obscure about it. It’s a mainstream film through and through. I hear it was an arthouse hit in the US last year.

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[thedemonhog Joined: Oct 11th, 2010 Topics: 151 Posts: 16817 View Predictions]

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It would be the lowest-grossing winner ever in the category.

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[Filmatelist Joined: Nov 3rd, 2016 Topics: 6 Posts: 123 View Predictions]

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GusCruz wrote:

Andrew Carden wrote:

A Man Called Ove is too obscure

There’s nothing obscure about it. It’s a mainstream film through and through. I hear it was an arthouse hit in the US last year.

What qualifies as a “hit”?  It made less than $4M in the US, not enough to rank in the top 100 Foreign Language films (per BoxOffice Mojo).

There’s no denying that it’s a sentimental button-pusher and it will get some crossover viewing because of Foreign Language, but it still is the most obscure title in any of the regular feature film categories (except for possibly JIM: THE JAMES FOLEY STORY).

 

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[jacob121 Joined: Mar 2nd, 2011 Topics: 29 Posts: 2139 View Predictions]

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I am sticking with Ove for now. If it were “too obscure” then it wouldn’t have been nominated for two Oscars. I also think it’s very possible it bumps off Toni Erdmann in foreign. As for makeup, something about the fact that Star Trek is a sequel is nagging at me – in a sense wouldn’t they be rewarding much of the same makeup they did the first time? I know that one of the previous Trek makeup winners is nominated again for this iteration.

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[thedemonhog Joined: Oct 11th, 2010 Topics: 151 Posts: 16817 View Predictions]

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jacob121 wrote:

If it were “too obscure” then it wouldn’t have been nominated for two Oscars.

Both in categories with shortlists.

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[Filmatelist Joined: Nov 3rd, 2016 Topics: 6 Posts: 123 View Predictions]

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jacob121 wrote:

I am sticking with Ove for now. If it were “too obscure” then it wouldn’t have been nominated for two Oscars. I also think it’s very possible it bumps off Toni Erdmann in foreign. As for makeup, something about the fact that Star Trek is a sequel is nagging at me – in a sense wouldn’t they be rewarding much of the same makeup they did the first time? I know that one of the previous Trek makeup winners is nominated again for this iteration.

Didn’t stop ROTK winning MakeUp after FOTR did.

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[jacob121 Joined: Mar 2nd, 2011 Topics: 29 Posts: 2139 View Predictions]

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thedemonhog wrote:

jacob121 wrote:

If it were “too obscure” then it wouldn’t have been nominated for two Oscars.

Both in categories with shortlists.

Fair, I wouldn’t say it’s a populist choice by any means I just meant that it’s popular enough to make short lists and earn nominations in two categories over far academy friendlier fare.

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[jacob121 Joined: Mar 2nd, 2011 Topics: 29 Posts: 2139 View Predictions]

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Filmatelist wrote:

jacob121 wrote:

I am sticking with Ove for now. If it were “too obscure” then it wouldn’t have been nominated for two Oscars. I also think it’s very possible it bumps off Toni Erdmann in foreign. As for makeup, something about the fact that Star Trek is a sequel is nagging at me – in a sense wouldn’t they be rewarding much of the same makeup they did the first time? I know that one of the previous Trek makeup winners is nominated again for this iteration.

Didn’t stop ROTK winning MakeUp after FOTR did.

Again, not saying Ove is running away with it but both LOTR were BP nominees that had support all over the place, unlike ST.

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