Best Cinematography Thread

[Brennan Merone Joined: Oct 4th, 2016 Topics: 23 Posts: 98 View Predictions]

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Your thoughts? Right now I have:

1. Silence (only real lock as of now)

2. La La Land

3. Arrival

4. Live By Night

5. Jackie

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6. Billy Lynn

7. Hail, Caesar

8. Rules Don’t Apply

9. Passengers

10. Nocturnal Animals

 

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[pacinofan Joined: Nov 28th, 2011 Topics: 8 Posts: 4211 View Predictions]

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My prefix:

1) La La Land (since people have seen it this seems the only real lock at this point)
2) Silence
3) Arrival
4) Jackie
5) Moonlight

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[Tyler The Awesome Guy Joined: Nov 19th, 2011 Topics: 406 Posts: 7530 View Predictions]

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Silence, La La Land and Arrival are probably “for sures” as of right now. I still think Billy Lynn has a shot despite it’s negative reception and I think Live by Night has a shot because it’s Robert Richardson.

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[AMG Joined: Sep 20th, 2012 Topics: 168 Posts: 4323 View Predictions]

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Since the turn of the century, only 2 Best Picture winners have won Cinematography – Slumdog Millionaire and Birdman.

For the first four years of this decade, the award went to the film which had the big technical sweep – Inception, Hugo, Life of Pi and Gravity.

Putting into perspective the kind of film which may end up winning?

The main contenders:
La La Land – the front runner

Jackie – seen contender, strong bet
Arrival – seen contender, strong bet

Moonlight – seen contender, if the film is loved by the Academy, they can’t not vote for it here
Nocturnal Animals – seem contender, mildly in the mix, and is visually stunning

Silence – unseen, but hard to imagine it not having great cinematography
Live By Night – unseen, but the trailer looked gorgeously rich

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk – seen, is down but not out.
Passengers – unseen, and could surprise

Hail, Caesar – will strongly test the admiration of Deakins by this branch. The cinematography is not memorable, and not on par with the likes of Sicario, Skyfall and Prisoners in recent years.

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

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Right now, I’ve got…

1. La La Land
2. Arrival
3. Silence
4. Jackie
5. Nocturnal Animals
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6. The Jungle Book
7. Live By Night
8. Moonlight
9. Rules Don’t Apply
10. Fences

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[JackO Joined: Jun 2nd, 2011 Topics: 13 Posts: 5733 View Predictions]

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This is quite a competitive category but they are still very insular. So with that in mind, I have predicted:

La La Land (Linus Sandgren 0 Oscar nom)
Arrival (Bradford Young 0 Oscar nom)
Silence (Rodrigo Prieto 1 Oscar Nom)
Live By Night (Robert Richardson 3 Oscars wins, 9 Oscar noms)
Hail Caesar (Roger Deakins 13 Oscar noms)

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[BamaEd Joined: Nov 3rd, 2010 Topics: 21 Posts: 1587 View Predictions]

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There is already an older thread discussing best cinematography, so it may be good to combine these predictions there:

http://www.goldderby.com/forum/movies/best-cinematography-2016/

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[GusCruz Joined: Feb 26th, 2012 Topics: 54 Posts: 13348 View Predictions]

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Hail, Caesar?? REALLY??

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[Tyler The Awesome Guy Joined: Nov 19th, 2011 Topics: 406 Posts: 7530 View Predictions]

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Roger Deakins.

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[Eddy Q Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 23 Posts: 4679 View Predictions]

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Tyler The Awesome Guy wrote:

Roger Deakins.

Yes, but it’s not like he automatically gets nominated for everything he does.

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[Tyler The Awesome Guy Joined: Nov 19th, 2011 Topics: 406 Posts: 7530 View Predictions]

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No I’m saying that’s why he’s being considered.

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[Eddy Q Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 23 Posts: 4679 View Predictions]

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^ Sorry I ought to have addressed it more generally rather than specifically to you.

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