"What If" 2020 Oscars Thread

[Cordelia]

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So whilst laying in my hospital bed, waiting for doctors to let me leave, I wondered about trivial things, not life or death, which was a nice change.

This is a thread to post “What If” scenarios that didn’t happen, and how they could’ve changed the Oscars path.

I’ll start –

“What If Portrait of a Lady on Fire was France’s submission to International Film?” was a scenario I asked. The consequences I came up with are

• Portrait of a Lady on Fire already accumulated awards and acclaim in this timeline, but such a boost would put it more in the Oscars conversation
• The Golden Globes nominations are the same, since they don’t limit to pre-selection. In the no women conversation that happened in director, Céline Sciamma would potentially be the name that shows up a lot instead of Greta Gerwig.
• With more of an awards push, in addition to International Film, it could be a Parasite-esque contender in Director and Cinematography. Director especially would benefit from an international-heavy Directors branch. Best Picture would also be on the cards.
• The year would get more contentious in Actress as there could be potentially more performances in the conversation
• The year would be quite different on nominations morning.

• This topic was modified 8 months, 4 weeks ago by Cordelia.

For Your Consideration:

Best Picture: Wolfwalkers

Best Animated Feature: Wolfwalkers

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[BenitoDelicias Joined: Nov 3rd, 2010 Topics: 8 Posts: 5145 View Predictions]

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A What If Oscar 2020 thread? Zellweger already has Judy, so no.

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[fyras19 Joined: Nov 25th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 52 View Predictions]

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I think if Leonardo DiCaprio hadn’t won for The Revenant he’d be the one to beat in the best actor category

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[OneAndOnly Joined: Mar 21st, 2017 Topics: 18 Posts: 1739 View Predictions]

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What if Rocketman had come out in November?

Have a great day if you see this!

FYC: Succession
FYC: Watchmen

Male/Straight/BLM

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[Mr. Tintin Joined: Jan 24th, 2018 Topics: 8 Posts: 264 View Predictions]

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What if The Woman in the Window was released in October as planned? Regardless of reviews, could Amy still be the frontrunner in Best Actress?

Oscars 2021: I support Denis Villeneuve (Dune), David Fincher (Mank), Willem Dafoe (The Card Counter), and Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy).

Movie-lover overall.

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[Lil Tony Joined: Sep 17th, 2018 Topics: 8 Posts: 2192 View Predictions]

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fyras19 wrote:

I think if Leonardo DiCaprio hadn’t won for The Revenant he’d be the one to beat in the best actor category

he doesn’t even deserve to be nominated for Once Upon whatever

FYC:

Chromatica: Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album.

Rain On Me: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Best Music Video.

Alice: Best Pop Solo Performance

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OneAndOnly wrote:

What if Rocketman had come out in November?

It would be in the best picture race

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[Cordelia Joined: Jul 15th, 2018 Topics: 37 Posts: 937 View Predictions]

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OneAndOnly wrote:

What if Rocketman had come out in November?

I’m not sure if it would’ve gone all the way to Best Picture, but it would’ve helped Taron get a nomination. Bohemian Rhapsody was a colossal box office draw and with an R rating, Rocketman could not equal that effect.

fyras19 wrote:

I think if Leonardo DiCaprio hadn’t won for The Revenant he’d be the one to beat in the best actor category

I don’t think his performance in Once Upon a Time would be that curse-breaker if The Revenant wouldn’t.

For Your Consideration:

Best Picture: Wolfwalkers

Best Animated Feature: Wolfwalkers

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Mr. Tintin wrote:

What if The Woman in the Window was released in October as planned? Regardless of reviews, could Amy still be the frontrunner in Best Actress?

Don’t think so. I’m sure she’s great regardless of how the movie turns out to be, but I’m thinking a Emily Blunt in The Girl on the Train scenario

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