Your favorite critics group

[Nameizmann]

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Which critics do you think are the best at recognizing EXCELLENCE?

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[diego Joined: Dec 10th, 2019 Topics: 7 Posts: 1029 View Predictions]

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Definitely not the Critics’ Choice Awards. I went with NYFCC.

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[Nameizmann Joined: Jan 16th, 2020 Topics: 22 Posts: 158 View Predictions]

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diego wrote:

Definitely not the Critics’ Choice Awards.

The worst Awards of the entire season.

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[John Nguyen Joined: Aug 2nd, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 280 View Predictions]

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I feel like nsfc and lafca are the same people because they often share the same winners very indie/foreign/experimental films. Nyfcc however are more mainstream

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[FairWeatherAffair Joined: May 11th, 2018 Topics: 6 Posts: 948 View Predictions]

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NSFC, without a doubt. Their history proves how committed to recognizing good cinema they are (or used to be; they’ve faltered in the last few years). I mean, they handed their Best Film award to Goodbye to Language in 2014!

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[Bassett Joined: Dec 21st, 2016 Topics: 9 Posts: 4083 View Predictions]

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LAFCA until they awarded Jennifer Lopez

FYC :

Best Actress - Viola Davis, Frances McDormand
Best Actor - Delroy Lindo, Chadwick Boseman
Best Supporting Actor - Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman
Best Picture - Nomadland
Best Director - Chloé Zhao
SAG Ensemble - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Cinematography - Nomadland

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[Eddy Q Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 23 Posts: 4499 View Predictions]

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NSFC tend to make the most eclectic and inspired choices, even if I don’t always agree with them. Nevertheless, they too have been guilty of rubberstamping frontrunners when there have been plenty of other good or better options. Still, they get my vote.

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[Mukund Joined: May 27th, 2018 Topics: 5 Posts: 2565 View Predictions]

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International Cinephile Society.

I guess it might not exactly be what you were referring to since its members include film academics and journalists as well, and not just critics, but ICS always has more exciting and varied picks (especially in nominations) than any of these critics groups. It certainly breaks the monotony of seeing the same group of people being awarded/nominated everywhere else.

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[Stank83 Joined: Mar 8th, 2020 Topics: 51 Posts: 960 View Predictions]

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Why the Critics Choice Awards is still a thing???

Abolish them, no one needs them!!

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[ricardo505 Joined: Jun 14th, 2015 Topics: 0 Posts: 456 View Predictions]

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Mukund wrote:

International Cinephile Society.

I guess it might not exactly be what you were referring to since its members include film academics and journalists as well, and not just critics, but ICS always has more exciting and varied picks (especially in nominations) than any of these critics groups. It certainly breaks the monotony of seeing the same group of people being awarded/nominated everywhere else.

And they watch many movies, too. Unlike the Oscars, they reward non-English movies every year, which shows how much they love cinema. AMPAS choices are so boring tbh.

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[John Nguyen Joined: Aug 2nd, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 280 View Predictions]

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National board reviews are probably the worst group. They always choose the most cookie cutter Oscar bait safe movies. Whenever they try to chose more “artistic” winners is almost always A24 films  and is usually  the most mainstream friendly  A24 films. The Chicago film critics association I think are the most underrated. I feel they are the  unspoken 4th most important group after the big 3 lafca,nsfc, and nyfcc

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[John Nguyen Joined: Aug 2nd, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 280 View Predictions]

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Why the Critics Choice Awards is still a thing??? Abolish them, no one needs them!!

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I found it bizarre they gave best picture to once upon a time instead of parasite. If they were really about critics choice  parasite  or marriage should’ve won original screenplay too since those two won awards at lafca and nsfc

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[Nameizmann Joined: Jan 16th, 2020 Topics: 22 Posts: 158 View Predictions]

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I found it bizarre they gave best picture to once upon a time instead of parasite. If they were really about critics choice parasite or marriage should’ve won original screenplay too since those two won awards at lafca and nsfc

And Phoenix winning over Driver. Phoenix was distantly trailing Driver in critics’ awards leading up to Phoenix’s GG win, which is clear evidence that CC voters are sheeps who got hyped up by GG..

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[Chitanda170 Joined: Apr 1st, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 204 View Predictions]

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Nameizmann wrote:

And Phoenix winning over Driver. Phoenix was distantly trailing Driver in critics’ awards leading up to Phoenix’s GG win, which is clear evidence that CC voters are sheeps who got hyped up by GG..

That’s not true Bale won the CC over Maleck, i think the critics gave all those awards to Driver just to break Joaquin momemtum, it is a debate who was better, there are some critics that thought Banderas was better i think Banderas  won the most important critics awards.

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[Hoster1 Joined: Aug 8th, 2016 Topics: 4 Posts: 2391 View Predictions]

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Critic’s Choice does not deserve to be even called critics award.

I’m still angry at them McDormand, Rockwell, Janney and Oldman, while Metcalf, Dafoe, Chalamet and Hawkins were winning critics, because they are shameless hacks who just want to predict Oscars.

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