Independent Spirit Awards 2021 – What I Voted For

[gatorfan Joined: Oct 11th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 26 View Predictions]

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Hi Everyone:

Just submitted my Spirit Award ballot a few minutes ago. For anyone who’s interested here’s what I voted for:

1. Best Feature: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
2. Best First Feature: Nine Days
3. Best Director: Emerald Fennell- Promising Young Woman
4. Best Female Lead: Nicole Beharie – Miss Juneteenth
5. Best Male Lead: Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
6. Best Supporting Male: Paul Raci – Sound Of Metal
7. Best Supporting Female: Alexis Chikaeze – Miss Juneteenth
8. Best Screenplay: The Half Of It
9. Best First Screenplay: Miss Juneteenth
10. Best Documentary: Crip Camp
11. Best International Film: Quo Vadis, Aida?
12. Best Editing: The Invisible Man
13. Best Cinematography: I abstain. I ran out of time and didn’t get a chance to watch She Dies Tomorrow

I also didn’t get a chance to watch any of the television nominees so I abstained from voting for those as well.

I look forward to hearing from any of my fellow Spirit Award voters on their ballots too.

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[Butz Joined: Oct 15th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 1284 View Predictions]

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Props for recognizing Nine Days aka the best film of 2020!

Letterboxd: Ray_In_Bruges

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[Owl-Always-watching Joined: Dec 13th, 2017 Topics: 11 Posts: 977 View Predictions]

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I was waiting for voting to closed. Here were my votes.

1. Best Feature: Nomadland
2. Best First Feature: The 40 Year Old Version
3. Best Director: Chloe Zhang – Nomadland
4. Best Female Lead: Frances McDormand- Nomadland
5. Best Male Lead: Steven Yeun – Minari
6. Best Supporting Male: – Glynn Turman – Ma Rainey ( I will confess that I had no passion with any of the nominees. No one particular stood out for me except Turmann
7. Best Supporting Female: Yuh- jung You- Minari
8. Best Screenplay: Promising Young Woman
9. Best First Screenplay: Lapsis ( last one I saw in category and was pleasantly surprised. I could even see an A lister getting that script and filming it)
10. Best Documentary: Collective
11. Best International Film: Abstained (didn’t finish watching all nominees)
12. Best Editing: Nomadland
13. Best Cinematography: Nomadland

Television Categories

Dcomentary – Abstain (didn’t have time to watch)

Scripted series – Small Axe ( I May destroy you was already getting cast award . Wanted to spread wealth )
Female performance- Shira Haas – unorthodox

Male Performance- Amit Rahav – Unorthodox.  ( weirdest category nominees . There’s two that I had to look up to see who they were on show)

 

 

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[gatorfan Joined: Oct 11th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 26 View Predictions]

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Butz wrote:

Props for recognizing Nine Days aka the best film of 2020!

I agree. I wish it had received more than 2 nominations. While I liked Benedict Wong in the film I genuinely thought Paul Raci gave a better performance.

If Winston Duke or Zazie Beetz had been nominated for I definitely would have voted for them.

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[Butz Joined: Oct 15th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 1284 View Predictions]

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gatorfan wrote:

I agree. I wish it had received more than 2 nominations. While I liked Benedict Wong in the film I genuinely thought Paul Raci gave a better performance.

If Winston Duke or Zazie Beetz had been nominated for I definitely would have voted for them.

I think the fact that it was nearly impossible to watch it unless you attended Sundance contributed to its non-existent buzz because no one cared about it awards-wise. But people will react to it positively to it, I’m sure.

Letterboxd: Ray_In_Bruges

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[gatorfan Joined: Oct 11th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 26 View Predictions]

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Owl-Always-watching wrote:

I was waiting for voting to closed. Here were my votes.

1. Best Feature: Nomadland
2. Best First Feature: The 40 Year Old Virgin
3. Best Director: Chloe Zhang – Nomadland
4. Best Female Lead: Frances McDormand- Nomadland
5. Best Male Lead: Steven Yeun – Minari
6. Best Supporting Male: – Glynn Turman – Ma Rainey ( I will confess that I had no passion with any of the nominees. No one particular stood out for me except Turmann
7. Best Supporting Female: Yuh- jung You- Minari
8. Best Screenplay: Promising Young Woman
9. Best First Screenplay: Lapsis ( last one I saw in category and was pleasantly surprised. I could even see an A lister getting that script and filming it)
10. Best Documentary: Collective
11. Best International Film: Abstained (didn’t finish watching all nominees)
12. Best Editing: Nomadland
13. Best Cinematography: Nomadland

Television Categories

Dcomentary – Abstain (didn’t have time to watch)

Scripted series – Small Axe ( I May destroy you was already getting cast award . Wanted to spread wealth )
Female performance- Shira Haas – unorthodox

Male Performance- Amit Rahav – Unorthodox. ( weirdest category nominees . There’s two that I had to look up to see who they were on show)

Yeah, I kind of jumped the gun a bit. I should have waited for voting to close too. My bad.

I also ran into the same problem in a few categories where I wasn’t passionate about any of the nominees. Sometimes, like voting for politicians, you simply have to choose from what’s available.

LOL! We didn’t agree in a single category. I did come close to voting for Turman and Lapsis though.

Thanks for sharing.

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First Place- 2015 DGA Awards
First Place- 2015 Razzie Award Nominations
First Place- 2015 Academy Of Country Music Awards

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[abelfenty Joined: Jul 14th, 2018 Topics: 4 Posts: 1069 View Predictions]

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My votes:

Feature: Nomadland
First Feature: I Carry You With Me
Director: Chloé Zhao
Screenplay: Promising Young Woman
First Screenplay: Palm Springs
Actress: Carey Mulligan
Actor: Steven Yeun
Supporting Actress: Yuh-Jung Youn
Supporting Actor: Paul Raci
Cinematography: Nomadland
Editing: Nomadland
International: Quo Vadis, Aida?

Didn’t watch all the documentaries so I passed on that one. Not sure if it’s just me, but I found a lot of the nominees this year to be rather underwhelming.

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[methaddiction Joined: Aug 1st, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 4520 View Predictions]

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These are such dreadful picks, oh my God LOOOOL

And you’re MAD!

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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 216 Posts: 32889 View Predictions]

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I voted for:

Feature: Minari
First Feature: The 40 Year Old Version
Director: Chloe Zhao
Screenplay: Promising Young Woman
First Screenplay: Miss Juneteenth
Actress: Carey Mulligan
Actor: Riz Ahmed
Supporting Actress: Yuh-jung Youn
Supporting Actor: Paul Raci
Cinematography: Nomadland
Editing: Nomadland
International: Quo Vadis, Aida?
Documentary Feature: Time

New Television Series: I May Destroy You
TV Actress: Shira Haas
TV Actor: Amit Rahav

Didn’t have time to watch the documentary series. Some of these choices were so difficult. I was so tempted to lend my vote to Yeri Han in Supporting Actress but I was like “no, vote for the grandma who wears mens underwear!”

FYC:

"The Good Fight", "The Other Two" and "Station Eleven" in all categories, Sarah Lancashire ("Julia"), William Jackson Harper ("Love Life") and Luke Kirby ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel")

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[Owl-Always-watching Joined: Dec 13th, 2017 Topics: 11 Posts: 977 View Predictions]

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There’s no rule about posting before deadline. That was just me.

This year nominees were a little underwhelming.

im surprised how similar I am to Wolfali predictions.

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[James Gibson Joined: Jul 8th, 2012 Topics: 0 Posts: 2540 View Predictions]

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Owl-Always-watching wrote:

4. Best Female Lead: Frances McDormand- Nomadland

Scripted series – Small Axe ( I May destroy you was already getting cast award . Wanted to spread wealth )
Female performance- Shira Haas – unorthodox

yas king

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[Owl-Always-watching Joined: Dec 13th, 2017 Topics: 11 Posts: 977 View Predictions]

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Just because you don’t agree with someone’s choices doesn’t mean that they are awful.everyone has different taste.

 

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[George Ehret Joined: Sep 3rd, 2019 Topics: 5 Posts: 2374 View Predictions]

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Feature: Minari
First Feature: Nine Days
Director: Emerald Fennell
Screenplay: Promising Young Woman
First Screenplay: Palm Springs
Actress: Carey Mulligan
Actor: Riz Ahmed
Supporting Actress: Yuh-jung Youn
Supporting Actor: Paul Raci
Cinematography: Nomadland
Editing: Nomadland
International: Didn’t vote because I haven’t seen the nominees
Documentary Feature: Time

I didn’t vote for the TV awards because I don’t watch much TV and haven’t watched any of the shows

FYC
Dune in All Categories (esp. Director, Score, Sound, and Visual Effects)
Spencer in All Categories (esp. Actress, Cinematography, and Costume Design)
The Worst Person in the World in All Categories (esp. Original Screenplay and International Feature)
Flee in All Categories (esp. Animated Feature, Documentary Feature, and International Feature)
The Power of the Dog in All Categories (esp. Actor and Adapted Screenplay)

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[gatorfan Joined: Oct 11th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 26 View Predictions]

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Owl-Always-watching wrote:

Just because you don’t agree with someone’s choices doesn’t mean that they are awful.everyone has different taste.

Owl, thank you for coming to my defense. I appreciate it.

It’s possible that their criticisms were all in good fun though. I got a bit of a chuckle reading their comments.

Even if they meant to be malicious I’ve learned to ignore the haters and there are PLENTY of those on this site.

You are a good example of how to disagree with someone in a respectful manner. I wish more people on this site were like you.

Thanks again and take care.

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First Place- 2015 Razzie Award Nominations
First Place- 2015 Academy Of Country Music Awards

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