Independent Spirit Awards 2021 – What I Voted For

[gatorfan Joined: Oct 11th, 2011 Topics: 1 Posts: 17 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: 809 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: 7 Posts: 474 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: 17 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.

First Place- 2018 DGA Awards
First Place- 2015 DGA Awards
First Place- 2015 Razzie Award Nominations
First Place- 2015 Academy Of Country Music Awards

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[Butz Joined: Oct 15th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 809 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: 17 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.

First Place- 2018 DGA Awards
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: 3 Posts: 807 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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[Lady Jane Grey Joined: Mar 11th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 129 View Predictions]

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gatorfan wrote:

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.

These are such dreadful picks, oh my God LOOOOL

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[methaddiction Joined: Aug 1st, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 2029 View Predictions]

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Lady Jane Grey wrote:

These are such dreadful picks, oh my God LOOOOL

And you’re MAD!

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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 182 Posts: 19304 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 Emmys: "The Crown" in all categories, "I May Destroy You" in all categories, "It's a Sin" in all categories, "Small Axe" in all categories, Billie Piper ("I Hate Suzie"), Yvonne Strahovski ("Stateless") and Ruth Wilson ("His Dark Materials")

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[Owl-Always-watching Joined: Dec 13th, 2017 Topics: 7 Posts: 474 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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[JGibson Joined: Jul 8th, 2012 Topics: 0 Posts: 866 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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[Igor Alves Joined: May 12th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 101 View Predictions]

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Nicole Beharie winning would be incredible, she’s so underrated. Great pick.

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[Ms. Trunchbull Joined: Jul 4th, 2012 Topics: 0 Posts: 160 View Predictions]

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Lady Jane Grey wrote:

These are such dreadful picks, oh my God LOOOOL

Preach, sis. Someone should revoke his voting rights lol

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[Owl-Always-watching Joined: Dec 13th, 2017 Topics: 7 Posts: 474 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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