The Power of the Dog. What Went Wrong?

[Babylonian Joined: Aug 16th, 2021 Topics: 8 Posts: 4013 View Predictions]

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It all seemed to be coming up roses for most of the season. Critic wins, audience engagement and a film that could finally win Netflix that coveted Best Picture trophy. Nomination day came and it looked unstoppable. Where did it all go wrong? How did a movie with 3 nominations topple a juggernaut like Dog? Was it a poor campaign? A matter of taste? Jane Campion’s speech?

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Everything Everywhere All At Once in every eligible category

Hold My Hand - Lady Gaga for Best Original Song

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[Sean C Joined: Jun 8th, 2014 Topics: 0 Posts: 550 View Predictions]

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I think it’s fairly straightforward: it was a movie that most people professed some admiration for, but not many people really loved. Which meant it was vulnerable when a movie that people did love came along.

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[film123 Joined: Sep 12th, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 815 View Predictions]

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Gaga missed Best Actress after making AACTA, Golden Globe, Critics Choice, SAG, and BAFTA. What went wrong?

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[Cosmia Joined: Oct 19th, 2021 Topics: 2 Posts: 1558 View Predictions]

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At the end of the day, voters are fickle and weird. They vote for whatever makes their brain vibrate the right way at the right time. It’s not worth reading too much into it.

Oscar watchers often end up thinking that, like…the Oscars are some sort of Hunger Games, where every movie but the winner is zapped from history. And that’s not really it, it’s just a bunch of inside baseball that doesn’t have anything to do with the actual quality of the movies.

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[TrumpBiden Joined: Dec 22nd, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 927 View Predictions]

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Boring ass film by general audiences. It was never going to win on a preferential ballot. Period. Also, poor Netflix just got beat by Apple which has like 10 movies on its platform 😂

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[Babylonian Joined: Aug 16th, 2021 Topics: 8 Posts: 4013 View Predictions]

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film123 wrote:

Gaga missed Best Actress after making AACTA, Golden Globe, Critics Choice, SAG, and BAFTA. What went wrong?

“Belfast isn’t winning Original Screenplay”

“Stewart is winning Best Actress”

“The Power of the Dog will win because international voters”

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Everything Everywhere All At Once in every eligible category

Hold My Hand - Lady Gaga for Best Original Song

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[Lucas Joined: Jun 24th, 2020 Topics: 3 Posts: 1795 View Predictions]

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Keeping the frontrunner status for so long

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[Cosmia Joined: Oct 19th, 2021 Topics: 2 Posts: 1558 View Predictions]

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Can we talk like adults, please? This whole “nyeah nyeah nyeah my movie beat up your movie” shit is stupid.

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[Joe Burns Joined: Jan 26th, 2014 Topics: 10 Posts: 187 View Predictions]

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Coda was the feel good film people loved. The Power of the Dog realistically only could have won four Oscars, five perhaps if Cumberbatch had caught on. But it wasn’t going to win in the tech categories or in Best Supporting Actress. Netflix has long been a threat to the film industry so expect it to get shafted more often than not.

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[TrumpBiden Joined: Dec 22nd, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 927 View Predictions]

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Cosmia wrote:

Can we talk like adults, please? This whole “nyeah nyeah nyeah my movie beat up your movie” shit is stupid.

Cry moar. Also, you can quote me. Don’t direct something at me and pretend it isn’t geared toward me. That’s being a man child. Be a man and direct things at me, bro.

I can talk however the fuck I want. Go cry somewhere else. I had to put up with Dog stans this whole season, the last couple of weeks has been tough on yall and now suddenly I’m the bad guy.

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[almanzarlamarcarlile Joined: Jul 27th, 2020 Topics: 20 Posts: 4467 View Predictions]

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Voters discovered CODA after nominations and I guess the poor audience reception really did hurt it

EEAAO Sweep

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[BigJay2012 Joined: Nov 30th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 1970 View Predictions]

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It was too similar in tone to Nomadland (which was a better film)

Oscar wanted something heart tugging this year.

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[Derrick Eoghan Oisín O'Callaghan Joined: Dec 5th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 972 View Predictions]

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Agree.  CODA is a feel good movie and happy it won.  I didn’t think TPOTD was Best Picture but Jane Campion was Best Director!

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[DaKardii Joined: Jan 12th, 2018 Topics: 34 Posts: 682 View Predictions]

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almanzarlamarcarlile wrote:

Voters discovered CODA after nominations and I guess the poor audience reception really did hurt it

If CODA had been discovered earlier, who else would’ve been nominated?

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[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 97 Posts: 8652 View Predictions]

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TrumpBiden wrote:

Boring ass film by general audiences. It was never going to win on a preferential ballot. Period. Also, poor Netflix just got beat by Apple which has like 10 movies on its platform 😂

Imagine if Apple gets Scorsese a win next year when Netflix couldn’t

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