It would be nice to see them release the results for old (50+ yrs) ceremonies at least.

No, unless suspicion of fraud requires disclosure or something. It would be fun for a while, then it would be less fun than it is now. And aside from entertainment value, I don’t see why they should.

I think CC’s only added value is the predictive value of the nominations announcement. They often foretell which technical categories a BP contender might be nominated for at the Oscars (e.g. editing and production design noms for Parasite). Their actual wins are of absolutely no value after accounting for GG.

Driver vs Phoenix was more critically debatable than Bale vs Malek, giving them an out to change their minds. I find that they’re sheeps more convincing than that they were voting for Driver to break a future potential frontrunner’s momentum.

Yeah, I agree. I didn’t mean to contradict.

Yeah, but while any individual snubs may be accounted for as you described, there’s a clear pattern going on over the years that clearly shows BAFTA is racist, even moreso than Oscars.

You’re right lol I remember so many things wrong

Yeah, and at first it seems weird that it won Director but lost Editing, but I think that can be attributed to the voters’ desire to reward Bong Joon Ho as a person.

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..

She makes all her characters feel authentic and like a decent person, and in my eyes that is a mark of a good actor.

Inception in editing is the first I can think of.

There are also a lot in the FLF / documentary / score / song categories, such as First Man (score) or Apollo 11 / Won’t you Be My Neighbor (documentary).

Youre right, but CC is irrelevant and GG nominates DiCaprio every other year. I’d argue that fact that they were so high up on the GD predictions but didn’t gain much recognition in the precursors actually reinforces the “weirdness.”

The worst Awards of the entire season.

1. The Revenant
2. Gravity
3. Life of Pi
4. Roma
5. Hugo
6. BR2049
7. Inception
8. La La Land
9. 1917
10. Birdman

I feel like editing can have three different kinds of ambitions.

1. To mesmerize viewers in the story itself (all Fincher films, Argo, Parasite). I’m definitely biased toward this kind of movies.

2. To have the viewers chew on the scenery or emotions just enough, so as to make each shot tantalizing (all Cuaron films, OUATIH, Mad Max Fury R…[Read more]

Spotlight (rewatch). It is exemplary in its telling of an important story in a manner that is warm, righteous, and precise. The production design of the office was top-notch. Cinematography was a bit bland, though. McCarthy does mostly well avoiding cliche directorial choices, but it could be trimmed down to zero (e.g. scenes like Mark Ruffalo’s b…[Read more]