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Let’s not forget the pure blind namecheck of Ellen Burstyn’s 14 second performance in MRS. HARRIS 😏

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His best film is ETERNAL SUNSHINE but as for best performance, I would have it be a battle between that film and THE TRUMAN SHOW.

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I’ll always have a soft spot for DIE HARD.

His best performance was probably PULP FICTION in terms of films but I still think his star-making TV work as David Addison on MOONLIGHTING might be my favorite performance of his.

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She was win worthy for FRANCES but I do support Streep taking it that year.

She did a lovely job in TOOTSIE but it wasn’t worthy of a nomination.

I think she deserved a nod for COUNTRY but she wouldn’t make my lineup for SWEET DREAMS, MUSIC BOX, or BLUE SKY.

I do really like her though.

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I did a list of my top 10 movies per decade starting in the 30s up to the 2010s.

I didn’t rank my choices below my top 10 but I did list 25 Honorable Mentions.

Those were:

Days of Being Wild
Raise the Red Lantern
Barton Fink
Beauty & The Beast
The Double Life of Veronique
The Silence of the Lambs
Malcolm X
Groundhog Day
The Piano
The Remains of the Day
Schindler’s List
Chungking Express
Clerks
Pulp Fiction
Toy Story
The Usual Suspects
Boogie Nights
Funny Games
Happy Together
The Sweet Hereafter
Gods & Monsters
Rushmore
All About My Mother
Election
Eyes Wide Shut

And then my top 10 was:

10- Central Station
9- Magnolia
8- Secrets & Lies
7- La Haine
6- The Truman Show
5- *tie* Blue/Red of the Three Colors Trilogy
4- Being John Malkovich
3- Goodfellas
2- A Brighter Summer Day
1- Fargo

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PICTURE:
La Haine
Toy Story
Before Sunrise
The Usual Suspects
To Die For
Runner up: La Ceremonie

DIRECTOR:
Matthieu Kassovitz, La Haine

ACTOR:
Vincent Cassel, La Haine

ACTRESS:
Nicole Kidman, To Die For

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Kevin Spacey, The Usual Suspects

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Joan Allen, Nixon

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
The Usual Suspects

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
To Die For

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BELFAST and CODA.

What a weak Screenplay duo.

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I could see WORST PERSON taking it in a divided field based on passion…not to mention it’s far better than all four of the other nominees combined.

I decided to predict it.

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PICTURE: Drive My Car
DIRECTOR: Hamaguchi
ACTRESS: Cruz
ACTOR: Garfield
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Buckley
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Kotsur
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Worst Person in the World
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Drive My Car

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Predicting Cruz to be the winner here and she would be the most deserving.

If Chastain wins, I won’t really be upset because I still think she gave that role what it needed. It just sucks that the film around her frequently failed her.

And even if somehow Stewart pulled off a colossal upset, this will probably be the only acting category of the night where I’d be truly happy with the winner.

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At this point, I’m just sort of feeling invested in the crazy outcomes rather than feeling invested in the films.

PICTURE will go to two films I wasn’t particularly fond of.

Hamaguchi should take Director. (Campion should’ve won for THE PIANO in addition to her Screenplay win).

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wolfali wrote:

I do have to say that despite Metcalf deserving it, I’ll always say that Betty Gabriel in GET OUT was the best example of how to make the most of your brief screen time.

One of the best acted scenes in recent memory.

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Drive My Car
Dune
West Side Story
The Power of the Dog
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Belfast
Coda
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley

I really don’t like this lineup.

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Ranking of nominees:
Garfield
Cumberbatch
Smith
Washington
Bardem

Ranking of movies:
Tick, tick..Boom!
The Tragedy of Macbeth
TPOTD
King Richard
Being the Ricardos

Personal top 5:
Winston Duke
Andrew Garfield
Jason Issacs
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Joaquin Phoenix

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Honestly, aside from DRIVE MY CAR, I’m not overly enthused for ANY of the nominees this year.

I’d probably put DUNE in second place but after that, it’s really an “in the moment” ranking that may change on a given day.

CODA was sweet and fairly enjoyable but it was also so predictable and run of the mill. I commend it for its deaf representation but by the time it was over, it just sort of all left me as being mostly forgettable.

The sad truth is that the one movie I did consider heartwarming and very well done this year was C’MON C’MON and that got shafted all season.

This BP lineup will go down as one of my least favorites in quite some time…definitely on par with 2018.

As for what I think will win, I do see tides turning for CODA but I am not ready to rule out POTD yet.

In the end, I am not really caring much as I didn’t care for either of those films.

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