It’s all come down to this. Here’s our final ballot. Voting ends TuesdayÂ, Feb 27, at 6 p.m. PT. Thanks so much for participating.
Final Ballot for the 2018 Awards Daily Oscar Project
It’s all come down to this. Here’s our final ballot. Voting ends TuesdayÂ, Feb 27, at 6 p.m. PT. Thanks so much for participating.
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How did you like Three Billboards? Hope it didn´t cause a relapse..?
No, you´ll have to click on the words “final ballot” in the sentence: “Here´s our final ballot” – and Ryan´s not lying… it´s really there. 😉
Bryce, there has been some people who have been trying to work the balloting system. So I was looking for some insight.
DrRob, (I’m kidding).
I was surprised by how Rockwell has been sweeping all these precursors so effortlessly. He’s very good but I didn’t think of that performance as anything that would have that much passion behind it. I guess they didn’t find anyone else either in that category to fill that winning spot but why couldn’t they even try voting for a performance like Willem Dafoe’s at one of these awards or nominated one of Hammer and Stuhlbarg and awarded whichever they would have nominated?
That scene you mention with Peter Dinklage (who is, by the way, really fabulous as Tyrion Lennister) in the restaurant is certainly one of the very few in this movie that I actually liked. Maybe because it´s not so much over the top and felt genuine – never thouht I could pair “genuine” and “Three Billboards”..;-)
“Shape of Water”: It really was kind of sobering, because I was ready to see a masterpiece á la “Pans Labyrinth”. But it wasn´t. Too sweet, kitchy and predictable for my taste. But I´d still rank it higher than “Three Billboards”.
Conclusion: Unless something really shocking happens and some other film wins Best Picture, this Oscar night won´t be a highlight for me..
Oh, I didn’t think it was a masterpiece or anything like that. There was a lot that was over the top and the plot wound not making a whole lot of sense as a whole but I felt that there were very strong parts and plotlines, like the whole Willoughby plotline (except for Abbie Cornish), and that in general it kept pointing to a quite beautiful understanding of people trying to do the right thing that I wasn’t expecting it to as what I had read of it made it seem even more crude. And in some cases I felt that the really dull characters opened quite beautifully within their narratives (Peter Dinklage’s character in his last lines to Mildred and Caleb Landry Jones’ character with the whole orange juice thing come to mind). And I also find it nice that my preference of the “traditional two favorites for the win” isn’t The Shape of Water, which really keeps becoming less impressive for me
To be honest, I thought the characters were all very woodcut-like and stereotyped. Like the ex-husbands dull new girlfriend, for example, or – as you mention him – Dixon. I can´t even say I hated that guy because he didn´t seemed to be a real person in the first place. It was just over-the-top to me. The whole films attempt seemed to be provocative, a crude mixture of cynical jokes and violence, without any insight into the complex issues it is merely grazing. And I´m not even talking about the implausible plot twists… But still, let´s say differing opinions are always welcome, especially when discussing films! 😉
I actually really liked it. Not as great as In Bruges but I felt that it had some beauty and depth to it, discussing the idea of what is a rightful action and the deeply humane understanding of things such as how right is so often to us simply having the same opinion that we have and how we all try to do good things and be good even if what we do might look horrible to others (for example Dixon to me was never redeemed, he was a horrible racist who, like anyone else, is trying to act by their own understanding of good in all cases. That means that he might sometimes do some things that are generally considered to be good but that doesn’t take away the things he has done and the horrible tendencies he has)
I chose Three Billboards. I would have gone to see Phantom Thread but since I just had the flu (the reason why I didn’t see both of them during the weekend) and am still slightly recovering and my focus isn’t quite at 100% of the normal level yet so I felt that something that is probably as precise and layered as Phantom Thread demanded better. So I’ll probably see it wednesday
Don´t worry, Walter – stuff like that happens everyday to me, I´m confused by nature! 🙂
I am not a smart man
I recommend to chose Phantom Thread! 😉
For the life of me – I don’t see a ballot here. Is that browser related?