25th Annual Critics Choice Awards: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Wins Best Picture, Bong Joon-ho and Sam Mendes Tie for Best Director, Dolemite Is My Name Wins Best Comedy

I can’t see Sam Mendes losing directing. I don’t think Once Upon a Time is loved enough to pull the double. Birdman was loved and competition was only Boyhood, which is not an industry movie and is not cathartic as Parasite.

I will disconsider the editing snub in his case as I did for Birdman. Winners without an acting nom we had a couple.

Last one to do so was in 1950. So, for the last 70 years, the answer would be “none”. 🙂

Makes sense. I still expected (and predicted) it to get in, after the WGA nod, and it did. 🙂 Which helps it a little, probably…

I don’t think there IS a front runner, but I also absolutely don’t think Bong is less likely than anybody else to win it!…

That’s just it. It’s disrespectful to the director. If Sam Mendes wins BD (Which he should), then 1917 should also win BP. Obviously, last year is different since Green Book wasn’t nominated at BD (and shouldn’t have won BP).

Insanely happy for Quentin’s instant classic and Bong’s win. Really sad though for the incredible The Irishman – 14 nominations, one win for acting ensemble, wtf? I’d really love to see these awards shake up the acting categories but alas. Finally, hell yeah for Wild Rose’s Glasgow.

Agree completely about Phantom Thread. One of the best films of the decade . The Academy did itself proud with those nominations.

The VFX are pretty damned impressive when you get into it… Even though some of them looked a bit wonky. But otherwise there’s nothing technically AMAZING about it.

Of course, how could I forget?

Expert analysis

go watch the pretentious one-take video game again.

That would be like my nightmare scenario 🙁

If it is any consolation, I have a damn event at that time (1:18PM in the UK) so I already have the live stream and AD up on my phone and the discreet earbuds ready just so I can listen to the whole thing and read your initial reactions while low-key covering my ear and pretending to pay attention to the stage in front of me 🙂

That’s fair enough – I mean I think there are plenty of reasons to rule out 1917 anyway – lack of acting or (maybe, we shall see) writing nominations being the big ones and lack of SAG ensemble (though that may be dead after the last couple of years and the argument people have that AFTRA killed it, I dunno) among others. Even though I don’t think I’ve completely ruled it out yet I probably should have.

Well, I mean, my point is that ACE and BAFTA probably realized it was useless to nominate a one shot gimmick at the past (Birdman), and now they decided to not do it again. But I agree 1917 is definitely not getting acting and its chances in writing are low. I just wanna say that a Editing snub is gonna be a minor problem.

And I’m not so confident about Parasite getting no acting noms. There’s a out of nowhere nominee in acting almost every year.

Yeah, but if ACE AND BAFTA realized that (which, again, wasn’t even the case with Birdman), I think it’s pretty likely the Academy’s editing branch will reach the same conclusion. 🙂

And it’s not getting in for acting. Not even Parasite is, and that one’s much more of an acting showcase, from what I understand. 1917’s best shot at an acting nod is in lead, and that category is far too stacked.

I really don’t think so. Birdman won BP despite losing the Editing nomination and it was also a one shot gimmick. Acting and specially Screenplay are way more important to 1917.

Indeed. 🙂
Pretty much for the same reason you prefer 1917 – it feels like it compliments the movie just a touch better than in 1917’s case. But I loved both of them in any case. It’s shaping up in such a way that I don’t think I’ll be disappointed with any of the wins, but I am actively rooting for Mendes, Deakins, Phoenix, OUATIH, Phoenix and Guðnadóttir.

Think 1917 and Joker excelled in a lot of the same ways technically, though 1917 is clearly the better overall movie. I’m happy for them to split the sound and image categories if it comes to it.

I noticed that too

Joker score is good but a lot more limited than the 1917 one in terms of breadth. It’s Newman’s time, surely,

I really wish Once wouldn’t win BP but it’s the clear favourite. I hated it so much.

I want 1917 to win but stats are against it. I wish Parasite would win instead of Once, even Irishman I could handle.

Which adds to their pointlessness.

Agreed. The score is phenomenal, I can’t stop listening to it. It will be his 15th nomination! He has to win

means they can’t decide which one to predict. they are predict awards after all and likely feel that industry could go either way.

Not gonna lie, I slept through this one, but now seeing the list of winners, I have a few observations :

1. Scorsese and Tarantino not only lost to Mendes again but this time it was also confirmed they weren’t even top2. I think Mendes will win Bafta so unless there is a big surprise at DGA, I think he will get the Oscar and he would deserve it, too. Not sure if 1917 can also go all the way in BP (would need at least one nod in writing and / or acting). I think we are heading toward another BP (OUATIH) / BD (1917) split … unless 1917 does deliver writing and / or acting nods today, then I could see it peak at just the right time and go all the way.

2. Acting categories continue to cement the frontrunner status of the Zellweger – Phoenix – Dern – Pitt quartet however it can’t be emphasised enough that this perception is based on them winning both the Golden Globe and the Critics Choice award and while that’s a good start, neither is a proper industry award with overlap with Oscar voters so they will also need at least one from the SAG-Bafta duo. I’m not sure all four will win both SAG and Bafta (a Brit or two could surprise at latter), but I think they will all win at least one of the two and eventually the Oscar.

3. As much as I am rooting for Roger Deakins in Cinematography, his inevitable and incredibly deserved second Oscar should come hand in hand with Thomas Newman‘s first. By far the best marriage between cinematography and score in 2019 and both would be my picks for the win in their respective categories if I had a vote. I do give a lot of crap to Joker because I firmly believe it doesn’t deserve nominations in picture, director, writing BUT I’ve always said I consider it worthy of nods in lead actor, cinematography and score, however I would be only OK with it winning in Lead Actor. Its cinematography and score were both good and at times even very good so worthy of nominations but ffs 1917 was on another level in both those departments and would deserve to win the Oscars with ease.

4. The Irishman underperformed big time once again. Can’t be emphasised enough that while good to build perception, HFPA and the BFCA aren’t nearly as influential as the guilds and Bafta (lots of Oscar voters in both) so the film could still have a big comeback but for now I’m getting more of a Gangs of New York vibe (nominations ? yes. wins ? nope) than anything else.

5. I think Greta Gerwig is winning Adapted. Its only real competition is The Irishman but it has been fading while Little Women seems to be emerging, not enough for serious consideration in BP / BD, but probably enough for a win in Adapted. I think it will happen regardless of what happens to the film in the other above the line categories : if it does well (picture, actress, supporting actress) or even REALLY well (director, editing), it will be deemed strong enough to warrant at least one above the line win (adapted); and if it gets snubbed in most or even all those above the line categories except Adapted (stats-wise could totally happen), then Gerwig in adapted could get that “poorben” kind of unbeatable narrative. My two cents.

It is the second game, I think. There are two minutes left—team we like up by 5. My iPod is almost dead.

My partner accepts it far too easily and even pretends it’s super normal… I sometimes wonder whether he’s secretly a psychopath…

I’d argue it’s the opposite: if the same movie should win best picture and director, the directing win should be automatic and it should be best film->best director rather than best director->best picture

‘nowhere near as’ is a bit much. Lincoln has a MC value of 86, after all.

I personally disagree simply because there are years in which I’d split the awards (Burning winning picture, Jenkins winning director, The Wind Rises winning picture but Miyazaki not necessarily winning director over Wong, Eternal Sunshine winning picture, probably Scorsese or Mann winning director) but the way the Academy splits picture and director these days is ridiculous and in my opinion disrespectful to what a director does.

I’ve predicted Alan Alda!

The problem with the Irishman is similar to Lincoln ; it was a great historical movie that captured the past well and had gravitas ; but it killed off its chances by being too long , too dry and wordy .. it lost the audience cos it didn’t have the entertainment factor essential for a BP winner

I dunno, the last time a film won without it was birdman and there is a very obvious parallel between them so I feel like that point is valid.

It’s not won for screenplay anywhere, right?

If BAFTA had nominated ”1917” for Original Screenplay and Editing, it could’ve tied ”Joker” for the most nominations: 11. And if BAFTA had nominated George MacKay for Best Actor, ”1917” would’ve led them all. (By the way, MacKay was a BAFTA Rising Star nominee in 2014, but he lost to Will Poulter.)

I feel the only awards The Irishman will win will be editing, and maybe visual effects.

Agree we can’t rule it out. I don’t see any surprises in supporting actor, although I guess Hopkins might be somewhat vulnerable.

It will be over in a month, thankfully.

The longest 2+ hours of the year… Starting work at 5am CST and waiting until 7:18 (apparently) for the nominations… Now I just need to hope I’m not interrupted through them. May take an early lunch haha.

I don’t agree with that but I always find it odd how the film with the most overall wins doesn’t win BP. Like GRAVITY and MAD MAX for example. I get why it happens obviously, but you’d think the most awarded film is therefore the “best” one…?

Add it to the 0-10 list of the Century haha…

Always weird to hear you worry more about effing Emmy ratings than the quality of the programs they honor..

Also weird that you think nobody has access to streaming programs just because you can’t figure out how to get access.

Always weird, always tiresome.

Too bad Mendes was a no-show at the Critics’ Choice Awards. He could’ve scored some points if he gave an amazing speech there.

Bong Joon Ho was very charming in his speech. He said he never expected to win and was just trying to enjoy his vegan burger there. In Korean, he also gave a shout-out to all his fellow nominated directors, and said he was going back to his table to finish his vegan burger. … My biggest letdown was not seeing the Young Actor/Actress prize presented. Roman Griffin Davis, the terrific 12-year-old star of ”Jojo Rabbit,” won, and I bet he would’ve stolen the show.

Once upon a time in Hollywood is an important film for Tarantino and his crew

Is this a case of critics shamelessly choosing what they think will win BP rather than what they simply like best?

Yes.

Don’t have direct evidence, but seems pretty unlikely that the 90-strong HFPA never has ties and the 250-strong BFCA has like three every year.

Marriage Story is a movie of the week and so boring. Soooooooo boring.

Sad but true. AF. Definitely more “ugh” than “YHASSS” moments over the years.

BAFTA didn’t seem to appreciate it a lot.

What directors have ever won the Oscar without an Acting or Editing nom for their films?

Joon-ho and Mendes best shots at any of those categories tomorrow is a 5th place. And they could easily miss it all.

Exactly – could mean anything.

WOW

It lost screenplay to Tarantino though. But that could mean anything.

It’s sad isn’t it? My partner thinks I’m crazy. It’s only 12.18am for me so not as bad.

Why do we put ourselves through it?

I love watching the spectacle and the politics of the Oscars even though I almost always disagree with the winners!

I’m expecting OUATIH

See y’all in a few hours. Bright and early at 218am here. Why do I do this to myself?

I’ll just sleep less. 🙂

The Irishman will have two and Parasite, let’s face it, WILL have zero, so not really. 🙂

So, The Irishman is out, pretty much confirmed, since no BP winner in the 24 years of the BFCA era (and three more before that, in fact, using just the Golden Globes) has not won either picture, director or screenplay at either the Critics Choice or the Golden Globes. Likewise, Jojo Rabbit, Joker and Marriage Story – same issue. Parasite barely managed to win one, in this tie, so to me it still looks to be in trouble (for the BP win – otherwise it’s doing well, and is probably the most likely to win Best Director, although I’m feeling Tarantino at DGA, somehow). The four movies that qualify as valid Best Picture winners according to this never-yet-broken stat are Once, Parasite, 1917 and Little Women. Little Women I think we can rule out, pretty much (although I hope it at least gets the nomination), 1917 already has massive stats problems it’s just not going to overcome (unless some miracle happens), so, as assumed thus far, it’s between Once and Parasite, with Parasite itself looking pretty unlikely already, for various reasons.

As for Once, we can now say with great confidence that it’s no A Star is Born – it’s clearly way, way stronger than that, and in a much more difficult year, seemingly. (One in which, for instance, The Irishman can’t seem to manage to win anything significant. SAG appears to be its best shot – maybe also DGA. But, after this, it’s hard to see the latter happening. Also, like I said a bit earlier, the tie here and Mendes’ anti-stats Globe win more or less prove the race is very close in this category. I was thinking this might mean Tarantino – or Marty – might have a shot at winning the DGA, but I see that the last five times there was an HFPA-BFCA directing split, one of the two won the DGA. In fact, this has always been the case with one exception, 2003, when Chicago won it after failing to win both, then The Pianist won the Oscar after winning BAFTA. So, I guess a third winner at DGA is still possible. Especially since this isn’t a full split, given the tie. And GG+BFCA directing winners have lost the DGA before, no fewer than three times: Braveheart, The Social Network and Boyhood.) The BFCA Best Picture win in itself is a great predictor for the Oscar win. Since 1999, 70% of their big prize winners went on to repeat at the Oscars, and only once did two Critics Choice BP winners in a row not also win the Oscar. (And last year Green Book didn’t win here.) So, all looking very good for Once, still…

Liked the winners tonight a lot, as usual when it comes to the Critics Choice Awards. (I don’t always like ALL of their winners, obviously, but I like a lot of them, more than at most other awards shows.) Sucks that the acting categories are (seemingly) all boring once more – actually, a lot of categories might be, this year. But it’s no big deal. I think my favorite win of the night was Little Women’s screenplay win, which wasn’t even shown live. I don’t remember the last time I rooted so hard for a movie I hadn’t even seen yet. 🙂 It’s weird. I guess I have Sasha’s obsessive dislike to thank for that, at least partially. It’ll be really weird if I, too, end up not liking it much. (I doubt I could hate it.) Oh, no, I forgot: my favorite win was, of course, Glasgow’s tie for Best Song… But Little Women’s was a close second. I liked Toy Story 4 – the only nominee in that category I’ve already seen – so I was a fan of that win, too. Might change my mind once I see more.

Again, 1917’s editing win is no guarantee of an Oscar nomination – far from it, in fact. 3/11 (there was a tie one year) BFCA editing winners so far missed at the Oscars. (Inception, Birdman, First Man.) No significant changes in the stats table, and the Oscar nominations, the last piece of the puzzle this year, are just around the corner, so there’s no point posting the intermediate table now, since we’ll have the final version tomorrow. I will say that Once is a whopping 10 points ahead of second place already (The Irishman), and five points in the unweighted version, so it’s actually already mathematically guaranteed to finish in clear first place. I’m not calling BP locks until PGA, though, of course. You just never know… (Not that Once losing the PGA would even make it an underdog. But it would certainly mean it’s no lock.)

Shhh, let him have this.

damn. at one point it seemed they were moving fast and now this traffic jam.

Birdman won editing here as well so they like the one-shot thing that clearly few other people do in editing

Not dissimilar from Deakins, then… But I can’t see Deakins missing out on his second this year, in relatively short succession to his first, so could be a similar case with Newman soon enough.

I do think one other element to consider with a Joker win in score – and it’s not some ground-breaking observation – is that the Academy might enjoy sending a message by awarding the prize to a woman for a first time, in another year where women are not that present, and especially a woman attached to the movie that probably has the biggest baggage going into the season with critics. A lot of that baggage had nothing to do with the movie’s quality itself, so a win here might be a double middle finger to film twitter.

Pitt is not present, the rest are.

I hope they drop now cause I can’t wait anymore. sleepy.

So I guess we both agree that both Joker and 1917 deserve to be nominated in Score only you prefer former for the win while I prefer latter. Fair enough.

I’d be happy with either 1917 or JOKER winning. But I’ll feel extremely bad for Thomas Newman if he loses again

Fleabag (the show) didn’t win yet, so no.

I disliked Once too! I truly deeply don’t get it.

Things are looking good!… 🙂

1917 winning director is eyeraising given it got no critics love this season.

I’m sure the very late release hasn’t helped it.

Which is probably why it’s so dreadful

I couldn’t agree more. Assuming Newman is nominated for ”1917,” it’ll be his 15th Oscar nomination in 25 years. He’s soooo overdue to win, and I wish he’d had gotten his Academy Award for his first iconic nominated score, ”The Shawshank Redemption.” … I’ll be disappointed if this year’s Oscar goes to Hildur Guonadottir’s ”Joker” for her very 1st nomination, but who said life’s fair?

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The best movie ever

This looks like an Oscar night list.
BP – Hollywood
Screenplay – Hollywood
Director – Mendes (or Bong, for that matter)

Irishman looks set to do a gangs of New York

Can Thomas Newman win the Oscar ONE fucking time?!? After seeing 1917 today, he absolutely deserves to win the award this year (although he also deserves it for body of work). The man had me in tears at the end (come back to us). And his score during the flare sequence was pitch perfect for the moment. Not to mention the “first wave” scene. Classic Thomas Newman, yet original in all the right ways.

As lovely as Joker’s score is, I will be pretty pissed if it beats 1917 on Oscar night.

Oh gross. Can we please stop celebrating the mediocrity of Tarantino.

Haha.

He should have also won for American Beauty. Amazing score

There’s no frontrunner but I hope you’re right.

Delighted to see Mendes win here, even in a tie, such a surprise.

1917 winning editing also a big shock. I maintain editing to make it look unedited is a major achievement.

Acting winners all locked and loaded.

That’s good for Joon Ho, but even better for Mendes. If 1917 wins DGA, so it’s done, Mendes is winning at least Director.

And just like last year, Colman didn’t care to come haha

Tie between Mendes and Bong for Director.

So Parasite Best Film can still win in the end!!

Colman lost this award to Close and Gaga (in a tie!) so of course it isn’t set. It’s somewhat likely.

so acting sweeping quartet is set.

Since they’re copying a lot (and they don’t split that often), I guess we should expect 1917 to win the big ones…

Yes, I agree.

I guess there are all the guild awards to go too but that’s definitely all the most high profile ones… I really should watch it!

go sleep or you’ll sleep over AMPAS tomorrow. 🙂

I think last year’s actors race was better.

Right

You are so dedicated.

LOL, guys go sleep CC is not worth it, bigger fish to fry tomorrow

I think the Dern/Phoenix/Pitt/Zellweger quartet is gonna sweep everything from now.

1917 will go Best Pic with Mendes winning the Directors Nod

Costume: Dolemite
Hair/Makeup: Bombshell
Production Design: OUATIH
Editing: 1917
Cinematography: 1917
Young Actor: Roman Griffin Davis
VFX: Endgame

Bradley wilford and Sara Gilbert are looking spiffy for this affair and event

I am being really daring and predicting Renee, Brad, Bong, and Parasite for these last awards.

and out of 60K they only covered first 20. 🙁

I think DGA is too much of ego voting patterns, which hurts Tarantino.

Standing FORKING-O for Bell.

Taye diggs is doing good????? HUH????

Sure hope so!

Yeah, Speechless is my second-favorite. (So far.)

Stellan. I just copypasted.

The Irishman and Marriage story should have won the screenplay awards.

Which song was the other one?

Tarantino and Gerwig won Screenplay!

are they done with TV awards?

Pathetic downvoting.

B.F.H.

Deakins is better than Lubezki

Or perhaps they sometimes award things that they think are just as good or better than the ones “in the conversation”, but are not getting their due recognition.

It is so annoying that the Golden Globes and now Critics Choice are trying to predict all the acting categories. Some of them are deserving but two in my opinion are not and one of them is Renee. So sad that the best performance will not win and maybe not even get nominated. ALFRE WOODARD is haunting but is lacking from campaigning. Renee is in third for me, after Alfre and Scarlett. If Alfre does not get nominated Scarlett deserves to win. Renee is almost a caricature although she is good in some moments, but her performance is not consistent.

This show has waaaaay to many awards. They want tv, film AND film craft categories?! And they nominate 7 or 8 nominees? Didn’t like rushed simultaneous presentations.

they know that no one sits through awards shows for Lifetime Award let alone Lifetime speech. So I appreciate awareness that results in cutting it short and moving onto awards that people are here for. I know it isn’t fair but that’s what it is. Competitive part of the show is the attraction, not the tributes.

It hurts that these streams have no sound. The arocindo stream is definitely better than nothing but the live spanish translation makes it also kinda insufferable to watch.

true. cut song intros, cut Broadway numbers, cut the host (oh wait, they did!) cut Irwin Tahlberg. Those are the worst.

If I could somehow sync one of the audio-less streams with this thing, it would be close to perfect! 🙂

I don’t know if I would assume that. Is Foreign Language Film usually given on-air or off-camera? The BFCA doesn’t have enough time to show all the winners.

I knew the answer to those questions
1. Chicago
2. Jerry maguire
3. Private John miller

Parasite already won Foreign Language during the Red Carpet if you want to update that.

This means that it wins something else too, because they want some Koreans on stage too.

Joaquin is iconic. The sooner people come to terms with upcoming sweep the better.

🙂 No idea…

Laura Dern again. Poor JLO. I do wish Hollywood would recognize her for the hard work. Why watch these awards, it’s the same o same o winners.

Since when Parasite is the front runner in the Best Director category….That’s absolutely wrong!

I think this is going to almost match to perfection the Oscar wins.

I like the Clown Choice Awards… 🙂

you really want a sound for Clown Choice? Well, they tend to be unintentional comedy but still…

All my mixed feelings on Joon-ho and Mendes have to do with this. How many have won without any acting or editing nom?

Alright, off to bed. Gotta get up and watch that nominations announcement tomorrow!… Good luck to all! (Especially those rooting for the same things I am – but everybody else, too. Hope whatever lineups they’ve come up with please as many of us and as much as possible!)

That was brilliant! 🙂

I still strongly advise against predicting Mendes for director – ESPECIALLY since he only tied tonight (and with the front runner). He was already highly likely to be facing monumental stats at the Oscars (he’d need to get 2/3 of acting, writing or editing, and only one of those seems a favorite to happen, to me, and one is almost guaranteed not to – acting). One simply does not win Best Director without at least 2 of those. Not since 1950, anyway…

I hope you’re right and Little Women repeats at the Oscars!

Yeah, I had Jojo all season for Adapted. Could still be The Irishman. I just feel like, whether or not Gerwig is nominated for Director … I could “see” her winning Adapted as a distinct possibility/a “thing” on the night. But I agree that it’s not some lock. Just a feeling I’m starting to get.

Gerwig gave her actors great lines, but the screenplay is great for emotional expression. Old guys like me related to Chris Cooper. It should get in for BP.

I think Adapted is still super competitive… Little Women v Jojo v Irishman. Bloggers are the biggest supporters of Little Women so this is the place it’s most likely to win if it only wins one place… I wouldn’t feel safe about it until / unless it wins WGA or BAFTA. I think that might even be the most competitive race we have.

Julia Butters started the acceptance speech.

The BFCA is not the same group of people from regional critics. They are a random group of people representing critics for television and TV affiliates, many of whom have questionable credentials to begin with. They seem more keen to predict the Oscars and take pride in doing so as a precursor than in sticking to their guns as film critics. They changed their name a few years ago from Broadcast Film Critics Choice to just Critics Choice to mislead people into thinking that they are a preeminent critics group when they are anything but. Many of the country’s most established critics are not in this group.

Correction.” I did not like Hollywood.”

Just ask Glenn Close. Awards are very unfair sometimes.

I think Tarantino is continue to get the ‘give him Screenplay’ treatment, like he’s had his whole career.

This. ^

I actually think Hopkins is very vulnerable tbh. He got BAFTA and HFPA but among US industry awards 2 Popes has done really badly. Nothing at SAG, WGA, PGA, DGA, ACE, in fact I don’t know if it has gotten a nomination at a single US industry guild? I love it so I hope the international contingent will push it all through but its clear the American industry are not fans. Though Song Kang-Ho is not the only other option for that slot so we shall see.

It’ll be interesting to see if ”1917” gets an Oscar nomination for editing. It got passed over by the ACE nominations and BAFTA. For the record, ”1917’s” editor, Lee Smith, already has won an Oscar … for another war epic, ”Dunkirk.”

Yeah, I get that – but Birdman proved to be strong enough to overcome the editing snub with its Triple Crown wins and lack of other industry snubs. It was the favorite “by count”. 🙂 So, we don’t know whether it won because the editing snub was a fluke, due to the way it was edited, or if it won in spite of the editing snub. I acknowledge the former is a possibility, of course. But, for me, it’s probably the latter, honestly. Especially given how well it did in editing at precursors that Oscar season. It didn’t miss ACE, like 1917…

Please, editor, correct the title of the headline. You wrote “Once Up On a Time In America”.

Again, not one broadcast network series represented. Maybe that’s why the Emmy ratings are in the sewer. ABC is looking for, I believe a 10-15% uptick in ratings for this year’s telecast. When all that’s there to honor is streaming stuff, good luck with that.

well, Thanks god, the critics have a diferent opinion 😉

It’s about his ego, his dick, and his ego. An absolutely self-indulgent pile of tosh.

I am certainly preparing myself for the inevitable, and seemingly annual, disappointment when it comes to Thomas Newman’s Oscar chances.

9 nominations including BP and BD is not enough appreciation?

Oh damn, how could I forget, LOL.. ignore my prior question

I agree Bong is the front runner, but I think the tie and the fact Mendes won the Globe prove it’s a close race… which might actually benefit some third party. 🙂 It’s happened before, I’m pretty sure. (Sans the tie.)

Edit: I meant, at the Oscar

Although Roma did actually win BP at the Critics’ Choice.

looks like it. There’s strong indication that BAFTA will go for Once (with 1917 in British and Director). So if PGA goes Once and DGA goes Mendes, we have the split. SAG could go OUATIH or something else but that won’t change the game if whatever wins Ensemble doesn’t win any Picture/Director award.

OUATIH for Picture

Which of course makes it look really good for the Oscar BP win.

Yes, nominated for both, of course.

I am still guessing Parasite. It is up, right?

Upcoming: actress, director

Very well deserved. It’s a masterpiece.

So did Fleabag just complete the complete sweep of the TV awards season? Emmy, GG and CC. Are there any other major TV awards? It looks likely to win SAG Ensemble as well.

🙁

4:30 a.m. here now…

The BFCA editing award is 10 years old and 3 of their winners were snubbed at the Oscars: Inception, Birdman and, last year, First Man.

Globes have movies up front, Critics prefer TV and once again a bunch of off-air are big cinema categories.

What time zone are you in?

OK, that’s it, I’m out of here.

They still have at least 2 Best TV Show categories.

They’ve announced Best Actor

1917 is most probably losing the Editing nomination tomorrow.

1917, just announced.

Not yet announced

Norman Lear is 97 and still kicking it. He’s best friends with jimmy kimmel.

Taye Diggs decent host. T J Miller was torture

Yes, she will. Plus, second woman to win this category. And would probably be the first one if the Drama and Comedy/Musical split hadn’t happened at the mid 90s.

But music branch has historically been notoriously resistant to newcomers. I’m cautiously optimistic for tomorrow morning, but a snub wouldn’t shock me.

I think this will be repeated with AMPAS unless Waititi takes Adapted. I don’t think Irishman is taking it and Marriage Story is only winning Supporting Actress. So Tarantino takes Original.

I hope we’re not in First Man territory again, which failed to get nominated after winning the GG and CC…

so deserved!

It’s rare to a CC Song winner get snubbed at the Oscars, so could we expect Glasgow to get nominated tomorrow?

The Elton.

I missed hearing the second recitation of off-screen awards

Hildur Gudonadottir

It’s been the Through the Looking Glass version for the TV categories. Except for When They See Us, one calamitously bad winner after another.

Ensemble.

LOL classic CC.

For non-industry groups, very…

The way the camera zoomed into a random Asian in another table when Parasite was announced. Oh my.

It’ll probably be its only award of the night.

so how good is CC at predicting? In general?

-waves-

Because that’s their job, to influence. If a group thinks their job is to predict the Oscars, they get (rightfully) endlessly ridiculed, like the Critics’ Choice.

Glad the wonderful Fleabag is getting recognition this season. Quirky and very funny

Yep, it’s not an action movie as such so probably didn’t even belong in that category

Sasha’s campaigning paid off. 🙂

Dole mite is my name was a brilliant-awards worthy funny outrageous good time.

Wow, Best Comedy goes to Dolemite Is My Name!
Beating Jojo Rabbit, Knives Out, The Farewell, Booksmart.

Does Critcs Choice really matter?

Not a good sign for 1917’s prospects tonight, surely?

She was terrific, worth watching

Anne Hathaway was nominated for Modern Love limited series. She play a bipolar women looking for love and friendship. She is great in that.

I hope he wins something cause drunk Tarantino is always a good speech. he’s gonna drop expletives.

Hopefully. Tarantino seems too drunk already.

they are moving pretty fast. any chance they finish til 9?

Thanks

Why would they award both actor and actresses in a series together? Sounds like they just wanted to save time and picked the least important categories.

I am watching this too. Thanks to aroncido.

It would be weird if Bong didn’t win Director with critics.

“I can’t remember any other year that this happened.”

Yup, me neither… 🙁

Nevermind – went offline.

already has. barely anyone is in this thread.

it’s showing some sort of crime drama

On twitch dot tv, pablolol12 has a stream that is terrible and is live-translated into Spanish but at least has sound.

Poor critics choice. The Oscar noms will overshadow anything that happens today

Maybe to cut the show time. I think it’s only one hour long.

Has anyone found a way to stream the show live?

you are so funny! Joaquin Phoenix was the best acting of the year…

The CW, apparently.

I would if I could. I don’t seem to find any way to watch from the UK.

Is anybody watching? Does anybody care?

Phoenix won the actor’s award. But I swear these so-called actors don’t know how to accept an award and speak.

Where’s Phantom, the stream guy, to save the day again?

Anybody have a stream? I’ve got nothing. (A couple with no sound…)