Spotlight, Brie Larson, Leo DiCaprio, George Miller Among 21st Annual Critics Choice Awards Winners

Genre-bias + Sequel-bias

Spotlight and Mad Max have very similar Metacritic scores and Best Picture wins. Also, come on. They could have been just a little bit bolder. Imagine the fuss with Mad Max being the Critics Choice. It would have been amazing.

Not that I’m unhappy with Spotlight, it’s a very good movie, but in a year like this…

That’s how I was characterizing him in the context of the Oscars. … If Obi-Wan had been played by a lesser-known yet equally classy actor, he wouldn’t have been nominated. Geez.

Yeah, I’m happy for all of those as well!

A master baiter?

Noted – and added to database.

Yes, we’re all so stupid and ignorant of history…

If The Big Short is not happening, it won’t be due to last night’s results… It did quite well, and it was never ever going to do better with critics, in my opinion. It’s the movie’s best performance with any critics group this Oscar season, by far.

Why can’t people allow everyone to have their own opinion about The Revenant? Some people love it, others don’t, maybe some think it’s just good. Don’t be surprised if not everyone agrees with your opinion.

You know mine… Spotlight for either BP or Best Ensemble. A lot of runners-up that have nothing to do with Spotlight, like, for example, Ex Machina for Best Sci-Fi/Horror. 🙂

As for least favorite, I guess The Big Short for Best Comedy, over Inside Out and the others. Because Inside Out deserved it more, in my opinion, but also, of course, because it’s (kind of) a sign of strength for The Big Short (which is bad for Spotlight, irrespective of whether or not it’s a sign of things to come).

For TV: best – Andre Braugher (runner-up: Master of None); worst – Tambor, because it’s too predictable (I’ve not watched this show), and I was hoping either Will Forte or Aziz Ansari would get a shot this time around…

Sir Alec Guinness: A former Oscar winner. That’s how you describe one of the greatest actors of all time? He was genuine class.

What’s everyone’s most favorite win and least favorite win last night? Movies, TV, or both.

Correct – I’d forgotten about that.

No way that MM:FR is not winning editing.

I’d be shocked if anything other than ”Spotlight” or ”The Big Short” won Ensemble.
As time goes by, that nomination for ”Trumbo” looks more ridiculous. WTF?

Two awards for the Best Picture winner? It sounds baffling, but, whether it’s The Big Short or Spotlight, it looks bizarrely likely this year. Though, both have the potential to win at least one more.

Tom Hardy beating Mark Rylance and Sylvester Stallone for Supporting Actor would be a massive shocker!

I let that one go a while ago will all actors. The teeth are almost always 21st century capped and too white. One more reason to appeciate Hardy. His teeth are a hot mess. No changes needed.

Or maybe the OscarSoWhite backlash helps Idris Elba win at SAGs. … At least the SAGs nominated him, as well as ”Beasts of No Nation” and ”Straight Outta Compton” for Ensemble.

It happens. ”Cabaret” won 8 Oscars (including Director) and still lost Best Picture to ”Godfather.”
And ”Cabaret’s” 8 Oscar wins didn’t include any Action categories. 😉

”Most of them are sleaze bags.” As a journalist myself, and I’m worked with tons of them, that is total and unadulterated B.S. … There are bad apples, but the vast majority are pros.

Agreed. Nor are there any scenes of pedophilia. That’s a bogus way to characterize the film.

Thanks. It’s about time someone said that. I’m sure DiCaprio is sooooo sick and tired of being asked the same ”When are you gonna win an Oscar?” question. Even though he’s a millionaire, it must still be as annoying as hell and would try ANYONE’s patience. DiCaprio’s been gracious, always saying, ”that’s not in my control,” and it isn’t. With any luck, he finally wins, just to get the monkey off his back and shut up his detractors.

Speaking of that i found it odd that they made him look all grungy but did nothing to his teeth. Why would Glass have such white teeth?

How did a movie get nine awards and let did not win picture?

I hate it when one film dominates and this year there are a lot of good films so spread the wealth. Even last year Innaratu won too many Oscars–he didn’t deserve three.

I agree. On Good Morning America on Thursday the pundits already said Brie Larson is a lock even though the film had the smallest box office when announced. I think Ronan and Rampling are just as impressive in their films–maybe even better than Larson. I hope Ronan at least gets the BAFTA.

Basically, my oscar predictions if you change Spotlight for The Big Short at Picture, Stallone for Hardy at Supporting Actor, Furious 7 for The Hunting Ground and Mad Max for The Danish Girl at Costume. I’m guessing 8 wins for Mad Max (including Director), 2 for The Danish Girl, The Revenant and The Big Short (adapted and Picture), and 1 for Spotlight (Original), The Hateful Eight, The Hunting Ground, Inside Out and Room.

Someone mentioned below about the “optics” of Brie’s no-show. I think it’s made even worse with how Leo handled his absence right afterwards. Let’s not forgot that Brie has won most of the awards leading up to tonight, and this wasn’t exactly unexpected.

I noticed rewatching parts of the awards last night, Saoirse Ronan *was* at the Critics’ Choice Awards. I’m not sure if any of the other nominated leading actresses were. I know that makes me feel all the more sympathetic for Ronan while still not bowled over by Larson’s performance (perhaps too oscar-baity for my tastes) as much as others.

Like seriously! Academy voters should have voted for him just so we can see his dad there if for nothing else! He looks so delicious…

Rachel McAdams???

“Not gonna win for sure…if it wins…”
Is this an oxymoron?

couldn’t agree more. and if you watch the bluray extras you’ll be even more impressed with what Miller and his crew achieved. a new classic!

o_O

In Leo’s defense, it really is the media that is running with that story, for this movie. He’s tried to pull it back and put it in context but it’s makes for good copy so it’s not going away. I don’t feel bad for him Bc he makes 20 mill a year and gets tons of PR for his movies but he does look annoyed when they keep asking him.

God yes, speaking to two or three people just means two or three people thought something. And yet it’s often reported as though it’s indicative of the entire group of voters. Also, people tend to be drawn towards those who hold the same opinion they do, so the reporting often isn’t truly objective (see Feinberg and Mad Max).

Yeah, nothing… Some campaigns verge on self-parody though (e.g. DiCaprio’s tales of suffering).

I think Tom O’Neill reviewed the stats and, in the last 15 years, the film with the most nominations has won BP 7 out of 15 times. So most nominations is an indicator, but by no means determinative. (Pre-2000, the film with the most noms was much more likely to win BP.)

William shatter seemed to be having a fun night backstage.

I agree with u, he doesn’t care and at this stage of his career doesn’t have to. Hollywood created a monster. Now they have to live with it. Maybe he doesn’t get any more specific awards just for him but his films will still get recognition. He has his best director trophy. U aren’t going to see him grovel as a luncheon for people to like him.

Bfca does mean something. It means the race for Oscar is still unpredictable wait til the guilds and that will teach you who the best films to win Are.

Should have hustled.

That’s my issue with Sly. I truly like the guy. Lifelong fan. Stayin Alive is legit one of my fav movies and I dont mean ironically. Love Rocky, Rambo, Cop Land, COBRA, Nighthawks etc. But Is he really beloved by his peers? I don’t think a standing O in two fluff award shows means he is that guy. Seems like the type to over manage ie to rewrire scripts, make costume changes just be overinvolved in the process bc he’s Sly. Rub people the wrong way. Tries to hard because people assume he just a dumb meathead.

ETA- I think Hardy’s lack of a SAG nom can be explained by The Rev’s late release date and he respected by the film actors. The TV/radio side of Sag might not know him. Sly’s absence is a snub by his acting peers. Maybe he can charm his way to an award. I have my doubts.

For people taking the awards seriously:

That yr, someone at the Lincoln table said, "I was coming in and some guy told me "We don't give your category on the air. But you lost."— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) January 18, 2016

AIG has won three Oscars last year why should he care about hurting people’s feelings? Many of the great directors used questionable methods to get the best from their actors or best result from the crew. Some of the famous, such as Kubrick and Hitchcock didn’t win Oscar and that’s maybe that may the reason but they did at least produce masterpieces. AIG has won and he can just pursue his vision without caring about what they think about methods.

Ronan will win only Bafta. Brie Larson is unstoppable.

I would LOVE for MMFR to win esp since Carol is out it was my only caveat on a MMFR win. So lets still hope for FURY ROAD as BP but I really do think MMfR has enough noms and it is an odd enough year to prevent a fill in the all the boxes on the same side scenario with BD/BP to The Revenant. Doesnt make logical sense-a best picture didnt direct itself but it has happened before so it can happen again. So say we all. 🙂

Jacob tremblay, Carrie coon, Judd apatow and Stallone made the best.speeches last night

He’s a mastur-something.

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Ang Lee just seems like he really has his sh*t together. Like Nolan. Precison craftsmen.

This is a bit off topic but Hardy gets asked back by directors and colleagues. So if Nolan works with him 3x, Leo personally vouches for him, even Nicholas Winding Rehn who Hardy has bashed on the record said he would work with him again. Charlize and he made peace. I don’t think he an easy person to work with, he’s very blunt and that can be off putting to some people. He doesnt make it easy for the press or PR but he is upfront about it so u cant say u dont know what u are getting when he signs on.

I think he and AIG worked out their issues and they really do like each other now and I think AIG got back on track when they brought in a new producer and has made a lasting peace of art. I just think George did the same but in a more professional way. So point to him.

Ps-apologies for rambling.

ooh really?? american hustle ?? 10- 0 wins …it was embarrassing…not even production design or make up …that shows how much academy loves small movies…make up for dallas buyers over hustle ?? are you kidding me?? that is one thing that scares me about revenant…big pictures don’t win..that too when you dont manage stuff

whats gonna happen if spotlight wins ? its already old news..what has to be done has been done and its just over…no one cares….

Well TBS was not a feel good movie either nor was the Revenant.

I knew of Hardy mentioning it but then again Hardy does not really have a good reputation s who knows how much his word is worth.

Well if they actually bitched they might have gotten some awards or stuff but anyway.

Also Revenant just finished shoting while Mad Max was two years ago. They had time to calm down.

Still waiting for Ronan to “sweep the season”…

Thank you for posting the same message three times in case we were too blind to see it.

Did you see the part where they actually published the investigation and caused mayhem in the public opinion and in the Catholic Church? Or is your memory failing?

dude they waited till they can build the whole case against church and not release about a single priest…you clearly dont have brain..do you ?

dude they waited till they can build the whole case against church and not release about a single priest…you clearly dont have brain..do you ?

Come on, he doesn’t have to lecture on quantistics, these are acceptance speeches. Ang Lee is Taiwanese and he comes across as so likeable when he speaks.

I don’t think enough people appreciate how hard it is to be speaking in a second language. But he seems like the type to be too arrogant to accept media training. Leo would have to be the one to tell him.

1) Did you see Spotlight?

2) Network and All The President’s Men couldn’t be any more different.

its like all presidents men or network…you cant really feel strongly for those reporters who themselves are little shady in getting information and withholding it…

they already did long ago lol…thats why he addressed in golden globe speech

No one on the cast will ever say anything damning about Innaratu so Hollywood will not care.

AIG picked up that pain is temporary line from Leo. When Leo says it, it makes sense and shows dedication. AIG said it and it made me cringe. He’s responsible for hundreds of people who don’t make 20 mill or get seen on screen. No one is going to remember the crafts person. Def arrogant coming from AIG. He may not hear how it sounds bc of the language difference but someone needs to sit him down and get him on script.

This year seems very tough to predict. Hmmm
Right now I see it like this:
Mad Max wins 5: BD, Editing, Cinematography, Production Design and Make up/Hair
The Revenant 4: BP, Actor, Sound editing, Sound mixing
Spotlight: 1 – Screenplay
TBS: 1 – Screenplay
Room: 1 – Actress
Creed: 1 – Sup. Actor
Carol: 1 – Sup. Actress
Hateful Eight: 1 – Score
Inside Out: 1 – Animated
Star Wars: 1 – VFX
Customes, I am not sure 🙁 Any from MM:FR(6?), Carol(2?) or Cinderella(1?).

spotlight dude…its not gonna win for sure….if it wins academy is supporting media…academy never supports media…even though people in movie are good ones…most of them are sleaze bags..

Say what again? Pedophile movie?

miller is what innaritu should have been on the revenant…create safe work environment and should not have created unsafe work environment so that the crew bitches about movie and his golden globe speech of “pain is temporary and film is forever” felt little too arrogant and it felt as if he is trying hard to please movie makers.

So

Picture – revenant/the big short(No way creepy pedophile movie is gonna win best picture)
Director – Miller

True but at least the Globes have a history of being a precursor or picking good winners. BFCA are just lame.

miller is what innaritu should have been on the revenant…not create unsafe work environment and his golden globe speech of “pain is temporary and film is forever” felt little too arrogant and it felt as if he is trying hard to please movie makers

A split is plausible with a Best Picture winner like Spotlight or The Big Short. Not with The Revenant. Whoever will vote for The Revenant for Best Picture will tick the Best Director box as well, because, most likely, they will choose The Revenant for its direction.

Somehow I hope AMPAS will go for Spotlight because it means Miler has a chance. Unless they want to vote for Mad Max too (which would be too good to be true).

It’s an odd year so a split seems very plausable. It woudnt be much of a snub to AIG as he gets a producer Oscar. He just won last year and he went crazy overbudget ( not everything was weather related), didnt create a safe work environment so that would ding him a point or two for me. He should be on top of those things as a director. Miller had weather problems and crazy stunts but u dont hear the same stories.

Pls no. Mad Max needs to win somethings.

I saw FURY ROAD for the third time yesterday and I’m still in awe. Can a movie be that good? It’s quite frankly unbelievable that Miller pulled this off at his age. And we’re still talking about genre, action, SAG Ensemble nods, Script nods. Just give him the fucking statuette.

No one cares about Critics Choice, let’s just state the truth.

Very good predictions so far.
Thought I think The Big Short might upset and that customes will go to Max most likely

Well, I’m aware of the existing split of people’s preference between the two. My assertion is based on the numbers of wins Larson has over Ronan. Brie has won more Best actress than Ronan. This is Ronan’s year to be nominated at best for major awards.

If we want to talk about personal preference, I’d go for Larson because the story surround her performance is more interesting (IMO) and unique. Not very often (or at all, really) do we get to a see a role like this of a young mother trapped in a small room with a child of a rapist. Her only setting to act for a large part of the film is the tiny room. And when done right, surely she has (look at all the awards she won), her acting can be very engrossing and appealing- it is.

I don’t understand all the fuss about Vikander. She’s quite good in Ex Machina, she’s average in The Danish Girl. Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kate Winslet deserve it more than she does.

Ughhhhhhhh. If even the critics go for the safe choice, why should we expect the Academy to act differently? Mad Max deserved this.

Just watched a video discussion of Revenant at the guardian. The 3 critics were convinced it was going to take it all.

Haven’t heard Sasha rate its chances much?

Another thing I took from the Hammond video I mentioned before was how unreliable the “academy voters I spoke to” anecdotes really are. One of them spoke of the love for Straight Outta Compton. You can’t rely on a small sample of people to predict anything

On the GG- we know they don’t have much predictive value. What they did do is elevate Stallone to prominence (he is looking very likely despite no SAG nom) and prominently established The Revenant as an alternative choice in the minds of voters

Agreed. I love Inarritu’s films but this genre doesn’t interest me, so I expected to be underwhelmed.

I was blown away

I do agree that Larson’s role gives her the advantage. I just added this to my initial comment but I think Brie filming is going to hurt her. Ronan is really charming. Leo is doing PR for The Rev but he’s got the over 40, lost 4x, in a hot film protecting him. Cranston cant beat that plus he has a Tony and Emmy. Brie does havent a cushion. I suppose one could argue the Academy wants to recognize Room w/ that out of the blue directing nom, and Larson the logical choice.

Re Trembly the Academy’s thing of not nominating young boys is weird bc they will nominate young girls which gives me a bit of the creeps.

Re Sly, even with a split I dont see him winning. He was a mega mega star. He’s not owed or overdue. His nom is his reward. If anything, I can see the old male actors in the wing being resentful of him.

For me Larson is locked like Leo, look at the nominees: Room has screenplay and directing also, in a movie that is based basically on the performance of Brie and Trembley, but Trembley was snub. For me Larson is going to sweep all television awards.

Sup actor: split SAG/BAFTA is the best scenario for Sly.

STALKER!!!!

Fuck off. Star Wars >>>>>>>>>>>>>> everything nominated this year save MMFR

Which is horrible Bc Carol is a great movie. Only thing better was MMFR. Hopefully Mara can pull it out. Vikander is not that good in The Danish Girl. She was better in Man from Uncle and Ex Machina.

Or THE REVENANT/Mad Max
BIG SHORT may very well happen I think

Calm the fuck down, Star Wars fanboy. To begin with, Star Wars wasn’t even SUPPOSED to have any business in the “best picture” category. But looking at how you express yourself, I assume that you’re an angry 14 years old who has no knowledge in movies, anyway.

With Mad Max (which won tonight), Big Short, Revenant, and even Star Wars (whose original film won in ’78) in the running? Doubtful. While it’ll help its hypothetical Best Picture winner status, it could also be seen as a travesty in the presence of the four other nominees.

I agree the GOLDEN GLOBES are important for Foreign Box office which is 70% of gross now a days. But I think CC being on cable hurts it. The Peoples Choice awards had better star turn out. ETA- CC also had better turn out when TV and Film were separate ceremonies. The combo doesnt work.

The Brits not going for MM:FR in BP/BD is disturbing as is them snubbing Tom Hardy. I think they will go all in on The Revenant. Pick Winslet for SA but have no clue on Supp Actor. BAFTA could do Bale-Elba or Rylance. Same with SAG.

I’m still not sold on a Sly win for the Oscar.

Hopefully the guilds support MM:FR. I would love to see it get OSCAR BP but not sure it’s possible. My tempered hopes for Oscars is Miller for BD and all the crafts except Cinny. The Rev for Cinny, BA & SA plus BP.

Good to see Tremblay up there. What a performance, and too bad he didn’t make the AMPAS cut

remember academy rarely gives to first time nominees…other than if they are in industry for like ever…….bale,whitaker,foxx etc…alicia is just this year..rooney was already recognized by oscars for dragon tattoo…so they will see consistency in her…i guess after giving it to cuba gooding jr they thought may be they should give to more consistent actors..

but the movie is just boring and has no plot…please dont say the shit about human spirit…its just about leo wanting to win oscar by torturing himself….its way inferior to the grey in terms of thematic elements…dream sequences felt forced…its just that if they like innaritu and his quest for his vision they might give it to him

The lack of an ACE Eddie nom hurts though.

Screenplay. Editing probably.

Despite snubs and everything what i will cherish about the Oscars is that Amy Schumer will not be there.

thats because revenant has to do well at boxoffice overseas..how does that happen if news and media outlets dont promote the movie?? given that hfpa is connected to media outlets abroad..its a give and take for movie stars with hfpa..so its pretty clear they have to keep attending these shows if they want their movies to be promoted overseas..remember leo is a bigger draw overseas than in US..so go figure

First of all I am not a dude. I’m a lady.

Secondly, I don’t campaign for anyone. I see and read the future. And right now I am reading that you’re a very upset busy body.

Leonardo did more then just physically act. Look at the way he says “My son”. The clarity, the vocal range- the fact that he had to do all of this in the snowy cold weather, with a itchy long beard. That takes work and practice! I could never act that well. Maybe the “My” part- but never the “son”. That would be too much.

I think they held it up. I didn’t take it as hurting Leo really but maybe explaining why the ensemble didn’t get in

The SA race is a mess,agreed but a bunch of journalists picking the smart quiet movie about journalism was a lock.

I’m currently In New York celebrating with psychics on my 100% accurate readings for tonight’s winners. I don’t like to gloat, but wow I did it again!

Blanchett is still in my forecast to win best actress, and Spotlight had its last shine tonight because it won’t win anything during the Oscars.

The best speech was- Leonardo DiCaprio. He wasn’t even there and yet his video moved me and my other readers to tears. We agree he’s the underdog to win over favorite Michael Fassbender. Although Fassy played the most important man in the computer world, Leonardo is more impressive as a Frontiersman who beats the Indians. And as a white woman, it was my PRIVILEGE to see him on screen portraying his heritage so beautifully.

Worst speech- Jacob Trembly. Totally obvious that he had rehearsed his lines, and totally obvious he needs plastic surgery already! Those missing teeth were not cute. The fact that he seemed pompous on stage just goes to show he didn’t deserve his award- he deserved a spanking!!

I dunno about the rest of you guys, but I think the Golden Globes got it more right this year, film categories-wise, compared to the Critics’ Choice Awards.

I really hope that the Oscars don’t have to split Best Picture and Best Director. 2013 made sense with Gravity and 12 Years A Slave, both towering films, but this year?

I really like Spotlight. I really do. I admire its balance and procedural narrative. But Spotlight is no 12 Years A Slave, and at the same time…Mad Max: Fury Road, The Big Short, The Revenant, and The Martian are all more impressive films with stronger cinematic craft, whether you like their stories or not. All of these mentioned films are phenomenal, but the gap in effort between those four and Spotlight is wide enough to render giving Best Picture to Spotlight a disappointment.

To the Academy: You are free to award Spotlight Best Original Screenplay (my deepest apologies to Inside Out), but please don’t just give Spotlight Best Picture as a consolation prize when any of those aforementioned four will likely clean up the below-the-line categories. If you’re going to award Spotlight with Best Picture, then at least go most of the way in. Give one or both Rachel McAdams or Mark Ruffalo the awards in their respective categories. Give Tom McCarthy Best Director. Give even Tom McArdle Best Editing. At least then, while I wouldn’t have agreed with your choices, I would understand that you simply loved the film over the others.

Just please…don’t compromise with Best Picture.

At least Boyhood last year almost came away with Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress before getting stalled by Birdman. A Best Picture victory for Boyhood would’ve made complete sense with those other two victories…

Wait a minute…

…Now that I think about it, I’m starting to suspect that Spotlight might not come away with Best Picture in the end. The Academy, given their tendencies, won’t give a Best Picture winner just two statuettes, which hasn’t happened since An American In Paris (1951). A decent winner should have at least three, and those other two have to be any combination of Directing/Acting/Editing. Assuming that it will take Original Screenplay, if they give Spotlight Best Editing, then I’ll be okay with Best Picture. If McCarthy wins Best Director, then I’ll be even more okay.

But the thing is…I don’t see Spotlight winning the first one, given its lack of an ACE Eddie nomination and because Mad Max and The Big Short are clearly more standout editing showcases. (Contrary to what many think, there is some truth to “best editing = most editing”. Gravity is, in some sense, still an example of the latter half because they chose to wait for the perfect emotional moment to cut, whereas the unnominated Birdman was deliberately shot to not have cuts at all. The cuts in the latter were emergency cases, so to speak.)

Best Director is a possibility, but I predict some backlash if McCarthy wins over veteran George Miller, reigning champ repeat Alejandro G. Iñárritu (despite him being the reigning Best Picture champion), or even comedy-to-drama-transitioning Adam McKay.

They’re not going to give Ruffalo Supporting Actor while Stallone is there. McAdams was the only actress of the cast to get a SAG nom, but all the other four—Leigh, Mara, Vikander (these last two being the result of category fraud), and Winslet—tower in their films, while McAdams is mostly just a part of the team. A few nice scenes of just her, yes, but mostly just a team player.

McCarthy and McAdams are Spotlight’s best shots outside of Original Screenplay. And even then, their competition is mighty, I daresay even better.

As proven by Birdman and Boyhood last winter, the industry might have a different say with who gets what. Let’s see what PGA. DGA, BAFTA, and the rest of the guilds will do in the upcoming month-and-a-half.

”The Broadway Melody” (1929) and ”Mutiny on the Bounty” (1935) also won Best Picture and only Best Picture, when there were far fewer categories. But what makes ”Grand Hotel” (1932) unique is that it was nominated for Best Picture and ONLY Best Picture.

Jeff Wells is amongst them? Ugh! Totally negates this whole award.

Andrew, I saw that podcast (and rewatched it), but I didn’t notice them saying that the promotional materials only had Leo. At what time, does that come up? … I did see the bit about how ”The Revenant” isn’t sending out screeners to SAG for fear of piracy & offering streaming instead. Hammond thinks it could be an issue, but in another podcast O’Neil just did, Anne Thompson pooh-poohed that. She insists that Leo’s ”a lock,” and believes that ”Revenant” has the momentum and box office to win Best Picture.

Was the show well attended by award recipients? I mean are they taken seriously at all? Might not be an Oscar foretelling highlight…..but I still can’t help but get a feeling from the results.

I would really love it if you’re right. The Revenant is my favorite film of 2015. Plus, all those reasons you bring up are great points too.

Mad max fury road has better audience reviews than the movie spotlight.

My money is on The Revenant and Inarritu to make history by winning back to back Best Picture and Best Director Oscars. The film has everything – epic scope, it’s a historical epic, amazing acting, epic and insane cinematography (so happy that Chivo won tonight). There is nothing else like it, maybe ever.

Mad Max: Fury Road is amazing but it’s a genre and it won’t win.

PGA will decide everything but if you put a gun to my head I’d say The Revenant wins. Really dead certain about it…

You’re right. Brie’s a terrible human being. She shouldn’t win an Oscar.

I feel ashamed I missed MM:FF in theaters. All of those fire and explosion would’ve been great in the big screen. Sigh. If I remember correctly, don’t movie theaters put back oscar nominated movies into the big screen 1-2 weeks before the Oscar night?

No? Maybe I’m dreaming.

Good for you!

Vikander is probably going to win SAG but Winslet is winning the BAFTA and the Oscar ultimately, I think..

I thought Mara was going to win, definitely didn’t expect Vikander but I think she’s not winning the SAG or Oscar anyway (maybe the BAFTA?) the SAG might go to Mara but I predict Winslet is getting the Oscar in the end (and, if not, RM is)

Larson is winning the SAG and Oscar ( D: ) but the BAFTA goes to Ronan 🙂

Velimir, have you seen this SAG-AFTRA ”Revenant” talk with DiCaprio and Inarritu? If not, here’s a link …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo5Rb2ZuT7s

Yeah right. No one thought Vikander was winning, no one thought spotlight was winning after the Revenant won the globes. I hate when people lie about their scores after the awards show. The winners were not predictable.

There were so many celebrity no-shows: No Keaton, Ruffalo or Tucci for ”Spotlight,” even though they were up for Acting Ensemble. No signs of Carell or Gosling for ”The Big Short.” No George Miller, Tom Hardy or Charlize Theron to enjoy the sweep for ”Mad Max: Fury Road.” No Brie Larson. I kinda feel bad for Matt Damon, one of the rare big-name stars who actually represented his film, ”The Martian,” but his movie goes 0 for 9.

Absolutely. If MMFR wins anything i hope one of them thanks the critics.

This is Ronan deserving of nomination year, not winning year. Larson will win.

I got everything but best song

Wow, nearly won CC predictions contest at Gold Derby. 2nd place (my career high), 19/20. Only mistakes – costumes i tought cinderella wins here….;p

BFCA presented awards in 15 acting categories, but only 1 actor of color accepted his prize onstage: Rami Malek (”Mr. Robot”). There was only one other actor of color who won: Idris Elba, whose prize was given off-camera.

Grand Hotel. A looooong time ago.

Oh, if that’s what you meant, then I agree completely. I misread your conclusions before.

Exactly but that might not be their favourite film. If they choose either MM: FR or “Spotlight”, then the BFCA would be half right. Either way they can’t lose.

Maybe they really liked “Spotlight” too, but to me the critics are the one who have been pushing MM: FR from the begging and I’m sure it’s more loved by the critics than the Academy. People here seem to be reacting as if the critics hate it or something. Remember the pundits were predicting something and MM: FR was not even in their top ten. MM:FR has been consistently in their top picks and won almost all the BD critic awards. People should warned and prepare for worst. Remember MM:FR has missed the industry(for example, SAG Ensemble, BAFTA BP and BD) but has consistently won critic awards. Everybody likes to right, so the BFCA have played their well I think by backing MM: FR as far as they can and also picking the favourite for Oscar BP.

I thought the show was pretty bad, and Spotlight winning was the best thing about it. So, the exact opposite. 🙂

That’s interesting. So the smart thing for the Academy to do would be to choose THE BIG SHORT just to prove they’re nobody’s bitches.

Duh. As Sasha said, they’re trying to predict the Oscars. Spotlight / George Miler.

Add
Son of Saul for Foreign
Amy for Documentary

In our heart of hearts, we know the critics love MM: FR more than industry and Oscar voters. The critics are the ones who have got MM: FR this far because it is so far different from the kind of film the Academy likes. Blaming the critics is pointless.

Tom Hardy had Domnhall Gleeson pick up his BIFA for Legend.

I know.. it sucks. However, I wouldn’t be unhappy if the split is with TR because both are great film achievements for me.

That was better than not appearing at all. … DiCaprio and Inarritu were just in London and Rome, promoting the openings of ”The Revenant,” so they’re all over Europe right now.

Don’t have it. Was on E Online.

Yeah. I suppose the main thing is the genre bias. And the actors branch.. I wonder if Miller being Australian will be able to get so many votes to win BD. He should and probably they will obliged to given they won’t reward the movie for BP. I hope he wins. Editing and Production Design for sure. They have to! 🙂

I totally agree. Spotlight is good, very good. But it is very much like Argo and The King’s Speech in the sense that it is very safe. Not much risk taking going on. And really, 12 Years vs Gravity was the battle of two epic films with lots of artistic creativity.

What did you people expect? The critics are doing as well as they can in pushing MM: FR but they, especially BFAC want to be right too that is why rewarded all the front runners. MM: FR is a critics movie and it has only got this far because they have been pushing for months. It’s a balancing act, if they love MM:FR too much they might give the Academy a reason to go for something else. The critics are saying if to the Academy we’re going name “Spotlight” as BP because it’s the favourite and it’s your type film and if you choose it to then you’ve followed our choice.

Finally we agree. Spotlight = ew

You truly stopped any emotional maturation at age 13, it appears.

Critics are POS. remember when LAFCA voted for Spotlight while Farachi was taking shit cause they knew he would push for MMFR? Dick move.

lmao, same!

Yes you did. 🙂

Thank you. Sci fi is blowing up so we will get a sci fi winner before the end of this decade. If AMPAS doesn’t award Max, may it be one of TFA movies.

Don’t worry fishies. The Star Wars universe has opened up so there will be many movies and awards to come. Winners like SPOTLIGHT will fade into the ether and the fans will know what the true classics are. It’s the way of things. You have to give critics time to catch up. They’re not the brightest bulbs in the shed.

Spotlight was nowhere near my top 10 even. You are insane. You are an exclamation point kween and it’s repulsive.

OMG, this flop host again. Encore! Oy!

I think it’s important that Oscar voters get a chance to see it. Either in cinemas or home screeners.

Mad Max was my #1 of the year, but…. I loved Spotlight too!

*ducks for cover, runs away*

Best

So, now with the Critics Choice and Globes down, these few winners are clearer than ever for Oscars:

Leo for Best Actor
Larson for Best Actress
Stalone for Best Support Actor
Inside Out for Best Animated Feature

This years Supporting Actress is all over the place.

Of course it will. It was a done deal months ago.

i need to watch mr robot i started first episode but just wasn’t in the mood to dive into something new and haven’t checked it out since but maybe i should , frankly i don’t get the mad max love at all that one flew over my head and went sailing into the dark unknown of the universe never to be seen again but ehhh awards being the nature of the beast i’ve decided as long as leo gets his oscar i’ll forgive everything else that doesnt go my way so guess that means
NGNG oscar pick is the revenant wins BD BP BC and leaves mad max crying in its dust

i don’t trust these flopsters anymore. what disappointment.

Yes and Mad Max won 10/13 so it is ok.

total devastation, Bloody hell critics chickened out like totla bitches. And then they whine about AMPAS winners. WTF morons????? this is treason I swear. MMFR needed this. DAMMIT!!!!!

It was obvious Spotlight was going to take it after they gave Mad Max best action film and the Big Short best comedy.

They’re the cock tease of awards shows. lol

TRAITOR! STFU!

It’s a pretty great distribution.

Mad Max had the best director, best action, best editing, best design, best costumes, best makeup, best effects, and best action actor and actress. But I guess all that doesn’t equal best picture.

Spotlight will not win the oscar, I can’t believe this is happening.

You are such a disaster.

I’m not sure but I believe voting for the Oscars doesn’t start until Feb 13th.

typical…

TRAITORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FUCKIN TRAITORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TRAITORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT THE HELL?!?!?!?

I CAN’T! BOOOOOOO

Star Wars upset !

link?

Sharon stone? When you had Shatner and Stewart!?

I think Room is the better film (by a smidge), but Ronan certainly has the better performance.

The voting system is the issue. Passion gets nominations, consensus gets wins. MMFR responses tend to veer between “it’s brilliant!” and “wtf?!”. It doesn’t really fit that ‘film we disliked the least’ middle ground that BP winners usually have. There’s also the issue of genre bias, meaning voters will be happy to acknowledge the technical skill involved but won’t give an action movie the big one. Plus, actors are by far the largest, most powerful voting block. You need actors to win and they like films that showcase acting. The double noms for Spotlight (Ruffalo/McAdams) and The Revenant (DiCaprio/Hardy) signal that those two films have strong support from actors. If Theron had been nominated then that would have shown actor support for MMFR but she wasn’t. So, while it’s definitely possible it just doesn’t seem likely. Personally, I’d love to see Miller get BD, and I hope Editing and Production Design win too, but I’m not too fussed about the film winning BP.

Time for the MMFR crowd to go wild!…

Shiny new object plus they just award Tambor

Well I have to admit that Master of None is a better Comedy than Transparent (doesn’t mean series tho..)

How is Transparent a comedy? I’ll never understand that.

Gosh, their TV awards are almost impeccable! Why are their movie awards so predictably boring???

Don’t give up yet. Please.

I think she’s filming Skull island.

ahaha! we’ll do what we can.

Lol I can’t believe I guessed that right on gold derby!

I’m getting used to James Corden.

why no Better Call Saul? not even an acting nomination?

I love Mr. Robot. Awesome.

I thought it was James Woods.

Supposedly he’s the most endowed Hollywood star.

Am I the only one who believes that How to get away with murder should win all the awards? I don’t get it, they not even nominate this great show!

Everyone who wins BFCA is shit. I still want MMFR to win.

Yeah, that was Mannequin Skywalker bad acting.

When has an actor ever asked someone to accept an award for him/her? That’s pretty rare/weird.

Oscars for Mad Max.

Get to work on it!

Another award for Vikander

Yup. Waving his arms around like a mannequin. Pathetic.

MMFR Best Picture award.

Prayer circle for Imperator Furiosa.

The Oscar for Saoirse

She could have asked someone to accept the award on her behalf.

are we all having fun? can I get anything for anyone?

He always was.

Leo won? didnt see that one coming. is he now the new frontrunner?

LOL Leo is so bullshitting.

You mean how come he wasn’t nominated for Razzie for that?

WAT

O.M.G. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

How TF did Redmayne get nominated for that flop performance!?

Just a 10 minute Amy Schumer encore first.

I’ll have to fight you then 😉

Stop! 😉

Rami Malek sit on my face

She paid them to lose. Who would want this? Even Brie Larson doesn’t care.

Aden Young is great in Rectify. Great show, btw

Why are those fail people presenting major awards?

And people here are saying that Larson’s desperate for the Oscar…

I thought he was supposed to present actually.

I enjoyed Joan Allen’s restraint more. Hope Ronan wins.

I love Ronan’s performance, but what Larson did was terrific, she deserve this.

I have hunch Fassbender will win 🙁 Revenant wasnt critics’ favourite

Hopefully SAG will get this right and give Best Actress to Saoirse Ronan.

Lel, even Larson’s thirst has limit, she snubbed BFCA.

Shoot I thought this was Ronan’s big chance.

Processional presenter more likely. BFCA is another flop after HFPA that enlisted his services cause they couldn’t enlist people that everyone wants to see. You know, TFA cast.

Could be, could be not. If you referring to me, my opinion is not based on these awards. It’s just my thoughts and I know that we’re having crazy Oscar season and everyone can win.

Orlando Bloom, the actor.

How can Viola Davis not win? I can’t understand.

CARRIE COOOOOOON!!!!!

thats wt i mean..

Jason Alexander was really bad too. Everyone has been awful at this show.

I just said so. he’s like a church group host. Total suckage paid in peach pie slices.

We’ll see. I think Director might hold true.

if people think AMPAS will go the same way as these awards then dream on!!! cuz it ain’t happening, well maybe except for mad max but the main categories will not be the same

Worst host EVER?

Inside Out is the best movie of the year. For me it is.

‘Quality and popularity walk hand in hand…on the same side of the street, no less.’

Your words, henny.

This way of thinking is why animated movies don’t get nominated for best picture!

I saw Bale, but were Carell, Pitt and Gosling there?

I guess it will be similar at Oscars with Spotlight to win BP, Larson BA and obviously Leo. The only surprise is Vikander, I still think Mara is a frontrunner. But it makes me think, if the Academy didn’t nominate Carol for BP and Haynes, so maybe they didn’t like Carol that much and it makes a way for Vikander.

And maybe Revenant and MMFR will split between tech awards. The rest (Miller too) stays the same, at least imo.

her PR bestie. But then, it;s BFCA, too much of a sacrifice.

Inside Out is absolute brilliance, I think most people don’t even realise!

I piss on your straw-man argument. Care to glance at the RT numbers for any of those ADHD movies?

Big Short. Gosh. I hope Max takes picture.

I know! Just explaining where I get my awesome facts from. 🙂

he totally is.

being awesomesauce

And Ryan Gosling, that was not nominated! pfff

what did Bale win for?

both great, but i agree

So that’s why Bale showed up lol

Geez, why all the hate of Amy Schumer in these comments? She’s someone in Hollywood who doesn’t take herself too seriously. That alone should be appreciated. Also, I think she is hilarious and Trainwreck is great.

“oh man… ok, bye” schumer last words in this award season

They do this time. 93 Rotten Tomatoes rating, and that hasn’t budged since day 1 of its release. Quality and popularity walk hand in hand…on the same side of the street, no less.

I meant it. I wasn’t being sarcastic!

I’m sorry but they’re rewarding Amy Schumer for playing her true self in Trainwreck. Lily Tomlin and even Melissa McCarty gave better performances, way funnier too.

So how come so many people didn’t show up? It is baaaad

How many times must we explain that box office numbers do not equal quality, simply popularity?

Just in case you didn’t get enough of Amy Schumer …

Really? Really?

The Big Short

You would think she would come to watch her bestie accept her lifetime achievement award or whatever she won they let her talk for 5 minutes for…

I haven’t seen David O. Russell yet, so JLaw is probably not here (sorry, I couldn’t resist)

Almost nobody showed up. Christian Bale is there though.

So Leo and Brie didn’t show up…

Yeh but most people are stupid. It’s a known fact.

They gotta fix how they do this. Two many awards being read off. It’s like the Globes from the writer’s strike year.

I thought it was a lot of showing off, for the most part. It didn’t resonate with me beyond admiring how well put-together it all was. And even at that, I didn’t identify any significant thematic purpose behind all of the technique. Didn’t love it, but didn’t hate it either.

a vacuum cleaner on stage?

Un-fucking believable. The con job is roaring along.

One more time, with feeling:
Mad Max Fury Road: $375,836,354 global, of which $153,636,354 is domestic
The Force Awakens: $1,869,544,841 global, of which $856,944,841 is domestic.

You are a micro-minority, movie critics of North America. The tribe has spoken.

Guess I’ve been focusing on the negative then. Dang it. Well happy to hear that. I was feeling so lonely and stupid and not worthy of my movie snobbery.

Is it bad that so far I’ve only “woohoo”ed John Knoll?

I’m in love with JJ!

Didn’t they already give out genius award? Oh..Apatow wasn’t joking when he said they made something up for Schumer.

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Best Action Movie – MMFR

How many things have I missed updating?

Depends on DGA

George Miller is giving another interview saying he was misquoted about new Mad Max movies. That’s why he’s not there.

They did get someone to speak at least

Will be Spotlight for sure.

I thought most people here liked THE REVENANT.

It was obvious Miller will win lol

Please BFCA don’t fuck up best picture. It must be MMFR!

My thoughts exactly. Since she was winning everything for Ex Machina it’ll transfer to a win for Danish Girl. Makes sense…I’m not sure if it’s happened to anyone else.

Lol so that’s why Stathams GF showed up

MILLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GEORGE MILLER! Woot!

Nepotizers!

This show is making the Golden Globes look classy by comparison.

More winners: John Oliver for talk show; Anthony Bourdain, unstructured reality show.

Plus, Best Score to Ennio Morricone (”The Hateful Eight”), and Foreign Film to ”Son of Saul.”

Even tho’ ”The Voice” won Competitive Reality Show, it was nice to see a couple of other shows make the mix, like SYFY’s ”Face Off” and the Food Network’s ”Chopped.” I’m so tired of the same reality shows always competing.

I love dark humour! But you’ve got to appreciate your audience. There are ways to make jokes about death and other dark topics, but just bluntly stating ‘let’s just kill her’ is not one of them. It doesn’t read as humour, it reads as a crazed call to violence.

so, dark humor is dead! noted…

i would like to see Jacob Tremblay react to all Appatow cursing

Justice for Dunst!

They made up an award just for her! lol BFCA is THE award show for making up awards.

apparently you are! (Y) way to go 😀

i’ve only saw her in one movie, last year…

Well this took longer than ROTK 20 endings.

I think we get it pet…

5-10 second delay. They started doing that after Janet Jackson Super Bowl malfunction.

Take her off the stage or take her out. I don’t care, the latter preferably so she won’t come back.

She was catastrophic MTV host too. Worst ratings too.

BFCA doesn’t have enough time to GIVE the awards it already picks. And they have to CREATE an MVP prize?
What a ”Trainwreck” of a rambling acceptance speech!

Schumer is over rated. Didn’t laugh once during train wreck.

judd apatow for oscar host 2017

censor? really?

Ugh. Go away Apatow.

MVP Award is the dumbest award ever. They invented it last year.

It didn’t but it should have.

I think this is happening because the host is terrible and the script is pathetic!

Is it me or these awards look a bit… well, awkward? It looks like no one wants to be there, but in some way they just have to. Still fun to watch though.

Nick Offerman without moustache 🙁 !! give me back Ron Swanson……

mad max fury road has won
visual effects
film editing
costue dsign
art dirction
action movie
Charlize theron
tom hardy
make-up
,

no. Revenant won

How the hell Amy Schumer is MVP

Maximum no. of awards = minimum amount of excruciating hosting. I’d totally still bone TJ Miller tho…

Yay, for Slater. He’s acted for 40-plus years, never won anything major. In one week, he’s got a Globe & BFCA.

The Critics We just Watched the Golden Globes Awards.

Who are these people?

Ah, yes that’s true. Yes that would hurt if no one is there.

Yeah I know but sometimes people consider precursor speeches as auditions for Oscar speeched.

It will still get headline for most awards won.

Guys, what if MAD MAX runs the table and no one is there to pick up anything? I mean it’s just BFCA but it still might look bad to voters.