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But snarky remarks are welcome for their entertainment value :)

1 posted on 01/23/2018 10:18:29 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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James Franco (“The Disaster Artist”) was notably left out. Mr. Franco’s inclusion would have put the academy in an uncomfortable spot; at least five women have accused him of inappropriate or sexually exploitative behavior, allegations his lawyer has disputed. Representatives for Mr. Franco have referred reporters to his statements on late-night shows.

Many academy voters have long insisted that art should be separated from the artist — that the Oscars should be about assessing the caliber of work and that concerns about offscreen behavior should be cleaved away. Just last year, voters overlooked Casey Affleck’s past settlements with women who accused him of sexual harassment to name him best actor.

But that stance has been harder to maintain as women have come forward in recent months to accuse men like Harvey Weinstein, Brett Ratner and James Toback of sexual misconduct. Many of these men — Mr. Weinstein, most notably — used the Oscars as a shield. The academy kicked him out in October.


2 posted on 01/23/2018 10:19:54 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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The Oscar statue should be transgender.


4 posted on 01/23/2018 10:25:37 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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My snark is to say, that I haven’t heard of most of these movies. Were they in theaters in wide release? Are they mostly arthouse type movies?


5 posted on 01/23/2018 10:26:52 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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Never heard of half these movies—they didn’t come here.


6 posted on 01/23/2018 10:27:00 AM PST by kaehurowing
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The Shape of Water sounds interesting, I’ll probably watch it at some point in time. Del Torro is an interesting director.


8 posted on 01/23/2018 10:37:03 AM PST by Paradox (Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)
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Dunkirk was a fine movie but not Oscar material.
Never even heard of the others which means they must be about confused teens deciding if they want to cut off their junk.


10 posted on 01/23/2018 10:40:30 AM PST by Zathras
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I saw it. It could have been really good if it didn’t hate its characters so much. Michael Shannon was handcuffed by the one-dimensional bad-guy writing. Pretty typical of Guillermo del Toro’s stuff. Technically interesting, but shallow character development and a totally predictable linear plot.


12 posted on 01/23/2018 10:41:04 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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Just like most Oscar seasons - I’ve only heard of one of the movies. Dunkirk.


13 posted on 01/23/2018 10:47:37 AM PST by circlecity
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Hollywood sucks. They should spend more time thinking about making good movies and less time kissing the butts of phony liberal elites.


14 posted on 01/23/2018 10:55:10 AM PST by GOPJ (Attempted coup by FBI/Mafia to overthrow the United States is treason and punishable by death.)
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I’m totally nonplussed with Hollywood now. I’ve hit the demographic were you hate everything. It started with Will Smith and Jade Pinkett Smith complaining about Will Smith not winning an oscar for a role designed and written for him to win an Oscar. They made it all to be about race and now they’re making all to be about sexual harassment. Not to mention political leanings — the further away from Conservatives the better.

Political leanings is now the new casting couch.


16 posted on 01/23/2018 11:12:39 AM PST by Fhios (1987 - Where's Waldo. 2017 - Where's Jeff Sessions?)
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What? No Best Performance by a Pansexual in a Non Binary Role catagory?

I am outraged


19 posted on 01/23/2018 11:56:14 AM PST by Angels27
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Ladybird
Gary Oldman
Saoirse Ronan
Woody Harrelson
Allison Janney
Jordan Peele

These are my predictions an I'm sticking to them!

20 posted on 01/23/2018 12:02:28 PM PST by Drew68
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Drat, the Bruce Lee biopic didn’t get recognized. :-) That was the last DVD I bought - Birth of the Dragon. The Chinese film industry continues to put out enjoyable entertainment.


23 posted on 01/23/2018 12:27:48 PM PST by Ciexyz (I'm conservative & traditionalist, a nationalist and patriot.)
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2018 Oscar Nominations: ‘The Shape of Water’ Leads the Race (Only for those interested)

THREAD REJECTED! unread...
IDRGAFF!!!

24 posted on 01/23/2018 5:40:18 PM PST by publius911 (Am I pissed? You have NO idea...)
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