I personally enjoyed Lady Bird very much. I think it was a really good story and ensemble. I enjoyed the fact that Greta didn't have to do much, it's just a realistic coming of age story with very little flash. It's very subtle.
I'm honestly rooting for all of the four I've seen in their categories. Metcalf for long-shot win plz. I even think Timmy has a better chance of a surprise that she does because of how flashy Allison Janney's performance is.
1. Get Out
2. Call Me by Your Name
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
LIKED IT
4. Lady Bird
5. The Post
6. The Phantom Thread
DISAPPOINTED
7. Dunkirk
8. The Shape of Water
9. The Darkest Hour
DOOOONE
This is actually the first time I've seen all of a year's best picture nominees. I looked back at every year and there's at least one movie from each batch that I haven't seen. This was probably the first year I was committed to trying to see them all
Have seen um all as well besides Three Billboards and The Post - will see them both soon though! Heard really mixed reviews about TB so I'm going in with low expectations to make sure I won't feel dissatisfied. Frances hardly dissapoints, so we'll see how it is! The Post looks like plain-old oscar bait though, so I'm going in to that with actually really low expectations. May be surprised, although I doubt it.
From the films I have seen, here are my opinions:
Call Me By Your Name really stuck with me and resonated with me on a personal level - also just the the subtle way of story-telling I found very admirable. Also - entirely agree with you guys about Visions of Gideon being the better and more impactful song. That final scene was heartbreaking and amazing at the same time, Timothee is quite the actor!!
Lady Bird was okay, I saw it a couple times, and though it's very down to earth and chill in it's storytelling, just whenever I look back on it - it seems to me that it was incredibly over-hyped pre-release which most people now feel like they have to follow the herd of critics by calling it the best film of the year, which lol no. Definitely not. Still a great directorial debut that I enjoyed watching.
Phantom Thread was great! It had that signature-style of zany storytelling that PTA is known for - found myself laughing at scenes due to it's subtle dark-comedy. A strange film - a beautiful character study. Daniel Day Lewis and Vicky Krieps' chemistry was great, I felt like the 2 were working off of eachother really well in the film. It felt very natural.
The Shape of Water; had such high expectations for this. It's a great story that I feel had it been told in a more subtle fashion - I would've loved it a significant amount more. Guillermo del Toro is an interesting director in that he always does an amazing job in creating atmosphere and clever ways to convey simple stories, but it's always been hit or miss with him imo. I saw this one almost 2 months ago now, and it's just remained kind of a dissapointed memory in my mind considering I was so stoked for it. It just had such a black/white way of storytelling that I was really let down by.
Get Out is great! It's so much more than just a social commentary film - the entire film is just seeping with genuine authenticity. Truly unsetteling, and it had that Kubrickian touch at times, which gets me excited for future films by Peele.
Darkest Hour, lol talk about pandering! Sure, as a character study it's something - Gary Oldman's performance was pretty great, but god damn, could there possibly be a more safe option for a nominee? The Post maybe... but yeah, came in with low-expectations and most definitely was not impressed, so yeah, this one was a stinker - I feel like there a handful of other films that got snubbed that deserved the nomination instead, but hey, it's the academy, guess we gotta expect their 2-3 safe choices.
Dunkirk - meh, I liked it for what it was. Felt like Nolan really captured the feeling of fear and anxiety really well - as you felt unsettled while watching it. The cinematography was on point as well, it's just a lack of connection to the story just ultimately made this film pretty forgettable, especially for Nolan standards.
How I'd rank them so far:
1. Call Me By Your Name
2. Phantom Thread
3. Get Out
4. Lady Bird
5. Dunkirk
6. The Shape of Water
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7. Darkest Hour
Am incredibly dissapointed in the academy for snubbing The Florida Project and Good Time - especially the prior. Those were same amazing films that got entirely overlooked (aside from Willem Dafoe).
They both should've had a Best Picture nom without a doubt. The Florida Project deserved more love in other categories as well - I felt like Brooklynn (despite being a child) deserved a nomination. That performance was one of the best I have seen in years, and that final scene with her is almost as impactful as Timothee's final scene in CMBYN.
Robert Pattinson for Good Time def deserved a best actor nom - his performance was so raw. Good Time also got robbed of a best soundtrack nom - that soundtrack was so exhilarating and it really made ya unsettled. Synth soundtracks for the win! <3
It also deserved a nom for best Cinematography too, and the Florida Project for Original Screenplay.
But unfortunately they both got overlooked which makes me sad. :(
Have seen um all as well besides Three Billboards and The Post - will see them both soon though! Heard really mixed reviews about TB so I'm going in with low expectations to make sure I won't feel dissatisfied. Frances hardly dissapoints, so we'll see how it is! The Post looks like plain-old oscar bait though, so I'm going in to that with actually really low expectations. May be surprised, although I doubt it.
From the films I have seen, here are my opinions:
Call Me By Your Name really stuck with me and resonated with me on a personal level - also just the the subtle way of story-telling I found very admirable. Also - entirely agree with you guys about Visions of Gideon being the better and more impactful song. That final scene was heartbreaking and amazing at the same time, Timothee is quite the actor!!
Lady Bird was okay, I saw it a couple times, and though it's very down to earth and chill in it's storytelling, just whenever I look back on it - it seems to me that it was incredibly over-hyped pre-release which most people now feel like they have to follow the herd of critics by calling it the best film of the year, which lol no. Definitely not. Still a great directorial debut that I enjoyed watching.
Phantom Thread was great! It had that signature-style of zany storytelling that PTA is known for - found myself laughing at scenes due to it's subtle dark-comedy. A strange film - a beautiful character study. Daniel Day Lewis and Vicky Krieps' chemistry was great, I felt like the 2 were working off of eachother really well in the film. It felt very natural.
The Shape of Water; had such high expectations for this. It's a great story that I feel had it been told in a more subtle fashion - I would've loved it a significant amount more. Guillermo del Toro is an interesting director in that he always does an amazing job in creating atmosphere and clever ways to convey simple stories, but it's always been hit or miss with him imo. I saw this one almost 2 months ago now, and it's just remained kind of a dissapointed memory in my mind considering I was so stoked for it. It just had such a black/white way of storytelling that I was really let down by.
Get Out is great! It's so much more than just a social commentary film - the entire film is just seeping with genuine authenticity. Truly unsetteling, and it had that Kubrickian touch at times, which gets me excited for future films by Peele.
Darkest Hour, lol talk about pandering! Sure, as a character study it's something - Gary Oldman's performance was pretty great, but god damn, could there possibly be a more safe option for a nominee? The Post maybe... but yeah, came in with low-expectations and most definitely was not impressed, so yeah, this one was a stinker - I feel like there a handful of other films that got snubbed that deserved the nomination instead, but hey, it's the academy, guess we gotta expect their 2-3 safe choices.
Dunkirk - meh, I liked it for what it was. Felt like Nolan really captured the feeling of fear and anxiety really well - as you felt unsettled while watching it. The cinematography was on point as well, it's just a lack of connection to the story just ultimately made this film pretty forgettable, especially for Nolan standards.
How I'd rank them so far:
1. Call Me By Your Name
2. Phantom Thread
3. Get Out
4. Lady Bird
5. Dunkirk
6. The Shape of Water
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7. Darkest Hour
I really enjoyed the first paragraph of the article basically saying that even though they finally fixed their diversity issue, old white people are still going to be back on their bullshit.
