The Official 87th Academy Awards Thread

[FlyRy]

But in the context of the Oscar race, Birdman’s win seemed to cement its current and until recently unanticipated status as the front-runner for Best Picture. It has now won the top prizes from the DGA and the Producers Guild of America, as well as the SAG ensemble award. Separately, none of those wins is decisive; SAG, for instance, matches up with the Best Picture Academy Award winner only about half the time, and the PGA has missed four times since 2001. But put all three awards together and you have to go back to 1995 to find a movie — Apollo 13 — that swept them2 and still didn’t manage to cross the Oscar finish line

http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/best-picture-birdman-academy-awards-producers-guild/

@Sensitive Blake Griffin @kp404

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

But in the context of the Oscar race, Birdman’s win seemed to cement its current and until recently unanticipated status as the front-runner for Best Picture. It has now won the top prizes from the DGA and the Producers Guild of America, as well as the SAG ensemble award. Separately, none of those wins is decisive; SAG, for instance, matches up with the Best Picture Academy Award winner only about half the time, and the PGA has missed four times since 2001. But put all three awards together and you have to go back to 1995 to find a movie — Apollo 13 — that swept them2 and still didn’t manage to cross the Oscar finish line

http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/best-picture-birdman-academy-awards-producers-guild/

@Sensitive Blake Griffin @kp404

haters gonna be furious

 

[MartyMcFly]

Birdman is clearly the front runner now. I'd be shocked if it didn't win in a couple weeks

 

[FlyRy]

haters gonna be furious

Birdman is clearly the front runner now. I'd be shocked if it didn't win in a couple weeks

i'ma be dancing in front of my tv with my birdman blu-ray in one hand and popcorn in the other

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

i'ma be dancing in front of my tv with my birdman blu-ray in one hand and popcorn in the other

keaton best actor, birdman best pic, lubezki best cinematog

 

[FlyRy]

11 days away brehs. they need to get this over with

we should make our picks on http://oscar.go.com/mypicks

and see which coli breh is the smartest

@HHR @MartyMcFly @kp404 @Sensitive Blake Griffin

 

[MartyMcFly]

11 days away brehs. they need to get this over with

we should make our picks on http://oscar.go.com/mypicks

and see which coli breh is the smartest

@HHR @MartyMcFly @kp404 @Sensitive Blake Griffin

I'm going to wait till the last possible minute to make my picks

 

[FlyRy]

I'm going to wait till the last possible minute to make my picks

why's that breh?

you can make em now and always change em..it cuts off like x amount of minutes before the show starts iirc

 

[kp404]

I'm going to wait till the last possible minute to make my picks

Same here

 

[FlyRy]

Same here

i think it cuts it off like 20 or 40 min before cuz i remember changing a pick last minute a few years ago

 

[FlyRy]

@kp404 @MartyMcFly

this shyt is harder than i thought this year.. once you get into the more technical categories.. and i'm flip flopping on best picture/director

plus i don't know shyt about the shorts and foreign ones this year

i submitted em but it may change.

 

[kp404]

@kp404 @MartyMcFly

this shyt is harder than i thought this year.. once you get into the more technical categories.. and i'm flip flopping on best picture/director

plus i don't know shyt about the shorts and foreign ones this year

i submitted em but it may change.

Dude, Linklater is an absolute for best director so its not even close...screenplay categories and best picture category are the 3 hardest imo

 

[FlyRy]

Dude, Linklater is an absolute for best director so its not even close...screenplay categories and best picture category are the 3 hardest imo

well.. according to the stats inarritu is a lock..

Over the last 66 years, the winner of the top prize at the DGA Awards went on to win the best director Oscar on all but seven occasions and his or her film went on to win the best picture Oscar on all but 14 occasions.

but i do have linklater as of now.

i think one of em will get best director and one of em will get best picture.

 

[kp404]

well.. according to the stats inarritu is a lock..

Over the last 66 years, the winner of the top prize at the DGA Awards went on to win the best director Oscar on all but seven occasions and his or her film went on to win the best picture Oscar on all but 14 occasions.

but i do have linklater as of now.

i think one of em will get best director and one of em will get best picture.

If Linklater loses this best director, it would be one of the biggest surprises in Oscar history since Crash won best pic imo...I want Inarritu or Miller to win it, but I don't know...you got me anticipating the show now

 

[MartyMcFly]

why's that breh?

you can make em now and always change em..it cuts off like x amount of minutes before the show starts iirc

Cause I need to think on some stuff lol..