We hope awards voters don't overlook the performance the same way audiences overlooked this gem of a movie.
Not exact matches
The Spaniard played a key role in helping us win five of our six matches in all competitions, scoring two goals in the process, and his performances
did not go unnoticed by the PFA's
voters, earning the
award with 37 % of all votes received.
«It will be highly ironic if that happens, but I don't think it's going to get him an
award from the Sierra Club or the League of Conservation
Voters,» said Myron Ebell, a vocal skeptic of mainstream climate science.
On the other hand, if
voters don't feel like exporting the
award, «The Fighter» «s well - liked, well - known assembly of stars and character actors would make for popular winners in the category.
Critics
awards can sometimes have the opposite effect:
voters don't like the movie if the critics like it too much.
If the Globe's
voters decide to take a risk, which they didn't with The Hurt Locker, and
award this to Bigelow, then Zero Dark Thirty is most likely a lock for Best Picture.
Whether it's adherence to Ms. Barber's facts (whose faithfully - told story can be read here) or an overreliance on period nostalgia (which surprisingly keeps pop culture out of sight), something about this didn't resonate for me quite as it
did for many viewers and
award voters.
Awards voters really
do tell you a lot when they vote in the thousands.
The Golden Globes
Awards ceremony on January 7th will set up a situation where we still probably
do not know what our ultimate Oscar winners will be, but at least we'll know what some the
voters out there think is the frontrunner.
Well, you could send out screeners, which hopefuls like the documentary Kedi and the Sally Hawkins - Ethan Hawke indie Maudie have already
done for certain critics and
awards voters.
What a shame it didn't catch fire with arthouse audiences and
award voters.
Prediction: If La La Land takes this
award home, it'll be proof that Oscar
voters don't always know what they're voting for; Sound Editing is chiefly about the creation of original sonic elements, and honking car horns don't exactly stretch the talents of Hollywood's hardest - working foley artists.
American Hustle and Gravity are strong contenders, but we think
voters will
do the right thing and
award this magnificent piece of filmmaking with its just due.
Oscar
voters are also notoriously easy marks for war films as well so don't be shocked if this starts getting year - end
award consideration buzz
It doesn't matter what the public thinks because the
awards are mostly decided behind closed doors, with industry
voters picking their favorites almost at the exact same time, give or take a week or two.
And yet, I realized, as a new voting member of the Online Film Critics Society, that every
awards voter and every writer compelled to produce a Best of 2011 list is
doing just that, comparing different creations against each other and ranking accordingly.
The last time the critics»
awards converged on one film to such an extent was in 1997, when they rallied behind «LA Confidential» as the discerning
voter's alternative to «Titanic» — it didn't work that time, of course, but let it never be said that critics aren't as collectively calculating as the savviest Hollywood publicists.
I'd like to see «Wild» in that group, but if it can't make it with the Spirit
Awards voters, it doesn't have much of a shot here.
While the Globes
do not share any of the same
voters as the Oscars, they are often seen as precursors due to the
awards being televised, giving stars a good chance to practice their potential Oscar speech.
One dispiriting theory as to why Three Billboards has
done so well with audiences, critics, and
award voters is that it entertains the comforting thought that there could be hidden decency in the deplorable — be they racist cops, marching white supremacists, or just the asshole relative you argue with on Facebook.
(OK, Green
did win the prestigious Fangoria Chainsaw
Award, but aside from that...) A showcase like this one can only make it harder for
awards voters to ignore her.
Parker, of course, has been widely excluded from
awards - season consideration and barely visible since the movie's release was dogged by his involvement in an alleged sexual assault in 2001, but DGA
voters evidently didn't consider that a deal breaker.
Well, the Boyhood momentum was big everywhere except within the American industry — perhaps, more precisely, the American movie
awards industry — where there was a push - back to «stop Boyhood at all costs,» or for
voters to say «it wasn't THAT good,» or «I wanted something to happen but it never
did.»
Awards Speculation: If we
do see Allied finished in time and high quality enough for
voters to consider, this is a definite dark horse for major Oscar love.
The film has been
doing gangbusters with critics
awards but will SAG
voters go for her?
Though the N.B.R.
Awards Gala tends to diverge from the Oscars when it comes to winners, perhaps Gerwig will be making a similar speech on a much bigger stage just a couple months from now — provided Academy
voters love Lady Bird as much as every industry gala
does.
Neither of these actors are getting much
awards buzz for their performances, presumably because
voters don't want anyone to know they're the nerds who saw the chess movie.
While many are predicting Sylvester Stallone will take home the
award for Best Supporting Actor, there's at least one Oscar
voter who
does not support that.