Sentences with phrase «on a preferential ballot»

I mentioned over the weekend that Shape is the type of film that can win on a preferential ballot by virtue of garnering an overwhelming tally of first - place votes, ending the contest in the first round of counting.

But if Get Out or Lady Bird wins there, I would suspect that is your Best Picture winner on a preferential ballot.

Others will say that the film's loss to The Shape of Water at the PGA Awards is proof it can't perform on a preferential ballot and that Guillermo del Toro's sterling fairytale is the actual frontrunner.

Three of the nine, everyone said, had a shot on the preferential ballot: «Shape of Water,» «Three Billboards» and maybe «Get Out.»

««Lady Bird» is an out - on - a-limb hunch based on two things: The academy has split on picture and director four times in the last five years, and I expect it to kill on the preferential ballot.»

The Shape of Water — del Toro's romantic, funny, timely, engaging ode to cinema — bested its competitors on a preferential ballot last night at the PGA, where the 7000 or so of them somehow landed that film with the most votes.

Get Out is the Movie of the Moment, so clearly and incisively dissecting the fallacy of a «Post-Racial World,» and it is so universally loved that it is bound to be successful on a preferential ballot.

Looking ahead, I still don't think Three Billboards can perform well on a preferential ballot, but what's interesting is that The Shape of Water might.

Men still have the majority in the Academy, which could explain why films with male protagonists have consistently won on the preferential ballot since 2009.

Both the actor and the filmmaker bring obvious value to the project, just not the kind that lead voters to rank them first on their preferential ballot.

Could it be divisive enough to stop it from winning on a preferential ballot?

In our question to find the Best Picture winner on a preferential ballot, we need to find the one that is loved, liked, and not hated.

When you add the divisiveness of the film and its «take on race» backlash (which may or may not invade voters» choices) you have a film that can not win on a preferential ballot.

That could make it hard to win on preferential ballot, though that will not stop Guillermo del Toro from winning and right now, it feels like Best Director is down to del Toro and Christopher Nolan if there is a split.

If The Shape of Water wins the PGA, that sets it up to be like La La Land last year — showing it can win on a preferential ballot and is also expected to win the DGA.

It was also the year that the Oscar race for Best Picture made the leap from five on a weighted ballot to ten on a preferential ballot.

I'm going to stick with my season - long hunch that Three Billboards is too divisive to win on a preferential ballot, even though it has so many backers.

But then again, it's not a film that normally can win on a preferential ballot.

With The Revenant, it didn't have the SAG ensemble stat, so I was not sure it could win on a preferential ballot.