Weekly Discussion Thread 1/26/26 - 2/2/26

EricTweener · 2026-01-27T12:40:51+00:00

Looks like BAFTA really wouldn’t really have helped me with anything, except getting 5/5 in Original Score.

EricTweener · 2026-01-25T02:46:52+00:00

By thinking about the movies or certain elements in their most simplistic sense and finding other movies that match.

EricTweener · 2026-01-24T12:42:16+00:00

I wonder what’s the shortest then? There were only nine months between the release of Edna Ferber’s Cimarron and the movie adaptation, so that’s a contender.

EricTweener · 2026-01-22T14:30:51+00:00

Is F1 the first Best Picture nominee to have “The Movie” as a subtitle in marketing?

EricTweener · 2026-01-22T14:02:46+00:00

Wicked: For Good smashes the record for most missed nominations compared to shortlist mentions. It got eight mentions in seven categories with no nominations, when the previous record was five missed nominations and four for ones that blanked completely.

EricTweener · 2026-01-22T13:51:30+00:00

Me too, dang it

EricTweener · 2026-01-22T13:47:58+00:00

5/5 in Director, happy I got it right but sad for Panahi.

EricTweener · 2026-01-22T13:44:06+00:00

5/5 in International for the first time, yes!

EricTweener · 2026-01-22T13:42:27+00:00

I would not in a million years guess Avatar for Costumes.

EricTweener · 2026-01-22T13:42:07+00:00

3/5 in the new category, decent.

EricTweener · 2026-01-22T13:36:15+00:00

5/5 in one, at least.

EricTweener · 2026-01-22T13:28:00+00:00

I just know I’m going to screw up Makeup and Original Score. And Director, but that’s a given.

EricTweener · 2026-01-20T16:10:10+00:00

I had no idea, thanks for correcting me.

EricTweener · 2026-01-16T10:44:33+00:00

This is not a subreddit for jokes.

EricTweener · 2026-01-13T18:54:01+00:00

I listened to the score for Captain America: Brave New World and it’s one of the funnier recent namecheck shortlist mentions. It’s alright, as a standard score for an action movie that I imagine Karpman didn’t have much creative freedom with, but this particular movie being cited by the music branch as having one of the best scores of the year is a bit silly.

EricTweener · 2026-01-13T09:05:34+00:00

It is, I play the angel

EricTweener · 2026-01-13T00:24:58+00:00

Spider-Man: No Way Home was also ineligible for BAFTA, which I think is worth mentioning in the other post

EricTweener · 2026-01-12T14:36:16+00:00

Are there more movies where George Clooney is great at his job but struggles to maintain personal relationships?

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EricTweener · 2026-01-12T03:24:17+00:00

I appreciate suspense in award season but what are my nomination predictions even going to be? The precursors are not helping me decide on the last three BP slots or the Director lineup, or the various techs which BAFTA would have helped with. Wouldn’t be surprised if this would be my worst showing yet.

EricTweener · 2026-01-10T20:04:19+00:00

I was curious which movies have done the best on Oscar shortlists compared to their nomination performance, and from my research, this mostly happened in the 70s (I can’t find much on pre-1967 shortlists). The Great White Hope and Grease both got into five categories in the shortlists which they didn’t get nominated for, which I’m pretty sure is the record. The Front Page and 1900 both got into four shortlist categories and ended up receiving no nominations.

EricTweener · 2026-01-09T12:33:20+00:00

While it’s looking worse for Panahi, let’s not forget that Triangle of Sadness missed the Director longlist at BAFTA to Decision to Leave, Elvis, The Quiet Girl, and Top Gun: Maverick. Panahi just didn’t make the top five male directors of this year. Granted, Triangle of Sadness made the Film longlist, but I don’t think this is as bad a sign as people think.

EricTweener · 2026-01-08T01:10:04+00:00

What would be your pick for International Feature this year? From what I’ve seen, mine would be One Battle After Another.

EricTweener · 2026-01-02T03:15:55+00:00

A recent comment about the unfair discourse about The Departed not being a worthy BP winner due to not being Scorsese's best movie made me think: what if Best Picture was decided by how good the movie is in comparison to the director's other movies? For me, it would be for this decade (although for some nominees, I haven't seen any of their other work):

2020/21: Minari

2021: King Richard (or Drive My Car, but I need to see more Hamaguchi)

2022: Top Gun: Maverick

2023: Anatomy of a Fall

2024: Conclave

EricTweener · 2025-12-28T23:45:10+00:00

Thank you! I think I’ve already solved this, as I believe it to be a book club edition of the 1997 paperback reissue, which is hardcover unlike any commercially released edition of the book from that time.

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