....and the winner is...Oscar night continued

6 years ago

The most surprising to me, and it looked like to her too, was Allison Janney. I love this actress, I just didn't necessarily agree with her receiving the Oscar for her role in I Tonya.

What are your opinions about the winners?

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Chi

6 years ago

I can't comment on her specifically since I haven't seen any of the major movies that were up, with the exception of Get Out. I want to though!

I'm really curious about the one that won best picture and a bunch of other awards as it looks so strange.

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6 years ago
I'm thrilled with Gary Oldman's win for Darkest Hour. That was a great movie, and he was spectacular in it.
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sleeperblues
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I think the only one I saw was Get Out, also. I thought it was good enough, but not Oscar worthy! I'll have to see the others now. Almost went to see Shape of Water last week, but something came up.
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Pretty much ditto on Allison Janey. I actually was unaware the Tonya movie actually out for viewing. Did anyone see it--thinking not.
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I was not at all surprised at Janey's win although I was rooting for Laurie Metcalf. I did not see I, Tonya but a friend of mine did and loved it. She thought Allison Janey did a spectacular job. The buzz for months was that she would win.
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Allison Janney has won a number of awards for this role including Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA (British). I always enjoyed her in the West Wing.
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6 years ago
Loved Frances McDormand's acceptance speech.
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We saw The Shape of Water and did not expect to like it. It was my favorite movie. My runner up was The Darkest Hour, so I was glad to see Gary Oldman win. I was surprised that I like Three Billboards as much as I did. Did not watch all of Get Out, just not in the mood for a dark movie, but DH said it was a favorite. I was disappointed in the Dunkirk script, but highly impressed with all the technical stuff in the movie that made all of it seem so real.
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