Best of 2018 Poll + Oscars Poll

[ItsUhhMee]

I'll give this a try, despite it seeming quite daunting a task and a futile one at that. Seen about 80 from last year thus far.

1. Free Solo
2.If Beale Street Could Talk
3. Other Side of the Wind
4. I Can Only Imagine
5. Green Book
6. BlackKklansman
7. Bohemian Rhapsody
8. Roma
9. Won't You Be My Neighbor
10. Eighth Grade

Again, NOTHING set in stone. The top 4 are pretty safe.

OSCARS

I've seen all but 2 of these, and it looks like I'm done before the awards. I'll go ahead and rank the entire of the categories (that I've seen all of). MISSING: Capernaum and Werk ohne autor. This is how I'd vote, not necessarily my favorite in each category (except maybe a few)

Picture
Green Book
Blackkklansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
Roma
A Star is Born
The Favourite
Black Panther
Vice

Director
Roma
Favourite
Cold War
BlackKklansman
Vice

Actor
Green Book
Bohemian Rhapsody
A Star is Born
Vice
At Eternity's Gate

Actress
The Wife
A Star is Born
Can You Ever Forgive Me
Roma
Favourite

Supporting Actor
Green Book
Star is Born
Blackkklansman
Vice
Can You Ever Forgive Me

Supporting Actress
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
Favourite 1
Favourite 2
Vice
(The Favouite ladies are interchangeable)

Original Screenplay
First Reformed
Green Book
Roma
Favourite
Vice

Adapted Screenplay
If Beale Street Could Talk
Can You Ever Forgive Me
Blackkklansman
Ballad of Buster Scruggs
A Star is Born

Animated Feature
Spiderman
Isle of Dogs
Incredibles 2
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Mirai

Animated Short
One Small Step
Late Afternoon
Bao
Animal Behaviour
Weekends

Foreign
I ABSTAIN. I've only seen 3/5 of the films, and the 2 I haven't seen are likely to be my favorite 2 in this category.

Documentary Feature
FREE SOLO!!!!
Of Fathers and Sons
Hale County
RBG
Minding the Gap

Documentary Short
End Game
LIFEBOAT
Black Sheep
Period.End.Of.Sentence
A Night at the Garden

Live Action Short
Fauve
Detainment
Skin
Marguerite
Madre

Cinematography
Roma
Cold War
Favourite
A Star is Born
(I've not seen Werk ohne Autor)

Film Editing
Bohemian Rhapsody
Blackkklansman
Favourite
Green Book
Vice

Visual Effects
Ready Player One
Christopher Robin
Solo
Avengers: Infinity War
First Man

Sound Editing
A Quiet Place
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma

Sound Mixing
Black Panther
A Star is Born
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma

Production Design
Favourite
Mary Poppins
Black Panther
First Man
Roma

Costume Design
Favourite
Mary Poppins
Mary Queen of Scots
Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther

Makeup & Hairstyling
Grans
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice

Original Score
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins
Black Panther
Blackkklansman

Original Song
A Star is Born
Buster Scruggs
Mary Poppins
Black Panther
RBG

Okay.. I know you said only 1/2, so, just take top x from the above lists. I don't really feel all that strongly about pretty much any of it (I never do).

[flip]

it feels like we don't have as many ballots as usual this year - still time to post your best-of-2018 picks!

[charulata]

Not sure but think I've seen about 35 or so probs.
1. kaala (pa. ranjith)
2. periyerum perumal (maari selvaraj)
3. vada chennai (vetrimaaran)
4. hotel by the river (hong sang soo)
5. claire's camera (hong sang soo)
6. manmarziyaan (anurag kashyap)
7. asako 1 and 2 (ryusuke hamaguchi)
8. tumbbad (rahi anil barve and adesh prasad)
9. andhadhun (sriram raghavan)
10. october (shoojit sarcar)

[Silga]

Seen 49 from 2018 film season, which is about 2-3 times less than usual per year for new releases.

Top 11:

1. The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos)

2. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Coen brothers)
3. Vice (Adam McKay)
4. Widows (Steve McQueen)
5. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie)
6. First Reformed (Paul Schrader)
7. A Star Is Born (Bradley Cooper)
8. Destination Wedding (Victor Levin)
9. Mary Queen of Scots (Josie Rourke)
10. Candelaria (Jhonny Hendrix)
11. Sweet Country (Warwick Thornton)


The Oscars:

Best Picture: (seen 7)

1. The Favourite
2. Vice
3. A Star Is Born

Best Director: (3)

1. Yorgos Lanthimos
2. Adam McKay

Best Actor: (4)

1. Christian Bale
2. Bradley Cooper

Best Actress: (3)

1. Olivia Colman
2. Melissa McCarthy

Best Supporting Actor: (5)

1. Mahershala Ali
2. Richard E. Grant
3. Sam Rockwell

Best Supporting Actress: (3)

1. Emma Stone
2. Amy Adams

Best Original Screenplay: (4)

1. The Favourite
2. Vice

Best Adapted Screenplay: (4)

1. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2. A Star Is Born

Best Editing: (5)

1. Vice
2. The Favourite
3. Green Book

Best Costume Design: (4)

1. The Favourite
2. Mary Queen of Scots

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: (2 out of 3)

1. Mary Queen of Scots
2. Vice

Best Original Song: (3)

1. A Star Is Born
2. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Best Sound Mixing: (3)

1. A Star Is Born
2. Black Panther

[flip]

i'm going to tally what's been posted so far - but i'll still take new ballots up until 3pm Eastern Time (north america) tomorrow, so if anyone still wants to participate, please do!

if you want to edit a ballot you posted earlier, that is fine, but instead of editing your post, instead please quote your entire previous ballot in a new post, along with your new updated ballot. that will make it easiest for me to work out how to adjust my tally-in-progress. thanks!

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I guess I'll post a ballot. I've seen a paltry eight.

1. Shoplifters
2. The Favourite
3. Cold War
4. Roma

[flip]

does that replace the ballot you posted earlier? you had the coen bros film 4th before

[---]

Haha wow, didn't realize I'd already posted a ballot. Too much Goddamn reefer lol. Nah, I guess I'll keep the Coen Bros I think. A lot of Roma's magnificence was tied to seeing it on the big screen...although tbf, not like the Coen Bros gave me that opportunity, did they. Hrmph. Now I'm really puzzled. Any way I can give them each a half point?

[flip]

sure, that will help to break a tie

[flip]

The Real

i can't seem to figure out what this is? i don't find a letterboxd or imdb film with that title, nor is google any help

edit - never mind, i worked it out! not sure why it didn't come up in letterboxd search when it's on their site

[pabs]

Hey Flip, for Best Film oscar, are we not confined to picking from just the 8 officially nominated 2019 best film list? In other words, am I free to put Burning and Cold War in my oscars best film list?

[pabs]

redundant post

[flip]

the oscars part of the poll is restricted to the nominated films - we're imagining how scfz would vote if we were academy award voters. we're definitely not voting on the actual best film of the year in that part of the poll. that's what the main poll is for!

[pabs]

Ok, got you.

In that case, here are my best 2018s:

1. Burning
2. Roma
3. Cold War
4. Shoplifters
5. The Favourite
6. Buster Scruggs
7. First Reformed

And here's my best film for the total crapfest that is the oscars:

1. Roma
2. The Favourite

[flip]

poll officially closed, results soon!

[flip]

SCFZ Oscars Poll Results

we had a surprising amount of participation in the oscars poll this year (surprising compared to previous years) and we got at least one ballot in every category, including the short film categories. so because we can actually do it, i'll declare an scfz winner in every category, even when there was only one ballot.

first a few of the less prestigious categories:

SCFZ's Oscar Winners:

Best Visual Effects: Ready Player One
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Mary Queen of Scots
Best Costume Design: The Favourite
Best Production Design: The Favourite
Best Original Song: "Shallow" from A Star is Born
Best Sound Editing: A Quiet Place
Best Sound Mixing: A Star is Born
Best Live Action Short: Fauve
Best Animated Short: One Small Step
Best Documentary Short: (tie) End Game / A Night at the Garden

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Best Original Score: If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Cinematography: Roma
Best Editing: BlacKkKlansman
Best Foreign Language Film: Shoplifters
Best Documentary Film: Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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Best Original Screenplay: The Favourite
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

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Best Supporting Actress: (tie) Emma Stone in The Favourite / Rachel Weisz in The Favourite
Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali in Green Book

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Best Actor: (tie) Viggo Mortensen in Green Book / Bradley Cooper in A Star is Born

runners up, in order: Christian Bale, Rami Malek, Willem Dafoe

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Best Actress: Olivia Colman in The Favourite

runners up, in order: Lady Gaga, Melissa McCarthy, Yalitza Aparicio / Glenn Close (tie)

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Best Director: Yorgos Lanthimos for The Favourite

runners up in order: Alfonso Cuaron, Pawel Pawlikowski, Spike Lee, Adam McKay

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and finally...

Best Picture: The Favourite

with all the runners up in order:

2. BlacKkKlansman
3. Roma
4. A Star is Born
5. Green Book
6. Bohemian Rhapsody
6. Vice
8. Black Panther

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our only multiple winners (0.5 points for tying for first) :

The Favourite: 7
A Star is Born: 2.5
Green Book: 1.5

[ItsUhhMee]

Best Documentary Film: Hale County This Morning, This Evening

I'll just chalk this up as not enough people haven't gotten around to Free Solo yet. Amirite?

[flip]

i couldn't say! i haven't seen any of the nominees in that category

[flip]

I have tallied the results for the 'SCFZ's Best of 2018' poll. For the second straight year, exactly 109 different films received votes, so I'll post a top 100 to letterboxd. As in past years, I'm using letterboxd views as a tiebreaker (fewer views = higher ranking).

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the films that just missed the top ten:

20. If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
19. Roma (Alfonso Cuaron)
18. An Elephant Sitting Still (Bo Hu)
17. Mission Impossible: Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie)
16. Claire's Camera (Hong Sang-soo)
15. Shoplifters (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
14. Support the Girls (Andrew Bujalski)
13. Asako I&II (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
12. The Grand Bizarre (Jodie Mack)
11. Leave No Trace (Debra Granik)

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10. The House That Jack Built (Lars von Trier)

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9. Happy as Lazzaro (Alice Rohrwacher)