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Originally posted by fridayteenage
There's no such thing as a Best Picture lock in August. Some movies win despite not being considered big factors till late. Like, 2004 was the year of Aviator, then Million Dollar Baby came in December. Or, Clooney was gonna win the Oscar for Up in the Air, then Crazy Heart came in December.
I kinda wish Emma Watson stayed in it, but got Ryan Gosling. Stone already has an Oscar nom.
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It's already September what u talking about? As I said, if this stays above 85 in Metacritic then it will ride it's way to a BP win. Some "better" yet more "polarizing" films (ie Silence) will emerge but Academy's polling system will somehow prove an advantage to this movie. This got UNIVERSAL appeal and Hollywood people will eat it up - it's basically a love letter to them, so when they have their Oscar ballots, they will either rank this movie in the 1st to 3rd position while films like Silence will either get a lot of 1st's but a lot of bottom-end rankings too. Unless Billy Lynn proves to be really universally appealing too then that might be some major competition. Manchester by the Sea is the only legitimate film I could think of right now that could battle La La Land, but I don't think it will become a box office success (which adds greatly to the goodwill of the movie). La La Land is bound to become a breakout success in the box office already especially AFTER people saw Whiplash.