Power Rankings for 1/23/17
Best Picture
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| P/R |
Last |
C/R
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Film |
| 1 |
1 |
99 |
La La Land |
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Can it break the 14 nominations record? We shall see. |
| 2 |
2 |
98 |
Moonlight |
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A movie like this was never going to win Best Picture. But it will be nice to see it recognized with a nod. |
| 3 |
3 |
97 |
Manchester by the Sea |
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Ditto Manchester: a slow, dramatic movie like this hasn't won since arguably Ordinary People. |
| 4 |
-- |
90 |
Lion |
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I've refused to believe it for so long but with PGA and DGA, it seems silly not to pick this. |
| 5 |
6 |
89 |
Arrival |
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This one too seems safe, again with those BAFTA DGA PGA combos. |
| 6 |
9 |
70 |
Hidden Figures |
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Though not a lock, this movie has done remarkably well with audiences and precursors and it's impossible to dislike. Will it get enough #1 votes? |
| 7 |
8 |
69 |
Hell or High Water |
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This one also seems safe-ish, the "meat and potatoes" movie from the Academy akin to American Sniper, etc. |
| 8 |
4 |
68 |
Fences |
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Fences seems the most vulnerable to me. Its BAFTA miss can perhaps be explained, but it's not a good sign that it did not get DGA either. |
| 9 |
5 |
65 |
Hacksaw Ridge |
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Although I wouldn't be surprised, the movie has shifted from the conversation of late. |
| 10 |
-- |
40 |
Captain Fantastic |
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What could be that unseen dark horse? Those rarely happen, and ten is not going to happen under the sliding scale. |
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