Reactions to My Old Oscar Predictions! 

U need to make a video on how the hype of May December fizzled out overnight. It had alot of buzz at the beginning of award season. Charles melton was the front runner for a while. He was winning small awards here and there. Everybody thought he was gonna give Robert downing Jr competition.

I don't know what I thought Emily Blunt got a supporting nom for Devil Wears Prada. She was so good in that. One of my faves films

"was there competition in the Fall? Yeah! I think there was!" 😂 Your humour always kills me

Bro you had me so hyped for maestro and I saw it and that was that. Lol bro your channel is becoming one of my favorites

I do remember the narrative on Poor Things early on being that it was too weird and that the Academy wouldn't embrace it like they did The Favourite. Searchlight also initially putting it on the schedule in early September right after it did Venice and Telluride also made it seem like they didn't have faith in it as an awards player at first. I had it in Best Picture on Gold Derby back when it was like 58/1 and kept those odds the whole way. Also I had COMPLETELY forgotten about Long Day's Journey into Night even being a thing.

This is the first I heard of Jessica Lange's "Long Day's Journey into Night". Must have missed that original video.

This was a cute video. Well done Brian 😂😂😂

So weird how all the hype around Killers these days is around Lily Gladstone when this time last year we were all thinking of it as "That collaboration between Scorcese and DiCaprio/de Niro"

Brian the fortunate teller

To be fair, Air, The Color Purple, and others that underperformed looked like big Oscar players. You did very well with Killers of the Flower Moon and Oppenheimer...albeit, a bit conservative on both (especially Barbie). Best Actress, though 🤭 4 out of 5 in Best Actor was very impressive that early. Leonardo DiCaprio was probably #6!! If I remember correctly, I predicted Rachel McAdams for Best Supporting Actress very early but she never gained any traction on the televised awards. However, I can't be embarrassed by that call. In any case, the Academy should be embarrassed for leaving her out. 🙃 Fun video!!

back when i was in high school, a friend and i used to play the prediction game. it was challenging considering that the internet was nonexistent. we quickly understood that it had nothing to do with what we considered to be the best, but relied heavily on history, and plenty other things that sometimes have little to nothing to do with the movie. i like how you consider all the additional baggage and how your expert taste sometimes gets in the way... and like my friend used to say: there is always next year.

In my 76 years on this earth, I have learned that life is tough sometimes. My husband of 53 years passed away 2 years ago and my 52 year old son died 10 months later. Yes, life is tough, but we have to keep on keeping on! The alternative is just not acceptable. I’m still in mourning but keeping busy, traveling and getting out of the house even though I could just sit at home and do nothing. I can’t stand being sad, so I’m not (occasionally). I’m a positive happy person and will find ways to stay that way. Life is too short to waste time being sad (occasionally)!!!

I can't find any information for Long Day's Journey Into Night! I hope it is coming out in 2024 and just got delayed due to the strike or something. It did wrap in 2022 so my fingers are crossed it gets a release date soon. Love me some Jessica Lange and Ed Harris!

I watched Past Lives on Sunday and I see why you love it so much. I went in sort of blindly so I was happy to see the Canadian connection to it!

This was fun but the biggest insight I got is that you DO like blue clothes, Brian. ;)

I knew The Color Purple wasn’t going to get big nods but only one. Even with Oprah’s influence, it wasn’t enough to get Oscar love. Besides, it was competing against other films.

I think people were calling Saltburn already as early as April like Oscar Expert because of it being Fennell's next project and it getting buzzy test screenings I think expected Murphy and Blunt more than RDJ considering he was 4th in billing, but I started predicting him the moment Nolan said in the press tour that the B&W POV was focused on RDJ and that meant he's basically a huge part of the movie Love videos like these where you're faster, looser, and more natural!

I predicted Sandra huller as a double nominee for best actress and best supporting actress. She got 2 bafta nominations

DUNE 2 may not even do well at next year's oscar. It may get into technical categories but that's it. Theres no hype around this film also

Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!

Everybody were predicting Bradley for best actor at the beginning of awards season until the movie came out and we saw how bad the film was

Does anyone really like those streaming head sallad movie posters? Look at The Color Purple. The original movie has such a strikingly beautiful art attatched to it, and the new version is so ugly that it doesn't make me any curious to check it out. I do believe it makes people less attracted to the movie...

Anyone who dares to underestimate Anatomy of A Fall is beyond laughable.

The only early prediction I remember myself making was Viola Davis winning best supporting actress for Air

Emma’s eyebrows: “Yeah, Brian! How could you neglect to predict my nomination? I won’t be IGNORED, Brian!”

The way Brian got jumpscared by his own past prediction of Saltburn

So Mr. Brian, Jessica Lange _(Long Day's Journey Into Night)_ for a ridiculously-early Best Actress 2024 Oscar nomination prediction?

Blame taraji for derailing the colour purple momentum. She complained non stop during the press tour instead of her to talk about the movie. I felt so bad for fantasia, this was he debut movie role. Taraji eclipsed everything with her behaviour.

Are you wearing the same shirt in every vid or do you like blue? Just teasing you! I still love Bradley Cooper's performance but I agree because the film didn't do well, he probably won't win this time

I held on to the hope that Across the Spiderverse would get in to best picture for far too long

Don’t beat yourself up about Emma Stone, she was not in my five either until Venice because we didn’t know what the reaction to Poor Things would be (but I had her number 6)

I thought All of Us Strangers, The Color Purple, and Saltburn would have some traction. No shame, though lol.

Do review of films that were prized is the best choice 😉

It's kind of a weird thing if you can make some awards predictions, even accurately, before some of the movies have even come out. I mean this in the sense that the system and it's products, as well as the congratulatory awards afterward, are predictable. When these things happen, the release of a movie and the awards, it seems like almost an afterthought. I used to do this too when I co-ran a film website. It makes the industry and consequently even some of the films less like art or entertainment to enjoy and more like just cogs in a wheel. In a way, I don't like this because it is almost like history is written even before it happens. It makes it tougher for smaller films to compete, for breakthroughs that would change the rhetoric, or even for filmgoers to have options, including the option to like/not like a movie because it has already been decided for them. This takes me back to about 20 years ago when I was not a big fan of the oscars because I felt like I was being told what to like or not like. Even though I do like several of the nominated films I've seen, I'm not as quick anymore to just go see movies because of this hype. Same as for heavily advertised films. Kind of like at the end of Oppenheimer, when he gets his medal/award - "It's all for them, not for you."

Idk why people had high hopes for the color purple😂

You have a fifth sense, is like you have ESPN or something 😮

This man is hype

Dope

You don’t have a knack for humor. Just a little bit of irony made you delete my comment.

I like the reaction to the tan, lol. But what a year for movies! We were so spoiled in 2023. 🥹