World of KJ
http://www.worldofkj.com/forum/

The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2 (Extra rounds)
http://www.worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=90567
Page 1 of 3

Author:  Shack [ Tue Jun 11, 2024 11:19 am ]
Post subject:  The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2 (Extra rounds)

You will pick 5 films. If you pick the Best Picture winner you win. If nobody takes the BP winner the tiebreakers are: 1) Best Director win, 2) DGA, PGA or SAG win in that order 3) Most nominees of your other picks.

Here is a list of movies to choose from - you don't have to pick from this list:

Queer
Eden
The Room Next Door
The Apprentice
A Real Pain
Mother Mary

Description and director/cast for the above list:

Spoiler: show
Strong bait


Blitz

Directed by: Steve McQueen
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson

Description: World War II London bombing drama

No release date


Queer

Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Stars: Daniel Craig, Jason Schwartzman

Description: Gay period piece in 1940s Mexico

No release date

Kinds of Kindness

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Stars: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe

Description: 3 story anthology

Limited release June 21


The Piano Lesson

Directed by: Malcolm Washington
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington

Description: Latest August Wilson (Fences/Mo Rainey) adaptation

No release date


Conclave

Directed by: Edward Berger (aka the All Quiet on the Western Front Guy)
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci

Description: Pope conspiracy drama

Released Nov 1


Maria

Directed by: Pablo Larrain
Stars: Angelia Jolie

Description: Opera singer Maria Callis biopic

No release date


Nickel Boys

Directed by: RaMell Ross
Stars: Unknowns

Description: Racial drama about abusive school

Released Oct 25


Old Directors Trying to Recapture Glory


Here

Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright

Description: Multi generation drama

Released Nov 15



Juror #2

Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Nicholas Hoult

Description: Trial drama


No release date


Eden

Directed by: Ron Howard
Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Ana de Armas, Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby

Description: Wildly hot cast of people "rediscovering themselves" in the Galapagos

No release date

Hard Truths

Directed by: Mike Nichols
Stars: Unknowns

Description: Some sort of drama with black cast

Released October 18th


The Room Next Door

Directed by: Pedro Almodovar
Stars: Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton

Description: Almodovar's usual mom issues

No release date

Underdog movies with confirmed great reviews


Sing Sing

Directed by: Greg Kwedar
Stars: Colman Domingo

Description: Racial prison movie

96% RT



Emilia Perez

Directed by: Jacques Audiard
Stars: Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana

Description: Mexico cartel thriller

88% RT



Anora

Directed by: Sean Baker aka the Florida Project/Tangerine guy
Stars: Unknowns

Description: Sex worker comedy

97% RT


Mainstream movies not needing explanation


Dune 2
Joker Folie a Deux
Gladiator 2


(+ Wicked, Beetlejuice, etc. if you really want to reach)

Can we take these directors seriously?

SNL 1975

Directed by: Jason Reitman
Stars: JK Simmons, Willem Dafoe

Description: It is what it sounds like


Klara and the Sun

Directed by: Taika Waititi
Stars: Jenna Ortega, Amy Adams

Description: Robot girl and family drama


Fly Me to the Moon

Directed by: Greg Berlanti
Stars: Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johannson

Description: NASA romcom

Released July 12th


Misc. movies

Nosferatu

Robert Eggers directed, it is what it sounds like

Released: Dec 25th


The Apprentice

Trump movie with Sebastian Stan, out: 78% RT

A Real Pain

Jesse Eisenberg directed family comedy, out: 91% RT

Mother Mary

David Lowery directed, Anne Hathaway/Hunter Schafer, musician/fashion designer relationship

Nightbitch

Amy Adams stars, Marielle Heller (Queen's Gambit) directed, some sort of horror comedy


Untitled Noah Baumbach (maybe called Jay Kelly)

Has Adam Sandler, George Clooney, Greta Gerwig and some other big names


We Live in Time

Florence Pugh/Andrew Garfield romance drama with Brooklyn director John Crowley


Long Day's Journey Into Night

Latest adaptation of play with Jessica Lange and Ed Harris



The End

Nuclear apocalypse musical


Hedda

Adaptation of 1891 play directed by Nia DeCosta of the Marvels with mixed race cast


Draft order:

1. neo_wolf - Dune 2
2. lilmac - Kinds of Kindness
3. stuffp - Here
4. Algren - Conclave
5. zwackerm - Fly Me to the Moon

6. zwackerm - Untitled Noah Baumbach
7. Algren - Blitz
8. stuffp - The End
9. lilmac - Juror #2
10. neo_wolf - Sing Sing

11. neo_wolf - Anora
12. lilmac - Emilia Perez
13. stuffp - Hard Truths
14. Algren - Joker Folie a Deux
15. zwackerm - The Piano Lesson

16. zwackerm - Nightbitch
17. Algren - Nosferatu
18. stuffp - Long Day's Journey Into Night
19. lilmac - We Live In Time
20. neo_wolf - Gladiator 2

21. neo_wolf - Inside Out 2
22. lilmac - SNL 1975
23. stuffp - The Actor
24. Algren - Maria
25. zwackerm - Hedda

26. zwackerm - Nickel Boys
27. Algren - Queer
28. stuffp - A Different Man
29. lilmac - Klara and the Sun
30. neo_wolf - The Return

Author:  neo_wolf [ Tue Jun 11, 2024 12:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

For my first pick i choose Dune 2.

Author:  Shack [ Tue Jun 11, 2024 12:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

You guys are all high on Dune 2... I'm skeptical but we'll see! One bonus is it could get the Best Director tiebreaker if we don't get the winner and is a near lock to be +1 to the 3rd tiebreaker of most noms, although you'd think we could pick the BP in 20-25 picks.

Author:  lilmac [ Tue Jun 11, 2024 4:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

My pick: Kinds of Kindness.

Author:  neo_wolf [ Tue Jun 11, 2024 5:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

I just think this year looks so weak that a big film with great reviews and really the best film so far this year imo has a real shot at winnng it all, at the very least i do think it will get the most wins.

Author:  stuffp [ Wed Jun 12, 2024 3:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

Here

Author:  Algren [ Wed Jun 12, 2024 5:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

Conclave

Author:  zwackerm [ Wed Jun 12, 2024 6:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

Untitled Noah baumbach
Fly me to the moon

Author:  Algren [ Thu Jun 13, 2024 2:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

Blitz

Author:  stuffp [ Thu Jun 13, 2024 2:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

The End

Author:  lilmac [ Thu Jun 13, 2024 6:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

Juror #2

Author:  Shack [ Fri Jun 14, 2024 1:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

zwackerm wrote:
Untitled Noah baumbach


Now that I look at this closer I think it's probable 2025 with a chance of 2024. Apparently it was filmed a few months ago, whereas Marriage Story was filmed the year before it came out. Although he's made movies like Mistress America that was basically people talking for 2 hours so if it was like that he could edit in time I guess. I think we can let zwackerm off the hook and let him repick unless he wants to risk it, although he won't be able to take Blitz, the End or Juror #2.

Author:  neo_wolf [ Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

Sing sing and Anora are my next 2 picks.

Author:  lilmac [ Fri Jun 14, 2024 12:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

Emilia Perez is my pick

Author:  Shack [ Fri Jun 14, 2024 12:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

zwackerm has decided to keep Untitled Noah Baumbach

Author:  stuffp [ Sat Jun 15, 2024 9:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

Hard Truths

Author:  Algren [ Sun Jun 16, 2024 12:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

Joker Folie a Deux

Author:  Shack [ Sun Jun 16, 2024 1:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

zwackerm took The Piano Lesson and Nightbitch (posted in other thread)

Author:  Algren [ Sun Jun 16, 2024 3:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

Nosferatu

Author:  stuffp [ Sun Jun 16, 2024 5:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Author:  lilmac [ Sun Jun 16, 2024 6:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

We live in Time

Author:  neo_wolf [ Mon Jun 17, 2024 9:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

Gladiator 2 and inside out 2

Author:  lilmac [ Mon Jun 17, 2024 11:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

SNL 1975

Author:  stuffp [ Tue Jun 18, 2024 3:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

The Actor

Author:  Algren [ Tue Jun 18, 2024 3:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The 2024 Best Picture Draft - Group 2

Maria

Page 1 of 3 All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
http://www.phpbb.com/