Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Labels: Oscars

One of my bucket list items from my teenage years was to watch every single Oscar nominated film in the best picture category prior to Oscar night. It was a challenge I'd always try to complete but wasn't ever super serious or hardcore about it either. Until a few years ago when it became a yearly goal for myself and my bff Katie to do together. Y'all it's a super fun challenge and I totally recommend it if you enjoy movie watching! I know it doesn't sound like it'd be a challenge or require any strategizing but it totally does. They don't typically announce the nominees until pretty close to the awards night so in order to actually see all the films you have to start way in advance. We check out lots of prediction lists and really try to start seeing movies around November-December since that's when many of the nominated films are released to theaters. It's often tricky to see all the movies because often they will be in this weird limbo period...

Best Picture Nominees: 2017

Friday, February 24, 2017

Labels: movies / Oscars

A few years ago I completed my bucket list item of seeing ALL the Oscar Best Picture Nominees prior to Oscar night. Since then it's become a yearly goal and Katie has been ALL about it so we work at knocking out all the films together. If this is a goal you have then the biggest piece of advice I can offer is to keep an eye on predictions. See as many of the predicted nominees as you can as they are released to theaters. Theaters don't always keep Oscar buzz movies long and you have to stay on top of it. Sometimes they are released to dvd prior to awards night...but sometimes they are in this weird limbo where the movie isn't out in theaters but also isn't out to rent. The KEY to our success has been to see as many as we can as they come out! We go a lot off the buzz and the Golden Globe nominees. But if you wait for the actual Oscar Nominations to be released to start? You will not have time or the ability to finish 'em all! This year I was less involved in th...

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