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90th Oscars. Oscar Nominees of 2017 - For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only discuss on the blog

THE SHAPE OF WATER WINS

and the 9 nominees are... (Alphabetical Order)

Call Me By Your Name (SPC) Luca Guadagnino Nov 24th Box Office $17+ A young man falls for his dad's research assistant one summer in Italy. 4 nominations previous wins: LAFCA, GALECA Key Articles: James Ivory Interview \| Soundtrack \| Blueprints \| Beach Rats Inverse \| On the Sex Scenes	Darkest Hour (Focus) Joe Wright Nov 22nd Box Office $55+ Winston Churchill rises to the Prime Minister position as WW II reaches a boiling point at Dunkirk 6 nominations previous wins: -- Key Articles: First Impression \| Middleburg Festival \| Best Wigs of 2017	Dunkirk (Warner Bros) Chris Nolan July 21st Box Office $188 The trifurcated story of the evacuation of British soldiers in Dunkirk told by land, air, and sea. 8 nominations previous wins: -- Key Articles: Tom Hardy's Furrowed Brow \| Podcast	Get Out (Universal) Jordan Peele Feb 24th Box Office $176 A young black man meets his white girlfriend's parents. But something strange and sinister is happening in their town. 4 nominations previous wins: Spirit Key Articles: House of Colonial Horrors \| SAG \| Blueprints \| Jordan and Daniel's Moviegoing	Lady Bird (A24) Greta Gerwig Nov 10th Box Office $48+ A rebellious senior, at odds with her mother, dreams of leaving Sacramento. 5 nominations previous wins: NY, NSFC Globe Key Articles: Screenplay \| Greta Gerwig Interview \| "Roots and Wings" \| Soundtracking \| Mothers & Daughters \| Sing for Me Lady Bird
				What just missed? I Tonya, Florida Project, Mudbound, or Big Sick? Release Month Feb - 1 July - 1 Oct - 1 Nov -3 Dec - 3 Average Gross at Time of Noms $62.8
Phantom Thread (Focus) PT Anderson Dec 25th Box Office $20+ A control freak fashion designer struggles for control with his strong-minded muse 6 nominations previous wins: -- Key articles: Reynolds vs Alma \| Harriet Samson Harris \| DDL Retirement	The Post (Fox) Steven Spielberg) Dec 22nd Box Office $80+ The true story of how The Washington Post became a major paper by exposing the Pentagon Papers 2 nominations previous wins: NBR Key articles: Women of The Post \| Review	Shape of Water (Fox Searchlight) Guillermo del Toro Dec 1st Box Office $57+ WINNER A cleaning woman falls for a humanoid sea creature in a government facility. 13 nominations previous wins: Critics Choice, PGA Venice Key Articles: Blueprints \| Neon Green Future \| Podcast \| Oscar's Fav Sea-Creature Movies \| Brief Take	Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri (Fox Searchlight) Martin McDonagh Oct 13th Box Office $52+ A bitter grieving mother, who lost her daughter in a violent crime, goes to war with the local police dept. 7 nominations previous wins: Globe SAG Key Articles: Willoughby vs Dixon \| TIFF Review \| Blueprints

VOTE EVERY DAY! bike trails WILL WIN / SHOULD WIN: The Shape of Water (based on nomination count and likeability) and Three Billboards (based on precursor success and plentiful nods) seem in the best position to win but shouldn't the "Best" race be between Get Out and Lady Bird?

RANDOM RANKINGS Because we can't stop listing...

Ranked by Domestic Gross	Ranked by Global Gross	Ranked by RT/MetaCritic Scores	MPAA Ratings	Ranked by Running Time
1 Dunkirk $188 2 Get Out $176 3 The Post $80 4 Shape of Water $57 5 Darkest Hour $55 6 Three Billboards $52 7 Lady Bird $48 8 Phantom Thread $20 9 Call Me... $17	1 Dunkirk $525 2 Get Out $ 254 3 The Post $147 4 Darkest Hour $138 5 Three Billboards $131 6 Shape of Water $126 7 Lady Bird $59 8 Phantom Thread $38 9 Call Me... $32	1. Lady Bird 99/94 2. Call Me By Your name 96/93 3. Get Out 99/84 4. Dunkirk 92/94 5. Three Billboards 93/88 6. Shape of Water 92 / 86 7. Phantom Thread 91/ 90 8. The Post 88 / 83 9. Darkest Hour 86 / 75	R Call Me By Your Name Get Out Lady Bird Phantom Thread Shape of Water Three Billboards PG-13 Darkest Hour Dunkirk The Post PG n/a G n/a	1. Call Me By Your Name 2 hrs, 12 min 2. Phantom Thread 2 hrs, 10 min 3. Darkest Hour 2 hrs, 5 min. 4. Shape of Water 1 hr, 59 min. 5. The Post 1 hr, 55 min. 6. Three Billboards 1 hr, 55 min. 7. Dunkirk 1 hr, 46 min. 8. Get Out 1 hr, 43 min 9. Lady Bird 1 hr, 33 min.
Ranked by Nathaniel's Preference	Ranked by Horniness	Ranked by Violence (most to least)	How well they pass the Bechdel Test	Female Percentage of Cast (using SAG's ensemble rule)
Totally Love Lady Bird Get Out Call Me By Your Name Liked / Interested In Phantom Thread Three Billboards Darkest Hour Solid Shape of Water Dunkirk The Post	DTF Shape of Water Call Me By Your Name frisky Lady Bird Get Out domestic canoodling Phantom Thread Three Billboards Darkest Hour asexual The Post Dunkirk	1. Dunkirk (beach massacre) 2. Get Out (violent deaths) 3. Three Billboards (firebombing, brutality, offscreen rape/torture) 4. The Shape of Water (mutilation, deaths) 5. Darkest Hour (bombing but mostly offscreen) 6. The Post (Vietnam prologue) 7. Lady Bird (self injuries) 8. Phantom Thread (minor poisoning) 9. Call Me By Your Name (nosebleed)	EASY PASS Lady Bird PASS Get Out Phantom Thread The Post Shape of Water Three Billboards ARGUABLY PASSES Call Me By Your Name FAIL Darkest Hour Dunkirk	Lady Bird 50% Get Out 28% Three Billboards 27% The Post 25% Dunkirk 0% not yet determined Darkest Hour Call Me By Your Name Phantom Thread Shape of Water

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