Fight to the death: what film deserves 'best film' this year?

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The nominees for the 89th annual Academy Awards were announced on January 24 via livestream that was available on the Academy’s website. 











Since the announcement people around the globe, including students at Mississippi State University, have reacted to the nominees both positively and negatively.






Nine films were nominated for the coveted Best Picture Oscar this year. The Best Picture nominees are “Arrival,” “Fences,” “Hacksaw Ridge,” “Hell or High Water,” “Hidden Figures,” “La La Land,” “Lion,” “Manchester by the Sea,” and “Moonlight.”





“La La Land” is a favorite among many students, including junior communication major Jackson Magaw.





“I am predicting ‘La La Land’ is going to win Best Picture,” Magaw said.





Freshman Joe Bellamy also views “La La Land” as the most likely winner, although he said he believes many will be unhappy with this decision.





“I think this year is going to be another one where people are divided between what they think will win and what they think should win, in this case ‘La La Land’ and ‘Moonlight’ respectively,” Bellamy said.





Other students, including senior business information systems major Alex Robinson would be happy if “La La Land” were to win the Oscar this year.





“The only one of the nominees I have seen is ‘La La Land’ but I really liked it a lot,” Robinson said.





 “Hidden Figures” was well liked by many MSU students who have seen the film including senior history major Joseph Metz. Many of these students said they hope the film will win the Oscar because they view the film as being of high quality and because of the message they believe “Hidden Figures” winning would send.





“I think that ‘Hidden Figures’ should win because it gives people a look at some of the biggest innovators of the period,” Metz said. “These women did something that no other black women had done and helped ...


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