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Oscar Nominations
Oscar nominations are out.....
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BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR American Sniper
Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers Boyhood
Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers The Imitation Game
Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers Selma
Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers The Theory of Everything
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers Whiplash
Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Steve Carell in Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper in American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Robert Duvall in The Judge
Ethan Hawke in Boyhood
Edward Norton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons in Whiplash PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore in Still Alice
Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon in Wild PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood
Laura Dern in Wild
Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game
Emma Stone in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Meryl Streep in Into the Woods
Love all the noms for Grand Budapest Hotel. Slate said it best when they wrote that Wes Anderson didn't come around to make a movie for the Academy, but that the Academy has come around to his films, and this is proof of that.
Love all the noms for Grand Budapest Hotel. Slate said it best when they wrote that Wes Anderson didn't come around to make a movie for the Academy, but that the Academy has come around to his films, and this is proof of that.
I think what's happened is his movies have gotten better. I couldn't stand Wes Anderson, but Moonrise Kingdom and Grand Budapest were great.
Love all the noms for Grand Budapest Hotel. Slate said it best when they wrote that Wes Anderson didn't come around to make a movie for the Academy, but that the Academy has come around to his films, and this is proof of that.
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Originally Posted by nik-
I think what's happened is his movies have gotten better. I couldn't stand Wes Anderson, but Moonrise Kingdom and Grand Budapest were great.
Fantastic Mr Fox was fantastic.
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I was miffed that Ralph Fiennes was snubbed for Grand Budapest. He's the heart, soul, backbone or what have you of that movie. Brilliant performance, and it makes no sense not to recognize that when the movie had so many nominations.
I was disappointed that Reznor and Ross weren't nominated for Gone Girl. I loved that score. But it's Reznor and I'm biased.
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My selections this year in bold. Honorable mentions to Michael Keaton and Edward Norton in Birdman who were excellent.
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BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
American Sniper
Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers Boyhood
Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
The Imitation Game
Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers
Selma
Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
The Theory of Everything
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers
Whiplash
Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Steve Carell in Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper in American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Robert Duvall in The Judge
Ethan Hawke in Boyhood
Edward Norton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher J.K. Simmons in Whiplash
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore in Still Alice Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon in Wild
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Patricia Arquette in Boyhood
Laura Dern in Wild
Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game
Emma Stone in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Meryl Streep in Into the Woods
Also, Linklater for best director, but a strong vote for Wes Anderson.
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If we can't fall in love with replaceable bottom 6 players then the terrorists have won.
It's a fabricated controversy. Last year 12 Years A Slave won best supporting actress, best adapted screenplay, and best friggin picture. Just because someone makes a good biopic about MLK does not mean it needs to automatically win a bunch of awards. There are many good films this year, and best actor was an especially stacked category this year. Just wasn't room for David Oyelowo this particular year. It doesn't mean anything in the grand scheme of things. You might make the argument that he could be in there ahead of Bradley Cooper, or even Steve Carell, but I think all the nominees were worthy.
Since 2001, 3 African-American actors have won best actor: Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, and Forrest Whittaker. Through those years there have been several years with multiple African-American nominees.
Of late, there have been fewer African-American best supporting actor nominees, but that probably speaks to there being more leading roles available.
Halle Berry won best actress in 2001 as well. Granted, there have been fewer female African-American nominees, but that probably speaks to the lack of quality roles for women, and especially minority women, in the film industry.
Since 2006 there have been 4 African-American winners in the best supporting actress category. There has also been an African-American nominee in almost every single year since 2000.
If the Academy is racist, or non-inclusive, they sure haven't shown it in the last 10-15 years.
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Originally Posted by ResAlien
If we can't fall in love with replaceable bottom 6 players then the terrorists have won.
Trying to get through the best picture noms as I try to every year (it's gotten harder since they increased the number of movies...)
Watched Boyhood tonight. I thought it was more interesting as a technical study of film making than as an actual movie. It was good and interesting, but I probably wouldn't watch it again.
Oscar Nominations
