2015 Oscars thread

[bob]

Your nominees are the following:


Original Song:

Everything Is Awesome (The Lego Movie)
Glory (Selma)
Grateful (Beyond the Lights)
I'm Not Gonna Miss You (Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me)
Lost Stars (Begin Again)

Visual Effects:

Guardians Of The Galaxy
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Captain America: Winter Soldier
Interstellar

Documentary Short:

Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

Documentary Feature:

Citzenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days In Vietnam
The Salt Of The Earth
Virunga

Sound Editing:

American Sniper
Birdman
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken

Film Editing:

American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash

Production Design:

The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into The Woods
Mr. Turner

Sound Mixing:

American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash

Short Film Live Action:

Butter Lamp
Boogaloo And Graham
The Phone Call
Parvaneh
Aya

Animated Short Film:

The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me And My Moulton
A Single Life

Animated Film:

How To Train Your Dragon 2
Big Hero 6
The BoxTrolls
Song Of The Sea
The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya

Supporting Actor:

Edward Norton (Birdman)
JK Simmons (Whiplash)
Mark Ruffalo (Foxctacher)
Robert Duvall (The Judge)
Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)

Supporting Actress:

Emma Stone (Birdman)
Laura Dern (Wild)
Meryl Streep (Into the Woods)
Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Keira Knightley (The Intimidation Game)

MakeUp:

Guardians Of The Galaxy
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Foxcatcher

Costume Design:

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Unto The Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner

Cinematography:

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken

Adapted Screenplay:

American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory Of Everything
Whiplash

Original Screenplay:

Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler

Score:

The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr. Turner
The Theory Of Everything

Foreign Language Film:

Tangerines
Leviathan
Ida
Wild Tales
Timbuktu

Best Actor:

Steve Carell (Foxcatcher)
Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Intimidation Game)
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Michael Keaton (Birdman)

Best Actress:

Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night)
Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
Reese Witherspoon (Wild)
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)

Director:

Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
Alejandro Inarritu (Birdman)
Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher)
Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game)

Best Picture:

American Sniper
Birdman
The Imitation Game
Boyhood
Selma
Whiplash
The Theory of Everything
The Grand Budapest Hotel



Anyone have thoughts on this?

[Rev. Powell]

A few surprising/shocking snubs: no Jake Gyllenhaal for NIGHTCRAWLER, no LEGO MOVIE as best animated feature, no LIFE ITSELF for best doc.

I didn't check all your list but film editing is wrong. It should be


    American Sniper – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
    Boyhood – Sandra Adair
    The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling
    The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg
    Whiplash – Tom Cross

[BoyScoutKevin]

Normally . . . ?! I won't comment on what I have not seen, but I do like to make an exception for the Oscars.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. I can remember how "Lord of the Rings : Return of the King" swept the Oscars. Now you get to "The Hobbit : the Battle of 5 Armies" and you have 1 nomination for Sound Editing, which it may or may not win.

Well, one thing about the internet, as soon as something makes the news, people are immediately on the internet, agreeing or disagreeing with what they have read. Which leads to "The Lego Movie" and why it wasn't nominated for Best Animated Film. One of the reasons seems to be that while it was popular among populous audiences, it was not popular among people who make animated films or those animators who are members of the Academy, who thought there were 5 animated films that were better, or those 5 animated films that were nominated ahead of "The Lego Movie." As to why they thought it was better . . .?! I'd be interested in knowing.

With "The Lego Movie" not being nominated, they might as well give the Oscar to "Big Hero 6." Of the other films nominated in the same category, the one that I can see giving it any competition is "Box trolls," and I don't think that will be that competitive.

Disney/Marvel/Pixar . . .?! Would you rather have an international box office of over $4 billion or 9 Academy Award nominations?

Actually, just looking at this year's nominations, it looks to be one of the weakest years for films in Hollywood that I have seen.

What will next year bring . . .?! Considering how well "Star Wars : Episode IV" did in nominations, it'll be interesting to see how well "Star Wars : Episode VII" does, as it's release date is in December of this year.

[indianasmith]

Did you include the "Best Picture" category?  I don't see it.

[bob]

Did you include the "Best Picture" category?  I don't see it.

I forgot it DOH

[bob]

A few surprising/shocking snubs: no Jake Gyllenhaal for NIGHTCRAWLER, no LEGO MOVIE as best animated feature, no LIFE ITSELF for best doc.

I didn't check all your list but film editing is wrong. It should be


    American Sniper – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
    Boyhood – Sandra Adair
    The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling
    The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg
    Whiplash – Tom Cross

fixed  now we have a proper score card

[Rev. Powell]

Did you include the "Best Picture" category?  I don't see it.

I forgot it DOH

No one pays attention to the minor awards like that anyway. 

[Trevor]

Did you include the "Best Picture" category?  I don't see it.

I forgot it DOH

No one pays attention to the minor awards like that anyway. 

Well, there's at least one South African in all those nominees: the SA born producer Eric Abraham was nominated for Ida. 

[claws]

Uh Best Actor / Actress nominations are missing  

[ChaosTheory]

Uh Best Actor / Actress nominations are missing 

To be fair, the Actor category is even more pathetic than usual this year, so I can see why he'd forget it.

[bob]

I copied the original post from another forum I frequent, stupidly assuming the person had all the categories and nominees correct.

Everything in thing first post should be accurate now. 

[Derelict Coin-op]

To be fair I don't really keep track of movie awards, but it's kind of cool to see some movies in the best animated category that I thought looked really cool. Namely Song of the Sea and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. I'm really looking forward to seeing those when they come out on blue ray or DVD that is if they're not out already.

[messedup]

I thought Unbroken would get more "important" nominations being the kinda movie it is. Would not consider it the best movie, but at least Jack O'Connell should have gotten a nod.

[dean]

Just watched Birdman, and despite being a technically amazing film, I can't help but feel that some of it is just Oscar bait.  Everyone has a 'big scene'. 

I really liked Keaton in it, despite being a bit hammy, but I still think Ralph Fiennes deserved some sort of recognition for Grand Budapest Hotel. 

[bob]

Here we are a few days away now.