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[Diprosalic]

It deserves a best picture nomination

L-O-L

 

[Aiii]

Steve Carell getting a nomination is well deserved, hope he wins.

 

[lazybones18]

American Sniper out of nowhere. At least I can finally see it this weekend

 

[itsgreen]

No Interstellar?

 

[V_Ben]

Seems to be a good list! Happy to see Steve Carell on there.

 

[thenexus6]

Best actor is tough this year! I can see quite a few taking it.

 

[CoolOff]

No Interstellar?

As it should be.

Best actor is tough this year! I can see quite a few taking it.

Gonna be Keaton or Redmayne. I'd say 60/40 Keaton.

 

[kmax]

* Rosamunde Pike for Best Leading Actress
* J.K Simmons for best supporting actor
* Whiplash for Best picture.


Thank you, God.

 

[OSHAN]

Pretty underwhelming year.

 

[Wilbur]

How that pedestrian fucking sunday afternoon the imitation game is picking up so many noms i have no idea. Could have named ten directors who deserved a nom over Tyldum.

 

[Superimposer]

Dick Poop.

 

[lednerg]

Guess I need to see American Sniper and Foxcatcher. Oh, and Whiplash.

 

[wapplew]

Any repeat runner for best actor? All new list right?

 

[xam3l]

Nolan on the blacklist...

Fuck academy.
Right now I'm on #TeamWhiplash/Nighcrawler

 

[Emarv]

Guess I need to see American Sniper and Foxcatcher.

You DO NOT need to see American Sniper.

 

[whytemyke]

I'm not even gay, but it's not fair how attractive Chris Pine is lol. Like, c'mon, man.

Also, seems like it's not as deep of a pool of movies as years past. No idea how Birdman got snubbed in best original score, but I still think it's gonna clean up.

I was debating seeing The Imitation Game today, and after seeing it get so many noms, I think my decision is made.

 

[El Topo]

Pretty underwhelming year.

Glad I'm not the only one with that impression. I don't even remember some of those movies at all (Wild, Still Alice), not sure if they even came out here in Europe.

 

[WyndhamPrice]

How that pedestrian fucking sunday afternoon the imitation game is picking up so many noms i have no idea. Could have named ten directors who deserved a nom over Tyldum.

Apparently all the other directors that voted on this stuff couldn't.

 

[jett]

Disappointed that Nightcrawler got snubbed.

 

[lednerg]

You DO NOT need to see American Sniper.

Rotten RT review:
"No matter how well made and compelling Eastwood's film is, to produce something this incurious about its troubling real life subject, to promote his "legend" with little more than jingoistic hagiography, is at best disingenuous and distasteful."

On second thought...

 

[Hamlet]

Shame Jake Gyllenhaal didn't get nominated for Nightcrawler. Though it is nice to see J.K. Simmons and Whiplash got some nomination love.

 

[Blader]

How that pedestrian fucking sunday afternoon the imitation game is picking up so many noms i have no idea. Could have named ten directors who deserved a nom over Tyldum.

I liked the movie just fine, but how Tyldum keeps picking up these best director nods is baffling. Harvey Weinstein doing his thing again, I guess.

 

[Emarv]

So awful that Ava DuVernay got snubbed for Best Director. Just awful.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Birdman is a technical marvel that fell apart at the end for me. It became heavy handed in a way that was insulting to its audience. Which was too bad, because Keaton and Norton were both terrific in the film and didn't deserve for it to turn full turd in the last act.

Rotten RT review:
"No matter how well made and compelling Eastwood's film is, to produce something this incurious about its troubling real life subject, to promote his "legend" with little more than jingoistic hagiography, is at best disingenuous and distasteful."

On second thought...

that eastwood for ya, he's been like that for ages now.

 

[Wilbur]

Apparently all the other directors that voted on this stuff couldn't.

Jonathan Glazer, DuVernay, Wes Anderson, Damien Chazelle, even people like James Gunn and the Russos did a better job.

Edit add Nolan, Fincher...

 

[HIGH DEF JEFF]

I didn't expect Damien Chazelle to get a Best Director nomination but he belongs there over drab and grey Foxcatcher and boring ass The Imitation Game.

Whats strange is a nom for Best Adapted Screenplay though? Whiplash is a better movie to watch than read.

 

[Linius]

As per usual I will try and see all the best picture noms before the event. Need to see: American Sniper, Birdman, The Imitation Game, Selma and The Theory of Everything.

 

[OSHAN]

Birdman is a technical marvel that fell apart at the end for me. It became heavy handed in a way that was insulting to its audience. Which was too bad, because Keaton and Norton were both terrific in the film and didn't deserve for it to turn full turd in the last act.

I don't really get the Birdman love, either.

 

[Addi]

Is American Sniper (haven't seen it) like this years obligatory war movie nomination?

Haven't seen a lot of the nominated films yet, but Fincher, Nolan and PTA not getting big nominations is interesting.

Norway represent though! First time we have a director nominated I think, Morten Tydlum

 

[Blader]

Is American Sniper (haven't seen it) like this years obligatory war movie nomination?

More like the obligatory Clint Eastwood nomination.

 

[Ridley327]

How that pedestrian fucking sunday afternoon the imitation game is picking up so many noms i have no idea. Could have named ten directors who deserved a nom over Tyldum.

Two words: Harvey Weinstein.

 

[Jigorath]

Gone Girl snubbed. Fincher fucked over once again. At least Rosamund Pike got in.

 

[lednerg]

I didn't see what she was in, but I'd like for Laura Dern to win a damn Oscar already.

 

[MrS]

Glad to see Whiplash getting the recognition it deserves. Hope either J.K. or Ed Norton get the supporting actor Oscar because they both deserve it. Surprised that Ralph Fiennes was snubbed, especially with Brad Cooper's nomination.

 

[Dilly]

No Fincher and Jake Gyllenhaal, boo this.

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

The only three movies that truly deserve to be there are Birdman, Boyhood, and Whiplash. Why in the hell did American Sniper get so many nods? Movie was shit.

Also, where the hell is Gone Girl?

 

[Haloid1177]

Gone Girl snubbed. Fincher fucked over once again. At least Rosamund Pike got in.

Gone Girl wasn't even one of Fincher's best. I didn't even like Rosamund Pike in it. Affleck deserved a nom more than she did.

 

[Linkyn]

After seeing TToE last night, I'm feeling pretty confident about Redmayne.

 

[Infernostew]

Morgan Tyldum over Fincher?!? Lol! Imitation Games was such a mess of a film.

 

[Fevaweva]

Not a single Director who started before 1990. New school running this shit.

Really like the Oscar Noms this year, very few nominations made me go "lolwut" apart from the lack of Lego Movie.

 

[Wilbur]

Morgan Tyldum over Fincher?!? Lol! Imitation Games was such a mess of a film.

Pedestrian run of the mill biopic with a fairly strong lead performance (that isn't much but a riff on the actor's most well known role), and some seriously questionable elements regarding its subject's history.

Guff.

 

[Emarv]

Full list.

Nominees.

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

Best Actor
Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of

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

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
Edward Norton, "Birdman"
Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
Laura Dern, "Wild"
Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
Emma Stone, "Birdman"
Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"

Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman"
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Bennet Miller, "Foxcatcher"
Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Morten Tydlum, "The Imitation Game"

Best Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler

Best Foreign Film
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Wild Tales

Best Documentary Feature
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maer
Last Days in Vietnam
Virunga
Salt of the Earth

Best Animated Feature
"Big Hero 6"
"The Boxtrolls"
"How to Train Your Dragon 2"
"Song of the Sea"
"The Tale of the Princess Kaguya"

Film Editing
"American Sniper"
"Boyhood"
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Whiplash"

Best Song
"The Lego Movie"
"Selma"
"Beyond the Lights"
"Glenn Campbell: I'll Be Me"
"Begin Again"

Best Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything

Best Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken

Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner

Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy

Production Design
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Interstellar"
"Into the Woods"
"Mr. Turner"

Sound Editing
"American Sniper"
"Bidman"
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"
"Interstellar"
"Unbroken"

Sound Mixing
"American Sniper"
"Birdman"
"Interstellar"
"Unbroken"
"Whiplash"

Visual Effects
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past

Short Film, Live Action
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call

Short Film, Animated
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and my Moulton
A Single Life

Documentary Short Subject
Crisis Hotline
Johanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth

 

[dmshaposv]

How that pedestrian fucking sunday afternoon the imitation game is picking up so many noms i have no idea. Could have named ten directors who deserved a nom over Tyldum.

YEAH.

I really wanted Academy to nominate someone like Damien Chazelle for whiplash over the fucking by the numbers direction of imitation game.\

Didn't even realize they missed out on Fincher. WTF academy.

 

[Ridley327]

Wait, Life Itself got snubbed, too? I change my previous statement about The LEGO Movie being the biggest snub.

 

[Currygan]

Eddie Redmayne pls

David Fincher pls. I honestly thought he deserved it for Social Network instead of Hooper

 

[Infernostew]

Also no Reznor and Ross for soundtrack?

 

[Bleepey]

Damn Marvel for VFXs

 

[FortuneFaded]

Why in the hell did American Sniper get so many nods? Movie was shit.

Clint.

 

[Bleepey]

No Raid 2. Of course, fucking Academy

 

[Infernostew]

Please academy, just for 1 year can we have winners who play original roles rather than based on real people?