King"s Speech over TSN remains one of the biggest WTFs in Oscar history.
Alfonso Cuaron, J.J Abrams and Chris Pine will announce OSCAR nominations on 1/15
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King"s Speech over TSN remains one of the biggest WTFs in Oscar history.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
How to Train Your Dragon 2 was nominated after it won the Golden Globe. Its happening!
Cate Blanchett did win for Blue Jasmine last year, so there's that.
LoL. That would've been the biggest, most craziest thing ever if that film got nominated. Don't get me wrong, I love that film, but no way would it have been a contender for an Oscar.
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Httyd2 deserves the award for animated, though if it went to big hero 6 I would be ok with that, too
Infernostew
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I mean all acting winners
WyndhamPrice
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Micheal Keaton's Oscar is a lock at this point.
Patricia Arquette and J.K. Simmons, too.
Best Actress is the only acting category that's a little up in the air but it'll probably be Julianne Moore.
And those are all original characters!
Michael Keaton played a made up character in Birdman.
If Eastwood directed it would be.. the Academy loves when their own direct.
Meryl Streep could be a corpse for 5 seconds in a movie and get a supporting actress nom.
WyndhamPrice
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These nominations were locked in well before the Globes were handed out, there's no correlation there. But you're right in suggesting it'll win at this point.
Skiptastic
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Just saw it Tuesday. I wouldn't call it shit, but I agree that it is nothing special. It was the run of the mill war movie. Bradley Cooper was good in it, but it just didn't go anywhere for me.
No LEGO Movie or Book of Life or Life Itself? The fuck, Academy?
Hell yes, it did. Movie was creative, looked great, had a lot of great humor, could be enjoyed by adults and children. It was an excellent movie.
Inferno313
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Last year, half of the acting winners were fictional characters. Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine and Jared Leto in Dallas Buyer's Club (Yes, DBC is a biopic, but Leto's character is a fabrication.)
In 2013, 3 of the 4 winners were fictional characters. Jennifer Lawrence in SLP, Anne Hathaway in Les Mis, and Chirstoph Waltz in Django Unchained.
In 2012, Jean Durjardin, Chirstopher Plummer, and Octavia Spencer were all playing fictional characters.
Dude, I dunno what you're talking about.
Wow, you have to go all the way back to 70th Annual Awards to get that, and that was when Titanic won damn near everything else.
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He was pretty darn good. I wasn't as impressed with him as I was with Channing Tatum, but that's because I already know Ruffalo is a damn fine dramatic actor and Channing Tatum hasn't demonstrated he was capable of a role like this in the past, Magic Mike aside.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
Nope. I doubt I'd enjoy it, tbh.
Frustrated_Grunt
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Wish Whiplash was playing in my area. I've been hearing good stuff on here about it at least. I'd be surprised if The Imitation Game wins any awards, I don't think it's strong enough to win any categories.
Birdman for movie of the year.
Birdman for movie of the year.
Prophet Steve
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To be honest there is not really a category where action movies do too well. As good and popular as Marvel movies may be you won't find them here, as you won't find The Raid 2, John Wick or X-Men.
Seeing Interstellar in Sound Mixing is weird considering all the complains about it. I suppose loud does well. I think John Wick should have gotten an award for sound or editing at least.
Will try to watch all the nominated movies I can.HIGH DEF JEFF
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Back to Foxcatcher..
I just noticed its not even nominated for Best Picture. So that Bennet Miller nomination is a waste. That movie wasnt good. It was deliberately haunting and so far from the truth of what really happened. Ruffalo was just fine, not nomination worthy and Carrel only gets attention because of his rubbery nose piece. When you watch video of the real John DuPont you dont see any resemblance in look or behaviour to the way Carrell played him.
Meanwhile Chazelle makes a movie that has an insane amount of energy. The energy of a young filmmaker showing off.
I just noticed its not even nominated for Best Picture. So that Bennet Miller nomination is a waste. That movie wasnt good. It was deliberately haunting and so far from the truth of what really happened. Ruffalo was just fine, not nomination worthy and Carrel only gets attention because of his rubbery nose piece. When you watch video of the real John DuPont you dont see any resemblance in look or behaviour to the way Carrell played him.
Meanwhile Chazelle makes a movie that has an insane amount of energy. The energy of a young filmmaker showing off.
Not to be The Oscar's white knight or something, but apart from Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep...a lot of new names have cropped up this year.
Exterminieren
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Interested to see if Redmayne or Keaton gets Best Actor. Redmayne's got all the awards momentum, but Keaton's got the comeback story. Hell, Cumberbatch could come from behind and steal it at the last minute. Carrell and Cooper are just making up the numbers.
I genuinely wonder if The Lego Movie's live-action sequences disqualified it in the eyes of the Academy. That's a hell of a snub- I'd have expected to see Big Hero 6 or even HTTYD2 dropped before that one.
I genuinely wonder if The Lego Movie's live-action sequences disqualified it in the eyes of the Academy. That's a hell of a snub- I'd have expected to see Big Hero 6 or even HTTYD2 dropped before that one.
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Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night"
Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night"
Yup :/ Looks more like propaganda than anything else.
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night"
Cotillard is most likely the most talented young actress in Hollywood and it makes me really sad this is the role what most people know her from.
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night"
I was waiting for someone to post this.
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night"
I blame Nolan way more than I do her for that take. She's a wonderful, wonderful actress.
Haloid1177
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Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night"
Marlon Brando level acting right there.
Fair enough, though Bradley Cooper gets a nomination third year in a row too. But I guess my feeling also comes from what the academy chooses to include and what to exclude, it always feels a bit similar.
He's got a really good shot at Original Screenplay, as I suspect that The Grand Budapest Hotel is going to be this year's Her.
Also, if The Grand Budapest Hotel doesn't take Best Production Design, then there will never be a Wes Anderson film that will. I mean, come on. /jimmy
It wasn't Fincher's best but it was still one of the best movies of the year.
If those four won in their categories i'd be very happy.
One of my top films of last year Gone Girl got screwed over.. I would've bet director / picture, music nominations. Pike will take actress I am sure.
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night"
It was a bad take. The only question is why Nolan decided to use it in the final cut. Did they run out of film or something?
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