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[SargerusBR]

I can see Interstellar winning Visual Effects but wouldn't be surprised if GotG somehow managed to win

 

[Ithil]

If Song of the Sea (haven't seen yet but plant to soon), or Kaguya won in the animated category I'd be overjoyed. We all know it's going to Big Hero 6, though : (

Edit: Just to be clear, BH6 is a good film, I'm just so sick of pixar sweeping the Oscars every year. Other countries exist, dammit!

But BH6 isn't a Pixar film. And why would you be overjoyed at a film you haven't seen winning?

 

[Fevaweva]

Eh i dont think interstellar deserved a direction nom but if shit like imitation game makes the cut, then i dont know who the fuck is nominating in the direction category. Id might as well throw nolan in the mix, better than the pedantic shit morten Whatever did.

For the record though, id nominate damien chazelle and fincher over nolan for direction for this year, who did fucking fantastic work over whiplash and gone girl, respectively.

As would I.

 

[jett]

I can see Interstellar winning Visual Effects but wouldn't be surprised if GotG somehow managed to win

Either Apes or Interstellar will win it. GotG has no chance.

 

[dorn.]

Gone Girl got shafted so hard. Not even editing and adapted screenplay? Should have been those plus best picture, director, original score and cinematography imo.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

LEGO Movie not getting nominated while Big Hero 6 does?

Disney got pull.

 

[FTF]

No bp for Gone Girl is the biggest snub to me.

Gone Girl got shafted so hard. Not even editing and adapted screenplay? Should have been those plus best picture, director, original score and cinematography imo.

Yup these too

 

[DrForester]

Bradley Cooper was nominated for the wrong gun-nut.

 

[Toa TAK]

It's okay, because in my heart I know The Lego Movie was the best out of that lot.

 

[Cloud Strife]

No Interstellar for Best Picture?

No LEGO MOVIE!?!?!?

No Jake Gyllenhaal?!?

The FUCK is this???!

 

[Senoculum]

LEGO Movie not getting nominated while Big Hero 6 does?

Disney got pull.

Seriously, Big Hero 6 didn't have a good screenplay at all. It was a typical hero's journey, like a beat-for-beat carbon copy of the book "Save the Cat" also known as, "how to write a 3-act story." There were nothing new, nothing "smart." It had charming visuals, but its limp story and its terribly simplified supporting cast dragged it down. Even its stereoscopic 3d was flat and uninspired!

Lego Movie had it all - story structure was neat, thematically sound, its humour spans across all ages, and the technology and effort behind the animation itself was pushing boundaries!

 

[manzoman96]

No one who votes for this has actually seen it. It will go for the one who did the best in the box-office.

Spoiler

I agree with you, by the way

You're right

Same thing happened to the wind rises last year.

 

[rekameohs]

Wait, no David Oyelowo? What?

As for no Lego Movie, it obviously deserved it, but the Academy's been shit when it comes to animated for a while.

 

[Violet_0]

Best animated feature film of the year

“Big Hero 6” Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
“The Boxtrolls” Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
“How to Train Your Dragon 2” Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
“Song of the Sea” Tomm Moore and Paul Young
“The Tale of the Princess Kaguya” Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura

All of these got nominated while LEGO didn't.

if Lego Movie got a spot, which nomination would it replace though? Out of those I've only seen HTTYD2 (which I've found rather lacking) so far. Everyone seemingly loves Kaguya, basically no one here has seen Song of the Sea, Big Hero 6 seems to be a pretty fun movie and I think opinions are divided on Boxtrolls ( I still love you, Laika)

 

[shira]

Lego snub. WTF

 

[Jarmel]

if Lego Movie got a spot, which nomination would it replace though? Out of those I've only seen HTTYD2 (which I've found rather lacking) so far. Everyone seemingly loves Kaguya, basically no one here has seen Song of the Sea, Big Hero 6 seems to be a pretty fun movie and I think opinions are divided on Boxtrolls ( I still love you, Laika)

I haven't even seen Lego movie but it could replace HTTD2 or BH6 pretty easily. Both were very lackluster.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

How the hell is Interstellar nominated for best sound mixing and editing??

You could hardly hear what people were saying at pivotal moments of the film!

Apart from that though, I'm happy with that list overall, hell I think it's one of the better ones in some time tbh.

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

I honestly think LEGO could've been nominated for best original screenplay. That would never, ever happen.

 

[Junior Asparagus]

I don't necessarily think Keaton is a lock for Best Actor, though it's probably between him and Redmayne.

I personally thought Redmayne was better.

 

[Dragon Puncher]

No Lego Movie is fucking travesty! It's a great movie and 10 times more original than How to Train your Dragon 2 and Big Hero 6.

 

[Chezzymann]

if Lego Movie got a spot, which nomination would it replace though? Out of those I've only seen HTTYD2 (which I've found rather lacking) so far. Everyone seemingly loves Kaguya, basically no one here has seen Song of the Sea, Big Hero 6 seems to be a pretty fun movie and I think opinions are divided on Boxtrolls ( I still love you, Laika)

Easily Box Trolls. Maybe How To Train Your Dragon 2. Of course not Big Hero 6 regardless of the movie's quality, because the academy loves Disney.

 

[inm8num2]

Among many snubs and surprises, the near absence of Gone Girl (other than Best Actress) was quite unexpected.

 

[DuffDry]

No Interstellar for Best Picture?

Interstellar was completely fine for what it was, but it isn't even close to best picture material.

Just because Nolan spoon feeds every ounce of symbolism and theme into his audiences mouths doesn't mean other films don't do it better with ten times the nuance and subtlety.

 

[pablotrejo]

emm... why isn't Birdman nominated for best score?

 

[Cerberus]

Had a feeling that Jake would get snubbed. Best Actor is ridiculously stacked this year. Ralph Fiennes gave a great performance too. If only Carrell was pushed in the Supporting Actor category.....

At least Nightcrawler got a screenplay nom. No love for Gone Girl at all

 

[Linius]

Now I think about it, it's kind of weird that Whiplash isn't nominated for best soundtrack. Justin Hurwitz got snubbed. Together with Interstellar and the Grand Budapest my favourite soundtracks.

 

[Timbuktu]

No Lego Movie is fucking travesty! It's a great movie and 10 times more original than How to Train your Dragon 2 and Big Hero 6.

Maybe it was too early, I honestly thought it was a 2013 film.

 

[Cerberus]

emm... why isn't Birdman nominated for best score?

The Academy said it was ineligible because the classical music cues "diluted" the score.

Here's an in-depth article about it:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/inside-story-why-birdmans-drum-760140

 

[Linius]

Maybe it was too early, I honestly thought it was a 2013 film.

It released in the same week as The Grand Budapest Hotel..., which got 9 noms.

The Academy said it was ineligible because the classical music cues "diluted" the score.

Here's an in-depth article about it:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/inside-story-why-birdmans-drum-760140

I see the soundtrack to Whiplash met the same faith. Strange.

 

[Wanderer5]

Wow can't believe Lego Movie got screwed. Quite surprising, and really sucks. I still need to see The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (and probably should get around seeing Song of the Sea), and I hope it gets a wider release.:/

 

[DMczaf]

Let's go Interstellar sound sweep! With Nolan accepting each award like:

Best Sound Mix:

Best Sound Editing:

 

[Xe4]

But BH6 isn't a Pixar film. And why would you be overjoyed at a film you haven't seen winning?

Weird I thought it was. Dunno why, guess not. And because The Secret of Kells was a fantastic movie, and the song of the sea looks just as good. Plus, I'd love to see a foreign film win, and a 2d film win, instead of the continuation of the 3-d CGI disney film trend we've seen so far. Ernest & Celestine got robbed last year as well :/

 

[Linius]

Weird I thought it was. Dunno why, guess not. And because The Secret of Kells was a fantastic movie, and the song of the sea looks just as good. Plus, I'd love to see a foreign film win, and a 2d film win, instead of the continuation of the 3-d CGI disney film trend we've seen so far. Ernest & Celestine got robbed last year as well :/

Pixar has won it 7 times now. But if you ask me Finding Nemo, Wall-E, Up, Ratatouille and Toy Story 3 completely deserved their awards. Brave and The Incredibles maybe less. Though I don't know what other movies they were up against from the top of my mind.

 

[Symphonic]

Hope the Theory of Everything wins best score here too. It really is an incredible score. Interstellar is great too, but Theory is borderline perfect on multiple levels.

Lol at no Birdman for editing and the sound mixing nom for Interstellar. Some straight crack smokin going on.

The whole Birdman score thing is horseshit as well. Wasn't a giant fan of the movie, but I enjoyed the score and it really is major.

 

[BertramCooper]

if Lego Movie got a spot, which nomination would it replace though? Out of those I've only seen HTTYD2 (which I've found rather lacking) so far. Everyone seemingly loves Kaguya, basically no one here has seen Song of the Sea, Big Hero 6 seems to be a pretty fun movie and I think opinions are divided on Boxtrolls ( I still love you, Laika)

Lego Movie was definitely better than Big Hero 6.

And I'm not even as fond of Lego Movie as a lot of people here.

 

[Symphonic]

Hope Kaguya wins. So many good things about that movie.

 

[BertramCooper]

No bp for Gone Girl is the biggest snub to me.

This bothers me too. I wouldn't give Gone Girl BP over Boyhood, but it is damn good.

It's the darkest of dark comedies, and one of Fincher's best films. It has Reznor and Ross' best score, too.

 

[WillyFive]

I'm baffled at Lego not being there, it's an order of magnitude better than something like HTTYD2.

Then again, it's well known that Oscar voters don't know much about animated movies and just vote on big names.

 

[Choomp]

They couldn't have at least put a few more Best Picture candidates in? If anything I don't think Foxcatcher deserves it, I'd rather Gone Girl or something else.

 

[inm8num2]

Chris Stuckman's reactions are kind of funny.

Agree with him on the egregious lack of love for Gyllenhaal - his performance in Nightcrawler might have been the best of the year.

 

[A Human Becoming]

 

[Wafflecakes]

Very pleased that HTTYD was nominated.

Surprised that they passed on the Lego Movie, though I find it overrated.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

This bothers me too. I wouldn't give Gone Girl BP over Boyhood, but it is damn good.

It's the darkest of dark comedies, and one of Fincher's best films. It has Reznor and Ross' best score, too.

I literally don't remember a thing from the score. I though the Social Network and dragoon tattoo were both much better. I at least remembered them.

lol these are pretty good

 

[BertramCooper]

I literally don't remember a thing from the score. I though the Social Network and dragoon tattoo were both much better. I at least remembered them.

It jumped out to me right away because it's very moody and Twin Peaks-ish.

So good.

 

[The Sarcastic Dude]

Thoughts:

Surprised the Lego Movie got snubbed.
Disappointed Yellow Flick Beat didn't get a Song nod.
Disappointed, but not surprised, Jake G didn't get a nod for Nightcrawler.
Surprised Gone Girl got completely snubbed, especially original score.
Hope JK Simmons takes home the oscar.

 

[Pepboy]

Very pleased that HTTYD was nominated.

Surprised that they passed on the Lego Movie, though I find it overrated.

I tried to watch Lego Movie but was put off. Still it seemed to resonate with people more than HTTYD2, which felt like a direct to video sequel at times. Perhaps because I watched it on a plane and didn't give the visuals a chance to wow me, but I don't remember once being surprised by that film. I am curious what you liked about it.

Though I still have to see most of the other nominees in that category -- I only saw Kaguya.

lol these are pretty good

Yeah pretty funny stuff.

 

[plasmawave]

Guys guys guys!

Spoiler

Dick Poop

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Interstellar didn't get best cinematography nomination? Wat. Even the people who didn't really like the movie mention the photography as one of the best things.

lol what? No.

Outside one or two VFX scenes, Interstellar's cinematography was hardly anything special. Which is a shame since Hoytema's past work is insanely good.

 

[CassSept]

It jumped out to me right away because it's very moody and Twin Peaks-ish.

So good.

I thought that the soundtrack was very subdued and brilliant, in that background not in-your-face way. Really fits the tone incredibly well but nothing as instantly memorable as, say, In Motion.

Then I youtubed it and when the second track (Sugar Storm) started I immediately recognized it, even though I didn't listen to the ost since the day I watched the film, several months ago. Brilliant stuff and I'd agree it beats Social Network soundtrack, which was already amazing effort.

While no nomination for BP, Director, or Adapted Screenplay is surprising, no nom for Original Score is baffling.

 

[Jarmel]

lol what? No.

Outside one or two VFX scenes, Interstellar's cinematography was hardly anything special. Which is a shame since Hoytema's past work is insanely good.

Cinematography in the cornfield sequences was fairly good, also some of the long shots on the water planet as well.