Alfonso Cuaron, J.J Abrams and Chris Pine will announce OSCAR nominations on 1/15

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Symphonic said:
Hope Kaguya wins. So many good things about that movie.
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Its chances certainly improved today after the baffling Lego Movie snub.
They'll probably just give the trophy to either the forgettable Disney or Dreamworks films like they usually do, though.
Lego Movie would have WON this category had it been nominated. Whatever film takes the prize will have that knowledge looming over their heads.

Junior Asparagus said:
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.
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It's the closest race of any of the acting categories (the others have cemented favorites... especially Best Actress and Supporting Actor).
There's a legit possibility that a push for Cooper, Cumberbatch or Carell could take advantage of an expected Keaton-Redmayne split vote.

I also thought Redmayne was better. Disappointed (but not surprised) that Gyllenhaal got snubbed as he was gaining momentum.
 
Jarmel said:
Cinematography in the cornfield sequences was fairly good, also some of the long shots on the water planet as well.
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Also, some of the scenes in space. (Saturn)
The soundmix in that movie was thrilling, the fact it played so loud was beneficial for the climaxes. Here in Spain we got subtitles, so understanding wasn't a real problem.
 
James Gunn seems a bit annoyed about the Oscar noms.

I think our Guardians costume designer, Alexandra Byrne, our Production Designer, Charles Wood, and our Sound team from Skywalker Sound were snubbed as badly as anyone. All three of these departments created looks and sounds from nothing, from cultures that hadn't pre-existed, and created something beautiful that has already shifted the aesthetic paradigm of Hollywood films. Alex and Charles have been nominated by their peers in their guilds, but it'd be great to be acknowledged at the Oscars as well. I suppose they'll just have to be happy having made a film seen by more people than have seen all seven of the Best Film nominees combined.
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https://www.facebook.com/jgunn/posts/10152445297411157
 
good for you james gunn. heres a cookie.

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Ridley327 said:
Well, the new Star Trek jettisoned Orci since they wanted something more like GotG, so there's that!
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Which is to say they wanted something more like Star Wars. And I think that's to do with tone of the film, not production design. There is nothing in GotG' production or costume design that doesn't look derivative of a multitude of sci-fi flicks before it. This is like the director of Chronicles of Riddick asking why their work isn't being recognized for their beacon of industry-shifting originality.

His last line is petty too. Shame. Gunn always seemed like a cool dude. Pretty naive and childish.
 
I saw Birdman last night and was blown away by how good it was. Loved Buda, Boyhood, etc. but I feel Birdman was just in another class. Anyone else with me?
 
wedward said:
Force Majeure is the best film of the year and therefore the biggest snub.
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Force Majeure is undeniably great... although I wouldn't go quite that far.

I want to see a Simpsons episode adapted from its premise.
Homer abandons his family to save himself in the face of looming disaster.
Rest of the ep deals with the consequences of his split-second decision.
 
Best animated feature film of the year said:
“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
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Surprised and happy to see Song of the Sea there.

I didn't watch The Lego Movie, but going by the reactions in this thread I misjudged it from the trailers.
 
Scullibundo said:
Which is to say they wanted something more like Star Wars. And I think that's to do with tone of the film, not production design. There is nothing in GotG' production or costume design that doesn't look derivative of a multitude of sci-fi flicks before it. This is like the director of Chronicles of Riddick asking why their work isn't being recognized for their beacon of industry-shifting originality.

His last line is petty too. Shame. Gunn always seemed like a cool dude. Pretty naive and childish.
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I wouldn't try to pretend that the stuff in GotG is paradigm-shifting, but just to illustrate something here, you'd have to go back to 2003 for a movie that won Best Costume Design that wasn't some kind of a period piece, with 2006 through 2009 were all costume dramas, and, with all due respect to the people that work on them, if you've seen one movie with a British actress in a ball gown, you've kind of seen them all. It's actually rare that a sci-fi, fantasy, or horror film gets the win in that category, as the one that one before Return of the King was Bram Stoker's Dracula.

But that does go back to my original point: those categories are for films that aren't winning anything else.
 
Scullibundo said:
Which is to say they wanted something more like Star Wars. And I think that's to do with tone of the film, not production design. There is nothing in GotG' production or costume design that doesn't look derivative of a multitude of sci-fi flicks before it. This is like the director of Chronicles of Riddick asking why their work isn't being recognized for their beacon of industry-shifting originality.

His last line is petty too. Shame. Gunn always seemed like a cool dude. Pretty naive and childish.
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Willing to bet money he's going to issue an apology in the next 24 hours (probably 12). He's going to get fucking shat on for that post.
 
backflip10019 said:
Just saw this article posted on the Hollywood Reporter.

Oscars: Acting Nominees All White

This point of view always puzzles me. Shouldn't the story be about how David Olowoyo is a great actor who was snubbed, not about how he is a great black actor who was snubbed? Insinuating that this is a racial issue based on almost nothing makes no sense to me.
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Playing a historic leader in a period biopic pretty much garuntee you a nomination, especially if you knock it out of the park like Oyelowo did. It's kind of hard not to assume race had something to do with it. Selma is prime Oscar bait except for all of the black people. I can't believe it only got two nominations.
 
Pau said:
I didn't watch The Lego Movie, but going by the reactions in this thread I misjudged it from the trailers.
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You should make a point of seeking it out. I dismissed it as a merchandising cash-in until it hit theaters.
Saw it opening weekend and was blown away.
Saw Ernest & Celestine for the first time that weekend, too. Gave both films a 9 out of 10... it's been ages since I've given animated films scores that high.

Afrodium said:
Playing a historic leader in a period biopic pretty much garuntee you a nomination, especially if you knock it out of the park like Oyelowo did. It's kind of hard not to assume race had something to do with it. Selma is prime Oscar bait except for all of the black people. I can't believe it only got two nominations.
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Idris Elba got snubbed last year when he played Nelson Mandela. At least this is one trend the Academy is keeping alive.
No acting honors for these guys... "Here's your token Best Original Song nomination. Now go away."
 
Pepboy said:
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.



Yeah pretty funny stuff.
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Lego movie was bigger than HTTYD in the US, so no surprise as to the GAF reaction. Dragon did FAR better internationally though.
 
inm8num2 said:
Fun fact - the crop of best picture nominees is the lowest-grossing since the BP field expanded beyond five films (Box Office Mojo).
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Not really that surprising if you look at the films that were nominated, past 5 years usually had at least one marketable crowd popular movie, 2009 had Avatar, 2010 had Toy Story 3, 2012 had Django (not really on the same level, but it still made $450 mil, more than everything else combined thus far, though this will grow), 2013 had Gravity. 2011 is an exception but I guess it all added up, no huge hit but moderate successes. 2013 is really weird in that regard though, Grand Budapest Hotel is the only film that at that moment made over $100 mil.... and among others, only Imitation Game made over $50 mil. This will grow but it's still surprisingly low.
 
Oh boy Gunn, you made a slightly above average comic book movie, get over yourself.

More people saw Transformers 4 worldwide than GOTG. Does that mean it deserves to get nominated too?
 
I'll say this also: very disappointed that Book of Life wasn't nominated for Best Animated Feature as well. LEGO definitely deserves to be in there over BoL, but that's been said. Book of Life is way better than Big Hero 6 though.
 
I'd really like to see Michael Keaton win an Oscar. The Academy tends to gravitate to biopics for acting awards, so Eddie Redmayne is likely to win.
 
I can't believe that Nightcrawler got so few nominations.

That film deserved WAY more.

I'm really surprised Gyllhenhall didn't get a nomination either.

His performance was sensational in that film.
 
Extremely surprised Big Hero 6 received a nomination, and over The Lego Movie to boot! That's one of the more shocking snubs in recent years.

Very pleased to see The Tale of the Princess Kaguya and Song of the Sea nab nominations.

I still think How to Train Your Dragon 2 will win though.
 
Rogue_Ledr said:
I can't believe that Nightcrawler got so few nominations.

That film deserved WAY more.

I'm really surprised Gyllhenhall didn't get a nomination either.

His performance was sensational in that film.
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Nightcrawler was probably my #2 for the year. It was dark, twisted, and utterly captivating. I didn't expect it to get a BP nom since it's out of their comfort zone of whatever one would call it, but Gyllenhaal gave the best performance of the year. Totally lost himself in that role - you're repulsed at who that character is but can't help admire his conviction and self-confidence.
 
No effects nomination for the HOBBIT was a surprise.
As was mentioning X MEN. I thought that looked somewhat rushed.

Everything is all over the place and there is too much love for historical / biographical movies as always. Oscar bait will always work better than anything remotely fun or wacky.

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Just realized the Nightcrawler snub, sad stuff. Hope he gets it for the script.
 
I'm glad Princess Kaguya got nominated. What a great movie. The artstyle was very nice, too. I hope it wins, and if it was Ghibli's last film, it wouldn't have been a bad movie to finish on.
 
Ventara said:
I'm glad Princess Kaguya got nominated. What a great movie. The artstyle was very nice, too. I hope it wins, and if it was Ghibli's last film, it wouldn't have been a bad movie to finish on.
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When Marnie Was There is Ghibli's latest film. Comes out this spring in the US.
 
Rogue_Ledr said:
I can't believe that Nightcrawler got so few nominations.

That film deserved WAY more.

I'm really surprised Gyllhenhall didn't get a nomination either.

His performance was sensational in that film.
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Bradley Cooper getting the nod over Jake Gyllenhaal is this year's big surprise. The latter has gotten the lion's share of precursor nominations and wins, while Cooper was largely ignored.

Completely undeserved too, I might add, to give it to Cooper. Gyllenhaal gave a performance where he managed to simultaneously be weird, menacing, and pathetic without it ever coming across as forced. Cooper's role was straightforward and highly unremarkable by comparison.
 
Marion Cotillard was nominated for an Oscar?

Well, at least the Academy is no longer even bothering to pretend to give a shit about this being anything more than a contest between agents and PR.
 
GaGaGariya said:
Is it currently live or am I watching a rebroadcast right now?
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Rebroadcast. Here are the nominees:

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

Best Director
Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman"
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher”
Morten Tyldum, "The Imitation Game"

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

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

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

Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”
Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash"
Jason Hall, “American Sniper”
Anthony McCarten, "The Theory of Everything"
Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game"

Best Original Screenplay
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye, "Foxcatcher"
Dan Gilroy, "Nightcrawler"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo, "Birdman"
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"

Best Foreign Language Film
"Leviathan"
"Ida"
"Tangerines"
“Timbuktu”
"Wild Tales"

Best Documentary Feature
"CITIZENFOUR"
“Finding Vivian Maier”
"Last Days in Vietnam"
“The Salt in the Earth”
"Virunga”

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

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

Best Original Song
"Everything is Awesome" from "The LEGO Movie" (written by Shawn Patterson)
"Glory" from "Selma" (written by Common and John Legend)
"Grateful" from "Beyond the Lights" (written by Diane Warren)
"I’m Not Gonna Miss You" from "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me" (written by Glen Campbell)
"Lost Stars" from "Begin Again" (written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley and Nick Southwood)

Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Alexandre Desplat, "The Imitation Game"
Johann Johannsson, "The Theory of Everything"
Gary Yershon, “Mr. Turner”
Hans Zimmer, "Interstellar"

Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins, "Unbroken"
Emmanuel Lubezki, "Birdman"
Dick Pope, "Mr. Turner"
Robert Yeoman, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, “Ida”

Best Costume Design
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
“Inherent Vice”
"Into the Woods"
"Maleficent"
"Mr. Turner"

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

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

Best Sound Editing
"American Sniper"
“Birdman”
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"
"Interstellar"
"Unbroken"

Best Sound Mixing
"American Sniper"
"Birdman"
“Interstellar”
"Unbroken"
“Whiplash”

Best 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"

Best Short Film, Live Action
"Aya"
“Boogaloo and Graham”
“Butter Lamp”
“Parvaneh”
"The Phone Call"

Best Short Film, Animated
"The Bigger Picture"
"The Dam Keeper"
"Feast"
"Me and My Moulton"
“A Single Life”

Best Documentary, Short Subject
“Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1”
"Joanna"
"Our Curse"
“The Reaper”
"White Earth"


Two or more nominations:

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — 9
The Grand Budapest Hotel — 9
The Imitation Game — 8
American Sniper — 6
Boyhood — 6
Foxcatcher — 5
Interstellar — 5
The Theory of Everything — 5
Whiplash — 5
Mr. Turner — 4
Into the Woods — 3
Unbroken — 3
Guardians of the Galaxy — 2
Ida — 2
Inherent Vice — 2
Selma — 2
Wild — 2
 
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