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[breakfuss]

Was I the only one annoyed with Man of Steel's color grading? I know that has little to do with vfx, but all the dark-greyish-blue annoyed the shit out of me. Ugh.

 

[jett]

If Skyfall loses to Life of Pi then sadly I do not have much hope of him winning here.

I hope he does though, Prisoners is glorious visually.

Life of Pi is an amazing looking movie, bud.

And Gravity has this category in the bag.

Was I the only one annoyed with Man of Steel's color grading? I know that has little to do with vfx, but all the dark-greyish-blue annoyed the shit out of me. Ugh.

Yeah I didn't like it either.

 

[titusandronicus]

Was I the only one annoyed with Man of Steel's color grading? I know that has little to do with vfx, but all the dark-greyish-blue annoyed the shit out of me. Ugh.

Same. Film looked garbage, all the dark blue and grain. Yuck.

 

[Strax]

Only one I disagree with, Amour should have won.

Well since Haneke stole the entire story from a better movie Amour winning really wouldn't be fair.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Sean Bobbit's cinematography was robbed

and I don't like the trend of big CGI movies winning Best Cinematography year after year

 

[Jburton]

Yes! Really hope Jonah Hill gets it.

This! ........ Quality performance, proved Moneyball was no fluke.

 

[robotrock]

The Master had some incredible cinematography

 

[jett]

Sean Bobbit's cinematography was robbed

and I don't like the trend of big CGI movies winning Best Cinematography year after year

sux 2 b u

 

[kurisu_1974]

Was I the only one annoyed with Man of Steel's color grading? I know that has little to do with vfx, but all the dark-greyish-blue annoyed the shit out of me. Ugh.

I didn't mind it that much, but my standards lowered after Terminator Salvation

Well since Haneke stole the entire story from a better movie Amour winning really wouldn't be fair.

Can you elaborate on that?

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

Sean Bobbit's cinematography was robbed

and I don't like the trend of big CGI movies winning Best Cinematography year after year

There needs to be a seperate category, for certain.

 

[pestul]

Leo was incredible in TWoWS. I really have to see a lot more of the nominated movies though.

 

[Plinko]

I love how the Academy's specific move to expand the Best Picture category was to get a wider variety of movies (I.e., comedies, animated, etc) into the award discussion and then this year we have none of those.

 

[jett]

There needs to be a seperate category, for certain.

What, like how B&W and color movies were separate? No more cinematography segregation plz.

 

[Strax]

This! ........ Quality performance, proved Moneyball was no fluke.

Ok I haven't seen Wolf but let's get one thing straight, Jonah Hill in Moneyball was a good performance at best, did not demand much from Jonah Hill and not close to a top 10 performance that year.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

There needs to be a seperate category, for certain.

I second this. It's only fair.

 

[Platy]

How did Monster's U not get a nomination? Frozen will wind, but did Disney put all their effort into the Frozen Nomination? Monsters U deserves to be there more than The Croods or Despicable Me 2.

The animation award is a JOKE

Rio 2096 and Monsters University deserved MUCH more to be there

 

[BertramCooper]

I love how the Academy's specific move to expand the Best Picture category was to get a wider variety of movies (I.e., comedies, animated, etc) into the award discussion and then this year we have none of those.

American Hustle is definitely a comedy, for what it's worth.

 

[WyndhamPrice]

I love how the Academy's specific move to expand the Best Picture category was to get a wider variety of movies (I.e., comedies, animated, etc) into the award discussion and then this year we have none of those.

The Wolf of Wall Street is 100% a comedy

 

[lazybones18]

Only Best Pictures left I have to see would be Her and Philomena. Should get that over and done with today or during the weekend

 

[mgarnica89]

I love how the Academy's specific move to expand the Best Picture category was to get a wider variety of movies (I.e., comedies, animated, etc) into the award discussion and then this year we have none of those.

I understand your point with animated. American Hustle can be funny. But Wolf of Wall Street is among the top comedies of the year.

 

[deleted]

Gravity shouldn't win best picture - best visuals I can get behind though.

Is this the first year with a Pixar movie not named Cars that they aren't nominated for best animation?

 

[BertramCooper]

Gravity shouldn't win best picture - best visuals I can get behind though.

Is this the first year with a Pixar movie not named Cars that they aren't nominated for best animation?

After Brave stupidly winning Best Animated Feature last year Pixar deserved to get left out this year.

(Not that Monsters University was bad or anything. Far from it. It was actually much better than Brave.)

 

[gutter_trash]

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

“Dallas Buyers Club” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” Stephen Prouty
“The Lone Ranger” Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

please give Bad Gandpa an award, lol

 

[ViewtifulJC]

2-time Academy Award nominee Jonah Hill

say that outloud

 

[Krev]

Spike Jonze is the king of this year's Oscars.
Involved in three nominated films:
Her
The Wolf of Wall Street
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

 

[Blader]

Why are Wolf of Wall Street's producers TBD?

What ever happened to blue is the warmest color?

For some reason, the Academy will only consider foreign films that have screened in their home country by September 30 and Blue is the Warmest Color wasn't released until October.

GAF always says shit like this, with no way to prove that it actually happens.

When was the last time you heard anyone talk about Slumdog, Hurt Locker, King's Speech, The Artist in a context other than "forgotten Best Pictures"?

I actually liked those movies myself (well not really Slumdog) but they're the flash-in-the-pan, Driving Miss Daisy/Shakespeare in Love-esque winners.

 

[D4Danger]

please give Bad Gandpa an award, lol

Norbit won so anything is possible.

That's right, Norbit won an Oscar.

edit

 

[backflip10019]

Kind of disappointed Joaquin wasn't nominated for Best Actor. Oh well.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Norbit won so anything is possible.

That's right, Norbit won an Oscar.

Blaaargh...

Well, the makeup was good.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Rooting for Frozen (the movie of the year) to win best animated feature and best original song. I don't care about anything else.

 

[WyndhamPrice]

Norbit won so anything is possible.

That's right, Norbit won an Oscar.

No it didn't, La Vie en Rose won that year.

 

[Brinbe]

My thoughts

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Christian Bale in “American Hustle”
Bruce Dern in “Nebraska”
Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street” should win, truly incredible performance
Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave”
Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips”
Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle”
Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave”
Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club” will prob win

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Amy Adams in “American Hustle”
Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”
Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”
Judi Dench in “Philomena”
Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County”

(Brie Larson should really win for ST12)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Sally Hawkins in “Blue Jasmine”
Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle”
Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave”
Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County”
June Squibb in “Nebraska” Should win, she was fucking awesome

Best animated feature film of the year
“The Croods” Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
“Despicable Me 2” Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
“Ernest & Celestine” Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
“Frozen” Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho Likely
“The Wind Rises” Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Achievement in directing
“American Hustle” David O. Russell
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón -Gravity gotta win somewhere
“Nebraska” Alexander Payne
“12 Years a Slave” Steve McQueen
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Martin Scorsese

Best documentary feature
“The Act of Killing”Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen -Hell yes!
“Cutie and the Boxer” Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
“Dirty Wars” Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
“The Square” Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
“20 Feet from Stardom”

Best motion picture of the year
“American Hustle” Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
“Captain Phillips” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
“Dallas Buyers Club” Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
“Her” Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
“Nebraska” Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
“Philomena” Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
“12 Years a Slave” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
“The Wolf of Wall Street”
Hmm, looking at the list, I really don't get the love for Capt. Phillips, tbh. It was okay but it's like placing Prisoners here. I'd rather they'd put in its place like Fruitvale Station. Anyway, seeing DBC tonight, so I'm happy that I've checked off every movie on this list. Honestly though, I'd truly be happy with the majority of those films winning, they're all truly fantastic. .

Adapted screenplay
“Before Midnight” Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
“Captain Phillips” Screenplay by Billy Ray
“Philomena” Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
“12 Years a Slave” Screenplay by John Ridley
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Screenplay by Terence Winter
Glad Before Midnight got a nom!

Original screenplay
“American Hustle” Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
“Blue Jasmine” Written by Woody Allen
“Dallas Buyers Club” Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
“Her” Written by Spike Jonze
“Nebraska” Written by Bob Nelson
Her better win this.

Anyway, I hope they spread the love around and something like American Hustle doesn't clean up because it isn't better than everything else. Overall, it's an okay list of noms (pretty hard to fuck up in a great year like this) but it's sad that many amazing movies/performances got overlooked, but that's to be expected. I mean even Inside Llewyn Davis got zero love and that movie was amazing!

 

[BertramCooper]

When was the last time you heard anyone talk about Slumdog, Hurt Locker, King's Speech, The Artist in a context other than "forgotten Best Pictures"?

Wait, The Artist has been forgotten now? Jeezus, I can't keep track of all of these films that have supposedly been forgotten.

I actually liked those movies myself (well not really Slumdog) but they're the flash-in-the-pan, Driving Miss Daisy/Shakespeare in Love-esque winners.

I definitely wouldn't consider Driving Miss Daisy and Shakespeare in Love "flash-in-the-pan" winners. I'd say both are still very much remembered, even though I don't care for either of them. I'd consider Morgan Freeman's role in Driving Miss Daisy one of his most famous roles, as sad as that is.

 

[D4Danger]

No it didn't, La Vie en Rose won that year.

you're right. My google-fu is poor.

 

[iddqd]

Wolf not getting a nod for editing is a joke.

 

[pestul]

2-time Academy Award nominee Jonah Hill

say that outloud

I used to hate the guy.. a lot. After 21 Jump Street, Moneyball & The Wolf of Wall Street.. you have to admit on some level that the guy has a bit of talent.

 

[deleted]

After Brave stupidly winning Best Animated Feature last year Pixar deserved to get left out this year.

(Not that Monsters University was bad or anything. Far from it. It was actually much better than Brave.)

What was nominated with Brave? I didn't have any problem with it, even though it is far from the heights of UP, Ratatouille TS3 or Wall-E.

 

[WhereAreMahDragonz]

JLaw <3

 

[BertramCooper]

What was nominated with Brave? I didn't have any problem with it, even though it is far from the heights of UP, Ratatouille TS3 or Wall-E.

Frankenweenie, ParaNorman, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, and Wreck-It Ralph.

I still haven't seen the first three (though I've heard great things about ParaNorman), but Brave wasn't nearly as good as Wreck-It Ralph. Not even close.

 

[marrec]

Frankenweenie, ParaNorman, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, and Wreck-It Ralph.

I still haven't seen the first three (though I've heard great things about ParaNorman), but Brave wasn't nearly as good as Wreck-It Ralph. Not even close.

Pirates! was miles ahead of Brave as well.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Monsters University not getting nominated is Disney getting revenge for when Tangled wasn't nominated.

 

[FafaFooey]

Frankenweenie, ParaNorman, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, and Wreck-It Ralph.

I still haven't seen the first three (though I've heard great things about ParaNorman), but Brave wasn't nearly as good as Wreck-It Ralph. Not even close.

Both Pirates! and ParaNorman deserved the Oscar more than Brave.

 

[Javier]

Regardless of who wins Best Supporting Actor, someone is getting his first Oscar.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

DUDE FROM RUSH WAS ROOOOBBEDD!

 

[Freewheelin']

Regardless of who wins Best Supporting Actor, someone is getting his first Oscar.

It'll be Leto

 

[Ridley327]

As a huge fan of All is Lost, I wish I could be more surprised at it being completely ignored, especially with Bruce Dern getting most of the "elderly actor in a go-for-broke performance" that would overlap with Redford. C'est la vie.

 

[deleted]

Frankenweenie, ParaNorman, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, and Wreck-It Ralph.

I still haven't seen the first three (though I've heard great things about ParaNorman), but Brave wasn't nearly as good as Wreck-It Ralph. Not even close.

Pirates was so-so, ParaNorman was good, didn't see Frankenweenie yet, but Ralph was better than Brave for sure. Really liked it.

But it's still opinions and I guess they are all on a somewhat comparable level.

 

[Salvadora]

"Her" winning best original screenplay is what I feel most strongly about.

 

[WyndhamPrice]

As a huge fan of All is Lost, I wish I could be more surprised at it being completely ignored, especially with Bruce Dern getting most of the "elderly actor in a go-for-broke performance" that would overlap with Redford. C'est la vie.

Redford showed zero interest in campaigning for the film or caring about awards at all so I'm not surprised by his absence.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

What I'm happy about this year is Steve Coogan getting his nods.



Doesn't make sense, really, the dialogue has to be there for those performances to make a dent.

Not at all. Silent movies have little to no dialogue and you can still remember them. I still remember all of the characters from The Artist. I believed Christian Bale as the character he was portraying because of his body language, voice and overall look. But I thought he was playing a boring character that I had no attachment to. If it was a bad acting job I just would have seen Christian Bale acting like Christian Bale.