Oscars 2015

So Oscars are just around the corner, with the date set for Feb 22.

Lets discuss.

I for one hope Linklater does not get best director. I think the execution of Boyhood was poor and it could have been so much more if not for lacklustre direction - I feel alone in this view but there it is.

I do however think Patricia Arquette is deserving of best support actress.

Inherent Vice as inevitable oscar bait could well be a formidable contender, have not seen it yet.

I'd like to see Grand Budapest get awarded for best director but I'm also biased because I'm a Wes fan.

Best actor between Cumberbach for Imitation Game. I think Birdman will take cinematography.

Apparently Julianne Moore is a shoe-in for best actress, but I haven't seen Still Alice so can't comment.

I'd love to see Interstellar get best picture, firstly because its highly possible anyway and purely because I'm a sci-fi nut and its about time sci-fi got more Oscar recognition.

Anyway just a few of my thoughts - Discuss.

Can't see Interstellar winning it tbh.

I would love Linklater to get it. I loved Boyhood and I think it is a truly special film.

It looks like Keaton is a lockdown for Best Actor from what I've seen so far. Still no love for main man Gyllenhaal

But this is the Oscars and we see a few surprises every now and then.

Interstellar will not even be nominated. Deservedly so.

Doesn't Best Picture have 10 nominees? If so then Interstellar does deserve tog et nominated. Easily top 10 of the year.

M99 wrote:Doesn't Best Picture have 10 nominees? If so then Interstellar does deserve tog et nominated. Easily top 10 of the year.

It has 5-10 depending on the voting. No way it gets in tbh.
Boyhood
Birdman
Theory of everything
Imitation game
Grand Budapest hotel

Those 5 seem like locks
Selma will also get in
Whiplash
Foxcatcher
Nightcrawler
Gone Girl

These 10 seems like they'll be the top 10. Nowhere have I read interstellar as a top pick for the Oscar.

And disagree with it being easily top 10

Agree to disagree then. Interstellar is the one of best sci fi films in recent years. Was better than Gravity which won the most awards last year and was nominated for Best Picture.

M99 wrote:Agree to disagree then. Interstellar is the one of best sci fi films in recent years. Was better than Gravity which won the most awards last year and was nominated for Best Picture.

Doesn't change the fact that it won't get nominated. The Oscar voting system only takes the top picks into account.

The film has to be number 1 on 5% of the voters' list to get nominated.
It can also get a number 2 vote count if the first place on the list has a very high amount of votes.


So there prob won't be 10 nominees since there has to be a very even split of the top votes. I think Birdman and Boyhood will reach surplus and have a lot of no. 2 get counted. Doubt interstellar is top 2 over boyhood and Birdman, and the others I listed on enough lists.

Still have to watch Interstellar but exactly from the reasons Freeze posted I think it doesn't stand a glimmer of a chance at winning, maybe get nominated, but defo not gonna win.

In what world is Inherent Vice Oscar bait? Selma is Oscar bait. I could make a case for Foxcatcher being Oscar bait. But Inherent Vice? How often do comedies win best picture? Just because it was released this late in the year doesn't mean it's Oscar bait.

Speaking of baits, Unbroken joins the list of Oscar baits which ends up being epic fails. I wish a better director than Jolie made that film, the source material is amazing and could have been a tremendous film.

lol if crap like birdman wins oscar over the greatest sci fi movie of this generation in Interstellar.

Yeah reading mixed reviews on the negative side for Unbroken. Why do they give it someone who made shit like Maleficent. lmao pls go.

RealGunner wrote:lol if crap like birdman wins oscar over the greatest sci fi movie of this generation in Interstellar.

You seen Birdman? What's your rating brah?

ffs understand the situation here EG

that post is for Freeza

Wasn't sure man. pls go

Am I the only one here that has seen Birdman? GL pls go

Btw I watched Whiplash today. Great film. JK Simmons was immense, will deservedly win Best Supporting Actor. Miles Teller was amazing as well, hope he sneaks in a nomination for Best Actor.

WERE YOU RUSHING OR WERE YOU DRAGGING?!

There is no word in the English language as toxic as "good job"

Many great quotes in there. Apart from the acting, the cinematography was amazing too. That literal blood, sweat and tears Hope it gets nominated for Best Cinematography too/

Thoughts on DAT last scene

Oscar Nominations just out.
8 films for Best Picture
Interstellar not there, sorry RG.

I really, really wanted Dan Gilroy to get a nod for Best Original Screenplay for Nightcrawler and he got it.
Also wanted Rosamund Pike for Best Actress, and she's there
And then Gone Girl for Best Picture and Cinematography, but not there in both

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

Best Director
Alexandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

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

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 Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken

Best Foreign Language Film
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Wild Tales

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

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

Best Original Song
“Lost Stars,” Begin Again
“Everything is Awesome,” The LEGO Movie
“Glory,” Selma
“Grateful,” Beyond the Lights
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me

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

Best Documentary—Short
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth

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

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

Best Animated Short
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life

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

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 Documentary — Feature
Citizenfour
Finding Vivien Maier
Last Days of Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga

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

American Sniper nominated Well done 'Murica... Awful choice

LEGO Movie and Gyllenhaal robbed

American Sniper seems like 2014's American Hustle
Maybe not that good, but gets a lot of recognition.

Selma though

Nightcrawler is far better in originality and execution. Gone Girl also miles better. But hey, these Oscar voters always want "their" American bio-pics/portrayals of the past in there for recognition as if they haven't done that enough in recent years.

Lincoln
12 Years a Slave
Selma

Mind you the first two deserved their spots, but Selma is a step too far.

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American Sniper over Gone Girl

M99 wrote:American Sniper over Gone Girl

The fact it's over anything. Could name a 100 better movies from 2014.

Life Itself, Lego Movie, Nightcrawler + Gone Girl, Gyllenhaal.
Those are the snubs imo. Other than that it's fine.