Oscars 2015

[RockinDaMike]

The nominees are:

Best Picture

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

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 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 Cinematography

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken

Best Director

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


Best Original Screenplay

Boyhood
Birdman
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler

Best Adapted Screenplay

American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash


Best Foreign Language Film

Ida, Poland
Leviathan, Russia
Tangerines, Estonia
Timbuktu, Mauritania
Wild Tales, Argentina

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 Costume Design

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

Best Documentary Feature

Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
Salt of the Earth
Virunga

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 Animated Feature

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

Best Original Song

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

Best Production Design

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


Best Animated Short Film

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

Best Live-Action Short Film

Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Paraveneh
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

[RockinDaMike]

Re: Oscars 2015

Best Movie is probably going to be a race between Birdman and Boyhood. I thought Boyhood was very ambitious film to take 12 years to make but Birdman was phenomenal directing and acting. It should take best Director and Cinematography.

Best Actor is a race between Michael Keaton of Birdman and Eddie Redmayne. What Eddie Redmayne did to become Stephen Hawking was phenomenal going through the different stages of ALS.

I haven't seen too many of the nominated actress films but I thought Rosamund Pike did amazing in Gone Girl and I thought Felicity Jones of The Theory of Everything did well too but thought it wasn't an award winning performance like her counterpart Redmayne.

Best supporting actor: Hands down JK Simmons of Whiplash. My favorite movie of 2014 and it was because of how well he did. Miles Teller did great too but the performance of JK raised up everyone in the film. Biggest ******* of all time lol.

Biggest snub has to be Animated movie, where the hell is The Lego Movie? It should get at least a nomination and honestly its the best animated movie I seen all year by far. I'm about to see Selma so seeing that the lead actor not get a nod might be one. Another snub was Jake Gyllenhall for Nightcrawler. That was a great performance by him, one of the best of his career and I thought it deserved a nod.

I still have Imitation Game, Foxcatcher, American Sniper to watch to round out most of the Oscar buzz movies.

[Blzer]

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Boyhood will win what it can because of its ambition. Like, there aren't any movies that did what it did, so it would "suck" that a movie that "only took several weeks to make" beats a movie that "took twelve years to make." Stupid argument, but that could always be the justification.

Selfishly, I wanted to see Interstellar get a nomination for Best Cinematography and Best Picture. Didn't care if it won (and know it wouldn't), but I think those could have been put up there for sure, especially if Gravity was just this time last year. The thing about BP though is... they only filled up eight spots! If they fill up all ten, I bet it and Gone Girl get on there.

And just a little thing here, but... anyone notice the trend of the amount of compound words involved in the Oscar nominated one-word movie titles this year?

Boyhood
Foxcatcher
Interstellar
Birdman
Whiplash
Nightcrawler

Just kind of weird haha.

[Gibbz]

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Biggest snub has to be Animated movie, where the hell is The Lego Movie? It should get at least a nomination and honestly its the best animated movie I seen all year by far.

Wow, yeah really. I didn't even think of that. I mean--what the ****. No idea how Lego Movie could be left out. Unbelievable.

[Blzer]

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Wait... no LEGO Movie? What the hell? Is it because it contains live action?

[Cutter15]

Oscars 2015

Why is Foxcatcher nominated for Best Original Screenplay? Wouldn't the fact that it's based on a book and actual events disqualify it from that category?

[Scott]

Re: Oscars 2015

Boyhood will win what it can because of its ambition. Like, there aren't any movies that did what it did, so it would "suck" that a movie that "only took several weeks to make" beats a movie that "took twelve years to make." Stupid argument, but that could always be the justification.

Selfishly, I wanted to see Interstellar get a nomination for Best Cinematography and Best Picture. Didn't care if it won (and know it wouldn't), but I think those could have been put up there for sure, especially if Gravity was just this time last year. The thing about BP though is... they only filled up eight spots! If they fill up all ten, I bet it and Gone Girl get on there.

And just a little thing here, but... anyone notice the trend of the amount of compound words involved in the Oscar nominated one-word movie titles this year?

Boyhood
Foxcatcher
Interstellar
Birdman
Whiplash
Nightcrawler

Just kind of weird haha.

Don't forget about Selma.

[Baseballking888]

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Wow, yeah really. I didn't even think of that. I mean--what the ****. No idea how Lego Movie could be left out. Unbelievable.

The snub was ridiculous. One of the year's most hilarious and creative films.

[JayBee74]

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Best supporting actor: Hands down JK Simmons of Whiplash. My favorite movie of 2014 and it was because of how well he did. Miles Teller did great too but the performance of JK raised up everyone in the film. Biggest ******* of all time lol.

I have to see that movie.

[dickey1331]

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I don't know a lot about the Oscars but I'm surprised Intersteller isn't on for more awards. Probably my favorite movie of all time.

[kaletore11]

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I'm just glad The Grand Budapest Hotel got a bunch of nominations. It's probably my favorite film of the year, and I usually hate those types of movies.

[bradtxmale]

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What are your thoughts on The Theory of Everything movie?

[RockinDaMike]

Re: Oscars 2015

What are your thoughts on The Theory of Everything movie?

Great movie, very inspiring. It's an unique love story too.

Eddie Redmayne was amazing, the acting he did to portray Stephen Hawking pre/post ALS was off the charts. It was so hard seeing Stephen go through the different stages of ALS but in the movie he never acknowledged it and kept in going though it was so difficult for his wife.

He's my choice for getting best actor but I could see Michael Keaton get it too because he was brilliant in Birdman.



On a side note just finished Selma which is emotional, powerful and very well acted but for me it wasn't to the level of the other movies on the list. I thought David Olewyo was perfect as MLK Jr and was was snubbed for best actor.

I still have American Sniper to watch to finish out the best picture list to make my predictions.

As of now Birdman or Boyhood for best picture because of the groundbreaking directing but my favorite movie is still Whiplash.

I think Whiplash captured competitive fire better than any sports movie so I think most of OS will appreciate that. And some can relate to having an ******* teacher or coach but not to the level of JK Simmons. And man that ending.

[bradtxmale]

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I think we should have more comments about The Theory of Everything. Bring it on. There should be a lot of comments on this.

[Chip Douglass]

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Best supporting actor: Hands down JK Simmons of Whiplash. My favorite movie of 2014 and it was because of how well he did. Miles Teller did great too but the performance of JK raised up everyone in the film. Biggest ******* of all time lol.

IMO, he's up there with Joe Pesci in Goodfellas and Heath Ledger in TDK in terms of GOAT acting performances.

As I said in the "What movies have you watched recently?" thread, if you had to see one movie based upon one acting performance, Whiplash should be on your list.