2014 Awards: Sorry, American Sniper, go cry on your huge pile of cash

Atomika

It's that time again, y'all, and being a new mom this year has killed my typical number of movies seen in a year, so I'm counting on all of you out there to see these films and put your own experiences in this thread. Also, to change things up a bit, go ahead and give us your list of best and worst films you've seen this year and tell us a little about why you picked those. I'll be putting all the major awards info here in the OP once the nominees are out.

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2015 Oscar Winners!

Best Picture - *Birdman*

Best Actor - *Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything*

Best Actress - *Julianne Moore, Still Alice*

Best Supporting Actor - *J.K. Simmons, Whiplash*

Best Supporting Actress - *Patricia Arquette, Boyhood*

Best Director - *Alejandro González Iñarritu, Birdman*

Best Animated Feature - *Big Hero 6*

Best Adapted Screenplay - *The Imitation Game*

Best Original Screenplay - *Birdman*




Golden Globe nominations:

Best Drama

"Boyhood"
"Foxcatcher"
"The Imitation Game"
"Selma"
"The Theory of Everything"

Best Comedy

"Birdman"
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"Into the Woods"
"Pride"
"St. Vincent"

Best Director

Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Ava Duvernay, "Selma"
David Fincher, "Gone Girl"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman"
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"

Best Actress in a Drama

Jennifer Aniston, "Cake"
Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"
Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"

Best Actor in a Drama

Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler"
David Oyelowo, "Selma"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"

Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy

Ralph Fiennes, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
Bill Murray, "St. Vincent"
Joaquin Phoenix, "Inherent Vice"
Christoph Waltz, "Big Eyes"

Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy

Amy Adams, "Big Eyes"
Emily Blunt, "Into the Woods"
Helen Mirren, "The Hundred-Foot Journey"
Julianne Moore, "Map to the Stars"
Quvenzhané Wallis, "Annie"

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
Jessica Chastain, "A Most Violent Year"
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 Screenplay

Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Gillian Flynn, "Gone Girl"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo, "Birdman"
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game"

Best Foreign Language Film

"Force Majeure Turist," Sweden
"Gett: The Trial of Viviane Ansalem Gett," Israel
"Ida," Poland/Denmark
"Leviathan," Russia
"Tangerines Mandariinid," Estonia

Best Animated Feature

"Big Hero 6"
"The Book of Life"
"The Boxtrolls"
"How to Train Your Dragon 2"
"The Lego Movie"

Best Original Song

"Big Eyes" from "Big Eyes" music and lyrics by Lana Del Rey
"Glory" from "Selma," Music and lyrics by John legend and Common
"Mercy Is" from "Noah," Music and lyrics by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye
"Opportunity" from "Annie," Music and lyrics by Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck
"Yellow Flicker Beat" from "The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1," Music and lyrics by Lorde

Best Score

"The Imitation Game"
"The Theory of Everything"
"Gone Girl"
"Birdman"
"Interstellar"

Critics Choice nominees

BEST PICTURE

Birdman

Boyhood

Gone Girl

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Nightcrawler

Selma

The Theory of Everything

Unbroken

Whiplash

BEST ACTOR

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game

Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler

Michael Keaton – Birdman

David Oyelowo – Selma

Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

BEST ACTRESS

Jennifer Aniston – Cake

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

Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice

Robert Duvall – The Judge

Ethan Hawke – Boyhood

Edward Norton – Birdman

Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher

J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood

Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year

Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game

Emma Stone – Birdman

Meryl Streep – Into the Woods

Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood

Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars

Mackenzie Foy – Interstellar

Jaeden Lieberher – St. Vincent

Tony Revolori – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Quvenzhane Wallis – Annie

Noah Wiseman – The Babadook

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Birdman

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Into the Woods

Selma

BEST DIRECTOR

Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Ava DuVernay – Selma

David Fincher – Gone Girl

Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman

Angelina Jolie – Unbroken

Richard Linklater – Boyhood

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Birdman – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo

Boyhood – Richard Linklater

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness

Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy

Whiplash – Damien Chazelle

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn

The Imitation Game – Graham Moore

Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson

The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten

Unbroken – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson

Wild – Nick Hornby

BEST CINEMATOGRAPY

Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman

Interstellar – Hoyte Van Hoytema

Mr. Turner – Dick Pope

Unbroken – Roger Deakins

BEST ART DIRECTION

Birdman – Kevin Thompson/Production Designer, George DeTitta Jr./Set Decorator

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator

Inherent Vice – David Crank/Production Designer, Amy Wells/Set Decorator

Interstellar – Nathan Crowley/Production Designer, Gary Fettis/Set Decorator

Into the Woods – Dennis Gassner/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator

Snowpiercer – Ondrej Nekvasil/Production Designer, Beatrice Brentnerova/Set Decorator

BEST EDITING

Birdman – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione

Boyhood – Sandra Adair

Gone Girl – Kirk Baxter

Interstellar – Lee Smith

Whiplash – Tom Cross

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero

Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges

Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood

Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard

Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP

Foxcatcher

Guardians of the Galaxy

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Into the Woods

Maleficent

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Edge of Tomorrow

Guardians of the Galaxy

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Interstellar

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Big Hero 6

The Book of Life

The Boxtrolls

How to Train Your Dragon 2

The Lego Movie

BEST ACTION MOVIE

American Sniper

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Edge of Tomorrow

Fury

Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE

Bradley Cooper – American Sniper

Tom Cruise – Edge of Tomorrow

Chris Evans – Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Brad Pitt – Fury

Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE

Emily Blunt – Edge of Tomorrow

Scarlett Johansson – Lucy

Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

Zoe Saldana – Guardians of the Galaxy

Shailene Woodley – Divergent

BEST COMEDY

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

St. Vincent

Top Five

22 Jump Street

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Jon Favreau – Chef

Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Michael Keaton – Birdman

Bill Murray – St. Vincent

Chris Rock – Top Five

Channing Tatum – 22 Jump Street

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Rose Byrne – Neighbors

Rosario Dawson – Top Five

Melissa McCarthy – St. Vincent

Jenny Slate – Obvious Child

Kristen Wiig – The Skeleton Twins

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE

The Babadook

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Interstellar

Snowpiercer

Under the Skin

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Force Majeure

Ida

Leviathan

Two Days, One Night

Wild Tales

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Citizenfour

Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me

Jodorowsky’s Dune

Last Days in Vietnam

Life Itself

The Overnighters

BEST SONG

Big Eyes – Lana Del Rey – Big Eyes

Everything Is Awesome – Jo Li and the Lonely Island – The Lego Movie

Glory – Common/John Legend – Selma

Lost Stars – Keira Knightley – Begin Again

Yellow Flicker Beat – Lorde – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

BEST SCORE

Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game

Johann Johannsson – The Theory of Everything

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Gone Girl

Antonio Sanchez – Birdman

Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

BAFTA Nominations

BEST FILM
Birdman, Alejandro G. Inarritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole
Boyhood, Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
The Imitation Game, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
The Theory of Everything, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
’71, Yann Demange, Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch, Gregory Burke
The Imitation Game, Morten Tyldum, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman, Graham Moore
Paddington, Paul King, David Heyman
Pride, Matthew Warchus, David Livingstone, Stephen Beresford
The Theory of Everything, James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
Under the Skin, Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Nick Wechsler, Walter Campbell

ANIMATED FILM
Big Hero 6, Don Hall, Chris Williams
The Boxtrolls, Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable
The Lego Movie, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

DIRECTOR
Birdman, Alejandro G. Inarritu
Boyhood, Richard Linklater
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson
The Theory of Everything, James Marsh
Whiplash, Damien Chazelle

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo
Boyhood, Richard Linklater
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson
Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy
Whiplash, Damien Chazelle

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Sniper, Jason Hall
Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
The Imitation Game, Graham Moore
Paddington, Paul King
The Theory of Everything, Anthony McCarten

LEADING ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel

LEADING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Edward Norton, Birdman
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emma Stone, Birdman
Imelda Staunton, Pride
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Birdman, Antonio Sanchez
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar, Hans Zimmer
The Theory of Everything, Johann Johannsson
Under the Skin, Mica Levi

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman, Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Robert Yeoman
Ida, Lukasz Zal, Ryzsard Lenczewski
Interstellar, Hoyte van Hoytema
Mr. Turner, Dick Pope

Academy Award nominations

Best Picture

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


Actress in a Leading Role

Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”
Felicity Jones, “The Theory of Everything”
Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”
Reese Witherspoon, “Wild”
Marion Cotillard, “Two Days One Night”


Actor in a Leading Role

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


Directing

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Birdman”
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Morten Tyldum, “The Imitation Game”
Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher”


Actress in a Supporting Role

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


Actor in a Supporting Role

J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
Edward Norton, “Birdman”
Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”
Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”
Robert Duvall, “The Judge”


Foreign Language Film

“Ida”
“Leviathan”
“Tangerines”
“Wild Tales”
“Timbuktu”


Writing – Adapted Screenplay

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


Writing – Original Screenplay

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


Cinematography

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


Music – Original Score

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


Makeup and Hairstyling

“Foxcatcher”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“Guardians of the Galaxy”


Costume Design

Colleen Atwood, “Into the Woods”
Anna B. Sheppard, “Maleficent”
Milena Canonero, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Jacqueline Durran, “Mr. Turner”
Mark Bridges, “Inherent Vice”

Music – Original Song

“Glory” by Common and John Legend, “Selma”
“Lost Stars” by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley and Nick Southwood, “Begin Again”
“Everything Is Awesome” by Shawn Patterson, “The LEGO Movie”
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” by Glen Campbell, “Glenn Campbell: I’ll Be Me”
“Grateful,” “Beyond the lights”


Visual Effects

“Interstellar”
“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”
“Guardians of the Galaxy”
“Captain America: Winter Soldier”
“X-Men: Days of Future Past”


Documentary Short Subject

“Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1”
“Joanna”
“Our Curse”
“White Earth”
“The Reaper”


Documentary Feature

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


Film Editing

Sandra Adair, “Boyhood”
Tom Cross, “Whiplash”
William Goldenberg, “The Imitation Game”
Joel Cox and Gary Roach, “American Sniper”
Barney Pilling, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”


Sound Editing

“Interstellar”
“Unbroken”
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
“American Sniper”
“Birdman”


Sound Mixing

Mark Weingarten, “Interstellar”
Thomas Curley, ”Whiplash”
“Unbroken”
“American Sniper”
“Birdman”


Production Design

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


Short Film – Live Action

“Boogaloo and Graham”
“Aya”
“Butterlamp”
“Parvenah”
“The Phone Call”


Short Film – Animated

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


Animated Feature Film

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

Element Brian

It's cool seeing JK Simmons get nominated for something. He's one of those actors who seems like he's always in something, but never has a huge role, so you never really remember him, but he substantially makes things better. Also he was great as J. Jonah Jameson.

knitdan

Best for me was Interstellar, just an awesome experience (as in filling me with a sense of awe). The combination of the visuals and the score just took my breath away.

Worst I saw this year was Lucy. It had ScarJo and a nearly interesting premise, but everything just kept getting more ridiculous, like Besson was afraid to explore the idea without using action movie cliches as a crutch.

Atomika

knitdan wrote: »

Best for me was Interstellar, just an awesome experience (as in filling me with a sense of awe). The combination of the visuals and the score just took my breath away.

Worst I saw this year was Lucy. It had ScarJo and a nearly interesting premise, but everything just kept getting more ridiculous, like Besson was afraid to explore the idea without using action movie cliches as a crutch.

I agree that Lucy was pretty bad, and like you say, terribly superficial. I did appreciate how short it was, though. There was a lot of potential to be mined there, but Besson was having none of it.

Bogart

I haven't seen enough movies this year to say what deserves to win all the awards, but the best movie I saw was A Most Wanted Man. I'm genuinely surprised that PSH isn't on the best actor lists.

Atomika

There were several contenders for my "worst" film this year, as Hollywood is still riding high on the remake/needless sequel bandwagon, and Robocop and 300: Rise of an Empire were right at the top of my list. In turns boring, overlong, pointless, poorly-acted, and sterile, these were some really uncomfortable hours in the cinema. As well, Bad Words was hugely disappointing, as Jason Bateman again fails to live up to the cinematic potential he showed routinely on Arrested Development; while funny, the story was just fucking awful and contrived. However, blowing all of this films away in terms of sheer crimes against cinemanity, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 wins the brass ring this year for the most execrable experience in a theater. Seriously shitty acting from Dane DeHaan and Jamie Foxx, a story that makes The Room look like Academy Award material, and tonal shifts that couldn't be leveled with an entire bottle of bipolar meds. Truly, an awful film.


I really wanted to make Nightcrawler my favorite film. I really did. It's smart, it's dark, it's funny, it's terrifying, and it goes after our media habits and capitalism in general with all knives out. It's Gyllenhall's best work, and Rene Russo deserves a Best Supporting nomination. It's a truly sublime neo-noir masterpiece that haunts long after you've left the seat. However . . . . my pick for "best" of the year is The Grand Budapest Hotel. I don't know if I've ever seen a film that made me smile the whole way through as much as this one did, and the vibrancy of every bit of it lingers. I can't wait to see it again, and I have a feeling it will be one I rewatch again and again.

Atomika

BAFTA noms out today


No real qualms here, outside of Nighcrawler getting snubbed for best picture

Atomika

Brief thoughts on the Oscar nominations:

- Disappointing that Nightcrawler didn't get a Best Picture nomination while the critically middling Intimidation Game and American Sniper both did, but not terribly surprising. The Academy is 80% old white guys, after all, and those films were hardcore Oscar bait.

- It's good to see Bandersnatch Cummerbund finally get his first Academy nomination, but I'm hoping Michael Keaton runs away with it. Jake Gyllenhaal and Ralph Fiennes not getting nominations is utter horseshit.

- Billy Boyd deserved a Best Original Song nod. Boo.

- Interstellar getting a nom of sound editing is a farce.

nexuscrawler

Interstellars audio was terrible. Music was too loud, background noises were too loud and people's voices were inaudible half the time

of course thats mixing not editing.

fortis

I think the biggest snub is The Lego Movie not getting nominated for best animated. That movie was universally loved, even by people who were skeptical going in.

Grislo

I want them to just give Keaton all the Oscars. It would keep the runtime down, too, so everyone wins.

Otherwise, yeah, Nightcrawler should have made the cut.

I don't really care that much this year otherwise. Would be good if Ida got the foreign language one, but I haven't see all the other movies in the category, so maybe there's something better there.

Kyougu

fortis wrote: »

I think the biggest snub is The Lego Movie not getting nominated for best animated. That movie was universally loved, even by people who were skeptical going in.

In a weaker year I would even argue that it deserves a spot in the best movie category.

SummaryJudgment

fortis wrote: »

I think the biggest snub is The Lego Movie not getting nominated for best animated. That movie was universally loved, even by people who were skeptical going in.

I came in here just to say that. Just can't believe they did that over Dragon 2. And two foreign animated films I've never heard of, so I can't speak to their quality, but the Academy has to pretend like they give a fuck.

Atomika

SummaryJudgment wrote: »

fortis wrote: »

I think the biggest snub is The Lego Movie not getting nominated for best animated. That movie was universally loved, even by people who were skeptical going in.

I came in here just to say that. Just can't believe they did that over Dragon 2. And two foreign animated films I've never heard of, so I can't speak to their quality, but the Academy has to pretend like they give a fuck.

It does seem like not giving a fuck was their guiding philosophy this year.

y2jake215

As much as grand Budapest got nommed for Fiennes was robbed

PsychoLarry1

The Still Alice and Song of the Sea nominations are really flagrant bullshit. They're both films that were screened at a handful of film festivals, then given the briefest, smallest theater release possible to be eligible. Still Alice ran for a week on limited screens; Song of the Sea premiered on December 19th in one theater in Manhattan.

Frozenzen

Huh, somehow forgot Grand Budapest Hotel was this year.

I do hope birdman gets some kind of award for being amazing.

And I hope Boyhood does not, it was pretty good, but nothing sublime.

Kyougu

Selma getting a best picture nod but nothing else is really odd.

Kipling217

Lego Movie got robbed. That is all.

Just plain and simple robbed.

Marathon

Lego movie not being nominated is some hot bullshit

AngelHedgie

Atomika wrote: »

SummaryJudgment wrote: »

fortis wrote: »

I think the biggest snub is The Lego Movie not getting nominated for best animated. That movie was universally loved, even by people who were skeptical going in.

I came in here just to say that. Just can't believe they did that over Dragon 2. And two foreign animated films I've never heard of, so I can't speak to their quality, but the Academy has to pretend like they give a fuck.

It does seem like not giving a fuck was their guiding philosophy this year.

I'm pretty sure not giving a fuck is their guiding principle every year.

Atomika

Kyougu wrote: »

Selma getting a best picture nod but nothing else is really odd.

I haven't seen Selma yet, and by all accounts it's pretty good, but I have to say I'm becoming incredibly frustrated that the only time minorities in Hollywood can find critical appreciation is when they're in movies explicitly about the experiences of minorities.

nexuscrawler

Atomika wrote: »

Kyougu wrote: »

Selma getting a best picture nod but nothing else is really odd.

I haven't seen Selma yet, and by all accounts it's pretty good, but I have to say I'm becoming incredibly frustrated that the only time minorities in Hollywood can find critical appreciation is when they're in movies explicitly about the experiences of minorities.

White guilt is a hell of a thing

i think the problem is it's drawing inevitable comparisons to 12 Years a Slave which by al accounts in a better movie.

Atomika

nexuscrawler wrote: »

Atomika wrote: »

Kyougu wrote: »

Selma getting a best picture nod but nothing else is really odd.

I haven't seen Selma yet, and by all accounts it's pretty good, but I have to say I'm becoming incredibly frustrated that the only time minorities in Hollywood can find critical appreciation is when they're in movies explicitly about the experiences of minorities.

White guilt is a hell of a thing.

mmmhm

nexuscrawler

All in all a very shallow bench this year

there were very few oscarbait biopics, historical epics or other favorites of the Academy. No real massive transformations on actors parts that they love so much.

Really nothing going on at all.

fugacity

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Nay, nay, nay

Johnny Chopsocky

I certainly hope Dick "Poop" Pope wasn't too traumatized by the nominations ceremony today.

Darlan

What an off year for Hollywood. I'd give my personal nod to Grand Budapest, though I still need to see Birdman and Selma.

AngelHedgie

nexuscrawler wrote: »

Atomika wrote: »

Kyougu wrote: »

Selma getting a best picture nod but nothing else is really odd.

I haven't seen Selma yet, and by all accounts it's pretty good, but I have to say I'm becoming incredibly frustrated that the only time minorities in Hollywood can find critical appreciation is when they're in movies explicitly about the experiences of minorities.

White guilt is a hell of a thing

i think the problem is it's drawing inevitable comparisons to 12 Years a Slave which by al accounts in a better movie.

Well, there's also the issue that the movie plays fast and loose with history as well. Which seems to be a problem across the board this year - both The Imitation Game and Foxcatcher had some serious criticism along those lines.

Preacher

Johnny Chopsocky wrote: »

I certainly hope Dick "Poop" Pope wasn't too traumatized by the nominations ceremony today.

I'd be willing to bet its a common joke had at his expense.

flamebroiledchicken

I don't really see how anyone besides Linklater can get the Directing award. Even if you didn't like Boyhood, that was a one-of-a-kind achievement in directing.

Johnny Chopsocky

Preacher wrote: »

Johnny Chopsocky wrote: »

I certainly hope Dick "Poop" Pope wasn't too traumatized by the nominations ceremony today.

I'd be willing to bet its a common joke had at his expense.

Sure, but this has to be the first time it was told during a nationally-televised event.

By the way, I also wish to add my voice to the "where the hell is The Lego Movie?!" chorus.

Cabezone

AngelHedgie wrote: »

nexuscrawler wrote: »

Atomika wrote: »

Kyougu wrote: »

Selma getting a best picture nod but nothing else is really odd.

I haven't seen Selma yet, and by all accounts it's pretty good, but I have to say I'm becoming incredibly frustrated that the only time minorities in Hollywood can find critical appreciation is when they're in movies explicitly about the experiences of minorities.

White guilt is a hell of a thing

i think the problem is it's drawing inevitable comparisons to 12 Years a Slave which by al accounts in a better movie.

Well, there's also the issue that the movie plays fast and loose with history as well. Which seems to be a problem across the board this year - both The Imitation Game and Foxcatcher had some serious criticism along those lines.

Every historical fiction movie this year was more fiction than history. Imitation Game is pretty much all fiction.

AngelHedgie

Cabezone wrote: »

AngelHedgie wrote: »

nexuscrawler wrote: »

Atomika wrote: »

Kyougu wrote: »

Selma getting a best picture nod but nothing else is really odd.

I haven't seen Selma yet, and by all accounts it's pretty good, but I have to say I'm becoming incredibly frustrated that the only time minorities in Hollywood can find critical appreciation is when they're in movies explicitly about the experiences of minorities.

White guilt is a hell of a thing

i think the problem is it's drawing inevitable comparisons to 12 Years a Slave which by al accounts in a better movie.

Well, there's also the issue that the movie plays fast and loose with history as well. Which seems to be a problem across the board this year - both The Imitation Game and Foxcatcher had some serious criticism along those lines.

Every historical fiction movie this year was more fiction than history. Imitation Game is pretty much all fiction.

The issue was that they did so in damaging ways. For example, The Imitation Game had the "blackmail" scene which was not only a fabrication, but feeds into an old myth that homosexual individuals were more vulnerable to being turned by hostile governments because of blackmail.

Loren Michael

what the fucking fuck is this dragon movie doing where my LEGO stuff should be

jimb213

flamebroiledchicken wrote: »

I don't really see how anyone besides Linklater can get the Directing award. Even if you didn't like Boyhood, that was a one-of-a-kind achievement in directing.

This is exactly how I feel.

I'm definitely biased as an Austin-based media producer living here since 1997 (yes, I totally just pulled an "I moved to Austin before it was cool") and a long-time Linklater fan, but with Boyhood, Linklater and his crew (including Sandra Adair who's nominated for editing) pulled off something that's never been done before, and at the very least Link and Adair deserve awards simply for pulling it off.

Funny aside about Linklater: The undertaker who the movie Bernie is based on is now out of jail on the condition that he lives with Linklater.

Astaereth

jimb213 wrote: »

flamebroiledchicken wrote: »

I don't really see how anyone besides Linklater can get the Directing award. Even if you didn't like Boyhood, that was a one-of-a-kind achievement in directing.

This is exactly how I feel.

I'm definitely biased as an Austin-based media producer living here since 1997 (yes, I totally just pulled an "I moved to Austin before it was cool")

Pish, I moved to Austin back in '92! And then left in '06, before it got all uncool and crowded. So there.

But anyway, Linklater deserves it just for keeping it secret for 12 years.

jimb213

Astaereth wrote: »

jimb213 wrote: »

flamebroiledchicken wrote: »

I don't really see how anyone besides Linklater can get the Directing award. Even if you didn't like Boyhood, that was a one-of-a-kind achievement in directing.

This is exactly how I feel.

I'm definitely biased as an Austin-based media producer living here since 1997 (yes, I totally just pulled an "I moved to Austin before it was cool")

Pish, I moved to Austin back in '92! And then left in '06, before it got all uncool and crowded. So there.

But anyway, Linklater deserves it just for keeping it secret for 12 years.

Yeah, I'm really surprised how secret it was. Thinking back over the years though, I do remember fairly regular Ethan Hawke sightings, so it wasn't necessarily uber top secret, just on the DL.

Preacher

Well it probably helps that no one cares about Ethan Hawke.

IN YOUR FACE ETHAN!

Jean Claude Van Calm

AngelHedgie wrote: »

Cabezone wrote: »

AngelHedgie wrote: »

nexuscrawler wrote: »

Atomika wrote: »

Kyougu wrote: »

Selma getting a best picture nod but nothing else is really odd.

I haven't seen Selma yet, and by all accounts it's pretty good, but I have to say I'm becoming incredibly frustrated that the only time minorities in Hollywood can find critical appreciation is when they're in movies explicitly about the experiences of minorities.

White guilt is a hell of a thing

i think the problem is it's drawing inevitable comparisons to 12 Years a Slave which by al accounts in a better movie.

Well, there's also the issue that the movie plays fast and loose with history as well. Which seems to be a problem across the board this year - both The Imitation Game and Foxcatcher had some serious criticism along those lines.

Every historical fiction movie this year was more fiction than history. Imitation Game is pretty much all fiction.

The issue was that they did so in damaging ways. For example, The Imitation Game had the "blackmail" scene which was not only a fabrication, but feeds into an old myth that homosexual individuals were more vulnerable to being turned by hostile governments because of blackmail.

I feel the same way about American sniper using disabled vets as disposable characters to make main badass dude also a super nice guy who gets killed by said no names, presented with absolutely no context, background or real story telling which amounted to nothing but an awards grab. Actively damaging indeed.

Phillishere

Selma has also received criticism for the way it portrayed Lyndon Johnson as someone who had to be wooed to the civil rights cause by MLK. It's a lot more minor than the other films' revisionism, but the Johnson family and history buffs are a bit miffed since LBJ's staunch support of civil rights even as a Southern Congressman was one of his defining features. He was a lot more of a hard core advocate for the Civil Rights Act than any of the Kennedy's.

In general, Hollywood always will gloss over history if it makes for a better story, and that's usually okay. This year is just full of examples of movies doing it badly.