WITNESS MAD MAX FURY ROAD WINNING ALL THE [OSCARS]

YaYa

so Mad Max did so well at the Oscars that they redesigned the statue

it looks like this now



it's weird that it won both best documentary and best animated short but whatever, Academy




okay but real talk

OSCARS 2016 THREAD HOSTED BY YAYA AND @Goose!



this thing is happening again! nominations are out! Mad Max is nominated for things and it won't win and we'll all be really upset!

as always, Goose! and I will be running the Oscar pool. there will be fabulous prizes, hopefully! @Bogey will win, probably!

full list of nominations here:

BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire

DIRECTING
Adam McKay - The Big Short
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson - Room
Tom McCarthy - Spotlight

BEST ACTOR, LEAD
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

BEST ACTRESS, LEAD
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian
The Revenant

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

ORIGINAL SONG
Earned It - Fifty Shades of Grey
Manta Ray - Racing Extinction
Simple Song #3 - Youth
Til It Happens To You - The Hunting Ground
Writings On The Wall - Spectre

ORIGINAL SCORE
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant

VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

HERE IS THE LINK TO SUBMIT YOUR BALLOT

FABULOUS PRIZES!

@Goose!: a 30 dollar gift card for a movie chain!
@YaYa: a copy of the best picture winner on DVD or Bluray!

more to come!

oh, and also



#prayforleo

YaYa

reserved for overflow ballots

One Thousand Cables

As much as I love it, I'm kind of shocked at Mad Max getting any award buzz at all. It never struck me as the kind of movie that the academy (or golden globes or whatever) would bother recognizing

Olivaw

Mad Max better win best director and that's all I have to say about that

Also why are we still praying for Leo, is it just a funny joke at this point, because I mean the dude does good work but if we're talking about someone who's never won an Oscar and probably deserves to have one I would put George Clooney higher on that list

He has one for Best Supporting Actor and that is it, the only other times he's been nominated he's gotten matched against people no one could win against, like Daniel Day Lewis and... well mostly Daniel Day Lewis

YaYa

Olivaw wrote: »

Mad Max better win best director and that's all I have to say about that

Also why are we still praying for Leo, is it just a funny joke at this point, because I mean the dude does good work but if we're talking about someone who's never won an Oscar and probably deserves to have one I would put George Clooney higher on that list

He has one for Best Supporting Actor and that is it, the only other times he's been nominated he's gotten matched against people no one could win against, like Daniel Day Lewis and... well mostly Daniel Day Lewis

umm

winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor counts as winning an Oscar for acting, dogg

just because it's a smaller part don't mean the award is less

ph blake

I am setting an alarm so that I can wake up in time to watch the nominations be announced, because I am a huge dork who gets excited over the prospect of complaining about an awards show.

Already trying to mentally prepare myself for Todd Haynes getting left out in favor of Ridley Scott on the Best Director list.

Sterica

BB-8 for best supporting actor and actress.

Olivaw

YaYa wrote: »

Olivaw wrote: »

Mad Max better win best director and that's all I have to say about that

Also why are we still praying for Leo, is it just a funny joke at this point, because I mean the dude does good work but if we're talking about someone who's never won an Oscar and probably deserves to have one I would put George Clooney higher on that list

He has one for Best Supporting Actor and that is it, the only other times he's been nominated he's gotten matched against people no one could win against, like Daniel Day Lewis and... well mostly Daniel Day Lewis

umm

winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor counts as winning an Oscar for acting, dogg

just because it's a smaller part don't mean the award is less

That has never been my perception, ever

Also this made me look up if Brad Pitt or Matt Damon has ever won an Oscar and neither of them have! (except for Best Screenplay that one time when Matt Damon was a baby)

So again I question why Leo is the one with the meme

Is it because he has been visibly trying really hard to win one for years?

Quetzi

Olivaw wrote: »

YaYa wrote: »

Olivaw wrote: »

Mad Max better win best director and that's all I have to say about that

Also why are we still praying for Leo, is it just a funny joke at this point, because I mean the dude does good work but if we're talking about someone who's never won an Oscar and probably deserves to have one I would put George Clooney higher on that list

He has one for Best Supporting Actor and that is it, the only other times he's been nominated he's gotten matched against people no one could win against, like Daniel Day Lewis and... well mostly Daniel Day Lewis

umm

winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor counts as winning an Oscar for acting, dogg

just because it's a smaller part don't mean the award is less

That has never been my perception, ever

Also this made me look up if Brad Pitt or Matt Damon has ever won an Oscar and neither of them have! (except for Best Screenplay that one time when Matt Damon was a baby)

So again I question why Leo is the one with the meme

Is it because he has been visibly trying really hard to win one for years?

Uh, yeah

That's exactly why

Blake T

When are the noms?

ph blake

Blake T wrote: »

When are the noms?

Announced tomorrow morning, 8:30 EST. Should be a live stream.

Edit: Link to the youtube channel.

Goose!

I will have a Google Form up tomorrow evening to submit your guesses.

Also, I forgot who won last year, did you ever get your prizes?

Poorochondriac

I hope Leo loses because it's very very funny to me how many people get invested in whether or not a straight white millionaire man they'll never meet gets a little gold statue

Dedwrekka

One Thousand Cables wrote: »

As much as I love it, I'm kind of shocked at Mad Max getting any award buzz at all. It never struck me as the kind of movie that the academy (or golden globes or whatever) would bother recognizing

It ended up being the best reviewed movie of the year.

TrippyJing

Poorochondriac wrote: »

I hope Leo loses because it's very very funny to me how many people get invested in whether or not a straight white millionaire man they'll never meet gets a little gold statue

Eh, I can give that a lot of leeway, because...

Poorochondriac wrote: »

I hope <person/team> loses because it's very very funny to me how many people get invested in whether or not a <person/group> they'll never meet gets a <award/trophy>

Muggins

Did Star Wars come out soon enough to be considered?

Shorty

isn't the cutoff just December 31st?

Blake T

Yeah I'm pretty sure it's calendar year.

DJ Eebs

star wars made a bunch of money and was well received critically, which would probably give it a chance at a best picture nomination if, like, fury road wasn't there ready to sit in as a nod to the less..."refined" stuff?

Raijin Quickfoot

Mad Max has already won all of the awards in my heart.

Couscous

The Geebs That Knows Everything About Animorphs wrote: »

star wars made a bunch of money and was well received critically, which would probably give it a chance at a best picture nomination if, like, fury road wasn't there ready to sit in as a nod to the less..."refined" stuff?

You can't get much more refined than Fury Road. Less appealing to the fools who make up the Oscar voters?

Pinfeldorf

Mad Max has won the award of my heart, which is, all in all, a pretty valuable reward.

DJ Eebs

yeah, star wars's biggest obstacle was lar

Couscous wrote: »

The Geebs That Knows Everything About Animorphs wrote: »

star wars made a bunch of money and was well received critically, which would probably give it a chance at a best picture nomination if, like, fury road wasn't there ready to sit in as a nod to the less..."refined" stuff?

You can't get much more refined than Fury Road. Less appealing to the fools who make up the Oscar voters?

well, it's an action movie, is what I'm trying to say

it's a really really good one, and I don't think that should disqualify it, but I'm not an oscar voter, so

YaYa

Mad Max has indeed won all the Oscars because, if they announce any winner other than Mad Max in any category, I can just go "well, they're wrong, it should have gone to Mad Max."

ph blake

Star Wars and Creed might have made the Best Picture list as a courtesy nomination in a different year, but this year has Mad Max and The Martian standing in the way as the token critically liked box office superstars. Hell, The Martian might even win depending on how deep in the tank the academy goes for Ridley Scott.

One interesting thing I read today was that, assuming Star Wars doesn't get the nom, it will be the first time in the history of the Oscars that the new US domestic gross record holder would be left out of the Best Picture race.

Gustav

I expect there to be be peak WITNESS MEs clicked on any Mad Max win.

Grey Ghost

YaYa wrote: »

Mad Max has indeed won all the Oscars because, if they announce any winner other than Mad Max in any category, I can just go "well, they're wrong, it should have gone to Mad Max."

"Why is everyone mispronouncing Mad Max in such strange yet distinct ways?"

DJ Eebs

(I like Star Wars more than I liked Fury Road but I am 1000% not willing to fight about it)

YaYa

The Geebs That Knows Everything About Animorphs wrote: »

(I like Star Wars more than I liked Fury Road but I am 1000% not willing to fight about it)

HEY LET'S FIGHT

DJ Eebs

I don't wanna

rhylith

I would not be surprised at all if Mad Max won something. Director, score possibly, cinematography maybe, definitely costumes, maybe editing.

I bet something beats it for best picture and the acting categories though. Even though I would strongly consider Theron and maybe Hoult.

YaYa

it bums me out but Mad Max is gonna get shut out of acting

Charlize deserves a nom but it won't happen

Centipede Damascus

Mad Max is absolutely the best movie I saw in 2015

Star Wars is probably my number 2

I still need to see Creed though

Blake T

I'm still bummed The Room still hasn't come out here yet.

It comes out at like the end of January or something.

YaYa

Blake T wrote: »

I'm still bummed The Room still hasn't come out here yet.

It comes out at like the end of January or something.

ahahaha, oh hai mistaken titles

Fawst

You know what award Fury Road should be up for? Best Stunt Work. But it doesn't exist. And it should.

Quetzi

The biggest award for Mad Max should be Production Design, I think

I believe that is where all of the building those ridiculous cars would go

And is probably the closest we've got to stunt stuff

Centipede Damascus

Fawst wrote: »

You know what award Fury Road should be up for? Best Stunt Work. But it doesn't exist. And it should.

These exist, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_World_Stunt_Awards

Grey Ghost

Best Communication of Intent Entirely Through Grunts and Twitches

Romanian My Escutcheon

I'm fully prepared for Mad Max to get all of the snubs because every time I think the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences might do something cool, they disappoint me.

Alucard6986

mad max didn't win any golden globes right

and that's the weirder award show, why would the stuffier, more serious one award an R rated blockbuster action movie?