2014 Awards and Critics' Lists

[Mysterious Dude]

David Ehrlich's video countdown:


http://vimeo.com/113355414


25. Lucy
24. We Are the Best!
23. Timbuktu
22. Selma
21. Love Is Strange
20. Listen Up Philip
19. Godzilla
18. Starred Up
17. Why Don't You Play in Hell?
16. Mommy
15. The Babadook
14. Palo Alto
13. Ida
12. Goodbye to Language
11. Boyhood
10. The Tale of Princess Kaguya
9. Force Majeure
8. God Help the Girl
7. The Double
6. Only Lovers Left Alive
5. Gone Girl
4. Nymphomaniac
3. Under the Skin
2. Inherent Vice
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel

[Pop Trash]

Sight & Sound:

http://www.bfi.org.uk/best-films-2014

[Pop Trash]

2014 Gotham Awards winners/nominees:

Best Feature

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — WINNER
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, director; Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Boyhood
Richard Linklater, director; Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss, producers (IFC Films)

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson, director; Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Love Is Strange
Ira Sachs, director; Lucas Joaquin, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Ira Sachs, Jayne Baron Sherman, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)

Under the Skin
Jonathan Glazer, director; Nick Wechsler, James Wilson, producers (A24 Films)

Best Actress

Julianne Moore in Still Alice (Sony Pictures Classics) — WINNER
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood (IFC Films)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beyond the Lights (Relativity Media)
Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin (A24 Films)
Mia Wasikowska in Tracks (The Weinstein Company)

Best Actor*

Michael Keaton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight Pictures) — WINNER

Bill Hader in The Skeleton Twins (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
Ethan Hawke in Boyhood (IFC Films)
Oscar Isaac in A Most Violent Year (A24 Films)
Miles Teller in Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics)

*The 2014 Best Actor nominating panel also voted to award a special Gotham Jury Award jointly to Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum for their ensemble performance in Foxcatcher (Sony Pictures Classics).

Best Documentary

CITIZENFOUR — WINNER
Laura Poitras, director; Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky, producers (RADiUS, Participant Media, and HBO Documentary Films)

Actress
Robert Greene, director; Douglas Tirola, Susan Bedusa, Robert Greene, producers (The Cinema Guild

Life Itself
Steve James, director; Zak Piper, Steve James, Garrett Basch, producers (Magnolia Pictures and CNN Films)

Manakamana
Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez, directors; Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel, producers (The Cinema Guild)

Point and Shoot
Marshall Curry, director; Marshall Curry, Elizabeth Martin, Matthew Van Dyke, producers (The Orchard and American Documentary / POV)

Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant

For the fourth consecutive year, IFP is proud present the euphoria Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" grant, a $25,000 cash award for an alumna of IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs. This grant aims to further the careers of emerging women directors by supporting the completion, distribution and audience engagement strategies of their first feature film.

Chloé Zhao, director, Songs My Brothers Taught Me — WINNER
Garrett Bradley, director, Below Dreams
Claire Carré, director, Embers

Independent Film Audience Award

Boyhood — WINNER

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award

Ana Lily Amirpour for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Kino Lorber) — WINNER
James Ward Byrkit for Coherence (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler (Open Road Films)
Eliza Hittman for It Felt Like Love (Variance Films)
Justin Simien for Dear White People (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)

Breakthrough Actor
Tessa Thompson in Dear White People (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions) — WINNER
Riz Ahmed in Nightcrawler (Open Road Films)
Macon Blair in Blue Ruin (RADiUS)
Ellar Coltrane in Boyhood (IFC Films)
Joey King in Wish I Was Here (Focus Features)
Jenny Slate in Obvious Child (A24 Films)

[Mysterious Dude]

Cahiers du Cinéma (http://blogs.indiewire.com/criticwire/cahiers-du-cinemas-top-10-movies-of-2014-goodbye-to-language-under-the-skin-love-is-strange-20141201)

1. L'il Quinquin
2. Goodbye to Language
3. Under the Skin
4. Maps to the Stars
5. The Wind Rises
6. Nymphomaniac
7. Mommy
8. Love is Strange
9. Paradise
10. Our Sunhi

[Mysterious Dude]

AFI's top 11 (http://blog.afi.com/and-the-honorees-are/)

American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Nightcrawler
Selma
Unbroken
Whiplash

[dreamdead]

Golden Globe nominees from yesterday

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory Of Everything

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

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

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

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

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

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

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Emily Blunt, Into The Woods
Helen Mirror, The Hundred Foot Journey
Julianne Moore, Maps To The Stars
Quvenzhane Wallis, Annie

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

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

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Big Hero 6
The Book Of Life
The Boxtrolls
How To Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Force Majeure (Sweden)
Gett: The Trial Of Viviene (ISRAEL)
Ida (Poland/Denmark)
Leviathan (Russia)
Tangerines Mandariinid (ESTONIA)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Maryl Streep, Into The Woods

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

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

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

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

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armbando B, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Johann Johannson, The Theory Of Everything
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez, Birdman
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

“Big Eyes” — Big Eyes
“Glory” — Selma
“Mercy Is” — Noah
“Opportunity” — Annie
“Yellow Flicker Beat” — The Hunger Games: Mockingjay– Part 1

[Spinal]

Is it just me or is the Lead Actor category more competitive for Comedy/Musical than it is for Drama? Granted, I haven't seen most of these films.

[Henry Gale]

Is it just me or is the Lead Actor category more competitive for Comedy/Musical than it is for Drama? Granted, I haven't seen most of these films.

Well maybe real-world quality-wise, but in terms of awards momentum, Keaton is definitely taking C/M while it could really be any of the men in Drama. (Most likely Cumberbatch. Oyelowo is newer, more of a dark horse pick.)

I've only seen Foxcatcher, Nightcrawler, and Grand Budapest out of all those actors' films though.

[Mysterious Dude]

Slant Magazine's top 25 (http://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/the-25-best-films-of-2014)


25. Dear White People
24. A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
23. Level Five
22. Starred Up
21. Norte, the End of History
20. The Naked Room
19. Ida
18. Story of My Death
17. Closed Curtain
16. Manakamana
15. The Strange Little Cat
14. National Gallery
13. Listen Up Philip
12. Goodbye to Language
11. Mr. Turner
10. Force Majeure
9. Stray Dogs
8. Only Lovers Left Alive
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
6. Two Days, One Night
5. Inherent Vice
4. Boyhood
3. The Immigrant
2. Stranger by the Lake
1. Under the Skin

[Pop Trash]

Film Comment's Critics Poll:

http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/20-best-films-of-2014

[Pop Trash]

Is it just me or is the Lead Actor category more competitive for Comedy/Musical than it is for Drama? Granted, I haven't seen most of these films.

I would be shocked if Keaton loses the Golden Globe. In the Oscar derby I think he has some competition with Steve Carell, but Birdman has a lot more momentum at this point.

[Ivan Drago]

I would be shocked if Keaton loses the Golden Globe. In the Oscar derby I think he has some competition with Steve Carell, but Birdman has a lot more momentum at this point.

What about Oyelowo?

Oscars go apeshit for actors playing historical figures.

[Mysterious Dude]

Oscars go apeshit for actors playing historical figures.
Yes, but Oyelowo has some competition in that genre (Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne).

[baby doll]

Yes, but Oyelowo has some competition in that genre (Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne).Is that the dude from the Wu Tang Clan? (Incidentally, I really don't know who Eddie Redmayne is. I think 2014 will turn out to be the year when I officially become an old man who doesn't understand pop culture references and therefore continues alluding to Third Eye Blind in everyday conversation like it was still 1997.)

[Pop Trash]

And even your 1997 pop culture references are incorrect since Redman was never an official Wu Tang Clan member. GET IT TOGETHER BABY DOLL.

[Pop Trash]

Indiewire's massive critic poll:

http://www.indiewire.com/survey/indiewire-2014-year-end-critics-poll/

[Spinal]

Rex Reed's worst list (http://observer.com/2014/12/rex-reed-the-worst-films-of-2014/) includes Under the Skin, Birdman, Interstellar, Gone Girl and Inherent Vice.

[TGM]

Rex Reed's worst list (http://observer.com/2014/12/rex-reed-the-worst-films-of-2014/) includes Under the Skin, Birdman, Interstellar, Gone Girl and Inherent Vice.

:rolleyes:

[Kurosawa Fan]

Rex Reed's worst list (http://observer.com/2014/12/rex-reed-the-worst-films-of-2014/) includes Under the Skin, Birdman, Interstellar, Gone Girl and Inherent Vice.

Rex Reed makes my "worst list," so that pretty much checks out.

[Spinal]

Rex Reed makes my "worst list," so that pretty much checks out.

I confess that I initially clicked on the link to get film recommendations.

[Spinal]

Also, Rex Reed is a lot younger than I thought he was. He's only 76.

[baby doll]

Rex Reed's worst list (http://observer.com/2014/12/rex-reed-the-worst-films-of-2014/) includes Under the Skin, Birdman, Interstellar, Gone Girl and Inherent Vice.Which is only surprising if you've never heard of Rex Reed before.

[Spinal]

Which is only surprising if you've never heard of Rex Reed before.

Thanks for continuing to respond to my posts to with haughty dismissals. It's always a pleasure.

[ledfloyd]

I would be shocked if Keaton loses the Golden Globe. In the Oscar derby I think he has some competition with Steve Carell, but Birdman has a lot more momentum at this point.

Carell is being nominated as supporting, no?

[baby doll]

Thanks for continuing to respond to my posts to with haughty dismissals. It's always a pleasure.I don't know how familiar you are with Rex Reed's writings, but I've heard this song many a time before. Here's a guy with tastes so conservative and is so utterly lacking in curiosity that he makes the average Academy voter look like David freakin' Bordwell, so I'm not surprised that he didn't like Under the Skin or that he loved The Theory of Everything. (I am a little surprised that he liked The Grand Budapest Hotel but unfortunately he doesn't have anything interesting to say about it.)

[transmogrifier]

Thanks for continuing to respond to my posts to with haughty dismissals. It's always a pleasure.

This is only surprising if you've never heard of baby doll before.

[Mysterious Dude]

CriticsTop10 (http://criticstop10.com/) and Movie City News (http://moviecitynews.com/awards-watch/the-top-tens/) have started their consolidations of critics' lists. Boyhood is the big winner by a long shot.

[Pop Trash]

Everyone's favorite! Reverse Shot's "Offenses" of 2014:

http://reverseshot.com/series/entry/1985/offenses_2014

The only one I vehemently disagree with is Gone Girl. I think Reverse Shot would have hated Brian DePalma's 80s output had they been around then.

[Pop Trash]

And here is their "Best of 2014." I knew they would love The Immigrant.

http://reverseshot.com/series/entry/1981/reverse_shots_best_2014

[Watashi]

RS is once again slacking. The Imitation Game and This is Where I Leave You? Brutal takedown, guys. I expected better. I expected Birdman, Whiplash, or maybe even critic and populous darling Guardians of the Galaxy.

[Pop Trash]

Maybe they will do another "Get Over It" piece for those?

And yeah I fully expected Birdman to be on their "Offense" list. Also, Drive melted their eyeballs? Wut?

[Irish]

72nd Golden Globe Awards

Picture – Drama:
Boyhood

Picture – Musical or Comedy:
The Grand Budapest Hotel

TV Series – Drama:
The Affair

TV Series – Musical or Comedy:
Transparent

Mini-Series or TV Movie:
Fargo

-----

Richard Linklater, Best Director winner

Eddie Redmayne, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama winner

Julianne Moore, Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama winner

Michael Keaton, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy winner

Amy Adams, Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy winner

J. K. Simmons, Best Supporting Actor winner

Patricia Arquette, Best Supporting Actress winner

Kevin Spacey, Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama winner

Jeffrey Tambor, Best Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical winner

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/72nd_Golden_Globe_Awards

[dreamdead]

I'm pleased that Wes Anderson's film jumped ahead of Birdman; it's settling as one of my favorites of his work.

Otherwise, I'm pleased that a few actors won for not merely playing a real-life figure. The bio-pic is my most hated genre, so seeing Simmons and Moore and Keaton take wins is altogether pleasing.

[Irish]

Still, I'm surprised they went with Redmayne over Oyelowo for Best Dramatic Actor.

[Ezee E]

Guess I should see Theory of Everything.

[Pop Trash]

I realize people are cynical about awards shows and all, but I gotta admit, I was pretty happy for Budapest and Boyhood.

[number8]

I'm way more into the monologue jokes than the winners. The Clooney joke was spectacular.

[Ezee E]

I'm way more into the monologue jokes than the winners. The Clooney joke was spectacular.

It was. He loved that joke too.

[TGM]

I dunno, I'm pretty disappointed with the results myself. It just feels like, even in a year where the movie's I'm rooting for actually feel like shoe-ins to win for once, even then they still don't. I dunno, Boyhood and GBH were good, sure, but damn Selma and Birdman were so, so much better. :\

Pretty pleased with Keaton's win, however...

[Ezee E]

I liked Jennifer Lopez's terror of Billy Boy Thornton as she handed him the Globe.

[Ivan Drago]

I am not a Wes Anderson fan by any means, so to say I was shocked that Grand Budapest won over Birdman is an understatement.

Boyhood was a lock to clean up award season since it began.

[Spinal]

The Cosby joke was pretty lame. I can easily imagine Seth MacFarlane making that joke.

The Patricia Arquette joke was pretty excellent though.

[transmogrifier]

The moment you have all been waiting for: Armond White's Better Than List (http://www.nationalreview.com/article/396040/tenth-annual-better-list-armond-white).

Biggest shocks: David Fincher and Paul Thomas Anderson escape his (further) wrath, but Wes Anderson doesn't.

Has the world gone mad?

[Irish]

American Sniper > Foxcatcher
Clint Eastwood honors the sacrifice of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle while Bennett Miller revels in anti-American pathology and decadence

Hm. Okay. I know it's the National Review but c'mon.

[Dukefrukem]

You watch the Oscar noms live.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1G_C6ygtRA#t=2005

[Dukefrukem]

Interstellar and Birdman getting some technical nods.

[Irish]

Pretty cool that they're streaming on YouTube this year.

Now if they'd only do that for the actual awards...

[Henry Gale]

No LEGO MOVIE?!

[Dukefrukem]

Holy Birdman nods.

[Dukefrukem]

No Chris Nolan nod or Interstellar BP nod. Hollywood fail.

[Henry Gale]

BEST PICTURE:


American Sniper
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory Of Everything
Whiplash




Mostly as expected for Picture, with the only weird blemish being Bennett Miller coming out of nowhere for Best Director and yet his Foxcatcher didn't show up in Picture. Gone Girl, Nightcrawler proved to be too dark and weird to land spots.


No Chris Nolan nod or Interstellar BP nod. Hollywood fail.

Nah, even as someone who loved the movie, it had not shot. Once it came out and was as divisive as it was, it was never squeezing in with the more straightforward (boring) likes of Imitation Game.

[transmogrifier]

I've only seen one of those films and didn't really like it (The Grand Budapest Hotel). Interstellar didn't deserve to be there, though, and certainly not for direction.

[TGM]

No Chris Nolan nod or Interstellar BP nod. Hollywood fail.

I feel your pain. :(

[Henry Gale]

And damn, I really didn't want to bother watching American Sniper.

The Academy really loves Cooper, though don't they? My man's gonna bump Gyllenhaal, Spall, Fiennes and Oyelowo?! Three nominations in three years too.

[transmogrifier]

And damn, I really didn't want to bother watching American Sniper.

The Academy really loves Cooper, though don't they? My man's gonna bump Gyllenhaal, Spall, Fiennes and Oyelowo?! Three nominations in three years too.

I don't understand why; he's a deeply average actor. Not terrible, but lacks charisma and range.

[dreamdead]

Full list of nominees:

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”

[Irish]

Interstellar was never gonna happen.

Surprised at lack of noms for Oyelowo, Fincher & Flynn. Thought those were shoe-ins. Brain froze when they announced the animation noms because it felt like something was missing. A thousand nerds cried out on twitter, and then were silenced. And I cackled like a nutjob.

I yelled at the screen any time Theory of Everything was mentioned in any context.

Cheered loudly at Reese Witherspoon's nom.

Cheered quietly when Unbroken picked up a few nods.

It's almost impossible not to sound like a rightwing nutjob when I say this, but: Since Unbroken is out of the running for most major awards, I hope American Sniper wins everything it was nominated for.

[Irish]

Mostly surprised that these nominations seemed controversial as hell while largely nominating the same small handful of films across multiple categories.

[Dukefrukem]

I don't understand why; he's a deeply average actor. Not terrible, but lacks charisma and range.

Well he does have a southern draw in American Sniper so let's see how he does. I think I'm gonna start seeing these movies tonight. American Sniper, 2 hours 15 minutes. Yeesh.

[dreamdead]

Disappointed that the lead actor nominees only has one role not based around a biopic portrayal.

Pleased that the Aniston resurgence failed, and that Cotillard snuck in.

Also pleased that Ida received a cinematography nominee.

Depressed that the best songs category is so stupid that none of We are the Best or God Help the Girl (which I admittedly still have to see) could be nominated.

Super-excited that Takahata's film got mentioned.

[Dukefrukem]

Best song omitted?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE5uCw7y7g4

[TGM]

On the bright side, maybe now that Whiplash has been nominated they'll bring it back to theaters for longer than a week this time. :P

[transmogrifier]

I'm at the point now where I don't care one way or the other who gets nominated. As much as I don't think Interstellar is anywhere near one of the best films of the year, I wouldn't have cared if it got a nomination, and as much as I think Gone Girl was excellent, the fact it got just one nomination doesn't bother me.

I look at the list of for Best Picture and think, wow, that looks pretty weak, and then I go and see 2011:

The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
Tree of Life
War Horse

and think, bloody hell, that was a weak year, and then 2008

Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader

and think, no, that was a weak year, and then I realize.....why do I care again? It has always been full of weak movies and performances, and "shocks" that are only shocks because they weren't first concocted and discussed to death by the incestuous "Oscar prognosticators" who on one hand decry the stuffiness of the Academy while at the same time create lists of what they think the Academy will favor, thus reinforcing the rules for the crappy game they (for some reason) devote a lot of their journalistic attention to.

I know no-one likes people on the internet loudly proclaiming how much they really don't care about something, so I promise this will be the last time I speak about the Oscars ever again on any message board for any reason. Should be a pretty easy resolution to stick to.

[Irish]

but lacks charisma and range.

A lot of people consider Cooper insanely good looking. Personally, I never saw it; on some level he will always be the wimpy dude on a Alias to me.

As for range ... He went from playing a CGI racoon to a US Navy SEAL within the same year. How's that not an exhibition of range?

[number8]

As for range ... He went from playing a CGI racoon to a US Navy SEAL within the same year. How's that not an exhibition of range?

They're both gun-toting violently unstable homicidal characters.

[Irish]

They're both gun-toting violently unstable homicidal characters.

:lol: fair point

[Watashi]

"David Oyelowo was snubbed to make room for Bradley Cooper, making this the 2nd time Martin Luther King has been taken out by a sniper."

[Dead & Messed Up]

I literally gasped when I read the Animation category and saw no Lego Movie.

[Irish]

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I literally gasped when I read the Animation category and saw no Lego Movie.

And here I am going "Song of the Sea! Yess!" :D

I love the fact that Tomm Moore is now "two time Academy Award nominee".

[Mr. McGibblets]

Vin Diesel was robbed

[TGM]

So I'm only just now realizing that Foxcatcher didn't get a best picture nomination. Huh.

[Ezee E]

I didn't realize Cooper was a good actor until I came across Place Beyond the Pines.

[TGM]

I didn't realize Cooper was a good actor until I came across Place Beyond the Pines.

He had impressed me in other roles prior to this, but I would definitely say that Pines is his best performance to date.

[Dukefrukem]

I didn't realize Cooper was a good actor until I came across Place Beyond the Pines.

Far and away from A-team.

[Dukefrukem]

Anyone know if there's a list on where you can watch the nominated stuff? (either between Amazon, Netflix theaters)

[Dukefrukem]

Anyone know if there's a list on where you can watch the nominated stuff? (either between Amazon, Netflix theaters)

Oh hello.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Saving-Money/2015/0118/Eighteen-Oscar-nominated-movies-you-can-watch-online-today

[Wryan]

I thoughts the effects in Guardians were pretty average, actually. They're fine, they work. But I dunno...and Dawn should roll right up to the podium for this one.

[Pop Trash]

This is often obnoxious if occasionally accurate:

http://reverseshot.org/series/entry/1988/two_cents_2014

[dreamdead]

I'm generally resigned to the Oscars at this point in my filmwatching, but I found this passage from Andrew O'Hehir (http://www.salon.com/2015/02/20/birdman_vs_boyhood_the_oscars_ race_to_save_hollywoods_soul/) interesting:


You could certainly read social, cultural and psychological meaning into the close race between “Birdman” and “Boyhood.” I would agree, for instance, that the quasi-documentary naturalism and unprecedented production process of Linklater’s film represents a connection to lived American experience (quite likely a disadvantage when it comes to Oscar voters), while beneath the dazzling technique and the tremendous cast of “Birdman” lies a narcissistic showbiz fantasy. But I can’t get super exercised about “Birdman’s” likely victory, honestly. As Harris has noted, it speaks to a widely shared experience in Hollywood, the attempt to create something beautiful and meaningful that runs off the rails into the swamp. It’s “a movie about someone who hopes to create something as good as ‘Boyhood,’” a reading both barbed and generous, and right on the money.

[Dukefrukem]

Is this is our Oscar live blog?

Great opening. Love Jack Black.

[Sven]

Without a doubt, my favorite Oscars live blog.

[TGM]

So while I didn't agree with every award *coughRedmaynecough*, they actually did a lot better than expected, and I'm all in all generally satisfied. And if nothing else, the actual show itself was really fun at that, so, surprisingly good stuff tonight!

[Dukefrukem]

NPH was a little awkward at times, but he did fine. I'm a sucker for sing and dance numbers.

Best Actor award was a joke. Everything else I was fine with. Didn't hate any of the movies nominated.

[number8]

Redmayne's win is one of those things that I thought was a lock because it's an Oscar cliche (disability and all), but I can't really argue with if the alternatives are those other 4 nominees.

[number8]

Kinda sad that the best moments of a movie award were the music performances.

[Spinal]

It's funny that Travolta's 'redemption' involved him being even weirder. Maybe it's just time to stop putting him on television.

[Dukefrukem]

Kinda sad that the best moments of a movie award were the music performances.

Loved "Everything is Awesome" performance. Lady Gaga was pretty good too. Fuck even Tim got my attention.

[number8]

Chris Pine crying at "Glory" was hilarious to me because I immediately imagined Kirk giving an impassioned speech about racism.

[Spinal]

Birdman was such an embarrassingly narcissistic pick for Best Picture. I think Innaritu said it best when he talked about awards not being the important thing, but rather the test of time. Good luck with that, Birdman.

[Dukefrukem]

Birdman was such an embarrassingly narcissistic pick for Best Picture. I think Innaritu said it best when he talked about awards not being the important thing, but rather the test of time. Good luck with that, Birdman.

The Academy is so predictable. I at least thought maybe Wes Anderson would get best director.

[Watashi]

My favorite moment was Terrence Howard getting super emotional talking about the Best Picture nominees and everyone thought he was talking about Selma, but instead it was.... The Imitation Game.

[dreamdead]

I was optimistic that Linklater would at least get director, so Boyhood's lone win coming from Arquette stung more than I expected. And while I don't mind Birdman, it's script win in the face of GBH is just silliness. Really liked Simmons and Arquette's speeches. And Pawlikowski for talking over the music cue. And the musicians having to abruptly shut up when the directors for the doc short dedicated their film to those contemplating suicide.

I try to make peace with the fact that some Oscar voters likely thought: who's been nominated before, saw that Iñárritu had a prior nomination, and went with him over Anderson or Linklater.

[Spinal]

My favorite moment was Terrence Howard getting super emotional talking about the Best Picture nominees and everyone thought he was talking about Selma, but instead it was.... The Imitation Game.

I assumed that the teleprompter went out. Is that not what happened?

[Spinal]

I was optimistic that Linklater would at least get director, so Boyhood's lone win coming from Arquette stung more than I expected. And while I don't mind Birdman, it's script win in the face of GBH is just silliness. Really liked Simmons and Arquette's speeches. And Pawlikowski for talking over the music cue. And the musicians having to abruptly shut up when the directors for the doc short dedicated their film to those contemplating suicide.

I try to make peace with the fact that some Oscar voters likely thought: who's been nominated before, saw that Iñárritu had a prior nomination, and went with him over Anderson or Linklater.

I like Iñárritu as a person and a director. But not giving the award to Linklater was shocking to me and comfirmation in my mind that the Academy is largely composed of self-absorbed dicks.

[Spinal]

When people in my life ask me what I thought of Birdman, I say it's all right, but I like the director's other movies better. To which, they respond, "What else has he directed?"

What's most interesting to me is that no one seems to remember Babel, even though it starred Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett and was itself nominated for Best Picture.

[number8]

Funny, I keep telling people it's all right, at least it's humorous and not complete shit like his other movies. I like our shared moderation, though.

[Idioteque Stalker]

I assumed that the teleprompter went out. Is that not what happened?

This was my impression as well. Awkward moment.

Lady Gaga was fantastic. She's in the wrong musical sphere.

[Ezee E]

I enjoy Birdman a lot, and have no problem with its Best Picture win. Far better than the early prediction of Imitation Game, which I think is the most "Baity" of the nominations.

Haven't seen Theory of Everything, which seems baity. I want to see it because the fireworks shots seem pretty incredible. So at least there's that moment.

Boyhood not winning for Director or Editing is just baffling to me. A movie that was shot over twelve years, that flows pretty seamless, and never out of character, is remarkable. Not my favorite movie of the year, but I respect the hell out of it. Simply baffled it didn't win.

Neil Patrick Harris was given the worst material in quite some time. He did have an impressive first musical set though. Wonder whose idea was the magic trick, because that was the worst bit of the night. They should've put in more bits to each nomination. A Boyhood reference to Doogie Howser… How'd that not happen?

I like the recipients of the Lego Oscars more than the actual winners.

Hmm… Quite the amount of thoughts for what I thought was the most boring award show in memory.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Birdman was such an embarrassingly narcissistic pick for Best Picture. I think Innaritu said it best when he talked about awards not being the important thing, but rather the test of time. Good luck with that, Birdman.

Yeah, I don't think it's a bad flick, but it's such an obvious and indulgent pick for Best Pic.

[Pop Trash]

There seemed to be an internet (and possibly irl) backlash brewing against Boyhood. A lot of casual movie fans on other sites were calling it "Boringhood" (lame) or calling out the really awkward scene with the Hispanic plumber guy (not-so-lame and justified even if the total running time of that little subplot is about five minutes).

[MadMan]

I still want to see American Sniper. Do I have to sit through The Theory of Everything? It looks so dull. At least Imitation Game has Bendict Cumberbatch.

So yeah I would have been fine with the majority of the BP noms winning. I'm not sure why backlashes even exist. Kind of silly really.

[Spinal]

There seemed to be an internet (and possibly irl) backlash brewing against Boyhood. A lot of casual movie fans on other sites were calling it "Boringhood" (lame) or calling out the really awkward scene with the Hispanic plumber guy (not-so-lame and justified even if the total running time of that little subplot is about five minutes).

Considering the film's larger accomplishments, that is absurdly nitpicky.

[Pop Trash]

Considering the film's larger accomplishments, that is absurdly nitpicky.

I agree, but Indiewire wrote a whole thinkpiece about the racial 'problems' of Boyhood. I thought it was absurd (other than that one character who is barely in the movie), but I'm just saying there were criticisms of it coming from different angles leading up to the Academy Awards and I think that derailed Boyhood's frontrunner status.

[number8]

Hahahaha. So it wasn't a teleprompter malfunction.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGheJlDfb08