THE MATCHIES 2014 - The Show!

[Lazlo]

Welcome one and all to the belated but much anticipated ceremony for the 2014 MatchCut Motion Picture Academy Awards, better known as The Matchies!

To save a few bucks we're going sans host this year (even Danny Huston wouldn't give us a friend rate). So I'll be rolling out the winners over the next few days. Thank you to everyone who submitted nominees and voted in the final stage. Got some very cool and interesting results to reveal.

Enjoy!

[Lazlo]

Here we go with our first category (Going to post them across several posts since apparently we can't put more than one video in a post. But these videos are cool!):

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The nominees are:

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Weta Digital (Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IqW3whHtbk

[Lazlo]

Godzilla - MPC (Jim Rygiel)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiGt6NFnhz0

[Lazlo]

Guardians of the Galaxy - MPC and Framestore (Stephane Ceretti, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi, Paul Corbould)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO0CgvipQLk

[Lazlo]

Interstellar - Double Negative (Paul J. Franklin , Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott R. Fisher)

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

[Lazlo]

Under the Skin - One of Us (Tom Debenham and Dominic Parker)

https://vimeo.com/128251887

[Lazlo]

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Digital Domain (Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyFo559P2DQ

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



Interstellar - Double Negative (Paul J. Franklin , Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott R. Fisher)
http://www.fxguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/interstellar_newdeal_featured. jpg
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/interstellar-5.jpg
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/interstellar-3.jpg

Voting Results:

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 4
Godzilla - 0
Guardians of the Galaxy - 0
Interstellar - 7
Under the Skin - 3
X-Men: Days of Future Past - 0

Interesting: No nominations for Industrial Light and Magic

[Lazlo]

BEST SOUND

The nominees are:

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Ed White, Andy Nelson, Will Files, Douglas Murray

https://vimeo.com/112866321

Edge of Tomorrow
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02925/edge-tomorrow-crui_2925098b.jpg

Guardians of the Galaxy
http://static2.hypable.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/guardians-of-the-galaxy-trailer-teaser-full-feature.jpg

[Lazlo]

Interstellar - Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten, Richard King

http://vimeo.com/112098660

Snowpiercer
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/2014/04/snowpiercer_a.jpg

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



Interstellar - Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten, Richard King
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2QO1q2IIAA4Yhp.jpg

Voting Results:

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 1
Edge of Tomorrow - 2
Guardians of the Galaxy - 2
Interstellar - 7
Snowpiercer - 0

[DavidSeven]

That's an odd result to me. Wasn't poor sound mixing one of the chief complaints against Interstellar? The music boomed at insane levels, and the dialogue was often impossible to discern.

It definitely wins my award for Most Noticeable Sound, though!

[Spinal]

I voted Guardians. But seriously, my vote in that category probably shouldn't be counted. I have no idea what I'm talking about.

[Lazlo]

I think it's a taste thing on Interstellar, and may also be an IMAX/non-IMAX thing. I saw it twice in IMAX and thought the sound was exemplary. Was an example to me of being able to use music and effects in atypical ways to affect emotions. The only time I had a hard time hearing dialogue was in Cooper's dream, the crash he was remembering. But that, I think, is meant to be abstract and disorienting.

[Lazlo]

BEST SCORE

The nominees are:

Gone Girl - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ3IYyv-lIg

[Lazlo]

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Alexandre Desplat

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

[Lazlo]

Interstellar - Hans Zimmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urDJShcKJ60

[Lazlo]

Only Lovers Left Alive - Jozef van Wissem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL42CYMTNWI

[Lazlo]

Under the Skin - Mica Levi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCGGmKTE2n8

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



Under the Skin - Mica Levi
https://headphonecommute.files.wordpre ss.com/2014/12/mica-levi.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp0EW4ReZcA

Voting Results:

Gone Girl - 2
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 1
Interstellar - 7
Only Lovers Left Alive - 0
Under the Skin - 8

[Lazlo]

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

The nominees are:

Foxcatcher - Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
https://makeupmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/OscarWatch_Foxcatcher.jpg

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Julie Dartnell and Frances Hannon
http://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Grand_Budapest_Tilda.jpg

Guardians of the Galaxy - Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiu and David White
http://www.nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Screen-Shot-2014-02-19-at-12.51.05-AM.png

Inherent Vice - Miia Kovero and Gigi Williams
https://espngrantland.files.wordpress. com/2014/09/inherent-vice-brolin-phoenix.jpg?w=694

Only Lovers Left Alive - Barbara Kichi
http://www.fangoria.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ONLYLOVERSSWINTON2.jpg

Snowpiercer - Jeremy Woodhead
http://cdn.hitfix.com/photos/5893678/Snowpiercer_article_story_larg e.jpg

Swinton is the nutso makeup queen of 2014.

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



Guardians of the Galaxy - Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiu and David White
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b3uTsmQhphk/U95RxOuzRmI/AAAAAAAADik/LZHhjs1lwso/s1600/guardians-galaxy-movie.jpg

Voting Results:

Foxcatcher - 1
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 2
Guardians of the Galaxy - 5
Inherent Vice - 1
Only Lovers Left Alive - 2
Snowpiercer - 2

[Spinal]

Best Score should not have been that close! Seriously, that was the biggest no-brainer on the ballot as far as I'm concerned.

[Lazlo]

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

The nominees are:

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Milena Canonero
http://por-img.cimcontent.net/cms/data/assets/bin-201502/61f5b0d6f989683e8f461bf16aa411 04_600x400.jpg

Guardians of the Galaxy - Alexandra Byrne
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ec/a6/66/eca6660cd417f73af6da243d5fe123 aa.jpg

The Immigrant - Patricia Norris
http://oblikon.net/wp-content/uploads/Joaquin-Phoenix-Marion-Cotillard.jpg

Inherent Vice - Mark Bridges
http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/content/creativeContent/images/cms/2015-oscar-costumes-inherent-vice-07.jpg

Only Lovers Left Alive - Bina Daigeler
http://www.cinemafia.ru/upload/images/2014-04/OLLA_09.jpg

Snowpiercer - Bina Daigeler
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fCoONvUiiz0/U9Pc7hkTa5I/AAAAAAAAHQM/vIMuVaB0nS8/s1600/snow1.jpg

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



The Grand Budapest Hotel - Milena Canonero
http://noglitternoglory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/costume-prada-fendi-grand-budapest.jpg
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2122021!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/gallery_1200/milena-canonero-grand-budapest-hotel-2015.jpg

Voting Results:

The Grand Budapest Hotel - 8
Guardians of the Galaxy - 0
The Immigrant - 2
Inherent Vice - 2
Only Lovers Left Alive - 2
Snowpiercer - 1

[Lazlo]

BEST ART DIRECTION

The nominees are:

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Adam Stockhausen
http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/Mendls-5002.jpg

Interstellar - Nathan Crowley and Dean Wolcott
http://www.collectspace.com/images/news-110614d-lg.jpg

The Immigrant - Happy Massee and Pete Zumba
http://www.joblo.com/big-movie-images/the-immigrant02.jpg

Only Lovers Left Alive - Marco Bittner Rosser and Anja Fromm
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a6/93/c5/a693c52eb0f4223a1e30a6b1608847 31.jpg

Snowpiercer - Ondrej Nekvasil and Stefan Kovacik
http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/06/15/arts/15SNOWPIERCER3/15SNOWPIERCER3-articleLarge.jpg

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



The Grand Budapest Hotel - Adam Stockhausen
http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/03/grand-budapest-hotel-set-design-wes-anderson-slideshow/_jcr_content/par/cn_contentwell/par-main/cn_ad_slideshow/item4.rendition.slideshowVerti cal.grand-budapest-hotel-set-05-lobby-german-jugendstil-decor.jpg
https://filmfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/content/GBH.jpg

Voting Results:

The Grand Budapest Hotel - 11
Interstellar - 1
The Immigrant - 0
Only Lovers Left Alive - 1
Snowpiercer - 1

[Lazlo]

BEST EDITING

The nominees are:

Boyhood - Sandra Adair
http://cdn.studiodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/630_boyhood.jpg

Edge of Tomorrow - James Herbert and Laura Jennings
https://cdn4.thedissolve.com/reviews/841/fullwidth.0bf3bfe1.jpg

Force Majeure - Happy Massee and Pete Zumba
http://twitchfilm.com/assets/2014/09/ffest_forcemajeure3.jpg

Gone Girl - Kirk Baxter
http://i1.wp.com/bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/Gone-Girl-Editing.jpg?resize=550%2C322

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Barney Pilling
http://www.filmoria.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/the-grand-budapest-hotel-edward-norton-636-380.jpg

Nightcrawler - John Gilroy
http://i2.wp.com/bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/Nightcrawler-2-550x330.jpg

Whiplash - Tom Cross
http://www.awardscircuit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Whiplash-Featured-2.jpg

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



The Grand Budapest Hotel - Barney Pilling
http://www.thecredits.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/image-a7bd3269-fbb8-471c-8b7e-ceee8e0fd2ce.jpg

Voting Results:

Boyhood - 3
Edge of Tomorrow - 2
Force Majeure - 2
Gone Girl - 2
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 4
Nightcrawler - 0
Whiplash - 1

[Lazlo]

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The nominees are:

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Emmanuel Lubezki
http://www.cinematographydb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/birdman.Still135.jpg

Gone Girl - Jeff Cronenweth
http://i.imgur.com/UNbgfiH.png

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Robert Yeoman
http://images.contactmusic.com/images/feature-images/the-grand-budapest-hotel-carousel-636-380.jpg

Ida - Ryszard Lenczewski and Lukasz Zal
http://cdn.idigitaltimes.com/sites/idigitaltimes.com/files/2014/12/11/ida-ida.jpg

Interstellar - Hoyte Van Hoytema
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1R3dbDIQAA4cC8.jpg

Under the Skin - Daniel Landin
http://www.mbetancourt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Under-the-Skin-17.png

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



IT'S A TIE!

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Emmanuel Lubezki
http://nofilmschool.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_wide/public/birdman.jpg?itok=Icmh64wx
http://www.moviemaker.com/wp-content/uploads/image-e03f8793-0812-49e3-acea-02c5929a25bd.jpg

and

Under the Skin - Daniel Landin
http://nofilmschool.com/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/04/under-the-skin-onecam.jpg
http://nofilmschool.com/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/04/Under-the-Skin-bts-616x407.jpg

Voting Results:

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - 5
Gone Girl - 0
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 1
Ida - 3
Interstellar - 1
Under the Skin - 5

[Lazlo]

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

The nominees are:

Citizenfour - directed by Laura Poitras, produced by Mathilde Bonnefoy, Laura Poitras, Dirk Wilutzky
https://38.media.tumblr.com/b6ec1abfa08a99658963d9809e8d41 15/tumblr_nikguwUGdV1ql8t12o1_500 .gif

Jodorowsky's "Dune" - directed by Frank Pavich, produced by Frank Pavich, Stephen Scarlata, Travis Stevens
http://cdn.indiewire.com/dims4/INDIEWIRE/ca1227c/2147483647/thumbnail/680x478/quality/75/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fd1oi7t5trwfj 5d.cloudfront.net%2F18%2F66%2F e1eff59d428da152786b7cddc06d%2 Fjodorowskys-dune.01.54.png

Life Itself - directed by Steve James, produced by Zak Piper, Steve James, Garrett Basch
http://waytooindie.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/life-itself-documentary.jpg

The Missing Picture - directed by Rithy Panh, produced by Catherine Dussart
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02776/missing_2776247b.jpg

The Unknown Known - directed by Errol Morris, produced by Amanda Branson Gill, Robert Fernandez, Errol Morris
http://madfilm.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Unknown-Known-1.png

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



Jodorowsky's "Dune" - directed by Frank Pavich, produced by Frank Pavich, Stephen Scarlata, Travis Stevens
https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress.c om/2013/07/jodorowskysdune__130711150220. jpg

Voting Results:

Citizenfour - 2
Jodorowsky's "Dune" - 4
Life Itself - 0
The Missing Picture - 2
The Unknown Known - 2

[Lazlo]

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

The nominees are:

Big Hero 6 - directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams, produced by Roy Conli
http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/37500000/Big-Hero-6-High-Resolution-Stills-big-hero-6-37527324-1920-804.jpg

The Boxtrolls - directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi, produced by Travis Knight and David Ichioka
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/still/the-boxtrolls01.jpg

Ernest and Celestine - directed by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner, produced by Didier Brunner, Henri Magalon, Vincent Tavier
http://athenacinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Ernest-and-Celestine-1.jpg

The Lego Movie - directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, produced by Dan Lin and Roy Lee
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/still/the-lego-movie02.jpg

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya - directed by Isao Takahata, produced by Yoshiaki Nishimura, Toshio Suzuki, Seiichiro Ujiie
http://www.entertainment-focus.com/wp-content/themes/arts-culture/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2F www.entertainment-focus.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F02% 2Fprincesstalefeat.jpg&q=90&w=630&zc=1

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



IT'S A TIE!

The Lego Movie - directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, produced by Dan Lin and Roy Lee
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/still/the-lego-movie-picture07.jpg

and

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya - directed by Isao Takahata, produced by Yoshiaki Nishimura, Toshio Suzuki, Seiichiro Ujiiehttp://skunkandburningtires.com/wp-content/uploads/f6-1.gif
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yEQxcW1v2x0/Vd7QGMKlU6I/AAAAAAAAmqw/katRiQJpe5o/s1600/tumblr_nk8ff9QHDZ1sa9lruo5_500 .gif

Voting Results:

Big Hero 6 - 1
The Boxtrolls - 2
Ernest and Celestine - 0
The Lego Movie - 4
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya - 4

[Lazlo]

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The nominees are:

Edge of Tomorrow - Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth; novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71ddcYI3K-L.jpg

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn; based on her novel
http://gillian-flynn.com/gone-girl/gone-girl-book-cover-med.jpg

Snowpiercer - Bong Joon-ho and Kelly Masterson; graphic novel by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, Jean-Marc Rochette
http://blurbhack.com/images/book-covers/snowpiercer.jpg

Under the Skin - Walter Campbell and Jonathan Glazer; novel by Michel Faber
https://jennyackland.files.wordpress.c om/2015/01/under-the-skin-cover.jpg

We Are the Best! - Lukas Moodysson; comic book by Coco Moodysson
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mAa42Z5fL._SX379_BO1,204,203 ,200_.jpg

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn; based on her novel
http://cdn.indiewire.com/dims4/INDIEWIRE/b568fc6/2147483647/crop/563x395%2B59%2B0/resize/680x478/quality/75/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fd1oi7t5trwfj 5d.cloudfront.net%2F61%2Fd7%2F 34c285084fa08fa38c3ed6146b87%2 Fgone-girl.32.26%20AM.png

Voting Results:

Edge of Tomorrow - 2
Gone Girl - 6
Snowpiercer - 1
Under the Skin - 2
We Are the Best! - 2

[Lazlo]

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The nominees are:

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Armando Bo
http://www.davidtharwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Birdman.jpg

Force Majeure - Ruben Östlund
http://daystune.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/insta021.gif

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson; story by Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tribeca_cms_production/uploads/image/gallery_image/54b40715b57ce9af65000002/grandbudapest_script.jpg

Nightcrawler - Dan Gilroy
http://image.slidesharecdn.com/250889715-nightcrawler-script-150317200602-conversion-gate01/95/nightcrawler-the-sreenplay-5-638.jpg?cb=1426623196

Only Lovers Left Alive - Jim Jarmusch
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c9/bc/44/c9bc44656fe4d55223cce2783f1223 76.jpg

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Armando Bo
https://s3.amazonaws.com/tribeca_cms_production/uploads/image/gallery_image/54b40685e1d3deb2aa000001/birdman_script.jpg

Voting Results:

Birdman - 5
Force Majeure - 3
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 4
Nightcrawler - 2
Only Lovers Left Alive - 0

[Henry Gale]

Catching up with these! Definitely a lot of nice winners, especially since there haven't been too many that weren't my own votes. ;)

Animated Feature was really the perfect tie result since I went back and forth between exactly those two for a while before eventually choosing Lego. (The final decider ended up being just how many times I've seen it, and that it's probably for the reason that I love it just that much.)

Keep 'em coming so fantastically, Lazlo!

[Lazlo]

Catching up with these! Definitely a lot of nice winners, especially since there haven't been too many that weren't my own votes. ;)

Animated Feature was really the perfect tie result since I went back and forth between exactly those two for a while before eventually choosing Lego. (The final decider ended up being just how many times I've seen it, and that it's probably for the reason that I love it just that much.)

Keep 'em coming so fantastically, Lazlo!

Thanks dude, I'll keep rolling 'em out.

A fair amount of my picks have won, though I can't for the life of me get on board with the Under the Skin score. I get that it cultivated a mood, was innovative, and it was effective, but Interstellar worked so much better for me. I also think the editing achievement on Boyhood is incalculable.

I went for Citizenfour and Big Hero 6 myself.

Acting results coming up!

[Lazlo]

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

The nominees are:

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Francine Maisler
http://i1.cdnds.net/14/42/618x390/birdman-cast.jpg

Gone Girl - Laray Mayfield
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/2107450/images/o-GONE-GIRL-facebook.jpg

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Douglas Aibel, Antoinette Boulat, Simone Bär, Jina Jay, Alexandra Montag
http://media.aintitcool.com/media/uploads/2013/horrorella/grand_budapest_hotel_poster2_l arge.jpg

Guardians of the Galaxy - Sarah Finn and Reg Poerscout-Edgerton
http://smslwithheidi.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/502914865_AE_9910a_41DF6787625 2554BD7DF08933F1BF602.jpg

We Are the Best! - Imor Hermann and Maggie Widstrand
https://somewhereboy.files.wordpress.c om/2014/12/we-are-the-best.jpg

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



We Are the Best! - Imor Hermann and Maggie Widstrand
http://xanaducinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/wearethebest.jpg
https://videocitylondon.files.wordpres s.com/2014/07/tumblr_mxuwbuhpib1rtkr6oo1_500 .gif
http://38.media.tumblr.com/979b0d599d54c994912cde5148296a 68/tumblr_ndj4xshJog1s39hlao1_500 .gif
http://33.media.tumblr.com/04992a7f79ed5232155153714a483c 70/tumblr_n6enr0Nx401qz5v28o1_500 .gif



Voting Results:

Birdman - 4
Gone Girl - 2
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 4
Guardians of the Galaxy - 0
We Are the Best! - 5

[Lazlo]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

The nominees are:

Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
https://filmvibes.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/tumblr_nf1xj3qevs1s89mq8o1_400 .gif

Agata Kulesza - Ida
http://www.moviematrimony.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Agata_Kulesza_scenie_Ida_62588 62.jpg

Emma Stone - Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
http://cdn2.teen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/emma-stone-birdman-academy-awards-2015-nominee.gif

Tilda Swinton - Snowpiercer
https://media.giphy.com/media/wuTb1WplhxlgA/giphy.gif

Uma Thurman - Nymphomaniac
http://media.giphy.com/media/yoJC2ExtVhrksiZkHe/giphy.gif

Katherine Waterston - Inherent Vice
https://media.giphy.com/media/ZBMZhxM2mLIha/giphy.gif

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
https://media.giphy.com/media/xOqP7ZLM35Rkc/giphy.gif

Don't fret, Patty, you've got a Matchie now!

Voting Results:

Arquette - 5
Kulesza - 2
Stone - 4
Swinton - 1
Thurman - 2
Waterston - 1

[Lazlo]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

The nominees are:

Josh Brolin - Inherent Vice
https://media.giphy.com/media/f7BL9jA1qkoOA/giphy.gif

Patrick d'Assumçao - Stranger By the Lake
http://ext.pimg.tw/flashforward/1385530627-3499321909.jpg

Zach Galifinakis - Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
http://www.movpins.com/big/MV5BOTkyMTk5ODIzOF5BMl5BanBnXk FtZTgwMzkxNTY4MjE@._V1_/birdman:-or-(the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance)-(2014)-large-picture.jpg

Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/535a97f169beddde41505e1b-1200-600/ethan-hawke-boyhood-1.png

Edward Norton - Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
https://media.giphy.com/media/13XCyNtTRGgVi/giphy.gif

Tyler Perry - Gone Girl
http://byt.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tumblr_ncd3drQEHA1qbti6eo3_500 .gif

J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
https://media.giphy.com/media/tyttpH11RzaJZrsIRH2/giphy.gif

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
https://media.giphy.com/media/jYjqn3UsFXpbW/giphy.gif

Voting Results:

Brolin - 1
d'Assumçao - 2
Galifinakis - 0
Hawke - 3
Norton - 3
Perry - 1
Simmons - 4

[Spinal]

Well done on Best Ensemble. You're all right, Match Cut. You're all right.

[Peng]

I personally voted for The Grand Budapest Hotel, but We Are The Best! is a nice surprise as well.

[Lazlo]

I thought it was a neat little wrinkle to the proceedings. Nice way to recognize the film, for sure.

Simmons was an interesting case. For the longest time in the nominating process he wasn't going to make the short list. Then he goes on and wins the damn thing.

[Lazlo]

Also, really annoyed that a small amount of searching didn't yield a gif of Josh Brolin yelling, "Molto panakaiku!"

[Lazlo]

BEST ACTRESS

The nominees are:

Marion Cotillard - The Immigrant
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Essie Davis - The Babadook
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Scarlett Johansson - Under the Skin
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Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
https://media.giphy.com/media/7jL2gR21yjeTe/giphy.gif

Tilda Swinton - Only Lovers Left Alive
https://media.giphy.com/media/Wp08KD1tqX1kY/giphy.gif

[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
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Voting Results:

Cotillard - 2
Davis - 3
Johansson - 1
Pike - 5
Swinton - 2

[Lazlo]

BEST ACTOR

The nominees are:

Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
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Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
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Tom Hardy - Locke
https://media.giphy.com/media/4nBORiMSjekMg/giphy.gif

Michael Keaton - Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
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Johannes Kuhnke - Force Majeure
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[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



Michael Keaton - Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
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Voting Results:

Fiennes - 3
Gyllenhaal - 4
Hardy - 3
Keaton - 5
Kuhnke - 0

[Lazlo]

BEST DIRECTOR

The nominees are:

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
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David Fincher - Gone Girl
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Jonathan Glazer - Under the Skin
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu - Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
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Richard Linklater - Boyhood
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[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



IT'S A TIE!

Jonathan Glazer - Under the Skin
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and

Richard Linklater - Boyhood
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Voting Results:

Anderson - 2
Fincher - 2
Glazer - 4
Iñárritu - 3
Linklater - 4

[Mysterious Dude]

I'm glad Michael Keaton won. I think it's cool that an actor who I've never thought of as particularly great can turn out such an amazing performance. I was rooting for him at the Oscars, though I didn't expect him to win. I felt the same way about Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler.

[Lazlo]

BEST PICTURE

The nominees are:

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, produced by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole
https://media.giphy.com/media/hGU4uEhyglCNO/giphy.gif

Boyhood
- directed by Richard Linklater, produced by Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss
https://media.giphy.com/media/SUYurlOZhIzCM/giphy.gif

The Grand Budapest Hotel
- directed by Wes Anderson, produced by Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
https://media.giphy.com/media/xXCNEFUuKkmf6/giphy.gif

Only Lovers Left Alive
- directed by Jim Jarmusch, produced by Jeremy Thomas and Reinhard Brundig
https://media.giphy.com/media/k4hJXQ6ZHiKyc/giphy.gif

Under the Skin
- directed by Jonathan Glazer, produced by James Wilson and Nick Wechsler
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[Lazlo]

And the Matchie goes to:



Under the Skin
- directed by Jonathan Glazer, produced by James Wilson and Nick Wechsler
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Voting Results:

Birdman - 3
Boyhood - 3
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 2
Only Lovers Left Alive - 3
Under the Skin - 4

[Ezee E]

Every category was damn close.

[Lazlo]

Every category was damn close.

Yeah, pretty much. I'll chalk it up mostly to low turnout, but there really were some strong nominees.

[dreamdead]

Thanks for putting this together, Lazlo! I appreciate the effort and time you took compiling everything...

Impressive that UtS took the best film upset. After everything else went to Anderson's film, I was very much expecting that one to take it all.

A lot of the imagery from Glazer's film remain quite vivid in my mind. Interesting that this is the most non-narrative MC selection since Malick's Tree of Life. And the choice to compile this later in the year gave some of the other films an interesting chance.

Biggest loss for me is Ida's non-win of the best supporting actress. Agata Kulesza killed it. Interesting that Linklater's film didn't do better to, in many respects.

[Stay Puft]

Yeah, thanks for doing this, Lazlo. Great job.

I'm tempted to open a thread now to collect everybody's top ten list, and do the top 20 countdown. I'd like to see how that would look now, this late in the year, with the Matchies results to compare it to.

[Spinal]

I'm tempted to open a thread now to collect everybody's top ten list, and do the top 20 countdown. I'd like to see how that would look now, this late in the year, with the Matchies results to compare it to.

Do it!

[Lazlo]

Thanks y'all, glad everyone enjoyed it!

I'd love to see the top 20, Stay Puft.

[baby doll]

Fiennes was robbed. I can't think of anything closer in contemporary cinema to 1930s Cary Grant.

[Lazlo]

EASY TO DIGEST RESULTS:

2014 MATCHIES
Best Picture - Under the Skin
Best Director - (TIE) Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin and Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Best Actor - Michael Keaton, Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Best Actress - Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Best Supporting Actor - J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress - Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Best Ensemble Cast - We Are the Best!
Best Original Screenplay - Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Best Adapted Screenplay - Gone Girl
Best Animated Feature - (TIE) The Lego Movie and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Best Documentary Feature - Jodorowsky's "Dune"
Best Cinematography - (TIE) Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance and Under the Skin
Best Editing - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Art Direction - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bet Costume Design - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Hair and Makeup - Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Score - Under the Skin
Best Sound - Interstellar
Best Visual Effects - Interstellar

WINS TALLY:

4
Under the Skin

3
Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
The Grand Budapest Hotel

2
Boyhood
Gone Girl
Interstellar

1
Guardians of the Galaxy
Jodorowsky's "Dune"
The Lego Movie
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
We Are the Best!
Whiplash

[Melville]

Cool to see Under the Skin take it (and Boyhood not take it). Definitely my favorite of the nominees.