2015 Match Cut Awards

[Mysterious Dude]

Remember how we used to start these threads in November?

BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST HAIR/MAKEUP
BEST EDITING
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BEST SOUND
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
BEST DOCUMENTARY

[Dead & Messed Up]

BEST PICTURE

Creed
Inside Out
It Follows
Mad Max: Fury Road
Spotlight

BEST DIRECTOR

Ryan Coogler, Creed
Pete Docter, Inside Out
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
David Robert Mitchell, It Follows
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

BEST ACTOR

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael B. Jordan, Creed
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Jacob Tremblay, Room
Greg Turkington, Entertainment

BEST ACTRESS

Brie Larson, Room
Maika Monroe, It Follows
Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Paul Dano, Love and Mercy
Walton Goggins, The Hateful Eight
Nicolas Hoult, Mad Max: Fury Road
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Joan Allen, Room
Jessica Chastain, Crimson Peak
Rebecca Ferguson, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

Creed, Driscoll & Maisler
The Hateful Eight, Victoria Thomas
Mad Max: Fury Road
Room
Spotlight

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

99 Homes
Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington, Creed
Inside Out
It Follows
George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nick Lathouris, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Big Short
Love and Mercy
The Revenant
Room
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Maryse Alberti, Creed
Robert Richardson, The Hateful Eight
Mike Gioulakus, It Follows
John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road
Masanobu Takayanagi, Spotlight

BEST ART DIRECTION

Freeman & Tomkins, Cinderella
Brandt Gordon, Crimson Peak
Inside Out
Colin Gibson, Mad Max: Fury Road
The Peanuts Movie

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Alexandra Byrne, Avengers: Age of Ultron
Sandy Powell, Cinderella
Kate Hawley, Crimson Peak
Mad Max: Fury Road
Jacqueline West, The Revenant

BEST HAIR/MAKEUP

Hugo Villasenor, Bone Tomahawk
Cinderella
Leo Corey Castellano, Creed
Jenny Beavan, Mad Max: Fury Road
Toothy & Pandini, The Revenant

BEST EDITING

Claudia Castello and Michael P. Shawver, Creed
Tom McArdle, Spotlight
Kevin Nolting, Inside Out
Julio Perez IV, It Follows
Margaret Sixel, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Avengers: Age of Ultron
Andrew Jackson et al, Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Revenant

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Michael Giacchino, Inside Out
Tom Holkenborg, Mad Max: Fury Road
Atticus Ross, Love and Mercy
Rich Vreeland, It Follows

BEST SOUND

Steve Boedekker, Creed
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
Paul Hsu, Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

[transmogrifier]

Just give it to Mad Max now and save time.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Just give it to Mad Max now and save time.

In fairness, I still have to see Minions.

[Watashi]

Lava for all categories.

[Mysterious Dude]

BEST PICTURE
Anomalisa
Beasts of No Nation
The Forbidden Room
Mad Max: Fury Road
Tangerine

BEST DIRECTOR
Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson, Anomalisa
Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson, The Forbidden Room
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Sean Baker, Tangerine

BEST ACTOR
Liao Fan, Black Coal, Thin Ice
Tahar Rahim, The Cut
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Géza Rörhig, Son of Saul
Ibrahim Ahmed dit Pino, Timbuktu

BEST ACTRESS
Arielle Holmes, Heaven Knows What
Rinko Kikuchi, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
Nina Hoss, Phoenix
Brie Larson, Room

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Oscar Isaac, Ex Machina
Caleb Landry Jones, Heaven Knows What
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Josh Brolin, Sicario

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Nina Kunzendorf, Phoenix
Joan Allen, Room
Toulou Kiki, Timbuktu

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Bridge of Spies
The Forbidden Room
Sicario
Tangerine
Wild Tales

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anomalisa
Ex Machina
The Forbidden Room
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Tangerine

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Beasts of No Nation
Heaven Knows What
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Heaven Knows What
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Son of Saul
Tangerine

BEST ART DIRECTION
Bridge of Spies
The Forbidden Room
Mad Max: Fury Road
Phoenix
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Forbidden Room
Mad Max: Fury Road
Son of Saul
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST HAIR/MAKEUP
The Forbidden Room
Mad Max: Fury Road
Phoenix
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST EDITING
Anomalisa
Beasts of No Nation
The Forbidden Room
Mad Max: Fury Road
Tangerine

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Carol
Heaven Knows What
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

BEST SOUND
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Krampus
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Anomalisa

BEST DOCUMENTARY
~

[ledfloyd]

BEST PICTURE
Mad Max: Fury Road
Timbuktu
Magic Mike XXL
Approaching the Elephant
Mistress America

BEST DIRECTOR
George Miller
Todd Haynes
Gregory Jacobs
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Michael Mann

BEST ACTOR
Channing Tatum, Magic Mike XXL
Samuel L Jackson, Hateful Eight
Kevin Corrigan, Results
Josh Lucas, The Mend
Michael B. Jordan, Creed

BEST ACTRESS
Shu Qi, The Assassin
Juliette Binoche, Clouds of Sils Maria
Nina Hoss, Phoenix
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Cate Blanchette, Carol

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Andy Lau, The Assassin
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Tom Courtenay, 45 Years
Liev Schrieber, Spotlight
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kristen Stewart, Clouds of Sils Maria
Greta Gerwig, Mistress America
Jada Pinkett-Smith, Magic Mike XXL
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Phyllis Smith, Inside Out

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Spotlight
Magic Mike XXL
Clouds of Sils Maria
Bridge of Spies
Carol

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Clouds of Sils Maria
Mistress America
The Mend
Phoenix
Joy

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Diary of a Teenage Girl
Carol
45 Years
The End of the Tour
Ant-Man

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mad Max: Fury Road
Carol
The Assassin
The Revenant
Magic Mike XXL

BEST ART DIRECTION
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
Magic Mike XXL
The Assassin
Bridge of Spies

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
The Assassin
Mad Max Fury Road
Phoenix
Bridge of Spies

BEST HAIR/MAKEUP
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Assassin
Phoenix
Maps to the Stars
Tangerine

BEST EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
Magic Mike XXL
Carol
Approaching the Elephant
Blackhat

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Mad Max: Fury Road
Blackhat
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Ex Machina
Bridge of Spies

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Carter Burwell, Carol
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight

BEST SOUND
Mad Max: Fury Road
Eden
The Assassin
Carol
The Duke of Burgundy

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Inside Out

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Approaching the Elephant
Junun

[Henry Gale]

I've seen 50-something movies from 2015 and feel like I have about a million more to catch up with before doing any nominees I feel good about. Right now, all I got is:

BEST PICTURE AND WHATEVER CATEGORIES THEY APPLY FOR
Anomalisa
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
The Look of Silence
Mad Max: Fury Road


My biggest question is we don't have a short film category and World of Tomorrow, despite only being 16 mins long, is better than most feature-lengths around sooooooooo what we do?

[Lazlo]

My biggest question is we don't have a short film category and World of Tomorrow, despite only being 16 mins long, is better than most feature-lengths around sooooooooo what we do?

I wouldn't have a problem with people nominating it for any category they deem fit. If it gets nominated next to the features, bully for Hertzfeldt. We've never made distinctions about shorts before. I remember there being Looney Tunes shorts voted into some yearly top tens we did awhile back.

[Peng]

What's the deadline on this? My country just got Spotlight and The Big Short this weekend and I would love to catch them before submitting my list.

[Lazlo]

Work in progress:

BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Far From the Madding Crowd
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mommy
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

BEST DIRECTOR
JJ Abrams - Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Ryan Coogler - Creed
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
László Nemes - Son of Saul
Thomas Vinterberg - Far From the Madding Crowd

BEST ACTOR
Paul Dano - Love and Mercy
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Michael B. Jordan - Creed
Géza Röhrig - Son of Saul

BEST ACTRESS
Regina Casé - The Second Mother
Brie Larson - Room
Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
Harrison Ford - Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Seth Rogen - Steve Jobs
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone - Creed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain - Crimson Peak
Greta Gerwig - Mistress America
Melissa Leo - The Big Short
Tessa Thompson - Creed
Julie Walters - Brooklyn

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
The Big Short
The Martian
Mustang
Spotlight
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
The Second Mother
Slow West
Spotlight

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
45 Years
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Creed
Steve Jobs

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Creed
Far From the Madding Crowd
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Son of Saul

BEST ART DIRECTION
Crimson Peak
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
Son of Saul
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Brooklyn
Cinderella
Crimson Peak
The Danish Girl
Jupiter Ascending

BEST HAIR/MAKEUP
The Hateful Eight
Jupiter Ascending
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

BEST EDITING
The Big Short
Creed
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Chappie
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
The Walk

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Creed
Inside Out
It Follows
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario

BEST SOUND
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Son of Saul
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Amy
Approaching the Elephant
Call Me Lucky
The Look of Silence
The Wolfpack

[Mysterious Dude]

What's the deadline on this? My country just got Spotlight and The Big Short this weekend and I would love to catch them before submitting my list.

Last year, we didn't get around to doing the awards until September. So try to get it in before then.

[Spinal]

Here's what I have so far:

BEST PICTURE
Ex Machina
Bridge of Spies
Mustang
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
World of Tomorrow

BEST DIRECTOR
Roy Andersson, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Mustang
Alex Garland, Ex Machina
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST ACTOR
Oscar Isaac, Ex Machina
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Tom Hanks, Bridge of Spies

BEST ACTRESS
Rinko Kikuchi, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Liev Schreiber, Pawn Sacrifice
Walton Goggins, The Hateful Eight
Tim Roth, The Hateful Eight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Stanley Tucci, Spotlight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Julie Walters, Brooklyn

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Spotlight
Mustang
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
The Hateful Eight
Brooklyn

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Ex Machina
Bridge of Spies
Mustang
A Pigegon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
World of Tomorrow

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Paddington
Brooklyn


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
It Follows
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mustang
The Hateful Eight
The Revenant

BEST ART DIRECTION
Mad Max: Fury Road
Paddington
Bridge of Spies

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Brooklyn

BEST HAIR/MAKEUP
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

BEST EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Jupiter Ascending
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Mustang
The Hateful Eight

BEST SOUND
Furious Seven
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
World of Tomorrow

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Amy

[Spinal]

BEST ACTOR

Paul Dano, Love and Mercy (I say he's the lead, deal with it)

[Gizmo]

So I've seen like 8 films from the year so far, and none I've seen (save The Force Awakens, which isn't really best picture material) have been all that great. Nor is there anything out there I feel I HAVE to see (maybe ex Machina). Is this a poor year for film, or am I just way out of touch with what's good. Is Mad Max really a best film type movie? I thought it was a summer popcorn action flick (I'm not a fan of those) and haven't had much desire to see it.

[Lazlo]

So I've seen like 8 films from the year so far, and none I've seen (save The Force Awakens, which isn't really best picture material) have been all that great. Nor is there anything out there I feel I HAVE to see (maybe ex Machina). Is this a poor year for film, or am I just way out of touch with what's good. Is Mad Max really a best film type movie? I thought it was a summer popcorn action flick (I'm not a fan of those) and haven't had much desire to see it.

I mean, countless critics and industry groups seem to agree that it is. It's a phenomenal movie.

[Melville]

Is Mad Max really a best film type movie? I thought it was a summer popcorn action flick (I'm not a fan of those) and haven't had much desire to see it.

It's one of the most spectacular, dazzling, singular movies I've ever seen. I'll be very surprised if it doesn't win this thing, assuming the votes ever get compiled. But whether or not you'll like it probably depends on why you're not a fan of summer popcorn movies. If you generally dislike frenetic action, you'll probably dislike Mad Max; it's almost nonstop, propulsive action insanity (and cinematographic, art design insanity). But if you only dislike summer action movies because they're bland and vapid, then you should give Mad Max a shot, as it's definitely not that.

EDIT: Also, I'd count three movies from this year among my all-time favorites—Mad Max, The Look of Silence, and World of Tomorrow—and I've barely seen anything. So I don't think it's been a weak year.

[Dead & Messed Up]

So I've seen like 8 films from the year so far, and none I've seen (save The Force Awakens, which isn't really best picture material) have been all that great. Nor is there anything out there I feel I HAVE to see (maybe ex Machina). Is this a poor year for film, or am I just way out of touch with what's good. Is Mad Max really a best film type movie? I thought it was a summer popcorn action flick (I'm not a fan of those) and haven't had much desire to see it.

It's a pretty terrific year for movies from where I'm standing. And Fury Road is pretty spectacular. I'd wager even those on this forum who don't think it's all that on the plot/story level (fools, the lot of them) would agree that its production design, symbolism, and unrelenting energy are far above average for an action flick.

[transmogrifier]

So I've seen like 8 films from the year so far, and none I've seen (save The Force Awakens, which isn't really best picture material) have been all that great. Nor is there anything out there I feel I HAVE to see (maybe ex Machina). Is this a poor year for film, or am I just way out of touch with what's good. Is Mad Max really a best film type movie? I thought it was a summer popcorn action flick (I'm not a fan of those) and haven't had much desire to see it.

It's fine, but massively overrated.

[Henry Gale]

EDIT: Also, I'd count three movies from this year among my all-time favorites—Mad Max, The Look of Silence, and World of Tomorrow—and I've barely seen anything. So I don't think it's been a weak year.

You and I are on exactly the same page, sir.

If any of the many movies I plan to catch up with even rival the dizzying emotional heights those three lifted me to, I'll be over the moon. Needless to say they're also easily my top three for 2015, even though it's tricky in my mind since I saw Silence at TIFF in 2014.

[baby doll]

BEST PICTURE
About Elly
The Forbidden Room
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Mistress America
Son of Saul

BEST DIRECTOR
Roy Andersson, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Asghar Farhadi, About Elly
Guy Maddin feat. Evan Johnson, The Forbidden Room
László Nemes, Son of Saul
Jafar Panahi, Jafar Panahi's Taxi

BEST ACTOR
Gérard Depardieu, Welcome to New York
Géza Rörhig, Son of Saul
Barry Ward, Jimmy's Hall

BEST ACTRESS
Desiree Akhavan, Appropriate Behaviour
Greta Gerwig, Mistress America
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Louis Negan, The Forbidden Room
Jim Norton, Jimmy's Hall
Alexander Skaarsgård, Diary of a Teenage Girl

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jacqueline Bisset, Welcome to New York
Erica Rivas, Wild Tales
Kristin Wiig, Diary of a Teenage Girl

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
About Elly
The Forbidden Room
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Joy
Mistress America

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
About Elly
The Forbidden Room
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Mistress America
Wild Tales

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Son of Saul

BEST EDITING
Mistress America

BEST ART DIRECTION
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

BEST SOUND
Son of Saul

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

[Morris Schæffer]

Is Mad Max really a best film type movie? I thought it was a summer popcorn action flick (I'm not a fan of those) and haven't had much desire to see it.

Look at it this way.. in 1989 Rain Man won best picture (out of The Accidental Tourist, Working Girl, Dangerous Liaisons and Mississippi Burning) which I don't actually have a problem with, but it sure seems that Die Hard is the one movie from that year that has really endured.

[Melville]

You and I are on exactly the same page, sir.

If any of the many movies I plan to catch up with even rival the dizzying emotional heights those three lifted me to, I'll be over the moon. Needless to say they're also easily my top three for 2015, even though it's tricky in my mind since I saw Silence at TIFF in 2014.

Nice. That level of shared sentiment is a rare occurrence. I'd add the old pritch smiley, but we seem to have lost it in one of the site migrations.

[Ezee E]

FINAL PREDICTIONS:

PICTURE:
Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Carol
Mad Max
Martian
Spotlight
The Revenant
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo (REACH PICK)

DIRECTOR:
Alejandro Inarritu - The Revenant
Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
Adam McKay - Big Short
George Miller - Mad Max
Ridley Scott - The Martian

ACTOR:
Steve Carell - Big Short (REACH)
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
Matt Damon - The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael B Jordan - Creed

ACTRESS:
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
Saiorse Ronan - Brooklyn
Charlize Theron - Mad Max (REACH)

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone - Creed
Mark Trembley - Room

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara - Carol
Helen Mirren - Trumbo
Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
Rachel McAdams - Spotlight


Steve Jobs, Joy, and Danish Girl getting the shut out in the main categories.

[Stay Puft]

Are those your Oscar predictions, E?

Are you in the right thread?