On January 16 2015 05:02 butchji wrote:
Yeah i was going to say how come Blue is the Warmest Colour didn't get in the FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM category.

not too sure, but it was released in 2013 in here, so would have been last year I guess

Erik.TheRed

United States1655 Posts

January 16 2015 14:43 GMT

#22

I expect The Imitation Game to take Best Picture and Best Actor, it was superbly done.

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

January 16 2015 19:38 GMT

#23

On January 16 2015 18:36 Pandemona wrote:
Has anyone seen Stephen Hawking film yet? Really looks gripping from trailers but i haven't come round to see it yet? I really am interesting in him and watch all his documentaries. Just wonder if it is a bit to holywood or not.

It's more focused on his personal life than his work. That said, Felicity Jones is extremely good and Eddie Redmayne is utterly outstanding. I don't think anyone can complain if he wins best actor, simply given who he was playing and what it required.

The nominations suck this year but they always suck. Last year's nominations were far worse.

Pholon

Netherlands6142 Posts

January 16 2015 20:34 GMT

#24

Enemy and Under the Skin were 2014 right? And they got nothing?

Plansix

United States60190 Posts

January 16 2015 21:09 GMT

#25

Yeah, I saw that and Under Your Skin should have at least gotten a nod.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

January 19 2015 12:01 GMT

#26

Watched Big Hero 6 the weekend, was funny in places and felt a bit of an Anime vibe to it in the direction of the film so i was pretty happy with it.
I'd recommend it but still surprised Lego Movie didn't get on the list i think that was much better.

butchji

Germany1531 Posts

January 30 2015 23:26 GMT

#27

On January 16 2015 23:43 Erik.TheRed wrote:
I expect The Imitation Game to take Best Picture and Best Actor, it was superbly done.

You are wrong by the way.

Skilledblob

Germany3392 Posts

January 31 2015 00:09 GMT

#28

American Sniper is nominated .... must be because 'Murica! and not because it's actually a good movie

Doublemint

Austria8744 Posts

January 31 2015 00:50 GMT

#29

yeah... American Sniper but no Nightcrawler.

/ignore

babylon

8765 Posts

January 31 2015 01:03 GMT

#30

Wow, I am so out of the loop. I've heard of 0 of the films nominated for best film.

I've seen HTTYD2 though. Pulling for it to win, since I still think it was a travesty HTTYD lost to TS3 ... but looking at the other entrees in that category, looks like it'll be another competitive year for the animated films.

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

February 23 2015 04:48 GMT

#31

Surprised to see Birdman winning so many of these categories. I loved the film and saw it twice, but I don't think it was the best original screenplay or best directing.

Big Hero 6 was dumb compared to Seas, Kaguya and obviously the LEGO movie. I think it's just become the Disney/Pixar award, even though they're slipping a lot on their game.

Rest of the wins seem pretty fair. Leviathan was a lot more watchable than Ida, but really Two Day, One Night should've won it.

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

February 23 2015 05:14 GMT

#32

Oh, okay Birdman.

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

February 23 2015 05:34 GMT

#33

Quite happy with the results in the major categories.

Birdman was a great movie and worthy of the award. Boyhood winning it would have been a travesty.

Wanted Keaton to win best actor but Redmayne absolutely blew that role away so I'm cool with that.

While I thought Still Alice was a little overrated (didn't like the directing/editing), Moore was awesome. Great choice.

JK Simmons is a boss. Nothing more to say.

Arquette was the best part of Boyhood so that is a good call too imo.

Arceus

Vietnam8333 Posts

February 23 2015 05:37 GMT

#34

I'd rather have Michael Keaton win best actor than Birdman winning those awards. That said, it's the best, most sophisticated of the bunch in my opinion (havent seen Selma though) so, well-deserved I guess

One of the rare year that the Oscars do not disappoint me much except for the joke animation category

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

February 23 2015 05:45 GMT

#35

On February 23 2015 14:34 On_Slaught wrote:

Birdman was a great movie and worthy of the award. Boyhood winning it would have been a travesty.

See, this is pretty subjective and given the love for Birdman is more universal than Boyhood, I can see it getting best picture. But best directing? What Linklater did was ridiculous.

Nightcrawler should've been best original screenplay.

malcram

2752 Posts

February 23 2015 05:47 GMT

#36

before i watched birdman, i was kinda rooting for the grand budapest hotel. shout out to wes anderson and the cast for that movie, i thoroughly enjoyed it.

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

February 23 2015 05:54 GMT

#37

On February 23 2015 14:45 Jibba wrote:

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What Linklater did, imo, was merely a test in endurance.

Boyhood exhibited true skill when it came to directing. Something (the style of this movie) you very rarely see, and almost never done better.

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

February 23 2015 06:09 GMT

#38

On February 23 2015 14:54 On_Slaught wrote:

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What Linklater did, imo, was merely a test in endurance.

That's like saying the '96 Bulls had a nice string of luck.

He put together a compelling, coherent, well-acted movie over the course of 12 years. It ran too long for some people and it didn't have the A -> B plot some people require, but it's one of the most ambitious things ever done in film and had a million chances to fail, but didn't.

Calling it a test of endurance... have you ever seen a successful 12 year project in business or movies or music or anything? It just doesn't happen.

Birdman was fantastic, but I don't think it was the directorial achievement that Boyhood was.

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

February 23 2015 06:16 GMT

#39

On February 23 2015 15:09 Jibba wrote:

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That's like saying the '96 Bulls had a nice string of luck.

He put together a compelling, coherent, well-acted movie over the course of 12 years. It ran too long for some people and it didn't have the A -> B some people like, but it's one of the most ambitious things ever done in film and had a million chances to fail.

Birdman was fantastic, but I don't think it was the directorial achievement that Boyhood was.

Not a fair comparison. The entire point is that there is absolutely nothing special about the way that movie is directed. It's plain, verging on mediocre. The fact it took 12 years in no way makes the DIRECTING better is my point. The 96 Bulls didn't just show up, they were great. Showing up for 12 years isn't enough to make it amazing directing automatically.

I could be wrong, but I'd wager that if we learned that Boyhood was filmed over a normal film time, using actors/makeup instead of actual aging (see 12 years a slave + thousands of other movies), then most of the people defending him would agree Inarritu did a better directing job.

Either way this is mostly subjective and merely my opinion.

0x64

Finland4614 Posts

February 23 2015 06:23 GMT

#40

Yeah, very happy with the results too.

The Grand Hotel Budapest got a good collection of Oscars that depict well what made it exceptional while it was nominated in major categories, it's good they'll get to put some awards on their "Blueray box" (What's that?).

Also Alexandre Desplat nominated twice for best Original Score! :o.