The 2015 Film Awards Series MEGATHREAD

Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

You might say, The Oscars are stupid and voted on by old people and give way more weight to "prestige" movies and anything with British People in it

YOU'D BE RIGHT.

You might say The Globes in particular, but all of these stupid awards usually go to what movie's production company campaigns the hardest / spends the most money"

YOU'D BE RIGHT.

But I don't care, I still care, and still generally enjoy the Oscars broadcast and getting mad when they screw up. I've done some dorky analysis of a few of the prognosticating sites, and I have this preliminary SHORTLIST(36) of movies likely to get nominated in one of the "big 8" categories (acting x4, picture, director, screenplay x2):


A Most Violent Year
A Most Wanted Man
American Sniper
Big Eyes
Birdman
Boyhood
Cake
Chef
Foxcatcher
Fury
Get On Up
Gone Girl
Inherent Vice
Interstellar
Into The Woods
Locke
Mr. Turner
Nightcrawler
Selma
St. Vincent
Still Alice
The Drop
The Fault in Our Stars
The Gambler
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Homesman
The Imitation Game
The Immigrant
The Judge
The Theory of Everything
Two Days, One Night
Unbroken
Whiplash
Wild
Wild Tales
I have regrettably only seen 3 of these, I'm hoping to catch up a bunch in the month of January!!!

The Oscar nominations come out 1/15/15, and the ceremony is 2/22/15.

I'll also probably post stuff about the other awards/the Golden Globes maybe??? I'm probably the only one that cares
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

From that list, I only watched The Drop. Which was phenomenal. There's a few others on there that I regret not seeing yet. Gone Girl being high on that list.
 
Dave

Dave

Staff member
I've seen four of them and want to see Birdman so bad.

Grand Budapest should win a few at least. What a glorious movie. Boyhood should also win something just from the scope of the thing.[DOUBLEPOST=1420509903,1420509756][/DOUBLEPOST]Oh, and Life itself will be the winning documentary. I could see it getting a nod for best, but I rather doubt it with such a strong field. I suspect Mr. Turner will get a nomination, although it was a bit dry for my taste. Love the actor, though.
 
filmfanatic

filmfanatic

...And here are the Oscar nominees!

Best Picture
American Sniper (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Boyhood (IFC Films)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company)
Selma (Paramount Pictures)
The Theory of Everything (Focus Features)
Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics)

Directing
Alejandro G. Iñárritu - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game

Actor in a Leading Role
Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

Actress in a Leading Role
Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon - Wild

Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Duvall - The Judge
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
Edward Norton - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

Actress in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Laura Dern - Wild
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
Emma Stone – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Meryl Streep - Into the Woods

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)http://www.comingsoon.net/movie/into-the-woods-2014
American Sniper, Written by Jason Hall
The Imitation Game, Written by Graham Moore
Inherent Vice, Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
The Theory of Everything, Written by Anthony McCarten
Whiplash, Written by Damien Chazelle

Writing (Original Screenplay)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolas Giacobone, Armando Bo
Boyhood, Written by Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher, Written by Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Written by Wes Anderson
Nightcrawler, Written by Dan Gilroy

Foreign Language Film
Ida (Music Box Films), Poland, Pawel Pawlikowski
Leviathan (Sony Pictures Classics), Russia, Andrey Zvyagintsev
Tangerines, Estonia, Zaza Urushadze
Timbuktu (Cohen Media Group), Mauritania, Abderrahmane Sissako
Wild Tales (Sony Pictures Classics), Argentina, Damián Szifrón

Animated Feature Film
Big Hero 6 (Walt Disney Pictures)
The Boxtrolls (Focus Features)
How to Train a Dragon 2 (DreamWorks Animation)
Song of the Sea (GKIDS)
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (GKIDS)

Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
The Imitation Game - Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
Interstellar - Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
Into the Woods - Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Mr. Turner - Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts

Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Robert Yeoman - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski - Ida
Dick Pope - Mr. Turner
Roger Deakins - Unbroken

Costume Design
Milena Canonero - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mark Bridges - Inherent Vice
Colleen Atwood - Into the Woods
Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive - Maleficent
Jacqueline Durran - Mr. Turner

Film Editing
Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach - American Sniper
Sandra Adair - Boyhood
Barney Pilling - The Grand Budapest Hotel
William Goldenberg - The Imitation Game
Tom Cross - Whiplash

Documentary (Feature)
Citizenfour (RADiUS-TWC)
Finding Vivian Maier (Sundance Selects)
Last Days in Vietnam (American Experience)
The Salt of the Earth (Sony Pictures Classics)
Virunga (Netflix)

Makeup and Hairstyling
Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard – Foxcatcher
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White - Guardians of the Galaxy

Music (Original Score)
Alexandre Desplat - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat - The Imitation Game
Hans Zimmer - Interstellar
Gary Yershon - Mr. Turner
Jóhann Jóhannsson - The Theory of Everything

Music (Original Song)
“Everything Is Awesome” from The LEGO Movie
Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
“Glory” from Selma
Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
“Grateful” from Beyond the Lights
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me
Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
“Lost Stars” from Begin Again
Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois

Sound Mixing
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin - American Sniper
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten - Interstellar
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee - Unbroken
Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley - Whiplash

Sound Editing
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman - American Sniper
Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Brent Burge and Jason Canovas – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Richard King - Interstellar
Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro - Unbroken

Visual Effects
Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick - Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould - Guardians of the Galaxy
Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher - Interstellar
Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer - X-Men: Days of Future Past

Documentary (Short Subject)
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
Joanna – Aneta Kopacz
Our Curse - Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki
The Reaper (La Parka) – Gabriel Serra Arguello
White Earth – J. Christian Jensen

Short Film (Animated)
The Bigger Picture – Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
The Dam Keeper – Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
Feast – Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
Me and My Moulton – Torill Kove
A Single Life – Joris Oprins

Short Film (Live Action)
Aya – Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo and Graham – Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak) – Hu Wei and Julien Féret
Parvaneh – Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
The Phone Call – Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
 
Dave

Dave

Staff member
Some pretty interesting snubs. Like Clint Eastwood as director and The Lego Movie for best animated.
 
bhamv3

bhamv3

Dave said:
Some pretty interesting snubs. Like Clint Eastwood as director and The Lego Movie for best animated.
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Maybe the live action sequences in the Lego Movie disqualified it? I dunno.

Also, with all the hype I've been hearing about Gone Girl, I'm slightly surprised it's not up for best picture.
 
Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

Charlie Don't Surf said:
Bumping Boyhood, Birdman, Grand Budapest Hotel, and Foxcatcher up more to the top of my to-watch list.
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Grand Budapest Hotel is Anderson's best film yet, and definitely a worthy contender. Birdman is... I struggle to give it a description that doesn't also spoil a lot of its excellence. I haven't seen the other two, though, but I am keen on watching Foxcatcher.
 
Celt Z

Celt Z

I'm kind of amused "Everything is Awesome" got an Oscar nod. It's such an ear worm song. I wonder if it was the subliminal messages that worked:

"Nominate for Oscarrrrr/ Or this song won't be leaving your head/Nominate for Oscarrrrr/You'll hum this 'til you're dead!"
 
blotsfan

blotsfan

I have literally not seen any movie that has been nominated for anything. I really need to see more movies.

Movies in that list that I'd at least be interested in seeing (no particular order):
American Sniper
Captain America 2
Guardians of the Galaxy
Selma
Imitation game
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Celt Z said:
I'm kind of amused "Everything is Awesome" got an Oscar nod. It's such an ear worm song. I wonder if it was the subliminal messages that worked:

"Nominate for Oscarrrrr/ Or this song won't be leaving your head/Nominate for Oscarrrrr/You'll hum this 'til you're dead!"
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I hate that song as a piece of music, but love it for what it is in the movie. That intro was on-point creepy.
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

Staff member
blotsfan said:
I have literally not seen any movie that has been nominated for anything. I really need to see more movies.

Movies in that list that I'd at least be interested in seeing (no particular order):
American Sniper
Captain America 2
Guardians of the Galaxy
Selma
Imitation game
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Same here. I've seen so few movies in the theatre lately. Gotta catch up. I might get to see Birdman this weekend.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

Out of ALLLLL those movies, I have only seen Into the Woods. But to be fair, I haven't seen many movies at all this year.
 
Dave

Dave

Staff member
The first 1/2 hour is painful. Mainly because the portray the lead guy as a perfect patriot and specimen. They did everything but put an "S" on his chest. You know, for hope.
 
Frank

Frank

It is kind of fucked up that the director of the most critically and audience acclaimed movie of the year (Selma) was not put up for best director.

I wonder why that happened?

HMMM?

What could it have possibly been?
 
Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

Frank said:
It is kind of fucked up that the director of the most critically and audience acclaimed movie of the year (Selma) was not put up for best director.
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(insert that stat about the Oscar voters being 95%+ old and white)

also "semi-true story"? Everything chris kyle said was bullshit except "I think Muslims are subhuman savages". He did really believe that.

also "Oscar Bait" (a term I really loathe) movies don't make $100m in January.
 
LittleKagsin

LittleKagsin

As much as you hate it, it's an accurate term.

And yes, Oscar Bait movies DO make that much. Not always, but they have before, so there's no reason that can't continue to do so.
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Frank said:
It is kind of fucked up that the director of the most critically and audience acclaimed movie of the year (Selma) was not put up for best director.

I wonder why that happened?

HMMM?

What could it have possibly been?
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Maybe the Academy Voters were offended when one of the heroes of the civil rights movement was made out to be a villain.
 
Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

LittleKagsin said:
As much as you hate it, it's an accurate term.

And yes, Oscar Bait movies DO make that much. Not always, but they have before, so there's no reason that can't continue to do so.
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The only Best Picture nominees with comparable openings are Avatar, Wall-E, Gravity, Dark Knight, Lord of the Rings, and Toy Story 3. Would any of those fall under the loosest definition of Oscar Bait?
 
LittleKagsin

LittleKagsin

A big problem I have with running that comparison straight across the board is screen numbers.

A lot of movies that end up getting nominated for best picture open in very few theatres. When I'm off work and home, I'll try and math it out seeing their trajectory if they had opened in the same number of theatres what their weekend opening would be.

I'm going to assume you also mean opening, or do you just mean in January?

Although, I'm gonna go big or go home and say that most war/solider movies run in the vein of 'Oscar bait' for me.

Would you like me to list movies I feel are Oscar Bait and have made lots of money? Or does it have to be in your specified parameters?
 
Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

We were just comparing absolutes at first. You said "they do make that much ($100M)". And also I'm only talking about American Sniper's opening weekend, but I think once its run is over, it'll be easily in the top ten grossing Best Picture nominees. http://boxofficemojo.com/oscar/bestpichist.htm?view=bymovie&sort=gross&order=DESC&p=.htm

I think we're using different definitions of "Oscar Bait" anyways. My mental picture of that term even has it intrinsically being low box-office since it's too "arty" to be populist.
 
LittleKagsin

LittleKagsin

Oh.

Yeah, no, when I say 'Oscar Bait' I mean a movie that is made to illicit certain emotions and the goal in the end is to win an Oscar. Not under the radar artsy films.

But I agree that it will be one of the highest grossing Best Picture nominees, I'm with you there.

Is there a film you're pulling for to win?
 
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