Oscars 2015

ScummyMan

The snubs for nightcrawler, gone girl and even Interstellar are astonishing. Most bizarre set of nominations I can remember.

Honey Monster

Interstellar in particular. But I think that's because last year was the year of Gravity. Gylenhaal not getting the nod for best Actor is astonishing tho.

BlutendeRabe

dark crystal wrote: »

Paramount must be gutted their campaign to get Transformers: Age of Extinction Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best director didn't pay off.

It is, however, leading the Razzie nominations. So there is that.

Slightly puzzled that Birdman isn't nominated in the editing category.

The one redeeming feature about the Oscars is that IMO Uwe Boll has a greater chance of winning best director than Michael Bay getting nominated.

Btw whats the chance that they might give the Best Picture to Selma to quell the controversy over it's exclusion in other categories

errlloyd

IvaBigWun wrote: »

The Lego Movie not getting a nomination in the Animated category is mind boggling.

Allegedly disqualified for overuse of live action.

Amazingfun

Of the Best Pic noms I've only seen Whiplash, Birdman, and American Sniper so far. I love all three, brilliant films really...but Bradley Cooper's performance as Chris Kyle has blown me away. I've never been a big fan of his really, I mean yeah of course he's been good in the work he does, but nothing really had the *wow* factor for me until now. Here I forgot it was him at all-he simply IS Chris Kyle in this movie. I loved it and I hope he wins. I do have a few more to catch up on tho so reserve the right to change my mind at a later date, but feel the Academy was bang on to nominate him for Best Actor.

MisterAnarchy

For once George Lucas is spot on

Director George Lucas has hit out at the Academy Awards calling the event a "political campaign" which does not recognise real artistic talent.

Lucas made his comments after Selma star David Oyelowo and director Ava DuVernay did not receive any Oscar nominations.

Academy officials were heavily criticised for the lack of diversity in their top picks for the acting awards, but Lucas insists the snub came as no surprise to him.

Speaking on US news show CBS This Morning Lucas said: "There's always controversy. That's why I'm not a member.

"Everybody has their personal opinions about what they think (the nominations) should be.
"The thing about the Academy, it's a political campaign, it has nothing to do with artistic endeavour at all. So it's a political campaign. It's like - why do we have a tendency to elect people who drift toward not the most talented, best and brightest we have in the country? It's all political."

Amazingfun

George Lucas is married to a Black woman. Perhaps he is slightly biased......

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Amazingfun wrote: »

George Lucas is married to a Black woman. Perhaps he is slightly biased......

Or maybe he has eyes and ears and can see what most others can see. Money talks more than anything in Hollywood. Films with massive campaigns behind them tend to win the awards. Whether it's race/sex issue or not you can debate if you want but I don't think there's any doubt that the Oscars are not representative of quality.

Amazingfun

Soo....

Oscars= Good when the film you like or represents the "issue of the day" in the vein you approve of is nominated.
Oscars= sh1te when they aren't.


Got it

Frank O. Pinion

Amazingfun wrote: »

George Lucas is married to a Black woman. Perhaps he is slightly biased......

What the hell does that mean?

Amazingfun

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

What the hell does that mean?

Are you really that dense? It means he is possibly biased in claiming that a movie featuring Blacks-only (for the most part) could only be left off the best actor/actress nomination list due to some conspiracy rather than them just not being that good.

Frank O. Pinion

Amazingfun wrote: »

Are you really that dense? It means he is possibly biased in claiming that a movie featuring Blacks-only (for the most part) could only be left off the best actor/actress nomination list due to some conspiracy rather than them just not being that good.

Again, why the hell would you imply that? So, white people who marry black people are always biased? But it would be totally okay with you if a white director married to a white woman complained about the same thing?

And I'm the dense one? "Hey white people in mixed relationships, you can't complain about racial issues, because you're biased assholes."

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

If anything being married to a Black woman would make him more aware of and better educated on these issues.

Amazingfun

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

Again, why the hell would you imply that? So, white people who marry black people are always biased? But it would be totally okay with you if a white director married to a white woman complained about the same thing?

And I'm the dense one? "Hey white people in mixed relationships, you can't complain about racial issues, because you're biased assholes."

See your hysterical response? First I didn't say " white people who marry black people are always biased". Nor anything else you imply here. He is claiming there is some kind of conspiracy here and I am pointing out his own situation through which he maybe viewing this.

Amazingfun

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

If anything being married to a Black woman would make him more aware of and better educated on these issues.

:pac: what "issue" might that be? His picks for Oscar nominations not making it so therefore we have an "issue"???

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Amazingfun wrote: »

:pac: what "issue" might that be? His picks for Oscar nominations not making it so therefore we have an "issue"???

The issue of race relations in America.

Amazingfun

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

The issue of race relations in America.

:rolleyes: yeah- because if his fav pet picks for the Oscar's don't make it in the running then the "issue" of race relations in America must be invoked.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Amazingfun wrote: »

:rolleyes: yeah- because if his fav pet picks for the Oscar's don't make it in the running then the "issue" of race relations in America must be invoked.

Sure, because Selma not getting Oscar nominations is the only thing happening at the moment to make me think there's a race relations issue in America.

Leaving aside the actual real life news how about the fact that Selma is the only film being criticised for maybe being factually inaccurate when most of the other best film nominees are questionable at best in their historical accuracy. Explain that.

Amazingfun

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Sure, because Selma not getting Oscar nominations is the only thing happening at the moment to make me think there's a race relations issue in America.

Leaving aside the actual real life news how about the fact that Selma is the only film being criticised for maybe being factually inaccurate when most of the other best film nominees are questionable at best in their historical accuracy. Explain that.

Explain your vague and frankly bizarre take on things as outlined above?

I'm afraid you'll have to back up and link to all you claim if you want an actual response.

dreamers75

Grand Budapest gets my vote was actually shocked that it was very good.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Amazingfun wrote: »

Explain your vague and frankly bizarre take on things as outlined above?

I'm afraid you'll have to back up and link to all you claim if you want an actual response.

I don't have to back anything up. The information is all out there and being discussed at the moment. Educate yourself and then we can have this conversation.

Amazingfun

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I don't have to back anything up. The information is all out there and being discussed at the moment. Educate yourself and then we can have this conversation.

Um no. You do have to back up claims.
As for "educating myself"- believe me you might do better in to taking your own advice before doling it out

Amazingfun

dreamers75 wrote: »

Grand Budapest gets my vote was actually shocked that it was very good.

Have you seen them all? I have watched four and have The Theory of Everything on next.

Frank O. Pinion

Amazingfun wrote: »

See your hysterical response? First I didn't say " white people who marry black people are always biased". Nor anything else you imply here. He is claiming there is some kind of conspiracy here and I am pointing out his own situation through which he maybe viewing this.

So, basically your point is: George Lucas is married to a (gasp!)...black woman. Yeah, great stuff there. Thanks for pointing that one out.

Hey, Robert De Niro better not start mouthing off about these issues either, because you know, he too, went and married a (you guessed it), black woman. The fecker.

Amazingfun

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

So, basically your point is: George Lucas is married to a (gasp!)...black woman. Yeah, great stuff there. Thanks for pointing that one out.

Hey, Robert De Niro better not start mouthing off about these issues either, because you know, he too, went and married a (you guessed it), black woman. The fecker.

Yes his having a wife who is black (and gives Ted Talks on race fyi ) could and probably does colour his views on situations such as this.

De Niro wasn't mentioned anywhere in this but I am sure you have some rational reason for posting about him lol.

johnny_ultimate

Keep it civil, please. Perilously close to having to shut down this line of conversation.

Frank O. Pinion

Amazingfun wrote: »

Yes his having a wife who is black (and gives Ted Talks on race fyi ) could and probably does colour his views on situations such as this.

De Niro wasn't mentioned anywhere in this but I am sure you have some rational reason for posting about him lol.

Like I said, so according to you, white people in mixed relationships, can't complain about racial issues, because they will be biased? That's ridiculous.

De Niro has a black wife. Would he be biased if he said similar things as Lucas?

don ramo

lucas complaining in completely invalid due to the fact hes not an academy member, therefore he doesn't get to crib, just like i don't listen to people when they complain about the government, when it turns out they didn't vote, all these people complain that this didn't happen and that didn't happen,

there are about 6000 members of the academy of motion picture arts and science, they didnt all get togerther in one cinema, come out and decide to vote for all the films that contained 80% white people, they all watched the films in the comfort of their own homes, with their families, thus all the leaked copies of films that get released every year around this time, and then they all passed in their votes separately, some of them might have talked to each other, but i dont think 6000 people got together and decided to do this,

people can complain all they want, there is an unbelievable amount of films made every year, representing more or less every single race on this planet, you wanna be in the game, then you have to apply like everyone else, the reason one thing or another dont get in im simply cause it wasnt demed good enough by the academy, and if people in the industry want to change things then they should become members,

think, tyler perry has directed 38 different things, films/series, so he has probably worked with a few hundred different actors down through the years, think if he got all of them to register to become academy members, then he could probably skewer the vote so that one of his films gets some academy recognition, its called democracy, so the americans should be the last people to complain about how they didn't get their way,

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

American Sniper, Birdman, Boyhood, Foxcatcher, Gone Girl, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Nightcrawler, The Theory of Everything and Whiplash have been nominated for the Producer's Guild of America’s award for top film

Birdman won

Equil

Has anyone seen The Tale of Princess Kaguya? I got to see it a few nights ago and I really enjoyed it.

JP Liz V1

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
WINNER: Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
WINNER: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
WINNER: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything



Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
WINNER: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Naomi Watts, St. Vincent

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2015/01/25/screen-actors-guild-awards-2015-the-winners-list/

expectationlost

not oscars but the SAGs awards ceremonies in general http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/sag-awards-slipup-reveals-hollow-lie-behind-award-ceremonies--gk8kpgxdse

fake clapping?

Irish Aris

Looks like Birdman is gathering momentum.
It will be very interesting.

JP Liz V1

Irish Aris wrote: »

Looks like Birdman is gathering momentum.
It will be very interesting.

Alejandro G. Inarritu has been named 2014’s best director by the Directors Guild of America

dark crystal

Main BAFTA Awards:

Best Film: Boyhood

Best Director: Richard Linklater

Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne

Best Actress: Julianne Moore

Best Supporting Actor: JK Simmons

Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Theory of Everything

Best Original Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel

JP Liz V1

dark crystal wrote: »

Main BAFTA Awards:

Best Film: Boyhood

Best Director: Richard Linklater

Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne

Best Actress: Julianne Moore

Best Supporting Actor: JK Simmons

Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Theory of Everything

Best Original Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Did Still Alice get a UK release or festival release as how was Moore eligible?

dark crystal

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Did Still Alice get a UK release or festival release as how was Moore eligible?

Yeah, that's a head scratcher.

IMDB lists the UK festival release date as 21 February 2015 and main release date as 6 March, so I'm not sure how it was eligible actually.

Sad Professor

Unlike the Oscars, the Baftas don't require a theatrical release in the given year provided the film is screened for members by December and is released theatrically no later than February/March. This is how all the Oscar bait films make it in.

DoYouEvenLift

As much as I love Interstellar's score, I'll actually be disappointed if The Theory of Everything's score doesn't win for original score.

JP Liz V1

Irish Aris wrote: »

Looks like Birdman is gathering momentum.
It will be very interesting.

I wonder will Redmayne take the Best Actor Oscar ahead of Keaton, this seems to be the only main award hard to pick the sure winner


Cooper is 25 to 1 in some bookies and his reviews for AS is good and the film did very well at the US box office, might be worth a small sneaky bet

Irish Aris

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I wonder will Redmayne take the Best Actor Oscar ahead of Keaton, this seems to be the only main award hard to pick the sure winner


Cooper is 25 to 1 in some bookies and his reviews for AS is good and the film did very well at the US box office, might be worth a small sneaky bet

Have to say, I would be very surprised if Bradley Cooper won this.
The Redmayne/Keaton dilemma for me is down to the fact that these are completely different performances.
I thought Redmayne was brilliant, felt like I was seeing professor Hawking at times.
Keaton's performance grew on me a lot since I saw the film. And it might be the last chance for an Oscar (although this card didn't play out for Bill Murray or Mickey Rourke).

Do you reckon it might depend on what else Birdman wins? Say if it sweeps best picture and best director, this may increase Keaton's chance?

JP Liz V1

Irish Aris wrote: »

Have to say, I would be very surprised if Bradley Cooper won this.
The Redmayne/Keaton dilemma for me is down to the fact that these are completely different performances.
I thought Redmayne was brilliant, felt like I was seeing professor Hawking at times.
Keaton's performance grew on me a lot since I saw the film. And it might be the last chance for an Oscar (although this card didn't play out for Bill Murray or Mickey Rourke).

Do you reckon it might depend on what else Birdman wins? Say if it sweeps best picture and best director, this may increase Keaton's chance?

I think Boyhood is taking best film and director for Linklater

don ramo

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I think Boyhood is taking best film and director for Linklater

film yes, but i really think González Iñárritu should easily win best director, id be highly surprised if boyhood doesn't win best film,

crazygeryy

can the oscars be watched on tv live anywhere tonight?

AnonoBoy

crazygeryy wrote: »

can the oscars be watched on tv live anywhere tonight?

I think Sky Movies show it live.

JP Liz V1

crazygeryy wrote: »

can the oscars be watched on tv live anywhere tonight?

1am Sky Oscars (one of the Sky Movies channels)

crazygeryy

It's being streamed on the watch abc app.and there's a place online but i dont think i can mention it here.

FortuneChip

It took 12 years of patience and dedication to film Boyhood. That's nothing compared to the 227 days I've been sitting waiting on this Betslip for it to win Best Film.

Fully confident Birdman's gonna spoil the party though.

DoYouEvenLift

Last year they had it live on E! or some channel like that, they're surely showing it live on Sky/UPC here? There are over 1 billion worldwide live viewers expected

Right Turn Clyde

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Last year they had it live on E! or some channel like that, they're surely showing it live on Sky/UPC here? There are over 1 billion worldwide live viewers expected

E! have red carpet coverage, but Sky have exclusive UK rights to the actual ceremony.