2016 Academy Awards (Oscars)

Patty O Furniture

Just found live coverage here

Actually it's on repeat, so anyone can catch it at anytime

JP Liz V1

I am surprised Sorkin was snubbed

Patty O Furniture

The Breakdown by film is as follows:

The Revenant - 12
Mad Max: Fury Road - 10
The Martian - 7
Carol - 6
Spotlight - 6
Bridge of Spies - 6
The Big Short - 5
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 5
Room - 4
The Danish Girl - 4
Brooklyn - 3
The Hateful Eight - 3
Sicario - 3

Mr E

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL-ish SCORE)
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” John Williams

Fixed the award there...

Full formatted list:
http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/647411-nominations-for-the-88th-academy-awards

MfMan

Dear Santy

I know we haven't always got along and there have been disappointments on both sides of our relationship. However, if you could do me this one favour I'm sure it would put us back good again. There's this kid in my class called Leo, he's an only child and a spoilt snot-nosed brat! Please don't bring him anything this year as he has loads of toys and things and doesn't deserve any more. I would like it if you could give a present to Mark Rylance as he is poor and doesn't have much stuff but if you want you to give it instead to Sylvester, although I think he's old enough to buy his own gear or even Christian even though he is not nice, then that is ok.

Yours sincerely, MM, 8 1/2.

PS. Thank you for not bringing anything to that Tarantino kid because he is not old enuff yet.

LuckyLloyd

I really didn't think Cartel Land or A War were that great at all.

JP Liz V1

Was the kid from Room ever put forward for any awards, shame he wasn't

Ally Dick

I wonder is Room any good ? Lenny Abrahamson's prior films have all been dreadful, IMHO

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

MfMan wrote: »

Dear Santy

I know we haven't always got along and there have been disappointments on both sides of our relationship. However, if you could do me this one favour I'm sure it would put us back good again. There's this kid in my class called Leo, he's an only child and a spoilt snot-nosed brat! Please don't bring him anything this year as he has loads of toys and things and doesn't deserve any more. I would like it if you could give a present to Mark Rylance as he is poor and doesn't have much stuff but if you want you to give it instead to Sylvester, although I think he's old enough to buy his own gear or even Christian even though he is not nice, then that is ok.

Yours sincerely, MM, 8 1/2.

PS. Thank you for not bringing anything to that Tarantino kid because he is not old enuff yet.

Although I agree with your letter, Mark, Sylvester and Christian are on a different list to Leo.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Ally Dick wrote: »

I wonder is Room any good ? Lenny Abrahamson's prior films have all been dreadful, IMHO

I've never disagreed with anything more strongly in my life but if that is genuinely your opinion you'd probably be better off saving your money.

JohnFalstaff

Ally Dick wrote: »

I wonder is Room any good ? Lenny Abrahamson's prior films have all been dreadful, IMHO

I thought Room was excellent, although I have liked all of Abrahamson's work bar What Richard Did, so our tastes may differ.

Outstanding achievement to have two films produced by Irish companies amongst the Best Picture nominees this year.

The acting/screenplay nominations for Brooklyn and Room were expected, but it's wonderful that Lenny Abrahamson is nominated in the Directing category too, and well deserved.

lee_baby_simms

Surprised that Going Clear wasn't nominated in documentary category.

Ipso

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

If you count Brie Larson in Room there are a total of 9 Irish nominations this year! How cool is that.

So that's 8 then.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Ipso wrote: »

So that's 8 then.

She's in an Irish written, produced and directed film. It counts as a success for Irish film as far as I'm concerned

Chain Smoker

lee_baby_simms wrote: »

Surprised that Going Clear wasn't nominated in documentary category.

I think it isn't allowed because it aired on television?


Great that Lenny Abrahmson got a nod, haven't seen the movie but it'll make it easier for me to push Garage on foreigners now!


Bit nuts that Tom McCarthy and George Miller seem like the frontrunners for best director too (assuming Innaritu is basically excluded due to winning last year). I think Miller'll get it but let's see.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

MetroUK claiming Fassbender and Ronan as British. How many times will we have to go through this

ricero

Really hope george miller wins best director because he deserves it for directing that mental film. Also would love to see sly get an oscar.

A bit shocked that there was no nominations for straight outta compton.

JP Liz V1

Lady Gaga is in for best song, if she wins after getting a GG too, Beyoncé will be pissed

Dodge

ricero wrote: »

A bit shocked that there was no nominations for straight outta compton.

The screenplay is nominated

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

ricero wrote: »

A bit shocked that there was no nominations for straight outta compton.

It got nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

DeWitt

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

MetroUK claiming Fassbender and Ronan as British. How many times will we have to go through this

BBC claimed Emma Donoghue too.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

DeWitt wrote: »

BBC claimed Emma Donoghue too.

You have to wonder that nobody at these huge new agencies pay so little attention to this stuff. I'm sure they may have no idea who Emma Donoghue is but even more reason to Google it to check!

Patty O Furniture

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

MetroUK claiming Fassbender and Ronan as British. How many times will we have to go through this

Just heard on the Last Word an interview with Ed Guiney, that BBC Radio claimed that Emma Donoghue was British & later apologizing :rolleyes:

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

DeWitt wrote: »

BBC claimed Emma Donoghue too.

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

Just heard on the Last Word an interview with Ed Guiney, that BBC Radio claimed that Emma Donoghue was British & later apologizing :rolleyes:

Saw that on BBC News 24 earlier. Room actually has funding from Film 4 so there are some British connections to it. Not the writer though.

Patty O Furniture

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Was the kid from Room ever put forward for any awards, shame he wasn't

He certainly, wasn't too young anyway, but he did share an award with Brie Larson

Best Screen Couple
Room (2015)
Shared with:

Jacob Tremblay

Tied with Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay for 45 Years (2015).

Sad Professor

Room is superb and the Abrahamson nom well deserved. I'm also delighted to see Miller in there.

While far from shocked, I'm still annoyed about the Haynes snub. Carol is a fantastically well-directed film. I haven't seen The Big Short or Spotlight yet, and while I'm sure they are good films, I'm sceptical that either of them were particularly impressive in terms of directing to win out over Haynes. But we know how much the Academy loves its true stories.

MisterAnarchy

Every year the standard of nominations seems to be getting worse and worse,its such a lazy list of nominees.
What a really average set of films and performances .

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Interesting to see the Diversity issue brought up again. It is a very white, very straight Oscars, again, but if people paid as much attention to the issue of diversity during the rest of the year, when choosing which films to see, maybe things would be different.

It's definitely an issue that needs to be fixed but getting on your high horse once a year will do nothing.

Dodge

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Every year the standard of nominations seems to be getting worse and worse,its such a lazy list of nominees.
What a really average set of films and performances .

suspect that's your own recency bias. hasn't changed much at all (bar the expanded best film category)

tunguska

Delighted Sly Stallone got nominated for creed. His win at the Golden globes the other night was a great moment. He seemed genuinely stunned when his name was called out and the entire room stood up to applaud him.
That category is absolutely stacked but I hope he wins.

MisterAnarchy

tunguska wrote: »

Delighted Sly Stallone got nominated for creed. His win at the Golden globes the other night was a great moment. He seemed genuinely stunned when his name was called out and the entire room stood up to applaud him.
That category is absolutely stacked but I hope he wins.

I think its a pretty underwhelming group of nominations.
They are all good actors in their own right dont get me wrong ,but the roles they played were not demanding.
Hardy mumbled his way through The Revenant,he was really hamming it up too ,I couldnt understand half of what he was saying so bad was his accent.

Likewise Stallone in Creed,he mumbled alot of his dialogue.

Bales role in The Big Short was a pretty easy one for him considering his previous work.
Rylance in Bridge of Spies,I dont get that nomination at all ,what a strange character ,the guy was completely emotion less ,almost robot like.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

^ I think it was a much stronger year for women in film than for men. Sure there were probably a lot more male led films on offer but the ones garnering the awards attention for the women are much better than the ones for the men. Both in terms of story and actual performances.

Why Do We Fall

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Best Supporting Actress -

Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rooney Mara, Rachel McAdams, Alicia Vikander and Kate Winslet

Best Supporting Actor -

Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Rylance and Sylvester Stallone

Seeing Hardy win would be a great moment given the troubles he went through earlier in his career. My gut tells me it won't be him though.

Stallone was also very good in Creed, and him winning would be a nice moment as well, however I'm honestly not sure if his performance is quite worthy. It was undoubtedly a great role to put Rocky in, but I didn't see anything from Stallone that blew me way.

I mean look at some of the winners in more recent memory. Bale in the Fighter. Ledger in The Dark Knight. Leto in DBC. Bardem in NCFOM. Does Stallone's performance really stand up to scrutiny in comparison? Unfortunately no is the answer for me.

xtal191

Todd Haynes shouldve been nominated for Carol.

Ally Dick

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I've never disagreed with anything more strongly in my life but if that is genuinely your opinion you'd probably be better off saving your money.

Garage was mispelt. Should have been called Garbage. I thought What Richard Did was very slight. Didn't like Frank either. I'll approach Room with an open mind, but I am cautious

Arghus

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

If you count Brie Larson in Room there are a total of 9 Irish nominations this year! How cool is that.

Count? As in the same way Sky counted Saoirse Ronan?

Very strong year for Irish nominations none the less.

Ipso

No Benicio del Toro!

adox

Delighted to see Room get nominated for a few categories. Thought it was fantastic.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Arghus wrote: »

Count? As in the same way Sky counted Saoirse Ronan?

Very strong year for Irish nominations none the less.

No, count as in she's in a film written, produced and directed by Irish people and Co funded with Irish money. It's an Irish film and her nomination is a success for Irish film.

Lirange

I care more about the noms than who wins. Just receiving one can often be a career boost. The gongs frequently don't go to the deserving people/roles but to those who have "paid their dues." So just a nomination is a good foundation if they can take advantage of it.

JP Liz V1

I think the kid from Room and maybe Carrell over Bale deserved a best supporting actor nomination

Ally Dick

I saw The Big Short last night. Wasn't crazy about it. Thought Carell was the best thing about it. Bale's character was irritating, and hard to listen to thrash metal for a lot of his scenes. Pity. I thought I was getting another Wall Street but it wasn't up there

MfMan

Why Do We Fall wrote: »

Seeing Hardy win would be a great moment given the troubles he went through earlier in his career. My gut tells me it won't be him though.

Stallone was also very good in Creed, and him winning would be a nice moment as well, however I'm honestly not sure if his performance is quite worthy. It was undoubtedly a great role to put Rocky in, but I didn't see anything from Stallone that blew me way.

I mean look at some of the winners in more recent memory. Bale in the Fighter. Ledger in The Dark Knight. Leto in DBC. Bardem in NCFOM. Does Stallone's performance really stand up to scrutiny in comparison? Unfortunately no is the answer for me.

Must be thrilling though for Sly and Bale to see their names included in the same list as the 2 Mark R's.

dreamers75

Mad max has to win best special effects for the sheer lack of CGI/

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

dreamers75 wrote: »

Mad max has to win best special effects for the sheer lack of CGI/

I thought the same for Ex Machina. They did great work on a fairly small budget.

wp_rathead

Domhnal Gleeson man of the moment
Films he is in have in 22 Nominations :
Ex Machena 2
Brooklyn 3
Star Wars 5
The Reverent 12

JP Liz V1

wp_rathead wrote: »

Domhnal Gleeson man of the moment
Films he is in have in 22 Nominations :
Ex Machena 2
Brooklyn 3
Star Wars 5
The Reverent 12

And Tom Hardy plus his own nomination

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

wp_rathead wrote: »

Domhnal Gleeson man of the moment
Films he is in have in 22 Nominations :
Ex Machena 2
Brooklyn 3
Star Wars 5
The Reverent 12

I was thinking something similar earlier. 4 out of 5 best actor nominees have worked with Domhnall Gleeson at some point. Vikander and Mc Adams too. Ronan and Abrahamson also.

Corholio

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

No, count as in she's in a film written, produced and directed by Irish people and Co funded with Irish money. It's an Irish film and her nomination is a success for Irish film.

But it's not an Irish nomination. I don't think you're actually claiming her as that right?

Patty O Furniture

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Saw that on BBC News 24 earlier. Room actually has funding from Film 4 so there are some British connections to it. Not the writer though.

Now when you think of it, i could have sworn i saw funding from Canada for both Brooklyn+Room as well, afaik Emma Donoghue is now based there.

Also if it's got funding from Film4, it maybe on tv sooner? as i noticed Amy was on tv last week.

Although since it's only out on the 15th in cinemas, i heard Lenny say that it's now trebled the distribution after Brie's Golden Globe