manzoman96
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Creed only getting one nomination is disappointing. At least I think Sly has a great chance to win it
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Oscar Nominations 2016 |OT| 5:30am PT Thur Jan 14
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It's just odd salt too. Like the film is too much of a crowd pleaser and corny and then someone brings up Interstellar.
Not enough dread and ridiculous script elements that blend new age mumbo jumbo with abuses of actual science to shackle onto a bunch of contrived character relations I guess.
Me too. It was a nice break from the typical formula of hollywood movies and moreover science fiction films.
TFA's score is a massive disappointment. Other than Rey's theme, everything is forgettable.
Its one thing you can say Phantom Menace did better, the music. (And the only thing really)
Martian was a nice surprise, it looked like a turd in the making, but came out really well. Not sure it deserves best picture nomination.
Its one thing you can say Phantom Menace did better, the music. (And the only thing really)
Martian was a nice surprise, it looked like a turd in the making, but came out really well. Not sure it deserves best picture nomination.
So happy for Fury Road getting some respect. Still bummed Theron and Junkie XL (hate Williams) missed out. Other films had a harder time, though. Should I dare to get my hopes up for George Miller, aaah!
From all I've heard, The Revenant, Creed and The Big Short are films, I'd like. And perhaps Carol.
Everything has already been said about Inside Out. I personally thought it was good, but not even among Pixar's best. So much wasted potential.
From all I've heard, The Revenant, Creed and The Big Short are films, I'd like. And perhaps Carol.
Everything has already been said about Inside Out. I personally thought it was good, but not even among Pixar's best. So much wasted potential.
IIRC, the score for The Revenant was already disqualified as it re-appropriates an existing piece of non-film music into the film's score, which is a no-no for the voting guidelines. I believe the same thing happened to Johnny Greenwood's score for There Will Be Blood.
Vincent4756
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Ah that would make sense then. But then shouldn't Budphest been disqualified last year? If I remember right there is a string concerto or something that's not done by Desplat, unless maybe they licensed it out. Maybe I remember wrong.
Happy to see Room get the big gun noms, BP, Director, Screenplay and Actress.
More people need to see it cause its legit fantastic. Better than Spotlight or Big Short, which people are under the misguided idea that these two actually have a shot at winning lol.
Revenant is clearly the leader here. Spotlight was great but didnt have that lasting impact or scope a typical BP winner has. It has no shot at Director or BP. I dont care whats up with SAG. Mad Max, while it would be nice, im not sure the Oscars are ready to embrace a movie like that as BP. Revenant has all the ingredients for BP.
Director is the one thats up in the air. Could go to like, 3 people.
More people need to see it cause its legit fantastic. Better than Spotlight or Big Short, which people are under the misguided idea that these two actually have a shot at winning lol.
Revenant is clearly the leader here. Spotlight was great but didnt have that lasting impact or scope a typical BP winner has. It has no shot at Director or BP. I dont care whats up with SAG. Mad Max, while it would be nice, im not sure the Oscars are ready to embrace a movie like that as BP. Revenant has all the ingredients for BP.
Director is the one thats up in the air. Could go to like, 3 people.
I think there's some kind of weird percentage thing that goes on that gets considered. A score can have existing material in it (as Star Wars obviously would have), but as long as it's over that threshold of brand-new material, everything is OK. I would have to think that The Grand Budapest Hotel complied with that guideline, while The Revenant did not. As I'm not familiar with whatever piece that it appropriated, I honestly could not tell you one way or the other how much it's used throughout.
Dr Duncan Steel
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Eddie Redmayne and his stupid face is gonna win it again.
Vincent4756
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It's all good. Thanks for the insight though!
Edit: Could also be that The Revenant had 3 people credited for its score and I believe that's why TDK didn't get nominated the year it was up cause Zimmer or someone listed like 5 people for it.
At least that's what I remember and my memory is pretty poor at times lol.
In The Revenant's case, it's hard for a score to be eligible if there's more than one composer involved.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompson...ete-for-the-oscar-for-original-score-20151216
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompson...ete-for-the-oscar-for-original-score-20151216
ViewtifulJC
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No, you're right. The Academy disqualified the score because they couldn't separate Sakamoto's contributions from his two collaborators. Because you remember, they nominate sole composers, not scores. Which is pretty silly, but there ya go.
You mean The Artist? Kings Speech?
To me it isnt like those movies, they certainly have more novelty appeal. This is more a gut thing from just seeing the landscape of movies and going with my feeling. Usually works every year. I would be very very surprised if Spotlight won BP.
Haloid1177
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I think Revenant more than likely wins Best Picture. Mad Max could spoil but the genre just doesn't allow for it. Best Director will have to be enough for it.
Why? It's critically acclaimed, very nice and tight procedural and after some lackluster performance in the guilds it snagged pretty much every nomination it could get. Not to mention its slew of BP wins from critics groups.
Don't know why you're doubting The Big Short either which has been exceeding expectations left and right and showing up everywhere.
Both of the films are ahead of Room in BP with the only possible heat coming from Mad Max or The Revenant.
That is simultaneously way simpler to follow while also being considerably more ridiculous. Way to go, AMPAS.
Vincent4756
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Ah I see. I agree its silly, I figured they were looking at how the score complimented its film and also how it stood on its own, but it makes sense they check for "originality". I wonder why Fury Road wasn't in the top then, as the score enhances the movie so much and was pretty different soundscape.
I didn't expect to see Mustang here. I actually quite enjoyed the film. Hopefully more people get to see it, but it's only showing in like 9 cities around the US.
If Princess Kaguya can't beat Big Hero 6, then Marnie doesn't stand a chance. While I preferred Marnie, Inside Out was great, so I can't even be mad this year.
I do wonder if Mad Max does somehow pull off the upset of the decade and against all the experts better judgement, wins Best Picture and Best Director, if the usual Best Picture backlash will temporarily tarnish it like it did for Braveheart, Gladiator, No Country for Old Men and a few other genuinely great films that saw a fairly sustained backlash due to tarnishing its street cred by winning the Best Picture Oscar.
The 11 Must-See Movies Completely Rejected By the Oscars (Indiewire)
Love & Mercy
Tangerine
The End of the Tour
Phoenix
James White
Mississippi Grind
Beasts of No Nation
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
99 Homes
Clouds of Sils Maria
Chi-Raq
Love & Mercy
Tangerine
The End of the Tour
Phoenix
James White
Mississippi Grind
Beasts of No Nation
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
99 Homes
Clouds of Sils Maria
Chi-Raq
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The Martian was like a 10x better movie than Interstellar. Interstellar was basically a middling 2001 copy with a bunch of newage sentimentality thrown on top. It was beautifully shot and had some decent moments, but it just doesn't hold together as a cohesive work IMO.
I still wouldn't give it best picture though, Sicario is my favorite movie of the year so far, but I haven't seen a bunch of the other noms (planning on getting around to the revenant this weekend).
It's odd that the two movies I liked most this year were the most optimistic and the most hopeless, but they felt honest and consistent at least.
As for other nominations, I think the actor who plays Easy E should have gotten a nomination, but that's the only major snub. I knew the JLaw backlash brigade would be hating on her getting a nom, but she deserved it IMO, her perfomance is basically the only thing that makes that film watchable. She probably shouldn't win, but then again I haven't seen Carol or Room yet.
Nothing else seems hugely shocking in the list of nominations though.
ViewtifulJC
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Outside Clods of Sils Maria, which didn't really work for me, I can vouch for all these being good movies. Diary of a Teenage Girl, Phoenix, Chi-Raq, and Tangerine particularly.
Subpar Spatula
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Star Wars was going to be nominated for something. It's super popular. Academy wants dem viewers.
Nah. Completely disagree. It got nominated cos it's actually good, regardless of the success of the film or composer.
Also, all three prequels were shut out of the Original Score category, and they also made lots of money.
Spotlight was a hell of a lot more novel to me than those. Seeing a movie downplay its dramaticness for something more approaching a documentary procedural was pretty interesting. And its an amazing ensemble picture.
Chi-Raq is like the most "never gonna get nommed" movie I can think of. Black, female focused picture about gang violence? Academy couldnt even nominate Do the Right Thing.
Fun fact:
Inside Out costed as 3 times as much as the rest of the nominated animated movies combined.
Daisy got it lol
Inside Out costed as 3 times as much as the rest of the nominated animated movies combined.
Daisy got it lol
This was huge news in Colombia, since it is the first time ever a movie from the country has been nominated at all for an oscar. It has practically no chance from what I've read, but this will at least give the movie more exposure.
I agree, though I liked Room more than The Big Short or The Revenant. I'd say the films with the lowest chances of winning are Room, Bridge of Spies and Brooklyn, followed by The Martian. The Revenant doesn't really adhere to the "feel good/not to ballsy" stereotype that wins BP, and neither does Fury Road. I'd say it's pretty likely The Big Short or Spotlight could win.
Yeah, it's really dumb. Seeing as most every part of a film is a huge multi-talent collaboration.
Yeah, I was really mad that Williams didn't have anything truly "epic" in the score during the lightsaber duel. Something like PM or RotS.
I wonder if he'll improve on that front for the sequel or if we'll get more of the same due to his age. It needs more energy.
Dagobert Duck
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Would be an awesome moment for Stallone, thats for sure. And his chances really are high as far as i heard...Will see the movie tomorrow so I cant really judge by now
Don't really care much about awards usually but really wanting Tom Hardy to win. Every second he was on screen was gold.
Surprised people aren't pissed about it not being up for best picture the way everybody was gushing over it.
Surprised people aren't pissed about it not being up for best picture the way everybody was gushing over it.
Lé Blade Runner
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Leo is pretty much a lock for that Oscar now, eh? Anyway - very happy to see Mad Max getting recognition. It's a beast of a film.
How would that have been appropriate though? He chose a more subdued tentative approach to reflect the pair of fledgling twenty-year-olds battling hesitantly on a crumbling snow planet. It's not quite the same atmosphere as Obi-Wan and Anakin finally duelling after a life together on an erupting volcanic planet.
It has nothing to do with his age: he is lucid as ever, although his style has obviously changed somewhat since 1999 (and 1983 before it) but he definitely has more Duel of the Fateses within him, I guarantee it.
I also really happen to love the music he did write for the sequence: "The Ways of the Force," which has several brilliantly intertwined renditions of the leitmotif of Kylo Ren and Rey and the force theme.
Still surprised the award hasn't been renamed "Give it to Disney/Pixar award" I mean this year it's not so bad because Inside Out is an amazing film, but still the bias is real.
At least the nominations for best animated are great this year. No garbage choices like Home or Minions.
Ignatz Mouse
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That doesn't make it great acting, or a great movie.
I love Scorsese and diCaprio both, making that movie a huge disappointment.
BronsonLee
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Even the most hardcore of Star Wars fan can't be foolish enough to think TFA wins best picture
I'm just happy Marnie is being recognized, was not sure they'd go for it. But if anything other than inside out won people would be mad. Inside out is great though so I won't be mad.
BoogerFart
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The Martian over The Danish Girl? Lulz
As far I've read into it, The Martian was considerably better received critically than The Danish Girl. It sounds like The Danish Girl got nominated for the categories it deserved to be nominated for, too, since the only real praise was for the acting.
Of all the Academy's asinine rules, this has to be one of the worst.
They don't disqualify movies from best picture for having more than one producer.
Androidsleeps
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I'm not saying it's a terrible movie, it's just average okay movie. For instance, I was glad there was no forced romance or "love interest" for the lead, yet this doesn't make it Best Picture worthy, as you stated yourself.
I personally did not like Interstellar, but I won't be salty about it being nominated for BP Oscar, as much as it was disappointing and flawed in many ways, I can't deny that it was no "average" flick, the script might be all over the place but Nolan shot the hell out of it, the movie looked great, had a decent score and while it had the "wormhole pen-and-paper" explanation, it didn't have lines like "I'm gonna science the shit out of this". And this is what I meant by corny, the characters were bleh, the lead specifically felt like a 12 year old and you pretty much know how the story unfolds from the get-go, it didn't even look great, it looked "okay". The movie knows it's nothing special and has no business being an award contender, which is why its studio was shopping for the comedy slot this award season.
Ignatz Mouse
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Roger Deakins-- how does he not have an Oscar yet?
https://www.google.com/search?q=rog...ved=0ahUKEwjDoczxl6zKAhVMWh4KHQmYAc8Q_AUIBigB
Hoping this is his year.
https://www.google.com/search?q=rog...ved=0ahUKEwjDoczxl6zKAhVMWh4KHQmYAc8Q_AUIBigB
Hoping this is his year.
SlimySnake
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Siciario had some phenomenal shots. Especially when you first see Juarez. I literally gasped along with half the theater. The nighttime scenes were pheneomenal as well. Such an underrated movie.
He wont win though. Revenant is oscar bait and is going to clean up.
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