Oscar Nominations. They're Finally Here!
Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 8:39AM 
Refresh your screens for periodic updates. Some of the type if funky on this page but I copied and pasted from Oscar's site so whatever they had in their coding travelled.
And the nominees are...
BEST PICTURE
- American Hustle
Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers - Captain Phillips
Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers - Dallas Buyers club
Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers - Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers - Her
Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers - Nebraska
Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers - Philomena
Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers - 12 Years a Slave
Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers - The Wolf of Wall street
Nominees to be determined
Instant Reaction: a perfect score for me again in terms of predictions (I thought they might end with Philomena but if 9 then Her) but I really wish they'd just go back to 10 or, even better, 5. 9 is a stupid number. As per usual the Best Picture nominees really dominated all awardage with a total of 61 nominations between them.
Gravity and American Hustle led with 10 nominations each
Secondary Reaction: I had expected 12 Year a Slave to lead the nominations but despite a hefty nomination total egregious snubs happened in the tech fields. No Cinematography is virtually unfathomable but it happened.
BEST ACTOR
- christian Bale AMERICAN HUSTLE
- Bruce Dern NEBRASKA
- leonardo Dicaprio THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
- chiwetel ejiofor 12 YEARS A SLAVE
- matthew mcconaughey DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Instant Reaction: All that time I took worrying about whether it would be Robert Redford or Leonardo DiCaprio was pointless since it was Christian Bale that threw Redford AND Hanks off their boats... I'm sad about the latter because Tom Hanks did his best work since at least 1992 in that picture.
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Barkhad Abdi CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
- Bradley cooper AMERICAN HUSTLE
- michael fassbender 12 YEARS A SLAVE
- Jonah Hill THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
- Jared leto DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Instant reaction: one of my only 100% correct categories. I'd be way said for Daniel Brühl if not for the category fraud.
BEST ACTRESS
- Amy Adams AMERICAN HUSTLE
- cate Blanchett BLUE JASMINE
- sandra Bullock GRAVITY
- Judi Dench PHILOMENA
- meryl streep AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Instant Reaction: Genuinely surprised it was Emma Thompson who got the boot. I prefer her to all but one of these nominations, truth be told. But the Adams and Streep nominations just go to show you that being in a movie people love and/or being a reflexive vote is the way to go to rack up nominations.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- sally Hawkins BLUE JASMINE
- Jennifer lawrence AMERICAN HUSTLE
- lupita nyong’o 12 YEARS A SLAVE
- Julia roberts AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
- June squibb NEBRASKA
Instant Reaction: HAWKINS!!!
Secondary Long Planned Reaction: Jennifer Lawrence's Oscar Breaking Trajectory. "The Youngest To..."
David O. Russell has now accomplished a rare feat in back to back years. Directing a nominee in EACH acting category
ANIMATED FILM
- The Croods
Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson - DespicaBle me 2
Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri - Ernest & Celestine
Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner - Frozen
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho - The Wind Rises
Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
Instant Reaction: No Monsters University is not sad but if ever they owed a disposable sequel nod to make up for an atrocious shafting of an original (Shrek over Monsters Inc is the grossest thing they've done in terms of Animated Feature wins)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- The Grandmaster Philippe Le Sourd
- Gravity Emmanuel Lubezki
- Inside Llewyn Davis Bruno Delbonnel
- Nebraska Phedon Papamichael
- Prisoners Roger A. Deakins
Instant Reaction: Sean Bobbit (12 Years a Slave) left on the outside of this is probably, bar none, the single most appaling decisino the Academy made. I'm considering him for my win. And for what? Nebraska because black and white? No.
The Invisible WomanCOSTUME DESIGN
- American Hustle Michael Wilkinson
- The Grandmaster William Chang Suk Ping
- The Great Gatsby Catherine Martin
- The Invisible Woman Michael O’Connor
- 12 Years a Slave Patricia Norris
Instant Reaction: beautiful list!
Secondary Reaction: I have two interviews coming up from this nominee pool. Stay tuned.
BEST DIRECTOR
- American Hustle David O. Russell
- Gravity Alfonso Cuarón
- Nebraska Alexander Payne
- 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen
- The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese
Instant Reaction: ugh on Scorsese getting this over Spike Jonze for Her.
DOCUMENTARY
- The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
- Cutie and the Boxer Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
- Dirty Wars Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
- The Square Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
- 20 Feet From Stardom Nominees to be determined
Instant Reaction: As far as I know I was the only pundit who never once believed that Stories We Tell would be nominated but that doesn't mean I'm happy to be right. Great movie... but this category just hates it when filmmakers push the form.
Instant Reaction #2: No Blackfish? Huh. I thought that would win.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
- Cavedigger Jeffrey Karoff
- Facing Fear Jason Cohen
- Karama Has No Walls Sara Ishaq
- The Lady in Number Six: Music Saved My Life Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
- Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall Edgar Barens
Instant Reaction: I can't wait to see Cavedigger. Looks so cool.
FILM EDITING
- American Hustle Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
- Captain Phillips Christopher Rouse
- Dallas Buyers Club John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
- Gravity Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
- 12 Years a Slave Joe Walker
Instant Reaction: I really wonder if this wouldn't have been your Best Picture list in ye olden times of 5 nominees with Dallas as the surprise fifth slotter despite no directing nomination
Later: Oh, no Thelma Schoonmaker. I guess some editors could see the strain in getting that thing down to 180 minutes.
FOREIGN FILM
- Broken circle Breakdown Belgium
- The Great Beauty Italy
- The Hunt Denmark
- The Missing Picture Cambodia
- Omar Palestine
Instant Reaction: I'm so pleased to see The Missing Picture nominated. And the Grandmaster can't even feel snubbed since it got nominations in other categories.
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
- Dallas Buyers Club Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
- Bad Grandpa Stephen Prouty
- The Lone Ranger Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
Instant Reaction: No American Hustle? What is this branch even doing?
ORIGINAL SCORE
- The Book Thief John Williams
- Gravity Steven Price
- Her William Butler and Owen Pallett
- Philomena Alexandre Desplat
- Saving Mr Banks Thomas Newman
Instant Reaction: Ladies and gentlemen, the gentlemen's club would like to honor... the same people they always honor. Join us on March 2nd forzzz (although the Her score is a nice surprise)
ORIGINAL SONG
- Alone yet not Alone ALONE YET NOT ALONE Music by Bruce Broughton Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
- Happy DESPICABLE ME 2 Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
- let it Go FROZEN Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
- the moon song HER Music by Karen O Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
- ordinary love MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Lyric by Paul Hewson
Instant Reaction: After watching the trailer to Alone Yet Not Alone I am midlly terrified that it gets to call itself an Oscar nominee. But I haven't heard the song so I'll shut up. Still... this category. What to do about it?
So happy to see K.K. Barrett recognized for "Her"
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- American Hustle Production Design: Judy Becker Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
- Gravity Production Design: Andy Nicholson Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
- The Great Gatsby Production Design: Catherine Martin Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
- Her Production Design: K.K. Barrett Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
- 12 Years a Slave Production Design: Adam Stockhausen Set Decoration: Alice Baker
Instant Reaction: As long as they gave me Her I was going to be good with it.
ANIMATED SHORT
- feral Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
- Get A Horse! Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
- mr. Hublot Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
- possessions Shuhei Morita
- room on tHe Broom Max Lang and Jan Lachauer
LIVE ACTION SHORT
- That Wasnt Me Esteban Crespo
- Just Before Losing Everything Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
- Helium Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
- Do I have to take care of everything? Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
- The Voorman Problem Mark Gill and Baldwin Li
SOUND EDITING
- All is lost Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
- Captain Phillips Oliver Tarney
- Gravity Glenn Freemantle
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Brent Burge
- Lone Survivor Wylie Stateman
Instant reaction: really happy to see All is Lost in here.
SOUND MIXING
- Captain Phillips Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
- Gravity Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
- Inside Llewyn Davis Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
- Lone Survivor Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow
Instant Reaction: Why must they continue nominating the Hobbit for things. Peter Jackson had his chance. And was amply rewarded for it for three consecutive years.
Each Iron Man film is nominated for Visual Effects
VISUAL EFFECTS
- Gravity Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
- Iron Man 3 Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
- The Lone Ranger Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
- Star Trek Into Darkness Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton
Instant Reaction: No Pacific Rim but Star Trek? Hmmm
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Before Midnight Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
- Captain Phillips Screenplay by Billy Ray
- Philomena Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
- 12 Years a Slave Screenplay by John Ridley
- The Wolf of WAll street Screenplay by Terence Winter
Instant Reaction: I've already griped enough about my feeling that sequels should not be "adapted" (sorry Before Midnight)... they're merely continuations. But the nomination I don't get here is Wolf of Wall Street since we've heard over and over again that the actors just improvised every scene (and it shows, for better and worse)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- American Hustle Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
- Blue JAsmine Written by Woody Allen
- Dallas Buyers club Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
- Her Written by Spike Jonze
- Nebraska Written by Bob Nelson
Instant Reaction: The WGA list again, right?
The Live Stream Such As It Was...
Chris Hemsworth is tall. And his voice... oh my
Reader Comments (132)
records broken?
meryl on nomination number 18...
j-law maybe? with three nominations at her age? I don't know the stats...
what else, people?
Want to get an Oscar nomination? Work for David O. Russell. I loved American Hustle, but still, Bale over Hanks? That's just silly. Several weird craft snubs as well, including no Score nom for 12 Years a Slave, which was IMO the best of the year.
It's so rare that best actor is the most exciting category of the year. Two (sorta) surprises with Bale and DiCaprio.
I'm curious what everyone's instant gut reaction is for the eventual winner? I can imagine scenarios for any of them except Bale.
hahah BAD GRANDPA is an oscar nominee?
too much
travis - I'm thinking matthew. actually all the globe winners (blanchett and the supporting ones).
Mostly good news!
Happy I predicted the 4-Actor "American Hustle" sweep and the Robert Redford/Paul Greengrass snubs.....Shocked that Jonah Hill is heralding the Apocalypse (just saw "Wolf" tonight and really do not understand how this is an Oscar-worthy performance)
Also proud for the surprise nomination for Cambodia's Rithy Panh! "The Missing Picture" is a documentary dedicated to Panh's family who all perished in concentration camps during the Khmer Rouge genocide from 1975-1979 (Panh escaped to Thailand and later to France).
How I hate throwing up in my mouth in the morning!!! That Jonah Hill nod really bummed me out!
My predictions (see other posting) weren't too bad:
PICTURE - 8/9 (I left out Gravity, mostly through negligence.)
DIRECTOR: - 4/5 (Greengrass instead of Payne; guess they really didn't like Captain Phillips that much.)
ACTOR: - 4/5 (Hanks instead of Bale, but I'm still happy with Bale getting in. I'd have rather had Hanks in and DiCaprio out, though, to make room for Bale.)
ACTRESS: - 5/5
SUPPORTING ACTOR - 4/5 (Will Forte instead of Hill)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS - 5/5
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - 5/5
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY- 5/5
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM - 5/5 (Hit it lucky with Cambodia)
Im already SOOOOO bored with the story about the guy from "Captain Philips" who was a limo. driver and now his an osczzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........
THE MISSING PICTURE!!!!
Also, I scored 4/5 on documentary.
The biggest huh? moment for me is the original song nomination for "Alone Yet Not Alone." I looked it up and it looks way racist. http://youtu.be/3n0TORpISk8
Happy for Hawkins and Streep. Surprised that, being such a strong contender, Gravity was left out of the Screenplay category.
I wish I didn't care so much about the Oscars, but this year might help me get over it.
Dallas Buyers Club over Inside Llewyn Davis for screenplay? Dallas Buyers Club for editing? Llewyn should basically have all of Dallas's nominations.
12 Years is arguably in third place now - it didn't get in for cinematography, score, sound.
Why do people hate on Jonah Hill so much , I don't get it.
Multiple nods:
American Hustle - 10
Gravity - 10
12 Years a Slave - 9
Nebraska - 6
Captain Phillips - 6
Dallas Buyers Club - 6
Her - 5
The Wolf of Wall Street - 5
Philomena - 4
Blue Jasmine - 3
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - 3
August: Osage County - 2
Despicable Me 2 - 2
Frozen - 2
The Grandmaster - 2
Inside Llewyn Davis - 2
The Great Gatsby - 2
The Lone Ranger - 2
Lone Survivor - 2
If Leo does it right, this thing could be his to lose. I know McConaughey will win SAG and Leo didn't show up there, but guess who's more overdue? And TWoWS is clearly liked...
The good news:
- Amy Adams in lead actress
- Grandmaster making it in costume design and cinematography
- Her in Production Design
- Before Midnight in Adapted Screenplay
The bad news:
- Greengrass director snub
- Hanks lead actor snub
- 12YAS cinematography snub
- Dallas Buyers Club for best editing
- Julia Roberts category fraud (even though I really liked her performance)
The Remind me again to NEVER bet against these people at Oscars news
- Meryl Streep 18th Oscar Nom
- Book Thief for Best Original Score (John Williams, right?)
The Lolz:
- The Lone Ranger has more Oscar noms than Saving Mr. Banks
- The entire best make-up category
- Explosion in the Wig Factory getting nods in all 4 acting categories
-The crazy ass use of Caps Lock on this particular post (hopefully Nathaniel will never fix it)
The Academy has turned my apathy for "American Hustle" to outright disdain, but what else should I have expected from the same organization that made Jonah Hill a two-time nominee on the same morning it ignored the film-elevating work of Emma Thompson?
Roberts in the place of an actual supporting actress is annoying but expected, as was Oprah's omission because, clearly, "The Butler" peaked too early. I wish I could be happy for the somewhat surprising inclusion of Sally Hawkins; however clarity of her character almost completely eluded me, and I still don't know if that is the flaw of the writing or her performance.
troy h. - about hawkins, yeah, I'm happy for her, but not happy the nomination happened for that performance.
I might be going crazy right know, but I think that Hawkins has a chance in a Gay Harden way.
Carmen Sandiego - Crap! I hadn't noticed that 12 Years missed for cinematography - Sean Bobbitt did an amazing job. It was beautifully shot.
And some of the picks over 12Yrs? ...ugh.
Second consecutive year in which a DOR film sweeps acting categories.
Why is "Bono" not called "Bono" anymore?
Totally agree about Hawkins in a Harden kind of way. Surprise nominee - mixed bag of competitors - surprise winner.
Alfred: It makes you wonder how close Mark Wahlberg may have come to a nod a few years ago.
I honestly don't get all of the good will toward his last two directorial efforts. "Silver Linings Playbook" is sloppy, and "American Hustle" is dull and muddled.
A few things:
-SO many weird surprises with the tech nods. So many strange bone-headed snubs (12 Years in Cinematography, American Hustle in Hair/Makeup, Blue Jasmine in Costumes, etc) and random fillers just sitting there like John Williams on his 56th nod.
-FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM is becoming such a respectable lady now. Look at that lineup!
-Documentary Feature is uniformly excellent even with the silly Stories We Tell snub.
-They were just NOT into Inside Llewyn Davis.
-First LOTR film to miss Art Direction
-If this were a five BP year, Dallas Buyers Club would've totally taken a spot. It even got Editing!
-FOUR films overlap in the two Sound categories.
-Alone Yet Not Alone clearly gets the award for The Oscar Nominee No Has Ever Previously Discussed.
-U2, Karen O, Pharrell Williams and The Arcade Fire are among the popular musicians nominated.
-The Grandmaster is in for two techs but not FL Film
-Hayao Miyazaki's third and presumably final nomination
-At 42, Jared Leto is the oldest Supporting Actor nominee. Also, he's 42. 42.
-Megan Ellison has two nods in Best Picture. She's 27. 27.
#Justice4Poppy
Paranoid -- Right? Nathaniel, speak up!
Tracy Letts is out. I think he did a great job adapting his play.
Funny, two things that make you disappointing make me happy:
Scorsese in directing
Star Trek in effects
I miss Gloria in the foreign language race. Fiercely.
McCanaughey will win the Critics Choice and the SAG, but lose the Oscar to Leo. Another possibility is that they split votes come Oscar time, and lose the Oscar to the more deserved Ejiofor.
Blanchett will and should win for Blue Jasmine. Strong support for Blue Jasmine...but watch out for the undeserved stronger support for American Hustle. Amy Adams was just mediocre! She did not deserve that nomination!
Leto will win. close second is Fassbender.
Lupita N'yongo and Jennifer Lawrence will battle it out until the very end.
well, well.... *four* Best Picture nominees featuring ANAL SEX mentions (3 of which with gay characters and 1 with a gay orgy).... that's a first
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
HER
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I do not understand the love for American Hustle. It felt like one of those 'best of' albums (the actors) where the cohesion that was so evident in earlier work (The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook) was completely lost in an attempt to make 'better' work.
Adams didn't understand she was in a comedy, Bale was playing dress up and the script was paper thin. Whatever script there actually was, has been clearly re-written by O'Russell with the actors in mind.
And to think Spike Jonze is not nominated for director. Such a shame... but a good reminder of the subjectivity of these awards, which seem to thrive on name checking the usual suspects.
Good for Sally Hawkins though!
I don't hate these!!
Hawkins! Hill! Adams (best in show)!! HER IN BEST PICTURE!! HER IN ORIGINAL SCORE!!!!
If only Spike Jonze and Joaquin Phoenix were nominated. C'est la vie...
Yay for Sally Hawkins & Fassbender. I'm surprised at Christian Bale and Jonah Hill making the cut....sad for Redford and Hanks, Spike Jonez and Emma (wish it was Sandra Bullock instead of Emma as I consider Bullock the weakest among all).
Absolutely fine with Oprah and Grandmaster (foreign film) missing the cut. I'm a huge fan of Wong Kar Wai but I think Grandmaster is his worst output thus far.
I wouldn't count out Dern to win Best Actor. The Academy loves to give the "Career Oscar" to older actors who have been around a long time without being recognized even when the actual performance isn't the best performance of the year. If Redford had gotten a nom it might have split that vote.
I wonder if Niki Lauda's homophobic comments cost Bruhl some votes?
It's really unfair to label Meryl's nomination as reflexive. August: Osage Country was not a great movie but she hands down gave the best acting performance this year.
If we are to talk about "reflexive votes", those are what got American Hustle all those nominations. I mean Amy Adams got her 5th nomination in 8th years. She gets nominated at a higher frequency than anyone, including Meryl.
Shockers:
Blackfish OUT- This actually made me happy, especially if The Act of Killing and Cutie & The Boxer took its spot.
No Stories We Tell. Maybe I was just in denial because I loved it so much and The Act of Killing was equally form pushing so I thought it had a good shot. Just glad Blackfish was not nominated to worsen this wound although Dirty Wars bored me to tears as somebody who followed Scahill's work.
12 Years a Slave doing so poorly in the technical nods but ESPECIALLY Cinematography. I can live with it because The Grandmaster and Deakins got nominated but Nebraska really sticks out like a sore thumb among the nominees. I guess long-takes have to be in space for people not to fall over at grainy black and white dissolves.
BALE!!!!! I feel so alone in liking this performance. I thought it was his best since The Prestige. I knew Amy would be in, the film needed to have one of their leads nominated to be strong but this seems to show it is the front-runner. Now does that mean anybody has a shot in their category besides Jennifer? Amy?!?!?!?!?
No Thelma for Editing but YES to Dallas Buyer's Club. The film was doing so well in other categories, I figured that was a foregone conclusion.
No Oprah. Wow, Weinstein. Guess he favored August: Osage County at the last moment to secure Julia.
SALLY EFFING HAWKINS. I actually think she is the film's secret MVP. She gives the lower middle class parts of the film that easily could go the way of caricature (or Bobby Cannavale) to give it gravitas. #JusticeforPoppy
Now it seems selfish to bag on American Hustle NOT getting a nomination, but nothing for Hair and Makeup? Like I know it's 3 and I honestly have no issues with the nominated films but surprising.
LEO AND JONAH!!!!! I hope the quaaludes scene are their scene tape.
HER getting Score and Song. How weird would it be if Jonze won in the Song category?
The Grandmaster not getting into foreign film yet getting into getting well-deserved nods in Costume Design and Cinematography. If the Weinstein cut is what went to the Academy, then I can live with that as I want WKW's first Oscar nomination to not have been compromised.
Inside Llewyn Davis not too surprising but just a bummer. :( CBS Films did such a terrible job with it. They knew since Cannes what kind of movie it was.
Megan Ellison, double-nominee. Eat it, Harvey!!!!
I really don't think Dern has had a big enough career to win a career Best Actor Oscar. Maybe if he were in Best Supporting Actor, but even then, he's really not as well-known as Plummer or Freeman.
I think McConaughey will win Best Actor, but I am hoping Ejiofor could still beat him. That Fox Searchlight campaign seems a tad too classy at times (I mean that as a compliment).
oh my god! i predicted the best actress line-up 5/5, no way they gonna dump streep
totally didnt see the noms for bale and hill, but deserving though
i'm excited that they nominate hawkins, over oprah!
no american hustle in makeup/hair is idiocy, thats the only movie that ever screamed hairstyling in my face
4/4 acting noms again for o. russel movie, wow.
i just hope j-law and dicaprio win!
Eddie - while that's a possibility, it didn't work too well for Peter O'Toole in 2006. Yes, Whitaker was a strong contender, but to not finally honor the most-nominated/never-won actor of all time? Makes me wonder about Dern.
Also, I was really not looking forward to having to see Inside Llewyn Davis just to be an Oscar completist - it looks so dreary and lifeless. But now that it's been snubbed it seems like some sort of adorable, curmudgeonly underdog so maybe I'll see it anyway. Stop messing with me, Oscars!
1. Remember the end of Captain Phillips? The incredible final scene with Hanks bawling and shaking? Me right now. A terrible, terrible snub and an even crazier Bale replacement. No Oscar Isaac? Joaquin!?!? I need a minute.
2. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE Jackass (LOLLLL) over Hustle for Hair/Makeup or Nebraska over 12 Years. NEVER.
3. If Hustle steals Pic from 12 Years or Gravity (or even Captain Phillips!) I quit the Oscars.
Very happy for Christian Bale - loved him in American Hustle and felt like he wasn't getting his due until now.
Very sad for Sean Bobbitt, whose work on 12YAS is phenomenal.
Mostly happy for Her - five nominations is great, but I desperately wish Spike had gotten in over Marty for best director.
I dread a McConaughey victory like an average person dreads inevitable death.
I would expect a fan of "Nebraska" (heck, a fan of the filmic medium itself) to not be so reductive as to boil the picture's cinematographic achievements down to a snark, "because black and white." You know better than that. It's a gorgeous film, beautifully lit and composed.
The Academy hasn't really given a competitive acting prize as a career honor in ages, the turning point being Binoche over Bacall in 1997 and continuing with Bassinger over Stuart, Whittaker over O'Toole, Swinton over Dee, etc. Maybe it's because the demographics of the group have changed considerably.
I just noticed Spike Jonez is in for Best Song, so with the best pic and screenplay noms that's not a bad day for him or Her in general.
I have not yet had a chance to see Saving Mr. Banks and thus have no real credible opinion on how Emma Thompson performed in it, but I am selfishly very sad that she didn't make it from a viewer perspective because it means we won't get her charming, witty presence in the rounds leading up to the Oscars. She is the most entertaining person out there apart from J.Law,who's entertaining in a completely different way, and Lupita, to whom this is all brand new and treats the entire spectacle with poised glee.
When I saw Jonah Hill's name go up, I knew it was going to be a rough morning for me. Oh well. I guess I needed to even out my awards karma after the Beasts Of The Southern Wild miracles last year.
...And I just realized Stories We Tell didn't get nominated. *screams with incoherent rage, rends garments dramatically from body, slams door with devastating bon mots to be thought of later when not raging*
Nathaniel, your terror at all things religious cracks me up. That said, "Alone Yet Not Alone" is meh at best. I'm guessing the singer's back story (which I've known about for years) may have been a factor. If they wanted to go with religious music, they should have chosen one of the gorgeous songs from Black Nativity.
And yeah, I refuse to see that movie, lol.
Nathaniel
"Alone Yet Not Alone" wtf is that are u kidding me it steals Keith Stanfield's Best Original Song nomination!!! I'm pissed Short Term 12 no nominations that's the biggest bunch of BS ever!!!!