Jan 14, 2016

Leo was great in The Revenant, but anyone else think his performance in WOWS was more deserving?

 

Jan 14, 2016

Caprio finally gonna do it

 

Jan 14, 2016

The nominations just arrived. The revenant leads with 11 noms, followed by Mad Max with 9 and The Martian with 7 noms.

Best Picture
-The Big Short
-Bridge of Spies
-Brooklyn
-Mad Max: Fury Road
-The Martian
-The Revenant
-Room
-Spotlight

Best Actress
-Cate Blanchett, Carol
-Brie Larson, Room
-Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
-Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
-Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best Actor
-Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
-Matt Damon, The Martian
-Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
-Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
-Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Best Supporting Actress
-Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
-Rooney Mara, Carol
-Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
-Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
-Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Supporting Actor
-Christian Bale, “The Big Short”
-Tom Hardy, “The Revenant”
-Mark Ruffalo, “Spotlight”
-Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”
-Sylvester Stallone, “Creed”

Best Director
-“The Big Short,” Adam McKay
-“Mad Max: Fury Road,” George Miller
-“The Revenant” Alejandro G. Iñárritu
-“Room” Lenny Abrahamson
-“Spotlight” Tom McCarthy

Best Adapted Screenplay
-The Big Short
-Brooklyn
-Carol
-The Martian
-Room

Best Original Screenplay
-Bridge of Spies
-Ex Machina
-Inside Out
-Spotlight
-Straight Outta Compton

Best Animated Feature
-Anomalisa
-Boy and the World
-Inside Out
-Shaun the Sheep Movie
-When Marnie Was There

Best Documentary Feature
-Amy
-Cartel Land
-Look of Silence
-What Happened Miss Simone
-Winter on Fire

Best Foreign Language Film
-“Embrace of the Serpent” Colombia
-“Mustang” France
-“Son of Saul” Hungary
-“Theeb” Jordan
-“A War” Denmark

Best Original Score
-Bridge of Spies
-Carol
-The Hateful Eight
-Sicario
-Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Original Song
-“Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey
-“Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
-“Simple song No. 3,” Youth
-“Til it Happens to You,” The Hunting Ground
-“Writing’s on the Wall,” Spectre

Best Cinematography
-Carol
-The Hateful Eight
-Mad Max: Fury Road
-The Revenant
-Sicario

Best Film Editing
-The Big Short
-Mad Max Fury Road
-The Revenant
-Spotlight
-Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

Jan 14, 2016

I thought the Oscar nominations were boooooring.

- Unlike the Golden Globes, they wrongly placed Rooney Mara and Alicia Vikander in supporting actress, when they very clearly have lead roles (Mara has slightly more screentime than Blanchett, who was placed in lead). I know this thing happens from time to time, but this was a particularly egregious attempt to avoid the stiff competition in lead actress. If Mara wins though, I won't begrudge her her Oscar since she's still my favorite performance of the year.

- Snubbing Kristen Stewart! I was hoping the critics would push her to a nomination like Marion Cotillard last year, but there was no luck, especially since there were really only 3 open spots due to the above. I like Rachel McAdams and she's good in Spotlight but she really didn't warrant a nomination.

- Snubbing Carol from picture and Todd Haynes from director. Choosing Adam McKay for The Big Short and Lenny Abrahamson for Room over Haynes hurts the most.

- Snubbing Michael B. Jordan in a year where Best Actor is so weak is not a good look for the Academy. I mean, I like Cranston but time has already forgotten Trumbo (Note: I have not nor will I ever see Trumbo).

- Jennifer Lawrence for Joy...Given how strong the Actress category was this year, this nomination really stands out poorly. Lawrence is really good, but at this rate she's going to get more nominations than Streep.

Exactly...It's made all the more glaring by the fact that Creed, Straight Outta Compton and last year's Selma are precisely the sort of films that the Oscars nominate year-in and year-out in terms of their narratives and their overall accessibility. The only thing different about them is...well, you know.

 

Jan 14, 2016

Absolutely true, and a real problem. They're more than comfortable to -- from their lofty liberal perches -- to feign interest in black stories when they're regulated to Documentary or Foreign Film, etc. But when they overlook the highly profitable STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON? Or snub Idris Elba? Or choose to honor Stallone over Jordan/Coogler? It reeks of institutional bias... inadvertent, as I'm sure personally they're all very very nice/well-intentioned. But c'mon.

 

Jan 22, 2016

You're a great person.

 

Jan 20, 2016

Never Forget

 

Jan 14, 2016

Cause life is too short and on my death bed, I know I'd regret the two hours lost to Oscar bait with a poor man's HBO aesthetic.

 

Jan 14, 2016

Straight Outta Compton was a terrible, terrible snub, but I can't say I'm surprised.