FIVE POINTS FOR PICKING THE BEST PICTURE:
American Sniper
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
TWO POINTS FOR PICKING THE WINNER FROM EACH CATEGORY:
ACTOR in a Leading Role
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
ACTRESS in a Leading Role
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
ACTOR in a Supporting Role
Robert Duvall. The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
ACTRESS in a Supporting Role Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
DIRECTING
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Alejandro G. Iñárritu Boyhood, Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher, Bennett Miller
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson
The Imitation Game, Morten Tyldum
WRITING: Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
WRITING: Original Screenplay Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE CitizenFour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
CINEMATOGRAPHY Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ida: Poland Leviathan: Russia
Tangerines: Estonia
Timbuktu: Mauritania
Wild Tales: Argentina
MUSIC: Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel: Alexandre Desplat
The Imitation Game: Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar: Hans Zimmer
Mr. Turner: Gary Yershon The Theory of Everything: Jóhann Jóhannsson
ONE POINT FOR PICKING THE WINNER FROM EACH CATEGORY:
COSTUME DESIGN The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper (La Parka)
White Earth
FILM EDITING
American Sniper Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Foxcatcher The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
MUSIC: Original Song
"Everything Is Awesome" from THE LEGO MOVIE "Glory" from SELMA
"Grateful" from BEYOND THE LIGHTS
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" from GLEN CAMPBELL...I'LL BE ME
"Lost Stars" from BEGIN AGAIN
PRODUCTION DESIGN The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner
SHORT FILM: Animated
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life
SHORT FILM: Live Action
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak)
Parvaneh The Phone Call
SOUND EDITING American Sniper
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken
SOUND MIXING
American Sniper Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash
VISUAL EFFECTS
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past
The deadline was a missed typo that should've read Saturday February 21st. Then again, I don't think anyone cares too much about this silly side game. The ones who do most likely have dropped their respective ballot already. Because the peeps who voted already are the coolest members of a2k.(｡♥‿♥｡)
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ossobuco
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Thu 19 Feb, 2015 01:34 pm
@ossobuco,
Maybe it's me that is confused, but don't we learn the winners on the 22nd?
Yes. The ceremony is on the 22nd. You still didn't clarify your issue of confusion, especially when I indicated that post had an obvious typo. I corrected the typo in the next post to indicate that no one should be posting their predictions during the actual ceremony on Sunday night.
The nominated movie I actually liked best is The Imitation Game, but it's not innovative enough to win.
Both Birdman and Whiplash are tremendous films, powerful and deep. The Theory of Everything is moving, The Grand Budapest Hotel is very funny, Selma is engaging in it's way and American Sniper is exciting.
Boyhood took 12 years to make.
This is the order in which I liked them.
Boyhood as best film would be a mistake like Rocky was in 1977. Only they won't be playing reruns of Boyhood in 2053.
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Ticomaya
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Sat 21 Feb, 2015 09:05 pm
@tsarstepan,
tsarstepan wrote:
FIVE POINTS FOR PICKING THE BEST PICTURE:
American Sniper
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
I'm throwing my hat into the ring. I've seen one of the movies listed in this thread, so I'll pick it, and any sub-categories that involve it: Boyhood.
What a great movie! I watched it twice, and that is fairly unusual for me.
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glitterbag
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Sat 21 Feb, 2015 09:17 pm
There were many great films released this year. We've seen Birdman, Inherent Vice, American Sniper, Boyhood and Nightcrawler so far. Can't say I was blown away by Inherent Vice, but I was shocked that Nightcrawler was overlooked in so many categories. I'd like to see either Birdman or Grand Budapest Hotel win best picture. Emma Stone was brilliant as Michael Keaton's daughter, and Michael Keaton was inspired in the lead. Both Birdman and GBH were quirky and unexpected, I liked how they draw you in. American Sniper reminds me somewhat of Hurt Locker, both great films when it comes to throwing a bright light on the reality of war.
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tsarstepan
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Sat 21 Feb, 2015 09:29 pm
@fbaezer,
I inputted your answers on the scoresheet. Thanks fbaezer!
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fbaezer
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Sat 21 Feb, 2015 09:46 pm
As for the foreign language films, I have not seen any of them, only the trailers.
People in Mexico who have seen it, say Historias Salvajes is very good, but if the trailers say anything, the films I don't want to miss are Ida and Timbuktu.
A curious thing about La Parka (nominated for an Oscar in the Documentary-short category) is that it is a final homework for the subject of Documentary at CCC, one of Mexico's film schools. The director is a student from Nicaragua who wondered "Where does all the meat for taco street vendors in Mexico City come from? I've never seen such meat devouring anywhere". And there he made a film about death: the bovines' and people close to the slaughterer's.
La Parka means The One Who Speaks Very Little, and it's a nickname for death.
When I read about it, I said to myself: "The guy got an Oscar nomination this should be accepted not as a subject final work, but as the equivalent of a thesis".
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tsarstepan
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Sat 21 Feb, 2015 10:34 pm
@fbaezer,
fbaezer wrote:
As for the foreign language films, I have not seen any of them, only the trailers.
People in Mexico who have seen it, say Historias Salvajes is very good, but if the trailers say anything, the films I don't want to miss are Ida and Timbuktu.
As of Friday, I've seen four of five of this year's Foreign Language nominees. Ida was the weakest (kind of disappointing and it's cinematography nomination was lost on me). Leviathan and Timbuktu were the strongest.
Watched Wild Tales this Friday. A blackhole darkened comedy.
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tsarstepan
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Sat 21 Feb, 2015 10:34 pm
@fbaezer,
fbaezer wrote:
As for the foreign language films, I have not seen any of them, only the trailers.
People in Mexico who have seen it, say Historias Salvajes is very good, but if the trailers say anything, the films I don't want to miss are Ida and Timbuktu.
As of Friday, I've seen four of five of this year's Foreign Language nominees. Ida was the weakest (kind of disappointing and it's cinematography nomination was lost on me). Leviathan and Timbuktu were the strongest.
Watched Wild Tales this Friday. A blackhole darkened comedy.
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