Thursday, January 14, 2016

OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2016: Odds & Ends



The following is just an opinion. As I am not a member of the academy, nor in any voting capacity. This is based off of the movies i have seen this year. Now I haven’t seen all the nominated movies. So part of this is based on buzz also.


SURPRISE OMISSIONS 


 BEST SCORE 

 IT FOLLOWS
 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

I am surprised Ennio Morricone got the nomination for THE HATEFUL EIGHT considering he has admitted that most of it is discarded scores for other films he has done. Like THE THING. I am not as surprised with John Williams for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKWENS as it seems mandatory that he always be nominated and even though he re-used the main theme and some would say that it is in the spirit of the film reusing plot and story elements of the original trilogy.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 

Jason Mitchell – STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

O’Shea Jackson Jr. –STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

Paul Dano – LOVE & MERCY

Michael Caine – YOUTH

Benecio Del Toro - SICARIO

Michael Shannon – 99 HOMES

Idris Elba – BEASTS OF NO NATION

Jacob Trembley - ROOM


BEST ACTRESS

Mya Taylor - TANGERINE

Charlize Theron - MAD MAX: FURY ROAD


BEST ACTOR 

Will Smith - CONCUSSION

Michael B.Jordan - CREED


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Jane Fonda – YOUTH


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

 JOBS

LOVE & MERCY

THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

THE HATEFUL EIGHT

CREED


BEST ORIGINAL SONG

LOST RIVER


BEST FOREIGN FILM 

PHOENIX


BEST PICTURE 

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

BEASTS OF NO NATION

THE HATEFUL EIGHT

CAROL

CREED


BEST DIRECTOR

F.Gary Grey – STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

Cary Fukunaga – BEASTS OF NO NATION

Todd Haynes - CAROL

Quentin Tarantino – THE HATEFUL EIGHT

Ryan Coogler - CREED

 SURPRISE NOMINATIONS 


Rachel McAdams – Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lawrence – Best Actress

Bryan Cranston – Best Actor

Adam McKay – Best Director

THE BIG SHORT – Best Picture

ROOM – Best Picture

Lenny Abramson – Best Director

3 comments:

  1. Everyone knew The Big Short would be nominated for Best Picture. No Surprise. Hope to see it this weekend.

    What happened to your "Movies watched in (insert month)" list?

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  2. I bet if Straight Outta Compton had come out later in the year, it would have gotten more nominations. I think a prime reason Mad Max had such staying power in voters' minds is the perceived feminism of it. That's also how Silence of the Lambs ended up taking Best Picture, though it had been released in February. It was seen as a feminist movie. Compton on the other hand took some criticism for a bit of misogyny and not being critical enough of Dre. But there's only so much you can cover in one film.

    Michael B. Jordan deserved a nom for Fruitvale Station. Haven't seen Creed yet, but I know he's got a nomination in his future soon.

    I'd also throw in Love and Mercy for sound design. The sound collages in that movie were amazing.

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  3. @Christopher I will be doing it next month putting up both december and january, As i haven't had the time to make and put out the list with all things going on around me.

    @Jon i agree about him deserving a nomination for FRUITVALE STATION. His performance in CREED was good but he was stringer and had more to play with in FRUITVALE STATION.

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