The nominees have been announced. We are only about five weeks away from the ceremony. The level at which my cinema-love is rising cannot be charted during this time of award season.
While my wife and I host an Oscar-watching party every year, it isn't because I believe award shows validate or solidify what is and isn't the best movies from the year. Obviously it is a matter of taste for everyone. What is a great movie to one person may be uninteresting and bland to another. What I like about award season is that it brings to the forefront a group of movies from the past year (most of which were released in the past three months) that are considered by those in the industry who actually know what is and isn't good work to be the best and we as moviegoers can then view films that might not otherwise have ever be seen or even heard of.
Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead with nine nominations, while The Imitation Game received eight nominations. I haven't gone over each nominee and category yet, but the only major snub I have noticed so far is that The Lego Movie wasn't nominated for Best Animated Feature Film. That is a shame because The Lego Movie is one of the most creative and heartfelt movies of the year, animated or live-action. Although The Interview got much more publicity because of its politics, The Lego Movie had a much more important message about creativity and free speech.
The following are nominees in some of the categories.
American Sniper
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Achievement in Directing
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro G. Inarritu - Birdman
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher
Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper - American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton - Birdman
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Duvall - The Judge
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
Edward Norton - Birdman
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
Performance by an 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
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Laura Dern - Wild
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
Emma Stone - Birdman
Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
1 comment:
Exciting stuff. Totally lost on the menu though.
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