2014 Academy Awards: The Official Thread (ALL NOMINEES IN THE FIRST POST)

[Deathlife]

Count in me the category of people that wanted TAS to win Beat Picture.It was a better movie than Gravity IMHO.

[a2k]

[Sam]

I don't really have issues with the winners, just with the overall predictability this year.

Yup. Sums up perfectly. The show is extremely boring and pretty lifeless this year. But there are a lot of deserved winners so I can't complain much.

[CloneWars]

Gravity winning 7 and BD and with 12YAS only winning 3, this year was sort of like a tie.

[Jake Gittes]

So that happened.

[Water Bottle]

Come on, Gravity sweeps most Oscars and people still whine it didn't grab one more Oscar to the shitload of Oscars it bagged tonight?! Get over it, Gravity has already all the tremendous success and awards, it's not like it got horribly snubbed or shutout (AH cough).

 

I don't think you understand. Maybe your not a fan of the genre, but science fiction has always struggled to get the respect it frankly deserves just because it's exploring society from a different angle: using the fantastic. Having it sweep the Oscars is nice but the award people really care about, the award that would finally show that science fiction is respected as a genre, is Best Picture.

 

Gravity is an amazing film which deserved to win Best Picture...but it was also possibly the only chance we'll get at finally allowing an entire genre the respect it deserves.

 

I think all science fiction nerds, like myself, weren't just pinning our hopes on Gravity because it was an amazing movie but because it was a way to acquire validation about the genre we're passionate about. That after all this time, respectable people realize we weren't silly for following a genre about the possibilities...and through those possibilities, exploring the human condition.

[Fancyarcher]

While 12 Years A Slave was a well made movie, I think Wolf Of Wall Street should have won best adapted screenplay. It had way more memorable quotes and was a blast.

Edited March 3, 2014 by Fancyarcher

[Kalel009Shel]

12YAS was maybe the 20th best film this year.  It was good but far from the best picture of the year.

I didnt see alot of the best ones, but alot of my pals said 12 was the most moving out of them all who did see the ones nominated..I will have to watch the Wolf, and the one with Bale, Adamns  and Lawrence, and Matthew Mconn.. Im just glad Matthew finally landed his best actor nod.

[redfirebird2008]

The academy treats Nolan worse than Leo so I say no way.

 

No shit. Still can't believe no nomination for Inception, especially in light of them actually giving the award for director to another sci-fi film this year.

[DAR]

I don't really have issues with the winners, just with the overall predictability this year.

Like I said earlier the Guild awards kill any real suspense

[Kalel009Shel]

While 12 Years A Slave was a well made movie, I think Wolf Of Wall Street should have won best adapted screenplay. It had way more memorable quotes and was really funny.

Grrr crushes you and baumer manss ribsssss lol ((((CRUNCH!!!!) lol

[ban1o]

Sorry but Gravity wasn't even freaking science fiction (yeah I went there ) 

[rukaio101]

I'm just picturing JohnnY sitting in front of a giant screen watching all this arguing, stroking his Kyubey and going 'Just as planned'....

[Fancyarcher]

No shit. Still can't believe no nomination for Inception, especially in light of them actually giving the award for director to another sci-fi film this year.

 

The academy is jealous of Nolan's skills as a filmmaking.

[Jawa]

I haven't seen 12YAS, but Saving Mr. Banks really should have been nominated. It was at least better than American Hustle.

[dashrendar44]

I don't think you understand. Maybe your not a fan of the genre, but science fiction has always struggled to get the respect it frankly deserves just because it's exploring society from a different angle: using the fantastic. Having it sweep the Oscars is nice but the award people really care about, the award that would finally show that science fiction is respected as a genre, is Best Picture.

 

Gravity is an amazing film which deserved to win Best Picture...but it was also possibly the only chance we'll get at finally allowing an entire genre the respect it deserves.

 

I think all science fiction nerds, like myself, weren't just pinning our hopes on Gravity because it was an amazing movie but because it was a way to acquire validation about the genre we're passionate about. That after all this time, respectable people realize we weren't silly for following a genre about the possibilities...and through those possibilities, exploring the human condition.

 

I'm a science fiction afficionado and I don't think rewarding a scifi movie for the sake of rewarding a scifi movie is the answer. The Academy should vote for the best movie, period, the genre notwithstanding, that's how scifi should be treated, as equal to any other kind of genre. And Gravity was treated as equal.

 

For Christ sake, do I remind you Cuaron just won best director Oscar for a scifi movie? Why do people always see the half-empty bottle and not the half-full part?!

Edited March 3, 2014 by dashrendar44

[PDC1987]

Gravity is scientifically ridiculous and features some dubious dialogue, it wasn't worthy of BP.

[Kalel009Shel]

Well, I am headed to bed - up too late as it is...

Have a blessed nite Narnia Dis...Frozen landed 1billion+ and climbing. Best Animated Film and best song!! So it  got all the rewards that we hoped for...." Letttt it goooo!""   Frozen 2 is a lock!!

[redfirebird2008]

The academy is jealous of Nolan's skills as a filmmaking.

 

No but I think there are certain directors who are jealous of his popularity. It's definitely not the entire Academy though or he wouldn't be graced with so many Oscar-winning actors and technical workers on every single film he makes.

[iceroll]

Holy shit it's at 1.8m retweets already!