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

[MrPink]

Man of Steel being left out isn't too egregious. It wore its budget on its sleeve, but there were some effects that looked pretty rough.

Edited January 16, 2014 by MrPink

[AniNate]

 

Barkhad Abdi ‏@RealBarkhad3h

Oscar nominated Actor.

 

Hey, good for him though. This guy was driving limos in Minneapolis not too long ago and now people are driving him around in them.

 

 

You have to wonder how someone like Paul Greengrass ever came across him. I mean, the guy had been in absolutely nothing before this film and now all of a sudden he's on the A-list.

[baumer]

You thought Croods and DM2 were?

 

DM2 was much better imo.  Never saw Croods.  I'm not big on animation.

[forg]

I'm glad with The Lone Ranger visual effects nod because it shows that practical visual effects can still shine in this CGI-heavy world ight now. Yeah the movie is dull but the craftmanship in the railroad set pieces IMHO is worthy of the nomination.

[Jack Nevada]

Man of Steel being left out isn't too egregious. It wore its budget on its sleeve, but there were some effects that looked pretty rough.

Plus havent seen buildings grtting destroyred already? Done better?

[eXtacy]

Pixar is no longer the giant we expect, Monsters U snub w/ five better animated films? Don't think that is possible

 

Pixars last 3 titles have been extremely poor in regards to their own standards, maybe that's why they have been snubbed because they have disappointed peoples expectations.

[Jack Nevada]

You have to wonder how someone like Paul Greengrass ever came across him. I mean, the guy had been in absolutely nothing before this film and now all of a sudden he's on the A-list.

Auditions.

[rukaio101]

We are talking about Visual Effects, and Man of Steel destroys Lone Ranger in that category.

The camera in MoS didn't keep still long enough to appreciate the effects.

 

Anyway, Pacific Rim destroys both of those films effects and quality wise.

[forg]

You have to wonder how someone like Paul Greengrass ever came across him. I mean, the guy had been in absolutely nothing before this film and now all of a sudden he's on the A-list.

 They had an open casting for the role and he auditioned. Great find

[Leyla]

went to our local imdb-like movie site

 

80% of the comments abt how Rush & Bruhl snub is unfair & Hill should gtfo (not as many comments as I'd want  )    

im not alooooone

Edited January 16, 2014 by Tauriel

[AniNate]

 They had an open casting for the role and he auditioned. Great find

 

In Minneapolis? Or did he make the trip to LA? His biography's pretty sketchy right now.

[forg]

Pixars last 3 titles have been extremely poor in regards to their own standards, maybe that's why they have been snubbed because they have disappointed peoples expectations.

 

Brave still won though but it was the highest grossing animated film last year so that gave it an edge

[baumer]

Jonah Hill getting a nomination has to be my favourite part of the selections.  Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled for so many others, but Hill's performance when he was on Quelludes was enough to get him in my book.

[forg]

In Minneapolis? Or did he make the trip to LA? His biography's pretty sketchy right now.

In Minneapolis. I read an article about him and he said he saw the open casting call on local TV so he tried out

[Dark 33Legend of the Sith]

Biggest Dissapointment: Lack of support for Saving Mr. Banks and an Emma Thompson nomination.  She was fantastic and the movie was so well done.

[Cmasterclay]

I don't know if I love or hate these nominations. Great to see that Leo made it- I was dreading the inevitable snub. Awesome for Hill too, and for Her. But alot of bad stuff. I loved Bale in Hustle, he turns an otherwise average film into a pretty good one, IMO, but God....over Hanks? Really? If there was to be a snub, I would have loved to see Phoenix nominated. Also, very upset that ILD didn't get a picture nom, and that Thompson and Spike Jonze were snubbed. Sad.  Also, Cooper doesn't deserve it over Gyllenhall, and Roberts over Spencer? Meh. I need to see Nebraska and DBC to have a fuller opinion, but yea.

[Jack Nevada]

In Minneapolis? Or did he make the trip to LA? His biography's pretty sketchy right now.

There are a lit of Somalis in Minnespolis so they held the casting call there iirc.

[Dark 33Legend of the Sith]

I would say, that things may be shaping up for a Gravity win which would absolutely thrill me.

 

The lack of a cinematography nomination for 12 Years was suspicious.  Things seem split up enough were Gravity could sneak in there and pull it out.

[forg]

So “Alone Yet Not Alone" is a small Christian movie that was played in very limited screens. Very obscure but the Music branch is known for this anyway

[Bob Violence]

MoS wasn't even shortlisted for the VFX category:

 

Elysium
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Oblivion
Star Trek Into Darkness
Thor: The Dark World
Pacific Rim
World War Z