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

[ladyevenstar22]

my best pic is a tie between HER and 12YAS i've made up my mind !

 

12 feels personal in sense it ties into my history on an individual level and HER ties into our collective future as a species its more global !

[CoolioD1]

I just watched the Fandor video about the Best Supporting Actor race. Now, I don't usually agree with this guy's analysis at all, dude thinks Cooper is the most deserving of the nominees. But I find it interesting that he posts the screentime that each of the nominees get and for most of them it's less than what I was expecting. idk.Bradley Cooper - 41 minutesJonah Hill - 37 minutesBarkhad Abdi - 32 minutesMichael Fassbender - 30 minutesJared Leto - 19 minutes

Edited January 28, 2014 by CoolioD1

[ladyevenstar22]

what's importance of screentime have to do with impact of your presence on screen ?

 

i haven't seen captain philips so i's say this is between fassbender and leto  with leto having the edge!

[CoolioD1]

It's not important I just find it interesting. I get if no one else does, but whatever.

[Impact]

I still find the dumbest is when they gave a nomination for a lady who was on screen for less then 3 minutes

[riczhang]

what's importance of screentime have to do with impact of your presence on screen ?

 

i haven't seen captain philips so i's say this is between fassbender and leto  with leto having the edge!

 

Cus sometimes idiots (ahem IMDB) use it to classify people into lead and supporting. 

[CloneWars]

I still find the dumbest is when they gave a nomination for a lady who was on screen for less then 3 minutes

If the performance was great and the role has an impact, then it shouldn't matter. That is why it is called a supporting role.

[riczhang]

If the performance was great and the role has an impact, then it shouldn't matter. That is why it is called a supporting role.

 

This. Which is why I don't get the hate for Judi in SiL. A) It was a lovely make up for that egregious loss the previous year. She legitimately made a huge impact. I think her portrayal had a lot of character and gravitas, and was better than blanshitto's. (even though they're playing Elizabeth at different points in her life)

[Jake Gittes]

On the history of The Weinsteining

 

http://www.vulture.com/2014/01/miramax-oscar-campaigns-harvey-weinstein-timeline.html

 

 

1990
— My Left Foot was Harvey’s first big Oscar campaign. Weinstein talked about the experience in Peter Biskind’s book Down and Dirty Pictures: “In those days, the studios had a lock on the Oscars, because none of the indies campaigned aggressively. The only thing that we did to change the rules was, rather than just sitting it out and getting beat because somebody has more money, more power, more influence, we ran a guerrilla campaign.” This meant putting on meet-and-greet events where Academy members could meet Miramax film talent. Weinstein even convinced director Jim Sheridan and producer Noel Pearson to move to Los Angeles from Ireland, so they could more easily attend such gatherings.

 

— Believing that you could win an Oscar by a single vote, Weinstein went to great lengths to make sure Academy members saw his movies. In Down and Dirty Pictures, former publicist Mark Urman discussed how this was achieved: “[They] set up screenings at the Motion Picture Retirement Home, because Academy members live there, even if they're on life support. They find out where people holiday in the period between Christmas and New Year’s, and if it's Aspen, they have screenings in Aspen. If it's in Hawaii, they have screenings in Hawaii. They actually called people at home.” It's a process Harvey has continued ever since.

 

 

Edited January 30, 2014 by Jake Gittes

[CloneWars]

That Weinstein guy sure loves his Oscars

[RichWS]

A month from tomorrow? Yeezus, still a long way to go. Hanging out on here last year was so much fun.

[Impact]

The day Harvey retires will be a fantastic day

[Impact]

So who are the frontrunners in all the actings cats you guys think?

[Michael Gary Scott]

Blanchett, Leto, Mconaguehey abd Lupita

[Impact]

Though I thought Lawrence was the frontrunner, or is that just the Lawrence fanboys on this site?

[DeeCee]

Harvey has the "life support" voting block sown up.

[Impact]

Harvey seems like a politician, lies, cheats, steals

[Impact]

So earlier someone brought up how many minutes some of the nominees were on screen-well to be honest is it fair to compare Hill's runtime to some of the others as that movie is 3 hours? I think % of screen time makes more sense.

Edit: Though they did nominate Jamie Foxx for supporting in Collateral, and we wont get into True Grit.

Edited February 5, 2014 by Impact

[CoolioD1]

It's pretty much the same rank if you go by percent. Hill, Fassbender, Abdi are all around 25%.

[Impact]

Thanks-I was thinking that also, Leo is probably the smallest % as well though. (I did check the runtime of all the BP nominees earlier)