boomboom234 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I could maybe see it as a way to say sorry for not giving him a Director nom, but then again they did that giving him Best Picture. That was a joke but ı thınk affleck could do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilderic Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 (edited) We may have yet another possible contender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOi2x2mLZnY Edited August 6, 2014 by Hilderic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChD Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 We may have yet another possible contender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOi2x2mLZnY I'd say the only thing he nailed in that movie was the look. Everything else looks pretty... generic, even if based on a true story. It seems really cheesy. Unless the trailers are VERY misleading, I wouldn't consider this a contender in anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Those Ampas ready biopics are getting so stale ...Insert the enough gif here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilderic Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I'd say the only thing he nailed in that movie was the look. Everything else looks pretty... generic, even if based on a true story. It seems really cheesy. Unless the trailers are VERY misleading, I wouldn't consider this a contender in anything.I agree that the love story seems unnecessarily prominent but nailing the look is not something to be quickly dismissed. This is going to be a mimetic performance. Which the Academy loves. It's a biopic about a living legend. Which the Academy loves. And it's a man with a very serious disability. Which the Academy loves. As long as he stumbles, falls, crawls, drools and cries in pain, I think Redmayne is in a good position. Plus, I think it helps that the director has already had a series of well-received works and, with his documentaries, has already collected awards (including an Oscar). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 According to AW, it is a sanitized bio of Hawkkins life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilderic Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 According to AW, it is a sanitized bio of Hawkkins life.Exactly what the Academy loves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 (edited) Yeah, if the Academy took the bait that was Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close than they'll take the bait which is this. They've been getting better, but it annoys me because they only like to nominate certain types of movies. It's kind of annoying when they'll put in mediocre Oscar bait as a filler nom because they're apparently to good to nominate a franchise movie like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes or Skyfall. I mean, I understand they'd never nominate a blockbuster in the style of the Avengers, but those two definitely qualified for a nom. Edited August 17, 2014 by The Panda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I'm not sure if he could qualify since I thought the film was released at some festivals, but Tom Hardy for Locke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkelf Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I'm not sure if he could qualify since I thought the film was released at some festivals, but Tom Hardy for Locke He qualifies, but he's not gonna make it unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 That was what I thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 He qualifies, but he's not gonna make it unfortunately. Yeah, the academy has so many annoying bias' on what movies and people get nominated. It does make me irritated that just because a movie didn't come out in the October-December time frame doesn't mean it can't be Oscar worthy. That is going to be the bane to any major nominations for movies such as Grand Budapest Hotel, and possibly Boyhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I think Boyhood will be fine, but GBH definitely might be a victim of its release date. Hardy will probably get his long-overdue first nominaton for Bigelow's next film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I wish I saw the light and see what s so great about Hardy, he really does very little to me, there s something about his screen presence that I don t connect with.Boyhood will pass the ampas test, its narrative is way too strong to be forgotten when awards season comes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 If this movie releases wide in time, perhaps a posthumous nom for Williams will be in order 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmasterclay Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I wish I saw the light and see what s so great about Hardy, he really does very little to me, there s something about his screen presence that I don t connect with.Boyhood will pass the ampas test, its narrative is way too strong to be forgotten when awards season comes. Hardy's my favorite actor at the moment. He has a strong, competent, legitimate badass gravitas and charisma that most actors can't play. He's not the glamorous, red carpet darling who kills on talk shows. He's the guy who comes in and kicks ass as a strong, normal human being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Carell, Keaton, O'Connell, Phoenix, Spall. One of the last two I could see being snubbed in favor of Cumberbatch. On the outside looking in: Affleck, Redmayne, Coltrane, Cooper, Fiennes, Hoffman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Cumberbatch is getting rave reviews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyevenstar22 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 my cumberbatch he's awesome like that , best of luck getting one of the coveted noms spot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmasterclay Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Based on early world out of Toronto, Redmayne seems like a stone cold lock for a nomination as long as they don't consider him "too young." I'd even say he's the slightest of favorites to win it all. Seems to have stolen Cumberbatch's thunder in the "legendary troubled British scientist" face-off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
