88TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS Discussion Topic (LIVE! Today's discussion begins on pg 33)

[MovieMan89]

I'd imagine the same people who enjoy Lava are the kind who love Yellow Submarine and Octopus's Garden. Me personally, I find them to be lows for artists who are above that. 

Edited January 14, 2016 by MovieMan89

[Jack Nevada]

2 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

I'd imagine the same people who enjoy Lava are the kind who love Yellow Submarine and Octopus's Garden. Me personally, I find them to be lows for artists who are above that. 

I like both of those songs (Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da as well) 

Edited January 14, 2016 by Jack Nevada

[MovieMan89]

13 minutes ago, filmlover said:

I was hoping that the kid from Room could sneak in because he sure was cute at the Globes on Sunday. Very much looking forward to finally seeing Room.

The movie would totally fail without his performance (even more so than w/o Larson's), so in a way it is pretty bizarre that there is such strong support for it with them, yet he wouldn't be nominated. Especially if Wallis could get in lead for Beasts of the Southern Wild a few years ago. 

Edited January 14, 2016 by MovieMan89

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, MovieMan89 said:

The movie would totally fail without his performance (even more so than w/o Larson's), so in a way it is pretty bizarre that there is such strong support for it with them, yet he wouldn't be nominated. Especially if Wallis could get in lead for Beasts of the Southern Wild a few years ago. 

Best Actress was death that year. It was a year where even Meryl could've gotten in just for being Meryl but her movie didn't get any kind of campaign.

[Dementeleus]

2 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

The movie would totally fail without his performance (even more so than w/o Larson's), so in a way it is pretty bizarre that there is such strong support for it with them, yet he wouldn't be nominated. Especially if Wallis could get in lead for Beasts of the Southern Wild a few years ago. 

 

I thought David Poland had a solid point, which was that with extremely young kids, a performance is heavily crafted by the director (with help from their co-stars), no matter the kids' innate talent. So the nod to Abrahamson is an appreciation for Tremblay's performance.

[DAR]

17 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

I'd imagine the same people who enjoy Lava are the kind who love Yellow Submarine and Octopus's Garden. Me personally, I find them to be lows for artists who are above that. 

You mean two of the best children's songs.

[DAR]

Regarding the whole diversity thing.  I used think that Sam Jackson, Michael B Jordan, Ryan Coogler, F Gary Gray etc were all talented individuals but since they weren't nominated I'll have to rethink my stance.  Oh wait not really because it doesn't matter.  Just like DiCaprio doesn't need a win to validate that he's a great actor.

[Impact]

That sad moment when you realize-50 Shades has more nominations then the The Hunger Games and Mission: Impossible franchises and has the same number of nominations that the X-Men franchise has.

[Fancyarcher]

2 hours ago, Impact said:

No Lava in animated short, was hoping it get nominated.

 

Sanjay's Super Team was a more worthy Pixar short nomination IMO.

[Fancyarcher]

2 hours ago, The Panda said:

 

I'd make an exception to Jessica Jones and maybe Daredevil.  They are on par with a lot Pixar and Studio Ghibli stuff.

 

But the point still stands.

 

I've seen all of Jessica Jones and Daredevil, and while both are pretty terrific, they don't connect to me on an emotional level, like some of my favorite Pixar and Studio Ghibli films do.

 

Still they're pretty great Netflix originals.

[Goffe]

I still need to see Room, Spotlight and Big Short, but at this moment I think Mad Max is, for the lack of a better movie, the best BP nominee, TR close second.

[MikeQ]

My tally for correct predictions for nominees:

 

Picture - 7/8

Director - 4/5

Actress - 4/5

Actor - 5/5

Supporting Actress - 4/5

Supporting Actor - 4/5

Original Screenplay - 4/5

Adapted Screenplay - 4/5

Film Editing - 4/5

Cinematography - 4/5

Production Design - 4/5

Sound Mixing - 5/5

Sound Editing - 4/5

Visual Effects - 4/5

Costume Design - 4/5

Makeup & Hairstyling - 2/3

Original Score - 4/5

Original Song - 3/5

Animated Feature Film - 4/5

Foreign Language Film - 3/5

Documentary - 3/5

Documentary (Short Subject) - 3/5

Animated Short Film - 5/5

Live Action Short Film - 5/5

 

TOTAL: 97/121

 

Not terrible, though I could have done better.

 

Peace,

Mike

[Harpospoke]

6 hours ago, Cmasterclay said:

Also, in general, bringing this up doesn't mean the nominated performances weren't terrific or deserving- most were. But every...single....year, either 20/20 or 19/20 of the actors, almost all of the directors, and all but MAYBE one of the pictures are white, white, white. This country is about 37 percent black, Latino, mixed, or Asian. This year, we have a sum total of ONE nominee that comes from those groups-

 

Any issue with 75% of the NBA being black players?   Or 68% of the NFL being black players?    Should we be trying to get more white players in those leagues to address the "problem"?

[Kalo]

Yeah TOM HARDY!!!

[The Panda]

2 hours ago, Impact said:

That sad moment when you realize-50 Shades has more nominations then the The Hunger Games and Mission: Impossible franchises and has the same number of nominations that the X-Men franchise has.

 

And 50 Shades deserved it's one nomination (maybe for the other song, but still), and THG and MI did not deserve any nominations.

[filmlover]

"Earned It" is much better than "Love Me Like You Do" (although that could be because at this point I wish Ellie Goulding would stop stalking me with her songs).

[angeldelmito]

12 hours ago, Alpha said:

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Mad Max: Fury Road

The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

The Revenant

.....Only 3 nominees for this and you'd think they could've added MJ2 in that slot..... Smh.

[filmlover]

23 minutes ago, angeldelmito said:

.....Only 3 nominees for this and you'd think they could've added MJ2 in that slot..... Smh.

The Make Up category has always been a 3 nominee only one.

Edited January 15, 2016 by filmlover

[angeldelmito]

10 minutes ago, filmlover said:

The Make Up category has always been a 3 nominee only one.

 

13 hours ago, Alpha said:

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Mad Max: Fury Road

The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

The Revenant

One can only dream. Oh well.

[WrathOfHan]

1 hour ago, angeldelmito said:

.....Only 3 nominees for this and you'd think they could've added MJ2 in that slot..... Smh.

Mockingjay didn't even make the shortlist