The 88th Academy Awards (Oscars 2016)

[Toby]

Nominations have now been released for the Oscars, which will take place on February 28th.

The Big Four:

Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

Best Director
Lenny Abrahamson - Room
Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revenant
Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
Adam McKay - The Big Short
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Actor
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Brie Larson – Room
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

The rest:

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Sylvester Stallone – Creed

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara – Carol
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

Best Original Screenplay
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

Best Adapted Screenplay
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – The Big Short
Nick Hornby - Brooklyn
Phyllis Nagy – Carol
Drew Goddard – The Martian
Emma Donoghue – Room

Best Animated Feature Film
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

Best animated short film
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Superteam
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

Best foreign language film
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War

Best documentary – feature
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Best documentary – short subject
Body Team 12
Chau Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann
A Girl in the River
Last Day of Freedom

Best live action short
film
Ava Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok
Stutterer

Best original score
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Original Song
Earned It – 50 Shades of Grey
Til it Happens to You – The Hunting Ground
Writings on the Wall – Spectre
Manta Ray – Racing Extinction
Simple Song 3 – Youth

Best film editing
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Spotlight

Best visual effects
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best cinematography
Carol
Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

Best production design
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant

Best Sound Editing
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Sound Mixing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best costume design
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

Best makeup and hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Diasappeared
The Revenant

[Lewis]

Yevrah, mate. :cab:

[Yevrah]

Didn't even know it was happening today. :moop:

[Toby]

Films with more than one nomination:

The Revenant – 12
Mad Max: Fury Road – 10
The Martian – 7
Carol – 6
Spotlight – 6
Bridge of Spies – 6
The Big Short – 5
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 5
Room – 4
The Danish Girl – 4
Brooklyn – 3
The Hateful Eight – 3
Sicario – 3

I've only seen The Martian and Bridge of Spies so there's a lot of catching up to do.

[phonics]

I've only seen Bridge of Spies and Mad Max but I'm guessing The Martian will win it with ease.

[Pepe]

'A-le-jandro, A-le-jandro!

[Toby]

I've only seen Bridge of Spies and Mad Max but I'm guessing The Martian will win it with ease.

The Revenant sounds like pretty strong competition.

[John Arne]

I've heard that Redmayne was pretty terrible in The Danish Girl.

I've never heard of Trumbo.

[ItalAussie]

I'd love The Martian to win stuff, but it's realistically only in line for the visual/effects stuff, and adapted screenplay.

It's not really an Academy Film, I think.

[John Arne]

It's my Film of the Year, I think.

I enjoyed The Big Short and Room - but if I had to re-watch one now, it would The Martian.

[ItalAussie]

Odds for the major categories:

Best Picture
Spotlight: 2.1
The Revenant: 2.75

Best Actor
DiCaprio: 1.14
Fassbender: 7

Best Actress
Brie Larson: 1.3
Saorise Ronan: 6

Best Supporting Actor
Sylvester Stallone: 1.83
Mark Rylance: 2.5

Best Supporting Actress
Rooney Mara: 1.5
Alicia Vikander: 4.5
Kate Winslet: 5

Best Director
Inarritu: 1.73
McCarthy: 4

Serious drop-offs outside of the listed names, which suggests that the winners are likely to come from this pool. DiCaprio's such a sure thing, I wondered whether it was worth even listing Fassbender.

[Sam]

Leo nailed on for it isn't he?

Is Redmayne only in there because of the subject matter as The Danish Girl was generally shit and he was woeful in my opinion.

[Henry]

*Insert obligatory criticism of self-congratulatory consumerist wankfest with no substance*

Carry on.

[ItalAussie]

I'd love The Martian to win stuff, but it's realistically only in line for the visual/effects stuff, and adapted screenplay.

It's not really an Academy Film, I think.

Actually, you'd have to think that Star Wars and Mad Max are going to walk the visual effects stuff. Martian could easily come away with nothing. I hope it doesn't, although the fact that Scott isn't getting a look-in at Best Director is a worry.

[Spammer]

Hope Leo wins. Would be good to see what he has to say.

[Yevrah]

If his Golden Globes speech is anything to go by, not a lot.

[Toby]

He's won that a few times though.

[Lewis]

He'll say something like 'I don't know why people make a big deal about me and the Oscars. I've never produced a performance that ought to have won one'.

[hfswjyr]

Stallone/Rocky is back to claim his Academy Award 38 years later. Amazing.

[simon]

They're kicking off because all of the people nominated are white.

I mean, honestly. Just fuck off.

[Toby]

If the respective reception of Redmayne and Jordan's performances are accurate, 'they' probably have a point.

[Baz]

Sigh, it would have been nice to see Heaven Adores You nominated in one of the documentary categories. I'd assumed it was left out last year with a view to including it this time around because it wasn't technically released yet, but I guess it's just not good enough, or famous enough, or whatever.

[simon]

Surely we're civilised enough these days to be able to pick someone for an award without factoring in their race/gender/whatever the fuck else though, right?

NO BLACK ACTORS insinuates there's a conspiracy and that they haven't been nominated because of their colour. It's shite.

[Yevrah]

Surely we're civilised enough these days to be able to pick someone for an award without factoring in their race/gender/whatever the fuck else though, right?

NO BLACK ACTORS insinuates there's a conspiracy and that they haven't been nominated because of their colour. It's shite.

It's getting quite ridiculous now.

Who are the people who've supposedly been overlooked in all this?

[Lewis]

If the respective reception of Redmayne and Jordan's performances are accurate, 'they' probably have a point.

I haven't seen either film, but boxing vs trannies isn't even a contest.

[Yevrah]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-oscar-nominations-overlook-black-actors-films-article-1.2496777

So, Straight Outta Compton (come now), Beasts of No Nation (not a film) and The Martian (er, no) supposedly all contain actors of colour overlooked.

There might be a point to be had with Creed, but I haven't seen it yet.

[Yevrah]

I haven't seen either film, but boxing vs trannies isn't even a contest.

I just refuse to believe the film's that good. I could of course be wrong, but I won't be.

[Toby]

How is Beasts of No Nation "not a film"? Is a cinema release a qualifying criteria?

[Yevrah]

How is Beasts of No Nation "not a film"? Is a cinema release a qualifying criteria?

Er, yes. And if it isn't, it bloody well should be.

[Pepe]

It was shown in theaters here.

[Toby]

It appears it was also shown in some here.

[Yevrah]

It was shown in theaters here.

The Sherlock Christmas special was shown in theaters here. It's still manifestly a tv show.

[Toby]

It's over two hours long, billed from the get-go as a "Netflix Original Film", not part of or an offshoot of a TV series, and as it turns out, was shown in various cinemas in both the US and the UK. I haven't seen it to know if the performances were any good but I see no reason it should be excluded from consideration.

[Yevrah]

It's over two hours long, billed from the get-go as a "Netflix Original Film", not part of or an offshoot of a TV series, and as it turns out, was shown in various cinemas in both the US and the UK. I haven't seen it to know if the performances were any good but I see no reason it should be excluded from consideration.

If Netflix want to make a film, release it in theaters and then once it's finished its run release it online then fine, but shoving it on Netflix first/at the same time as cinemas makes it a tv programme that's showing in cinemas.

That they've pretentiously chosen to label it as a "Netflix Original Film" doesn't change that.

And the length of it (particularly the over 2 hour part) has nothing to do with anything.

[Toby]

Make whatever arbitrary judgements you like, I and I'm sure plenty others will call it a film.

EDIT:

But, as it turns out, 'The Academy' make their own bullshit outdated rules that would presumably rule it out.

http://mentalfloss.com/uk/movies/27414/how-does-a-movie-qualify-for-a-best-picture-academy-award


4. A MOVIE MUST NOT BROADCAST IN NON-THEATRICAL FORMAT BEFORE RELEASING IN L.A.

Here’s one that caused a bit of trouble during the Academy’s assessment of eligibility for films released in 2014 (specifically The Babadook). A film cannot release on television, on DVD, on Video on demand/Pay-per-view, or via legal release on the Internet prior to its qualifying Los Angeles County run.

[Baz]

[url]Straight Outta Compton (come now)

Ice Cube though!

[Yevrah]

Make whatever arbitrary judgements you like, I and I'm sure plenty others will call it a film.

EDIT:

But, as it turns out, 'The Academy' make their own bullshit outdated rules that would presumably rule it out.

http://mentalfloss.com/uk/movies/27414/how-does-a-movie-qualify-for-a-best-picture-academy-award

Seems an absolutely legitimate criteria to me.

Nice that a professional journalist wrote an article citing a film being overlooked that wasn't even eligible though. Top bombing.

[SvN]

Are straight to DVD "films" not proper films then in your eyes, Yev?

[Yevrah]

Are straight to DVD "films" not proper films then in your eyes, Yev?

If they're not shown on tv before/at the same time as they're released then I'd have them down as films.

It's the showing of the piece on tv first (and then claiming it's a film) that I take issue with.

[Yevrah]

Are straight to DVD "films" not proper films then in your eyes, Yev?

If they're not shown on tv before/at the same time as they're released on DVD then I'd have them down as films.

It's the showing of the piece on tv first (and then claiming it's a film) that I take issue with.

[Toby]

Netflix isn't TV any more than a DVD is, not that I would really have seen the issue any more had Beasts of No Nation appeared straight on BBC One.

[Yevrah]

Out of interest Tobes, would you accept Sherlock being nominated then?

[Toby]

No, because it spawned from a TV series and doesn't stand on its own merit without the context that provides it.

(There probably is some arbitrary judgement going on there too, since each part independently isn't necessarily different to part of e.g. Lord of the Rings. But I don't think Sherlock or an episode of it has been billed as or intended to be viewed as a film.)

[Boydy]

Strap yourselves in, guys. This is about to get boring.

[Byron]

The Memeverse would explode if Leo won the Oscar.

[John]

The most disappointing thing there is Inside Out not even being nominated for Best Picture. I could see it losing the Animated one to Anomalisa too, so that's a shitter.

Fucking lol at Mad Max being nominated for that many. They're opening themselves up to criticism when Denzel Washington's sequel to The Equaliser doesn't get a look in next year.

[Yevrah]

Starts in under an hour and a half.

Mon' Stallone.

[Pepe]

Lubezki winning three in a row. :drool:

[ItalAussie]

This year is as open as Best Picture has been in years, I think. Spotlight, The Big Short, and The Revenant are all legitimate contenders, and Mad Max could even get past as a bolter. You'd think Spotlight will get it, but it's hard to tell.

Leonardo Di Caprio, Sylvester Stallone and Brie Larsen can all start writing their acceptance speeches now.

[SvN]

The Revenant is pretty heavily odds on. Obviously that's no certainty (if I recall correctly, Mickey Rourke was around 1.2 shortly before Sean Pen was announced), but it's a strong favourite.

[Yevrah]

Seriously, what on earth were they thinking with that Bond song?

[Spoonsky]

Rooney Mara woz robbed.

[Danny]

http://i.imgur.com/B0j7aYH.gif

[Yevrah]

4 for Mad Max already.

[Yevrah]

Make that 5. Jesus.

[Bernanke]

http://abload.de/img/untitled-1021r6i.gif

[Yevrah]

6. :D

Fuck me.

[ItalAussie]

Rooney Mara woz robbed.There's some people saying that both Rooney Mara and Alicia Vikander really ought to have been put in the Best Actress category, but both were adjudged to be a better chance of winning in the Supporting Actress category.


6. :D

Fuck me.
This is some very interesting momentum. George MIller might have some work to do at the pointy end of the program if it carries on. Best Visual Effects will be an interesting bellwether; if Mad Max beats out Star Wars, it suggests that the film polled unexpectedly well with the voters. Although The Revenant picking up Best Original Screenplay is probably a bigger indicator of the final big awards of the night.

[Bernanke]

Fuck yes, Ex Machina!

[Yevrah]

Yep. There has to come a time when you take so many of the technical awards you can't help but be best director.

No fucking idea how Ex Machina's won that though mind.

[ItalAussie]

Woah. I was fully expecting Star Wars to get the nod there. Although the voters may be saving it all up in case they get to pull a Return of the King in two years time.

[Spoonsky]

There's some people saying that both Rooney Mara and Alicia Vikander really ought to have been put in the Best Actress category, but both were adjudged to be a better chance of winning in the Supporting Actress category.


This is some very interesting momentum. George MIller might have some work to do at the pointy end of the program if it carries on. Best Visual Effects will be an interesting bellwether; if Mad Max beats out Star Wars, it suggests that the film polled unexpectedly well with the voters. Although The Revenant picking up Best Original Screenplay is probably a bigger indicator of the final big awards of the night.

I thought Spotlight won Best Original Screenplay?

[Spoonsky]

Mark Rylance deserves that. :)

[ItalAussie]

There's the upset. I'm sure Stallone will live.

[ItalAussie]

I thought Spotlight won Best Original Screenplay?

I meant Spotlight. My brain is mush.

[ItalAussie]

Ennio Morricone winning Best Score is fantastic, and goodness knows he deserved to win something at some stage.

Sam Smith winning Best Song for that insipid attempt at a Bond song is less fantastic. I would've liked to see Lady Gaga win it, to be honest. She's got serious talent under all the pageantry.

[Yevrah]

Indeed. Even Sam Smith thinks it's shit.

[John Arne]

Inarittu having a dig at a racial equality is a tad off. The Revenant you can excuse given them period, however, of the 18 'main' cast in Birdman, 0 were black. The Academy cannot nominate if the actors aren't given roles.

[John Arne]

Brie wins :) very well deserved.

[Kikó]

It would have caused a stink if it hadn't.

[QE Harold Flair]

I watched Spotlight on the back of its success last night. Good film but if that's the best of the year it's been a shit year. I'd score it a 7.5 or an 8, myself.

[Toby]

There are a few films I've yet to see - including that - but it does seem to have been a relatively poor year, yes.

[hfswjyr]

Agreed. Good film, but surprised to see it given as the best of the year. Something very cool about films set in Boston (obviously not the abuse...).

[John]

Room was the best film.

Did they really end the show with fucking 'Fight The Power' playing?

[QE Harold Flair]

Blacks innit.

[Spoonsky]

Carol and Bridge of Spies were both great films, though neither really innovative in any way, but other than that is does seem pretty thin.

[Spoonsky]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/movies/party-hopping-with-daisy-ridley-and-bryan-cranston.html?WT.mc_id=D-NYT-MKTG-MOD-92537-03-01-HD&WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_c=


Laura Kim, of Participant Media, which produced the film, had just taken Phil Saviano, a survivor of clergy abuse whose story is depicted in “Spotlight,” to the emergency room. Before the Oscars, Mr. Saviano had suffered a blood clot that required he be hospitalized, but, against medical advice, had checked himself out to attend the ceremony, and afterward checked himself back in (reportedly he was faring well).

That's pretty bad-ass.