Oscars 2014

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The nominees are:

Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street


Best Director
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street


Best Actress
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County


Best Actor
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club


Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club


Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska


Best Adapted Screenplay
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight
Billy Ray, Captain Phillips
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, Philomena
John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street


Best Original Screenplay
Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell, American Hustle
Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine
Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack, Dallas Buyers Club
Spike Jonze, Her
Bob Nelson, Nebraska


Best Original Song
“Alone Yet Not Alone,” Alone Yet Not Alone; music by Bruce Broughton, lyrics by Dennis Spiegel
“Happy,” Despicable Me 2; music and lyrics by Pharrell Williams
“Let It Go,” Frozen; music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“The Moon Song,” Her; music by Karen O., lyrics by Karen O. and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love,” Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom; music by Paul Hewson, Dan Evans, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen, a.k.a. U2; lyrics by Paul Hewson, a.k.a. Bono


Best Animated Feature
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises


Best Documentary — Feature
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet from Stardom


Best Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown, Belgium
The Great Beauty, Italy
The Hunt, Denmark
The Missing Picture, Cambodia
Omar, Palestine


Best Original Score
John Williams, The Book Thief
Steven Price, Gravity
William Butler and Owen Pallett, Her
Alexandre Desplat, Philomena
Thomas Newman, Saving Mr. Banks


Best Cinematography
Philippe Le Sourd, The Grandmaster
Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
Phedon Papamichael, Nebraska
Roger A. Deakins, Prisoners


Best Production Design
Judy Becker (Production Design); Heather Loeffler (Set Decoration), American Hustle
Andy Nicholson (Production Design); Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard (Set Decoration), Gravity
Catherine Martin (Production Design); Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration), The Great Gatsby
K.K. Barrett (Production Design); Gene Serdena (Set Decoration), Her
Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Alice Baker (Set Decoration), 12 Years a Slave


Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews, Dallas Buyers Club
Stephen Prouty, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny, The Lone Ranger


Best Costume Design
Michael Wilkinson, American Hustle
William Chang Suk Ping, The Grandmaster
Catherine Martin, The Great Gatsby
Michael O’Connor, The Invisible Woman
Patricia Norris, 12 Years a Slave


Best Film Editing
Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten, American Hustle
Christopher Rouse, Captain Phillips
John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa, Dallas Buyers Club
Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger, Gravity
Joe Walker, 12 Years a Slave


Best Visual Effects
Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould, Gravity
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick, Iron Man 3
Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier, The Lone Ranger
Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton, Star Trek Into Darkness


Best Sound Mixing
Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro, Captain Phillips
Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro, Gravity
Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland, Inside Llewyn Davis
Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow, Lone Survivor


Best Sound Editing
Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns, All Is Lost
Oliver Tarney, Captain Phillips
Glenn Freemantle, Gravity
Brent Burge, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Wylie Stateman, Lone Survivor


Best Documentary — Short
CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall


Best Live Action Short
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem


Best Animated Short
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr. Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom



American Hustle and Gravity are tied for the most nods with 10 apiece; 12 Years a Slave is close behind with nine nominations total.

[MichaelMyers]

Interesting. Another year, no horror movies. Unless you count Gravity as a horror. Suggestions, V, on how to reclaim the love affair the Academy had with Dracula and Silence of the Lambs in the 90's?

[Angra]

I really don't get how "Her" could get nominated for best picture?
Thought it was horrible. Tiny story. Dull story. And i couldn't stand Joaquin Phoenix character. Pull out your earplugs and start talking to real people, you pathetique loser!!

[newb]

I really don't get how "Her" could get nominated for best picture?
Thought it was horrible. Tiny story. Dull story. And i couldn't stand Joaquin Phoenix character. Pull out your earplugs and start talking to real people, you pathetique loser!!

you tell em boy :danger:

[Sculpt]

The nominees are:

Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Experience and instincts tell me "12 Years a Slave" is the Best Picture winner.

[Anthropophagus]

The only award i hate is the best song.For Gods sake how can you win a gong for one fucking song,and usually but not always its a shitty Disney pile of crap about some singing teacups or something.::mad::

[Angra]

Experience and instincts tell me "12 Years a Slave" is the Best Picture winner.

Still haven't seen Gravity, Nebraska and Philomena.

But yes, so far i agree. 12 Years a Slave has a good chance of Winning Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

[ferretchucker]

Eugh. The Yearly Oscars; an award show to commemorate the last 3 months of film. Half of those Best Picture nominees are still in theatres.

The problem with the Oscars is that they're controlled by people with significant personal interests and holdings in the film industry. The Oscars are used just as much to influence the future as they are to congratulate the past (again, past 3 months).

Beyond that, I have real issues with the notion of objective film grading it promotes. Yes, there are no doubt good and bad films, but "Best" (and by suggestion, existence of a worst?) is just ridiculous. Film is more diverse than I care to imagine and like any art, it works on a personal level. Uses and gratifications differ massively. I expect few of us go into many horror films expecting "high art", but the impact these films have on us is massive and...

You know what, I'll stop myself. You see the point. I'm not suggesting all films are equal - there are SOME objective measures - but it's an incredibly hazy area, as it should be.

[Sculpt]

Eugh. The Yearly Oscars; an award show to commemorate the last 3 months of film. Half of those Best Picture nominees are still in theatres.

The problem with the Oscars is that they're controlled by people with significant personal interests and holdings in the film industry. The Oscars are used just as much to influence the future as they are to congratulate the past (again, past 3 months).

Beyond that, I have real issues with the notion of objective film grading it promotes. Yes, there are no doubt good and bad films, but "Best" (and by suggestion, existence of a worst?) is just ridiculous. Film is more diverse than I care to imagine and like any art, it works on a personal level. Uses and gratifications differ massively. I expect few of us go into many horror films expecting "high art", but the impact these films have on us is massive and...

You know what, I'll stop myself. You see the point. I'm not suggesting all films are equal - there are SOME objective measures - but it's an incredibly hazy area, as it should be.
I know what you mean, Ferret. Film enjoyment, like all art enjoyment, is intrinsically a subjective endeavor. So naturally critiques, ratings and awards are also intrinsically controversial. I know you know I'm stating the obvious. But look at it this way, it's a way to discuss and appreciate the work and the artists. I think feeling hurt by a perceived "snub" for an award is form of envy.

Hmm... thinking about it, disagreeing with a rating or critique really need not involve any hurt/nagative feelings; since it's obvious we all have different opinions. Actually feeling hurt/angry/etc about a poor rating or critique... the bad feeling is probably envy for the praise of acknowledging one's own good taste. Some of us like to say it's loyalty to the art/artist, but that might be a masking of feelings, especially if the artist isn't around to hear it. But I digress.

You may be right about personal film industry profits being too personally tied to the Oscars. I don't know enough about it myself. I know film industry artists vote. And film sales get a boost by receiving an award; and films going for that tend to be released just before the Globe/Oscar consideration. There's a lot going on. I think of any names off hand, but I have heard of a many nominations for films that were early in the year. Not sure about winners though.

[neverending]

It's just a publicity event for Hollywood, Ferret. Everyone knows it, so just sit back and enjoy it.

There's no objectivity to it. I mean, Hitchcock never won best director- all he got was an honorary Oscar for his career.

[NightOfTheLiving_Sam]

Interesting line up they have for this year. Who knows what will happen this year, I never get upset by the winning's really. They're just interesting to watch. Everyone on this list has interesting plot stories and did a lot of work. Believe too many people get overally upset by who win's and who doesn't. To me it's simply an Hollywood event. Everyone's a winner in my eyes; but that's just my opinion. The movie "Her" though does seem very odd to me though and I was never was interested in seeing the movie when I saw the trailer.

[ferretchucker]

I know what you mean, Ferret. Film enjoyment, like all art enjoyment, is intrinsically a subjective endeavor. So naturally critiques, ratings and awards are also intrinsically controversial. I know you know I'm stating the obvious. But look at it this way, it's a way to discuss and appreciate the work and the artists. I think feeling hurt by a perceived "snub" for an award is form of envy.

Hmm... thinking about it, disagreeing with a rating or critique really need not involve any hurt/nagative feelings; since it's obvious we all have different opinions. Actually feeling hurt/angry/etc about a poor rating or critique... the bad feeling is probably envy for the praise of acknowledging one's own good taste. Some of us like to say it's loyalty to the art/artist, but that might be a masking of feelings, especially if the artist isn't around to hear it. But I digress.

You may be right about personal film industry profits being too personally tied to the Oscars. I don't know enough about it myself. I know film industry artists vote. And film sales get a boost by receiving an award; and films going for that tend to be released just before the Globe/Oscar consideration. There's a lot going on. I think of any names off hand, but I have heard of a many nominations for films that were early in the year. Not sure about winners though.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that critcism of art per se is bad. Just that when Roeper or Kermode grade a film it is understood that THEY are grading it. It's just like having a very well informed friend give you their opinion.

The Academy, however, is - to the average person - essentially an abstract entity. And the way it, presents itself and is presented, it is seen as an almost omnipotent and objective figure.

And likewise, they're not saying what's good or bad, but what is the BEST. But take best cinematography for example. What makes something the best? Most inventive? Most ambitious? That which imparts the most meaning? In Classical Hollywood style the best would be the least notable for it's invisbility. It differs in all cultures, genres, times etc. A written review can explain WHY something is GOOD. But to just reduce the entire years output into one single best is ridiculous.

[urgeok2]

Personally, I think the Oscars are an annual freak show where regular folk sit at home watching, in the hopes that they'll see famous people embarrass themselves by doing or saying something inappropriate or stupid so they can talk about it on facebook the next day.

the same way other people watch car races for the crashes and hockey for the fights.

We all know art is subjective so it usually ends up being a popularity contest

[ferretchucker]

Personally, I think the Oscars are an annual freak show where regular folk sit at home watching, in the hopes that they'll see famous people embarrass themselves by doing or saying something inappropriate or stupid so they can talk about it on facebook the next day.

the same way other people watch car races for the crashes and hockey for the fights.

We all know art is subjective so it usually ends up being a popularity contest

Anne Hathaway's train-wreck speeches definitely felt like watching a Victorian freak show...

[Sculpt]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that criticism of art per se is bad. Just that when Roeper or Kermode grade a film it is understood that THEY are grading it. It's just like having a very well informed friend give you their opinion.

The Academy, however, is - to the average person - essentially an abstract entity. And the way it, presents itself and is presented, it is seen as an almost omnipotent and objective figure.

And likewise, they're not saying what's good or bad, but what is the BEST. But take best cinematography for example. What makes something the best? Most inventive? Most ambitious? That which imparts the most meaning? In Classical Hollywood style the best would be the least notable for it's invisibility. It differs in all cultures, genres, times etc. A written review can explain WHY something is GOOD. But to just reduce the entire years output into one single best is ridiculous.

Ya, I know what you mean. I look at it as more of reminiscing about the films of the year. The nominations grab memorable moments and films. And we just say, yeah, that was meaningful.

So which Best Picture Winner years bothered you the most? These are some that bugged me:

For 1981 Chariots of Fire won best picture over Reds, On Golden Pond and Raider of the Lost Ark (all of which were much better). Bogus. ::big grin:: And Atlantic City was nominated for best picture. That film sucked -- a dispicable film about dispicable people, without meaning.

[The Villain]

Damn am i the only one who likes watching these things? To me it doesn't really mean anything, it's just for fun and entertainment. I also like seeing movies that i enjoyed win the awards which is why i usually try and watch all the nominated movies each year.

So far i've seen Gravity, American Hustle and 12 Years a Slave. My pick to win so far would be Gravity, an amazing movie that blew me away.

I shared my feelings for American Hustle on here before and as for 12 Years a Slave, it was ok but it didn't impress me or wow me like a Best Picture movie should. The acting was great and i think Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor have a good chance of winning their respective awards but the movie didn't move me in the way that a movie like that should. It was long, slow, and a lot of the scenes fell flat with me. It was ok but nothing special.

[roshiq]

Damn! And again I haven't seen a single nominated film of this year so far ::embarrassment::

[Angra]

"Gravity" 9/10

Best picture, best director, best visual effects, best cinematography. And then some.

^^

[neverending]

Gravity will not win any of the big 6, and I'm not making any comment on the quality of the film- just on its chances of winning one of the top 6 awards.

[Angra]

Gravity will not win any of the big 6, and I'm not making any comment on the quality of the film- just on its chances of winning one of the top 6 awards.

It's not so much a prediction as it is my personal opinion/wish.

But you're probably right. Gravity is not based on a true story. ::roll eyes::

[neverending]

It's not so much a prediction as it is my personal opinion/wish.

But you're probably right. Gravity is not based on a true story. ::roll eyes::


LOL ::big grin::

[Sculpt]

True, the Acedemy just doesn't tend to pick action sci-fis for best picture. I haven't seen Gravity yet, so I can't speak it specifically. These movies didn't win best picture: Frankenstein 31, Incredible Shrinking Man, A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, Alien, Blade Runner, ET, Poltergeist, Aliens, Jurrasic Park, Avatar, AI, Gattica, Minority Report, Ghost, Apollo 13, etc.

Plus I see 12 Yrs a Slave won the Golden Globe.