Thursday 14 January 2016

The 2016 Oscar Nominations


It's quite difficult to care about this announcement when mourning the loss of Alan Rickman, but the 2016 Oscar nominations have been unveiled, and here's the full list (and some comments):

Best Picture
Brooklyn

I honestly though Star Wars and Carol would have got a nomination, but The Revenant is going to win anyway.

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
Matt Damon - The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl

Sweet, Michael Fassbender got his second nomination. Too bad for his this is DiCaprio's year. I feel like Michael B. Jordan is missing here.

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn

Wait... where the hell is Rooney Mara? Also, I love J-Law but seriously? Can't they do the Oscars without her? 

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

Error 404 - Todd Haynes and Quentin Tarantino not found. 

Best Foreign Language Picture
Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia)
Mustang (France)
Son of Saul (Hungary)
Theeb (Jordan)
A War (Denmark)

Best Original Score
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

What is Sicario doing here?

Best Original Screenplay
Straight Outta Compton

I'm surprised to see "Straight Outta Compton" and "Inside Out" here as I am to not see "The Hateful Eight".

Best Adapted Screenplay
Brooklyn

Best Production Design
The Revenant

Can't believe a space film got nominated. It's so unusual.

Best Visual Effects
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

I'm trying to picture the faces of those at Marvel: all that money and not even a nomination.

Best Film Editing

The Big Short? Seriously? 

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

And there she is, Rooney Mara. Weird because when I saw 'Carol', a week ago, I had the impression she was leading along with Cate Blanchett. Never mind. 

Alicia Vikander got nominated for "The Danish Girl" and not for "Ex Machina"? What kind of witchcraft is that?

And Jane Fonda is missing.

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

If Stallone wins over Hardy and Rylance the world's gonna end. By the way, where is Idris Elba? 

Best Animated Feature

Best Animated Short
Beat Story
Prologue
Sanjay's Super Team
We Can't Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

Best Live-Action Short
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer

Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Best Sound Mixing

Best Sound Editing
Sicario

Best Costume Design
Cinderella
The Revenant

Where is Crimson Peak? If there was anything great about the film was the costumes.

Best Documentary Feature
Amy
Cartel and
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

Best Documentary Short Subject
Body Team 1
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom

Best Cinematography
Sicario

This is going to be a tough one!

Best Original Song
Earned It (The Weeknd) - Fifty Shades of Grey
Manta Ray (J. Ralph & Antony) - Racing Extinction
Simple Song #3 (Sumi Jo) - Youth
Til It Happens to You (Lady Gaga) - The Hunting Ground
Writing's on the Wall (Sam Smith) - Spectre

If Spectre's shit song wins, I might as well kill myself. "Earned It" is a good song but "Love Me Like You Do" is better and should have been here.

Bottom line: "The Revenant" basically got all the nominations and Tarantino was completely snobbed. So what do you think about the noms? Let me know in the comments below!

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