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Oh yes, well done the Irish. =D> I haven't seen many other nominated films, either, yet - some I don't even want to, but most I do want to see - but at least I know when they'll be coming to my neck of the woods (even before the Oscar night, woohoo). Those two though, I don't even have official release dates for either :( and I really want to see them. I hope the Oscar noms help (not that they always do) and they at least get here.
About Lenny Abrahamson's nomination... By the time they got to directors in the announcements, I was already so giddy that when the first name was said (Adam McKay) I just went "wheeeeeee!!!" and after the second (George Miller) I must have momentarily lost consciousness from all the accumulated I-can't-believe-this-is-happening bliss that the rest of the names didn't really register. I was reading the nominations list after the live announcements, and it was "yes... yes... yes... yes... whaaaaat? wait a minute who's not here then?" Indeed, no Scott (he got DGA and BAFTA), no Spielberg (BAFTA), no Haynes (BAFTA), but Abrahamson. Wow. I don't know his work at all, so can't comment, but just wow. Apparently not many saw that one coming.
(It took me a bit longer to realize what had happened in the screenplay categories... I didn't really care if Tarantino or Sorkin got nominated in their respective categories, so it was only when people started whining about them being snubbed that I took another look at those...)
Um, yes, off topic, I know, I'll shut up now and get my ass outta here.
http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001983/2015?ref_=ttawd_ev_11
http://variety.com/2015/film/in-contention/oscars-predictions-best-original-song-1201601076/
Abrahamson is brilliant. You should watch Frank.
Look at page 2 of this topic ;-). Plentiful Awards chatter from my side ;-).
I sometimes am a bit disappointed that people think that the Oscars by default choose bad items in a particular category. For instance, with "Original Song", we should be happy that such a godawful rap/R&B-thing didn't make the cut.
"Writing's On The Wall" is no "Skyfall" if you ask me, but it's one of the best 'growers' I've heard from the Bond franchise. It's up there with other slow-tempo orchestrated entries like "You Only Live Twice", "Moonraker", "The Look Of Love", "From Russia With Love" and "We Have All The Time In The World".
I hope Mark Rylance will win this category. Such a wunderful quiet and understated performance in "Bridge Of Spies".
STALLONE. The only choice.
And again, I love the song, but I would say the majority of people seemed to not care for it, from what I saw online. So, I didn't expect even a nomination.
Haha, Nicely put :)
Frank has been on my huge list of movies to watch, I just haven't gotten there, yet.
It pretty much was. Though it was always a possibility - DiCaprio's coat tails and all that, sure has happened before, so... Certainly one of the many nominations that made me happy. I don't expect him to win, but a nomination is nice.
Then there are others where I don't expect the person to win, either, but it's not a case of hey, cool, a nomination, look at that, how fun... I mean, Roger Deakins - his 13th nomination I think. And people are like DiCaprio is owed one. (And I like the guy, but, seriously...) Meanwhile, Lawrence is on her 4th nomination at 25, which is ridiculous. --- And, well, Alan Rickman (RIP) never even got a nomination, so it's not like they actually say all that much.... It's a balancing act between really caring on some level (otherwise I'd just ignore it all completely) - it's a bit of fun and games - but eventually really not caring that much.
=D>
British Artist Video of the Year
Adele, "Hello"
Calvin Harris & Disciples, "How Deep Is Your Love"
Ellie Goulding, "Love Me Like You Do"
Jessie J, "Flashlight"
Little Mix, "Black Magic"
Naughty Boy Ft. Beyonce, Arrow Benjamin, "Runnin (Lose It All)"
One Direction, "Drag Me Down"
Sam Smith, "Writing's on the Wall"
Years & Years, "King
I can't see it, or any other nominee beating Adele and her flip phone.
Not at all. Keep going! The place has been dead the last couple of weeks so any happy talk is welcome.
Yes, you should absolutely check out Abrahamson's filmography. He's a wonderful talent. I had the pleasure of meeting him a few times as I'm part of the small but growing film community in Dublin. Really nice guy. He made one of my favourite films, "Adam and Paul".
Producer Ed Guiney was talking about the explosion in attention for Room. Since Brie Larson won her Golden Globe and the Oscar nominations came in the amount of screens the film is playing on in the States will increased by 500% which is beyond amazing for an Irish backed film.
So while I'm disappointed Spectre is probably not fairly represented this year, I'm still ecstatic and I think the Academy has done a much better job choosing the nominations this year than in the years immediately previous.
I'm sure Spectre will pick up plenty elsewhere, even if it is for that disappointing song!
Thanks, but if people here were interested they'd have a thread about the awards season (every year), so...
But I can say the Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday produced some adorableness that I'm still grinning at. (I was mostly paying attention to one very relaxed and affectionate group of people, plus one adorable 9-year-old - gotta wish him all he best, it won't necessarily be easy... The rest of the show was mostly just boring as usual.)
Yes, I'll try and see Abrahamson's work - sooner or later. That's great you got to meet him. If you don't mind me asking, do you work on film or plan to (if so, which area of film making?) or is it a hobby? (And apologies if this is something I should already know. And on the other hand I know it's none of my business.)
Yes, the Academy nominated a lot of interesting stuff this time. Next up, the guilds start handing out awards, veeeery interesting. Unusually I'm very interested in lots of movies and lots of categories (most of them, actually), and it's pretty fascinating.
Now the movies just need get over here so that I can go see...
--> "Best Action Movie" (previously won by "Skyfall" in 2013)
--> "Best Actress, Action Movie": Charlize Theron
--> "Best Actor, Action Movie": Tom Hardy (previously won by Daniel Craig in 2013)
--> "Best Director": George Miller (This will be a good indication for the Oscars!)
--> "Best Visual Effects"
--> "Best Editing"
--> "Best Production Design"
--> "Best Costume Design"
--> "Best Make-up"
And "Ex-Machina" won "Best Sci-Fi Movie", which is absolutely deserved. Total mesmerizing sci-fi, that goes in-depth on the subject of artificial intelligence.
I'm also quite happy that "Spotlight" won the "Best Picture" Critics' Choice Award. It's quite a wonderful movie that highlights the essence and need for good journalism.
The "Best Original Song" award went to that ghastly "Furious 7" song then. Makes it even more exciting to know what the eventual Oscar winner will be in the same category ;-), as both Lady GaGa and Sam Smith lost here.
Oscars 1965: "GOLDFINGER" wins "Best Sound Effects":
Oscars 1966: "THUNDERBALL" wins "Best Special Effects":
Oscars 1982: Albert R. Broccoli gets awarded the "Irving G. Thalberg Award":
Oscars 2013: "SKYFALL" wins "Best Sound Editing":
Oscars 2013: "SKYFALL" wins "Best Original Song" (Adele is simply hilarious :-P):
Golden Globes 2013: "SKYFALL" wins "Best Original Song" (...and hilarious here too :-P!):
Golden Globes 2016: "SPECTRE" wins "Best Original Song":
Grammy's 2013: "SKYFALL" wins "Best Original Song":
Grammy's 2013: "SKYFALL" wins "Best Score":
BAFTA's 2007: "CASINO ROYALE" wins "Rising Star Award" for Eva Green:
BAFTA's 2013: "SKYFALL" wins "Best British Film":
BAFTA's 2013: "SKYFALL" wins "Best Original Score":
What connection do you have then? 28kb modem from 1997 :-P?
No, smartass, but I can't be the only one who has the page load a great deal longer when accessing it from a phone, and since my wi-fi is rather wonky here and there, this page won't load at all some times if too much is being processed. ;)
Best Film
Ex Machina
Spectre
Mad Max: Fury Road
Whiplash
Kill Your Friends
Beasts of No Nation
Public Voting: [link]
Considering it's the only nomination that the film received, I think you may be right! ;)
Let it not be said that i am not thorough! ;) :))