Carol was a too much of a cold film for The Academy + they have only so many spaces for female driven movies + on top of that it was a lesbian love story
White heterosexual old man Alan Arkin won over Eddie Murphy who apparently won everything
Anyway if they are fine with snubbing frontrunners hopefully they'll choose to snub Leo and go with the better performance of Fassbender or Redmayne.
Eddie was snubbed for a Bafta nom, but good try.
Leo being king of Hollywood and perceived by everyone as overdue would make that possibility a billion to one, but ok.
Anyway, to people acting like a bfca thing matters, so many of the nominees didn't even bother showing up. Both lead winners didn't. Almost the entire Actress lineup didn't.
Leo being king of Hollywood and perceived by everyone as overdue would make that possibility a billion to one, but ok.
Anyway, to people acting like a bfca thing matters, so many of the nominees didn't even bother showing up. Both lead winners didn't. Almost the entire Actress lineup didn't.
apparently and hopefully two words I should've underlined.
I hope so. Although it seems like The Revenant is gaining a lot of momentum in the Best Picture race, especially after the Golden Globe win
On another note, it seems like Room is going to be this year's Whiplash - a relatively unknown but phenomenal movie that gets a Best Picture nom but doesn't really end up winning much other than one really predictable acting win. I'm really hoping that Room can get a surprise win in another big category though, since it was my favourite movie this year.
Also, does anybody know why Brooklyn got a Best Picture nomination and Carol didn't? I don't really follow those smaller awards that influence the Oscars, but it just seems odd to me that Carol got 6 nominations and Brooklyn only got 2 besides Best Picture, yet the latter got a Best Picture nom.
Room is FAR MORE known than Whiplash--not really seeing this as a valid comparison.
Room is FAR MORE known than Whiplash--not really seeing this as a valid comparison.
Maybe it is in the US, but here in Canada it's only slightly more known. It was only in most theatres for about 2-3 weeks, and there was zero promo, publicity or any buzz for it here. Nobody I've spoken to about it had heard of it beforehand, and the only reason I had heard of it was because I read the book it was based off of a few years ago. I was just assuming it was like that in the US too since Canada and the US are usually pretty similar when it comes to movie popularity.
Either way, I still think they take up the same "spot" in the Oscars, so to speak. Both of them were critically acclaimed, but they're far less talked about than most of the other nominees of their year, and most of the award discussion surrounding them is due to a standout actor.
Shelven, you're correct about the US too; I dunno what the other person is talking about.
Whiplash made over $6 mil in the US before the Oscar noms; Room made about $5 mil in the US before Oscar noms.
Not a big difference, but clearly Room is not "FAR MORE known" if fewer people watched it. You are completely valid.
I didn't like The Martian tbh, it felt like a promo for NASA. Out of the three constant, Oscar-nominated space movies we got from the last three years, it's my least favorite.
Gravity >> The Martian >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Interstellar.
So far i've seen Mad Max, The Martian, The Revenant and Room and I loved them all so much.
I think Spotlight or The Big Short is next on my list.
Spotlight and The Big Short are two of my 3 favourite movies this year (with the third being Room)
I'm trying to watch all 8 Best Picture nominations this year since I did it last year. All I have left are Bridge of Spies and Brooklyn, but I'm not particularly excited to see either of them As of right now, my order is:
Room > Spotlight > The Big Short > The Revenant > The Martian > Mad Max
Although Spotlight and The Big Short may switch soon - I preferred The Big Short over Spotlight right after I saw The Big Short, but I assumed that might be due to the recency effect, so if I still have those same feelings in a week or two from now, I'll be able to definitely say I preferred The Big Short.
I do think ultimately Stallone will win, because he was the writer and lead of a Best Picture winner yet couldn't get an Oscar for himself. I would be bitter af if that happened to me.
It looks like the only other person nominated for Wtg+Acting in the same year who never got an Oscar is Massimo Troisi, whose noms were posthumous and for a foreign language film.
Plus, Rylance has a Tony, Ruffalo has an Emmy, Bale has an Oscar, and Hardy's lucky to be there.
As of right now, my order is: