Since 2000, the only deserving Best Picture winners are : Gladiator, TLOTR 3, Million Dollar Baby, The Departed, Slumdog Millionaire & No Country For Old Men
2001 : TLOTR 1 instead of Beautiful Mind
2002 : Gangs Of NY instead of Chicago
2005 : Brokeback Montain instead of Crash 2009 : The Blind Side instead of The Hurt Locker
2010 : Black Swan or Inception instead of King's Speech
2011 : Hugo instead of The Artist 2012 : Les Miserables instead of Argo
The Hurt Locker deservedly won. The Blind Side was just a Hallmark movie with a bigger budget. Les Mis was a Les Mess, and if anything should've beaten Argo, it should've been Life of Pi, imo.
Since 2000, the only deserving Best Picture winners are : Gladiator, TLOTR 3, Million Dollar Baby, The Departed, Slumdog Millionaire & No Country For Old Men
2001 : TLOTR 1 instead of Beautiful Mind
2002 : Gangs Of NY instead of Chicago
2005 : Brokeback Montain instead of Crash
2009 : The Blind Side instead of The Hurt Locker
2010 : Black Swan or Inception instead of King's Speech
2011 : Hugo instead of The Artist
2012 : Les Miserables instead of Argo
The ONLY one I agree with you on. The rest don't deserve it and thank god they didn't win.
My friend knows a film critic that was in the academy in 2005 when the Crash win backfired.
She basically told me that due to the extremely sensitive nature of "gay rights" as a cultural topic at the time (post Bush election) more stodgy, influential "grey hairs" within the organization purposefully avoided Brokeback and word spread quickly they were doing so.
This then had palpable influence over younger and/or newer voters that would have picked Brokeback otherwise. Crash was an amazing film, but BM point blank would have won if it weren't for the social politics behind the scenes.
My friend knows a film critic that was in the academy in 2005 when the Crash win backfired. She basically told me that due to the extremely sensitive nature of "gay rights" as a cultural topic at the time (post Bush election) more stodgy, influential "grey hairs" within the organization purposefully avoided Brokeback and word spread quickly they were doing so. This then had palpable influence over younger and/or voters that would have picked Brokeback otherwise. Crash was an amazing film, but BM would have won if it weren't for the social politics behind the scenes.
I understand all of this, and the situation very well. It was an upsetting thing to me when it happened.
Best Picture:
"Gravity" "12 Years a Slave"
"American Hustle"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
"Nebraska"
"Her"
"Blue Jasmine"
"Saving Mr. Banks"
Best Director:
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofer - 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips
Leonardo DiCaprio - Wolf of Wall Street
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Joaquin Phoenix - Her [this nom is not happening]
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock - Gravity
Amy Adams - American Hustle [this nom is not happening]
Meryl Streep - August: Osage County
Emma Thompson - Saving Mr. Banks
Best Supporting Actor Jared Letto - Dallas Buyers Club
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts - August: Osage County
Oprah Winfrey - The Butler
Scarlett Johansson - Her [this nom is not happening]
Best Picture: "Gravity" "12 Years a Slave"
"American Hustle"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
"Nebraska"
"Her"
"Blue Jasmine"
"Saving Mr. Banks"
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofer - 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips Leonardo DiCaprio - Wolf of Wall Street Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford - All is Lost
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine Sandra Bullock - Gravity Judi Dench - Philomena
Meryl Streep - August: Osage County
Emma Thompson - Saving Mr. Banks
Best Supporting Actor Jared Letto - Dallas Buyers Club Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
James Franco - Spring Breakers
Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
James Gandolfini - Enough Said
Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts - August: Osage County
Oprah Winfrey - The Butler
Scarlett Johansson - Her
Best Original Screenplay: Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska
Blue Jasmine
Her
American Hustle
Best Adapted Screenplay: 12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
August: Osage County
Philomena
Before Midnight
Best Animated Feature: Frozen
The Wind Rises
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Best Cinematography Gravity
Best Film Editing Gravity
Best Production Design 12 Years A Slave
Best Costume Design: The Great Gatsby or American Hustle
Best Original Score Gravity
Best Original Song "Let It Go" - Frozen (Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
"Young and Beautiful" - The Great Gatsby (Lana Del Rey)
“You and I Ain’t Nothin’ No More” - Lee Daniels’ The Butler (Gladys Knight & Lenny Kravitz)
“So You Know What It’s Like” - Short Term 12 (Keith Stanfield)
“My Lord Sunshine (Sunrise)” - 12 Years a Slave (David Hughey and Roosevelt Credit)
Best Visual Effects Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Oblivion
Star Trek Into Darkness
Iron Man 3
Best Makeup & Hairstyling American Hustle Dallas Buyers Club
The Great Gatsby
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Lone Ranger
Do you guys think there's a chance Lee Pace will be nominated in Best Supporting Actor for Desolation of Smaug? I thought he was incredible as Thranduil. I know it's a stretch though.
Do you guys think there's a chance Lee Pace will be nominated in Best Supporting Actor for Desolation of Smaug? I thought he was incredible as Thranduil. I know it's a stretch though.
They're your nominee predictions but I quoted it to pick who I think will win.
Sandra isn't getting the lead Oscar. She hasn't won anything preliminary that's indicated she will. Furthermore, does anyone visit awards circuit? That website is dead on with their predictions (I've been following them since 2008) and they have cate blanchett pegged to win.
Sandra is not winning
Cate has it in the bag
I saw The Butler and it sucked
Yeah, there is no way Cate isn't winning. Which kind of sucks. I hate seasons with no competition (unlike last years Best Actress, Jen v. Riva was huge for a while). I'd love to see Sandra win for this but eh.
The Butler is trash though and the Academy better stay away from Oprahs powers.
Yeah, there is no way Cate isn't winning. Which kind of sucks. I hate seasons with no competition (unlike last years Best Actress, Jen v. Riva was huge for a while). I'd love to see Sandra win for this but eh.
The Butler is trash though and the Academy better stay away from Oprahs powers.
They made a consideration trailer-Red Band for Adèle, if they nominate her, no one got a chance