The 2014 Academy Awards Thread v. Ellen's Universe of Energy

[Accelerando]

Hey folks! I woke up at the ass crack of dawn this morning to watch the nominations unveil. I can't believe they announced this at 5:30am...I think Thor needs his beauty sleep. Why does he need to announce the nominees so early?

I guess it's what I get for moving out the LA...where in Orlando, Fl on a Sunday I could roll out of bed at noon and watch football. That was  my perfect Sunday. Now I have to frickin wake up at frickin 10 in the morning. I hear the bars serve some awesome breakfast burritos, but I don't want to have to go ANYWHERE at 10am...on a Sunday

First. World. Problems.

The Nominees!


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

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

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 Buyer's Club"

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

Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips"
Bradley Cooper, "American Hustle"
Michael Fassbender, "12 Years a Slave"
Jonah Hill, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
James Gandolfini, "Enough Said"
Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyer's Club"
       
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"
Sally Hawkins, "Blue Jasmine"
Lupita Nyong’o, "12 Years a Slave"
Julia Roberts, "August: Osage County"


Best Animated Feature
"The Croods"
"Despicable Me 2"
"Ernest and Celestine"
"Frozen"
"The Wind Rises"June Squibb, "Nebraska"

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

Best Original Song
"Alone Yet Not Alone" from "Alone Yet Not Alone" 
"The Moon Song" from "Her,"  Karen O. and Spike Jonze
"Let It Go" from "Frozen," Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
"Ordinary Love" from "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," U2 and Danger Mouse
"Happy" from "Despicable Me 2," Pharrell Williams

Best Original Screenplay
"American Hustle"
"Blue Jasmine"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Her"
"Nebraska"
       
Best Adapted Screenplay
"12 Years a Slave" 
"Before Midnight"
"Captain Phillips"
"Philomena"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
       
Best Foreign Language Film
"The Broken Circle Breakdown"
"The Great Beauty"
"The Hunt"
"The Missing Picture"
"Omar"
       
Best Documentary - Feature
"20 Feet From Stardom"
"The Act of Killing"
"Cutie and the Boxer"
"Dirty Wars"
"The Square"
       
Best Documentary - Short Subject
"The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life"
"Cavedigger"
"Facing Fear"
"Karama Has No Walls"
"Prison Terminal: Last Days of Private Jack Hall"
       
Best Live Action Short Film
"Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)"
"Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)"
"Helium"
"Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have To Take Care of Everything?)"
"The Voorman Problem"
       
Best Animated Short Film
"Feral"
"Get a Horse!"
"Mr. Hublot"
"Possessions"
"Room on the Broom"
             
Best Sound Editing
"Gravity"
"Captain Phillips"
"All is Lost"
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
"Lone Survivor"
       
Best Sound Mixing
"Gravity"
"Captain Phillips"
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Lone Survivor"

Best Production Design
"American Hustle"
"Gravity"
"The Great Gatsby"
"Her"
"12 Years a Slave"


Best Cinematography
"Gravity"
"The Grandmaster"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Nebraska"
"Prisoners"
       
Best Makeup And Hairstyling
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Bad Grandpa"
"The Lone Ranger"
       
Best Costume Design
"The Great Gatsby"
"The Grandmaster"
"American Hustle"
"The Invisible Woman"
"12 Years a Slave"

Best Film Editing
"Gravity"
"12 Years a Slave"
"Captain Phillips"
"American Hustle"
"Dallas Buyers Club"

Best Visual Effects
"Gravity"
"The Hobbit: The Desolaton of Smaug"
"Iron Man 3"
"The Lone Ranger"
"Star Trek: Into Darkness"



So the first thing that sticks out to me is that EMMA THOMPSON was not nominated for her incredible performance as P.L. Travors in "Saving Mr. Banks." She's gives one of the best performances of the year. She may not have won, but she deserves to be nominated.

Tom Hanks as well. I thought Captain Phillips was one of the best performances of his career. He was also excellent in Saving Mr. Banks.

Pacific Rim OR Man of Steel was not nominated for Visual Effects...but The Lone Ranger and Iron Man 3 were?!? That entire Krypton sequence itself in MOS is a reason to recognize it's F/X. I also wished it got the Original Score nod...but Daft Punk couldn't get it for TRON: Legacy, so NOTHING surprises me.

I'll add more commentary as soon I digest these nominees. But at this point, I'm rooting for Alfonso Cuaron and Gravity

and my future wife, Jennifer Lawrence.




       







 

[masterthes]

Somebody pointed out to me (and I agree), if anything Colin Farrel should be nominated for supporting before Hanks

I was suprised Monsters University didn't get a nomination

[Accelerando]

 Let's also talk about how every year, period costuming and production design are favored over works of pure imagination. No production design nominations for Pacific Rim or The Hobbit or Monsters University? But recreating 1970s fashion for American Hustle's costume design is some incredible achievement?!? It's a great film but c'mon man!

[rickhawk80]

I've probably seen more of the nominees this year than in many a year.  Just saw "Inside Lllewyn Davis" today and gotta say that it makes total sense that it was nominated for cinematography.  I think it deserved more nominations, because I'd put it above "American Hustle" and "Wolf of Wall Street" for sure as a better overall movie (but "Dallas Buyers Club" beats all of those).  I would add that the music in the movie is fantastic.