The Lego Movie deserved an animation nomination since it was creative and well made film earning a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. David Fincher should have been nominated for Best Director or Gone Girl maybe should have received a Best Editing nomination and especially Best Adapted Screenplay. While Bradley Cooper got a nomination for his oscar bait, mediocre film, American Sniper, Jake Gyllenhaal was forgotten for his excellent role in Nightcrawler. American Sniper did not deserve any of it's nominations. It was a decent film at most, but 6 nominations is beyond excessive. The two biggest disappointments were Interstellar and Selma because they were evidently snubbed. Interstellar completely deserves more than nominations for technical awards. The fact that it wasn't nominated for Best Original Screenplay is downright insulting, let alone other nominations it should have received. Additionally Selma only received two nominations yet this movie is a beautiful cinematic masterpiece. The outrage from it being snubbed even started the #OscarSoWhite hashtag on Twitter. It's hard to disagree when the best actors and directors are all white men, and most of the best pictures nominees are about white men with complicated genius profiles.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
2015 Oscar Nominees
The oscar nominees were announced about a week ago. Here is the full list of all the nominees and categories. The list contains multiple disappointments. This year has clear oscar bait films. Some nominations are: American Sniper, The Theory Of Everything, Selma, Birdman, Boyhood, Whiplash, and The Imitation Game, and the Grand Budapest Hotel were nominated for Best Picture. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - Birdmad, Richard Linklater - Boyhood, Bennet Miller - Foxcatcher, Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game, were nominated for Best Director. Steve Carell, Bradley Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Keaton, and Eddie Redmayne were nominated for Best Actor.
The Lego Movie deserved an animation nomination since it was creative and well made film earning a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. David Fincher should have been nominated for Best Director or Gone Girl maybe should have received a Best Editing nomination and especially Best Adapted Screenplay. While Bradley Cooper got a nomination for his oscar bait, mediocre film, American Sniper, Jake Gyllenhaal was forgotten for his excellent role in Nightcrawler. American Sniper did not deserve any of it's nominations. It was a decent film at most, but 6 nominations is beyond excessive. The two biggest disappointments were Interstellar and Selma because they were evidently snubbed. Interstellar completely deserves more than nominations for technical awards. The fact that it wasn't nominated for Best Original Screenplay is downright insulting, let alone other nominations it should have received. Additionally Selma only received two nominations yet this movie is a beautiful cinematic masterpiece. The outrage from it being snubbed even started the #OscarSoWhite hashtag on Twitter. It's hard to disagree when the best actors and directors are all white men, and most of the best pictures nominees are about white men with complicated genius profiles.
Oscars (January 15, 2015), Nominees-the 87th Academy Award Nominations for the 2014 Oscars; Retrieved from: http://oscar.go.com/nominees
The Lego Movie deserved an animation nomination since it was creative and well made film earning a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. David Fincher should have been nominated for Best Director or Gone Girl maybe should have received a Best Editing nomination and especially Best Adapted Screenplay. While Bradley Cooper got a nomination for his oscar bait, mediocre film, American Sniper, Jake Gyllenhaal was forgotten for his excellent role in Nightcrawler. American Sniper did not deserve any of it's nominations. It was a decent film at most, but 6 nominations is beyond excessive. The two biggest disappointments were Interstellar and Selma because they were evidently snubbed. Interstellar completely deserves more than nominations for technical awards. The fact that it wasn't nominated for Best Original Screenplay is downright insulting, let alone other nominations it should have received. Additionally Selma only received two nominations yet this movie is a beautiful cinematic masterpiece. The outrage from it being snubbed even started the #OscarSoWhite hashtag on Twitter. It's hard to disagree when the best actors and directors are all white men, and most of the best pictures nominees are about white men with complicated genius profiles.
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I am also surprised that Interstellar was not nominated for the Oscars! Even though I did not see the film, I heard many people gossiping about how good it was. Many were very surprised to see it not nominated, but it may have to do with the fact it wasn't about a white man with complicated genius profiles like you mentioned.
ReplyDeleteI am also surprised that Interstellar was not nominated for the Oscars! Even though I did not see the film, I heard many people gossiping about how good it was. Many were very surprised to see it not nominated, but it may have to do with the fact it wasn't about a white man with complicated genius profiles like you mentioned.
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