Awards The Oscars Thread - MH Oscars Contest 2018

[z.5]

You asked for it, you got it​

You want to make predictions about Oscar results?

If you are not sure what they are (the Oscar's I mean), then I am not sure how you found this thread...

Just think of a small golden statue of a man holding a stick being given out to some undeserving actors/actresses/directors/general nobodies related to films in some way or other.
Think far too many emotions
Crying (most fake, but there may be a few genuine tears here and there)
Fancy costumes
Think the exact kind of occasion which Kanye West may rush up on stage, uninvited, and make an arse of himself!

Think this

So ask yourself: Who do you think is going to win? What are your favourite nominees?
Who do you think will win (and more importantly, who do you think should win)...

Also, to increase the fun all the way to 11 - there's a fancy competition (with a possibility to win a nice badge also [terms and conditions apply - badges may be revoked/not given out at moderator's discretion])

To be fair, you should really play - even if you hate the Oscars - especially if you hate the Oscars... only because, if you win, you can lord it over all those who actually do care!

So, with that all said, I present:

MH Oscars Contest 2018

It's that time again, time to pretend that you know more about films than you actually do.
Time to unequivocally state why your choices are correct and why anyone who thinks otherwise is a moron
(please don't actually do this - peace and love for everyone ね )

...
Anyway
It all finally culminates on Sunday the 4th March, at the 90th Academy Awards.
Awards will be handed out for all kinds of film related categories - Best Film, Best Actor/Actress in a leading role, Best person-who-wasn't-good-enough-to-be-the-leading-actor-so-we-made-a-runners-up-prize-to-make-them-feel-better... There's even an award for hairstyling?!?

We at Mangahelpers are hosting our own Oscar winners poll, with the chance to win your own Oscar. As an award badge [again, if anyone asks, although I wrote this, I don't promise nuthin'!].

Rules:
- Go here and make your picks!
- The user with the most correct guesses wins the award. Remember to leave your username in the poll.
last year, some bright sparks forgot this/wrote random handles (they didn't win, funnily enough - mainly cause I am far too lazy to try and guess/think about who is who - make it simple if you want to win. If not, just write your name as M3J and pick shitty picks)
- Only 1 entry allowed. In case an user does multiple entries, only the last one counts.
- In case of a tie, the user with most corrects in the Big 5 Categories wins. (Best Film, Directing, Lead Actor, Lead Actress, and both Screenplay categories)
- If still a tie, then I am sure we will be able to think of some way to separate the quality wheat from the less-savoury chaff
-There is time to vote until 5:00 p.m. PST on March 4, 2018 // 1AM on March 5th GMT
- You are allowed to discuss your picks and personal favourites in the thread. Telling us why you voted how you voted is highly important necessary recommended.


And remember, if you lose:

1. You weren't actually trying - if you were, you'd have crushed everyone else easily!
2. You didn't really care anyway
3. Someone probably cheated, bribing a mod to miscount their votes...
4. Who are these mods anyway - blithering idiots must have made a mistake somewhere or other
5. It's only the Oscars - not some actually important award - like the Golden Cleric or something

Spoiler: 6. And anyway

 

[Crude]

Re: The Oscars / 2012

If you liked The Artist, I really recommend the others Hazanavicius movies of you find them subtitled, in particular the OSS117. They are James Bond parodies with the same cast than the Artist (at least for lead roles)
He is also very famous for La classe américaine

I've watched OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies and loved it! There are a lot of hilarious scenes, and I love how Hazanavicius managed to make the movie look so much like an old spy film. Now I have to watch Lost in Rio as soon as I can.

 

[goldb]

Re: The Oscars 2013

Below is a complete list of nominations for this year's 85th Academy Awards. The ceremony will be held on 24th Feb at the Dolby Theatre in LA.

Best film

• Amour
• Argo
• Beasts Of The Southern Wild
• Django Unchained
• Les Miserables
• Lincoln
• Life Of Pi
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best actress

• Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
• Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
• Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Naomi Watts - The Impossible

Best actor

• Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
• Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
• Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
• Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
• Denzel Washington - Flight

Best director

• Michael Haneke - Amour
• Ang Lee - Life of Pi
• David O Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
• Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
• Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best supporting actor

• Alan Arkin - Argo
• Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
• Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
• Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

Best supporting actress

• Amy Adams - The Master
• Sally Field - Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
• Helen Hunt - The Sessions
• Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook

Best foreign film

• Amour
• No
• War witch
• A Royal Affair
• Kon-Tiki

Best animated film

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• Paranorman
• Pirates! Band of Misfits (UK title: Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists)
• Wreck-it Ralph

Best documentary film

• 5 Broken Cameras
• The Gatekeepers
• How To Survive A Plague
• The Invisible War
• Searching For Sugarman

Music (original song)

• Before My Time (Chasing Ice) - Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
• Everybody Needs A Best Friend (Ted) - Music by Walter Murphy, Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
• Pi's lullaby (Life Of Pi) - Music by Mychael Danna, Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
• Skyfall (Skyfall) - Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• Suddenly (Les Miserables) - Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Music (original score)

• Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
• Argo - Alexandre Desplat
• Life Of Pi - Mychael Danna
• Lincoln - John Williams
• Skyfall - Thomas Newman

Adapted screenplay

• Argo - Chris Terrio
• Beasts Of The Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
• Life Of Pi - David Magee
• Lincoln - Tony Kushner
• Silver Linings Playbook - David O Russell

Original screenplay

• Amour - Michael Haneke
• Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
• Flight - John Gatins
• Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
• Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal

Cinematography

• Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey
• Django Unchained - Robert Richardson
• Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
• Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
• Skyfall - Roger Deakins

Costume Design

• Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran
• Les Miserables - Paco Delgado
• Lincoln - Joanna Johnston
• Mirror Mirror - Eiko Ishioka
• Snow White and the Huntsman - Colleen Atwood

Best documentary short subject

• Inocente
• Kings Point
• Mondays at Racine
• Open Heart
• Redemption

Film editing

• Argo - William Goldenberg
• Life of Pi - Tim Squyres
• Lincoln - Michael Kahn
• Silver Linings Playbook - Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
• Zero Dark Thirty - Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Make-up and Hairstyling

• Hitchcock - Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
• Les Miserables - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Production Design

• Anna Karenina - Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
• Les Miserables - Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson
• Life Of Pi - David Gropman and Anna Pinnock
• Lincoln - Rick Carter and Jim Erickson

Short film (animated)

• Adam and the Dog
• Fresh Guacamole
• Head Over Heels
• Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare
• Paperman

Short film (live action)

• Asad
• Buzkashi Boys
• Curfew
• Death of a Shadow (Dood Van Een Schaduw)
• Henry

Sound editing

• Argo - Erik Aadahl and Ethan van der Ryn
• Django Unchained - Wylie Stateman
• Life Of Pi - Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
• Skyfall - Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
• Zero Dark Thirty - Paul NJ Ottosson

Sound mixing

• Argo - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
• Les Miserables - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• Life Of Pi - Ron Bartlett, DM Hemphill and Drew Kunin
• Lincoln - Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
• Skyfall - Scott Millan, Greg P Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual effects

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R Christopher White
• Life Of Pi - Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R Elliott
• Marvel's The Avengers (UK title: Marvel's Avengers Assemble) - Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
• Prometheus - Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
• Snow White and the Huntsman - Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg leads nominations with 12, followed by Life of Pi with 11 and both Les Miserables and Silver Lining Playbook on 8.

Predict and discuss your choices for the awards....

 

[Crude]

Re: The Oscars 2013

The only movie out of the nine best film nominees that I've seen is Life of Pi, which I wouldn't mind seeing it when since it's a pretty beautiful movie. I really need to watch the other nominees though

 

[goldb]

Re: The Oscars 2013

No nomination for Skyfall for best film? Okay....

This year I've not yet seen any of the films on nominated; I'll possibly watch The Life of Pi this coming week but I think that will be it. Just because of the buzz behind it, I think Les Miserables will scoop a lot of the awards its up for. I've also noticed the lack of nominations for The Hobbit???

On a more positive note, I'm glad to see Silver Lining Playbook getting that number of nominations; it's a really endearing film with strong comedy and a lot of heart. I recommend it if you've not seen it. My predictions will follow.

 

[Naomi]

Re: The Oscars 2013

Les Miserables was nominated for best film? I thought it was total shit (besides Hathaway).

 

[Josef]

Re: The Oscars 2013

The way this is always set up is that a few films get nominations in a lot of categories, and they all win one of them, for example I expect Tarantino to win screenplay but his film might win one more award, the way it is set up Amour and Life of Pi will also get one award, they are nominated in a few categories as well.

 

[Crude]

Re: The Oscars 2013

Amour will most likely win best foreign film seeing as it was both nominated for that plus the best film award. And I think Django might win best screenplay.

 

[Josef]

Re: The Oscars 2013

Amour will most likely win best foreign film seeing as it was both nominated for that plus the best film award. And I think Django might win best screenplay.

Tarantino is like Woody Allen, he may end up with more Screenplay awards than with Director awards. Of course I do think Woody should bring his gear back and start making high art films as he previously did. He has been lacking in recent years.

 

[goldb]

Re: The Oscars 2013

An art exhibition has been launched ahead of this year's Oscars by the Academy. It features posters for the Best Picture nominees done by some young artists. Here's an example:

Spoiler

The rest can be found here.

 

[Crude]

Re: The Oscars 2013

^ I am in love with the Les Miserables one ! And the Django Unchained one looks pretty damn epic as well!

 

[goldb]

Re: The Oscars 2013

^ I am in love with the Les Miserables one ! And the Django Unchained one looks pretty damn epic as well!

Yep me too, I also like the Life of Pi strip art; really nicely done, but my favourite would be Django. So Western.


The Academy Awards has unveiled an official poster by Olly Moss.

The artist and graphic designer has paid homage to 85 years of 'Best Picture' Oscars.

Spoiler

source: digitalspy

 

[Josef]

Re: The Oscars 2013

So Argo won the BAFTA, but I doubt the Oscars will be similar to the BAFTAs. Though usually they are seen as a preview to the Oscars.

 

[goldb]

Re: The Oscars 2013

Best film

• Amour
• Argo
• Beasts Of The Southern Wild
• Django Unchained
• Les Miserables
• Lincoln
• Life Of Pi
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best actress

• Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
• Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
• Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Naomi Watts - The Impossible

Best actor

• Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
• Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
• Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
• Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
• Denzel Washington - Flight

Best director

• Michael Haneke - Amour
• Ang Lee - Life of Pi
• David O Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
• Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
• Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best supporting actor

• Alan Arkin - Argo
• Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
• Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
• Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

Best supporting actress

• Amy Adams - The Master
• Sally Field - Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
• Helen Hunt - The Sessions
• Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook

Best foreign film

• Amour
• No
• War witch
• A Royal Affair
• Kon-Tiki

Best animated film

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• Paranorman
• Pirates! Band of Misfits (UK title: Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists)
• Wreck-it Ralph

Best documentary film

• 5 Broken Cameras
• The Gatekeepers
• How To Survive A Plague
• The Invisible War
• Searching For Sugarman

Music (original song)

• Before My Time (Chasing Ice) - Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
• Everybody Needs A Best Friend (Ted) - Music by Walter Murphy, Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
• Pi's lullaby (Life Of Pi) - Music by Mychael Danna, Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
• Skyfall (Skyfall) - Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• Suddenly (Les Miserables) - Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Music (original score)

• Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
• Argo - Alexandre Desplat
• Life Of Pi - Mychael Danna
• Lincoln - John Williams
• Skyfall - Thomas Newman

Adapted screenplay

• Argo - Chris Terrio
• Beasts Of The Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
• Life Of Pi - David Magee
• Lincoln - Tony Kushner
• Silver Linings Playbook - David O Russell

Original screenplay

• Amour - Michael Haneke
• Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
• Flight - John Gatins
• Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
• Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal

Cinematography

• Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey
• Django Unchained - Robert Richardson
• Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
• Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
• Skyfall - Roger Deakins

Costume Design

• Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran
• Les Miserables - Paco Delgado
• Lincoln - Joanna Johnston
• Mirror Mirror - Eiko Ishioka
• Snow White and the Huntsman - Colleen Atwood

Best documentary short subject

• Inocente
• Kings Point
• Mondays at Racine
• Open Heart
• Redemption

Film editing

• Argo - William Goldenberg
• Life of Pi - Tim Squyres
• Lincoln - Michael Kahn
• Silver Linings Playbook - Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
• Zero Dark Thirty - Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Make-up and Hairstyling

• Hitchcock - Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
• Les Miserables - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Production Design

• Anna Karenina - Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
• Les Miserables - Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson
• Life Of Pi - David Gropman and Anna Pinnock
• Lincoln - Rick Carter and Jim Erickson

Short film (animated)

• Adam and the Dog
• Fresh Guacamole
• Head Over Heels
• Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare
• Paperman

Short film (live action)

• Asad
• Buzkashi Boys
• Curfew
• Death of a Shadow (Dood Van Een Schaduw)
• Henry

Sound editing

• Argo - Erik Aadahl and Ethan van der Ryn
• Django Unchained - Wylie Stateman
• Life Of Pi - Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
• Skyfall - Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
• Zero Dark Thirty - Paul NJ Ottosson

Sound mixing

• Argo - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
• Les Miserables - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• Life Of Pi - Ron Bartlett, DM Hemphill and Drew Kunin
• Lincoln - Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
• Skyfall - Scott Millan, Greg P Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual effects

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R Christopher White
• Life Of Pi - Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R Elliott
• Marvel's The Avengers (UK title: Marvel's Avengers Assemble) - Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
• Prometheus - Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
• Snow White and the Huntsman - Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Okay, so I've highlighted my predictions in green for awards to win. It's a mixture of those I want/hope to win and those I think will win because of hype and critical acclaim. We'll see how accurate or close I got.

 

[Josef]

Re: The Oscars 2013

Well Lincoln and Life of Pi really have a lot of nominations but it seems they will be in for a ride. A lot of competition, I do expect Life of pi to win some of the "less important" awards. Though Lincoln might grab best director and best actor, so that's really cool.

At what time do the awards start?

 

[goldb]

Re: The Oscars 2013

It's quite an open race this year; there's no one film that's out to sweep and landsline the competition. I thought Les Miserables would scoop it all but pre-Oscars awards have not been so kind to them.

The awards show will begin at 7pm ET( midnight GMT) on ABC.

---------- Post added February 25, 2013 at 11:06 AM ---------- Previous post was February 24, 2013 at 01:59 PM ----------

Okay, so let's see how close I was with my predictions: (mine in green, official wins in red. Crossovers in purple)

Best film

• Amour
• Argo
• Beasts Of The Southern Wild
• Django Unchained
• Les Miserables
• Lincoln
• Life Of Pi
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best actress

• Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
• Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
• Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Naomi Watts - The Impossible

Best actor

• Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
• Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
• Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
• Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
• Denzel Washington - Flight

Best director

• Michael Haneke - Amour
• Ang Lee - Life of Pi
• David O Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
• Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
• Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best supporting actor

• Alan Arkin - Argo
• Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
• Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
• Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

Best supporting actress

• Amy Adams - The Master
• Sally Field - Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
• Helen Hunt - The Sessions
• Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook

Best foreign film

• Amour
• No
• War witch
• A Royal Affair
• Kon-Tiki

Best animated film

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• Paranorman
• Pirates! Band of Misfits (UK title: Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists)
• Wreck-it Ralph

Best documentary film

• 5 Broken Cameras
• The Gatekeepers
• How To Survive A Plague
• The Invisible War
• Searching For Sugarman

Music (original song)

• Before My Time (Chasing Ice) - Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
• Everybody Needs A Best Friend (Ted) - Music by Walter Murphy, Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
• Pi's lullaby (Life Of Pi) - Music by Mychael Danna, Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
• Skyfall (Skyfall) - Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• Suddenly (Les Miserables) - Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Music (original score)

• Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
• Argo - Alexandre Desplat
• Life Of Pi - Mychael Danna
• Lincoln - John Williams
• Skyfall - Thomas Newman

Adapted screenplay

• Argo - Chris Terrio
• Beasts Of The Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
• Life Of Pi - David Magee
• Lincoln - Tony Kushner
• Silver Linings Playbook - David O Russell

Original screenplay

• Amour - Michael Haneke
• Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
• Flight - John Gatins
• Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
• Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal

Cinematography

• Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey
• Django Unchained - Robert Richardson
• Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
• Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
• Skyfall - Roger Deakins

Costume Design

• Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran
• Les Miserables - Paco Delgado
• Lincoln - Joanna Johnston
• Mirror Mirror - Eiko Ishioka
• Snow White and the Huntsman - Colleen Atwood

Best documentary short subject

• Inocente
• Kings Point
• Mondays at Racine
• Open Heart
• Redemption

Film editing

• Argo - William Goldenberg
• Life of Pi - Tim Squyres
• Lincoln - Michael Kahn
• Silver Linings Playbook - Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
• Zero Dark Thirty - Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Make-up and Hairstyling

• Hitchcock - Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
• Les Miserables - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Production Design

• Anna Karenina - Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
• Les Miserables - Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson
• Life Of Pi - David Gropman and Anna Pinnock
• Lincoln - Rick Carter and Jim Erickson

Short film (animated)

• Adam and the Dog
• Fresh Guacamole
• Head Over Heels
• Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare
• Paperman

Short film (live action)

• Asad
• Buzkashi Boys
• Curfew
• Death of a Shadow (Dood Van Een Schaduw)
• Henry

Sound editing

• Argo - Erik Aadahl and Ethan van der Ryn
• Django Unchained - Wylie Stateman
• Life Of Pi - Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
• Skyfall - Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers TIED
• Zero Dark Thirty - Paul NJ Ottosson TIED

Sound mixing

• Argo - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
• Les Miserables - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• Life Of Pi - Ron Bartlett, DM Hemphill and Drew Kunin
• Lincoln - Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
• Skyfall - Scott Millan, Greg P Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual effects

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R Christopher White
• Life Of Pi - Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R Elliott
• Marvel's The Avengers (UK title: Marvel's Avengers Assemble) - Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
• Prometheus - Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
• Snow White and the Huntsman - Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

12/24 That's poor man...

 

[Josef]

Ellen hosting again? Hmmm, it looks like we are in for some Oscar tradition. What are your fav's this year?

 

[Naomi]

Yay Ellen! I haven't seen a list of the nominees yet. Is it already out? Not even sure how many of the nominated movies I saw this year.

 

[goldb]

Here you go, Naomi:

Spoiler: Oscars 2014 Nominations

Best Picture

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

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Christian Bale (American Hustle)
• Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
• Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
• Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Amy Adams (American Hustle)
• Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
• Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
• Judi Dench (Philomena)
• Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
• Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
• Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
• Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)
• Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
• Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
• Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
• Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
• June Squibb (Nebraska)

Best Animated Feature

• The Croods (Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco, Kristine Belson)
• Despicable Me 2 (Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Chris Meledandri)
• Ernest & Celestine (Benjamin Renner, Didier Brunner)
• Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)
• The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki)

Best Cinematography

• The Grandmaster (Philippe Le Sourd)
• Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
• Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel)
• Nebraska (Phedon Papamichael)
• Prisoners (Roger A. Deakins)

Best Costume Design

• American Hustle (Michael Wilkinson)
• The Grandmaster (William Chang Suk Ping)
• The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
• The Invisible Woman (Michael O'Connor)
• 12 Years a Slave (Patricia Norris)

Best Directing

• American Hustle (David O. Russell)
• Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)
• Nebraska (Alexander Payne)
• 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
• The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)

Best Documentary Feature

• The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen)
• Cutie and the Boxer (Zachary Heinzerling, Lydia Dean Pilcher)
• Dirty Wars (Richard Rowley, Jeremy Scahill)
• The Square (Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer)
• 20 Feet from Stardom (Nominees to be determined)

Best Documentary Short

• CaveDigger (Jeffrey Karoff)
• Facing Fear (Jason Cohen)
• Karama Has No Walls (Sara Ishaq)
• The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)
• Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall (Edgar Barens)

Best Film Editing

• American Hustle (Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers, Alan Baumgarten)
• Captain Phillips (Christopher Rouse)
• Dallas Buyers Club (John Mac McMurphy, Martin Pensa)
• Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)
• 12 Years a Slave (Joe Walker)

Best Foreign Language Film

• The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
• The Great Beauty (Italy)
• The Hunt (Denmark)
• The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
• Omar (Palestine)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Stephen Prouty)
• The Lone Ranger (Joel Harlow, Gloria Pasqua-Casny)

Best Original Score

• The Book Thief (John Williams)
• Gravity (Steven Price)
• Her (William Butler, Owen Pallett)
• Philomena (Alexandre Desplat)
• Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)

Best Original Song

• Happy (Despicable Me 2)
• Let It Go (Frozen)
• The Moon Song (Her)
• Ordinary Love (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Best Production Design

• American Hustle (Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler)
• Gravity (Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woollard)
• The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
• Her (K.K. Barrett, Gene Serdena)
• 12 Years a Slave (Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker)

Best Animated Short Film

• Feral (Daniel Sousa, Dan Golden)
• Get a Horse! (Lauren MacMullan, Dorothy McKim)
• Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)
• Possessions (Shuhei Morita)
• Room on the Broom (Max Lang, Jan Lachauer)

Best Live Action Short Film

• Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me) (Esteban Crespo)
• Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) (Xavier Legrand, Alexandre Gavras)
• Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)
• Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) (Selma Vilhunen, Kirsikka Saari)
• The Voorman Problem (Mark Gill, Baldwin Li)

Best Sound Editing

• All Is Lost (Steve Boeddeker, Richard Hymns)
• Captain Phillips (Oliver Tarney)
• Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Brent Burge, Chris Ward)
• Lone Survivor (Wylie Stateman)

Best Sound Mixing

• Captain Phillips (Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro)
• Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Tony Johnson)
• Inside Llewyn Davis (Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland)
• Lone Survivor (Andy Koyama, Beau Borders, David Brownlow)

Best Visual Effects

• Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds)
• Iron Man 3 (Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash, Dan Sudick)
• The Lone Ranger (Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams, John Frazier)
• Star Trek Into Darkness (Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke)
• Captain Phillips (Billy Ray)
• Philomena (Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope)
• 12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
• The Wolf of Wall Street (Terence Winter)

Best Original Screenplay

• American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell)
• Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen)
• Dallas Buyers Club (Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack)
• Her (Spike Jonze)
• Nebraska (Bob Nelson)

 

[Josef]

Spike vs Woody for best screenplay. I am looking forward to that, and I still don't get the 10 best film nominations to be honest, 5 was so much better.

 

[goldb]

I guess in the past with 5 films, some other good ones were shunned. Now with 10, you have a wider selection, even though with that number, better movies always get left out.

I've only seen Gravity from that Best Picture list; this latter half of 2013 and beginning of the new year hasn't been a good for me cinema-wise. I don't see Gravity winning it though. Not even sure it deserves a nomination.