The OFFICIAL Murderfreckling 2015 Oscar Nominations Thread- Page 3

[tazber]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 12:10pm

The Lego Movie is by far the most blatant omission.

Totally unexpected. I thought it was going to win.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 12:11pm

I still don't understand what you mean by calling either woman "masterpiece status", but I don't care anymore.

What performance of Lansbury's was undeserving of the praise it got? I can't think of one.

I get that you dislike Streep as an actress, which is fine, but stating that opinion as fact, is just silly.

I don't think any of her performances are overpraised, but that is my opinion.

[mikem]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 12:14pm

The ratings for the Oscars could be pretty low. The nominated movies aren't ones that have reached a broad audience. Of the 8 films nominated for Best Picture, The Grand Budapest Hotel had the highest box office, but that was still only the 53rd most popular film of 2014, at $59 million. The Imitation Game is second, at #76 and $42 million. Third is Birdman at #94.

The Lego Movie was the fourth-most-popular movie of 2014. Big Hero 6 did well at the box office, though.

It's not just people here who thought The Lego Movie would win Best Animated Feature. At goldderby.com, probably the biggest awards predicting site on the web, 25 of their 27 experts thought that The Lego Movie would win the Oscar. Its omission from the nomination list is really shocking.

To bring it back to the theater, it reminds me of Daniel Radcliffe not being nominated for How to Succeed. (The eventual winner was Norbert Leo Butz for Catch Me If You Can.) If Radcliffe had been nominated, I think he would have won easily. It was a fairly weak year. But a nomination was not in the cards.

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[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 12:33pm

Oscar President Accidentally Nominates ‘Dick Poop’

[Everlast85]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 12:38pm

AND THE NOMINEES ARE:

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[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 12:47pm

"What performance of Lansbury's was undeserving of the praise it got? I can't think of one. "

You are exhibiting "masterpiece status" behavior. It's not that any of Lansbury's performances were undeserving, it's that everything she does gets praised like she's the definitive actress of her generation.

Let's take Streep for example. Her performance in "Doubt" was hoaky and overwrought. There's a moment where she wields a crucifix around her neck like a knife. But everybody was acting like they had just seen the definitive interpretation.

It's like people in NYC were a few years ago about Uta Hagen. Uta would get up and give a calculated, god-awful performance and everyone acted like it was the most brilliant thing they've ever seen. When she did Collected Stories, you could see which chapter of Respect for Acting she was reflecting.

[madbrian]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 12:49pm

I'm shocked that David Oyelowo was snubbed. I've seen all the leading actor contenders except Cooper, and Carell should be on the outside looking in. I also think Selma deserved the directing nom, again at the expense of Foxcatcher.

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[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 1:07pm

I haven't seen much of anything this year, though I'm looking forward to Selma this Friday, but I really am bummed by The Lego Movie not getting a nomination. It was a really inventive movie, with a lot of great jokes and some surprising depth- I expected to like it, but I didn't realize how completely charmed I'd be by it.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 1:33pm

5 reasons why the Oscars overlooked 'The Lego Movie'.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/oscar-snub-lego-movie-best-animation-1201405956/

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 1:35pm

"You are exhibiting "masterpiece status" behavior. It's not that any of Lansbury's performances were undeserving, it's that everything she does gets praised like she's the definitive actress of her generation."

What?! She's deserving of praise, but not? I've never heard or read it implied that she is the definitive actress of any generation, just that she's a great actress, which she is. Bizarre example for you to choose.

And again, when someone states their opinion as fact, like After Dark, or whatever that poster who hates everything in the theater that came after "Milk and Honey", it makes that statement sound childish. Just my opinion.

[Fantod]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 1:55pm

And I am extremely disappointed that Timothy Spall didn't get nominated for Mr. Turner

[Roscoe]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 1:56pm

Spall's non-nomination wasn't a surprise, but it is a major disappointment.

Likewise Jonny Greenwood's brilliant score for INHERENT VICE, one of the loveliest in recent memory.

Man, why do I care about this crap any more?

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 1:59pm

Interestingly, The Lego Movie didn't get nominated, but "Everything is Awesome" was nominated for Best Original Song.

This is so annoying. It was honestly one of the only years where I hoped something other than a Disney/Pixar movie would take home the Oscar.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 2:40pm

"Why do you think there is such a lack of color in the acting categories? Anyone have a thought?"

I haven't seen Selma yet, so I can't speak of its merits or its limited Academy appreciation.

But I'd say the lack of color in the acting category goes much more to performers of color getting few if any roles of consequence than to the Academy not wanting to recognize performers of color. I realize they are not completely unrelated issues. But they are not one and the same either.

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[E.Davis]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 3:01pm

But by saying that NO PERSON OF COLOR got nominated is kinda a slap in the face to people of other minorities in categories, and discredits their work. I feel sometimes when someone says "person of color" we only mean one this, Black.

[javero]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 3:12pm

Lowest-Grossing Best Picture Nominees Since Category Expansion

[Huss417]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 3:24pm

Is Selma the first time a movie has been nominated for Best Picture and not receive any other nominations?

SORRY JUST REALIZED ALSO UP FOR BEST SONG.

Still odd.

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[tazber]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 3:28pm

And only 8 nominees.

It's reflective of a year when box office receipts dropped significantly and the slate of films was less than exciting.

I firmly believe that 2015 is going to turn all that around though.

[tazber]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 3:34pm

Ava DuVernay's work on Selma was outstanding and absolutely Oscar worthy.

I honestly thought she would get a nomination.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 3:40pm

"But by saying that NO PERSON OF COLOR got nominated is kinda a slap in the face to people of other minorities in categories, and discredits their work. I feel sometimes when someone says "person of color" we only mean one this, Black."

No, it simply means a non-white person.

[Fantod]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 3:55pm

Just realized that Winter Sleep wasn't nominated for Best Foreign Film. That was a great movie. I actually thought this year was a really good one for movies, especially in the foreign and Oscar-bait categories.

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 4:00pm

I keep hearing Force Majeure would be the big foreign film to beat, and it didn't win a GG and not even nominated for an Oscar... I didn't see it yet, though.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 4:54pm

I really think what hurt Oyelowo was the fact that 'Selma' was entered into this race at the last minute. He was not able to campaign enough for a nomination like the other actors did.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 5:14pm

"He was not able to campaign enough for a nomination like the other actors did."

He should have hired the consulting firm that lobbied for 12 Years A Slave. They earned their money last year.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 1/15/15 at 5:29pm

Is it true that Selma (and it's producers) never sent out screeners? Could that have hurt it?