2016 Academy Awards nominees. Best Picture: Spotlight The Revenant The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian Room Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl Bryan Cranston, Trumbo Matt Damon, The Martian Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Carol Brie Larson, Room Jennifer Lawrence, Joy Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn Best Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone, Creed Christian Bale, The Big Short Tom Hardy, The Revenant Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies Best Supporting Actress: Rooney Mara, Carol Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight Rachel McAdams, Spotlight Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant Adam McKay, The Big Short George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road Lenny Abrahamson, Room Tom McCarthy, Spotlight Best Original Screenplay: Bridge of Spies Ex Machina Inside Out Spotlight Straight Outta Compton Best Adapted Screenplay: Room The Big Short Brooklyn Carol The Martian Best Cinematography: The Revenant Carol The Hateful Eight Mad Max: Fury Road Sicario Best Original Song: Sam Smith – “Writing’s on the Wall” The Weeknd – “Earned It” Lady Gaga and Diane Warren – “Til It Happens to You” David Lang – “Simple Sound #3” J. Ralph & Antony – “Manta Ray” Best Original Score: Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens Carter Burwell, Carol Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sicario Best Animated Feature Film: Inside Out Anomalisa Boy and the World Shaun the Sheep Movie When Marnie Was There Best Animated Short Film: Bear Story Prologue Sanjay’s Super Team We Can’t Live Without Cosmos World of Tomorrow Best Documentary Feature Film: Amy Cartel Land The Look of Silence What Happened, Miss Simone? Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom Best Documentary Short Film: Body Team 12 Chau, beyond the Lines Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness Last Day of Freedom Best Foreign Language Film: Embrace of the Serpent, Colombia Mustang, France Son of Saul, Hungary Theeb, Jordan A War, Denmark Best Film Editing: The Big Short Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Spotlight Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Production Design: Bridge of Spies The Danish Girl Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Best Costume Design: Carol Cinderella The Danish Girl Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Best Makeup and Hairstyling: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Best Sound Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Sicario Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Sound Mixing: Bridge of Spies Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Visual Effects: Ex Machina Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Hahaha. I don't get that guy. If there were a movie with a character that took everything super serious and no one was allowed to talk about fun or popular movies they liked, he'd get the Oscar for his starring role. And then complain about it over and over again.
Yeah, I don't understand him at all. He was like, upset that Spotlight didn't have some super visionary director behind it or something. Like, sometimes a movie just tells a story and that's okay. He's very much someone who judges movies from the filmmaker's perspective, though. I think he's said before that he doesn't know anything about acting.
I bowed out of that thread when it was "why does this movie deserve to exist?" talk. The weird stuff like "deserve" and the need for anyone that likes a film to give a dissertation justifying its existence is just ... boring. Sometimes it's ok for entertainment to be entertaining in my view. I also really liked Spotlight. Is it a perfect film? Of course not. But I really liked what they did, thought it had some great performances, and it handled a difficult topic with respect and poise. I'm ok with a utilitarian filmmaking endeavour if it's in service to the story. (There's a level of pretension that's always been in art criticism that just bugs me. Be it pop music, cartoons, etc. That reminds me of one of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes strips.)
Like, the fact that a lot of people thought that movie was great and that it's widening the reach of that story, those things alone justify its existence. And he's asking questions like "Why didn't they go into the reasoning for the priests' behavior?" and "Why not just make a documentary?" For someone who knows so much about film, he sure doesn't know anything about film audiences.
Happy with all the nominations. Also happy to hear that both @Jason Tate and @Craig Manning are fans of Spotlight. With the exception of The Cobbler, Tom McCarthy has made some great films, and Spotlight is definitely his best. Hope it wins big!
I'm so, so, SOOOOO upset that Carol got snubbed for best picture I literally cannot believe that BRIDGE OF SPIES got nominated and it didn't. So unfair.
Both are on my list to watch, but it seems like that's a common complaint. I think Michael B. got snubbed (over Damon, easy) and so did Idris (over Cranston, but it's closer). Also think Tessa Thompson deserved a nomination. Pulling hard for Brie Larson. (The AP.net news thread about the nominations was an exercise in annoyance.)
Literally every post in the Academy Awards thread on AP.net is negative, and Tetra is the thread's top poster with like 20 posts. If that isn't symptomatic of why we're moving on from that site, I don't know what is.
NYTimes: Apparently the Academy is considering asking members who have not been either nominated or awarded Oscars to move to associate membership status after a decade or two without making new films. I think this a good idea. Without this, turnover of membership is too slow and we will have decades of #OscarsSoWhite campaigns to come. Maybe the biggest award show of the largest entertainment importer in the world needs an economic incentive to embrace diversity. Indeed, maybe we should boycott the show and pressure advertisers to do the same. Or maybe the Academy should learn the lesson of history and change because it's the right thing to do.
I wish I could go back in time and fight with @Jason Tate like I did on AP.net Or whatever AP is. I don't even remember anymore.
You are confusing caring about what film audiences want and caring what film audiences want. Film analysis should not concern itself with what an audience expects.
I watched Carol for the first time on a Delta flight today and when the movie finished, realized there was not a single kissing scene. At first I thought it was because the movie is subtle ala In the Mood for Love, but just found out the airline cut out every kissing shot! Woah, that's nuts.
You need to watch it again for that reason, but also because of the cinematography. Obviously any movie on a plane is a compromised experience, but the way Haynes illustrates seasons needs to be seen at the highest quality possible.