Academy Awards 2016

[Tigro]

On Sunday, 28th of February a ceremony will be held where the last year's Oscars will be delivered.
Today the nominations were disclosed, and are as follows:

Best Motion Picture:
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight (Link)

Best Actor in Leading Role:
Brian Cranston (Trumbo)
Matt Damon (The Martian)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)


Best Actress in Leading Role:
Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Brie Larson (Room)
Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Best Actor in Supporting Role:
Christian Bale (The Big Short)
Tom Hardy (The Revenant)
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)
Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)
Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Actress in Supporting Role:
Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)
Rooney Mara (Carol)
Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)
Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Best Achievement in Directing:
Adam McKay (The Big Short)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Alejandro Gonzales Iňaritu (The Revenant)
Lenny Abrahmson (Room)
Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

Best Writing and Screenplay Written Directtly for the Screen:
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

Best Writing and Screenplay Based on Previously Produced or Published Material:
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

Best Animated Feature Film:
Anomalisa
O Menino o e Mundo
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Omoide no Mânî

Best Foreign Language Film:
El abrazo de la serpiente
Krigen
Mustang
Saul fia
Theeb

Best Achievement in Cinematography:
Edward Lachman (Carol)
Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight)
John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)
Roger Deakins (Sicario)

Best Achievement in Editing:
Hank Corwin (The Big Short)
Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Stephen Mirrione (The Revenant)
Tom McArdle (Spotlight)
Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo Markey (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Best Achievement in Production Design:
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: The Fury Road
The Marian
The Revenant


Best Achievement in Costume Design:
Sandy Powell (Carol)
Sandy Powell (Cinderella)
Paco Delgado (The Danish Girl)
Jenny Beaven (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Jacqueline West (The Revenant)

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling:
Love Larson, Eva Von Bahr (Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann)
Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega, Damian Martin (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert A. Pandini (The Revenant)

Best Achievement in Music, Original Score:
Thomas Newman (Bridge of Spies)
Carter Burwell (Carol)
Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)
Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario)
John Williams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)


Best Achievement in Music, Original Song:
"Earned it" The Weeknd, Belly, TBD, Stephan Moccio (Fifty Shades of Grey)
"Til it Happens to You" Diane Warren, Lady Gaga (The Hunting Ground)
"Manta Ray" J. Ralph, Antony Hegarty (Racing Extinction)
"Writing's on the Wall" Sam Smith, James Napier (Spectre)
"Simple Song #3" David Lang (Youth)

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing:
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Drew Kunin (Bridge of Spies)
Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, Ben Osmo (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Paul Massey, Mark Taylor, Mac Ruth (The Martian)
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom, Chris Duesterdiek (The Revenant)
Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Best Achievement in Sound Editing:
Mark A. Mangini, David White (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Oliver Tarney (The Martian)
Martín Hernández, Lon Bender (The Revenant)
Alan Robert Murray (Sicario)
Matthew Wood, David Acord (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Best Achievement in Visal Effects:
Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett (Ex Machina)
Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence, Steven Warner (The Martian)
Richard McBride, Matt Shumway, Jason Smith, Cameron Waldbauer (The Revenant)
Roger Guyett, Pat Tubach, Neal Scanlan, Chris Corbould (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Best Documentary, Feature:
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire

Best Documentary, Short Subject:
Body Team 12
War Within the Walls
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom

Best Short Film, Animated:
Historia de un oso
Mi ne mozhem zhit bez kosmosa
Prologue
Sanjay's Super Team
World of Tomorrow

Best Short Film, Live Action:
Ave Maria
Day One
Alles wird gut
Shok
Shutterer


The Revenant is nominated for 12
Mad Max for 10
Martian for 7
Bridge of Spies, Spotlight and Carol for 6
Star Wars and The Big Short for 5
The Danish Girl and Room for 4
Sicario and The Hateful Eight for 3

(And Freaking Shitty Shades of Gay for 1.)

Discuss. Who would you like to win? Who would most probably win? Will Leonardo DiCaprio finally break the bad luck and get his Oscar?

[Zero]

I really hope Mad Max: Fury Road doesn't win the Motion Picture award. I find it weird that Creed didn't get a nomination for the Motion Picture and I really hope that Sylvester Stallone wins the Supporting Role award. I think it was a powerful performance.
I haven't seen The Revenant yet but I assume Leonardo did a great job. Even the trailers were stunning. Other great candidate for the lead actor is Matt Damon from his unexpectedly funny performance in The Martian.
Star Wars deserves awards for the mixing and editing. I really hope Mad Max doesn't steal them all which is a quite likely thing to happen.

[Ruben]

I find it hilarious that the Martian was classified as a comedy.

[John]

Will definitely watch the awards ceremony as always. I'm rooting for Leo but I haven't seen his movie yet. Also rooting for Alicia Vikander ofc, first swedish actress nominated since 1990 or so. Will try to watch more of the nominated movies before the show. Carol, The Revenant, The Big Short, Joy, Creed, The Hateful Eight should be ez possible to see before the show for me.

[Tigro]

I'm very curious about the movies that aren't entering the cinemas yet (or ever), because they are film festival stuff. Some of them wil appear in March, or even in April in our cinemas. But I advise you to watch Revenant and Hateful Eight, I'd like to know your opinion on them. I still haven't watched all Oscar holders from previous years, so I'd need to fix that asap..

Concerning my favorites, this is my guesses:

Movie: Revenant or Martian (didn't see Room, Brooklyn or Spotlight, which I know are great movies, so..)
Lead Actor: Leo
Lead Actress: Didn't see a single movie from this category, but I guess Cate Blanchett was always top. Jennifer Lawrence barely gets a prize now imo.
Support Actor: Imo Tom Hardy was ultrakill in Revenant.
Support Actress: In H8 J. J. Leigh was fine, but I wouldn't like to see her get an award over some other nominees.
Directing: I have no idea, even Mad Max should get some Oscars, but I guess Iňaritu did an amazing job, so..
Original Screenplay: Maybe even Ex Machina could make it.
Taken Screenplay: Martian/Brooklyn?
Animated film: Almost sure Inside Out will win. I'd bet 100 euros. (Anomalisa looks really good too, but weird as well...)
Foreign film: I guess Mustang will win.
Cinematography: Can someone pls tell me what is included in this? What is rated?
Editing, Production: Can't really say.
Costumes: Actually, I'd pick Powell's Cinderella over more popular choices. This girl knows her shit.
Makeup and Styling: Revenant vs. Mad Max, another epic fight. Revenant was really amazingly done, but damn, so was MM.
Original Score: Morricone please. This guy is amazing
Sound Mix: Maybe Star Wars, was pretty well done.
Sound Editing: I'm not even sure how is it able to pick one of these. Martian had an epic music.
Visual Effects: Mad Max, pls
Other categories I have no idea whatsoever.

What are yours?

[John]

The one I want to win and the one I think will win. Haven't followed awards season so my guesses are pretty out of the blue (and made in 5 mins)...

Best Motion Picture:
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

Best Actor in Leading Role:
Brian Cranston (Trumbo)
Matt Damon (The Martian)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)


Best Actress in Leading Role:
Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Brie Larson (Room)
Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Best Actor in Supporting Role:
Christian Bale (The Big Short)
Tom Hardy (The Revenant)
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)
Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)
Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Actress in Supporting Role:
Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)
Rooney Mara (Carol)
Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)
Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Best Achievement in Directing:
Adam McKay (The Big Short)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Alejandro Gonzales Iňaritu (The Revenant)
Lenny Abrahmson (Room)
Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

Best Writing and Screenplay Written Directtly for the Screen:
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

Best Writing and Screenplay Based on Previously Produced or Published Material:
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

Best Achievement in Cinematography:
Edward Lachman (Carol)
Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight)
John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)
Roger Deakins (Sicario)

Best Achievement in Editing:
Hank Corwin (The Big Short)
Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Stephen Mirrione (The Revenant)
Tom McArdle (Spotlight)
Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo Markey (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Best Achievement in Production Design:
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: The Fury Road
The Marian
The Revenant


Best Achievement in Costume Design:
Sandy Powell (Carol)
Sandy Powell (Cinderella)
Paco Delgado (The Danish Girl)
Jenny Beaven (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Jacqueline West (The Revenant)

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling:
Love Larson, Eva Von Bahr (Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann)
Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega, Damian Martin (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert A. Pandini (The Revenant)

Best Achievement in Music, Original Score:
Thomas Newman (Bridge of Spies)
Carter Burwell (Carol)
Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)
Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario)
John Williams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing:
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Drew Kunin (Bridge of Spies)
Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, Ben Osmo (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Paul Massey, Mark Taylor, Mac Ruth (The Martian)
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom, Chris Duesterdiek (The Revenant)
Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Best Achievement in Visal Effects:
Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett (Ex Machina)
Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence, Steven Warner (The Martian)
Richard McBride, Matt Shumway, Jason Smith, Cameron Waldbauer (The Revenant)
Roger Guyett, Pat Tubach, Neal Scanlan, Chris Corbould (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

[niN]

I know who won't be getting an oscar at least. I think we all do

[Bludek]

I am watching this tonight. I am really looking forward to it, I have seen some of the favorites in the cinema and I have never seen Oscars live before.

[John]

Alicia Vikander best supporting actress!

[Zero]

Ennio Morricone won. I couldn't be happier

[Tigro]

Updated first post.

I am watching this tonight. I am really looking forward to it, I have seen some of the favorites in the cinema and I have never seen Oscars live before.

I woke up at 5 am just to see the main three categories - actor, actress and motion picture. Worth it. The best part: Ali G.
Some speeches were a bit cringy, weren't they? I know that when they speak there, the whole world is listening to them, but the whole antiracist and/or LGBTI agenda were kinda unnecessary imo... Talk like Leo had, about starting to think about what we do to this planet at least gives us something to think about, not just crappy bullshit.

Alicia Vikander best supporting actress!

Tom Hardy didn't get supporting actor

Ennio Morricone won. I couldn't be happier

True that.