Thursday, January 16, 2014

86th Oscar Nominations Announced


I didn't do very well in Shane's Oscar contest, but I'm pretty happy with my overall tally, which was better than last year's attempt. As usual, there were plenty of surprises. American Hustle and Gravity lead the field with 10 nods, with 12 Years a Slave behind with 9. Meanwhile, Captain Phillips and Dallas Buyers Club landed 6 mentions and The Wolf of Wall Street received 5. Despite a few omissions here and there, I'm just thrilled for Leonardo DiCaprio and Wolf, and, of course, for Before Midnight and The Hunt getting nominated.

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

How I did: 9/9, but also had Saving Mr. Banks getting in (I'll subtract a point from my overall score to compensate.)

Best Director:
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

How I did: 4/5; Missed Alexander Payne

Best Actor:
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

How I did: 4/5; Had Christian Bale as an alternate

Best Actress:
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

How I did: 4/5; Had Amy Adams as an alternate

Best Supporting Actor:
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

How I did: 4/5; Missed Jonah Hill

Best Supporting Actress:
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska

How I did: 4/5; Had Sally Hawkins as an alternate

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

How I did: 5/5

Best Original Screenplay:
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
Nebraska

How I did: 4/5; Missed Dallas Buyers Club

Best Production Design:
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
12 Years a Slave

How I did: 3/5; Missed American Hustle and Her

Best Cinematography:
The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners

How I did: 4/5; Had Nebraska as an alternate

Best Costume Design:
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
12 Years a Slave

How I did: 4/5; Missed The Grandmaster

Best Film Editing:
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years a Slave

How I did: 4/5; Missed Dallas Buyers Club

Best Original Score:
The Book Thief
Gravity
Her
Philomena
12 Years a Slave

How I did: 3/5; Missed Her and Philomena

Best Original Song:
"Alone Yet Not Alone" from Alone Yet Not Alone
"Happy" from Despicable Me 2
"Let It Go" from Frozen
"The Moon Song" from Her
"Ordinary Love" from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

How I did: 2/5; Missed "Alone Yet Not Alone" and "Happy", had "Ordinary Love" as an alternate

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger

How I did: 1/3; Missed Dallas Buyers Club and Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Best Sound Mixing:
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor

How I did: 2/5; Missed The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Lone Survivor, had Inside Llewyn Davis as an alternate

Best Sound Editing:
All is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor

How I did: 4/5; Missed The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best Visual Effects:
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness

How I did: 4/5; Missed The Lone Ranger

Best Animated Feature Film: 
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises

How I did: 4/5; Had The Croods as an alternate

Best Documentary Feature Film: 
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet from Stardom

How I did: 2/5; Missed Cutie and the Boxer and Dirty Wars, had The Square as an alternate

Best Foreign Language Film:
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
Omar (Palestine)

How I did: 3/5; Missed The Missing Picture and Omar

How I did overall: 77/107, or 72%

10 comments:

  1. I'm so happy for Leo too! And I'm pretty proud of myself for predicting Jonah Hill's nomination haha :)

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    1. Great job! I thought James Gandolfini or Daniel Bruhl would get in before he would. :/

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  2. I got 79 correct...so not much better bro! This was crazy. Some of these I don't think ANYONE saw coming.

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    1. Nice. Some of these contenders I totally blanked on, like Lone Survivor in Best Sound Mixing. How'd I mess that up?!

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  3. Hey Josh, I only bothered to predict the Best Picture and I got all right except for one (I predicted Blue Jasmine instead of Philomena). Wow, 70+% is amazing, I think mine would've been only 5% if I'm lucky, ahah.

    Glad The Act of Killing got a nomination, yay!

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    1. Thanks, but I'm convinced I could've done better than that. ;)

      I was so glad to see it show up!

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  4. In all likelihood it'll be 12 Years A Slave and The Wolf of Wall Street battling it out for Best Picture but it's a shame Tom Hanks didn't get a nomination for Captain Phillips. It was one of his best performances in my opinion, as good as his previous Oscar-winning turns.

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    1. I actually think Best Picture is between 12 Years a Slave, Gravity and American Hustle. Whichever of those wins the PGA will probably win the Oscar. I would've liked to see Hanks get in over Bale, but DiCaprio's nomination makes up for that.

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  5. I'm still scratching my head over Jackass Bad Grandpa getting a nomination.

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    1. Haha, I thought it could happen. After all, Norbit and Click got nominations in this category in the past.

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