Thursday, January 14, 2016

OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2016: Odds & Ends



The following is just an opinion. As I am not a member of the academy, nor in any voting capacity. This is based off of the movies i have seen this year. Now I haven’t seen all the nominated movies. So part of this is based on buzz also.


SURPRISE OMISSIONS 


 BEST SCORE 

 IT FOLLOWS
 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

I am surprised Ennio Morricone got the nomination for THE HATEFUL EIGHT considering he has admitted that most of it is discarded scores for other films he has done. Like THE THING. I am not as surprised with John Williams for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKWENS as it seems mandatory that he always be nominated and even though he re-used the main theme and some would say that it is in the spirit of the film reusing plot and story elements of the original trilogy.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 

Jason Mitchell – STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

O’Shea Jackson Jr. –STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

Paul Dano – LOVE & MERCY

Michael Caine – YOUTH

Benecio Del Toro - SICARIO

Michael Shannon – 99 HOMES

Idris Elba – BEASTS OF NO NATION

Jacob Trembley - ROOM


BEST ACTRESS

Mya Taylor - TANGERINE


BEST ACTOR 

Will Smith - CONCUSSION


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Jane Fonda – YOUTH


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

 JOBS

LOVE & MERCY

THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

THE HATEFUL EIGHT


BEST ORIGINAL SONG

LOST RIVER


BEST FOREIGN FILM 

PHOENIX


BEST PICTURE 

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

BEASTS OF NO NATION

THE HATEFUL EIGHT


BEST DIRECTOR

F.Gary Grey – STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

Cary Fukunaga – BEASTS OF NO NATION

Quentin Tarantino – THE HATEFUL EIGHT

 SURPRISE NOMINATIONS 


Rachel McAdams – Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lawrence – Best Actress

Bryan Cranston – Best Actor

Adam McKay – Best Director

THE BIG SHORT – Best Picture

ROOM – Best Picture

Lenny Abramson – Best Director

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