Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Best Animated Feature: Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)
Best Cinematography: Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Best Costume Design: The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
Best Directing: Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)
Best Documentary Feature: 20 Feet from Stardom (Nominees to be determined)
Best Documentary Short: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)
Best Film Editing: Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)
Best Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty (Italy)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
Best Original Score: Gravity (Steven Price)
Best Original Song: Let It Go - Frozen
Best Production Design: The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
Best Animated Short Film: Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)
Best Live Action Short Film: Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)
Best Sound Editing: Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
Best Sound Mixing: Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)
Best Visual Effects: Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)
Best Adapted Screenplay: 12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
Best Original Screenplay: Her (Spike Jonze)
Thoughts? Any surprises?
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Honestly? No surprises. A cynical observer of the Academy could have picked most of the big-prize winners without even watching the movies. LGBT role beats everything. Dropping sixty pounds for a role beats slave. Slave beats everything else. The one Oscar I was uncertain about was Best Actress, which didn't have any such obvious winner. I was kind of hoping Bullock would win it, because, y'know, she had to carry her movie alone in a way that few actors ever do. But I never saw Blue Jasmine, so I can't really comment informedly on Blanchett's performance, and apparently she was the favorite. For the technical and cinematographic stuff, you do have to see Gravity to understand, but once you've seen it, you don't have to see any of its competitors to know it's going to blow them out of the water.
The show itself was really good. Ellen DeGeneres was funny and unpredictable. (The pizza guy ended up with a $1000 tip.)
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Honestly? No surprises. A cynical observer of the Academy could have picked most of the big-prize winners without even watching the movies. LGBT role beats everything. Dropping sixty pounds for a role beats slave. Slave beats everything else. The one Oscar I was uncertain about was Best Actress, which didn't have any such obvious winner. I was kind of hoping Bullock would win it, because, y'know, she had to carry her movie alone in a way that few actors ever do. But I never saw Blue Jasmine, so I can't really comment informedly on Blanchett's performance, and apparently she was the favorite. For the technical and cinematographic stuff, you do have to see Gravity to understand, but once you've seen it, you don't have to see any of its competitors to know it's going to blow them out of the water.
The show itself was really good. Ellen DeGeneres was funny and unpredictable. (The pizza guy ended up with a $1000 tip.)
I was honestly surprised that Gravity got Best Director. I mean, the tech awards, sure, but best director? Definitely didn't see that one coming.
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Honestly? No surprises. A cynical observer of the Academy could have picked most of the big-prize winners without even watching the movies. LGBT role beats everything. Dropping sixty pounds for a role beats slave. Slave beats everything else. The one Oscar I was uncertain about was Best Actress, which didn't have any such obvious winner. I was kind of hoping Bullock would win it, because, y'know, she had to carry her movie alone in a way that few actors ever do. But I never saw Blue Jasmine, so I can't really comment informedly on Blanchett's performance, and apparently she was the favorite. For the technical and cinematographic stuff, you do have to see Gravity to understand, but once you've seen it, you don't have to see any of its competitors to know it's going to blow them out of the water.
The show itself was really good. Ellen DeGeneres was funny and unpredictable. (The pizza guy ended up with a $1000 tip.)
I was honestly surprised that Gravity got Best Director. I mean, the tech awards, sure, but best director? Definitely didn't see that one coming.
The pool for directors was a little slim this year compared to other years, imo it was between Russell and Cuaron (Scorcese didn't really have a chance this year). I was more surprised that Spike Jonze wasn't even nominated for Her (although he did win best screenplay).
Overall, I was satisfied with the winners of each category (with the exception of Jared Leto, was never a fan) and the ceremony as a whole.
Ellen Degeneres reminds us that she's bad at stand up, Pink gave me pause by how well she did with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," the fact that they followed up a very well-executed and tastefully done memorial sequence with "Wind Beneath My Wings" was corny to the point of appalling, this year for movies sucked, with the exception of Gravity I will be amazed if any of the Best Picture nominees will be remembered two years from now, Pharrell made me happy; and for the second year in a row, the only movie I cared about was the Disney movie.
Which won this time, I was pleased by that.
I turned the show off after "Let it Go" won best song. I don't feel like I missed anything afterward.
One thing I would like to do is check out those animated shorts that were nominated. I could always use more animation in my life.
As many of the others had said, I can't say I was surprised by any of the results, though like everyone I would have liked to see a few things turn out differently (Barkhad Abdi was stunning in Captain Phillips, and the news recent news he's both broke and without upcoming offers is a sad one.) Ellen DeGeneres wasn't terribly funny, but she was breezy and charming.
My one complaint is that while I like the idea of montages, and would like to see more of them instead of awkward banter between mismatched presenters, the ones this year were pretty poor. The one dedicated to great screen heroes had maybe one frame of Bogart and one of Indiana Jones, and more or less everything else was post-2000. The tribute to "based on real life heroes" even had a clip of Atticus Finch! I guess to be fair, we all wish he was real. But if those were improved, both in regards to nominees and retrospectives (some of those "This Year in Film" fan-made videos you can find on line are spectacular) I'd love to see more.
EDIT: Another issue with the clips are the ones they play after they announce each acting nominee. Almost always they're yelling (if a man) or yelling + crying (if a woman.) The most egregious example was last year, when the scene they showed of Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln(!) of all things was the one scene, where, toward the end, he bangs his hand against his table and chastises his cabinet, because I guess it was the only vaguely loud scene in the movie. But it wasn't at all indicative of that performance, or what it made it so extraordinary, and some 20 brief, context free scenes of bellowing don't really tell the audience what's so special about actors at their best.
Ellen Degeneres reminds us that she's bad at stand up, Pink gave me pause by how well she did with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," the fact that they followed up a very well-executed and tastefully done memorial sequence with "Wind Beneath My Wings" was corny to the point of appalling, this year for movies sucked, with the exception of Gravity I will be amazed if any of the Best Picture nominees will be remembered two years from now, Pharrell made me happy; and for the second year in a row, the only movie I cared about was the Disney movie.
Which won this time, I was pleased by that.
I turned the show off after "Let it Go" won best song. I don't feel like I missed anything afterward.
One thing I would like to do is check out those animated shorts that were nominated. I could always use more animation in my life.
I still don't understand this opinion that "this year for movies sucked". Are you basing this entirely off of the Oscars? I still have roughly 10-15 films I need to watch, as well as several films to rewatch, but my top ten of 2013 is so packed that a couple 5-star films might have to be cut by the end of it. Also, I would bet both 12 Years a Slave and more notably, Her, will be remembered at the very least two years from now.
Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Best Animated Feature: Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)
Best Cinematography: Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Best Costume Design: The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
Best Directing: Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)
Best Documentary Feature: 20 Feet from Stardom (Nominees to be determined)
Best Documentary Short: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)
Best Film Editing: Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)
Best Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty (Italy)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
Best Original Score: Gravity (Steven Price)
Best Original Song: Let It Go - Frozen
Best Production Design: The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
Best Animated Short Film: Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)
Best Live Action Short Film: Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)
Best Sound Editing: Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
Best Sound Mixing: Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)
Best Visual Effects: Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)
Best Adapted Screenplay: 12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
Best Original Screenplay: Her (Spike Jonze)
Thoughts? Any surprises?
The show itself was really good. Ellen DeGeneres was funny and unpredictable. (The pizza guy ended up with a $1000 tip.)
candidus inperti; si nil, his utere mecum.
I was honestly surprised that Gravity got Best Director. I mean, the tech awards, sure, but best director? Definitely didn't see that one coming.
The pool for directors was a little slim this year compared to other years, imo it was between Russell and Cuaron (Scorcese didn't really have a chance this year). I was more surprised that Spike Jonze wasn't even nominated for Her (although he did win best screenplay).
Overall, I was satisfied with the winners of each category (with the exception of Jared Leto, was never a fan) and the ceremony as a whole.
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Ellen Degeneres reminds us that she's bad at stand up, Pink gave me pause by how well she did with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," the fact that they followed up a very well-executed and tastefully done memorial sequence with "Wind Beneath My Wings" was corny to the point of appalling, this year for movies sucked, with the exception of Gravity I will be amazed if any of the Best Picture nominees will be remembered two years from now, Pharrell made me happy; and for the second year in a row, the only movie I cared about was the Disney movie.
Which won this time, I was pleased by that.
I turned the show off after "Let it Go" won best song. I don't feel like I missed anything afterward.
One thing I would like to do is check out those animated shorts that were nominated. I could always use more animation in my life.
My one complaint is that while I like the idea of montages, and would like to see more of them instead of awkward banter between mismatched presenters, the ones this year were pretty poor. The one dedicated to great screen heroes had maybe one frame of Bogart and one of Indiana Jones, and more or less everything else was post-2000. The tribute to "based on real life heroes" even had a clip of Atticus Finch! I guess to be fair, we all wish he was real. But if those were improved, both in regards to nominees and retrospectives (some of those "This Year in Film" fan-made videos you can find on line are spectacular) I'd love to see more.
EDIT: Another issue with the clips are the ones they play after they announce each acting nominee. Almost always they're yelling (if a man) or yelling + crying (if a woman.) The most egregious example was last year, when the scene they showed of Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln(!) of all things was the one scene, where, toward the end, he bangs his hand against his table and chastises his cabinet, because I guess it was the only vaguely loud scene in the movie. But it wasn't at all indicative of that performance, or what it made it so extraordinary, and some 20 brief, context free scenes of bellowing don't really tell the audience what's so special about actors at their best.
I still don't understand this opinion that "this year for movies sucked". Are you basing this entirely off of the Oscars? I still have roughly 10-15 films I need to watch, as well as several films to rewatch, but my top ten of 2013 is so packed that a couple 5-star films might have to be cut by the end of it. Also, I would bet both 12 Years a Slave and more notably, Her, will be remembered at the very least two years from now.
No, I'm basing this off the fact that the year for movies was terrible.
We'll see.
Just out of curiosity, would you mind providing a list of the films you've seen this year?