Official 2016 Oscar Nominations and Discussion Thread (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

Best Picture


The Big Short

Bridge of Spies

Brooklyn

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Room

Spotlight


Best Director

The Big Short

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Room

Spotlight


Best Actor

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Matt Damon, The Martian

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl


Best Actress

Cate Blanchett, Carol

Brie Larson, Room

Jennifer Lawrence, Joy

Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years

Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn


Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale

Tom Hardy

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Rylance

Sylvester Stallone


Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

Rooney Mara, Carol

Rachel McADams, Spotlight

Alician Vikander, The Danish Girl

Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs


Best Original Screenplay

Bridge of Spies

Ex Machina

Inside Out

Spotlight

Straight Outta Compton


Best Adapted Screenplay

The Big Short

Brooklyn

Carol

The Martian

Room


Best Animated Feature

Anomalisa

Boy and the World

Inside Out

Shaun the Sheep Movie

When Marnie Was There


Best Foreign Language Film

Embrace of the Serpent

Mustang

Son of Saul

Theeb

A War


Best Documentary Feature

Amy

Cartel Land

The Look of Silence

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom


Best Cinematography

Carol

The Hateful Eight

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Sicario


Best Film Editing

The Big Short

Mad Max Furty 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 Original Score

Bridge of Spies

Carol

The Hateful Eight

Sicario

Star Wars: The Force Awakens


Best Original Song

50 Shades Of Gray

Racing Extinction

Youth

The Hunting Ground

Spectre


Best Visual Effects

Ex Machina

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Star Wars: The Force Awakens


Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Mad Max

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared

The Revenant


Best Sound Mixing

Bridge of Spies

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Star Wars: The Force Awakens


Best Sound Editing

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Sicario

Star Wars: The Force Awakens


Best Documentary Short Subject

Body Team 12

Chau Behind the Lines

Claude Lanzman

A Girl in the River

Last Day of Freedom


Best Live Action Short Film

Ave Maria

Day One

Everything Will Be Okay

Shok

Stutterer


Best Animated Short

Bear Story

Prologue

Sanjay’s Super Team

We Can’t Live Without Cosmos

World of Tomorrow

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[Robert Crawford]

Well, Tom Hardy had a really good year appearing in two of the Best Picture Nominated films and getting a Supporting Actor Nomination from one of them.

Also, Mad Max: Fury Road cleaned up with the nomination along with The Revenant.

 

[Sam Favate]

I'm a little surprised there is nothing for Love and Mercy, which had a lot of great performances.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Happy THE ROOM got a nod for Best Picture. Very powerful film.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I'm a little surprised there is nothing for Love and Mercy, which had a lot of great performances.

I'm not shocked, this is the Academy Awards we're talking about, they bypass great films and acting performances every year.

 

[Tino]

I guess my thread wasn't nominated. [emoji31][emoji12]

 

[Robert Crawford]

Happy THE ROOM got a nod for Best Picture. Very powerful film.

The film never played in my area so I have no idea.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I guess my thread wasn't nominated. [emoji31][emoji12]

Yeah, I should have told you that was a possibility.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Thinking of the possibility "MM:FR" will win BP, I looked to see the last time a movie won BP but didn't get a nom for Best Screenplay - "Titanic" was the last one.


Usually the BP winner also gets one of the 2 Screenplay awards, and it's exceedingly rare the BP goes to a movie not even nominated for Screenplay.


I stopped poking around after going back 20 years. Anyone know of other BP winners that weren't nominated for Best Screenplay?

 

[Colin Jacobson]

I'm a little surprised there is nothing for Love and Mercy, which had a lot of great performances.

Maybe Dano and Cusack canceled each other out?

 

[Colin Jacobson]

I'm not shocked, this is the Academy Awards we're talking about, they bypass great films and acting performances every year.

To be fair, there are only so many nominations to go around - it'd be impossible for the Academy to pick all of the worthy performances...

 

[Patrick Sun]

Early thoughts on the acting awards:


Best Actor - probably Leo's to lose, I think he's the favorite. (might be a body of work oscar at this point...)


Best Actress - Brie Larson and Saoirse Ronan are the 2 I'm rooting for, though the other 3 are more well-known.


Best Supporting Actor - Probably a race between Tom Hardy and Sly Stallone.


Best Supporting Actress - Alicia Vikander is my pick. She carried that movie for the most part.

 

[Keith Cobby]

Not exactly 1939 again is it!

 

[Robert Crawford]

To be fair, there are only so many nominations to go around - it'd be impossible for the Academy to pick all of the worthy performances...

Very true, but over the years, I've seen too many Oscar snubs to give them a pass. I used to be a big fan of the Oscars, but over the years, I've become more cynical and less trustworthy of this political/popularity process.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Not exactly 1939 again is it!

How many of these 2016 nominations did you see? I've viewed six of the eight. The two I haven't viewed, never played in my area.

 

[Brandon Conway]

Lots of support for The Revenant (the new frontronner) and Mad Max, both probably a bit more than most expected (except for me with the latter; I was hoping the lack of support for Joy would have allowed for Theron to grab Lawrence's spot). Solid support for The Martian (but no Scott is a shock), Spotlight, and Room, with the Directing nom for Abrahamson probably the biggest surprise of all the nominees. Support for Carol really dropped off with no Picture or Director noms (McKay and The Big Short seems to have pushed it and Haynes aside there at the end). Sorkin with no nom for the screenplay for Steve Jobs is another small miss, but honestly, aside from Fassbender and Winslet that movie had no pull. I loved it, but whaddya gonna do?

Otherwise, things went pretty much as expected, IMO.

 

[TravisR]

How many of these 2016 nominations did you see? I've viewed six of the eight. The two I haven't viewed, never played in my area.

I'm shocked I've seen nearly everything in almost every category (excepting the foreign and documentaries- I ain't got no culture) and while I definitely prefer some over others, I think it's a pretty solid list overall.

Lots of support for The Revenant (the new frontronner)...

I'm never in step with the Oscar voters but I think The Revenant- while being a solid movie- is the weakest of the nominees. There's much better movies that didn't get even nominations.

 

[JoeDoakes]

I thought Jennifer Jason Leigh was terrific in Hateful Eight. If that film was to receive only one major nomination, it doesn't surprise me that she got it.

 

[Tino]

I think it's a really good list of nominees. I've seen 5 of the 8 BP nominees. The Revenant seems to have all the momentum at the moment.

 

[Tino]

Looks like a former favorite Spotlight might only win the Screenplay award. Looking forward to seeing it next week.