2014 Oscar Nominations

[Mitch Henessey]

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

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

Best Actor in a Leading Role
• 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"

Best Actress in a Leading Role
• Amy Adams, "American Hustle"
• Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"
• Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"
• Judi Dench, "Philomena"
• Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"

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, "The Dallas Buyers Club"

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"

Best Original Screenplay
• "American Hustle," by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
• "Blue Jasmine," by Woody Allen
• "Dallas Buyers Club," by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
• "Her," by Spike Jonze
• "Nebraska," by Bob Nelson

Best Adapted Screenplay
• "Before Midnight," by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
• "Captain Phillips," by Billy Ray
• "Philomena," by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
• "12 Years a Slave," by John Ridley
• "The Wolf of Wall Street," by Terence Winter

Best Animated Film
• "The Croods"
• "Despicable Me 2"
• "Ernest & Celestine"
• "Frozen"
• "The Wind Rises"

Best Animated Short Film
• "Feral"
• "Get a Horse!"
• "Mr. Hublot"
• "Possessions"
• "Room on the Broom"

Best Short Film, Live Action
• "Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)"
• "Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)"
• "Helium"
• "Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)"
• "The Voorman Problem"

Best Original Score
• "The Book Thief," by John Williams
• "Gravity," by Steven Price
• "Her," by William Butler and Owen Pallett
• "Philomena," by Alexandre Desplat
• "Saving Mr. Banks," by Thomas Newman

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"

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

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

Best Documentary Feature
• "The Act of Killing"
• "Cutie and the Boxer"
• "Dirty Wars"
• "The Square"
• "20 Feet From Stardom"

Best Documentary Short Subject
• "CaveDigger"
• "Facing Fear"
• "Karama Has No Walls"
• "The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life"
• "Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall"

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

Best Foreign Language Film
• "The Broken Circle Breakdown"
• "The Great Beauty"
• "The Hunt"
• "The Missing Picture"
• "Omar"

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

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

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

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

Best Cinematography
• Philippe Le Sourd, "The Grandmaster"
• Emmanuel Lubezki, "Gravity"
• Bruno Delbonnel, "Inside Llewyn Davis"
• Phedon Papamichael, "Nebraska"
• Roger A. Deakins, "Prisoners"

I'm shocked The Wolf Of Wall Street received any nominations. I finally had a chance to see it a few a days ago, and with the more prudish and conservative critics shitting all over TWOW for being too sleazy and raunchy, I was sure the Academy would snub it all together. As always, I'm pulling for Leo to take home the gold (he should've been nominated for Unchained last year, not Christoph Waltz ), but I have feeling they'll give this one to Bale.

I don't get all the hype for American Hustle. I enjoyed the movie, but it's on my list of vastly overrated films for 2013. As far as Best Actress goes, Cate Blanchett has to win for Blue Jasmine. Her flawless performance was something to admire, but you're always in trouble, when Meryl Streep is nominated for a Best Actress award.

I still have a lot of catching up to do for the nominees this year, because I need to see Philomena, 12 Years A Slave, Dallas Buyers Club, Captain Phillips, and Nebraska at some point.

 

[Cena's Little Helper]

A little bit disappointed in the nominations list. Right off the bat, I have to admit that two of my predictions were completely wrong (the Bale and Scorsese nominations). The Bale nomination isn't surprising, but the Scorsese nomination is really surprising. Conversely, the Bale nomination is completely undeserved while Scorsese nomination is only relatively undeserved. If I had it my way, Scorsese would have been replaced with Spike Jonze for Her; ideally, Scorsese would have stayed while David O. Russell was taken out but unfortunately AMPAS seems to have a hard-on for the completely underwhelming American Hustle. Also, Joaquin Phoenix should have gone in over both Bale and DiCaprio (I would have been indifferent to Redford going in over DiCaprio, but Bale shouldn't be in there at all).

However, with all this being said, I don't really care about the nominations that much. The Academy can fuck up for the next ten years for all I care since they rightly recognized the greatest living director with a nomination last year.

As far as who wins, I think everything's up in the air. I think Ejiofor takes Best Actor, Blanchett takes Best Actress, Nyong'o (sp?) takes Supporting Actress, Leto takes Supporting Actor (Fassbender should win, but won't; also, I'm thrilled about the Jonah Hill nomination...he was the best thing about The Wolf of Wall Street), Cuaron takes Best Director, and 12 Years a Slave takes Best Picture.

 

[The Dragon Saga]

Nice to see the obvious hard-on for American Hustle. I really don't get why so many people love it. I went to see it in the cinema and thought it was alright, my girlfriend thought the same. In contrast we also went to see TWOW with some friends and all of us loved it. I thought it was obnoxious that it was different, didn't slow down much until the end.

Not seen 12 Years a Slave yet so can't comment, but nice to see my countryman Michael Fassbender getting some love. Any film hes in is instantly watchable, and he usually delivers. Recently watched Fish Tank on Netflix and despite his supporting role being decently minimal, he was the obvious star.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Glad to see Philomena get some nominations. It ain't winning a thing, but then the best films rarely do.

Hanks did enough in that final scene of Captain Phillips to get my vote.....wait, Christian Bale, what are you doing in Tom's spot.

American Hustle was funny in places, I admit. But, yeah, the love in is completely lost on me. I've not met anybody yet who's blown away by it.

The best animated film category can probably be retired now. The Croods? Despicable Me 2? Ok, I guess. That's the highest praise anybody but a child can give them.

Gravity will win Best Director. 12 Years a Slave will get best film.

At the end of the day, all we really want from the Oscars is to see what the ladies are wearing on the red carpet. And as usual, I'm sure they'll deliver.

 

[The Brooklyn Baller]

It's actually shaping up to be a pretty exciting race, save for a few categories, especially since the precursors have had some splits.

I think the only locks in the main categories are Cuaron for director, Leto for supporting actor, Blanchett for actress (she was phenomenal!), Frozen for animated, and Gravity for cinematography.

I have a feeling best picture will still lean toward 12 Years A Slave (a very good film), though American Hustle could sneak in. The academy loves David O Russell, he's an actor's director, and they make up the largest voting block. I haven't seen it & most of those I know who have weren't overly impressed. I'm thinking Nyong'o will take supporting actress over J-Law. I think she's awesome but she had last year & will have many more nominations coming her way.

My biggest hope is that DiCaprio finally gets an academy award. I only see it happening if he gets a late push or if Ejiofor & McConaughey split the vote. The guy is an amazing actor & the time has come. That said, I think it will be McConaughey's year.