The 86th Annual Academy Awards - My favourites

[lady_turner]

Hello my friends! Prepare yourself for a very long post, lol!
Well, in the last month I watched all the movies nominated to the Oscars. Well, I watched only the ones that were nominated in the first five categories. So I'd like to discuss these movies and point out my favourites. I will also describe the other films that are nominated in the other categories and that I have obviously seen. So, let's start!

American Hustle

Vote: 4.5/10
As you have seen from my vote, I didn't like this movie. I didn't saw anything special in this film: the plot (what plot? lol) was banal and there are tons of other movies like this one that were more agreeable (Like the Ocean's films). I really can't understand why this movie was nominated in all those categories. Let's analyse them.
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Are you fucking serious? This movie was so booooring and so useless. Maybe it's only a personal taste, but I really don't like it.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Christian Bale - Okay, despite the ugly movie, Christian did a wonderful job! His character is fine and I love how he portraited it. I'm a not a fan of Bale, but I have to say that he was very good. So the nomination is okay!
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Amy Adams - Her character was a little confused and bad written, but Amy can act well even the rubbish. The nomination is well accepted, she was great! Maybe she should be nominated for Her, because even in that little part she was amazing, but I can't complain about it.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Bradley Cooper - I'm sorry, but why do you call him an actor? Omg, he's so bad in acting! Maybe it's the movie (I have to say that I haven't watched other films with him), but he didn't deserve the nomination. I mean, have you listened his voice? It's so crappy! Yack, I didn't like him at all.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Jennifer Lawrence - Maybe you didn't know this, but I can't stand this woman. I mean, she's so fake and fake and fake. But despite this, I deleted every prejudice about her before watching the film. But my feels about her hasn't changed. I've always watched her movies doubbed in Italian and I didn't saw all that bad acting in her voice. But when I saw this movie in original, with her actual voice... oh, gosh! She's so raged! I mean, she seems a raged, fake and unnatural dog! And her character was even good. So it was all her fault. I can't stand seeing her nominated alongside Lupita Nyong'o and Julia Roberts: it's a sacrilege!
All the other nominations for this film are so useless! I mean, are you serious? You nominated this movie in best costumes! This is only a bad joke.

Captain Phillips

My vote: 10/10
From a bad film to an amazing one. Wow, this movie is flawless! I loved every second of it and the cast was so good! I mean, why they didn't nominate Tom Hanks? He's a complete actor and I adore him in every movie I have seen with him. But let's go to the nominations!
Best Motion Picture of the Year - I totally agree! I think this movie should definetely win. The plot was simply but the tension! OMG! The tension in this movie is so high that when you finish it, your shirt will be all sweaty.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Barkhad Abdi - Okay, he was great, but not good as Tom Hanks. He did a wonderful job, so it's okay.
All the nominations are okay for me, so I'll not spend other words for this film. You have to watch it for understanding the greatness of the movie!

Dallas Buyers Club

My vote: 9/10
This movie is very good. The film in itself is very simply, but the actors are simply flawless!
Maybe it's not a film that will win the Best Motion Picture of the Year, but Matthew McConaughey is too perfect for words. For me he's the Best Actor this year. I mean, he was always good, but in this movie he overcomes himself. He changed his way of beeing, his voice and he completely turns in the characater. Good job, Matthew!
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Jared Leto - I'm not a fan of him, but he was perfect for this movie. I mean, you don't see Jared Leto in a character, you see him as an actual woman. In this category there is a real battle between him and Fassbender. They were both terrific!

Gravity

My vote: 10/10
Another amazing film! And if I said so, you have to trust me, because I'm not a fan of the genre. I mean, I won't be disappointed if this movie will win as Best Motion Picture, because it keeps your eyes on the screen til the end. The time flies so fast that you didn't know why at the middle of the movie you feels that were pass only 5 minutes. Sandra Bullock is great, even if, for me, it's not the best performance of her career, but the nomination as Best Actress is well deserved. Even George Clooney could be nominated: he's much better than Bradley Cooper or Jonah Hill.
So, all my greetings to this film: anything it'll won, it'll be well deserved.

Her

My vote: 7.5/10
Okay, this movie is not all that bad, but it's too long and sloooooooow. When I finished it, I felt so listless and drained! But the idea is fine and I like all those artistic moments.
I think that Joaquin Phoenix should be nominated, because there is only him in this movie. He's very great! Scarlett Johansson did a wonderful job too, because giving emotions only with the voice is very difficoult.
I wish this movie will win as Best Original Screenplay, because there are amazing dialogues and speeches.

Nebraska

My vote: 8/10
I have to say that this movie surprised me. I wasn't very inspired when I saw it, but the film was very pretty and nice.
The story is simply, but the character are so beautiful! Especially the one of Bruce Dern: he's so cute and good! It's a lovely movie, really!
All the nominations are good and I won't be disappointed if this movie will win something. I think that simplicity is the best way for winning.

Philomena

My vote: 9/10
Another good film! The story makes you so angry and nervous, but I think the beauty of this movie is in this. And in Judi Dench. Wow, this actress is simply amazing! I had never seen her in a character like this: she is very sweet and she's my personal favourite for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
I also wish that it will win as a non-original screenplay. This movie was very well made.

12 Years a Slave

My vote: 10/10
This movie is one of my favourites. It's so emotional and well directed. It's a little masterpiece. I'm so happy that it had all those nominations. And I'll be happy if this film will win as Best Motion Picture.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Chiwetel Ejiofor - He was great and emotional. Even if I think that McConaughey is invincible, he was very talented and great.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Michael Fassbender - I've always known that Michael is a great actor, but this film swept away all my doubts and fears. The character was very difficoult and he managed to act it in a magistral way. He's my personal favourite for this category.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Lupita Nyong'o - Jennifer Lawrence who? Hahaha, don't let me laugh. She's so natural and good. For me, she's a revelation and the winner of this category. I'm with you, Lupita!
I also hope that Steve McQueen will win as Best Director. He deserves this prize so much!

The Wolf of Wall Street

My vote: 1/10
For me, this movie is pure shit. Maybe it's because I'm not a fan of this genre, but, seriously? What is the point of this film? I can understand that it's from a book and from a personal story, but... what the fuck is wrong with the Academy Awards? I mean, Leonardo DiCaprio is usually a wonderful actor and he could be nominated for Gatsby, but in this role he's exaggerate. All the movie is an exaggeration: 3 hours of a stupid movie, 2 hours of unnecessary and dirty sex scenes... It only gets a little better in the end. But really, it was more than boring. It was exhausting. For me, all the nominations are wrong, especially the one for Jonah Hill. This film is even worse of American Hustle.
A brief summary of the language, the scenes, the meaning, the acting and the directing:
"Fuck. Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck and fuck! Fuck, fuck and bugger! Bugger, bugger, buggerty buggerty buggerty, fuck, fuck, arse!
...fuckity, shit, shit, fuck and willy. Willy, shit and fuck and... tits".

Blue Jasmine

My vote: 6/10
I usually like Woody Allen's films. But this one wasn't all that good. It didn't impress me. Even Cate Blanchett is not all that great. From her I was expecting a completely different role from the past ones that she acted. I expected a role as the one of Judi Dench. I mean, she was great, but it was something seen before. Nothing special. I won't be sad if she'll win, because I love her as an actress, but for me, this role is not her best. She could do more.
And I can't understand the nomination for Sally Hawkins: the character is very stupid and not all that difficoult.
Myabe I was expecting a lot from this movie, but it disappointed me a lot.

August: Osage County

My vote: 6.5/10
Watching this film made me so nervous. It's another exaggeration: this time, of an American family. This movie is good only because the actors, all the actors, are more than great. I liked even Benedict Cumberbatch: I have to say that I'm changing idea about him. He's talented and in this movie was my favourite character. But for me he'll be always ugly, lol!
Meryl Streep was flawless as always: for me the Academy shoulf create a category just for her! She's an actual acress. An Actress with the "A" capitalized. Julia Roberts was really good, she'll deserve this prize, if she'll win! I mean, her way of acting is so simply and natural that she could act in whatever movie.

Frozen

My vote: 9/10
I really love this film! It's not my favourite animated Disney movie, but it's really close. I haven't give this film 10/10 because of the songs: they're too many and I wasn't prepared for all those songs, lol.
Anyway, the film is very beautiful and it has a fantastic plot twist. I hope this film will be the winner for the Best Animated Movie category.

The Great Gatsby

My vote: 10/10
I loved this film so much and I'm so disappointed it didn't get more nominations. But I truly hope it'll win as Best Costume Design.
I mean, the costumes were breathtaking and flawless! So, all my greetings!

The Lone Ranger

My vote:10/10
As you know, this movie for me is a little masterpiece! So I am really happy that it was nominated in two categories. Especially because this movie was so underrated and nominated to the Razzies. I'm so angry about this! So, I hope it will win something, at least the Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling. So, go The Lone Ranger, go!

Saving Mr. Banks

My vote: 10/10
I'm so upset this film wasn't nominated in all the categories. It's a wonderful movie and all the cast is great. I can't understand why it was nominated only as Best Soundtrack: okay, I love Thomas Newman works, but he didn't do all this work in the film. All the music was a reprise of Mary Poppins songs, so it's so strange they nominated it in that specific category.

The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug

My vote: 10/10
I won't spend many words about this film, you already know how much I love it. I'm just disappointed because of the few nominations. But I hope it'll win anything in wich is listed.

Iron Man 3

My vote: 10/10
Even if I like this film so much, I think there are better candidates in the category "Best Achievement in Visual Effects". So I won't be with this movie, I'm sorry!

Here you are all the nominations and I've bolded the name of my favourites. Some categories are in strikethrough becuase I didn't watched any of the films candidated.

Best Motion Picture of the Year

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

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Christian Bale for American Hustle
Bruce Dern for Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a slave
Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

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

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Barkhad Abdi for Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper for American Hustle
Jonah Hill for The Wolf of Wall Street
Michael Fassbender for 12 years a slave
Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Best Achievement in Directing

Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity
Steve McQueen for 12 years a slave
David O. Russell for American Hustle
Martin Scorsese for The Wolf of Wall Street
Alexander Payne for Nebraska

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

American Hustle: Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine: Woody Allen
Her: Spike Jonze
Nebraska: Bob Nelson
Dallas Buyers Club: Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

Before Midnight: Richard Linklater
Captain Phillips - Attacco in mare aperto: Billy Ray
12 anni schiavo: John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street: Terence Winter
Philomena: Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Célestine
Frozen
Kaze Techinu

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Alabama Monroe: Felix Van Groeningen(Belgium)
L'image manquante: Rithy Panh(Cambodia)
The Hunt: Thomas Vinterberg(Denmark)
La grande bellezza: Paolo Sorrentino(Italy)
Omar: Hany Abu-Assad(Palestine)

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Gravity: Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis: Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska: Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners: Roger Deakins
The Grandmaster: Philippe Le Sourd

Best Achievement in Editing

12 anni schiavo: Joe Walker
American Hustle: Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers
Gravity: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger
Captain Phillips: Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club: Martin Pensa, John Mac McMurphy

Best Achievement in Production Design

12 Years a Slave: Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker
American Hustle: Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
Gravity: Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woollard
The Great Gatsby: Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn
Her: K.K. Barrett, Gene Serdena

Best Achievement in Costume Design

American Hustle: Michael Wilkinson
The Great Gatsby: Catherine Martin
12 Years a Slave: Patricia Norris
The Grandmaster: William Chang
The Invisible Woman: Michael O'Connor

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

Dallas Buyers Club: Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews
Jackass Presetns Bad Grandpa: Steve Prouty
The Lone Ranger: Joel Harlow, Gloria Pasqua Casny

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

The Book Thief: John Williams
Gravity: Steven Price
Her: William Butler, Andy Koyama
Saving Mr. Banks: Thomas Newman
Philomena: Alexandre Desplat

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Despicable me 2 (2013): Pharrell Williams( "Happy")
Frozen: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez("Let It Go")
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013): Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., Brian Burton("Ordinary Love")
Her: Karen O("The Moon Song")

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Gravity: Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro
The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug: Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Tony Johnson
Captain Phillips: Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro
Inside Llewyn Davis: Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland
Lone Survivor: Andy Koyama, Beau Borders, David Brownlow

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

All Is Lost: Steve Boeddeker, Richard Hymns
Captain Phillips: Oliver Tarney
Gravity: Glenn Freemantle
The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug: Brent Burge
Lone Survivor: Wylie Stateman

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Gravity: Timothy Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould
The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug: Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3: Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash, Daniel Sudick
The Lone Ranger: Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams, John Frazier
Star Trek Into Darkness: Roger Guyett, Pat Tubach, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton

Best Documentary, Feature

The Act of Killing: Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen
Cutie and the Boxer: Zachary Heinzerling, Lydia Dean Pilcher
Dirty Wars: Rick Rowley, Jeremy Scahill
Al midan: Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer
20 Feet from Stardom: Morgan Neville

Best Documentary, Short Subject

Cavedigger: Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear: Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls: Sara Ishaq
The Lady In Number 6: Malcolm Clarke, Carl Freed
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall: Edgar Barens

Best Short Film, Animated

Feral: Daniel Sousa, Dan Golden
Get a Horse!: Lauren MacMullan, Dorothy McKim
Mr Hublot: Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares
Tsukumo: Shuhei Morita
Room on the Broom: Max Lang, Jan Lachauer

Best Short Film, Live Action

Aquel no era yo: Esteban Crespo
Avant que de tout perdre: Xavier Legrand
Helium: Anders Walter
Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa?: Selma Vilhunen
The Voorman Problem: Mark Gill

And you? What are your favourites? Share your impressions with me!

Comments

[lady_turner]

Yeah, it takes me a lot of time, but I managed to watch all those movies before the ceremony!
I agree with you when you talk about The Wolf of Wall Street and Her. I think Nebraska has been nominated because it's a totally indipendent movie and I think that they managed to do a great movie with few money. For Gravity and 12 Years a Slave we have different opinions, because I loved them very much! So, don't you like Sandra Bullock? I think she's a good actress when she makes the right movies! But anyway, these are only my opinions!
Can't wait for the ceremony!

[ever-maedhros.livejournal.com]

I really haven't seen any of the movies nominated for awards. Most of them just aren't my type of movie and/or have content in them I know will be too much for me.

But I'm very glad you're warming up to Benedict Cumberbatch's acting. Whether you find him attractive or not, he's a darling. :) Sad, though, that you don't like Jennifer Lawrence. I adore her. XD

[lady_turner]

Before watching them, I had the same thoughts, but some of them are very beautiful!

Yeah, he's a good actor. And I'm also glad that his fans are becoming more normal! Jennifer Lawrence, for me, is too fake and seems that she never stops acting. I don't like her neither as an actress. I think she's overestimated. Anyway, these are only my personal thoughts! ;)

[paperdreamss.livejournal.com]

love some oscar talk! i'm going out now to buy all the snacks to watch them tonight with my sister :)
I couldn't agree more with what you said about american hustle, it was so disappointing and didn't liked it at all so i don't get either all the buzz and nominations/awards that is getting and i'm a jennifer lawrence fan, i think she's an amazing actress (specially in winter's bone) but in this one it was a big no, i didn't believed her performance and all i could see was jennifer

dallas buyers club was a great surprise for me and the acting was so on point

her was pure perfection to me, i really like that type of films and it's a movie that stucked with me days after watching it and watched it with headphones was even better because it's like scarlett's character is talking straight to you idk i just loved it and joaquin deserved at least a nom because he carries the entire movie and his a+ acting

loved 12 years a slave too and if lupita doesn't win tonight i'll be so mad because she owned all of her scenes and if that's not oscar worth acting i don't know what it is

i see that we have a total different opinion about the wolf of wall street haha i really enjoyed it and even thought it's a long movie it felt short to me but i know that the opinions about this one are mixed though i agree about jonah, i didn't see anything special for him to get a nom

blue jasmine disappointed me as well, i found it boring and i didn't really cared about the characters or the plot at all but i think it's been like this in the past years with woody's films, it's a hit or miss and sadly this one is a miss

frozen is a gem, i wasn't interested in it but one day i was bored and felt like watching it and i'm so glad i did because it was so good! and this happened to me too with saving mr banks

and finally about the great gatsby it should have gotten at least a nom in the original song category like just pick one because that soundtrack it's pure gold, my personal fave it's lana del rey's young and beautiful and the hobbit... i loved the first one but this one not that much it was a bit slow to me

let's see what happens and sorry for one of the longest comments i've ever wrote!

[lady_turner]

Oh, don't worry for the comment, I'm glad that you shared your opinions with me! We have many thoughts in common and I'm happy of this!
Oh, for The Hobbit: I'm a Tolkien fan and so for me everything related to his works is pure perfection! So, I think it's normal if you don't like some of the movies! :D

[kimluvsorlando.livejournal.com]

I don't even care about the Oscars this year and because of the Hobbit not getting nominated for the major categories! But I am glad it did get a few nominations, especially the Visual Effects category but I can't believe it didn't get nominated for the Best Music categories! It also should've been nominated for Best Picture, it was far better than any of ones that were nominated. :(

Kim

[lady_turner]

I have to agree with you, but as a cinematic I can't say that I don't care about the oscars. I watch a lot of movies and I like doing it, so I get overemotional about these events! (:

[ginevra17.livejournal.com]

Purtroppo ho guardato solo tipo 3 dei film nominati in ogni categoria, quindi non saprei XD ma sono d'accordo su molte cose che hai scritto, e sono contenta dei vincitori! :D

[lady_turner]

Anche io sono contenta per i vincitori, anche perchè mi aspettavo di peggio! XD