Oscars 2015

[Norman Bates]

Not that it's going to be any indication, but the French Cesars just ended and Timbuktu won best movie and best director (French money so French movie, yes), along with 5 other Cesars (script, sound, cinematography, music, editing).

Also Mommy won best foreign movie as expected.

Kristen Stewart is best supporting actress for Assayas' Sils Maria. It so happens that she is actually the lead in the movie, but Binoche cannot run for less than Best Actress...

The "César d'Honneur" is for Sean Penn this year. A very, very, very long homage paid by Marion Cotillard. Awfully embarrassing moment. Penn, bored to death, speaks half as much if even that.

One movie you should check out if it reaches the States: Les Combattants by Thomas Cailley (best actress, best directorial debut, best Young Actor). Good movie indeed.

Here's this year's best actress (and last year's Best Young Actress a.k.a "female hope"), Adèle Haenel:

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[Hayden]

My predictions:

Picture: Birdman
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Actor: Michael Keaton
Actress: Julianne Moore
Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons
Supp. Actress: Emma Stone
Original Screenplay: Grand Budapest Hotel
Adapted Screenplay: Inherent Vice
Animated Film: The Lego Movie gets a non-nominational win. Nah.. um.. How To Train Your Dragon 2. It's a really right race though.
Foreign Language Film: Ida
Documentary: Citizenfour
Doc. Short: Haven't seen any...
Live Action Short: The Phone Call
Animated Short: Feast (which is fantastic fun)
Original Score: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Original Song: Glory
Sound Editing: Interstellar
Sound Mixing: Interstellar
Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Cinematography: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Makeup & Hairstyling: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Costume Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Film Editing: Boyhood
Visual Effects: Interstellar

[Wombi]

Picture: Birdman
Director: Richard Linlater (yes, prediciting a split)
Actor: Eddie Redmayne
Actress: Julianne Moore
Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons
Supp. Actress: Patricia Arquette
Original Screenplay: Birdman
Adapted Screenplay: Whiplash
Animated Film: How To Train Your Dragon 2.
Foreign Language Film: Timbuktu
Documentary: Finding Vivian Maier
Original Score: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Original Song: Glory
Sound Editing: American Sniper
Sound Mixing: American Sniper
Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Cinematography: Birdman
Makeup & Hairstyling: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Costume Design: Into The Woods
Film Editing: Boyhood
Visual Effects: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes

Not seen any shorts but just picking arbitrarily so we can compare picks
Animated: Feats
Doco: Joanna
Live Action: The Phone Call

[19loveless91]

Goddammit I wasn't able to see any of the films this week, so I can't do the annual "will win/should win" thing. Too many nominated films still to see...

But anyway, I'll be happy if either Birdman or Boyhood win (which seems to be the case now).

[Wombi]

Also if anyone's interested I made a 'which 2014 Oscar nominated character are you' buzzfeed quiz for another forum but I know there's a few here who would have seen enough of the nominees to find this fun so here it is:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/dashboard/richa...e-you-8snc

[Hayden]

[Defago]

Yo, Ida, I'm really happy for you, but Relatos Salvajes was one of the best movies of all time!