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| 2015 Awards Thread; Like death and taxes... | |
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| YancySkancy | Dec 9 2015, 05:17 PM Post #31 |
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Cocaine's a hell of a drug. |
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| sharon peters | Dec 9 2015, 08:23 PM Post #32 |
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Change your title already
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No kidding. I mean, on one hand, it's fascinating to see an action movie getting unanimous attention at the end of the year for once. In my view, the business has totally ignored genre material at awards season for way too long. |
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| Aaron | Dec 10 2015, 09:13 AM Post #33 |
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Golden Globes. I am not at a computer and can't paste them in, but I'm sure you've all seen them. Interesting that Vikander got in for Ex Machina. Sly got in. I'm pleased to see Cranston getting love for Trumbo, which I haven't seen, but I love the actor and character. The Leftovers was snubbed. Not enough people watch it. |
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| YancySkancy | Dec 10 2015, 09:45 AM Post #34 |
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Here they are (EDITED to denote winners with an asterisk): FILM Best Motion Picture, Drama Carol Mad Max: Fury Road *The Revenant Room Spotlight Best Motion Picture, Comedy The Big Short Joy *The Martian Spy Trainwreck Best Director – Motion Picture Todd Haynes, Carol *Alejandro Iñárritu, The Revenant Tom McCarthy, Spotlight George Miller, Mad Max Ridley Scott, The Martian Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama Cate Blanchett, Carol *Brie Larson, Room Rooney Mara, Carol Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy *Jennifer Lawrence, Joy Melissa McCarthy, Spy Amy Schumer, Trainwreck Maggie Smith, Lady in the Van Lily Tomlin, Grandma Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Jane Fonda, Youth Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight Helen Mirren, Trumbo Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina *Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama Bryan Cranston, Trumbo *Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl Will Smith, Concussion Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy Christian Bale, The Big Short Steve Carell, The Big Short *Matt Damon, The Martian Al Pacino, Danny Collins Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Paul Dano, Love & Mercy Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies Michael Shannon, 99 Homes *Sylvester Stallone, Creed Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Emma Donoghue, Room Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer, Spotlight Charles Randolph, Adam McKay, The Big Short *Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight Best Animated Feature Film Anomalisa The Good Dinosaur *Inside Out The Peanuts Movie Shaun the Sheep Movie Best Original Song “Love Me Like You Do” 50 Shades of Grey “One Kind of Love” Love and Mercy “See You Again” Furious 7 “Simple Song No. 3” Youth *“Writing’s on the Wall” Spectre Best Original Score Carter Burwell, Carol Alexandre Desplat, The Danish Girl *Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight Daniel Pemberton, Steve Jobs Ryuichi Sakamoto Alva Noto, The Revenant Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language The Brand New Testament The Club The Fencer Mustang *Son of Saul TELEVISION Best TV Series, Drama Empire Game of Thrones *Mr. Robot Narcos Outlander Best TV Series, Comedy Casual *Mozart in the Jungle Orange Is the New Black Silicon Valley Transparent Veep Best TV Movie or Limited-Series American Crime American Horror Story: Hotel Fargo Flesh and Bone *Wolf Hall Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama *Jon Hamm, Mad Men Rami Malek, Mr. Robot Wagner Moura, Narcos Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama Caitriona Balfe, Outlander Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder Eva Green, Penny Dreadful *Taraji P. Henson, Empire Robin Wright, House of Cards Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy Aziz Ansari, Master of None *Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle Rob Lowe, The Grinder Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy *Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex Girlfriend Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens Julia Louis Dreyfus, Veep Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin Lilly Tomlin, Grace & Frankie Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited-Series, or TV Movie Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey Regina King, American Crime Judith Light, Transparent *Maura Tierney, The Affair Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited-Series or TV Movie Alan Cumming, The Good Wife Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline Tobias Menzies, Outlander *Christian Slater, Mr. Robot Best Actor in a Limited-Series or TV Movie Idris Elba, Luther *Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero David Oyelowo, Nightingale Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall Patrick Wilson, Fargo Best Actress in a Limited-Series or TV Movie Kirsten Dunst, Fargo *Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel Sarah Hay, Flesh & Bone Felicity Huffman, American Crime Queen Latifah, Bessie |
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| YancySkancy | Dec 10 2015, 09:54 AM Post #35 |
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And for The Danish Girl, too, in the Best Actress - Drama category. The voters ignored the studios' wishes for both she and Rooney Mara to be considered Supporting, whereas SAG did not. It'll be interesting to see which way the Academy goes.
I don't know, there are several lower rated and less buzzed about shows nominated in the TV categories (Casual, Mozart in the Jungle, Outlander, Flesh and Bone). I guess with the streaming services we don't really know ratings, but I'd be surprised if any of those were more watched than The Leftovers, even if the latter isn't exactly a smash. The Globes' TV choices are often a bit eccentric in that they're just as likely to nominate a left-field first-season show as an established long-running hit. |
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| vornporn | Dec 10 2015, 09:54 AM Post #36 |
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A Ryan Seacrest type.
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Haven't seen many of these films, so I probably shouldn't judge, but... this year's crop looks pretty weak to me. |
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| Aaron | Dec 10 2015, 10:26 AM Post #37 |
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The consensus I've heard from smart people that watch lots of movies is that 2015 leaves a lot to be desired. Thanks for the clarification on Vikander, Yancy. I missed that second nom. I guess it pays to be a robot and/or Danish. |
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| Dirt | Dec 10 2015, 01:31 PM Post #38 |
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After all.....
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I wasn't going to mention it because I haven't seen it and I try to avoid going to sites that might spoil anything for me, but this seemed odd. And I see it has some others scratching their heads. Is it really a comedy? |
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| TBickle | Dec 10 2015, 01:44 PM Post #39 |
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Strange, the consensus for most of the people I follow is that 2015 is a stellar year or at least a good deal better than 2014. The more films I catch up on from the year, the more I tend to agree. I also think Golden Globes nominations are rarely useful for determining how strong a year's crop of films is. |
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| Mister Jiggy, Esq. | Dec 10 2015, 01:48 PM Post #40 |
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Swingin' on the Flippity-Flop
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It no. The nomination, however, is a laugh riot! |
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| Kevin Harvey | Dec 10 2015, 01:52 PM Post #41 |
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Another deserter....
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Well, no, it's not written or performed as a comedy, even if there are plenty of laughs (carefully placed to alleviate tension), so the nomination doesn't really make much sense in that regard; but I suppose it's worth considering that the film is basically constructed as a series of binary problem-solving challenges: Can he achieve this? Y/N, where "Y/N" basically equates to "live or die"; and it's Ridley Scott directing, so he approaches the material in such a rigorously rational way that we kinda-sorta remain aloof from it all. You're invested emotionally (cuz let's face it, live or die is a conflict we can all relate to), but we're never really invested in the characters as living, breathing, complex (or even complicated) human beings. Richard Brody probably said this best (and offered the most accurate take on the film, imo) in his blog over at the New Yorker. So in some sense, yes, it is a kind of comedy really. Though that sort of gives away the ending.... |
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| YancySkancy | Dec 10 2015, 01:59 PM Post #42 |
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Whoever's in charge of the awards campaign for The Martian simply thought that it had enough humor in it that they might be able to get away with pushing it for the Comedy category, where it would have less big-time competition for a nomination. It worked! |
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| Kevin Harvey | Dec 10 2015, 02:00 PM Post #43 |
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Another deserter....
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Also, what Yancy said. |
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| Continental Op | Dec 10 2015, 02:34 PM Post #44 |
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And I mentioned this to Yancy on Fbook, because he is no doubt correct...but it's just a shame (as if I didn't already know it's all money and politics). It feels like it should be an award to recognize genuine comedies, an area that often gets little respect (or at least dramedies...The Martian doesn't even feel close to that sub-genre). Trainwreck Mistress America Spy Results The Night Before Etc. |
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| vornporn | Dec 10 2015, 02:59 PM Post #45 |
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A Ryan Seacrest type.
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Either most of the good movies I've yet to see, or this is the worst year of the decade. Going by IMDb year, I've rated the following # of movies '75' or higher on the 100-pt scale: 2010: 22 2011: 20 2012: 22 2013: 23 2014: 23 2015: 7 I'm consistently around 20-23 movies a year passing that threshold. I'd have to get a pretty good hit rate on these to get up to that level: Carol Anomalisa The Hateful Eight The Assassin Chi-Raq Heart of a Dog Bone Tomahawk The Witch Amy Room 45 Years Son of Saul Mistress America Tangerine Right Now, Wrong Then Queen of Earth Taxi Experimenter James White My Golden Days |
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