2015-2016 Oscars / 88th Academy Awards

[DragonfromTO]

.....haven't seen ''Creed''......but....I can't picture him ever winning a best-actor/award,...is he even nom. for best actor this year...?

You probably just can't see him because the podium is too tall

 

[Melman]

....I think he won one for original/screenplay/Rocky...1976...?

He was nominated, but he didn't win.

 

[{+}Mother-Marge{+}]

He was nominated, but he didn't win.

.....I thought so, wasn't sure.

 

[SonnyCID]

Betting odds are out. Upsets are very rare. And when they do happen they're not any kind of long shot, their odds are always just slightly behind the front runner. So I'll list the favorites, and semi-realistic underdogs.


Best picture: Spotlight 4/5, The Revenant 13/18
Best director: Innaritu 4/6
Best actor: Dicaprio
Best actress: Larson
Supporting actor: Stallone 8/15, Rylance 7/4
Supporting actress: Mara 4/6

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Leo and Larson took home the SAG awards for best actor/actress

Can mark them down in pen now.

 

[Logicallylethal]

I'm still bitter The Dark Knight didn't get nominated for Best Picture in 08 especially against such a weak slate of films that year

I've always understood Blockbusters being left off the Oscar's radar, but The Dark Knight was much more than just your regular summer popcorn film. To me it was on par with Return of the King. It was one of the great films of the decade that redefined an entire genre.

There is no way The Reader should have been nominated ahead of The Dark Knight.

Also Mickey Rourke should have won that year for The Wrestler. Which also deserved a best picture nod over The Reader.

 

[Innermind]

Since 2009 the Best Picture category was increased from 5 nominees to 5-10 nominees. There are 8 nominees this year. A film needs 5% of first places votes in order for it to be nominated for Best Picture.

My favorite film of the year is Ex Machina. I'm disappointed it didn't get the required 5% of first place votes in order to be nominated for Best Picture.

Ex Machina was nominated for only two Oscars - Visual Effects, and Original Screenplay.

An interesting thing about Ex Machina is that I loved the performances of the two lead actors, Oscar Issac and Domhnall Gleeson, yet I was not impressed by the same two actors with their performances in Star Wars The Force Awakens.... that illustrates the importance that writing/dialog has upon an actors performance.




























I'm looking forward to Oscar Isaac's performance as Apocalypse in the upcoming X-Men film.

 

[BigDGarciaFan]

I didn't even see one posting on here about last night. What's up? Leo finally won his Oscar and gave a memorable speech.

 

[GNG]

I didn't even see one posting on here about last night. What's up? Leo finally won his Oscar and gave a memorable speech.

I don't even bother to watch that white liberal circle jerk.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Leo

That is all that mattered

 

[Tharvot]

The only movies in that list that I watched were Star Wars and Mad Max...and I saw Mad Max on HBO so maybe I missed out on the experience, but I really didn't get why people thought it was a great movie. Hell, I didn't even think it was a good movie. Just your run of the mill B-list movie that you might stop down to watch on a random weeknight or saturday afternoon when nothing else is on.

 

[huskers1217]

I don't even bother to watch that white liberal circle jerk.

i turned it off when stacey dash came on

 

[GNG]

i turned it off when stacey dash came on

I didn't bother to watch any of it.

 

[calsnowskier]

I havent seen Spotlight, but I knew it would win because it needled the right on an embarrassing subject for them.

 

[GNG]

The only movies in that list that I watched were Star Wars and Mad Max...and I saw Mad Max on HBO so maybe I missed out on the experience, but I really didn't get why people thought it was a great movie. Hell, I didn't even think it was a good movie. Just your run of the mill B-list movie that you might stop down to watch on a random weeknight or saturday afternoon when nothing else is on.

I agree... Mad Max is just a remake of earlier Mel Gibson flicks. The Oscars have become irrelevant.

 

[GNG]

I havent seen Spotlight, but I knew it would win because it needled the right on an embarrassing subject for them.

Any movie with a liberal agenda is loved by the academy.

 

[Tharvot]

i turned it off when stacey dash came on

I didn't bother to watch any of it.

I flipped it on and back off after 5 min of the sound award (or maybe it was music...i don't remember).

I had to look up who Stacey Dash was. I know she's nuts, but wood. Love the eyes.

 

[GNG]

I flipped it on and back off after 5 min of the sound award (or maybe it was music...i don't remember).

I had to look up who Stacey Dash was. I know she's nuts, but wood. Love the eyes.

Definitely Wood...

 

[Innermind]

Ex Machina, my favorite film of the year, was only nominated for two Oscars (Original Screenplay and Visual Effects). It won the Oscar for Visual Effects.

 

[antone112]

I dont if you all heard but there were no double amputee nominees this year. Something needs to be done.