GLASSJAW Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 thew New Republic used to have high quality, interesting articles. Today they took a trip to Salon.com for a white guilt facial http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120774/2015-oscar-nominations-snub-selma-least-diverse-17-years The Internet erupted Thursday morning when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released its nominations for this year’s Oscars. The Feb. 22 ceremony will feature the least racially diverse acting lineup in 17 years, due partly to its snubs of Selma. The historical drama about Martin Luther King Jr.'s march from Selma to Montgomery was nominated only for Best Picture and Best Original Song—a combination that’s probably never been seen before in Oscar history. The Academy liked Selma enough to call it one of the best eight movies of the year, but didn’t like anything that went into making the movie: directing, acting, writing, cinematography, costume design, you name it. Oh, and cool song at the end, guys The most notable snub of the morning was Ava DuVernay’s. The Selma director was widely expected to become the first black woman nominated for Best Director (and the fifth woman ever), but her omission is not without precedent. Before her, eight women were denied a directing nod even though their movies were named best picture. It may be that DuVernay’s omission could propel the movie’s Oscar campaign the same way Ben Affleck’s directing snub two years ago propelled Argo to Best Picture. But Argo had seven nominations total, and won two other categories. Selma, with two nominations, might be too marginalized. This year’s nominees are also notable for how little money they’ve made. The eight movies have grossed a total of $203 million; Gravity, one of last year’s nominees, made $274 million on its own. The highest grossing nominee this year is indie darling Grand Budapest Hotel. Of course, an Oscar nod is a box office boost, and more people will go see these movies now, but the lack of blockbusters proves that expanding the Best Picture category six years ago isn't working as expected. When the Academy allowed up to 10 nominated films, a prevailing belief was that this would allow more populist films like The Dark Knight to be recognized. But instead prestige indies like Whiplash, which has only grossed $6 million, are being recognized. Once upon a time, a film directed by a black man and starring a predominantly black cast was nominated nine times by the Academy. It won Best Picture, and its lead actress and screenwriter, both of them black, took home golden statuettes. The film, of course, was 12 Years a Slave, which won those Oscars just last year. Today, it feels like forever ago. that concluding paragraph makes me cringe so hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FramingDragon Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 thew New Republic used to have high quality, interesting articles. Today they took a trip to Salon.com for a white guilt facial http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120774/2015-oscar-nominations-snub-selma-least-diverse-17-years that concluding paragraph makes me cringe so hard When was the last time you got a facial that resulted in having black or brown goo on your face? "predominantly black cast." Yeah, if extras count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 updated list with the two writing awards. had to laugh at American Sniper dude getting a nomination for best adapted screenplay. in a way, you gotta give it to him... he knew exactly what content to leave out to feed into the 'hero' narrative of the movie and make the guy seem like Good American rather than a seriously disturbed hillbilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_bassi13 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 thew New Republic used to have high quality, interesting articles. Today they took a trip to Salon.com for a white guilt facial http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120774/2015-oscar-nominations-snub-selma-least-diverse-17-years that concluding paragraph makes me cringe so hard Top to bottom, what an awful article. Funny, but awful. Seems almost like an Onion parody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Generally satisfied although I would have preferred more Nightcrawler, less American Sniper, particularly Rene Russo for supporting actress. What did JK Simmons say to Clint Eastwood? "Good Job!" alright my predictions Best Picture “Boyhood” Actor in a Leading Role Michael Keaton, “Birdman” Actress in a Leading Role Julianne Moore, “Still Alice” Actor in a Supporting Role J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash” Actress in a Supporting Role Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood” Directing Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman” Animated Feature Film didn't watch a single animated film this yr Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman” Costume Design Jacqueline Durran, “Mr. Turner” Documentary Feature “Citizenfour” Film Editing William Goldenberg, “The Imitation Game” Foreign Language Film “Ida” Writing – Adapted Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice” (prob showing my bias here, more likely Whiplash) Writing – Original Screenplay Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Generally satisfied although I would have preferred more Nightcrawler, less American Sniper, particularly Rene Russo for supporting actress. What did JK Simmons say to Clint Eastwood? "Good Job!" alright my predictions Best Picture “Boyhood” Actor in a Leading Role Michael Keaton, “Birdman” Actress in a Leading Role Julianne Moore, “Still Alice” Actor in a Supporting Role J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash” Actress in a Supporting Role Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood” Directing Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman” Animated Feature Film didn't watch a single animated film this yr Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman” Costume Design Jacqueline Durran, “Mr. Turner” Documentary Feature “Citizenfour” Film Editing William Goldenberg, “The Imitation Game” Foreign Language Film “Ida” Writing – Adapted Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice” (prob showing my bias here, more likely Whiplash) Writing – Original Screenplay Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” agree almost completely with this list, except i put Boyhood for Editing. although i could see Birdman getting it, for the whole 'long shot' technique they stitched together. but idk. i have no reason to think this other than hype, but i'm putting my money on Witherspoon for actress. hope Cotillard wins, because she's very pretty and pretty people deserve celebration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Mulder Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Selma only got 2 nominations. Naturally, Al Sharpton is throwing a hissy fit, calling for an 'emergency meeting' to discuss why more black people weren't nominated. Good grief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Zamboni Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 "Dick Poop" was nominated today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdatb Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Selma only got 2 nominations. Naturally, Al Sharpton is throwing a hissy fit, calling for an 'emergency meeting' to discuss why more black people weren't nominated. Good grief. Did he really? That would be hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTCanucksfanatic Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I got a feeling The Imitation Game is going to clean up this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WZRD Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Going to watch American Sniper tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bob.Loblaw Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Did he really? That would be hilarious It's a very white list of nominees. Makes the Oscars look bad in the media, but all the blame should go to Hollywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I haven't watched the Oscars in over a decade. They play favourites, they give Oscars to older actors to make up for not nominating them for epic performances earlier in their careers. It's one long borefest. George C Scott was wise to refuse his Oscar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 It's a very white list of nominees. Makes the Oscars look bad in the media, but all the blame should go to Hollywood. Yeah, aside from Selma I haven't seen a lot of realistic suggestions for who should have been nominated. Tyler Perry maybe for Gone Girl, but that might be weird because I heard that he kind of came out against the movie after seeing it (apparently he hadn't read the book or entire script and disagreed with the morals). Tony Revolori in GBH was decent but mostly seemed to stick with standing around innocently wild-eyed. Chris Rock's name was thrown around for screenplay, haven't seen Top Five but I don't know how realistic that is. About all I can think of. Seems like more of a lame year for multiracial hollywood fare. In the end a Mexican dude is likely to walk away with best director anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peaches5 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 The American Sniper nominations are a joke, they should be replaced with Nightcrawler. Nice to see the marked absence of Interstellar too. Also, what the hell is Keira Knightley doing as supporting actress nominee? No Jake Gyllenhaal for Best Actor? Ridiculous Interstellar was a great movie Boyhood is that movie thats there ever year and you just shake your head like what is this crap doing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raoul Duke Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 American Sniper was amazing. Loved it. Will be making my way down the Best Picture list but so far 1 for 1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_bassi13 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Interstellar was a great movie Boyhood is that movie thats there ever year and you just shake your head like what is this crap doing here. It's great that you enjoyed Interstellar and all, but I'm hoping this was a joke post. In that I hope you don't truly consider Interstellar to be a standard bearer in cinema making. It had some great visuals, Matt McConaughey and a fairly compelling survivalist element told from 2 perspectives, but it had many flaws. It was a very bloated movie with basic storytelling issues. I enjoyed it before the ending myself, but it was largely just Christopher Nolan being Christopher Nolan. I would take it you haven't seen Boyhood either. Well, if you have any personal vestment in the Oscars, you should prepare yourself for this winning best Oscar. I haven't seen it myself yet, but I can trust what people have to say about it, and its chances. You could just do what I do with the Grammys and ignore everything about it outright if this kind of thing bothers you. My personal favourite movie of last year was Edge of Tomorrow, but I'm not about to suggest that Bill Paxton was robbed of an acting nomination. Actually, I am going to suggest that, but it doesn't defeat my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 #OscarsSoWhite This whole thing is racist apparently. Been reading and watching what people are saying, at least the biggest complainers and all 7 gods cannot begin to hold back the stunned silence in my brain at the stupidity of these people. Cheryl Boone Isaac complaining that there's to many men and to many white folk in the awards and she's the bloody president of the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences. Basically stating it's to incredible to believe that white folk and men could produce or act better than X or Y race and gender Multiple civil rights individuals claiming it is to white not at all diverse and to inclusive and therefore racist. yet forget that somehow someway a couple of people from New Zealand, Australia, Nordic Europe South Africa the UK and Latin America is in fact diverse as all hell. Much like claiming everyone from South America is Mexican or anyone with dark skin is African. The major Asian film groups claiming that it is a sham that no indian or asian films got nominated yet never once mention they've never even accepted a submission from North America into their awards ceremonies. Possibly the worst of all is the fact that the biggest complaints are about the lack of "minorities" in high value high visibility awards such as Best Actor/Actress, Best supporting actor/actress, best director/producer and best picture. NO mention at all about the diversity in other awards just the important ones. Is the academy to old boys white and gentlemanly? Probably. But for the love of god seriously stop with this we deserve a participation medal crap. Want more diversity? Write more diverse subject matter, act the part given to you direct a better movie or compose one from a different angle. Don't whine about it and demand a medal and then claim it is racist and not diverse at all while discounting the fact this is actually one of more diverse awards in a while regardless of the fact there are no african americans in the running for visible awards. Also...wtf is Keira Knightly doing with a nomination? Seriously.... Edit* Also noticed The Book of Life wasn't in the running for animated but Big Hero 6 was....shame. That's a big let down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 #OscarsSoWhite This whole thing is racist apparently. Been reading and watching what people are saying, at least the biggest complainers and all 7 gods cannot begin to hold back the stunned silence in my brain at the stupidity of these people. Cheryl Boone Isaac complaining that there's to many men and to many white folk in the awards and she's the bloody president of the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences. Basically stating it's to incredible to believe that white folk and men could produce or act better than X or Y race and gender Multiple civil rights individuals claiming it is to white not at all diverse and to inclusive and therefore racist. yet forget that somehow someway a couple of people from New Zealand, Australia, Nordic Europe South Africa the UK and Latin America is in fact diverse as all hell. Much like claiming everyone from South America is Mexican or anyone with dark skin is African. The major Asian film groups claiming that it is a sham that no indian or asian films got nominated yet never once mention they've never even accepted a submission from North America into their awards ceremonies. Possibly the worst of all is the fact that the biggest complaints are about the lack of "minorities" in high value high visibility awards such as Best Actor/Actress, Best supporting actor/actress, best director/producer and best picture. NO mention at all about the diversity in other awards just the important ones. Is the academy to old boys white and gentlemanly? Probably. But for the love of god seriously stop with this we deserve a participation medal crap. Want more diversity? Write more diverse subject matter, act the part given to you direct a better movie or compose one from a different angle. Don't whine about it and demand a medal and then claim it is racist and not diverse at all while discounting the fact this is actually one of more diverse awards in a while regardless of the fact there are no african americans in the running for visible awards. Also...wtf is Keira Knightly doing with a nomination? Seriously.... Edit* Also noticed The Book of Life wasn't in the running for animated but Big Hero 6 was....shame. That's a big let down http://i.ytimg.com/vi/k6MlwT1lBk0/hqdefault.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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