Movies and TV Oscar picks 2014

**Anyong Bluth** · 03-02-2014, 02:23 PM

Someone can move it to the lounge
if it's felt worth a broader discussion.

Who are your picks? Obviously, some categories people may not know, either take a stab or just put IDK for your response.

1.) Best picture

"12 Years a Slave"

"American Hustle"

"Captain Phillips"

"Dallas Buyers Club"

"Gravity"

"Her"

"Nebraska" *

"Philomena"

"The Wolf of Wall Street"
*

2.) Director

Alfonso Cuarón, "Gravity"

Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"

Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"

David O. Russell, "American Hustle"

Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street"

3.) Lead actor

Christian Bale, "American Hustle"

Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"

Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"

Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street"

4.) Lead actress

Amy Adams, "American Hustle"

Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"

Judi Dench, "Philomena"

Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"

Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"

5.) Supporting actor

Barkhad Abdi, “Captain Phillips”

Bradley Cooper, “American Hustle”

Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave”

Jonah Hill, “The Wolf of Wall Street”

Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”

6.) Supporting actress

Sally Hawkins, “Blue Jasmine”

Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle”

Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”

Julia Roberts, “August: Osage County”

June Squibb, “Nebraska”

7.) Animated feature film

“The Croods”

“Despicable Me 2”

“Ernest & Celestine”

“Frozen”

“The Wind Rises”

8.) Cinematography

“The Grandmaster,” Philippe Le Sourd

“Gravity,” Emmanuel Lubezki

“Inside Llewyn Davis,” Bruno Delbonnel

“Nebraska,” Phedon Papamichael

“Prisoners,” Roger A. Deakins

9.) Costume design

“American Hustle,” Michael Wilkinson

“The Grandmaster,” William Chang Suk Ping

“The Great Gatsby,” Catherine Martin

“The Invisible Woman,” Michael O’Connor

“12 Years a Slave,” Patricia Norris

10.) Documentary feature

“The Act of Killing”

“Cutie and the Boxer”

“Dirty Wars”

“The Square”*

“20 Feet from Stardom”

11.) Documentary short subject

“CaveDigger”

“Facing Fear”

“Karama Has No Walls”

“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life”

“Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall”

12.) Film editing

“American Hustle,” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten

“Captain Phillips,” Christopher Rouse

“Dallas Buyers Club,” John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa

“Gravity,” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger

“12 Years a Slave,” Joe Walker

13.) Foreign language film*

“The Broken Circle Breakdown,” Belgium

“The Great Beauty,” Italy

“The Hunt,” Denmark

“The Missing Picture,” Cambodia

“Omar,” Palestine

14.) Makeup and hairstyling

“Dallas Buyers Club,” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,” Stephen Prouty

“The Lone Ranger,” Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

15.) Original score

“The Book Thief,” John Williams

“Gravity,” Steven Price

“Her,” William Butler and Owen Pallett

“Philomena,” Alexandre Desplat

“Saving Mr. Banks,” Thomas Newman

16.) Original song

“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”

“Let It Go” from “Frozen”

“The Moon Song” from “Her”

“Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”

18.) Production design

“American Hustle,” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler

“Gravity,” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard

“The Great Gatsby,” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn

“Her,” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena

“12 Years a Slave,” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker

19.) Animated short film

“Feral”

“Get a Horse!”

“Mr. Hublot”

“Possessions”

“Room on the Broom”

20.) Live action short film

“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)”

“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)”

“Helium”

“Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)”

“The Voorman Problem”

21.) Sound editing

“All Is Lost,” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns

“Captain Phillips,” Oliver Tarney

“Gravity,” Glenn Freemantle

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” Brent Burge and Chris Ward

“Lone Survivor,” Wylie Stateman

22.) Sound mixing

“Captain Phillips,” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro

“Gravity,” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson

“Inside Llewyn Davis,” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

“Lone Survivor,” Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

23.) Visual effects

“Gravity,” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds

“Iron Man 3,” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick

“The Lone Ranger,” Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier

“Star Trek Into Darkness,” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

24.) Adapted screenplay

“Before Midnight,” written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke

“Captain Phillips,” screenplay by Billy Ray

“Philomena,” screenplay by*Steve Cooganand Jeff Pope

“12 Years a Slave,” screenplay by*John Ridley

“The Wolf of Wall Street,” screenplay by Terence Winter

25.) Original screenplay

“American Hustle,” written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell

“Blue Jasmine,” written by Woody Allen

“Dallas Buyers Club,” written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack

“Her,” written by Spike Jonze

“Nebraska,” written by Bob Nelson

*

Just put your choices by the category number (1-25)

**Anyong Bluth** · 03-02-2014, 02:33 PM

1.) Best picture

"12 Years a Slave"

2.) Director

Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"

3.) Lead actor

Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"

4.) Lead actress

Judi Dench, "Philomena"

5.) Supporting actor

Jonah Hill, “The Wolf of Wall Street”

6.) Supporting actress

Julia Roberts, “August: Osage County”

7.) Animated feature film

“Frozen”

8.) Cinematography

“Gravity,” Emmanuel Lubezki

9.) Costume design

“American Hustle,” Michael Wilkinson

10.) Documentary feature

“Dirty Wars”

11.) Documentary short subject

IDK

12.) Film editing

“12 Years a Slave,” Joe Walker

13.) Foreign language film*

“The Hunt,” Denmark

14.) Makeup and hairstyling

“Dallas Buyers Club,” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

15.) Original score

“Philomena,” Alexandre Desplat

16.) Original song

“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”

18.) Production design

“The Great Gatsby,” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn

19.) Animated short film

“Possessions”

20.) Live action short film

IDK

21.) Sound editing

“All Is Lost,” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns

22.) Sound mixing

“Inside Llewyn Davis,” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

23.) Visual effects

“Gravity,” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould

24.) Adapted screenplay

“12 Years a Slave,” screenplay by*John Ridley

25.) Original screenplay

“Her,” written by Spike Jonze

**RealSNR** · 03-02-2014, 02:39 PM

I've seen Gravity and American Hustle. That's it. I really couldn't tell you anything about most of these films, other than I really liked the two that I saw.

**RealSNR** · 03-02-2014, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth

11.) Documentary short subject

IDK

I guess I've also seen The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life. The woman in that short feature just passed away. I can't imagine anything beating this out. She's just so captivating, and her story makes your jaw drop.

In58men · 03-02-2014, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SNR

I've seen Gravity and American Hustle. That's it. I really couldn't tell you anything about most of these films, other than I really liked the two that I saw.

Damn. You need to watch Wolf of Wall Street. It's bad ass.

NewChief · 03-02-2014, 03:03 PM

I don't have many predictions, but I'd say:

Best Picture= 12 Years a Slave
Best Director= Alfonso Cuaron

Ironically, those are the two films I have yet to see from the nominees, but I'm just taking a wild ass guess.

ThaVirus · 03-02-2014, 03:09 PM

I've only seen 12 Years a Slave, Wolf of Wall Street and Gravity. Of those three, I'd give it to 12 Years a Slave.

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch and Luptia Nyong'o all did a great job in 12 Years, as did Leo Dicaprio and Jonah Douche in The Wolf.

Gravity doesn't deserve to win anything that isn't cinematography or special effect related. That movie blew dicks.

**RealSNR** · 03-02-2014, 03:19 PM

The Burbs and Down Periscope are two shitty movies that I love. I hope Bruce Dern gets an Oscar.

chiefzilla1501 · 03-02-2014, 03:35 PM

It's nice that this year has some heavyweights. Last year was a pretty bad year.

Sannyasi · 03-02-2014, 03:37 PM

Captain Phillips, American Hustle, and Gravity were the only Best Picture nominees that made it to our local theater. It was pretty disappointing. I understand they are considering the commercial prospects for these movies, but there were a lot of awful films that somehow made it over 12 Years a Slave or Wolf of Wall Street.

**Reaper16** · 03-02-2014, 03:42 PM

Best Picture:
Want to win and will win: 12 Years a Slave

Best Director:
Want and will win: Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity

Best Actor:
Want: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Will: Matthew McConaughey

Best Actress:
Want: Amy Adams (even though I think American Hustle is pretty bad, she is incredible)
Will: Cate Blanchett

Best Supporting Actor:
Want: the somehow-not-nominated James Gandolfini; ok, Barkhad Abdi I guess
Will: Jared Leto

Best Supporting Actress:
Want and Will: Lupita Nyong'o

**BigMeatballDave** · 03-02-2014, 03:43 PM

Gravity being nominated for best picture is a joke.

Visual effects, sure.

Overall, it was meh.

In58men · 03-02-2014, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BCD

Gravity being nominated for best picture is a joke.

Visual effects, sure.

Overall, it was meh.

I agree. Horrible movie and cheesy acting.

**Dylan** · 03-02-2014, 09:56 PM

Ellen is just insufferable.

Pink was awful. LOL

One of the best interpretations of Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

**RealSNR** · 03-02-2014, 10:02 PM

I thought Gravity was a great ****ing movie.

LEAVE GRAVITY ALONE!!!

03-02-2014, 02:23 PM
Anyong Bluth Deus ambulans inter homines Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago Casino cash: $9439340	Oscar picks 2014 Someone can move it to the lounge if it's felt worth a broader discussion. Who are your picks? Obviously, some categories people may not know, either take a stab or just put IDK for your response. 1.) Best picture "12 Years a Slave" "American Hustle" "Captain Phillips" "Dallas Buyers Club" "Gravity" "Her" "Nebraska" * "Philomena" "The Wolf of Wall Street" * 2.) Director Alfonso Cuarón, "Gravity" Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave" Alexander Payne, "Nebraska" David O. Russell, "American Hustle" Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street" 3.) Lead actor Christian Bale, "American Hustle" Bruce Dern, "Nebraska" Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave" Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club" Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street" 4.) Lead actress Amy Adams, "American Hustle" Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine" Judi Dench, "Philomena" Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County" Sandra Bullock, "Gravity" 5.) Supporting actor Barkhad Abdi, “Captain Phillips” Bradley Cooper, “American Hustle” Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave” Jonah Hill, “The Wolf of Wall Street” Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club” 6.) Supporting actress Sally Hawkins, “Blue Jasmine” Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle” Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave” Julia Roberts, “August: Osage County” June Squibb, “Nebraska” 7.) Animated feature film “The Croods” “Despicable Me 2” “Ernest & Celestine” “Frozen” “The Wind Rises” 8.) Cinematography “The Grandmaster,” Philippe Le Sourd “Gravity,” Emmanuel Lubezki “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Bruno Delbonnel “Nebraska,” Phedon Papamichael “Prisoners,” Roger A. Deakins 9.) Costume design “American Hustle,” Michael Wilkinson “The Grandmaster,” William Chang Suk Ping “The Great Gatsby,” Catherine Martin “The Invisible Woman,” Michael O’Connor “12 Years a Slave,” Patricia Norris 10.) Documentary feature “The Act of Killing” “Cutie and the Boxer” “Dirty Wars” “The Square”* “20 Feet from Stardom” 11.) Documentary short subject “CaveDigger” “Facing Fear” “Karama Has No Walls” “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” “Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” 12.) Film editing “American Hustle,” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten “Captain Phillips,” Christopher Rouse “Dallas Buyers Club,” John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa “Gravity,” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger “12 Years a Slave,” Joe Walker 13.) Foreign language film* “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” Belgium “The Great Beauty,” Italy “The Hunt,” Denmark “The Missing Picture,” Cambodia “Omar,” Palestine 14.) Makeup and hairstyling “Dallas Buyers Club,” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,” Stephen Prouty “The Lone Ranger,” Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny 15.) Original score “The Book Thief,” John Williams “Gravity,” Steven Price “Her,” William Butler and Owen Pallett “Philomena,” Alexandre Desplat “Saving Mr. Banks,” Thomas Newman 16.) Original song “Happy” from “Despicable Me 2” “Let It Go” from “Frozen” “The Moon Song” from “Her” “Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” 18.) Production design “American Hustle,” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler “Gravity,” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard “The Great Gatsby,” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn “Her,” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena “12 Years a Slave,” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker 19.) Animated short film “Feral” “Get a Horse!” “Mr. Hublot” “Possessions” “Room on the Broom” 20.) Live action short film “Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)” “Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)” “Helium” “Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)” “The Voorman Problem” 21.) Sound editing “All Is Lost,” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns “Captain Phillips,” Oliver Tarney “Gravity,” Glenn Freemantle “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” Brent Burge and Chris Ward “Lone Survivor,” Wylie Stateman 22.) Sound mixing “Captain Phillips,” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro “Gravity,” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland “Lone Survivor,” Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow 23.) Visual effects “Gravity,” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds “Iron Man 3,” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick “The Lone Ranger,” Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier “Star Trek Into Darkness,” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton 24.) Adapted screenplay “Before Midnight,” written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke “Captain Phillips,” screenplay by Billy Ray “Philomena,” screenplay bySteve Cooganand Jeff Pope “12 Years a Slave,” screenplay byJohn Ridley “The Wolf of Wall Street,” screenplay by Terence Winter 25.) Original screenplay “American Hustle,” written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell “Blue Jasmine,” written by Woody Allen “Dallas Buyers Club,” written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack “Her,” written by Spike Jonze “Nebraska,” written by Bob Nelson * Just put your choices by the category number (1-25)
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Anyong Bluth Deus ambulans inter homines Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago Casino cash: $9439340	1.) Best picture "12 Years a Slave" 2.) Director Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave" 3.) Lead actor Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club" 4.) Lead actress Judi Dench, "Philomena" 5.) Supporting actor Jonah Hill, “The Wolf of Wall Street” 6.) Supporting actress Julia Roberts, “August: Osage County” 7.) Animated feature film “Frozen” 8.) Cinematography “Gravity,” Emmanuel Lubezki 9.) Costume design “American Hustle,” Michael Wilkinson 10.) Documentary feature “Dirty Wars” 11.) Documentary short subject IDK 12.) Film editing “12 Years a Slave,” Joe Walker 13.) Foreign language film* “The Hunt,” Denmark 14.) Makeup and hairstyling “Dallas Buyers Club,” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews 15.) Original score “Philomena,” Alexandre Desplat 16.) Original song “Happy” from “Despicable Me 2” 18.) Production design “The Great Gatsby,” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn 19.) Animated short film “Possessions” 20.) Live action short film IDK 21.) Sound editing “All Is Lost,” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns 22.) Sound mixing “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland 23.) Visual effects “Gravity,” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould 24.) Adapted screenplay “12 Years a Slave,” screenplay byJohn Ridley 25.) Original screenplay “Her,” written by Spike Jonze __________________ Suck it, beautiful*
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03-02-2014, 02:39 PM	#3
RealSNR Special Teams ACE!!! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Where the hell is SNR Casino cash: $-1444792	I've seen Gravity and American Hustle. That's it. I really couldn't tell you anything about most of these films, other than I really liked the two that I saw.
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03-02-2014, 03:03 PM	#6
NewChief In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Fayetteville, AR Casino cash: $7200204	I don't have many predictions, but I'd say: Best Picture= 12 Years a Slave Best Director= Alfonso Cuaron Ironically, those are the two films I have yet to see from the nominees, but I'm just taking a wild ass guess. __________________ In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. - H. L. Mencken
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ThaVirus 5 o’clock free crack giveaway Join Date: Sep 2007 Casino cash: $-1737631	I've only seen 12 Years a Slave, Wolf of Wall Street and Gravity. Of those three, I'd give it to 12 Years a Slave. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch and Luptia Nyong'o all did a great job in 12 Years, as did Leo Dicaprio and Jonah Douche in The Wolf. Gravity doesn't deserve to win anything that isn't cinematography or special effect related. That movie blew dicks.
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03-02-2014, 03:19 PM	#8
RealSNR Special Teams ACE!!! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Where the hell is SNR Casino cash: $-1444792	The Burbs and Down Periscope are two shitty movies that I love. I hope Bruce Dern gets an Oscar.
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03-02-2014, 03:35 PM	#9
chiefzilla1501 In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2008 Casino cash: $-1675503	It's nice that this year has some heavyweights. Last year was a pretty bad year.
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03-02-2014, 03:37 PM	#10
Sannyasi Veteran Join Date: Jan 2010 Casino cash: $9963714	Captain Phillips, American Hustle, and Gravity were the only Best Picture nominees that made it to our local theater. It was pretty disappointing. I understand they are considering the commercial prospects for these movies, but there were a lot of awful films that somehow made it over 12 Years a Slave or Wolf of Wall Street.
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03-02-2014, 03:43 PM	#12
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RealSNR Special Teams ACE!!! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Where the hell is SNR Casino cash: $-1444792	I thought Gravity was a great ****ing movie. LEAVE GRAVITY ALONE!!!
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