2016 Oscar Nominees Reaction

​Hello, fellow moviegoers!
   The wait is finally over! The full list of this year’s Oscar Nominees has been revealed! What surprises were there? Who got snubbed? Here’s my reaction...

   Overall, I think the Academy did a pretty decent job with their nominations this year. While there are a few very notable absences, there is nothing as big as The LEGO Movie from last year.
    This year’s Oscar race seems to be all about the acting awards. While the films as a whole were fantastic, they seemed to be a little underwhelming. The performances are definitely where 2015 exceeded all expectations. I don’t necessarily think anybody got “snubbed”, but there are several actors and actresses that could have very easily have gotten nominated.
   In particular, Will Smith in Concussion is somebody that I would have liked to see nominated. I have not seen Trumbo, but from what I’ve seen Smith could easily take Bryan Cranston’s spot for Best Lead Actor. Also notably absent are Michael Keaton (Spotlight), Johnny Depp (Black Mass),  Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation) and Liev Schreiber (also from Spotlight).
   On the more behind-the-scenes side of things, there were also several directors and screenwriters that got left out. Aaron Sorkin, the screenwriter of Steve Jobs, won the Golden Globe for best screenplay, yet didn’t even get nominated at the Academy Awards. Steve Jobs didn’t get a Best Picture nomination either. The Hateful Eight, on the other hand, was almost completely shut out. Jennifer Jason Leigh got nominated for Best Supporting Actress, but that was it. No Best Picture, no Best Director for Quentin Tarantino, no Best Original Screenplay, nothing.
   Other than that, I thought The Academy got it pretty much right. It was great to see Ex Machina get nominated for its visual effects and also Best Original Screenplay. Although, I feel as if Alicia Vikander should have been nominated for Ex Machina rather than The Danish Girl. 
   Star Wars: The Force Awakens walked away with five nominations on the technical side. There are quite a few people out there that are upset that Star Wars didn’t get nominated for Best Picture. Personally, I loved Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but its chances of getting nominated or even winning Best Picture were always slim. While it would have been nice to see, I can understand why it wasn’t. What movie would you remove to make room for it?

​You can see the full list of nominees below...

Best Picture

• The Big Short
• Bridge of Spies
• Brooklyn
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Room
• Spotlight

​Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christian Bale, The Big Short
• Tom Hardy, The Revenant
• Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
• Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
• Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Animated Feature Film

• Anomalisa
• Boy and the World
• Inside Out
• Shaun the Sheep Movie
• When Marnie Was There

​Original Screenplay

• Bridge of Spies
• Ex Machina
• Inside Out
• Spotlight
• Straight Outta Compton

​Original Score

• Bridge of Spies
• Carol
• The Hateful Eight
• Sicario
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Film Editing

• The Big Short
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Spotlight
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Costume Design

• Carol
• Cinderella
• The Danish Girl
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant

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Production Design

• Bridge of Spies
• The Danish Girl
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant

Sound Mixing

• Bridge of Spies
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• The Martian
• The Revenant

Foreign Language Film

• Embrace the Serpent
• Mustang
• Son of Saul
• Theeb
• A War

Documentary Short Subject

• Body Team 12
• Chau, beyond the lines
• Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
• The Girl on the River: The Price of Forgiveness
• Last Day of Freedom

Actor in a Leading Role

• Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
• Matt Damon, The Martian
• Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
• Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
• Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Actress in a Leading Role

• Cate Blanchett, Carol
• Brie Larson, Room
• Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
• Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
• Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

​Actress in a Supporting Role

• Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
• Rooney Mara, Carol
• Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
• Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
• Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

​Cinematography

• Carol
• The Hateful Eight
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Sicario

Adapted Screenplay

• Brooklyn
• Carol
• Room
• The Big Short
• The Martian

Original Song

• “Earned It” Fifty Shades of Grey
• “Manta Ray” Racing Extinction
• “Simple Song #3”  Youth
• “Til It Happens To You” The Hunting Ground
• “Writing’s On The Wall” Spectre

Makeup and Hairstyling

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
• The Revenant

Visual Effects

• Ex Machina
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• The Martian
• The Revenant

​Sound Editing

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Sicario
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• The Martian
• The Revenant

​Documentary Feature

• Amy
• Cartel Land
• The Look of Silence
• What Happened, Miss Simone?
• Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Live Action Short Film

• Ave Maria
• Day One
• Everything Will Be Okay
• Shok
• Stutterer

Animated Short Film

• Bear Story
• Prologue
• Sanjay’s Super Team
• We Can’t Live without Cosmos
• World of Tommorrow

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