Monday, February 16, 2015

Eimer's 2015 Academy Award Picks




Welp, it's that time of the year once again. I haven't seen a lot of the Oscar frontrunners, but that's not going to stop me from attempting to guess all of them - suckas! 

So, not going to bitch or moan about how I have no time to see all of these movie (I guess I just did). That said, I'll just give you my picks with some reasoning on each pick (in red)

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
  • AMERICAN SNIPER
  • BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
  • BOYHOOD
  • THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
  • THE IMITATION GAME
  • SELMA
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
  • WHIPLASH
Eimer Note: Haven't seen it, but I have a hunch. Although Boyhood is strong contender and American Sniper could pull a Million Dollar Baby and surprise everyone.


PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
  • STEVE CARELL - FOXCATCHER
  • BRADLEY COOPER - AMERICAN SNIPER
  • BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH - THE IMITATION GAME
  • MICHAEL KEATON - BIRDMAN
  • EDDIE REDMAYNE - THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Eimer Note: Redmayne took the Screen Actor's Guild Award, but I'm going with Keaton on this. The Academy likes a good comeback story. 


PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
  • ROBERT DUVALL - THE JUDGE
  • ETHAN HAWKE - BOYHOOD
  • EDWARD NORTON - BIRDMAN
  • MARK RUFFALO - FOXCATCHER
  • J.K. SIMMONS - WHIPLASH
Eimer Note: This one is a pretty good lock. Simmons has won every award thus far.



PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
  • MARION COTILLARD - TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT
  • FELICITY JONES - THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
  • JULIANNE MOORE - STILL ALICE
  • ROSAMUND PIKE - GONE GIRL
  • REESE WITHERSPOON - WILD
Eimer Note: Giving this one to Moore for playing an Early Onset Alzheimer's Sufferer.


PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
  • PATRICIA ARQUETTE - BOYHOOD
  • LAURA DERN - WILD
  • KEIRA KNIGHTLEY - THE IMITATION GAME
  • EMMA STONE - BIRDMAN
  • MERYL STREEP - INTO THE WOODS
Eimer Note: She's won every other award, so why not this one?


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
  • BIG HERO 6
  • THE BOXTROLLS
  • HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
  • SONG OF THE SEA
  • THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA
Eimer Note: I loved Lego Movie (but it wasn't nominated). I liked Big Hero 6. But I enjoyed Dragon 2 more than Big Hero 6.


ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
  • EMMANUEL LUBEZKI - BIRDMAN
  • ROBERT YEOMAN - THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
  • LUKASZ ZAL AND RYSZARD LENCZEWSKI - IDA
  • DICK POPE - MR. TURNER
  • ROGER DEAKINS - UNBROKEN

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
  • THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL - MILENA CANONERO
  • INHERENT VICE - MARK BRIDGES
  • INTO THE WOODS - COLLEEN ATWOOD
  • MALEFICENT - ANNA B. SHEPPARD
  • MR. TURNER - JACQUELINE DURRA

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
  • BIRDMAN - ALEJANDRO G. INARRITU
  • BOYHOOD - RICHARD LINKLATER
  • FOXCATCHER - BENNETT MILLER
  • THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL - WES ANDERSON
  • THE IMITATION GAME - MORTEN TYLDUM
Eimer Note: Inarritu won the Director's Guild Award. This is, pretty much, a lock.


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • CITIZENFOUR
  • FINDING VIVIAN MAIER
  • LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM 
  • THE SALT OF THE EARTH
  • VIRUNGA 
Eimer Note: Snowden is a hot-button topic. Look for this doc to take the top prize.

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
  • CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1
  • JOANNA
  • OUR CURSE
  • THE REAPER (LA PARKA)
  • WHITE EARTH

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
  • AMERICAN SNIPER - JOEL COX AND GARY D. ROACH
  • BOYHOOD - SANDRA ADAIR
  • THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL - BARNEY PILLING
  • THE IMITATION GAME - WILLIAM GOLDENBERG
  • WHIPLASH - TOM CROSS
Eimer Note: Went with Whiplash on this because I bet it was hard to make a movie about music so damn good - and editing comes into play.



BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
  • IDA - POLAND
  • LEVIATHAN - RUSSIA
  • TANGERINES - ESTONIA
  • TIMBUKTU - MAURITANIA
  • WILD TALES - ARGENTINA

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
  • FOXCATCHER - BILL CORSO AND DENNIS LIDDIARD
  • THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL - FRANCES HANNON AND MARK COULIER
  • GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - ELIZABETH YIANNI-GEORGIOU AND DAVID WHITE

ORIGINAL SCORE
  • THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL - ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
  • THE IMITATION GAME - ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
  • INTERSTELLAR - HANS ZIMMER
  • MR. TURNER - GARY YERSHON
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING - JÓHANN JÓHANNSSON
Eimer Note: Would be nice to see Zimmer win, but - fuck it - let's go with Grand Budapest Hotel.



ORIGINAL SONG
  • EVERYTHING IS AWESOME - THE LEGO MOVIE
  • GLORY - SELMA
  • GRATEFUL - BEYOND THE LIGHTS
  • I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU - GLEN CAMPBELL...I’LL BE ME
  • LOST STARS - BEGIN AGAIN
Eimer Note: I just thought Begin Again was a great movie and all of the songs were pretty damn catchy.


ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
  • THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL - ADAM STOCKHAUSEN,  ANNA PINNOCK
  • THE IMITATION GAME - MARIA DJURKOVIC, TATIANA MACDONALD
  • INTERSTELLAR - NATHAN CROWLEY,  GARY FETTIS
  • INTO THE WOODS - DENNIS GASSNER, ANNA PINNOCK
  • MR. TURNER - SUZIE DAVIES, CHARLOTTE WATTS
Eimer Note: It's the details that matter in design. I thought Anderson nailed it. Although be careful for Into the Woods to sneak a win.


BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
  • THE BIGGER PICTURE
  • THE DAM KEEPER
  • FEAST
  • ME AND MY MOULTON
  • A SINGLE LIFE
Eimer Note: I like Disney's look and feel. Plus the little puppy is pretty cute. 

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
  • AYA
  • BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM
  • BUTTER LAMP (LA LAMPE AU BEURRE DE YAK)
  • PARVANEH
  • THE PHONE CALL
Eimer Note: This is a 100% total blind guess. I have no clue.


ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
  • AMERICAN SNIPER 
  • BIRDMAN 
  • THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES 
  • INTERSTELLAR
  • UNBROKEN 

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
  • AMERICAN SNIPER 
  • BIRDMAN 
  • INTERSTELLAR
  • UNBROKEN
  • WHIPLASH

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
  • DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
  • GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
  • INTERSTELLAR
  • X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
  • AMERICAN SNIPER - JASON HALL
  • THE IMITATION GAME -  GRAHAM MOORE
  • INHERENT VICE - PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
  • THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING - ANTHONY MCCARTEN
  • WHIPLASH - DAMIEN CHAZELLE

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
  • BIRDMAN - Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando 
  • BOYHOOD - RICHARD LINKLATER
  • FOXCATCHER -  E. MAX FRYE AND DAN FUTTERMAN
  • THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL - WES ANDERSON
  • NIGHTCRAWLER - DAN GILROY

Let's see what happens on Sunday night. I'll provide a recap on Monday morning - Feb. 23!

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