Moore Oscar Actuals

Well I gotta say. I did pretty dern good.

I am talking about Oscar nominations. If you didn't read my previous post please do so to see my thoughts on which lucky celebrities would be getting the honor of a nod this year. 

You done?

So yeah. I did pretty dern good.

Also if you haven't read the list of the 88th Academy Award nominees feel free to peruse those at your earliest convenience. Which would be now if you're reading this post.

As usual there were a few surprises this year. The biggest snub was Ridley Scott getting shut out of a nomination for his masterful work on The Martian. Many thought he was one of the front-runners, if not the one to win this year, because 1) he took the Golden Globe past Sunday and 2) he's never won for any of his earlier works. Hopefully one day! His spot went to Lenny Abrahamson for his work in Room.

Speaking of Room, there was more love for that film than I expected. A lot of people expected the Academy to overlook it because of its dark nature. Well they were wrong. I'm happy for Room because it really is a terrific little film. I didn't expect it to knock Carol out of a Best Picture spot though.

Tom Hardy getting a nod for his supporting role in The Revenant kind of came out of nowhere. He appears to be riding on the coattails of that film's late success. Which is great becuase he's an amazing actor. It just feels out of left field. His nod shut out a couple of bigger front-runners such as Idris Elba for Beasts of No Nation or Benicio del Toro for Sicario.

Another major snub was Aaron Sorkin getting shut out of a nod for Adapted Screenplay for writing Steve Jobs. His spot instead went to either Room or Carol. Sorkin, like Scott, won the Golden Globe this past Sunday so many thought he was a lock for a nomination. Just goes to show how unpredictable the Academy can be.

All we can do is wait until February 28th to see who the big winners are. I'm very excited for Mad Max: Fury Road. It was my favorite film last year, and to see a genre work get so much love from a usually stuffy Academy is surprising. I don't think it will win either Best Picture or Best Director, especially with The Revenant currently gaining a ton of speed. It should win for a few of its techincal nods though, and that's pretty awesome. Go Mad Max go!

I'm not sure if anyone reading this has seen a majority of the nominees this year. I've got some catching up to do myself. I will say it's all kind of exciting. Other than The Revenant getting attention lately there isn't a true front-runner this year. It's all very up in the air, and that makes the broadcast so much more fun to watch. I'll be posting about the winners when the time comes, but until then that is a wrap!