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My thoughts on the 88th Annual Academy Awards:
For the first time in YEARS, I didn’t watch the live broadcast. I wasn’t part of the #OscarsSoWhite movement so I wasn’t banning the show, I just opted to not spend nearly four hours of my life watching a predictable awards ceremony which I assumed would be dominated by The Revenant.
Chris Rock’s opening monologue was great and he addressed the controversy in the best way possible – head on. There was no other choice. I especially loved his jab at Jada Pinkett Smith for her vocal comments against the ceremonies. For those living under several rocks – every single acting category was comprised of white actors only. Speaking of the acting categories – why did Sly not win Best Supporting Actor for Creed? You realize that was his only shot right? Dick move – and nobody watched Bridge of Spies.
Leonardo DiCaprio won – obviously. He finally torture-porned himself to an Oscar by walking around and screaming in the Albertan snow for two months – something I do every Canadian winter. I love Leo, but this was not his greatest performance and I have something against a pity Oscar for some reason. Sorry.
Mad Max Fury Road winning the most Oscars of the night with six total makes me happy. It’s just kinda sad that they’re only technical awards. But I get it – the film was a blockbuster and this was not a night for blockbusters. Seeing Spotlight win Best Picture of the evening was a shock – a pleasant one since the film was fantastic, but when Alejandro González Iñárritu won for best direction in The Revenant usually that’s a sure sign that the Best Picture will follow for that movie. Not the case tonight. I echo Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn’s sentiment:
I fucking hate when Best Picture goes to a different film than Best Director. Does our own industry not understand what a director does?
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) February 29, 2016
Directing is a collaborative thing by its very nature. And that's really all it is. So you can't detach the two. https://t.co/DB2sJj6DoI
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) February 29, 2016
If they were gonna split the two they should have at least given the director’s nod to George Miller for making Mad Max Fury Road. The man has been around for YEARS and he deserved it. But I guess this year, sentiment wasn’t in the cards – again – sorry Sly. .
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight – WINNER
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ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant – WINNER
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
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ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room – WINNER
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
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ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies – WINNER
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
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ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl – WINNER
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
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ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out – WINNER
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
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CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant – WINNER
Sicario
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COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road – WINNER
The Revenant
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DIRECTING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant – WINNER
Room
Spotlight
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DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Amy – WINNER
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
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DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness – WINNER
Last Day of Freedom
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FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road – WINNER
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul – WINNER
Theeb
A War
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MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road – WINNER
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out
the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
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MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight – WINNER
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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MUSIC (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 – WINNER
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PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road – WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
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SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Bear Story – WINNER
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
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SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer – WINNER
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SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road – WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road – WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina – WINNER
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
The Big Short – WINNER
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room
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WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight – WINNER
Straight Outta Compton