86th Annual Academy Awards (2014) - Part 2

[Dr. Evil]

Lupita could be around for a while:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-lupita-nyongo-whats-next-12-years-slave-685564

Repped by Innovative Artists, the Kenyan actress is currently looking at a few different projects -- including one from a studio that is eyeing her for a high-profile project. She recently told The Hollywood Reporter that she'll be "listening to her gut" before making a final decision on what's next.

There are several studios with high profile projects that have not filled out their casts yet.

 

[PalmerTheThing]

Wow...not too happy with the winners this year.

No surprises, the Oscars played it too safe.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Anyone see the Tina Fey commercials for American Express?

Damn.

 

[PalmerTheThing]

Imagine if Tom Hardy played Leo in a movie about how he never won a oscar, and Tom Hardy got an oscar for it.

The world would......I actually don't know, I'd want Tom hardy to win a Oscar eventually so.

 

[Donut]

I'm impressed that Leo even shows up at this point

 

[georgec]

 

[MrMaooz]

 

[Warhammer]

Say what you want about it deserving to win Best Picture because that's entirely subjective, but to everyone in the past 10 or so pages that have said that 12 Years a Slave has shown nothing new about how slavery is portrayed, you have lost me completely. That s*** baffles me beyond words.

 

[Warhammer]

Anyone see the Tina Fey commercials for American Express?

Damn.

When that yogurt or whatever was in her hair, my mind raced with dirty thoughts.

 

[kvz5]

I suggest reading the entire thing but this part, if true, is just bad:

http://www.thewrap.com/oscars-rift-fight-john-ridley-steve-mcqueen-12-years-a-slave

Apparently, the bad blood between McQueen and Ridley has persisted for some time. McQueen has paid respect to Ridley’s contribution in interviews, though he has never been effusive in his praise, not that McQueen often is (outside of Michael Fassbender). An individual familiar with the frosty situation tells TheWrap that McQueen has iced Ridley out to the point of rudeness — he barred people from speaking to Ridley and insisted that the writer be seated at separate tables at awards shows late in the season, including the BAFTAs.

That’s where McQueen berated Ridley’s wife while the writer was in the bathroom, trying to snatch up her BAFTA souvenirs and leaving her in tears, according to two insiders who passed along details of the outburst.

 

[StarLord]

 

[Pink Ranger]

Say what you want about it deserving to win Best Picture because that's entirely subjective, but to everyone in the past 10 or so pages that have said that 12 Years a Slave has shown nothing new about how slavery is portrayed, you have lost me completely. That s*** baffles me beyond words.

There's always going to be a "can't you people get over it" crowd that's going to always have an automatic negative visceral reaction to any movie about a historically oppressed people, sadly.

After Sean Penn won the Oscar for Milk, people talking about the "gay agenda" behind it was disturbing.

 

[Warhammer]

I suggest reading the entire thing but this part, if true, is just bad:

http://www.thewrap.com/oscars-rift-fight-john-ridley-steve-mcqueen-12-years-a-slave

It's not too surprising actually. McQueen is smug and kind of an assh***.

There's always going to be a "can't you people get over it" crowd that's going to always have a negative visceral reaction to any movie about a historically oppressed people, sadly.

I'd have to agree with this.

 

[DeadPresident]

The Oscars are just a way for the voting panel to support the trendy political views of the day. It's got very little to do with film.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Wow, that surprises me about McQueen. In interviews he's seemed quite shy, sure, but generally a soft-spoken, polite guy. If this is true, he's a bit of a scumbag and he's gone down in my estimations, no matter how gifted a filmmaker he may be.

 

[craigdbfan]

Really? He's always came off as a bit of a pompous jerk in most interviews. Great director but he definitely has an arrogant vibe to him.

 

[kvz5]

Wow, that surprises me about McQueen. In interviews he's seemed quite shy, sure, but generally a soft-spoken, polite guy. If this is true, he's a bit of a scumbag and he's gone down in my estimations, no matter how gifted a filmmaker he may be.

He's always gave me the *****y vibe but I gave him the pass because I've only seen him direct that towards dumb interviewers (who deserved to be put in their place). But yeah, that rumor doesn't surprise me at all.

 

[jmc]

Wow, that surprises me about McQueen. In interviews he's seemed quite shy, sure, but generally a soft-spoken, polite guy. If this is true, he's a bit of a scumbag and he's gone down in my estimations, no matter how gifted a filmmaker he may be.

I dunno, I've always seen an arrogant person bubbling under the surface in the interviews I've seen him in.

 

[Warhammer]

Yeah, I never would use the words shy or polite with McQueen in the same sentence.

 

[redhawk23]

To be honest, I feel the pressure on Leo to get an Oscar is more external than coming from Leonardo DiCaprio himself. The fans and pundits go on and on about him getting snubbed, and make all these gifs about it, but Leo himself has always said that his priority is just doing movies that interest him. As I've said, The Wolf of Wall Street is most certainly NOT an Oscar-friendly role, or performance. That to me felt like Leo just cutting loose without any thought to expectation. And if you want him to partake in a comedy, The Wolf of Wall Street has him doing broad slapstick. And some of his most interesting stuff - like Shutter Island - has fallen well outside of prime Oscar season.

Only because it got pushed back. It was originally scheduled for the end of October.

But I fully agree. DiCaprio always talks about how the projects he picks usually have to do with working with people that he wants to work with (He decided when he was about 14 that he was determined to work with Scorsese, and that panned out well). If you look at who he works with it becomes obvious as he works with top of the line filmmakers

 

[redhawk23]

Wow...not too happy with the winners this year.

No surprises, the Oscars played it too safe.

Or the movies that won were good. I like that none of the main categories were really swept by one film. 12 years a slave took Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress, but none of the rest of the acting categories and not Director.

 

[redhawk23]

The Oscars are just a way for the voting panel to support the trendy political views of the day. It's got very little to do with film.

 

[DeadPresident]

Haha, ok. It was a gross generalization. Let me rephrase: I believe there is sometimes more to an Oscar winner than merely the quality of said movie, in particular movies with sociopolitical themes.

 

[Tim_Riggins]

McQueen definitely always rubs me the wrong way in interviews, I checked out both director's roundtables from Hollywood Reporter with him, and he just comes across as awkward, defensive, often pretentious.

Wouldn't be surprised if he was a total *****e in everyday life.

 

[Boom]

There are exceptions from time to time, but part of the reason why the Oscars are so predictable is because the Academy is largely made up of members of the individual guilds (SAG, DGA, WGA, PGA, ACE, BAFTA etc), and those awards ceremonies all act as precursors to the "big show."

The winners of the SAG awards are almost always going to be the frontrunners for the Oscars, because most (if not all) the members in the Academy's acting branch are also SAG members.

The winner of the DGA award is almost always going to be the frontrunner for the Oscar, because most (if not all) the members of the Academy's directing branch are also DGA members.

And so forth and so on. Then we have the Golden Globe and Critics' Choice Award, who try way too hard to be the season's first "Oscar predictors."

Again, every so often we get an upset or a shock, but the overall predictability of the ceremony is not at all surprising.