This year I'm trying a different format. I will list a movie title, the poster (if I can find one), italicize what it's being nominated for, and then giving a comment or two if I have one. If there is any award that I would like a movie to win I will bold that specific nomination.
So let's get started!
American Hustle
This film has seemed to go wild with getting a bunch of nominations. Like most movies being nominated, I haven't seen it. However, I am intrigued by it merely because of the cast. I really do hope this movie does well at the Oscars this year.
Nebraska
Captain Phillips
Something seem a little off in the nominations? To me the lack of Tom Hanks being nominated is very confusing. All the posters (and I think trailers, too) boast Tom Hanks being in the movie and yet he doesn't get nominated?
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
Before any of you get up in arms about what I did and didn't bold: I didn't see this film and so can only go on the actor or actress I am familiar with.
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Now I would love for Gravity to walk away with wins for all its nominations (it's my favorite movie of 2013), but there are some I will be okay if it doesn't win. Bullock should win an Oscar as she basically carried the entire movie. If she had failed the movie wouldn't have been worth that much of a damn.
The Wolf of Wall Street
I am just hoping that DiCaprio FINALLY wins an Oscar. He more than deserves it. Hell, he wasn't even nominated for Inception! Give the man an Oscar already!
Her
When I first saw a trailer for this movie I thought it was creepy. There's an episode of The Big Bang Theory where Raj falls in love with Siri and I can't help but think of that when seeing trailers for this movie.
Blue Jasmine
August: Osage Country
The Croods
Frozen
I am very well aware of the controversies surrounding this film. As I am not a PoC (and this post isn't really the place to go into detail about them anyways), I won't talk about them here. However, the two nominations seem well deserved from what I've heard (the latter more than the former).
Despicable Me 2
The first film is one I will watch anytime, anywhere. This one just...fell flat for me. If it was good as the first, or tried to reach that same level, I would hope for it to win Best Animated Feature Film.
The Wind Rises
Ernest and Celestine
The Grandmaster
Inside Llewyn Davis
Prisoners
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
The Act of Killing
Best Documentary Feature
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet From Stardom
CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karma Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
Because I haven't seen the film I must be a Fannibal for wanting it to win? Maybe...
The Missing Picture
Omar
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
I haven't seen this movie but from the trailers the makeup for Knoxville seems very well done.
The Lone Ranger
The Book Thief AND Saving Mr. Banks
Best Original Score
Alone Yet Not Alone
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Best Original Song ("Ordinary Love")
Feral/Get a Horse!/Mr. Hublot/Possessions/Room on the Broom
Best Animated Short Film
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)/Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)/Helium/Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)/The Voorman Problem
All is Lost
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Like many good fantasy movies, the visual effects in this movie are amazing. Big HUGE kudos for Smaug himself. I just adore dragons and am glad Smaug was able to look menacing (with big thanks to Cumberbatch for the performance).
Lone Survivor
Iron Man 3 and Star Trek Into Darkness
I haven't seen Iron Man 3 yet (you can ask why via the comments or Twitter), but I would be happy if either of these two won. I know Star Trek Into Darkness got a lot of hate but I, personally, loved it.
Before Midnight
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