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criterion10 wrote:

mfunk9786 wrote:That makes a lot more sense than trashing other films that aren't nominated/weren't nominated for anything.

I know, it was a tongue-in-cheek joke that I probably shouldn't have made. (For the record: There are some funny moments in both Talladega Nights and Step Brothers.)

I'm not at all defending those films, I think Anchorman is probably the only one I'd say is pretty good. Just made you come off like you had no idea that The Big Short is a legitimate film that people largely seem to enjoy on another level from those goofy comedies.

mfunk9786 wrote:Just made you come off like you had no idea that The Big Short is a legitimate film that people largely seem to enjoy on another level from those goofy comedies.

Fair enough.

With Bridge of Spies, Spielberg has now surpassed William Wyler for director whose output has garnered the most total Oscar nominations, 128 (as compared to 127 for Wyler)

Not too shabby, considering he waited a couple decades before actively seeking out the honor!

Another thing - Claude Lanzmann has never been nominated for Oscar, not for Shoah or anything else. A documentary about Claude Lanzmann (he is the subject, not the producer or director) has been nominated this year. Go figure.

Does anyone know if The Clouds of Sils Maria had an eligibility issue with the Academy?

For the major awards? No, it was still eligible.

With regards to the Foreign Language film category it was eligible last year but was not France's submission.

Ribs wrote:For the major awards? No, it was still eligible.

With regards to the Foreign Language film category it was eligible last year but was not France's submission.

Ah, thanks.

And with predominantly English dialogue, it probably would've been deemed ineligible for Best Foreign Language Film anyway.

I was curious because I thought with all the awards and nominations Kristen Stewart racked up, she would've been at least nominated - certainly over McAdams and Winslet.

UK Film Critics Circle:

Film Of The Year: Mad Max: Fury Road
British/Irish Film Of The Year: 45 Years
Foreign Language Film Of The Year: The Look of Silence
Documentary Of The Year: Amy
Actor Of The Year: Tom Courtenay (45 Years)
Actress Of The Year: Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
Supporting Actor Of The Year: Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)
Supporting Actress Of The Year: Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
Director Of The Year: George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Screenwriter Of The Year: Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
British/Irish Actor Of The Year: Tom Hardy (Legend, London Road, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant)
British/Irish Actor Of The Year: Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn, Lost River)
Young British/Irish Performer Of The Year: Maisie Williams (The Falling)
Philip French Award For Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker: John Maclean (Slow West)
British/Irish Short Film Of The Year: Stutterer (Benjamin Cleary)
Technical Achievement Award: Ed Lachman, cinematography (Carol)
Dilys Powell Award For Excellence In Film: Kenneth Branagh

It's slightly amusing that Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling (both British) are named Actor and Actress of the Year, but not British Actor and Actress of the Year. Is there a rule that makes them ineligible for both awards?

Seems that award is not recognition for a single film but for multiple films throughout the year/overall achievement. Perhaps they didn't feel like just being in 45 Years as their only big/celebrated roles was enough.

How can any human being capitalize that many words in a row

How Can The Oscars Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real

I agree with Lee on this (I think particularly in categories like Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, the choices are uninspired and also racially exclusive) but I had a roommate who typed like that and I just had an intense flashback to my hatred of said roommate. He'd quote himself in his AIM profile too, really bizarre inane and grammatically awful stuff. He'd have stuff like "You Cannot Fall In Love Without Falling Softly Into The Arms Of Love" - MPIII as his away message and I'd want to throw him out our dorm room window.

If you want a more ethnically diverse slate of nominees, then they need to be selected by a racially sensitive committee instead of by math.

Or a more racially diverse set of math. I don't think it's only the stuff of think-pieces to point out that there's an absurd imbalance that becomes more noticeable as the diversity of American society increases over time.

But even if the Academy's demographics mirror the population of America, would 13% African American members really make that much difference to the films being nominated?

Perhaps I didn't quite put it the way I should have, Altair, but it would not hurt for the Academy to be a more diverse body, in age, race, and gender in equal parts. This sort of thing will never be perfect.

Altair wrote:But even if the Academy's demographics mirror the population of America, would 13% African American members really make that much difference to the films being nominated?

Er, yes? 13% of the membership is a huge chunk of membership that would likely result in several different films being included/excluded every year.

It's disappointing the wonderful diversity we've seen in television over the last few years hasn't been reflected in feature films. It just seems odd.

mfunk9786 wrote:I had a roommate who typed like that and I just had an intense flashback to my hatred of said roommate. He'd quote himself in his AIM profile too, really bizarre inane and grammatically awful stuff. He'd have stuff like "You Cannot Fall In Love Without Falling Softly Into The Arms Of Love" .

Ugh. The fact he he would capitalize "The," "In," and "Of" is really pissing me off right now.