I love the Movies. I watch a lot of movies. Just last night, I saw Desperado on TV.
I go to the movie theatre a lot. Nothing beats the feel of a big picture in a dark theatre, surrounded by a crowd with common emotional response.
I think I went as often this year as any other year, but I have a lot of movies to go to get ready for the Oscars this year. The awards are March 2.
Here are the numbers:
56 films nominated,
- 10 I’ve already seen;
- 1 I’m not sure whether I’ve seen (Iron Man 3); and
- 3 that I don’t want to see (The Hobbit, August: Osage County, Bad Grandpa)
- 14 that I don’t have access to (the short films, the documentaries, the foreign films)
That means I have 50% of the films left.
OMG, I am officially daunted. I’ll never make it.
I have 28 films to watch in 33 days.
I have a plan: I’ll watch all the films in a particular category first. For example, I only missed three nominees for Best Picture.
Uh, on second thought, maybe I’ll invite some of the grand-kids over for the Best Animated Features. Can you believe I haven’t seen any of the animated films? I love animated films. How is it I’ve seen none of the nominees in this category?
None of the 28 seem like must-see-on-the-big-screen movies. I’ll be making popcorn at home, looking for these on NetFlix and OnDemand, and Amazon, and avoiding the second arctic vortex as much as I possibly can.
I wonder how many of these films I can knit during. (Two birds…)
I might like the trailers as much as I like the movies. If you want to see trailers to any or all of these movies click here.
Here are all the nominated films:
- American Hustle: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Production Design.
- Captain Phillips: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing
- Dallas Buyers Club: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling,
- Gravity: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Music (Original Score,) Best Production Design, Best Sound Mixing
- Her: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Music (Original Score,) Best Music (Original Song,) Best Production Design
- Nebraska: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Original Screenplay
- Philomena: Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Music (Original Score)
- 12 Years a Slave: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Production Design
- The Wolf of Wall Street: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay
- Blue Jasmine: Best Supporting Actress, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay
- August: Osage County: Best Supporting Actress, Best Actress
- The Croods: Best Animated Feature
- Despicable Me 2: Best Animated Feature, Best Music (Original Song)
- Ernest & Celestine: Best Animated Feature
- Frozen: Best Animated Feature, Best Music (Original Song)
- The Wind Rises: Best Animated Feature
- The Broken Circle Breakdown: (Belgium) Best Foreign Feature
- The Great Beauty: (Italy) Best Foreign Feature
- The Hunt: (Denmark) Best Foreign Feature
- The Missing Picture: (Cambodia) Best Foreign Feature
- Omar: (Palestine) Best Foreign Feature
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing
- Iron Man 3: Best Visual Effects
- The Lone Ranger: Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Star Trek Into Darkness: Best Visual Effects
- The Grandmaster: Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design
- Inside Llewellyn Davis: Best Cinematography
- Prisoners: Best Cinematography
- The Great Gatsby: Best Costume Design, Best Production Design
- The Invisible Woman: Best Costume Design
- The Act of Killing: Best Documentary Feature
- Cutie and the Boxer: Best Documentary Feature
- Dirty Wars: Best Documentary Feature
- The Square: Best Documentary Feature
- 20 Feet from Stardom: Best Documentary Feature
- CaveDigger: Best Documentary Short
- Facing Fear: Best Documentary Short
- Karama Has No Walls: Best Documentary Short
- The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life: Best Documentary Short
- Prisoner Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall: Best Documentary Short
- Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa: Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- The Book Thief: Best Music (Original Score)
- Saving Mr. Banks: Best Music (Original Score)
- Alone Yet Not Alone: Best Music (Original Song)
- Long Walk to Freedom: Best Music (Original Song)
- Feral: Best Short Film, Animated
- Get a Horse!: Best Short Film, Animated
- Mr. Hublot: Best Short Film, Animated
- Possessions: Best Short Film, Animated
- Room on the Broom: Best Short Film, Animated
- Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me): Best Short Film, Live Action
- Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) “Best Short Film, Live Action
- Helium” Best Short Film, Live Action
- Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?): Best Short Film, Live Action
- The Voorman Problem: Best Short Film, Live Action
- The Lone Survivor: Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing
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