1 (edited by Doctor Submarine 2014-01-16 06:27:40)

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"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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Well they should be rewarded for not cutting a million times like most movies...

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan

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3 (edited by Jimmy B 2014-01-16 06:49:52)

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Steven Price up for best score for Gravity, awesome. He composed two of my favourite scores last year, that one and The World's End, he's one to watch.

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"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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Iron Man 3 and Into Darkness made VFX? Really?

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not long to go now...

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"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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not long to go now...

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I've seen all the films nominated for BP, and it seems to me PHILOMENA sticks out like George W. Bush on the Harvard campus -- you think "Yeah somebody pulled some strings to get you here."

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Academy Award Nominee Star Trek Into Darkness makes me want to punch things.

Other than that, pretty solid lineup. I'm glad to see Her got some nominations, though it is pure bullshit how Juaquin keeps getting snubbed when he's doing transcendent work. First they snub him for The Master, now for Her.

Also wish Oblivion had picked up a Cinematography nod, but what can you do.

Still, much more reasonable list than last year, I feel pretty OK with most of these choices.

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not long to go now...

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I wasn't at all surprised Blackfish didn't get a nom, but Stories We Tell not getting nominated is shocking.  I have this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that 20 Feet From Stardom will get the upset, but Acto fo Killing is still as much of a lock as anything else.

BTW, Sarah Polley on twitter just heaped huge amounts of love on Joshua Oppenheimer and AoK, and vice versa.  Pure class, that lady.

Eddie Doty

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"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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Well, if the "movie that made the most money wins the FX Oscar" rule holds true this year, then congrats in advance to the Iron Man team... smile    However, Gravity made a pile of cash as well, and has all the buzz, I still think they're in.

Pretty decent year for nominations.  Would have liked All Is Lost to have gotten more love.  And count me among those who doesn't see what's so great about American Hustle (just like I didn't "get" Silver Linings Playbook last year).

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Haha, I probably called it. I said IRON MAN 3 was the one we dismissed as "meh," which meant it'll not only get nominated but probably win.

I, too, am still pulling for GRAVITY. Also, the GRAVITY score is the first score in years I actually had to run out and buy immediately, so yeah.

STAR TREK's nomination makes perfect sense given the handicap that the VFX branch has a huge ILM contingent. Though it's surprising then that PACIFIC RIM didn't get it -- they probably split the vote.

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"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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Yeah The Interrupters not getting nominated was some bullshit.

Eddie Doty

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not long to go now...

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24 (edited by Ewing 2014-01-16 13:13:48)

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For the next hour, everything in this post is strictly based on the available facts.

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