2015 Oscar Nomination List And My Picks

The Oscar nominations came out yesterday.

One jarring snub from the list of contentions is in the Best Animated Feature Film. Where's The Lego Movie?

I for one loved The Lego Movie and, despite the fact that I'm a Lego collector, I would have expected this to be nominated just for the achievement it had with the animation and its story and the way its directed.

However, I wouldn't give the golden statue to The Lego Movie because I loved Big Hero 6 that much. But still, it should have been nominated even though I have not seen every animated movies in that list. In my opinion, from those that I've seen, I would remove How To Train Your Dragon 2 to make way for The Lego Movie.

But here's a rundown of this year's nominations and also my picks to win, bearing in mind that I have not watched everything in every category.

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Big Hero 6 (my pick from 3 out of 5)
The Boxtrolls
How To Train Your Dragon 2
Song Of The Sea
The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya

BEST PICTURE:
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel (my pick from 3 out of 8)
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory Of Everything
Whiplash

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Steve Carell for Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper for American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton for Birdman
Eddie Redmayne for The Theory Of Everything (my pick and only one I've seen)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones for The Theory Of Everything
Julianne Moore for Still Alice
Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl (my pick from 3 out of 5)
Reese Witherspoon for Wild

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Robert Duvall for The Judge
Ehtan Hawke for Boyhood (my pick from 2 out of 5)
Edward Norton for Birdman
Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher
J. K. Simmons for Whiplash

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Patricia Arquette for Boyhood (my pick from 3 out of 5)
Laura Dern for Wild
Keira Knightley for The Imitation Game
Emma Stone for Birdman
Meryl Streep for Into The Woods

DIRECTING
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Birdman
Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Bennett Miller for Whiplash
Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel (my pick from 2 out of 5)
Mortem Tyldum for The Imitation Game

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel (my pick by default)
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken

ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat for The Imitation Game
Hans Zimmer for Interstellar
Gary Yershon for Mr. Turner
Johan Johannsson for The Theory Of Everything (my pick from 3 out of 5)

ORIGINAL SONG
"Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie
"Glory" from Selma
"Grateful" from Beyond The Lights
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" from Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me
"Lost Stars" from Begin Again (my pick from 2 out of 5 but this choice is almost by default)

VISUAL EFFECTS
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (my pick from 5 out of 5)
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days Of Future Past

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory Of Everything (my pick by default)
Whiplash
(Wait, where's Gone Girl?)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler (my pick from 3 out of 5)