The biggest annual movie event, the Oscars or the 88th Academy Awards, have just released the full list of nominations.
The Revenant is leading the pack with 12 nominations and is followed by Mad Max: Fury Road with 10 nominations.
The event will be hosted by Chris Rock on 28 February 2016.
Below is the list of the biggest categories. I have noted down my personal preference to win the category based on what I've seen (my pick). I have also made informed guesses based on all the buzz around the movie (will win), and these usually differs from my choices.
Unfortunately, and I am quite shocked, there are still so many movies that I have not yet seen which are nominated. I am completely aghast and appalled that I haven't seen any of the Best Supporting Actress category. None. This is crazy.
I have tried to catch up with as many of the Oscar-worthy movies but the big ones like Spotlight, Carol, The Hateful Eight and The Danish Girl were all out of my grasp.
Those that I did manage to catch, like Black Mass, Legend, Straight Outta Compton, Trainwreck, either didn't get nominated as predicted or didn't hit the major categories.
There were also a few surprises:
1) Ridley Scott and Quentin Tarantino were not in the Best Director category. They won't be happy about this. I would switch out Adam McKay for any of the two. I'll even throw in Ryan Coogler's name as I love what he did with Creed.
2) The Peanuts Movie didn't make the Best Animation category. Even though it wasn't the best, but I still thought it deserved a nomination for what it was able to achieve.
3) Tom Hardy has had a big year. And he should have gotten a nomination for Best Actor for his work in Legend.
4) One could also argue that Johnny Depp and Will Smith deserved to be in the nomination list for their performances in Black Mass and Concussion respectively. Who would they replace? No idea as I haven't seen enough of the movies in that category.
5) Alicia Vikander deserved a nomination, but I would have thought it to be for Ex Machina. Her performance made me believe that she was an A.I. and not a human being. But I haven't seen The Danish Girl so I can't put up a stronger argument. She also has had a big year in 2015 for everything that she has done.
6) As for the Best Picture category, they have 10 spots they can fill but they only filled eight. I wouldn't have minded seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens as well as Ex Machina fill up those last spots, or even Creed and Inside Out. These movies wouldn't feel out of place there.
7) Aaron Sorkin is one of the best writers out there and yet, even with a strong showing from Steve Jobs, he was left out of the running.
8) Idris Elba has had a ton of rave reviews for his work in Beast Of No Nation, so it is another wonder why he didn't make the cut; a reminiscent to last year's David Oyelowo's snub and another chance to add diversity into the mix.
Onward with the nomination list:
Best Motion Picture of the Year (watched 6 out of 8)
The Big Short
Bridge Of Spies
- Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian (my pick)
The Revenant
Room
- Spotlight (will win)
Achievement in Directing (watched 4 out of 5)
Adam McKay for The Big Short
George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Innaritu for The Revenant (my pick)
Lenny Abrahamson for Room
- Tom McCarthy for Spotlight (will win)
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (watched 2 out of 5)
- Bryan Cranston for Trumbo
Matt Damon for The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant (my pick)
- Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs (will win)
- Eddie Redmayne for The Danish Girl
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (watched 2 out of 5)
- Cate Blanchett for Carol (will win)
Brie Larson for Room (my pick)
Jennifer Lawrence for Joy
- Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years
- Saoirse Ronan for Brooklyn
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (watched 4 out of 5)
Christian Bale for The Big Short
Tom Hardy for The Revenant (my pick) (will win)
- Mark Ruffalo for Spotlight
Mark Rylance for Bridge Of Spies
Sylvester Stallone for Creed
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (watched 0 out of 5)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh for The Hateful Eight
- Rooney Mara for Carol
- Rachel McAdams for Spotlight
- Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl
- Kate Winslet for Steve Jobs (will win)
Adapted Screenplay (watched 3 out of 5)
The Big Short (my pick) (will win)
- Brooklyn
- Carol
The Martian
Room
Original Screenplay (watched 4 out of 5)
Bridge Of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out (my pick)
- Spotlight (will win)
Straight Outta Compton
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year (watched 1 out of 5)
Anomalisa
Boy And The World
Inside Out (my pick) (will win)
Shaun The Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
Achievement in Cinematography (watched 3 out of 5)
- Ed Lachman for Carol
- Robert Richardson for The Hateful Eight
John Seale for Mad Max: Fury Road
Emmanuel Lubezki for The Revenant (my pick) (will win)
Roger Deakins for Sicario
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