On February 28, 2016, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present the 88th annual Academy Awards; better known as the Oscars. The past year in movies, 2015, was a watershed year in that matters pertaining to how films are distributed and what types of films should get nominations will the focal point for a discussion on the future of the industry. In all fairness, I am not too certain what will be the future of Hollywood; though I suspect movies will always be around because it is the art form that has shaped our society for some 100 years now.
It is with this idea that I bring forth for the second year my thoughts on the nominations for each Oscar category, and who I think is most deserving of a statue. Having seen many of the nominated movies, I can certainly attest to these films deserving of a nomination or perhaps even a win in their respective categories. Think of this as a continuation of what Siskel and Ebert had done every year with their hour-long special If We Picked The Winners. And yes, every category will be looked into.
Best Visual Effects:
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
I am hoping the visual effects team from Star Wars: The Force Awakens gets the award. Yet I was quite impressed with the practical effects used in Mad Max: Fury Road.
Best Film Editing:
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
In the same result as we see in Visual Effects, I would like to see either Star Wars: The Force Awakens or Mad Max: Fury Road take the prize. A good action adventure film needs to have a competent and dedicated editor or editors to make the perfect cut for a movie. These two films are clear examples of how editing is needed to make an audience enthralled with what they are seeing.
Best Make-Up and Hairstyle:
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared.
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
I am more inclined to see The Revenant win this award. The most impressive Make-Up jobs tend to be the ones that seem most realistic. This is not to take away Mad Max: Fury Road in its approach to Make-Up and Hairstyle; yet The Revenant was more interesting.
Best Production Design:
Bridge Of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
I would be pleased for either Mad Max: Fury Road or The Revenant winning this all important category. Though I would prefer The Revenant due once again to its realistic approach to designs.
Best Sound Editing:
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sound Editing is quite an important award in the process of cutting and splicing soundscapes and audio to enhance a movie. How I see it, the Revenant did best in the approach to Sound Editing. I was quite impressed with the results.
Best Animated Short Film:
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay's Super Team
We Can't Live Without Cosmos
World Of Tomorrow
I was very impressed with World Of Tomorrow. Indeed, it is quite possibly one of the better experimental animated films to come out in recent years. It is a near certainty that World Of Tomorrow will win Best Animated Short.
Best Live Action Short:
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok
Stutterer
Shok seems to be the most interesting Short Subject to win this award. It is a very good period piece regarding the war in Kosovo in the 1990s.
Best Documentary Short Subject:
Body Team 12
Chau, Behind The Lines
Claude Lanzmann, Spectres Of The Shoah
A Girl In The River: The Price Of Forgiveness
Last Day Of Freedom
I am hoping that Claude Lanzmann: Spectres Of The Shoah wins this category. Shoah, though extremely long even for a documentary, is one of the better movies to have been released in some 40 years. This seems to be the most proper way of rectifying the oversight.
Now that is part one of my look at the Oscar nominees this year. The remaining categories are a bit more thorough to consider and thus, since this took me a while to finish, I have decided to present a part two which will be posted shortly.
More to come; stay tuned,
Robert
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