The nominations for 88th Academy Awards were finally announced a few days ago, and didn't provide many shocks, especially within the 'big four' categories (Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress & Best Director).
Sad news also broke the same day, with the death of much loved British actor Alan Rickman at 69 years of age, known mostly for his role as Professor Snape in the Harry Potter film franchise. He also appeared in huge films such as Die Hard (1988), Sweeney Todd (2007) and Love Actually (2003). He was a tremendous actor, and he will be greatly missed by many.
Best Picture
The eight nominations for best picture this year were as expected, big films such as The Revenant, The Martian and Mad Max: Fury Road are the three big contenders, with The Revenant standing out as the frontrunner.
Lesser known films such as Room and The Big Short are also amongst the Best Picture nominees, these films are unlikely to win, but the nomination itself will give them a boosted number of audience members, and the attention they deserve.
For me the clear winner in this category is The Revenant.
Best Actor In A Leading Role
This category is another in which The Revenant is the frontrunner, Leonardo DiCaprio's performance in this film is nothing short of incredible, and it seems he could be finally be walking away with his long-awaited Oscar.
Despite winning a Golden Globe at this year's ceremony Matt Damon most likely will not be walking away with the Academy Award on the night for his performance in The Martian. The performance is stunning, but not an Oscar winning one, the same goes for Michael Fassbender's performance in Steve Jobs.
Eddie Redmayne, has put in a tremendous performance this year in the film 'The Danish Girl', and by doing this film he has also brought the issues surrounding transgender forward, and in a way has become a spokesperson for these issues. By having a clear social message for society, and excellent acting, Eddie Redmayne definitely stands a chance at winning again this year, which would make it the second year running that Eddie has won Best Actor In A Leading Role.
For me in this category though I believe that Leonardo DiCaprio deserves his first Oscar win.
Best Actress In A Leading Role
This category is wide open this year, which the frontrunner for the majority of awards on the night 'The Revenant' not having a nomination here, due to the lack of female actors in the film.
The big three this year are Jennifer Lawrence for 'Joy', Brie Larson for 'Room', and Cate Blanchett for 'Carol'. Lawrence and Larson were both winners of Golden Globes this year, so there's a higher chance of one of these two being the overall winner. The film 'Joy' has no other Oscar nominations, which director David O. Russell will be highly disappointed at, seeing as his last two films that Jennifer Lawrence has starred in, have a combined total of 18 Oscar nominations and one win (Jennifer Lawrence - Best Actress In A Leading Role - Silver Linings Playbook - 2013). Lower budget film 'Room' will on the other hand be very happy with their 4 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and Best Director.
For me I believe it will be one of the closer categories, but I think Jennifer Lawrence may just clinch it.
Best Director
This is another category in which it will be tight between two of the nominees. This race is between Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant), and George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road), this is for the same reason that the Best Cinematography category will be between these two films; the films are stunning visually. Some of the shots of scenery within these two films are the best I've ever seen, they are utterly breathtaking at times. Each have their own very different backgrounds to provide an audience, one being a desert, and the other snowy mountains, but they are on a par with each other.
This is a hard category to pin a winner to, with these two directors deserving the award, because of the hype and excitement around The Revenant, and some of the close-up actor shots within the film, I think that Alejandro G. Iñárritu will come out victorious, but Mad Max will come out on top for Best Cinematography.
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