The Oscar nominations were announced in Hollywood this morning and, as usual, contain a few genre nominations for technical awards and none for the majors – unless you want to rope Birdman into the genre fold, where it arguably belongs at least in a meta sense. (Seems that Hollywood will treat with films about people who have issues with superheroes, but not films about the superheroes themselves.)
This is an empty complaint in some respects since the Oscars are looking for and at things that usually keep films from being “popular” – which is usually the category most genre films fall into. And there’s also that pesky “not comfortable with high tech” thing to take into account as well, especially when it comes to SF film.
But enough ruminating and pontificating; here’s a list of the nominations for genre works:
Makeup – Guardians of the Galaxy
Costume – Into the Woods
Cinematography – Birdman
Original Screenplay – Birdman
Musical Score – Interstellar
Production Design – Interstellar
Sound Editing – The Hobbit: The battle of the Five Armies, Birdman, Interstellar
Sound Mixing – Interstellar, Birdman
Supporting Actor – Ed Norton, Birdman
Visual Effects – Guardians of the Galaxy, Interstellar, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, X Men, Days of Future Past
Supporting Actress – Emma Stone, Birdman, Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Best Actor – Michael Keaton, Birdman
Best Director – Birdman
Best Picture – Birdman
Best Animated Featured – Big Hero 6, How To Train Your Dragon 2
Thin pickings for 2014.
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