{"id":54824,"date":"2017-01-24T23:41:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T07:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=54824"},"modified":"2017-01-24T23:41:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T07:41:27","slug":"oscar-nominations-two-bits-complete-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/01\/oscar-nominations-two-bits-complete-list.html","title":{"rendered":"Oscar nominations — my own two bits, and a complete list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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It looks like La La Land<\/a><\/i> is the movie to beat at this year\u2019s Oscars.<\/p>\n

The film, a jazzy musical that stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as a musician and an actress trying to make their way in Hollywood, racked up 14 Academy Award nominations this morning \u2014 tying the record set by 1950\u2019s All About Eve<\/i> and 1997\u2019s Titanic<\/a><\/i>. However, because La La Land<\/i> was nominated twice for original song, it is actually nominated in 13 categories \u2014 which is more than the 12 categories that All About Eve<\/i> was nominated in but less than the 14 that Titanic<\/i> was up for.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, the movie with the most nominations tends to win Best Picture, and most pundits expect La La Land<\/i> to follow that precedent. The fact that the Academy clearly loves movies about showbiz doesn\u2019t hurt either: witness recent winners like 2011\u2019s The Artist<\/i>, 2012\u2019s Argo<\/i> and 2014\u2019s Birdman<\/a><\/i>. (All About Eve<\/i>, the first film to get 14 nominations, was also about actors; it even begins with an awards show.)<\/p>\n

But there is one important prognostication tool that might not bode well for this movie: the Screen Actors Guild, which announced its nominees<\/a> in December, pointedly did not<\/i> nominate La La Land<\/i> for its ensemble award. (Every Best Picture winner since 1996 has at least been nominated<\/i> for the SAG ensemble award.)<\/p>\n

So, what other film could win the award if La La Land<\/i> does not?<\/p>\n

Historically, it is rare for a film to win Best Picture without at least being nominated for director, screenplay and film editing. And this year, apart from La La Land<\/i>, the only other Best Picture nominees that received nods in those categories were Arrival<\/a><\/i> and Moonlight<\/a><\/i>, each of which garnered eight nominations altogether.<\/p>\n

Of those two, Moonlight<\/i> probably stands a better chance of beating La La Land<\/i>, not least because two of its actors got Oscar nominations, whereas none of Arrival<\/i>\u2019s actors did \u2014 not even lead actress Amy Adams, who did get a SAG nomination.<\/p>\n

But La La Land<\/i> got almost as many nominations as those two films combined<\/i>, so for now it remains the odds-on favorite to win the top prize on February 26.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, here are a few other points that jump out at me:<\/p>\n

Bible-movie buffs might be happy to see that Hail, Caesar!<\/a><\/i> got a nomination for its production design, which re-created multiple classic movie genres including the biblical epic. If we count Hail, Caesar!<\/i> as a \u201cBible film\u201d \u2014 though it\u2019s really only partly about the making<\/i> of a Bible movie<\/a> \u2014 it would be the first feature-length film in that genre to get an Oscar nomination since 2004\u2019s The Passion of the Christ<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is also interesting to see how the directors of two previous \u2014 and very controversial \u2014 Jesus movies fared this year. Mel Gibson (The Passion of the Christ<\/i>) and Martin Scorsese (The Last Temptation of Christ<\/i>) both made movies set partly in Japan that star Andrew Garfield as a Christian who struggles to defend his religious principles \u2014 but whereas Scorsese\u2019s Silence<\/a><\/i> got just a single nomination for cinematography, Gibson\u2019s Hacksaw Ridge<\/a><\/i> got six nominations, including not only an acting nod for Garfield but a directing nod for Gibson himself. And with that, Gibson \u2014 eleven years after his infamous DUI arrest<\/a> \u2014 would seem to be officially out of movie jail.<\/p>\n

Also worth noting is that Garth Davis\u2019s Lion<\/a><\/i> was nominated for six awards including Best Picture \u2014 but Davis himself did not get a nomination. Davis, of course, is currently in post-production on Mary Magdalene<\/a><\/i> starring Rooney Mara.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also fun to see how movies in the animated and foreign-language categories got nominations outside of those \u201cghettos\u201d. Kubo and the Two Strings<\/a><\/i> was nominated for best animated film and<\/i> for its visual effects, while A Man Called Ove<\/i>, from Sweden, was nominated for best foreign language film and<\/i> for its makeup. Also, Isabelle Huppert was nominated for her lead role in the French film Elle<\/i> even though the film itself failed to get a nomination for best foreign language film. (The Academy didn\u2019t even put that critically-acclaimed film on the foreign-language shortlist<\/i>.)<\/p>\n

Star Trek Beyond<\/a><\/i> was nominated for its makeup, which makes it the seventh Star Trek<\/i> movie (out of thirteen movies) to get at least one Oscar nomination<\/a>. It is also the fourth film in the series to be nominated specifically for makeup. The only Star Trek<\/i> film to actually win<\/i> an Oscar was the 2009 reboot<\/a> \u2014 which won for makeup.<\/p>\n

And that about wraps up my first impressions \u2026 for now.<\/p>\n

Here are the feature films that have been nominated for Oscars, from those with the most nods to those with only one. The titles of those I have seen are in bold:<\/p>\n

14 nominations in 13 categories<\/b><\/p>\n