So 'Birdman' won Top Film. This being a film my wife and I binned after 15 mins for being utterly shite - how did it suddenly evolve into an Oscar winning production ? Should we have tortured ourselves for another 30 mins to see the transformation ?
Or did, as usual, the better, more mainstream, films get ignored in favour of something offbeat or artsy or because they think they owed the leading actor/actress a win ?
I've only seen 4 of the 8 nominations and thought American Sniper a good film, but hardly Oscar winning quality, The Grand Budapest Hotel was really interesting, and different, and deserved it's nomination. However from those I've seen The Imitation Game would be a clear winner, Benedict Cumberbatch was brilliant and Keira Knightley was excellent too, as his fellow cohort and 'love-interest', she deserved her supporting actress nomination.
Boyhood, Selma, The Theory of Everything (looking forward to seeing this one) & Whiplash were the other nominations.
Or did, as usual, the better, more mainstream, films get ignored in favour of something offbeat or artsy or because they think they owed the leading actor/actress a win ?
I've only seen 4 of the 8 nominations and thought American Sniper a good film, but hardly Oscar winning quality, The Grand Budapest Hotel was really interesting, and different, and deserved it's nomination. However from those I've seen The Imitation Game would be a clear winner, Benedict Cumberbatch was brilliant and Keira Knightley was excellent too, as his fellow cohort and 'love-interest', she deserved her supporting actress nomination.
Boyhood, Selma, The Theory of Everything (looking forward to seeing this one) & Whiplash were the other nominations.
