We all know The Oscars get things wrong. That's why I am making my own list of nominees and winners: The Sammys. These awards have no bias against genre movies and aren't swayed by campaigning or screeners. And based on The Hollywood Reporters' Anonymous Oscar Ballot series, I think I've seen more films this year than most Academy members.
The list is just for fun, and I tried to stick with the Academy's rulings on placement. I managed this except in two areas. 1.) "Whiplash" is an original screenplay. If we are going to knock filmmakers for making shorts to get producers interested (often a necessity in today's filmmaking world) then the definition of "adapted" will change dramatically. 2.) "Birdman" is eligible for Score. It's the best score of the year and the music branch was foolish to reject it. 3.) Sadly, I've only seen two foreign films this year so I omitted a Foreign Feature category.
Out of everything I've seen this year, the top three movies in my Best Picture lineup registered the most. I waffled back and forth on which would win my personal award. In a previous post I mentioned that "The LEGO Movie" would take the honor. And while I will probably re-watch that joyous film more than any of the others, I can't shake my experience with "Boyhood". It has seeped into my psyche and thoughts and resonates long after the viewing experience is finished. Its the most stunning accomplishment in film this year, in this blogger's humble opinion. It deserves its place at the top.
Best Picture
10. Wild
9. The Grand Budapest Hotel
8. Guardians of the Galaxy
7. Nightcrawler
6. Snowpiercer
5. Gone Girl
4. Birdman
3. Whiplash
2. The LEGO Movie
1. Boyhood
Best Director
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman (runner-up)
Bong Joon-ho, Snowpiercer
Richard Linklater, Boyhood (winner)
Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman (winner)
David Oyelowo, Selma (runner-up)
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Best Actress
Emily Blunt, Into the Woods
GuGu Mbatha-Raw, Belle (runner-up)
Julianne Moore, Still Alice (winner)
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Best Supporting Actor
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood (runner-up)
Edward Norton, Birdman
Chris Pine, Into the Woods
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash (winner)
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood (winner)
Laura Dern, Wild
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer (runner-up)
Best Film Editing
Birdman
Boyhood (runner-up)
Edge of Tomorrow
Gone Girl
Whiplash (winner)
Best Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
The LEGO Movie (winner)
Nightcrawler (runner-up)
Whiplash
Best Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper
Gone Girl (winner)
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Imitation Game
Wild (runner-up)
Best Cinematography
Birdman (winner)
Gone Girl
Mr. Turner (runner-up)
Nightcrawler
Unbroken
Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel (runner-up)
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner
Snowpiercer (winner)
Best Costume Design
Belle
The Grand Budapest Hotel (winner-tie)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Into the Woods (winner-tie)
Maleficent
Best Makeup/Hairstyling
Belle
Guardians of the Galaxy (winner)
Into the Woods (runner-up)
Maleficent
Mr. Turner
Best Score
Birdman (winner)
Gone Girl (runner up)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Imitation Game
Best Song
'Everything is Awesome' from "The LEGO Movie" (winner)
'Glory' from "Selma"
'Grateful' from "Beyond the Lights" (runner-up)
'Mercy Is' from "Noah"
'The Last Goodbye' from "The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies"
Best Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (winner)
Edge of Tomorrow
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar (runner-up)
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Best Sound Editing
American Sniper (runner-up)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Edge of Tomorrow (winner)
Godzilla
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Best Sound Mixing
American Sniper
Guardians of the Galaxy (runner up)
Into the Woods
Unbroken
Whiplash (winner)
Best Documentary Feature
The Case Against 8 (runner up)
Citizenfour
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Last Days in Vietnam
Virunga (winner)
Best Animated Feature
Big Hero 6
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (runner up)
The LEGO Movie (winner)
Song of the Sea
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
WINS
Boyhood: 3
The LEGO Movie: 3
Whiplash: 3
Birdman: 2
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: 1
Edge of Tomorrow: 1
Gone Girl: 1
The Grand Budapest Hotel: 1
Guardians of the Galaxy: 1
Into the Woods: 1
Snowpiercer: 1
Still Alice: 1
Virunga: 1
MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS
Birdman - 8
Boyhood - 6
Gone Girl - 6
Into the Woods - 6
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 5
Nightcrawler - 5
Whiplash - 5
The LEGO Movie - 4
Guardians of the Galaxy - 4
Snowpiercer - 4
Wild - 4
American Sniper - 3
Belle - 3
Edge of Tomorrow - 3
The Imitation Game - 3
Mr. Turner - 3
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies - 2
How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 2
Interstellar - 2
Maleficent - 2
Selma - 2
Unbroken - 2
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