Thing 1

[just_the_things]

1. Watch every Academy Award best picture nominee from 2010 to 2015

The 2015 nominees are out! Luckily, there are only 8 this year. So I might be able to get through them before September, with any luck. I haven't seen ANY of them yet:

• American Sniper


• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)


• Boyhood


• The Grand Budapest Hotel


• The Imitation Game


• Selma


• The Theory of Everything


• Wiplash

They've all been added to my DVD queue, though only two are currently available/out on DVD right now. I really, really want to see The Imitation Game, as Turing is one of my favorite historical figures.

Comments

[rhodeygirl.livejournal.com]

I'm not shocked at all. I saw the Oscar list for all categories and haven't seen a single movie listed in any of the major categories. To be honest, I think this was a bad year for movies. Nothing 'big' hit other than commercially popular movies like Lego and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Let me know if any of them are worth watching.

[just-the-things.livejournal.com]

Popular movies rarely get big nominations at the Oscars, so I wasn't surprised either. I'm really looking forward to The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything, and Birdman. American Sniper looks like lots of angst, and I adore angst, so I'll probably like that. And I like the look of the Grand Budapest Hotel. I know NOTHING about Boyhood or Wiplash.

I'll definitely be posting when I watch them. Here's hoping they're good!