Supporting Actor

 

And the winner is ..

 

Ethan Hawke, Boyhood

 

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1st Ethan Hawke, Boyhood (5)

2nd Edward Norton, Birdman / J.K. Simmons, Whiplash (3)

4th Robert Duvall, The Judge / Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher

 

Two in a row for Boyhood! Not one that I necessarily agree with as I think the movie shines elsewhere, whereas Edward Norton & J.K. Simmons are major highlights in their respective movies, but Boyhood is getting the love and I can't hold anything against this movie.

I would have gone with Edward Norton.

YEEESS!!!!

So happy Ethan won here, he gave such a great performance :cheer:

JK was great and Edward was very good also

Supporting Actress

 

And the winner is ..

 

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

 

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1st Patricia Arquette, Boyhood (6)

2nd Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game / Emma Stone, Birdman (2)

4th Laura Dern, Wild / Meryl Streep, Into the Woods (1)

 

Boyhood locks up the supporting categories! Patricia Arquette does a wonderful job of portraying the mother in the movie and looks to be a very safe bet to walk home with the Oscar tonight in what is in my opinion the strongest category. Can't fault a single one of them.

 

Nothing in the main acting categories now but with the supporting categories and director, will Boyhood top it off with Best Picture later?

Yay for Patricia :cheer: She gives such a great performance (even though I think Ellar, Lorelei and Ethan were all better)

 

I'd actually call in the weakest category :o

Patricia gives a very good performance, Laura Keira Emma give good performances and Meryl is ok and don't know how it got a nomination. There is just not an outstanding performance in this category for me like there is in the other ones

Well Emma Stone was my top preference, being my highlight of Birdman, so I'd class her performance as outstanding. And Meryl is pretty easy to rank last but the other three and fairly interchangeable for me and I think it's a very consistent category, definitely the hardest when it came to ranking.

 

Best Actor

 

And the winner is ..

 

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

 

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1st Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything (7)

2nd Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game (3)

3rd Steve Carell, Foxcatcher (2)

4th Bradley Cooper, American Sniper / Michael Keaton, Birdman

 

Brit representation! Eddie Redmayne strolls to victory for his portrayal as Steven Hawking whilst his presumed closest competitor tonight Michael Keaton fails to pick up a first preference vote.

Best Actress

 

And the winner is ..

 

Reese Witherspoon, Wild

 

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1st Reese Witherspoon, Wild (4)

2nd Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything / Julianne Moore, Still Alice / Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl (2)

5th Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night (1)

 

The love was spread around but ultimately Reese Witherspoon was voted the winner for her role as Cheryl Strayed in Wild. Reese manages to pull off what appears to be a physically and emotionally demanding role. It would be wonderful if she could repeat this result tonight but Julianna sounds like the most dead set cert.

OMG YES YES YES AT REESE WINNING :cheer: She is so stunning and gives one of the best performances of the century :wub:

Eddie is good but would have preferred Benedict or Michael win

Best Picture

 

And the winner is ..

 

Boyhood

 

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1st Boyhood (6)

2nd The Grand Budapest Hotel (2)

3rd American Sniper / The Imitation Game / The Theory of Everything / Whiplash (1)

7th Selma / Birdman

 

Shock :P After getting Best Director, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress, who could've predicted this?

 

A thoroughly deserving winner regardless, it could be seen as getting so much praise because of what some may describe as a 'gimmick' but you've got to be dedicated to make a film over 12 years. I just can't imagine what it feels like for the cast and crew involved and it manages to be a stunning, gripping movie without having a big story.

 

A good bet to win tonight but it feels like a tight race with Birdman.

 

So how many Buzzjack winners will be replicated in a couple of hours?

Yay :cheer: Hope boyhood wins officially as well, absolutely amazing film :heart:

 

Thanks for hosting this Jahq, it has been amazing :wub:

*echos what Ultra said about Reese*

Nice set of results. The only one I have an issue with is, Reese winning "Best Actress". I've not seen 'Wild' yet and like Julianne, I'm not going to knock their performance, but I really thought Rosamund deserved it the most. But I've stated why elsewhere so I won't go into it again :P

 

Very pleased to see 'Big Hero 6' beat all the others too! :wub: