SusiGo wrote:

Only two weeks to go and there is next to nothing in German media as far as I can see. Today I read German news about award nominations by the Producers Guild of America and they did not mention the film at all, just "Boyhood" and "Birdman", although TIG is nominated as well. 

Maybe they don´t like him because he cracked Enigma..  only joking. But I thought the same when I searched the local cinemas for announcements of the film and there was still next to nothing. Really strange! On the other hand Benedict expecting a baby made it to the home page of Süddeutsche Zeitung.. priorities, people!! 
 

SusiGo wrote:

Yes, I also get the impression that German media only report about him as long as he gets engaged, becomes a daddy, or does photobombs. Who wants to know about his work? 

 
Odd, any idea why your media is like that Susi?

And finally a well-deserved nomination for Morten Tyldum and his team. 

http://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2015/150113-Awards-Feature-Film-Noms.aspx

Morten Tyldum has been nominated for a Director's Guild Award for The Imitation Game.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2015/01/13/directors-guild-nominates-richard-linklater-wes-anderson-snubs-selma/

 

No idea how to move it , so i deleted it. 

Last edited by A lovely light (January 14, 2015 12:10 pm)

My local theater gave me a lovely surprise, on Monday they're showing it as a pre-premiere! 

Apparently it will be a fancy viewing, with 'a glass' included in the price. 
Yay! 

I have waited about a year for this film! It's so strange to know it's actually here!
And now with a load of Oscar nominations as well! 

Sorry, just a little rant:
Sigh, no award for Benedict or the film at the London Critics' Circle Awards. Nothing at the Golden Globes. Nothing at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. This is getting disappointing. Redmayne, Keaton, Spall - they seem to prefer everyone to him. I wish he himself or the film would get a least one major award so he could dedicate it to Alan Turing. 
Rant over.  

Last edited by SusiGo (January 18, 2015 10:09 pm)

At least we can congratulate Alec Lawther on his well-deserved Best Young Actor award. 

(But to think that Benedict was nominated as actor of the year and best British actor and lost out both times … sorry, I will stop now). 

Last edited by SusiGo (January 19, 2015 7:54 am)

I've said this yesterday to Susi, and I'll just repeat it here: Keep in mind that it's human beings who are sitting in all those jurys and who give their votes. Yes, some of them are 'experts', but still... even experts can be idiots. And subjective. And biased. And they also have a personal taste. And yes, none of this shouldn't influence their decisions too much, but hey... it's all this combined with the fact that we're talking about a huge business here. 
It is frustrating indeed, but I have more or less come to terms with the fact that awards are nice to have - but that in the end not winning them doesn't mean that your work is crap and others did better jobs. Because that's not the case. All I'm saying is "Titanic". Huge, expensive movie, lots of Oscars, but please... no real substance apart from some pretty amazing SFX.

Well, it's not just an impression, because that's actually what has been going on so far. And we will probably never know why it seems to be so difficult for Benedict to walk away with an award for a specific role. Of course he's always up against actors who also did fantastic jobs, but I agree, he'd definitely deserve more than one award for his Alan (and yes, I'm biased, too). But not receiving one doesn't diminish his achievement in the least.