Thanks, Ivy! 

Great news I wish Ben good luck although being nominated is already big victory

Only Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman got more nominations (9).  Both were excellent movies so they deserved multiple nominations IMO.

But that being said I am SO happy that The Imitation Game got 8 noms!  That's great recognition and will help the movie at the box office I think.  I would LOVE, Love, love if Ben won Best Actor (but I realise it might not happen).  His performance in TIG was stellar and he certainly would deserve the win if it did come about.  I still am haunted with the immensity of his role and how well he carried it from the opening lines to the ending scene.  The man's capacity and talent has boundless energy and scope.  If he doesn't win my only comfort will be that with the talent he has demonstrated so far it is plain to see that he destined to achieve more such successes in the future.  

His two biggest competitors have to be ER and MK I would think. 

I haven't seen The Theory of Everything (I would have liked to but it never came to my city) but I have seen Birdman and Keaton was excellent in it.  I haven't seen American Sniper and I really don't know if I will... I don't really like Bradley Cooper as an actor (I have seen him in American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook and to me he is OK but kind of ... meh as an actor) so there isn't much appeal for that one for me.  Foxcatcher... I probably will see it on Netflix sometime but it doesn't excit me much either - nothing against SC or any of the actors in it though.

I am also glad Keira Knightley got a nod in the Best Supporting category.  That is a tough category (any category with Meryl Streep in it is bound to be).  I loved Emma Stone in Birdman - she was absolutely luminous in a mostly unlikable role.  But KK is still my fav of all the nominees there.  She helped the audience to connect with Turing on a very universal level and that's not just good writing, it is also what being a talented actor can do with a well-written role. 

I am over the moon that the movie itself got a Best Picture nom, that Morten Tyldum got a nod for Best Director and that the movie got other major nominations - Best Original Score, best Production Design, best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editiing.  All are high profile nominations and are deserved.     

-Val

Last edited by Ah-chie (January 15, 2015 3:35 pm)

Congrats to Benedict for his Oscar nomination
And lovely of Louise Brealey to tweet in acknowledgement of it
I have to be honest and say I think the award will go to Eddie Redmayne but Benedict has done so well to be nominated
Eight nominations for the Movie is fantastic!

Quote from Benedict, from Sherlock set:

“I am knocked for six by this. So excited and honoured to receive this recognition. It’s wonderful to be included by the academy in this exceptional year of performances. To ring my parents who are both actors and tell them that their only son has been nominated for an Oscar is one of the proudest moments of my life”

I think I might start crying here. He's such a lovely person. *sniff*
 

Last edited by Vhanja (January 15, 2015 4:27 pm)

I think he should take Mum and Dad to the ceremony!!

I, too, think Michael Keaton will win--the Academy voters adore a good comeback--but it's a lovely and well-deserved "welcome to the A-list" nod. (And of course anything can happen!)

Last edited by REReader (January 15, 2015 5:24 pm)

Sweet.

I think it was only nominated for best sound mixing.