2015 Academy Awards Nomination Reaction

BEST PICTURE
American Sniper
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

BEST ACTOR IN LEADING ROLE
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

BEST ACTRESS IN LEADING ROLE
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Robert Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, Ida
Dick Pope, Mr. Turner
Roger Deakins, Unbroken

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mark Bridges, Inherent Vice
Colleen Atwood, Into the Woods
Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive, Maleficent
Jacqueline Durran, Mr. Turner

BEST DIRECTING
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper (La Parka)
White Earth

BEST FILM EDITING
Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach, American Sniper
Sandra Adair, Boyhood
Barney Pilling, The Grand Budapest Hotel
William Goldenberg, The Imitation Game
Tom Cross, Whiplash

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Leviathan (Russia)
Tangerines (Estonia)
Timbuktu (Mauritania)
Wild Tales (Argentina)
Ida (Poland)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard, Foxcatcher
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White, Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
Gary Yershon, Mr. Turner
Jóhann Jóhannsson, The Theory of Everything

BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SONG
"Everything Is Awesome", Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson, The Lego Movie
"Glory", Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn, Selma
"Grateful", Music and Lyric by Diane Warren, Beyond the Lights
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You", Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond, Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
"Lost Stars", Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois, Begin Again

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Adam Stockhausen (Production Design), Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration), The Grand Budapest Hotel
Maria Djurkovic (Production Design), Tatiana Macdonald (Set Decoration), The Imitation Game
Nathan Crowley (Production Design), Gary Fettis (Set Decoration), Interstellar
Dennis Gassner (Production Design), Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration), Into the Woods
Suzie Davies (Production Design), Charlotte Watts (Set Decoration), Mr. Turner

BEST SHORT FILM - ANIMATED
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life
The Bigger Picture

BEST SHORT FILM - LIVE ACTION
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak)
Parvaneh
The Phone Call

BEST SOUND EDITING
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, American Sniper
Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Brent Burge and Jason Canovas, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Richard King, Interstellar
Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro, Unbroken

BEST SOUND MIXING
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin, American Sniper
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten, Interstellar
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee, Unbroken
Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley, Whiplash

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick, Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould, Guardians of the Galaxy
Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher, Interstellar
Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer, X-Men: Days of Future Past

BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Hall, American Sniper
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler

Comparison Between My Eve Prediction and Nominations:
BEST PICTURE: 7/8 and 1 alternate (Surprise for Nightcrawler's and Foxcatcher's snub)
BEST ACTOR IN LEADING ROLE: 3/5 and 1 alternate (Bradley Cooper again!)
BEST ACTRESS IN LEADING ROLE: 4/5 and 1 alternate (Marion Cotillard finally, yeah! Aniston's snub, weird!)
BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE: 5/5 (For the first time in forever)
BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE: 4/5 (Can't expect the one replacing Jessica Chastain)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: 4/5 and 1 alternate (Where's The Lego Movie?)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: 4/5 (Don't expect nomination for foreign picture)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: 3/5 and 1 alternate
BEST DIRECTING: 3/5 and 1 alternate (No female?)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: 3/5
BEST FILM EDITING: 3/5 and 1 alternate (Is American Sniper that good?)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: 4/5 and 1 alternate
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: 2/3 and 1 alternate
BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SCORE: 3/5 and 1 alternate
BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SONG: 4/5 (Surprise for Beyond the Lights)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: 4/5
BEST SOUND EDITING: 3/5 and No Gut, No Glory!
BEST SOUND MIXING: 2/5 and 2 alternates
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: 3/5 and No Gut, No Glory!
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: 4/5 and 1 alternate
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: 4/5 and 1 alternate
Overall Conclusion: It is great this year regarding my prediction history.