Winner Takes it All

FINALLY!

I have been waiting for the Academy Awards ceremony since last year. One of my favorite events to watch and maybe one day it will be my fave event to attend (one can dream, shh).

I was away on a skii trip for the weekend and arrived back home on sunday night and passed out. Also due to the time difference, the ceremony started local time at 04.00 am and ofcourse I couldn't wake up. :(

BUT, as soon as I woke up I went online to see the winner and was super happy with The Academy's choices per usual. If you haven't seen the list yet, you can now;


Best Picture: "Birdman"
Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Birdman"
Original Screenplay: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, "Birdman"
Achievement in Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, "Birdman"

Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"

Best Actress: Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"

Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"

Achievement in Sound Mixing: Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley, "Whiplash"

Achievement in Film Editing: Tom Cross, "Whiplash"

Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"

Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Best Production Design: Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Achievement in Costume Design: Milena Canonero, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

and more...

Adapted Screenplay: Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game"

Best Original Song: Common, John Legend, "Selma"

Best Documentary Feature: Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutsky, "Citizenfour"

Best Animated Feature Film: "Big Hero 6"

Best Animated Short Film: Patrick Osborne, Kristina Reed, "Feast"

Achievement in Visual Effects: Paul J Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott R Fisher, "Interstellar"

Achievement in Sound Editing: Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman, "American Sniper"

Best Documentary Short Subject: Ellen Goosenbery Kent, Dana Perry, "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1"

Best Live Actiron Short Film: Mat Kirkby, James Lucas, "The Phone Call"

Best Foreign Language Film: Pawel Pawlikowski, "Ida"

How many did you guess correctly? Were you happy with the rewards? Share your thoughts!

ENJOY 

xx

Butterfly

I don't like movies that are about sicknesses. I guess it's because I don't want to relate. It's never a nice to leave a theatre feeling like sh*t.

"Still Alice"

Although, Still Alice was nothing like that. It really is a rare pearl. You feel sad and depressed as the film goes along, yet come out of the movies with a smirk on your face.

Alice -played by Julianne Moore-, is an incredibly intelligent University Professor diagnoised with Alzheimer's disease. It's the sickness with no cure that eats your brain, destroying everything you have worked for in life and leaves you with the shell of your body.

The movie portrays how a big family goes through such difficult, stressful and mentally harsh process of loosing a loved one. Maybe how this is different from all same type of movies is that, they can't share your sadness nor comfort you.

Julianne Moore completely slayed the role she was given. An unquestionable Oscar Win is coming her way, She portrayed Alice so perfectly and so realistically that I felt uncomfortable. I was starting to get anxious that I could get Alzheimer's disease (and I'm 22). That is how well she played the character. 

Not only Julianne, but everyone did a great job. Alec Baldwin as his husband, and even Kristen Steward. I was NOT a fan of her but she probably showcased her best performance to date.

After you leave the cinema, you'll agree with me. Absurdly good acting. 

ENJOY

xx