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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/87th_Academy_Awards

Not only is NPH hosting the show, but X-Men : Days of Future Past is nominated for an Oscar!  They are up for Best Visual Effects, the winners will be Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer.

They are up against Captain America : Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy.  Also, Interstellar and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, but let’s root for the comic book films!

Guardians is also up for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

HuluPlus didn’t carry the Golden Globes but I’m hoping that is an issue with NBC and that we might be able to watch the Oscars.  Which will be on February 22, 2015 on ABC.

For the first time, I don’t really know that many of these films.  Having a one year old puts a real damper on which films to watch.  I do want to watch Foxcatcher, or rather, I really want to watch a documentary on the story.  That’s becoming more of a thing for me, that I rather see a documentary over a film version, as they often change details for story purposes.

I really want to watch Birdman as well!

I beleive Grand Budapest Hotel is on Netflix, so we should be able to watch one of these films.

I also want to see Whiplash, as I hear JK Simmons is amazing in it.

Just for the giggles of it and to remind everyone about their superhero roles, here are some run downs –

Best Actor has three superheroes! Bradley Cooper, the voice of Rocket.  Benedict Cumberbatch, Doctor Strange, and Michael Keaton, Batman.  I rather Keaton win it.

Best Actress has two.  Marion Cotillard was Talia in Dark Knight Rises and Felicity Jones was in Amazing Spider-Man 2 in a pretty thankless role.  I do want to watch Gone Girl, as I’ve heard some amazing reviews.

Best Supporting Actor has three.  I do like how, with the increase in comic book based films, all of these A-List actors have started attaching themselves to these movies.  This category has two Hulks!  Edward Norton and Mark Ruffalo.  JK Simmons is J. Jonah Jameson, apparently Marc Webb hasn’t been able to find a suitable actor to be the new JJJ that can break the mold set for Simmons, which is pretty cool.  Simmons is also the voice of the Yellow M&M, which I like to tell people.  Clearly.  Robert Duvall is a legend.

Best Supporting Actress, Emma Stone with the sole representation!  Laura Dern is in the Jurassic Park films, so that is pretty cool.  I’m okay with Meryl Streep not winning awards.

Best Animated Feature Film, I really ant Big Hero 6 to win.  I still need to watch it.  I’m surprised Lego Movie didn’t get nominated, we own and have seen that one now.

Best Original Song – I want “Everything is Awesome” to win, from the Lego Movie, by Shawn Patterson, as I’ve actually heard that one.  I’m surprised “Into the Woods” didn’t make a new song to be nominated.

Best Sound Editing, we will eventually watch Hobbit : Battle of Five Armies, so that gets my vote.

Best Sound Mixing, I want to watch Unbroken too, as that story sounds super fascinating.  Ever since Scott Mosier mentioned it on SModcast, I’ve wanted to know more about it.  Except, you know, read the actual book.

The films I really get excited about are usually nominated in the People’s Choice Awards or MTV Movie Awards.  Now, those are the films worthy of watching.