«Whiplash»By Damien Chazelle has ended up being confirmed as the big surprise of the season.
Without a doubt, the film has been one of the best of the year and its nomination is well deserved, although its status as an independent small film leaves it with no options to win the award. Oscar best movie.
Although he more than deserved it for his excellent work, Damien Chazelle it has not gotten the nomination for best director, which shows its few possibilities in the premier category.
But that it is not going to win the Oscar for best film, does not mean that it cannot be one of the great winners of the gala, since it could be done with two of the Hollywood Academy Awards more important, better editing and better adapted script.
The absence of "Birdman" in Best Editing and that the work of "Boyhood" in this regard is quite discreet suggests that this year will be one more in which the Oscars for Best Film and Best Editing will go to different films. even if "Whiplash" is the favorite. The montage of Damien Chazelle's film is the most outstanding and, without a doubt, the greatest merit of the film.
As an adapted screenplay it could also succeed, having participated in the entire awards season quite successfully as an original screenplay, "Whiplash" has had to participate in the Oscars as an adapted screenplay. In a year in which the academy seems determined to award more daring films and put aside more classic works, films like "The Imitation Game" or "The Theory of Everything" do not seem to be rivals.
Of course JK Simmons will win the Oscar for best supporting actor. He has had no rivals his entire Oscar run and it would be a major surprise if academics did not give in to his feet for his enormous performance.
To put the icing on the cake, "Whiplash" could win the Oscar for best sound, a category that will be quite close with films like "American Sniper" or "Interstellar", but if the film really liked the Academy, it could take it all , all except for best film.
Nominations for Damien Chazelle's "Whiplash"
Best film
Best Supporting Actor (JK Simmons)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Editing
Better sound
Possible prizes
Best Supporting Actor (JK Simmons)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Editing
Better sound