5TH ANNUAL OSCARS CHALLENGE (2013-2014)
Five years has flown by. For five years now, I have made a point to see all the films nominated for Academy Awards (all of the ones I can find anyway). Even if I have seen them, I will watch them again, all before the Awards ceremony in the following months. Through this challenge, I discover films I would have never seen otherwise, I get a better understanding of what the Academy sees in certain films, and ultimately I just have fun trying to get through all the films in the short amount of time, and forming my own opinions in the process. If you are so inclined to follow along or challenge yourself to join, below is the calendar of my progress.
| DATE | TITLE WATCHED | FILMS LEFT | DAYS LEFT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day #1 (Thursday, January 16th, 2014) | NONE | 42 | 45 |
| Day #2 (Friday, January 17th, 2014) | [1] “The Lone Ranger” (2 nominations) | 41 | 44 |
| Day #3 (Saturday, January 18th, 2014) | [2] “Frozen” (2 nominations) (Short Film #1 of 15: “Get A Horse!”) | 40 | 43 |
| Day #4 (Sunday, January 19th, 2014) | [3] “Cutie And The Boxer” (1 nomination) [4] “The Book Thief” (1 nomination) [5] “Philomena” (4 nominations) | 37 | 42 |
| Day #5 (Monday, January 20th, 2014) | NONE | 37 | 41 |
| Day #6 (Tuesday, January 21st, 2014) | [6] “Star Trek Into Darkness” (1 nomination) | 36 | 40 |
| Day #7 (Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014) | [7] “Before Midnight” (1 nomination) | 35 | 39 |
| Day #8 (Thursday, January 23rd, 2014) | [8] “The Great Beauty” (1 nomination) | 34 | 38 |
| Day #9 (Friday, January 24th, 2014) | [9] “August: Osage County” (2 nominations) | 33 | 37 |
| Day #10 (Saturday, January 25th, 2014) | NONE | 33 | 36 |
| Day #11 (Sunday, January 26th, 2014) | [10] “The Broken Circle Breakdown” (1 nomination) [11] “Saving Mr. Banks” (1 nomination) | 31 | 35 |
| Day #12 (Monday, January 27th, 2014) | [12] “Dirty Wars” (1 nomination) | 30 | 34 |
| Day #13 (Tuesday, January 28th, 2014) | [13] “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” (1 nomination) | 29 | 33 |
| Day #14 (Wednesday, January 29th, 2014) | [14] “The Croods” (1 nomination) | 28 | 32 |
| Day #15 (Thursday, January 30th, 2014) | NONE | 28 | 31 |
| Day #16 (Friday, January 31st, 2014) | NONE | 28 | 30 |
| Day #17 (Saturday, February 1st, 2014) | (Short Film #2 of 15: “Mr. Hublot”) (Short Film #3 of 15: “Feral”) (Short Film #4 of 15: Possessions”) (Short Film #5 of 15: Room On The Broom”) (Short Film #6 of 15: Helium”) (Short Film #7 of 15: The Voorman Problem”) (Short Film #8 of 15: Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)”) (Short Film #9 of 15: Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)”) (Short Film #10 of 15: Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)”) [15] “Despicable Me 2” (2 nominations) | 27 | 29 |
| Day #18 (Sunday, February 2nd, 2014) | [16] “Captain Phillips” (6 nominations) | 26 | 28 |
| Day #19 (Monday, February 3rd, 2014) | [17] “Gravity” (10 nominations) | 25 | 27 |
| Day #20 (Tuesday, February 4th, 2014) | NONE | 25 | 26 |
| Day #21 (Wednesday, February 5th, 2014) | [18] “20 Feet From Stardom” (1 nomination) | 24 | 25 |
| Day #22 (Thursday, February 6th, 2014) | [19] “The Hunt” (1 nomination) | 23 | 24 |
| Day #23 (Friday, February 7th, 2014) | [20] “American Hustle” (10 nominations) | 22 | 23 |
| Day #24 (Saturday, February 8th, 2014) | [21] “Dallas Buyers Club” (6 nominations) [22] “The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug” (3 nominations) | 20 | 22 |
| Day #25 (Sunday, February 9th, 2014) | [23] “The Invisible Woman” (1 nomination) [24] “Prisoners” (1 nomination) | 18 | 21 |
| Day #26 (Monday, February 10th, 2014) | [25] “Blue Jasmine” (3 nominations) | 17 | 20 |
| Day #27 (Tuesday, February 11th, 2014) | NONE | 17 | 19 |
| Day #28 (Wednesday, February 12th, 2014) | [26] “The Great Gatsby” (2 nominations) | 16 | 18 |
| Day #29 (Thursday, February 13th, 2014) | NONE | 16 | 17 |
| Day #30 (Friday, February 14th, 2014) | [27] “Lone Survivor” (2 nominations) | 15 | 16 |
| Day #31 (Saturday, February 15th, 2014) | [28] “Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom” (1 nomination) [29] “The Act Of Killing” (1 nomination) | 13 | 15 |
| Day #32 (Sunday, February 16th, 2014) | [30] “Her” (5 nominations) [31] “Ernest And Celestine” (1 nomination) | 11 | 14 |
| Day #33 (Monday, February 17th, 2014) | [32] “Inside Llewyn Davis” (2 nominations) | 10 | 13 |
| Day #34 (Tuesday, February 18th, 2014) | NONE | 10 | 12 |
| Day #35 (Wednesday, February 19th, 2014) | [33] “All Is Lost” (1 nomination) | 9 | 11 |
| Day #36 (Thursday, February 20th, 2014) | NONE | 9 | 10 |
| Day #37 (Friday, February 21st, 2014) | [34] “The Missing Picture” (1 nomination) | 8 | 9 |
| Day #38 (Saturday, February 22nd, 2014) | [35] “Omar” (1 nomination) | 7 | 8 |
| Day #39 (Sunday, February 23rd, 2014) | [36] “12 Years A Slave” (9 nominations) [37] “The Square” (1 nomination) [38] “Iron Man 3” (1 nomination) | 4 | 7 |
| Day #40 (Monday, February 24th, 2014) | NONE | 4 | 6 |
| Day #41 (Tuesday, February 25th, 2014) | [39] “Nebraska” (6 nominations) | 3 | 5 |
| Day #42 (Wednesday, February 26th, 2014) | (Short Film #11 of 15: “Cave Digger”) (Short Film #12 of 15: “Prison Terminal: The Last Days With Jack Hall”) (Short Film #13 of 15: “The Lady From No. 6: Music Saved My Life”) (Short Film #14 of 15: “Kamara Has No Walls”) (Short Film #15 of 15: “Facing Fear”) | 3 | 4 |
| Day #43 (Thursday, February 27th, 2014) | NONE | 3 | 3 |
| Day #44 (Friday, February 28th, 2014) | [40] “The Wolf Of Wall Street” (5 nominations) | 2 | 2 |
| Day #45 (Saturday, March 1st, 2014) | [41] “The Grandmaster” (2 nominations) [42] “The Wind Rises” (1 nomination) | 0 | 1 |
| Day #46 (Sunday, March 2nd, 2014) | NONE | 0 | 0 |