Your Reading Guide to the Oscars

[Susan]

The Oscar nominations have been announced, and as in every year, there is a lot to get excited and angry about. Whether you agree with the choices or not, you can check out the source material for many of the nominees at the library. Remember, the book is almost always better than the movie! :)

American Sniper: Best Picture/ Best Actor- Bradley Cooper/ Best Adapted Screenplay/ Sound Mixing/ Sound Editing/ Film Editing

Travelling to Infinity: The True Story Behind the Theory of Everyting adapted as The Theory of Everything: Best Picture/ Best Actor- Eddie Redmayne/ Best Actress- Felicity Jones/ Best Original Score/ Best Adapted Screenplay

Alan Turning: The Enigma adapted as The Imitation Game: Best Picture/ Best Actor- Benedict Cumberbatch/ Best Director- Morten Tyldum/ Best Original Score/ Best Adapted Screenplay/ Best Supporting Actress- Keira Knightley/ Production Design and Film Editing

Foxcatcher: Best Actor- Steve Carell/ Best Director- Bennett Miller/ Best Original Screenplay/ Make-up and Hair-styling/ Best Supporting Actor- Mark Ruffalo

Wild: Best Actress- Reese Witherspoon/ Best Supporting Actress- Laura Dern

Gone Girl: Best Actress- Rosamund Pike

Still Alice: Best Actress- Julianne Moore

Inherent Vice: Best Adapted Screenplay/ Best Costume Design

Unbroken: Cinematography/ Sound Editing

Guardians of the Galaxy: Make-up and Hair-Styling

How to Train Your Dragon: Best Animated Feature

The Boxtrolls: Best Animated Feature

The Hobbit: Sound Editing

Though Selma, nominated for Best Picture, is not based on a specific book, here is a great title on the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March:
Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America

[Amanda]

I just saw the movie Gone Girl. I believe Gillian Flynn wrote the screen play and she did an excellent job transferring the book into a movie. I was afraid the movie would loose the intensity and craziness, but the movie was just as good.

[Susan]

Still, no nomination for her or for Ava DuVernay, the director of Selma. I thought this article summed up this year's Oscar surprises pretty well:
http://www.icetrend.com/the-17-bigges...

[Amanda]

I was surprised that Selma was not nominated for any major categories either. Very disappointing.
Number 4 in that article is true too. I thought Gillian Flynn did a great job creating the screenplay for Gone Girl. I can imagine it is not an easy task since many movies fall short of the book. That's why books are always better!