Yeah Crimson Peak would have been a much better winner than Mad Max. SW7 and MM:FF weren't a great choice for Costume nomination but whatever.

I'm loving the Fury Road love.

That's the biggest fail of the night. You are one of the most active posters.

Winners Tally:

Mad Max: Fury Road - 6
Inside Out - 2
Ex Machina - 1
The Gift - 1
The Hateful Eight - 1
Trainwreck - 1
It Follows - 1
Fifty Shades of Grey - 1 (Best Song)
Steve Jobs - 1

Fury Road is already sweeping this. Nothing is going to come close tonight.

Yeah, shame on your for not supporting It Follows!

Jack Sparrow is now up to present Best Adapted Screenplay

I was out of town this weekend and didn't have internet access except on my phone and that would be a pain to vote with. I saw the notices about voting that I was sent tonight but it was too late. For some reason I thought they were next weekend.

Best Adapted Screeplay
These nominated 5 stories that were known to audience by some form of media were transformed to big screen with the artistic brilliance.

Adam McKay and Charles Randolph
The Big Short : In 2008, Wall Street guru Michael Burry realizes that a number of subprime home loans are in danger of defaulting. Burry bets against the housing market by throwing more than $1 billion of his investors' money into credit default swaps. His actions attract the attention of banker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling), hedge-fund specialist Mark Baum (Steve Carell) and other greedy opportunists. Together, these men make a fortune by taking full advantage of the impending economic collapse in America.

Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman
Kingsman: The Secret Service : Gary "Eggsy" Unwin (Taron Egerton), whose late father secretly worked for a spy organization, lives in a South London housing estate and seems headed for a life behind bars. However, dapper agent Harry Hart (Colin Firth) recognizes potential in the youth and recruits him to be a trainee in the secret service. Meanwhile, villainous Richmond Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson) launches a diabolical plan to solve the problem of climate change via a worldwide killing spree.

Aaron Sorkin
Steve Jobs : With public anticipation running high, Apple Inc. co-founders Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) and Steve "Woz" Wozniak get ready to unveil the first Macintosh in 1984. Jobs must also deal with personal issues related to ex-girlfriend Chrisann Brennan and their young daughter Lisa. Eventually fired, Jobs launches NeXT Inc. and prepares to release a new computer model in 1988. Ten years later, Jobs is back at Apple Inc. and about to revolutionize the industry once again with the iMac.

Emma Donoghue
Room : Held captive for years in an enclosed space, a woman (Brie Larson) and her 5-year-old son (Jacob Tremblay) finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

Drew Goddard
The Martian : When astronauts blast off from the planet Mars, they leave behind Mark Watney (Matt Damon), presumed dead after a fierce storm. With only a meager amount of supplies, the stranded visitor must utilize his wits and spirit to find a way to survive on the hostile planet. Meanwhile, back on Earth, members of NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring him home, while his crew mates hatch their own plan for a daring rescue mission.

And the Winner is....

I know. I would have voted for it for everything it was nominated for. Hopefully it's not runner-up for something so I feel even worse.

EMMA EMMA EMMA

I voted for The Big Short, but I would also be entirely pleased with a win for Room or Steve Jobs.

Please, not Kingsman or The Martian.

So the winner is

Drew Goddard (The Martian)

Runner-ups: TIE Adam McKay & Charles Randolph, The Big Short AND Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman, Kingsman: The Secret Service AND Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs (each fell one vote short)

LOL. Those are the only two I've seen, so I had to pick one. I went with Martian.

NOOOOOOOO

Your prayers were unheard

Crazy category. Mediocre winner.

Whoa. Close race.

I dig Goddard in general, but The Martian's script is so...eh. The rhythm (peril - easy solution - gag - peril - easy solution - gag) becomes a crushing bore.

A four-way tie would have been awesome. Too bad.

Winners Tally:

Mad Max: Fury Road - 6
Inside Out - 2
Ex Machina - 1
The Gift - 1
The Hateful Eight - 1
Trainwreck - 1
It Follows - 1
Fifty Shades of Grey - 1 (Best Song)
Steve Jobs - 1
The Martian - 1

This is the first win of the night for Martian.

Every single nominee was leading at some point.

The Martian's script owes almost everything to its source material, though.

Best Foreign Language Film is up next

That would have been awesome.

Best Foreign Language Film

The nominees are:

Mustang (France)
The Assassin (Taiwan)
Phoenix (Germany)

And the winner is...

This category is a tad anemic this year with only three nominees. Phoenix is a great, great film, though, and I am pulling for it.

I have heard many say The Assassin is deadly dull and others say it is a masterpiece. I have not seen it yet myself.