Academy Awards 2013

[eatbrie]

It's this time of the year again...  Nominations will be announced in a month.

I believe 7 movies will get nominated for Best Picture...  I loved them all, so I would be very pleased (I have yet to see Django and The Hobbit, but I'm not holding my breath).



Ultimately, I think it's going to be a fight to the finish between Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty.

T

[Juli]

I've only seen two of those - Lincoln and Argo, which I agree will likely get nominated for Best Picture. I want to see Django Unchained and Zero Dark Thirty and maybe Life of Pi and Silver Linings Playbook too. I have just recently heard good things about Beasts of the Southern Wild. I think I may have to check this film out too.

Juli

[Bruce]

I'll bet you even on Les Miserables against Lincoln.

[eatbrie]

See Zero Dark Thirty first.  Don't take me wrong, Les Misérables was great, but Zero Dark Thirty had me on the edge of my seat until the end.  And yes, I knew the ending.

T

[Bruce]

I haven't seen it, which is why I wanted to bet only against Lincoln!

Now I am really looking forward to Zero Dark Thirty!

And I knew the ending to Lincoln without seeing it!

[eatbrie]

I haven't seen it, which is why I wanted to bet only against Lincoln!

Now I am really looking forward to Zero Dark Thirty!

And I knew the ending to Lincoln without seeing it!

I think I'm seeing Django Saturday morning.  I will post my findings here.

T

[od_sf]

Seeing The Hobbit tonight. Not that it stands much of a chance to be nominated.

[eatbrie]

AFI came up with their list yesterday, which is all of the above, plus "Dark Knight Rises", "Django Unchained" and "Moonrise Kingdom."  I'm sticking to my guns with 7.  The Academy might go for 8, but I don't think they will repeat the 10 fiasco of 2 years ago.  Too many movies.

T

[od_sf]

AFI came up with their list yesterday, which is all of the above, plus "Dark Knight Rises", "Django Unchained" and "Moonrise Kingdom."  I'm sticking to my guns with 7.  The Academy might go for 8, but I don't think they will repeat the 10 fiasco of 2 years ago.  Too many movies.

T

Out of those 3, I think "Moonrise Kingdom" might stand a chance. I would have said "The Master" had a decent chance for a nomination 2 months ago, but that also seems really unlikely now.

[eatbrie]

A lot of people didn't like The Master.  It is a love it or hate it kinda movie.  It got an initial boost from the love it people, but eventually lost steam.  The same goes with Wes Anderson.  A lot of people can't stand him or his movies, which makes it hard for him during award season.  They have been pushing Dark Knight in the trades, but ultimately, Django's release date is its strongest weapon.

T

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

LA Times: 'The Avengers' voted most overrated movie of 2012 by a landslide

Sure, it featured one of the most star-studded ensembles in the history of comic book movies. And yes, it took in more box-office dollars than any other movie in 2012. But Marvel Studios' "The Avengers" can now also boast another, less noble distinction: the most overrated film of the year.

According to more than 2,600 respondents to a Times online survey Joss Whedon's get-the-band-together take on the iconic superheroes was the most overpraised feature film of 2012.....

[brude]

Hulk SMASH L.A. Times!

[guest8]

So T, what did you think of Django? I watched it last night and I personally feel that QT is his own worst enemy! Ive said this since Tony Scott did QT's script for True Romance and will probably say it until I die, QT cannot direct a movie!!! But that man can write a great story! Every QT movie just has to feel like its from the 70's and have all of the blood and gore just overdone to the max and I think that hurts the presentation sometimes. At least he stuck to a linear story line this time. Maybe he's learned from some past criticisms. I think, had this script been in another directors hands with the same cast, it could have been a great movie. But as it sits to me its just pretty good and I probably would never watch it again. As for individual performances I think Christoph Waltz was the stand out in this film. Dr. King Schultz's panache really made his a stand out character to me.

[Harry Caul]

Wow.  9 films up for Best Picture...

Best picture
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
"Lincoln"
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"Amour"
"Django Unchained"
"Argo"

Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
Denzel Washington, "Flight"
Hugh Jackman, "Les Misérables"
Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"

Actress
Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"
Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Supporting actor
Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"
Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Alan Arkin, "Argo"
Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"

Supporting actress
Sally Field, "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
Amy Adams, "The Master"

Director
David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"
Michael Haneke, "Amour"
Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (Watch an interview with Zeitlin)

Animated feature
"Frankenweenie"
"The Pirates! Band of Misfits"
"Wreck-It Ralph"
"Brave"
"ParaNorman"

Foreign language film
"Amour," Austria
"No," Chile
"War Witch," Canada
"A Royal Affair," Denmark
"Kon-Tiki," Norway

Adapted screenplay
"Beasts of the Southern Wild," Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
"Argo," Chris Terrio
"Lincoln," Tony Kushner
"Silver Linings Playbook," David O. Russell
"Life of Pi," David Magee

Original screenplay
"Flight," John Gatins
"Zero Dark Thirty," Mark Boal
"Django Unchained," Quentin Tarantino
"Amour," Michael Haneke
"Moonrise Kingdom," Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola

Original song
"Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice," music and lyric by J. Ralph
"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted," music by Walter Murphy and lyric by Seth MacFarlane
"Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi," music by Mychael Danna and lyric by Bombay Jayashri
"Skyfall" from "Skyfall," music and lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
"Suddenly" from "Les Misérables," music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Original score
Dario Marianelli, "Anna Karenina"
Alexandre Desplat, "Argo"
Mychael Danna, "Life of Pi"
John Williams, "Lincoln"
Thomas Newman, "Skyfall"

Visual effects
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Life of Pi"
"Marvel's The Avengers"
"Prometheus"
"Snow White and the Huntsman"

Makeup and hairstyling
"Hitchcock"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Les Misérables"

Cinematography
Seamus McGarvey, "Anna Karenina"
Robert Richardson, "Django Unchained"
Claudio Miranda, "Life of Pi"
Janusz Kaminski, "Lincoln"
Roger Deakins, "Skyfall"

Costume design
Jacqueline Durran, "Anna Karenina"
Paco Delgado, "Les Misérables"
Joanna Johnston, "Lincoln"
Eiko Ishioka, "Mirror Mirror"
Colleen Atwood, "Snow White and the Huntsman"

Documentary
"5 Broken Cameras"
"The Gatekeepers"
"How to Survive a Plague"
"The Invisible War"
"Searching for Sugar Man"

Documentary short
"Inocente"
"Kings Point"
"Mondays at Racine"
"Open Heart"
"Redemption"

Animated short
"Adam and Dog"
"Fresh Guacamole"
"Head over Heels"
"Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
"Paperman"

Live action short
"Asad"
"Buzkashi Boys"
"Curfew"
"Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)"
"Henry"

Film editing
William Goldenberg, "Argo"
Tim Squyres, "Life of Pi"
Michael Kahn, "Lincoln"
Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, "Zero Dark Thirty"

[wonka]

This solidifies my plan to clean the garage out on Oscar night.

[Juli]

Before the nominations were announced it seemed Zero Dark Thirty was the front runner for Best Picture. Now I don't think it is anymore with it not getting nominated for Best Director, so what is now the front runner(s) for Best Picture?

Juli

[eatbrie]

It might be back to Lincoln, Juli.  Spielberg might get his 2nd Best Picture oscar and 3rd Best Director.

[Juli]

It might be back to Lincoln, Juli.  Spielberg might get his 2nd Best Picture oscar and 3rd Best Director.

That would be awesome! I really want him to win for Director and Lincoln to win Best Picture.

Juli

[Hallucination Generation]

The oscars are shit.

A bunch of wealthy people giving other wealthy people golden statues. How grotesque.
So you can do your job? Get over yourself.

[od_sf]

That would be awesome! I really want him to win for Director and Lincoln to win Best Picture.

Juli

Really? I thought Lincoln was a good, but very flawed movie. It didn't make my top 5. And I can't believe that John Williams' "phoned in" score got nominated. Or Sally Field's annoyingly over-the-top performance for that matter.

[eatbrie]

That would be awesome! I really want him to win for Director and Lincoln to win Best Picture.

Juli

I still think Zero Dark Thirty is the better picture, but you're right, Bigelow not being nominated kills its chances.  It has happened once in the past 60 years, in 1989 when Driving Miss Daisy won and Bruce Beresford was not even nominated.  I think Lincoln will win, although the director's statuette could still go to David O. Russell or Ang Lee if there is Spielberg fatigue.

Personally, I'd go Lincoln, Spielberg, Daniel Day Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Hathaway.  Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty for screenplays.

4 of my friends are voting, 1 director, 2 producers and 1 actor, and aside for 2 voting for Jessica Chastain, that's where their votes will go.

T

[od_sf]

Some other stuff that piss me off:

- "Jiro Dreams Of Sushi" not getting nominated for documentary feature. As much as I enjoyed "The Gatekeepers" and "Searching for Sugar Man", I thought "Jiro" was hands-down the best doc of 2012.
- Bigelow not getting nominated for "Zero Dark Thirty". A travesty!
- Affleck not getting nominated for directing for "Argo". I used to think he was a douchebag, now I really think the guy is a serious directing talent. He deserved a nomination.
- "Snow White and the Huntsman" getting nominated for visual effects. That "film" didn't just suck, it also looked like shit.

[od_sf]

The oscars are shit.

A bunch of wealthy people giving other wealthy people golden statues. How grotesque.
So you can do your job? Get over yourself.

So you don't enjoy a good circle jerk once in a while?

[brude]

- "Snow White and the Huntsman" getting nominated for visual effects. That "film" didn't just suck, it also looked like shit.

Really?  I thought it looked very sharp.
What didn't you like about the effects?

[brude]

So you don't enjoy a good circle jerk once in a while?

I know I do.
The Annual Lingerie League Football Daisy Chain is a must-see.