Let's Get Ready To Rumble (Oscar Edition)
The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards have been announced. For those of us that are into these things, what do you think of the nominees?
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook"
Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln"
Hugh Jackman in "Les Misérables"
Joaquin Phoenix in "The Master"
Denzel Washington in "Flight"
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin in "Argo"
Robert De Niro in "Silver Linings Playbook"
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "The Master"
Tommy Lee Jones in "Lincoln"
Christoph Waltz in "Django Unchained"
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Jessica Chastain in "Zero Dark Thirty"
Jennifer Lawrence in "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emmanuelle Riva in "Amour"
Quvenzhané Wallis in "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Naomi Watts in "The Impossible"
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in "The Master"
Sally Field in "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway in "Les Misérables"
Helen Hunt in "The Sessions"
Jacki Weaver in "Silver Linings Playbook"
Best animated feature film of the year
"Brave" Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
"Frankenweenie" Tim Burton
"ParaNorman" Sam Fell and Chris Butler
"The Pirates! Band of Misfits" Peter Lord
"Wreck-It Ralph" Rich Moore
Achievement in directing
"Amour" Michael Haneke
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" Benh Zeitlin
"Life of Pi" Ang Lee
"Lincoln" Steven Spielberg
"Silver Linings Playbook" David O. Russell
Best motion picture of the year
"Amour"
"Argo"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Django Unchained"
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Nominations for best documentary feature, best foreign language film of the year, achievement in makeup and hairstyling, achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score), achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song), achievement in production design, best animated short film, best live action short film, achievement in sound editing, achievement in sound mixing, achievement in visual effects, adapted screenplay, original screenplay, achievement in cinematography, achievement in costume design, best documentary short subject, and achievement in film editing can be seen here.
Photo of Forest Whitaker and Reese Witherspoon at the Academy Awards via Shutterstock.
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Re: Let's Get Ready To Rumble (Oscar Edition)
Initial thoughts (why yes, I am commenting on my own post):
-- Isn't it weird that movies such as The Dark Knight Rises aren't nominated for ... anything? It had to be one of the better grossers of the year and while not perfect, it was obviously very well done. I mean Argo wasn't perfect and it's nominated for everything.
-- Big ups for (my childhood friend) Amy Adams! I haven't seen The Master yet but I was worried that the anti-Scientology forces would keep it from receiving any nominations. Also interesting that Zero Dark Thirty got a best motion pic award -- thought that politics might prevent that.
-- Of all these movies that I haven't seen (which is almost all of them -- just because I have young children so movies are cost prohibitive), the one I want to see the most is Silver Linings Playbook.
Oct '11
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I've seen only Lincoln. Sally Field was great. I liked her more than Daniel Day-Lewis.
Apr '12
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What, no nominations for Expendables 2?
Jul '12
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Surprised Flight was not a best pic nominee. Also, nothing for John Goodman.
May '11
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I've not seen any of these, unless the Lincoln is the vampire slayer one.....
Jun '12
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Pampered children patting themselves on the back. No thanks.
Sep '10
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Has anyone seen Zero Dark Thirty? I am curious about the tone of the movie. I'm just afraid of wasting ten bucks and a couple of hours to sit through a lecture of "sure, we got Bin Laden, but look at how awful we acted along the way by killing and torturing so many innocents!"
Jul '11
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I saw ZDT last weekend with my boys, aged 17 and 19. The theatre was full and absolutely silent the whole time, except for when I had to explain to my younger boy who Tony Robbins is.
The movie is pretty intense from start to finish. I thought it was even handed, leaning towards the pro torture side. However, it wasn't clear to me that the info gained from the tortures really helped all that much with finding OBL. But every little bit helps...
Oct '12
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No surprise that 2016 was snubbed for best documentary. That honor is only reserved for films that are ideologically consistent with the majority opinion of Hollywood.
My biggest surprise is that 'cloud atlas' didn't receive any recognition. It should have been nominated for cinematography or music at the very least.
May '10
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Silver Linings Playbook is excellent from start to finish. Bradley Cooper breaks further away from his party boy roles, the Winter's Bone performance of Jennifer Lawrence was not a fluke and DeNiro was back to his magic. I can't say enough good things about this movie.
Mar '11
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Not until they add the "Awesomeness" category.
May '10
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(Please pardon the additional post; limitations on edits from mobile phone...) Regarding Silver Linings, I particularly liked the portrayal of a family, dealing with a grown son's struggle with bipolar disorder. Not a knee-jerk toxic portrayal but an actual supportive family with all its quirks and habits.
Nov '10
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If the definition of a great actor is that you forgot you're watching an actor, then Daniel Day Lewis's Lincoln is the best performance I've ever seen. Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field were good (Jones was possibly the most entertaining character I've seen since Heath Ledger's Joker,) but they didn't become their roles the same way that Lewis did.
Lincoln is the only film anywhere on that list that I've seen, and Les Mis and Brave are the only others I have any interest in seeing.
Aug '11
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It's official. I'm getting old and "out of the mainstream." The only movie that I've seen on the list was Les Mis. I've not even head of some of the actors/actresses. I guess I don't watch Entertainment Tonight enough.
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Great! Can't wait to see it.
Aug '10
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I have not seen the performance for which Alan Arkin was nominated, but I am surprised he was named. He has an amiable screen presence, but he has never given what I would describe as a noteworthy performance. Often, he is remarkably wooden.
Nov '10
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Agreed. In fact, I liked him best way back in Edward Scissorhands, when his woodenness was entirely appropriate and hilarious.
Apr '11
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I'd have to second the recommendation of Daniel Day-Lewis. He was excellent in Lincoln.
The thing that impressed me about him in Lincoln, and earlier, in There Will Be Blood, is that he makes his characters come to life whether he is saying a line or not.
Maybe it was his part in My Left Foot that gave him the ability to create a presence on-screen even though his character isn't saying anything. Whatever it is, he's excellent at it.
Jul '10
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Yeah, not even Visual Effects, Sound, or Sound Editing, which is where big action movies usually get the nod. The anti-Occupy vibe of that movie must have really irritated some people.
Also sort of sad to see End of Watch snubbed, I had heard there was some buzz, and that was a terrific movie.
I'm thinking a Lincoln sweep. And fingers crossed for Wreck-It Ralph in the animated category.
Apr '11
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Jack Black in "Bernie" as a gospel-singing assistant funeral director was the best performance I saw this year.
The Dark Knight Rises was the worst movie of the year. I think Christopher Nolan intentionally made it bad as an inside joke with his friends about how ignorant the viewing public (and sycophantic reviewers) are. Michael Caine switching to a Cockney accent for this installment was like a hostage giving a signal that he's speaking under coercion.
Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; give a man a $250 million budget and he'll hire all of his friends and laugh all the way to the bank. When it makes a big profit from the explosions and car chases, he gets to make a smaller and more personal film with no studio interference.
Edited on January 11, 2013 at 9:21am