2012 Oscar Nominations

Published on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 14:45

Written by Super User

Best Picture

• “The Artist”
• “The Descendants”
• “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
• “The Help”
• “Hugo”
• “Midnight in Paris”
• “Moneyball”
• “The Tree of Life”
• “War Horse“
  

wow, the Oscars still amaze me every year!.. where's Drive and Tinker Tailor? and War Horse with Extremely Loud are IN!. Really?

Directing

• “The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius
• “The Descendants” Alexander Payne
• “Hugo” Martin Scorsese
• “Midnight in Paris” Woody Allen
• “The Tree of Life” Terrence Malick

Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive and Pedro Almodovar for The Skin I Live In, they really did an amazing work. but the list is still strong to fight in.

Actor in a Leading Role

• Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
• George Clooney in “The Descendants”
• Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
• Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
• Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”

Happy to see Gary's in at LAST!. Bur Bichir is in? do they just like to shock us every year? where's Ryan Gosling for Drive and Michael Fassbender for Shame? ha..

Actress in a Leading Role

• Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”
• Viola Davis in “The Help”
• Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
• Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
• Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”

Happy to see Rooney Mara is in for Dragon Tattoo. but where's Swinton?

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
• Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
• Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
• Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
• Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

WHERE THE **** IS Albert Brooks for Drive? That's a shocker!.. and Max is in? where did he come from with his Fail film?..

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist”
• Jessica Chastain in “The Help”
• Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”
• Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”
• Octavia Spencer in “The Help”

I wished to see Carey Mulligan for Shame. but Melissa? really Oscars, that's a joke right?

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• “The Descendants” Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
• “Hugo” Screenplay by John Logan
• “The Ides of March” Screenplay by George Clooney
• “Moneyball” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin  Story by Stan Chervin
• “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

I thought Steve Zaillian will get in for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Happy to see Tinker Tailor is in and yet not to get an Oscar best picture nomination. and War Horse with Extremely Loud are in. wow.. and Hossein Amini for Drive with Pedro Almodovar, The Skin I Live In get snubs!.

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• “The Artist” Written by Michel Hazanavicius
• “Bridesmaids” Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
• “Margin Call” Written by J.C. Chandor
• “Midnight in Paris” Written by Woody Allen
• “A Separation” Written by Asghar Farhadi

Happy for Woody. Bridesmaids is in? the biggest and most boring shocker of the day. and Terrence Malick snubs for The Tree of Life. and no Diablo Cody for Young Adult, they love her..

Cinematography

• “The Artist” Guillaume Schiffman
• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Jeff Cronenweth
• “Hugo” Robert Richardson
• “The Tree of Life” Emmanuel Lubezki
• “War Horse” Janusz Kaminski

Where are Newton Thomas Sigel for Drive and Hoyte Van Hoytema for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy? they were Brilliant.. wow, The Steven's film 'War Horse' is always in. a Cinematography nomination gives him a best film nomination. :/ and Jeff Cronenweth beauitful and expected nominee shuts out forThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo..

Music (Original Score)

• “The Adventures of Tintin” John Williams
• “The Artist” Ludovic Bource
• “Hugo” Howard Shore
• “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Alberto Iglesias
• “War Horse” John Williams

Cliff Martinez, Drive. Alexandre Desplat, The Tree of Life. Mychael Danna, Moneyball and Alberto Iglesias, The Skin I Live In, they really do an outstanding work!!! still the Steven's film are in 'War Horse' and 'Tintin' are in with love..

Foreign Language Film

• “Bullhead” Belgium
• “Footnote” Israel
• “In Darkness” Poland
• “Monsieur Lazhar” Canada
• “A Separation” Iran

I really hoped the brilliant film 'The Skin I Live In' from the amazing Pedro Almodovar get a nomination. :c

Animated Feature Film

• “A Cat in Paris” Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
• “Chico & Rita” Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
• “Kung Fu Panda 2″ Jennifer Yuh Nelson
• “Puss in Boots” Chris Miller
• “Rango” Gore Verbinski

Art Direction

• “The Artist”
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2“
• “Hugo”
• “Midnight in Paris”
• “War Horse”

Costume Design

• “Anonymous”
• “The Artist”
• “Hugo”
• “Jane Eyre”
• “W.E.”

Film Editing

• “The Artist”
• “The Descendants”
• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
• “Hugo”
• “Moneyball”

Sound Editing

• “Drive” Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Ren Klyce
• “Hugo” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
• “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
• “War Horse” Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
  David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
• “Hugo”
  Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
• “Moneyball”
  Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
• “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
  Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
• “War Horse”
  Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
  Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
• “Hugo”
  Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
• “Real Steel”
  Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
• “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
  Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
• “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
  Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

2012 Golden Globes Awards

Published on Monday, 16 January 2012 12:31

Written by Super User

The Globes announced their winners, some are shocking and some are deserving. The Descendants won the best picture, It it a bad thing or good thing, well last year The Social Network won it and didn't win the Oscar, The King Speech did. the last before that Avatar won it and The Hurt Lokcer won the Oscars. but so It's still not clear who's the big winner at the Oscars, and The Artist also won. So It's getting really challenging between the two winners.

Clooney won acting. I haven't seen his film yet, but I have seen Pitt's film and he was outstanding, so can we say Clooney has it. I don't think so. Pitt, Micheal and Dujardi they might fight for it too. and Streep won actress, I haven't seen her work, so I can't judge yet. meanwhile Viola's performance was so good.

Spencer's acting in the supporting is so good, I guess It's her year, Plummer won acting in supporting I haven't seen his work yet, but Brooks's acting in Drive was amazing.

The biggest shock was Scorsese's winning best director. I thought It's Payne's award. and at the same time Midnight in Paris won screenplay. I thought it's between Moneyball and The Descendants.

Here are the Awards..

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Best Director - Motion Picture

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Best Animated Film

Best Foreign Language Film

Best Television Series - Drama

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

So what's your thoughts about the winners? who got snubs? who deserve his/her award the most?

2012 Critics' Choice Awards

Published on Friday, 13 January 2012 10:30

Written by Super User

BEST PICTURE

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Drive
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• The Help
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• Moneyball
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

BEST DIRECTOR

• Stephen Daldry – “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
• Michel Hazanavicius – “The Artist”
• Alexander Payne – “The Descendants”
• Nicolas Winding Refn – “Drive”
• Martin Scorsese – “Hugo”
• Steven Spielberg – “War Horse”

BEST ACTOR

• George Clooney – “The Descendants”
• Leonardo DiCaprio – “J. Edgar”
• Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
• Michael Fassbender – “Shame”
• Ryan Gosling – “Drive”
• Brad Pitt – “Moneyball”

BEST ACTRESS

• Viola Davis – “The Help”
• Elizabeth Olsen – “Martha Marcy May Marlene”
• Meryl Streep – “The Iron Lady”
• Tilda Swinton – “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
• Charlize Theron – “Young Adult”
• Michelle Williams – “My Week With Marilyn”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Kenneth Branagh – “My Week With Marilyn”
• Albert Brooks – “Drive”
• Nick Nolte – “Warrior”
• Patton Oswalt – “Young Adult”
• Christopher Plummer – “Beginners”
• Andrew Serkis – “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Berenice Bejo – “The Artist”
• Jessica Chastain – “The Help”
• Melissa McCarthy – “Bridesmaids”
• Carey Mulligan – “Shame”
• Octavia Spencer – “The Help”
• Shailene Woodley – “The Descendants”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

• Asa Butterfield – “Hugo”
• Elle Fanning – “Super 8”
• Thomas Horn – “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
• Ezra Miller – “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
• Saoirse Ronan – “Hanna”
• Shailene Woodley – “The Descendants”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

• The Artist
• Bridesmaids
• The Descendants
• The Help
• The Ides of March

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• “The Artist” – Michel Hazanavicius
• “50/50” – Will Reiser
• “Midnight in Paris” – Woody Allen
• “Win Win” – Screenplay by Tom McCarthy
• “Young Adult” – Diablo Cody

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• “The Descendants” – Alexander Payne
• “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” – Eric Roth
• “The Help” – Tate Taylor
• “Hugo” – John Logan
• “Moneyball” – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• “The Artist” – Guillaume Schiffman
• “Drive” – Newton Thomas Sigel
• “Hugo” – Robert Richardson
• “The Tree of Life” – Emmanuel Lubezki
• “War Horse” – Janusz Kaminski

BEST ART DIRECTION

• “The Artist”
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
  
• “Hugo”
• “The Tree of Life”
• “War Horse”

BEST EDITING

• “The Artist”
• “Drive”
• “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
• “Hugo”
• “War Horse”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• “The Artist”
• “The Help”
• “Hugo”
• “Jane Eyre”
• “My Week With Marilyn”

BEST MAKEUP

• Albert Nobbs
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• The Iron Lady
• J. Edgar
• My Week With Marilyn

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Hugo
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Super 8
• The Tree of Life

BEST SOUND

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Hugo
• Super 8
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• The Adventures of Tintin
• Arthur Christmas
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Puss in Boots
• Rango

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• In Darkness
• Le Havre
• A Separation
• The Skin I Live In
• Where Do We Go Now

BEST SCORE

• “The Artist” – Ludovic Bource
• “Drive” – Cliff Martinez
• “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• “Hugo” – Howard Shore
• “War Horse” – John Williams

BEST ACTION MOVIE

• Drive
• Fast Five
• Hanna
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Super 8

BEST COMEDY

• Bridesmaids
• Crazy, Stupid, Love
• Horrible Bosses
• Midnight in Paris
• The Muppets

NOTES:

The Artist is getting closer to take the Oscars home. winning in both best film and directer.

George Clooney is winning the Oscars mark my words. Pitt is the only danger.

Viola Davis is winning the Oscars too, she's kinda a lock.

So far Michel Hazanavicius is winning every major award, but remember last year with Aaron for The Social Network?

The original screenplay this year is the weakest catogery. Midnight in Paris and The Artist are the only two movies worth to be there.

the adopted screenplay was Alexander Payne's only award but Aaron Sorkin for Moneyball won it! That's great the writing was amazing. could he win the Oscars two years in a row? .

Gary Oldman is far away from the Oscars. One of the most underrated actor of all time.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is getting weaker, but I feel it in my guts that it going to get an Oscar Best Picture nomination.