Fucking get ready.
Best Picture
Argo
(Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov)
Best Directing
Steven
Spielberg (Lincoln)
Best Actor in a Leading
Role
Daniel
Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Best Actress in a Leading
Role
Emmanuelle
Riva (Amour)
Best Actor in a
Supporting Role
Robert
De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Actress in a
Supporting Role
Anne
Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Best Writing (Original
Screenplay)
Quentin
Tarantino (Django Unchained)
Best Writing (Adapted
Screenplay)
David
O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
Claudio
Miranda (Life of Pi)
Best Film Editing
William
Goldenberg (Argo)
Best Production Design
Sarah
Greenwood and Katie Spencer (Anna Karenina)
Best Costume Design
Jacqueline
Durran (Anna Karenina)
Best Sound Mixing
Simon
Hayes, Andy Nelson and Mark Paterson (Les Misérables)
Best Sound Editing
Karen
M. Baker and Per Hallberg (Skyfall)
Best Visual Effects
Erik
De Boer, Ronald Elliott, Guillaume Rocheron and Bill Westenhofer (Life of Pi)
Best Makeup
Julie
Dartnell and Lisa Westcott (Les Misérables)
Best Music (Original
Score)
Mychael
Danna (Life of Pi)
Best Music (Original
Song)
Adele
Adkins and Paul Epworth – ‘Skyfall’ (Skyfall)
Best Animated Feature
Film
Wreck-It
Ralph (Rich Moore)
Best Documentary Feature
Searching
for Sugar Man (Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn)
Best Foreign Language
Film
Amour
– Austria
Best Short Film (Live
Action)
Curfew
(Shawn Christensen)
Best Short Film
(Animated)
Paperman
(John Kahrs)
Best Documentary Short
Open
Heart (Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern)
De Niro is one of America's greatest living actors for sure, but I am not rooting for him to win for this role. You may well be right Paddy as he is a front runner, but it's a tough category and I am thinking Jones or Waltz, with Hoffman as the surprise that may happen.
ReplyDeleteOr even Alan Arkin. Fuck me, imagine...
DeleteSupporting Actor category is as interesting as it isn't. All are former victors.
ReplyDeleteThey could have easily chosen some newer and better choices. Alas, Academy has its own way.
Philip Seymour Hoffman would have cakewalked if The Master had more support other than the actors' branch.
BFCA got it right this year, certainly the best performance of all the nominees, albeit he is co-lead.
Alan Arkin is out of contention. No surprise is expected of him.
Christoph Waltz was runner up in NYFCC & LAFCA; receipent of Globe and BAFTA, slew of other minor critics awards.General consensus is the agreement of his outright towering co-lead performance and undeniable charm. There is definitely a lot going on for him at the moment. He certainly has better chance than Hoffman but something tells me he isn't gonna be honored for near same performance which earned him the Oscar in 2009.
Robert De Niro's performance wasn't the most brilliant one in this group but it was the performance that was going for the movie and most enjoyable in Silver Linings Playbook and reminiscent of the legend-in-business.
And he hasn't won anything big yet. But he seems to be campaigning and his chances are somewhat elevated.
Tommy Lee Jones' performance is the perfect oscar-bait, stagy, showy and scene chewery.
Even with SAG win, there isn't much talking about him. But he still can win.
It should have been Jones vs Hoffman.
Apparently, its De Niro vs Waltz at the momemt.
Since the Lincoln sweep isn't entirely ruled out(my insane opinion), my money is still on Tommy Lee Jones.
That's not an insane opinion. I'm not sure Lincoln has it in it to sweep, but it could certainly win five major awards, and surprise a lot of people.
DeleteIf it comes down to Robert De Niro vs. Christoph Waltz, it may come down to timing. De Niro may already have two Oscars, but who's going to complain about him winning a third (me, for this role!)? It's been 32 years since he last won, and it's been three since Waltz last won. Plus, Christoph Waltz didn't cry on Katie.