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85th Academy Awards Nominations - Results are up
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symphonask
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I think what Candie lacked was a great opening scene that established his character like Landa had in Inglourious Basterds. Apparently there was an opening where Candie out smarts another slave holder in a poker game to win Broomhilda in the original script, but QT cut it for whatever reason. I really would have loved to see that. Leo's performance was easily Oscar-worthy, though.
smokeandmirrors
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Glad to see Roger Deakins get a inand still probably lose
Poor bloke has been nominated so many times and still hasn't won an oscar. Fingers crossed for him.
it is, no worries
and life of pi being nominated for so much and argo so little will make me skip this year's show. what a fucking hack year of nominations.
Charles Foster Kane
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I don't think it has any chance. Foreign is on lock though.
Charles Foster Kane
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Expendable to be redeemed? He predicted SLP BEP in his thread title. I think it has a big chance now.
Sorry about the double post.
Sorry about the double post.
Spehornoob
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I actually would love to see Silver Lining's Playbook win. It was one of my favorites this year. I don't think it'll win with major darlings like Argo and Lincoln, but I'm at least glad to see it get nominated.
They send out blu-rays now. My roommate and his family stayed with some guy that's won for audio editing four or five times (hence an Academy member), and they had screeners of everything on Blu-ray. Sort of hilarious. Made him swear not to steal any of them.
Some notable examples of repeat victories in the same category:
Katharine Hepburn - Best Actress, 1968 (1969) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Katharine Hepburn - Best Actress, 1969 (1970) The Lion in Winter (1 year since same win)
Tom Hanks - Best Actor, 1993 (1994) Philadelphia
Tom Hanks - Best Actor, 1994 (1995) Forrest Gump (1 year since same win)
Jodie Foster - Best Actress, 1988 (1989) The Accused
Jodie Foster - Best Actress, 1991 (1992) The Silence of the Lambs (3 years since same win)
Sally Field - Best Actress, 1979 (1980) Norma Rae
Sally Field - Best Actress, 1984 (1985) Places in the Heart (5 years since same win)
Hillary Swank - Best Actress, 1999 (2000) Boys Don't Cry
Hillary Swank - Best Actress, 2004 (2005) Million Dollar Baby (5 years since same win)
Sean Penn - Best Actor, 2003 (2004) Mystic River
Sean Penn - Best Actor, 2008 (2009) Milk (5 years since same win)
Walter Brennan - Best Supporting Actor, 1936 (1937) Come and Get It
Walter Brennan - Best Supporting Actor, 1938 (1939) Kentucky (2 years since same win)
Walter Brennan - Best Supporting Actor, 1940 (1941) The Westerner (2 years since same win)
Jason Robards - Best Supporting Actor, 1976 (1977) All the President's Men
Jason Robards - Best Supporting Actor, 1977 (1978) Julia (1 year since same win)
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Christoph Waltz - 2009 (2010) Inglourious Basterds
Christoph Waltz - 2012 (2013) Django Unchained (will be 3 years since same win)
Sapiens
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Milk was arguable, but Penn in Mystic River was embarrassingly hilarious.
ViewtifulJC
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Bill Murray is STILL pissed about that Mystic River win
SonicMegaDrive
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So is GAF. I remember the tears on this board that day. Hah.
Sickboy007
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too bad there were none of those this year
THAT'S MY DAUGHTER!! THAT'S MY DAUGHTER ARAGRAHAHAHAHA!
I'M still pissed about it.
Both Murray and Rourke were robbed.
Django was the best comedy of the year.
Comedy is too subjective. Also, the type of comedy that most 15-30 year olds find hilarious is typically not the same sort of movie that the people voting for these awards will find hilarious.
Silver Linings Playbook and movies like the Descendants and Little Miss Sunshine are as close as you will get to comedy nominations.
Moonrise Empire not getting any nomination is the real crime here
you either have crazy high standards or a bad taste in movies
you either have crazy high standards or a bad taste in movies
What else could Skyfall have possibly gotten? It's a zany (but extremely well done) James Bond movie. As it is, it's all but a lock for Best Original Song, and it has a very very good shot at Cinematography, so it could easily be a multi-Oscar winner., something no Bond movie has ever done. Hell, the entire FRANCHISE only has 2 Oscar wins.
Skyfall has almost as many nominations as the entire James Bond franchise before it (5 vs. 7). The last Bond movie with even one nomination was over 30 years ago.
It came out too early in the year, and I think people are starting to expect that sort of movie out of Wes Anderson
The People's Republic of Moonrise got a Original Screenplay nom.
Which is really sad, because if any James Bond movie deserves Academy Awards, it was Casino Royale.
Charles Foster Kane
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Love it. Likely none will win, but love it nonetheless. Cooper is the most deserving of the 4 of a win, but he won't get it because DDL.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
It's overrated, but unique and intriguing.I haven't seen Lost In Translation. Should I?
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Perhaps.
Best movie to start with an ass.
Perhaps.
dat something
I think Life of Pi will take Cinematography. I really can't see Skyfall winning anything outside the Adele song, and maybe one of the Sound Awards.
except that ParaNorman was an excellent movie and Pirates was merely 'pretty good'. Can't comment on Frankenweenie. Wreck-It deserves the animation Oscar (personal movie of the year for me)
and since I'm already at it, Wall-E > Ratatouille
You should watch/listen to his 2 Howard Stern apperances. He is the real deal. Reaallllly cool fucking dude. And he's fucking Zoe Saldana, so the dude has won at life. I bow to you, Mr. Cooper.
ViewtifulJC
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Oscar Nominee Bradley Cooper
Those words, together like that
Those words, together like that
Bobby Roberts
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Really pleased/surprised to see the Academy gave Django some love. Thought for sure they weren't going to. That it got a Best Picture nom is great - although they botched Supporting Actor from that movie pretty hard - but I see this thread has gone over that already
Talking about Director snubs is almost pointless anymore, especially when the Academy can nominate twice as many films as there are director slots.
Really surprised they got the number of BP nominees up to 9. Even MORE surprised that it appears the big battle isn't Zero Dark vs. Lincoln, as it appeared to be for the last month, but it's Silver Linings vs. Lincoln.
So far as Bond goes - hearing all that Bond setup for this year's ceremony made it look like Skyfall had a shot at the big 5, but nope. However, I still think Deakins is a lock for cinematography this year (he's "due") even with Richardson and Miranda also nominated, and Adele's gonna add an Oscar to her armful of grammies. I wouldn't be surprised if it also gets Sound Mixing... waaaaaaay outside chance for Original Score.
No way Paranorman takes that category. It's either Pirates (Aardman is too well loved/well respected) or Wreck-it Ralph. Paranorman was uneven, ugly, and emotionally hollow. It's being nominated solely due to it's technical prowess.
Talking about Director snubs is almost pointless anymore, especially when the Academy can nominate twice as many films as there are director slots.
Really surprised they got the number of BP nominees up to 9. Even MORE surprised that it appears the big battle isn't Zero Dark vs. Lincoln, as it appeared to be for the last month, but it's Silver Linings vs. Lincoln.
So far as Bond goes - hearing all that Bond setup for this year's ceremony made it look like Skyfall had a shot at the big 5, but nope. However, I still think Deakins is a lock for cinematography this year (he's "due") even with Richardson and Miranda also nominated, and Adele's gonna add an Oscar to her armful of grammies. I wouldn't be surprised if it also gets Sound Mixing... waaaaaaay outside chance for Original Score.
No way Paranorman takes that category. It's either Pirates (Aardman is too well loved/well respected) or Wreck-it Ralph. Paranorman was uneven, ugly, and emotionally hollow. It's being nominated solely due to it's technical prowess.
I haven't seen Lost In Translation. Should I?
smokeandmirrors
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It's a shame. Would love to see it win something. Cooper surprised me in the movie, as did Lawrence.
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