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85th Academy Awards Nominations - Results are up

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lazybones18

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Messofanego said:
Aside from the asian makeup, Cloud Atlas should've got best makeup and editing. 6 stories all transitioning into each other, sometimes two going parallel, nice juxtapositions from action chase to comedy chase. So many characters that I didn't catch who was who until the credits.

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lol, as soon as I saw that on the screen, I immediately knew it was Hugh Grant
 
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would have liked to have seen moonrise kingdom and the master nominated for best picture but i can't comment too much as i've only seen silver linings playbook and life of pi from the list so far.
 
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kswiston

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MIMIC said:
Only 9 movies up for Best Picture?

Weren't there 10 last year?
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They changed the best Picture nomination rules. Each year will have at least 5 nominees for best picture, with a maximum of 10. Only films that receive 5% or more of the first place votes make the list though.

Basically whatever was the 10th most voted film this year failed to get more than 5% of the total first place votes.
 
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SCULLIBUNDO

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So after seeing the noms, here's what happens:

Either Lincoln dominates or is given the technical awards/lesser prestige awards so that the big awards go to SLP. They did the same thing between Hugo and The Artist.
 
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Scullibundo said:
So after seeing the noms, here's what happens:

Either Lincoln dominates or is given the technical awards/lesser prestige awards so that the big awards go to SLP. They did the same thing between Hugo and The Artist.
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I have a very difficult time seeing SLP as the big winner this year, despite the 4 acting noms.
 
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jtb

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Charles Foster Kane said:
I think ZDT still has a chance.
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No direction nod basically kills it at this point, I think.

Scullibundo said:
So after seeing the noms, here's what happens:

Either Lincoln dominates or is given the technical awards/lesser prestige awards so that the big awards go to SLP. They did the same thing between Hugo and The Artist.
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Maybe, but best actor is a big award (and I'd be amazed if adapted screenplay went to SLP over Kushner's Lincoln) and DDL is, I'd imagine, a lock at this point. And I think a film like Life of Pi might actually get a handful of the technical awards, especially if we're going with the Hugo parallel (heavy CG, heavy on visuals, etc.)
 
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lazybones18

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So as far as watching all the Best Picture nominees go, I'm 7 for 9

Seeing ZDT tonight and gotta wait until Feb. 1 to see Amour. Can't believe this is gonna be the first time I'll see all BP nominees before the telecast
 
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I can't believe Dicaprio didn't even get nominated. I thought this was his year for sure. He was freaking amazing in Django. I have a feeling he's going to be like Jeff Bridges. Get it when he's old after a lifetime of amazing work.
 
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SCULLIBUNDO

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TrumanBurbank said:
I can't believe Dicaprio didn't even get nominated. I thought this was his year for sure. He was freaking amazing in Django. I have a feeling he's going to be like Jeff Bridges. Get it when he's old after a lifetime of amazing work.
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Dude will get it next year for The Wolf of Wall Street. Book it.
 
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Charles Foster Kane said:
I know, but maybe it can. Oscars love trivia like that anyways. First movie to win BP without BD nod since...
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Not sure. But the Acadamy's history of nominating women for directing is pretty poor.

Female Academy Award nominees for Best Director since 1990:

Jane Campion - The Piano
Sophia Coppola - Lost in Translation
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

Best Picture Nominees directed by women since 1990

Awakenings - 1990
Prince of Tides - 1991
The Piano - 1993
Lost in Translation - 2003
Little Miss Sunshine - 2006 (co-directed I think)
An Education - 2009
The Hurt Locker - 2009
The Kids are alright - 2010
Winter's Bone - 2010
Zero Dark 30 - 2012

So 3 best director nominations out of those 10 best picture nominations.
 
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Mercury Fred

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Damn, Sam Jackson and the Master got hosed!

Very, very excited for How To Survive a Plague though-- it's on Netflix streaming right now. It's fucking incredible!
 
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twinturbo2

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Jennifer Lawrence has best actress locked down. No, I haven't seen Silver Linings Playbook, but I did see The Hunger Games and she killed it.
 
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Charles Foster Kane said:
It's really going to be between Lincoln and SLP, right?

I wish Amour had a chance for a change.
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Things are a bit more complicated this time around since it is a comedy and the other front runners are dramas, but Silver Linings Playbook needs to win both the Golden Globe (for best comedy) and the Producers guild award to have a decent shot at winning best picture. If it loses either of those, I'd say it has little chance of winning the big prize.

David O Russel wasn't even nominated for directing by the Director's guild, and their pick for best Directing matches up with the Academy's pick 90% of the time. We get split years for best director and best picture every so often, but the majority of the time they are a package deal.

Mercury Fred said:
Damn, Sam Jackson and the Master got hosed!
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I think the fact that Sam Jackson isn't that choosy when it comes to accepting movie roles hurts him in these sorts of awards competition. When you are in 5 movies a year, I think you start getting taken for granted.
 
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Scullibundo said:
Dude will get it next year for The Wolf of Wall Street. Book it.
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I doubt it. I expect a typical Leo performance from that film. Django was his first villain role and he knocked it out of the park. I said Jeff Bridges earlier but I think he's more like Pacino. Ignored for years until he finally got it for 'A Scent of a Woman' at age 53.
 
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SCULLIBUNDO

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TrumanBurbank said:
I doubt it. I expect a typical Leo performance from that film. Django was his first villain role and he knocked it out of the park. I said Jeff Bridges earlier but I think he's more like Pacino. Ignored for years until he finally got it for 'A Scent of a Woman'.
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They will give it to him for a lead performance, not supporting. Leo + Scorsese biopic is when his best work comes out to play. Next year. Book it.
 
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BenjaminBirdie

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TrumanBurbank said:
I can't believe Dicaprio didn't even get nominated. I thought this was his year for sure. He was freaking amazing in Django. I have a feeling he's going to be like Jeff Bridges. Get it when he's old after a lifetime of amazing work.
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Maybe if he gets a new face grafted on top of the one he has now that makes him look like a 14 year old wearing a grown man costume.
 
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Charles Foster Kane said:
It's really going to be between Lincoln and SLP, right?
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It's gonna be Lincoln. Sorry, but you guys are kidding yourselves. Spielberg, DDL, huge piece, historical drama, American story, topical to modern issues, highest opening ever for a film with such a limited release. And, unlike many Best Picture winners with similar things going for them (Avatar) it's actually a really good movie! Silver Linings Playbook was good -- tight writing, good message, JLaw is fun to watch. But there's zero chance that it wins Best Picture over Lincoln, so if it's between those two, bet on the President.
 
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Messofanego

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inm8num2 said:
No love for Moonrise Kingdom. Funny that just yesterday Wes Anderson predicted the film would be ignored.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/01/09/moonrise-kingdom-director-wes-anderson-talks-awards/
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"Basically nobody gets nominated when they work with me."

"But actors can rely on the fact that I can’t deliver them that. I do always have a very good experience with the casts on my films, and I really enjoy working with actors, but I can’t promise awards."

haha :(
 
UberTag

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Just listened to all of the Oscar-nominated songs.
Seems like an automatic win for Adele's Skyfall.
Seth MacFarlane has no business being nominated for Everybody Needs A Best Friend.

I'm kind of disappointed Mumford & Sons "Learn Me Right" got the Oscar push from Brave. I rather enjoyed "Touch the Sky".

And if I may be so bold to say this... but the original song nominees from gaming this year were far stronger than those from the movie industry in 2012.
 
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Mr. RHC

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Huh, only seen Life of Pi of the nominees so far. I had no idea Silver Linings is so acclaimed. Expected Argo and Django.

I'm also glad to see Lincoln nominated, I have high hopes for this movie.

I'm also still offended that they abused Lincoln for a bad vampire flick so at least we got a proper Lincoln movie.


Life of Pi, 11 nominations? Movie was alright but 11 nominations, like a Lord of the Rings? Come on, you gotta be kidding me.

Glad to see Brave in the animated picture category, enjoyed that movie a lot.
 
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Charles Foster Kane

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Definite locks are Hathaway, DDL acting, Skyfall song, Amour foreign film.

I think that if DDL really wins, Lincoln will get BP, and probably Director.

This is a guess without seeing all.
 
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UberTag said:
Just listened to all of the Oscar-nominated songs.
Seems like an automatic win for Adele's Skyfall.
Seth MacFarlane has no business being nominated for Everybody Needs A Best Friend.

I'm kind of disappointed Mumford & Sons "Learn Me Right" got the Oscar push from Brave. I rather enjoyed "Touch the Sky".

And if I may be so bold to say this... but the original song nominees from gaming this year were far stronger than those from the movie industry in 2012.
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I don't think there's a lack of talent in films, so much as game developers deciding to work with some truly talented acts.

Who knows; someone like Austin Wintory could very well wind up being the next Michael Giacchino, springboarding from gaming into the world of film.
 
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Discotheque

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I know killing them softly had no chance but still it's disappointing not to see it up there. I really liked it. Leo or SLJ deserved that nom a lot more than Waltz who I also liked.

Fucking Samuel Jackson especially though, his best performance in years

Beasts of the Southern Wild was kinda whack. I wanna see silver linings playbook soon
 
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I'm so ashamed of myself. The only movies that I've seen with nominations are Argo and Snow White and the Huntsman, and only because I was dragged to them by family.

I know I was busy this year, but not that busy!
 
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ari

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2012 was a meh year of movies, it started with the dark knight rises and it didn't let up. I think django and argo was the only redeemable films after august.

Lincoln can go eat a bag of dicks. Hope it gets sweeped. I hate movies that seems like it has an oscar checklist.
 
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