82nd Annual Academy Awards

[lime]

It's December, and i think that it's time to make our predictions for the upcoming Oscar race.

Here's mine (Marked are the considered favorites)


BEST PICTURE

An Education
Inglorious…
Hurt Locker
Invictus
Last Station
Lovely Bones
Nine
Precious
Up
Up in the Air

BEST DIRECTOR

Jackosn
Lovely Bones
Daniels
Precious
Eastwood
Invictus
Marshall
Nine
Rateman
Up in the Air

BEST ACTOR

Clooney
Up in the Air
Day-Lewis
Nine
Freeman
Invictus
Hallbrook
That Evening Sun
Bridges
Crazy heart

SUP. ACTOR

Damon
Invictus
Molina
An Education
Plummer
The Last Station
Tucci
The Lovely Bones
Waltz
Inglourious

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Amelia
Bright Star
Lovely Bones
Nine
Sherlock Holmes

ART DIRECTION

Sherlock Holmes
Imaginarium
Lovely Bones
Nine
Avatar

COSTUME DESIGN

Bright Star
Inglourious
The Last Station
Nine
Sherlock Holmes

FILM EDITING

Avatar
Lovely Bones
Inglourious
Nine
Precious

ORIGINAL SCORE

Amelia
Yared
Avatar
Horner
Christmas Carol
Silvestri
Last Station
Yatushencho
Star Trek
Giachincho

ORIGINAL SONG

Nine
Princess & Frog
Avatar

SOUND MIXING

Avatar
District 9
Nine
Star Trek
Transformers

SOUND EDITING

Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Transformers
Up

BEST EFFECTS

Avatar
Transformers
Star Trek

BEST MAKEUP

Watchmen
Imaginarium
Star Trek

 

[Aesop Rocks]

I take it you haven't seen Moon. I'm kidding of course.

Is this the official list of noms?

 

[Kargo Warrior]

I take it you haven't seen Moon. I'm kidding of course.

Is this the official list of noms?

What do you mean official?t:

It's his prediction list,the nominations are in February

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Oh, I thought it was already out. My bad.

My list (winners only)

Best Picture:
Hurt Locker

Best Director: Rateman.

Best Actor: Sam Rockwell.

All the ones that really only matter to me.

 

[Laderlappen]

Why no actresses?

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Because the categories I like are all filled with males?

I mean, I bet if I talked to Sam Rockwell, he could throw on some makeup and we can call him Sally Rockwell when he wins, if that makes you any happier?

 

[Laderlappen]

I meant to the OP. He has all these categories including very minor ones, but not actress and supporting actress?

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Oh. Sorry.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Christoph Waltz has to win Best Supporting Actor. I don't care about the rest.

 

[TLH]

Best Actor: Sam Rockwell.

I might as well just say this to you now, Aseop Rocks.

Rockwell was amazing in Moon. He really was. I think so too.

But Best Actor is absolutely stacked this year (Bridges, Clooney, Firth, Mortensen, Day-Lewis, Freeman, even Jeremy Renner etc...)

I just don't see how Rockwell gets a nomination.

 

[Prison Mike]

What do you mean official?t:

It's his prediction list,the nominations are in February

if it's anything like this year's oscars, the nominations will be in january and the actual televised oscars will be in february. Though I don't know what the schedule looks like for next year.

 

[SuperBatman]

Christoph Waltz has to win Best Supporting Actor. I don't care about the rest.

I agree he was Awesome in Inglourious.

 

[Armored Avenger]

if it's anything like this year's oscars, the nominations will be in january and the actual televised oscars will be in february. Though I don't know what the schedule looks like for next year.

I think the ceremony will take place in March

Edit - I was right - The Oscars are on March 7, 2010 and the nominations will be announced on February 2, 2010

 

[:eek:]

A first sign of where the awards are heading next year?

Awards Season - Precious and Station Lead Independent Spirit Awards





As always, the Independent Spirit Awards represent the unofficial start of Awards Season with the announcement of their nominations. This year The Last Station and Precious topped the list of nominees with five each. For the former, it should help build buzz for its 2010 release. For the latter, it is the first step towards possible Awards Season glory and further enhances its already lofty box office potential.

The categories and nominations are...

BEST FEATURE

• (500) Days of Summer
• Amreeka
• The Last Station
• Precious
• Sin Nombre

BEST DIRECTOR

• Joel and Ethan Coen for A Serious Man
• Lee Daniels for Precious
• Cary Joji Fukunaga for Sin Nombre
• James Gray for Two Lovers
• Michael Hoffman for The Last Station

BEST FIRST FEATURE

• Crazy Heart
• Easier With Practice
• Paranormal Activity
• The Messenger
• A Single Man

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)

• Big Fan
• Humpday
• The New Year Parade
• Treeless Mountain
• Zero Bridge

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman for The Messenger
• Michael Hoffman for The Last Station</B>
• Lee Toland Krieger for The Vicious Kind
• Greg Mottola for Adventureland
• Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for (500) Days Of Summer

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

• Sophie Barthes for Cold Souls
• Scott Cooper for Crazy Heart
• Cherien Dabis for Amreeka
• Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious
• Tom Ford and David Scearce for A Single Man

BEST FEMALE LEAD

• Maria Bello for Downloading Nancy
• Nisreen Faour for Amreeka
• Helen Mirren for The Last Station
• Gwyneth Paltrow for Two Lovers
• Gabourey Sidibe for Precious

BEST MALE LEAD

• Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
• Colin Firth for A Single Man
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt for (500) Days of Summer
• Souléymane Sy Savané for Goodbye Solo
• Adam Scott for The Vicious Kind

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

• Jemaine Clement for Gentlemen Broncos
• Woody Harrelson for The Messenger
• Christian McKay for Me and Orson Welles
• Raymond McKinnon for That Evening Sun
• Christopher Plummer for The Last Station

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

• Dina Korzun for Cold Souls
• Mo'Nique for Precious
• Samantha Morton for The Messenger
• Natalie Press for Fifty Dead Men Walking
• Mia Wasikowska for That Evening Sun

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Roger Deakins for A Serious Man
• Adriano Goldman for Sin Nombre
• Anne Misawa for Treeless Mountain
• Andrij Parekh for Cold Souls
• Peter Zeitlinger for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Anvil! The Story of Anvil
• Food, Inc.
• More Than A Game
• October Country
• Which Way Home

BEST FOREIGN FILM

• A Prophet (France)
• An Education (UK/(France)
• Everlasting Moments (Sweden)
• Mother (South Korea)
• The Maid (Chile)

 

[Kargo Warrior]

I think all the Oscar threads should be merged into one and made into a stickie.

The awards season always gets a lot of discussion and debate so i think it's fair to have one thread to discuss everything in.

 

[Kargo Warrior]

National Board Of Review:

TOP 10

AN EDUCATION
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
INVICTUS
THE MESSENGER
A SERIOUS MAN
STAR TREK
UP
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Best Film: UP IN THE AIR

Best Director: CLINT EASTWOOD, Invictus

Best Actor(s):
GEORGE CLOONEY, Up In The Air
MORGAN FREEMAN, Invictus

Best Actress: CAREY MULLIGAN, An Education

Best Supporting Actor: WOODY HARRELSON, The Messenger

Best Supporting Actress: ANNA KENDRICK, Up In The Air

Best Foreign Language Film: A PROPHET

Best Documentary: THE COVE

Best Animated Feature: UP

Best Ensemble Cast: IT&#8217;S COMPLICATED

Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: JEREMY RENNER, The Hurt Locker

Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: GABOUREY SIDIBE, Precious

Spotlight Award for Best Directorial Debut:
DUNCAN JONES, Moon
OREN MOVERMAN, The Messenger
MARC WEBB, (500) Days of Summer

Best Original Screenplay: JOEL AND ETHAN COEN, A Serious Man

Best Adapted Screenplay: JASON REITMAN and SHELDON TURNER, Up In The Air

Special Filmmaking Achievement Award: WES ANDERSON, The Fantastic Mr. Fox

William K. Everson Film History Award: JEAN PICKER FIRSTENBERG

 

[:eek:]

British Independent Film Awards
"Moon" scored 'Best British Independent Film' and 'Best Debut Director', while "Fish Tank" scored best director (Andrea Arnold) and breakthrough actor (Katie Jarvis).
Acting nods went to Carey Mulligan ("An Education"), Tom Hardy ("Bronson"), Anne-Marie Duff ("Nowhere Boy") and John Henshaw ("Looking for Eric").
"Let The Right One In" scored 'Best Foreign Film', "In the Loop" took 'Best Screenplay', and "Bright Star" won 'Best Cinematography.
Washington DC Film Critics Awards
"Up in the Air" dominated the night and scored Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for George Clooney.
"The Hurt Locker" took Best Ensemble, "Up" got Best Animated Film, "Sin Nombre" won Best Foreign Film, and "Food, Inc." won Best Documentary.
Carey Mulligan ("An Education") took Best Actress while Christoph Waltz ("Inglourious Basterds") and Mo&#8217;Nique ("Precious") scored Best Supporting acting nods.
"Inglourious Basterds" won Best Original Screenplay, Gabourey Sidibe ("Precious") won Breakthrough Performance, and "Nine" won Best Art Direction.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

Starting to think this could be a repeat of 2006.

The pre-conceived Front-Runners fizzled out resulting in the the critically acclaimed and commercially successful/"mainstream" (for lack of a better word) film nabbing the best prizes. That year it was The Departed. What film fits that category for 2009? Inglorious Basterds.

Crazy thought? Yes. But it's a possibility.

 

[TLH]

Starting to think this could be a repeat of 2006.

The pre-conceived Front-Runners fizzled out resulting in the the critically acclaimed and commercially successful/"mainstream" (for lack of a better word) film nabbing the best prizes. That year it was The Departed. What film fits that category for 2009? Inglorious Basterds.

Crazy thought? Yes. But it's a possibility.

Naw. Precious has fizzled, no doubt. But Up in the Air and Invictus are simply too Oscary to be taken over by commercial successful/"mainstream" movie(s) up for the award.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

Let me rephrase it. The Departed was never really looked at as an "Oscar film" aside the high-profile cast and Scorsese's then-continued snubbing. Yes, people made remarks about it being a possible contender. But that was 100% because of who was involved. Nothing more, nothing less. It was a "movie movie" that got glowing reviews (many critics put it on their Best Films of the year lists), audiences loved and was a big commerical hit. After the pre-release hyped "Oscar front-runners" fizzled (Dreamgirls), it wound up being the film to beat.

Invictus will be nominated. No doubt about that one. But Eastwood has won so many times before not to mention his nominations. It won't take it. Up in the Air certainly could. But there is the very realistic chance that Reitman isn't considered "experienced enough" to walk away with Oscars this soon into his career. ********? I agree, but that's how the Academy thinks from time to time.

 

[Kargo Warrior]

If we think like that why not Up?Better reviews and acclaim than IB,in fact the best reviewed movie of the year,a lot bigger hit and Pixar is way due for all the screenplay and best picture snubs.

But it's not going to happen,just like IB is not going to happen.

Up In The Air is the frontrunner in the three most important categories,Film,Director and Actor.The academy nominated Reitman for best Director even though it was the script and Ellen Page that were acclaimed during the award season, not him.

The Departed won countless awards for best direction,Basterds probably won't win one.Scorsese was due for a directors oscar,so it's not really a surprise that his movie won best picture.

Tarantino probably won't even receive a best director nomination.It's biggest chances for a major category are Waltz and best original screenplay.

 

[TLH]

But there is the very realistic chance that Reitman isn't considered "experienced enough" to walk away with Oscars this soon into his career. ********? I agree, but that's how the Academy thinks from time to time.

I don't buy this. Sam Mendes won Best Picture for American Beauty and it was his directorial debut. Reitman already has experience with Oscar nominations from Juno.

 

[Laderlappen]

Let me rephrase it. The Departed was never really looked at as an "Oscar film" aside the high-profile cast and Scorsese's then-continued snubbing. Yes, people made remarks about it being a possible contender. But that was 100% because of who was involved. Nothing more, nothing less. It was a "movie movie" that got glowing reviews (many critics put it on their Best Films of the year lists), audiences loved and was a big commerical hit. After the pre-release hyped "Oscar front-runners" fizzled (Dreamgirls), it wound up being the film to beat.

Then I think we can compare The Departed with Up in the Air. It doesnt look like a typical oscar winner either. What is a typical oscar winner anyway? Is No Country an "Oscar film"? Is Slumdog Millionaire? Return of the King? Gladiator?

 

[Dr. Evil]

I wonder if the Oscar landscape would have changed has Shutter Island not moved to February.

 

[TLH]

I wonder if the Oscar landscape would have changed has Shutter Island not moved to February.

Maybe. I don't think it was ever really going to get much Oscar consideration.

BTW: LaBamba rules!