Talking Movie Awards 2011

[Label Basher]

Finally saw Hugo, The Decendants and MWWM. All three were great. I've run out of time for the others.

I's still praying that Gary pulls an upset.

 

[Wolkfolk]

Just watched Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Hugo before, which means I've now seen all the movies nominated.

Her are my personal picks in black and my predictions for tonigh in red


Best Picture: The Tree of Life/ The Artist
Actor: Brad Pitt ( or Gary even if I didn't enjoy Tinkler,Tailor as much as I expected to )/ George Clooney
Actress: I honestly wouldn't mind Rooney Mara but I think Viola Davis is more realistic/ Meryl Streep
Supporting Actor: Nick Nolte or Jonah Hill/ Christopher Plummer
Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer/ Octavia Spencer but Jessica Chastain could surprise us.
Director: Woody Allen/ Michel Hazanavicius or Scorsese
Original Screenplay: Woody Allen/ Woody Allen
Adapted Screenplay: Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (Moneyball)/ Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (The Descendants)
Animated Feature: Chico and Rita/ Kung Fu Panda 2
Foreign Language Film: A Separation (Iran)/ A Separation (Iran)
Film Editing: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo / Hugo
Cinematography: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo/ The Tree of Life or Hugo
Art Direction: Hugo/ The Artist
Costume Design: Jane Eyre/ The Artist
Makeup: Albert Nobbs/ Albert Nobbs
Visual Effects: Deathly Hallows part 2/ Transformers 3
Sound Mixing:Hugo/ Hugo
Sound Editing: Drive/ Hugo
Original Score: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (outrageous snub!!!)/ The Artist
Original Song: "Real in Rio" (Rio)/ Real in Rio ( Rio)

 

[Label Basher]

OSCAR WINNERS -

Best 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 Kamiński

Best Art Direction
The Artist – Laurence Bennett and Robert Gould
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Stuart Craig and Stephanie McMillan
Hugo – Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo
Midnight in Paris – Anne Seibel and Hélène Dubreuil
War Horse – Rick Carter and Lee Sandales

Best Costume Design
Anonymous – Lisy Christl
The Artist – Mark Bridges
Hugo – Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre – Michael O'Connor
W.E. – Arianne Phillips

Best Makeup
Albert Nobbs – Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, and Matthew W. Mungle
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, and Lisa Tomblin
The Iron Lady – Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Best Foreign Language Feature
Bullhead (Belgium) in Dutch and French – Michaël R. Roskam
Footnote (Israel) in Hebrew – Joseph Cedar
In Darkness (Poland) in Polish – Agnieszka Holland
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada) in French – Philippe Falardeau
A Separation (Iran) in Farsi – Asghar Farhadi

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page
Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson

Best Film Editing
The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants – Kevin Tent
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker
Moneyball – Christopher Tellefsen

Best 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

Best 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, David 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

Best Documentary – Feature
Hell and Back Again – Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
Pina – Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
Undefeated – TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, and Richard Middlemas

Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris – Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
Chico and Rita – Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
Kung Fu Panda 2 – Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Puss in Boots – Chris Miller
Rango – Gore Verbinski

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash from The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Hugo – John Logan from The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
The Ides of March – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon from Farragut North by Beau Willimon
Moneyball – Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin from Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré

Best Writing – Original Screenplay
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids – Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo
Margin Call – J.C. Chandor
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
A Separation – Asghar Farhadi

Best Live Action Short Film
Pentecost – Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
Raju – Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
The Shore – Terry George and Oorlagh George
Time Freak – Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
Tuba Atlantic – Hallvar Witzø

Best Documentary - Short Subject
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement – Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
God Is the Bigger Elvis – Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
Incident in New Baghdad – James Spione
Saving Face – Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom – Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Best Animated Short Film
Dimanche – Patrick Doyon
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
La Luna – Enrico Casarosa
A Morning Stroll – Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
Wild Life – Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Best Director
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo

Best Actor
Demián Bichir – A Better Life as Carlos Galindo
George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King
Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane

Best Actress
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs as Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe

Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Moneyball
Midnight In Paris
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Honorary Awards
James Earl Jones
Dick Smith
Oprah Winfrey

 

[Aqua Tofana]

Err... I thought best cinematography went to Hugo?

 

[Label Basher]

^ Whoops you're right. I just copied/paste.
Can a mod please change.

 

[dennab216]

Very happy for Iran and Pakistan. The rest: so predictable!

 

[dennab216]

Going around on some French boards. So sorry but I had to share, too funny (could do without the last bit tho)

 

[saann]

^please source the picture or else I will have to remove your post

 

[dennab216]

Credit: HFR

Oh and there is another one going around who states that 3/4 of the win were either French or related to/talking about France (Hugo, Midnight in Paris) etc. It's even a bigger deal than last time with Marion
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[kokobombon]

This must be the first time in years that I´m happy with ALL the wins.
My wishlist came true

 

[Scott]

chaky,i'm sort of on the same page as you....although my curiosity kept me intrigued,i honestly was bored the whole night. bitterly disappointed none of the films i was keen on received no recognition,especially "kevin". even the indie spirits the previous evening shut it out,which was a huge surprise given it was such a hit on the indie front. and a couple weeks ago our independent theatre/cinema was having a special "art house" screening of "martha marcy may marlene" and i got to see it and i was very impressed. definitely deserved a little more attention than it got.

 

[saann]

^I'm the same.. I think 2011 was a great year for film but it doesn't show when you look at the nominees.. there were so many films and performances that were completely overlooked

I would have loved to see some love for MMMM (seriously not even editing?), Drive (though not the performances), 50/50 (the screenplay!) and Take Shelter (Michael Shannon)

I would say 50/50 was my overall favorite film with Drive being the best audiovisual experience

I also can't see The Artist surviving the test of time.. though I'm not sure what other movie in that lineup would

 

[Aqua Tofana]

 

[jemina]

I can't express my disappointment after last night's Oscars.

 

[blueorchid]

That French letter is so dumb to me for some reason. The Artist wasn't even about France!

 

[Aqua Tofana]

I'm sorry guys, I had to post this

reddit

 

[MulletProof]

hahaha

 

[MyNameIs]

I agree with you guys, 2011 was a GREAT year for movies, but you wouldn't know it watching the Oscars last night. What they ended up nominating and awarding seemed more mediocre than most years. Drive (I watched it again and loved it, lol), MMMM, Melancholia and Take Shelter are four of the best films of the year - completely shut out. The Tree of Life, best surprise on the nomination morning, came away empty handed (not even the Cinematography ). Moneyball and Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy got some nominations, but each too went home empty handed. At least A Separation took one award. Then there are stunning performances in We Need to Talk About Kevin, Tyrannosaur, The Guard, again, nowhere to be found.

Instead we got a love fest with Hugo and The Artist (both terribly overrated), which was just basically Academy petting itself on the back for the great movie business they have.

ETA: That picture of Angelina kills me every time, lol.

 

[YoninahAliza]

Like everyone else has said, 2011 was a pretty great year in film but the Oscars didn't really show this. I'll admit I am pleased that The Artist did well last night, the same with Octavia Spencer but so many other films deserved to be nominated/win. Please, tell me I wasn't the only one who was a little pissed about how many awards Hugo won. I know it's suppose to be quite good but still... at this point it feels like people are just kissing up to Marty Scorsese. I felt like yelling at the screen, give other people a chance (haha... I probably get too involved in award season)! Looking back at the films that were nominated this year, so many of them ended up walking away empty handed, it's actually pretty sad how little diversity their was.

Also, I have to say, I was really annoyed with the category for Best Original Song. I still cannot believe that they only nominated two songs. There were some pretty great ones this year; Lay Your Head Down (Albert Nobbs), The Living Proof (The Help), or even Masterpiece (W.E.). Yet, none of them garnered nominations and two other sort of silly movies were nominated. And as my mother put it last night, "I'd be embarrassed to win in a category where you were only competing against one other movie."

And, MyNameIs, I'm with you, Drive should have been nominated! I'm still a bit bitter that it wasn't. Anyways, the Oscars were predictable however I was pleased with Jean Dujardin and Octavia Spencer's wins. Both are too cute and really deserved to win. I was rooting for Viola Davis to win Best Actress but I can't really complain because it's Meryl! And it's impossible not to love her. Anyways... let's hope that next years Oscar's is more exciting!

 

[blueorchid]

I don't think 2011 was that great at all for movies, I think that it was "good" but I don't think anything is memorable.

YoninahAliza, I don't know why the first two songs weren't nominated, but I do remember reading that "Masterpiece" was disqualified because it was the second song played during the credits or something. I think the entirety of a song has to be played within the movie itself or it's the first piece of music once the credits start rolling. Madonna should have read the rules for that one.