Talking Movie Awards 2011

[dajrekshn]

i was wondering about the other day, actually..how many movies do members actually see out of the bunch they receive? it really makes it all look more like a "who gets more hype" around a movie to make a member see it, no? totally leaves the tiny/small budget movies out of the sight.

 

[littlepaperstars]

They'll never change the voting system, they can barely change hosts! But since when have the Oscars really been about rewarding the best performances of the year anyway? It's part business, part the industry getting together to smugly pat themselves on the back in pretty outfits and I say this as someone who works in the industry, loves it and loves going to these shindigs (I will gladly stare at the back of Ryan Goslings head all night). It's a big ol' bun fight to get films nominated because they make more money and raise the profiles of the actors off the back of them. I've had clients who's careers have been drastically altered by getting or not getting a nomination at the right time. I know Academy members who've told me they that sometimes they just tick a box because they like that person, know that person, or when it comes to the technical awards, they've worked with them and haven't actually got a clue about what they do. The LA screenings are reasonably well attended but sometimes I think film/performances struggle because they watch screeners at home on a TV and not a big screen. The awards are important but probably not always for the most wholesome of reasons!

 

[Flashbang]

Oscar prediction from ew.com >> http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/12/20/oscar-predictions-after-sag-and-golden-globes/

Can anyone please explain me this quote?

Meanwhile, I was perplexed by McCarthy’s omission from the Golden Globe roster…until I learned that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association didn’t have a press conference with her.

Why'd it have to do with press conference? Sorry if this sounds dumb

 

[MyNameIs]

^I think it's a swipe at the GGs that they only nominate people who kiss up to them and who attend their functions. I personally don't know if I buy it. GGs nominated Bridesmaids in other categories. I find it hard to believe that they'd have a 'vendetta' against McCarthy because she didn't do a press conference with them, when they nominated the film all over the place. And I'm still not sold on her nomination.

Aside from that, I pretty much agree with everything else on their predictions. Which means, there will be some surprises.

 

[Chaky]

^I think it's a swipe at the GGs that they only nominate people who kiss up to them and who attend their functions. I personally don't know if I buy it. GGs nominated Bridesmaids in other categories. I find it hard to believe that they'd have a 'vendetta' against McCarthy because she didn't do a press conference with them, when they nominated the film all over the place. And I'm still not sold on her nomination.

Well there's five Best Actress spots just for comedy/musical but only five Supporting spots for everyone. I think critics/voters tend to skew towards dramatic roles most of the time.

Then again, I don't think that comment about the press conference is that wide of the mark. Ricky Gervais lambasted them for this sort of stuff last year.

 

[Label Basher]

LONDON FILM CRITICS' CIRCLE AWARDS NOMINEES

The 32nd annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards nominations list, which is voted for by 120 UK film critics, broadcasters and writers, has been released.

Tomas Alfredson's adaptation of the Cold War spy thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is the only British film among the five titles nominated for Best Film. Despite being snubbed by the Golden Globes, the film will compete against the year's other award favourites, which include The Artist and Drive. The 32nd annual awards take place on January 19 at the BFI on London's Southbank.

Film of the Year:
'The Artist'
'Drive'
'A Separation'
'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'
'The Tree of Life'

The Attenborough Award British Film of the Year:
'The Guard'
'Kill List'
'Shame'
'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'
'We Need to Talk About Kevin'

Foreign Language Film of the Year:
'Mysteries of Lisbon'
'Poetry'
'Le Quattro Volte'
'A Separation'
'The Skin I Live In'

Documentary of the Year:
'Cave of Forgotten Dreams'
'Dreams of a Life'
'Pina'
'Project Nim'
'Senna'

Director of the Year:
Asghar Farhadi - 'A Separation'
Michel Hazanavicius - 'The Artist'
Terrence Malick - 'The Tree of Life'
Lynne Ramsay - 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'
Nicolas Winding Refn - 'Drive'

Screenwriter of the Year:
Asghar Farhadi - 'A Separation'
Michel Hazanavicius - 'The Artist'
Kenneth Lonergan - 'Margaret'
Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan - 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash - 'The Descendants'

The Virgin Atlantic Award Breakthrough British Filmmaker:
Richard Ayoade - 'Submarine'
Paddy Considine - 'Tyrannosaur'
Joe Cornish - 'Attack the Block'
Andrew Haigh - 'Weekend'
John Michael McDonagh - 'The Guard'

Actor of the Year:
George Clooney - 'The Descendants'
Jean Dujardin - 'The Artist'
Michael Fassbender - 'Shame'
Ryan Gosling - 'Drive'
Gary Oldman - 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'

Actress of the Year:
Kirsten Dunst - 'Melancholia'
Anna Paquin - 'Margaret'
Meryl Streep - 'The Iron Lady'
Tilda Swinton - 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'
Michelle Williams - 'My Week With Marilyn'

Supporting Actor of the Year:
Simon Russell Beale - 'The Deep Blue Sea'
Kenneth Branagh - 'My Week With Marilyn'
Albert Brooks - 'Drive'
Christopher Plummer - 'Beginners'
Michael Smiley - 'Kill List'

Supporting Actress of the Year:
Sareh Bayat - 'A Separation'
Jessica Chastain - 'The Help'
Vanessa Redgrave - 'Coriolanus'
Octavia Spencer - 'The Help'
Jacki Weaver - 'Animal Kingdom'

British Actor of the Year:
Tom Cullen - 'Weekend'
Michael Fassbender - 'A Dangerous Method', 'Shame'
Brendan Gleeson - 'The Guard'
Peter Mullan - 'Tyrannosaur', 'War Horse'
Gary Oldman - 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'

The Moet & Chandon Award: British Actress of the Year:
Olivia Colman - 'The Iron Lady', 'Tyrannosaur'
Carey Mulligan - 'Drive', 'Shame'
Vanessa Redgrave - 'Anonymous', 'Coriolanus'
Tilda Swinton - 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'
Rachel Weisz - 'The Deep Blue Sea'

Young British Performer of the Year:
John Boyega - 'Attack the Block'
Jeremy Irvine - 'War Horse'
Yasmin Paige - 'Submarine'
Craig Roberts - 'Submarine'
Saoirse Ronan - 'Hanna'

The Sky 3-D Award Technical Achievement:
Manuel Alberto Claro, cinematography - 'Melancholia'
Paul Davies, sound design - 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'
Maria Djurkovic, production design - 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'
Dante Ferretti, production design - 'Hugo'
Alberto Iglesias, original score - 'The Skin I Live In'
Chris King & Gregers Sall, editing - 'Senna'
Joe Letteri, visual effects - 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'
Cliff Martinez, original score - 'Drive'
Robert Richardson, cinematography - 'Hugo'
Robbie Ryan, cinematography - 'Wuthering Heights'

The Dilys Powell Award Excellence in Film:
Nicolas Roeg

 

[Label Basher]

Seriously the noms above for Best Actor & Best Actress are spot on and in a perfect world that is what the Oscar noms would be.

Well ok I'm not so sure about Anna Paquin but you could sub her for Glenn Close or Viola Davis.

 

[rox_yr_sox]

^^ For comparison, indiewire's round up of critics, bloggers and tastemakers' favorites in 2011. Not that critics count that much in the race for oscar...

See here for full list

Top rankings:
Tree of Life for best film
Fassbender, Shame, for best lead performance (no separate male/female categories)
Christopher Plummer, Beginners, for best supporting performance
Margaret for best ensemble cast
Terence Malick, Tree of Life, for best director
The Interrupters for best documentary
A Separation for best screenplay
Tree of life for best cinematography
Mary Marcy May Marlene for best first feature

 

[loladonna]

^I thought Saoirse Ronan and Michael Fassbender were Irish?

Of all the movies Jessica Chastain did this year I can't believe her performance in The Help is the most acclaimed so far. I really didn't care for that film.

I love Meryl Streep but I feel like Iron Lady represents the type of performance we expect from her. She's not going above and beyond her capabilities and putting herself out there like Fassbender in Shame. I don't think the Academy should keep rewarding actors for doing what we expect of them. Meryl needs to surprise us with a less predictable Oscar-bait role.

 

[Chaky]

The Guilds have started announcing their nominees.

2012 Art Directors Guild nominees

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2011:

Period Film

• THE ARTIST Production Designer: Laurence Bennett
• HUGO, Production Designer: Dante Ferretti
• THE HELP, Production Designer: Mark Ricker
• ANONYMOUS, Production Designer: Sebastian Krawinkel
• TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, Production Designer: Maria Djurkovic

Contemporary Film

• THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt
• THE DESCENDANTS, Production Designer: Jane Anne Stewart
• EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE, Production Designer: K.K. Barrett
• DRIVE, Production Designer: Beth Mickle
• BRIDESMAIDS, Production Designer: Jefferson Sage

Fantasy Film

• HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Production Designer: Stuart Craig
• CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, Production Designer: Rick Heinrichs
• THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET UNICORN, Production Designer: TBD
• PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES, Production Designer: John Myhre
• COWBOYS & ALIENS, Production Designer: Scott Chambliss

The big omission here is probably War Horse and maybe Midnight In Paris. Bridesmaids is picking up momentum.

 

[Chaky]

2012 Producers Guild nominees

• THE ARTIST - Producer: Thomas Langmann

• BRIDESMAIDS - Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Clayton Townsend

• THE DESCENDANTS - Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

• THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Scott Rudin

• THE HELP - Producers: Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Brunson Green

• HUGO - Producers: Graham King, Martin Scorsese

• THE IDES OF MARCH - Producers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Brian Oliver

• MIDNIGHT IN PARIS - Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum

• MONEYBALL - Producers: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt

• WAR HORSE - Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg

The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:

• THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN - Producers: Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg

• CARS 2 - Producer: Denise Ream

• KUNG FU PANDA 2 - Producer: Melissa Cobb

• PUSS IN BOOTS - Producers: Joe M. Aguilar, Latifa Ouaou

• RANGO - Producers: John B. Carls, Gore Verbinski

Big omissions: Drive, Tree of Life

 

[Chaky]

2012 Writers Guild nominations

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming; Fox Searchlight
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson, originally published by Norstedts; Columbia Pictures
The Help, Screenplay by Tate Taylor; Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett; DreamWorks Pictures
Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan; Based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick; Paramount Pictures
Moneyball, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin; Based on the book by Michael Lewis; Columbia Pictures


DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Better This World, Written by Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega; Loteria Films
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Written by Marshall Curry and Matthew Hamachek; Oscilloscope Pictures
Nostalgia for the Light, Written by Patricio Guzmán; Icarus Films
Pina, Screenplay by Wim Wenders; Sundance Selects
Position Among the Stars, Script by Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich, Leonard Retel Helmrich; HBO Films
Senna, Written by Manish Pandey; Producers Distribution Agency


The thing to note about the WGA is that due their rules and regulations a lot of the Oscar contenders are not actually eligible for nomination here. The following were all ineligible: The Artist, Beginners, Shame, Margin Call, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Melancholia, Take Shelter, Carnage, Drive, My Week With Marilyn, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Albert Nobbs, Jane Eyre, The Skin I Live In!

War Horse was eligible but didn't get a nom!

 

[MyNameIs]

^War Horse reminds me so much of Munich. Frontrunner in pre-season, then so-so performance with precursors, and still getting the big Oscar nominations. If I remember correctly, Munich was thought to be out before DGAs. And even with a DGA nomination, I think many were putting Walk the Line for a Picture nomination over Munich. But what are the chances that Spielberg's movie will follow the same script twice?

I'm so disappointed that The Tree of Life has been ignored by both PGA and WGA? Well, WGA, I guess I get, but PGA? And yet movies like Bridesmaids and The Ides of March get in? And I liked Bridesmaids. Speaking of which, could it really pull off a Picture nomination? If they still had 10 nominees, it'd feel almost obliged to predict it. Now with this "who knows how many" business, I think it'll end up being left out. One must at least give it proper consideration though. With SAG, PGA, WGA and Globe nominations, it's doing better than some 'sure bets', War Horse being one of them.

 

[YoninahAliza]

^I'm still hoping that Bridesmaid at least get's nominated for a Best Picture at the Oscars because it would be fantastic to see an all female cast get some love from Hollywood's most prestigious award show. But if they won (which is probably very slim I'll admit)... well... that would be amazing! Serious movies get nominated all the time so I'd love to see a funny movie nab some awards too.

 

[*Bianca*]

So much to catch up on... out of all the films being mentioned I've so far only seen:
(listed in order that I liked them)

Motion Picture
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Take Shelter
Bridesmaids
Attack the Block
The Ides of March

I go back and forth choosing between which I liked most, MMMM or Take Shelter. Both deal with similar themes of paranoia and have riveting performances by both leads. I think the only negative thing about Take Shelter was its ending.

Documentary
Bill Cunningham New York
Senna
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

Even though If a Tree Falls presents a very balanced view—which you don't always get with docs these days—something was lacking.
It was interesting to learn the history of the group, but I found myself not really caring.
I think Senna absolutely deserved the Oscar shortlist place over If a Tree Falls.

What's up next? Probably 50/50, Carnage, The Guard, or The Skin I Live In.
For some reason I can't get myself to watch Tree of Life or Melancholia even though I know I should

 

[littlepaperstars]

First promo for The Oscars.

 

[littlepaperstars]

BAFTA longlist has been released. * Denotes Chapter selection from Round One

Martin Scorsese will recieve the BAFTA Fellowship.

Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
The Iron Lady
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
We Need to Talk About Kevin

Outstanding British Film
Arthur Christmas
Attack the Block
Coriolanus
The Guard
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
The Iron Lady
Jane Eyre
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Submarine
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tyrannosaur
War Horse
We Need to Talk About Kevin

Director
The Artist*
The Descendants
Drive*
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Hugo*
The Ides of March
The Iron Lady
J. Edgar
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
My Week with Marilyn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
War Horse
We Need to Talk About Kevin*

Film Not in the English Language
Abel
As If I Am Not There
The Boy Mir – Ten Years in Afghanistan
Calvet
Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries)
Incendies
Little White Lies
Pina
Post Mortem
Potiche
Le Quattro Volte
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Tomboy
The Troll Hunter

Animated Film
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn*
Arthur Christmas*
Gnomeo and Juliet
Puss in Boots
Rango*

Documentary
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Life in a Day
Pina
Project Nim
Senna

Leading Actor
Antonio Banderas (Robert Ledgard) – The Skin I Live In
Brad Pitt (Billy Beane) – Moneyball*
Brendan Gleeson (Gerry Boyle) – The Guard
Daniel Craig (Mikael Blomkvist) – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Eddie Redmayne (Colin Clark) – My Week with Marilyn
Gary Oldman (George Smiley) - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
George Clooney (Matt King) – The Descendants*
Jean Dujardin (George Valentin) – The Artist*
Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar Hoover) – J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender (Brandon) – Shame*
Owen Wilson (Gil) - Midnight in Paris
Peter Mullan (Joseph) – Tyrannosaur
Ralph Fiennes (Caius Martius Coriolanus) - Coriolanus
Ryan Gosling (Driver) – Drive
Ryan Gosling (Stephen Meyers) – The Ides of March

Leading Actress
Bérénice Bejo (Peppy Miller) – The Artist*
Carey Mulligan (Sissy) – Shame
Charlize Theron (Mavis Gary) – Young Adult
Emma Stone (Skeeter Phelan) – The Help
Helen Mirren (Rachel Singer) – The Debt
Jodie Foster (Penelope Longstreet) – Carnage
Kate Winslet (Nancy Cowan) – Carnage
Kristen Wiig (Annie) – Bridesmaids
Meryl Streep (Margaret Thatcher) – The Iron Lady*
Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre) – Jane Eyre
Michelle Williams (Marilyn Monroe) – My Week with Marilyn*
Olivia Colman (Hannah) – Tyrannosaur
Rooney Mara (Lisbeth Salander) – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Tilda Swinton (Eva) – We Need to Talk About Kevin*
Viola Davis (Aibileen Clark) – The Help*

Supporting Actor
Alan Rickman (Prof. Severus Snape) - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Albert Brooks (Bernie Rose) – Drive
Ben Kingsley (George Méliès) – Hugo
Benedict Cumberbatch (Peter Guillam) – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Christopher Plummer (Hal) – Beginners*
Colin Firth (Bill Haydon) - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Eddie Marsan (James) – Tyrannosaur*
Ezra Miller (Kevin - Teenager) – We Need to Talk About Kevin
George Clooney (Mike Morris) – The Ides of March
Jim Broadbent (Denis Thatcher) – The Iron Lady
John Hurt (Control) – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Jonah Hill (Peter Brand) – Moneyball*
Kenneth Branagh (Sir Laurence Olivier) – My Week with Marilyn*
Paul Giamatti (Tom Duffy) – The Ides of March
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Paul Zara) – The Ides of March*

Supporting Actress †
Alexandra Roach (Young Margaret Thatcher) – The Iron Lady
Bryce Dallas Howard (Hilly Holbrook) – The Help*
Carey Mulligan (Irene) – Drive
Emily Watson (Rosie Narracott) – War Horse
Evan Rachel Wood (Molly Steams) – The Ides of March
Jessica Chastain (Celia Foote) – The Help*
Judi Dench (Dame Sybil Thorndike) – My Week with Marilyn*
Kathy Bates (Gertrude Stein) – Midnight in Paris
Kathy Burke (Connie Sachs) – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Marion Cotillard (Adriana) – Midnight in Paris
Melissa McCarthy (Megan) – Bridesmaids*
Octavia Spencer (Minny Jackson) – The Help*
Olivia Colman (Carol Thatcher) – The Iron Lady
Shailene Woodley (Alexandra King) – The Descendants
Zoe Wanamaker (Paula Strasberg) – My Week with Marilyn*

Original Screenplay
50/50
Anonymous
Arthur Christmas
The Artist*
Beginners
Bridesmaids*
The Guard*
The Iron Lady
J. Edgar
Midnight in Paris*
Senna
Shame
Super 8
Tyrannosaur
Young Adult*

Editing
The Artist*
The Descendants
Drive*
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo*
The Ides of March
The Iron Lady
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
My Week with Marilyn
Senna*
Tinker Tailor Solider Spy*
War Horse
We Need to Talk About Kevin

Adapted Screenplay
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Coriolanus
The Descendants*
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
The Help*
Hugo
The Ides of March*
Jane Eyre
Moneyball*
My Week with Marilyn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
War Horse
We Need to Talk About Kevin

Production Design
Anonymous
The Artist*
Coriolanus
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2*
The Help
Hugo*
The Iron Lady
J. Edgar
Jane Eyre
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
War Horse*

Cinematography
The Artist*
The Descendants
Drive*
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo*
The Ides of March
J. Edgar
Jane Eyre
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
The Tree of Life
War Horse
We Need to Tallk About Kevin

Make Up & Hair
Anonymous
The Artist*
Bridesmaids
Coriolanus
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2*
The Help
Hugo*
The Iron Lady*
J. Edgar
Jane Eyre
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn*
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Costume Design
Anonymous*
The Artist*
Coriolanus
A Dangerous Method
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
The Help
Hugo*
The Iron Lady
J. Edgar
Jane Eyre*
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn*
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Sound
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn*
The Artist
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2*
Hugo*
The Iron Lady
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Super 8
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
War Horse*
We Need to Talk About Kevin

Special Visual Effects
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn*
The Artist
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2*
Hugo*
Midnight in Paris
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Rise of the Planet of the Apes*
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon*
War Horse
X-Men: First Class

Original Music
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn*
The Artist*
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
The Help
Hugo*
The Ides of March
The Iron Lady
Jane Eyre
Moneyball
My Week with Marilyn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*
War Horse*
We Need to Talk About Kevin

 

[Chaky]

BAFTA longlist has been released.

Typical type of Bafta list really. Mostly safe choices and Brit leaning.

One thing occurs to me. Films that didn't send out screeners to voters don't seem to have done very well. Prime example is Tree Of Life where I would have expected a Best Picture nom.

I'm planning to watch The Iron Lady this weekend. Not seen Shame yet either but based on what I've read about them I'm surprised that Iron Lady got a Best Pic nom and Shame didn't.

Also there's a couple of British films that didn't make the Best Brit Film list: Weekend and Kill List, that quite a few people have been raving about.

Sad there's no Warrior, no Melancholia, no Margin Call.

 

[MyNameIs]

The last and one of the most important critics groups, the National Society of Film Critics made their picks known today.

BEST PICTURE
*1. Melancholia – 29 (Lars von Trier)
2. The Tree of Life – 28 (Terrence Malick)
3. A Separation – 20 (Asghar Farhadi)

BEST DIRECTOR
*1. Terrence Malick – 31 (The Tree of Life)
2. Martin Scorsese – 29 (Hugo)
3. Lars von Trier – 23 (Melancholia)

BEST ACTOR
*1. Brad Pitt – 35 (Moneyball, The Tree of Life)
2. Gary Oldman – 22 (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
3. Jean Dujardin – 19 (The Artist)

BEST ACTRESS
*1. Kirsten Dunst – 39 (Melancholia)
2. Yun Jung-hee – 25 (Poetry)
3. Meryl Streep – 20 (The Iron Lady)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
*1. Albert Brooks – 38 (Drive)
2. Christopher Plummer – 24 (Beginners)
3. Patton Oswalt – 19 (Young Adult)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
*1. Jessica Chastain – 30 (The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, The Help)
2. Jeannie Berlin – 19 (Margaret)
3. Shailene Woodley – 17 (The Descendants)

BEST NONFICTION
*1. Cave of Forgotten Dreams – 35 (Werner Herzog)
2. The Interrupters – 26 (Steve James)
3. Into the Abyss – 18 (Werner Herzog)

BEST SCREENPLAY
*1. A Separation – 39 (Asghar Farhadi)
2. Moneyball – 22 (Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin)
3. Midnight in Paris – 16 (Woody Allen)

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
*1. A Separation – 67 (Asghar Farhadi)
2. Mysteries of Lisbon – 28 (Raoul Ruiz)
3. Le Havre – 22 (Aki Kaurismäki)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
*1. The Tree of Life – 76 (Emanuel Lubezki)
2. Melancholia – 41 (Manuel Alberto Claro)
3. Hugo – 33 (Robert Richardson)

Very satisfying results. Glad that Melancholia and Kirsten Dunst got something. Neither is my number one of the year in its category, but both are in my top five and it's great to see them get recognized. Kirsten now has Cannes and NSFC, but somehow totally stays out of the Oscar race. The Tree of Life did well too with Director and two acting wins and Cinematography (plus second in the Picture).

 

[Chaky]

Academy will never vote for Melancholia. I imagine quite a few of them will refuse to even watch it. The divide between the critics and the Academy/Guilds is quite evident with these picks.

But I am very pleased to see this recognition for Melancholia which is a film that I kept thinking about long after I saw it.