83rd Annual Academy Awards

[robertthunder]

Mod Edit:

The Official Discussion Thread for the 83rd Academy Awards


Winners:

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION: ALICE IN WONDERLAND


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY: INCEPTION - Wally Pfister


BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: THE FIGHTER - Melissa Leo


BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM: THE LOST THING


BEST ANIMATED PICTURE: TOY STORY 3


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: THE SOCIAL NETWORK, Aaron Sorkin


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: THE KING'S SPEECH, David Seidler


BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: CHRISTIAN BALE - THE FIGHTER


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE): THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross


ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING: INCEPTION - Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick


ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING: INCEPTION - Richard King


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP: THE WOLFMAN - Rick Baker and Dave Elsey


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN: ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Colleen Atwood


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: STRANGERS NO MORE


BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: God Of Love


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: INSIDE JOB


ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS: INCEPTION - Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING: THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter


ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG): “We Belong Together” from TOY STORY 3 - Randy Newman


BEST DIRECTOR: THE KING'S SPEECH - Tom Hooper


BEST ACTRESS: BLACK SWAN - Natalie Portman


BEST ACTOR: THE KING'S SPEECH - Colin Firth


BEST MOTION PICTURE: THE KING'S SPEECH

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Nominees:

Best Motion Picture of the Year

• [Show spoiler]
• 127 Hours
  
  
• Black Swan
  
  
• The Fighter
  
  
• Inception
  
  
• The Kids Are All Right
  
  
• The King's Speech
  
  
• The Social Network
  
  
• Toy Story 3
  
  
• True Grit
  
  
• Winter's Bone

[jhiggy23]

This will be a great thread and I agree with a decent amount of your picks, but this thread is far too premature.

[Foggy]

Good choices, though I think if a suporting actress for Inception is nominated it'll be more likely to be Marion Cotillard than Ellen Page.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Good choices, though I think if a suporting actress for Inception is nominated it'll be more likely to be Marion Cotillard than Ellen Page.

Cotillard is gorgeous and was a huge part of the movie but it was a very generic performance, the only actor I can see from Inception getting a nod is Leo.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by robertthunder

You all know how this works.

Yep, we all know how it works--
Fans still get too optimistic that we'll get "real" nominations and they won't just crib the Critic's Circle artsies and Golden Globe hype-kissups again this year for lack of any other last-minute ideas--So the fanboys get all overexcited and pick their OWN cult favorites of the two or three actual net-hyped movies they saw in theaters that got good grownup reviews,

Best Picture:
Inception (Christopher Nolan)
Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich)

fill the rest up with MORE geek-hyped movies that haven't opened yet sight unseen based on cult geek-director names,

127 Hours (Danny Boyle)
True Grit (The Coen Brothers)
Somewhere (Sophia Coppola)
The Social Network (David Fincher)
Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky)

parrot those same five or six titles for all the OTHER categories,

Best Director:
Christopher Nolan- Inception
David Fincher- The Social Network
Darren Aronofsky- Black Swan
Sophia Coppola- Somewhere
Julian Schnabel- Miral

and if we're lucky, they stop at the majors before going on to show off every excruciating technical category.

Best Cinematography:
Wally Pfister- Inception
Claudio Miranda- Tron Legacy
Jeff Cronenweth- The Social Network
Matthew Libatique- Black Swan
Roger Deakins- True Grit

And even pointing out that even most news critics are stumped for 10 Bests by November has no power to restore reason...Some traditions never die.

[GLaDOS]

No love from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo?

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by kotsedriver

No love from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo?

The only realistic shot it has is a best foreign film nomination, but who knows. Considering the Academy is concerned more with television ratings than anything else right now, it's not out of the question that it gets a nomination due to its record breaking US limited release box office performance and overwhelmingly positive reviews. What works against it, however, is that the Academy almost always gives the foreign film nominations to straight dramas and topical films.

Rapace is a long shot for a best actress nomination and I think it is very unlikely, but with the exception of Portman, there hasn't been a real strong candidate to come out just yet. Still a lot of movies to be released though.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by kotsedriver

No love from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo?

Only if it's the ONE film submitted by Sweden for official competition consideration that year, and passes the private screening committee.

...Darn funny rules about those Foreign Language categories, ain't they?
Used to be the same for Documentary Feature, before they changed it.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by EricJ

Only if it's the ONE film submitted by Sweden for official competition consideration that year, and passes the private screening committee.

...Darn funny rules about those Foreign Language categories, ain't they?
Used to be the same for Documentary Feature, before they changed it.

Right. Safe to say it'll be Sweden's selection, with the worldwide success it's had.

[Mr.F]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

Right. Safe to say it'll be Sweden's selection, with the worldwide success it's had.

They can't choose it because it came out in Sweeden during the eligibility period for the last Oscars. Therefore, it they are going to pick a movie from the Millenium trilogy, it can only be The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, because that is the only movie that played during this year's eligibility period.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by Mr.F

They can't choose it because it came out in Sweeden during the eligibility period for the last Oscars. Therefore, it they are going to pick a movie from the Millenium trilogy, it can only be The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, because that is the only movie that played during this year's eligibility period.

Ahh yes, you are absolutely right. For some reason I thought its Swedish release was in October of last year, which would have made it eligible. I guess I didn't realize that it was released in February 2009.

Here's the rules:


http://www.oscars.org/awards/academy...es/rule14.html


Looking at some of the film festivals though, there should be very stiff competition for foreign film this year.

[retablo]

Thank goodness there are some anticipated films coming out in the next 4 months, because Inception is not worthy of being a Best Picture winner.

Really, though, 2010 has been the worst year of movies I have maybe ever seen. Not one film so far has stood out as being that great.

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by retablo

Thank goodness there are some anticipated films coming out in the next 4 months, because Inception is not worthy of being a Best Picture winner.

Really, though, 2010 has been the worst year of movies I have maybe ever seen. Not one film so far has stood out as being that great.

I feel the same way,but to be honest,I haven't been all that many times to the cinemas this year from either lack of what I feel is interesting movies,or lack of time.Gonna see toy story 3 this weekend,and looking forwrd to the facebook movie.May it rise to the expectations

[Sith]

Originally Posted by retablo

Thank goodness there are some anticipated films coming out in the next 4 months, because Inception is not worthy of being a Best Picture winner.

Really, though, 2010 has been the worst year of movies I have maybe ever seen. Not one film so far has stood out as being that great.

I've got to agree, I liked a couple movies. But I've laced up my boots for alot of crap this year. I was looking forward to alot of movies that let me down.

Alice and Wonderland, Shutter Island(though I thought it was still a good movie, but just good) Iron Man 2. All of them had so much promise in my opinion and were just average-good at best.

I'll admit I need to get caught up on some stuff though. Really want to see Toy Story 3 and Inception. I cannot beleive I had the Toy Story $8.50 off coupons from the blu rays and didn't use them. FAIL!

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by Sith

I've got to agree, I liked a couple movies. But I've laced up my boots for alot of crap this year. I was looking forward to alot of movies that let me down.

Alice and Wonderland, Shutter Island(though I thought it was still a good movie, but just good) Iron Man 2. All of them had so much promise in my opinion and were just average-good at best.

I'll admit I need to get caught up on some stuff though. Really want to see Toy Story 3 and Inception. I cannot beleive I had the Toy Story $8.50 off coupons from the blu rays and didn't use them. FAIL!

Sith, I know what you mean! I had two of those coupons and failed to use them too--I lamented that fact tonite to someone, coincidentally.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by Sylentwolf

+1



Yet another movie I haven't seen but I'm sure it's good and will more likely be a "Blind Buy" for me. Saw the trailer and was impressed with the clarity and style ... So, with that said, it was released in Sweeden, February 27, 2009 but released March 12, 2010 (UK), and March 19, 2010 (US) I guess it may qualify as a 2010 release and not a 2009, but still not sure.

Reminds me of the Tommy Lee Jones movie BLUE SKY, which was completed in 1990, but because of the bankruptcy of Orion Pictures, it sat on the shelf until 1994.

It qualifies as a 2010 release.

[Diesel]

EXCLUSIVE: Oscarcast executive producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer are underway in their search for host of the 83rd Academy Awards. I'm told that the first person they approached, Hugh Jackman, turned down the offer. Jackman hosted two years ago, and he turned down an overture last year because he didn't want to host two years in a row. This time, Jackman is busy preparing to reprise in the X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2 sequel that 20th Century is mobilizing to begin shooting in late February or early March. The Oscars will be held February 27, 2011. I'm told that Darren Aronofsky was locked in late last week to direct Wolverine 2. Scripted by Christopher McQuarrie, the picture will shoot in New York and Japan.

- Jackman turned down the job in the past couple weeks. Last year, Steve Martin returned as host, sharing duties with Alec Baldwin. The approach to Jackman is understandable, given his versatility as a song and dance man, his likability, and his global appeal. Where will Cohen and Mischer go from here? Will they end the parade of middle-aged white guys and set a female host, or a minority? And what about a younger host? We should know the answer soon: last year, the Academy set its host November 3.

- Link

[Holmes]

Will they end the parade of middle-aged white guys and set a female host, or a minority?

It's only been a few years since Chris Rock hosted. And then Ellen DeGeneres. Not to mention Whoopi Goldberg a few years before them. The "parade of middle-aged white guys" assertion seems a mite unfair.

Justin Timberlake's name has been mentioned before as a potential Oscar host. Considering he's in one of 2010's best-reviewed films (he might even be Oscar nominated...), this might be the year he gets the call.

I would love to see a duo from the so-called "Frat Pack" host. Say, Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell, or Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.

If they want to go younger: Demetri Martin.

[tbizzle]

Originally Posted by Holmes

[Show spoiler]It's only been a few years since Chris Rock hosted. And then Ellen DeGeneres. Not to mention Whoopi Goldberg a few years before them. The "parade of middle-aged white guys" assertion seems a mite unfair.

Justin Timberlake's name has been mentioned before as a potential Oscar host. Considering he's in one of 2010's best-reviewed films (he might even be Oscar nominated...), this might be the year he gets the call.

I would love to see a duo from the so-called "Frat Pack" host. Say, Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell, or Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.

If they want to go younger: Demetri Martin.

That would be awesome to get one of those comedic duo's, and I bet viewer attendance would increase by a large margin. Demetri Martin or Justin Timberlake would be great as well. Especially JT because you know they'd throw some song and dance in there, and he's a pretty entertaining guy.

[ZoetMB]

I thought the last decent Oscar show was when Billy Crystal last hosted. I thought the Jackman show was embarrassing and even though I usually like both Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, I thought their appearance was incredibly unfunny. Maybe the problem wasn't them - maybe it was incredibly poor writing. I forget whether it was last year or the year before, but the producing team that was hired claimed that their Oscar show was going to be totally different in approach than any previous show - only it wasn't.

I think I'd like to see John Stewart hosting the show. I think he can strike the right balance between being critically funny at the industry's excesses but can also demonstrate respect for its successes and long history.

I also think Jimmy Kimmel could do a good job as host and also perhaps attract a younger audience.

One of the things that's always bothered me about these award shows is the amount of time it takes each winner to stroll up to the stage to accept their award. I always thought it incredibly rude to shake hands, hug and kiss people in the audience on their way up to the stage. Can't they do that afterwards? It slows the whole show down. Personally, I think they should play scenes from the winning film or from the winner's career while they're walking up to the stage.

The other thing that annoys me is when they show the clips of industry people who have died during the year and the audience cheers at different levels for each of the deceased as if they still have to take part in a popularity contest, even in death. And as the current film industry people get younger, and know less about film's history, even they don't know of half of the people who have passed, and there's an embarrassing silence.