Best picture "Amour" "Argo" "Beasts of the Southern Wild" "Django Unchained" "Les Misérables" "Life of Pi" "Lincoln" "Silver Linings Playbook" "Zero Dark Thirty" Director "Amour" Michael Haneke "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Benh Zeitlin "Life of Pi" Ang Lee "Lincoln" Steven Spielberg "Silver Linings Playbook" David O. Russell Lead actor Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook" Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln" Hugh Jackman in "Les Misérables" Joaquin Phoenix in "The Master" Denzel Washington in "Flight" Lead actress Jessica Chastain in "Zero Dark Thirty" Jennifer Lawrence in "Silver Linings Playbook" Emmanuelle Riva in "Amour" Quvenzhané Wallis in "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Naomi Watts in "The Impossible" Supporting actor Alan Arkinin "Argo" Robert De Niro in "Silver Linings Playbook" Philip Seymour Hoffman in "The Master" Tommy Lee Jones in "Lincoln" Christoph Waltz in "Django Unchained" Supporting actress Amy Adamsin "The Master" Sally Field in "Lincoln" Anne Hathaway in "Les Misérables" Helen Hunt in "The Sessions" Jacki Weaver in "Silver Linings Playbook" Animated feature film "Brave" "Frankenweenie" "ParaNorman" "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" "Wreck-It Ralph" Cinematography "Anna Karenina" Seamus McGarvey "Django Unchained" Robert Richardson "Life of Pi" Claudio Miranda "Lincoln" Janusz Kaminski "Skyfall" Roger Deakins Costume design "Anna Karenina" "Les Misérables" "Lincoln" "Mirror Mirror" "Snow White and the Huntsman" Film editing "Argo" "Life of Pi" "Lincoln" "Silver Linings Playbook" "Zero Dark Thirty" Makeup and hairstyling "Hitchcock" "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" "Les Misérables" Original score "Anna Karenina" Dario Marianelli "Argo" Alexandre Desplat "Life of Pi" Mychael Danna "Lincoln" John Williams "Skyfall" Thomas Newman Original song "Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice" "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted" "Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi" "Skyfall" from "Skyfall" "Suddenly" from "Les Misérables" Production design "Anna Karenina" "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" "Les Misérables" "Life of Pi" "Lincoln" Sound editing "Argo" "Django Unchained" "Life of Pi" "Skyfall" "Zero Dark Thirty" Sound mixing "Argo" "Les Misérables" "Life of Pi" "Lincoln" "Skyfall" Visual effects "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" "Life of Pi" "Marvel's The Avengers" "Prometheus" "Snow White and the Huntsman" Adapted screenplay "Argo" "Beasts of the Southern Wild" "Life of Pi" "Lincoln" "Silver Linings Playbook" Original screenplay "Amour" "Django Unchained" "Flight" "Moonrise Kingdom" "Zero Dark Thirty"
Any surprises? Snubs? My surprises: The little girl from The Beasts of the Southern Wild getting nominated. I think that's very cool. Alan Arkin, Tommy Lee Jones, and Sally Field being nominated. They were good, but I thought there were more deserving performances. Katherin Bigelow NOT getting a nod for Best Director. Almost the entire Directing category is a gigantic head scratcher. I'm also happy to see Bradley Cooper being recognized for Silver Linings Playbook. He, unfortunately, doesn't stand a chance against Daniel Day-Lewis, but it's great that he's been recognized for that movie. My snubs: I'm saddened that: Ben Affleck didn't get a Directing nom for Argo. That was a well-done movie. Leo DiCaprio didn't get a nom for Django Unchained. He was amazing in that film. He should have taken Alan Arkin's spot. To a lesser extent, Samual L. Jackson not getting a nod for Django Unchained. It was definitely a very long shot, but not seeing Tom Hardy and/or Shia LaBeouf getting recognized for Lawless. They were both so excellent in that movie. Unfortunately, Lawless didn't get the recognition I thought it deserved in any of the awards shows. The Dark Knight Rises not getting a "pity" Best Picture nod. I'm sure there's more, but that's good for now.
I like Everybody Needs A Best Friend from Ted. And Skyfall's lyrics are pretty deep. Good luck to those nominated.
My picks... Best picture Life of Pi Director Ang Lee Lead Actor Daniel Day-Lewis Although I'd like to see Bradley Cooper win, just for the heck of it. Lead Actress Quvenzhané Wallis Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz Although I did have a feeling Robert DeNiro might win...but no, I'll stick with Christoph. Supporting Actress Gotta go the Aussie.. Jacki Weaver Animated feature film The Pirates! Band of misfits Cinematography Claudio Miranda Costume Design Les Misérables Film Editing Argo Makeup and hairstyling I'd like to say that Hobbit will win, but I feel like the same thing that happened with LotR will happen with Hobbit as well. So... Hitchcock Original score Les Misérables Original Song Skyfall Only because I personally LOVE that song...not for any other reason. It probably won't win, but I can hope. Production design Anna Karenina (I think Hobbit SHOULD win, but probably won't) Sound Editing Argo Sound Mixing Les Misérables Visual Effects Life of Pi (although really I think Hobbit should win) Adapted Screenplay Argo Original Screenplay Django Unchained
Lol did you see Adele's acceptance speach when she won the Grammy for skyfall? She made me laugh, such a breath if fresh air in a room full of people who take themselves way too seriously
Who watched it? When I first heard Seth MacFarlane was going to be the host, all I could think of was, "oh dear God, what is the Academy thinking??" Turns out he is a GREAT host. I loved him as the host. And I don't know what they did to the show this year, but I found it completely engaging and entertaining the entire night. I was overjoyed that Quentin won best original screenplay for Django Unchained. Of the 7 Best Pic films I saw, that was my favorite. In fact, it may be my favorite Quentin film. I'm so happy, though, that Argo won. That's a great film and Ben Affleck so deserved the win. He's a great director. Speeches: Quentin Tarantino's was awesome, probably one of the best ones. Jennifer Lawrence's was cute. I'm no fan of Daniel Day-Lewis, but damn, his funny and heartwarming speech made a believer out of me. Ben Affleck's speech at the end was awesome. Dresses: Jennifer Lawrence looked absolutely gorgeous. I loved Reese Witherspoon's dress. Jennifer Aniston looked gorgeous, though I have to agree with someone who wrote on my Facebook page that she needs to do something with her hair. The more I thought about that, the more I agree. Kristen Chenoweth's dress at the very end was gorgeous. I'm sure there are others.
I had no doubt that Daniel Day-Lewis would win for Lincoln. Skyfall winning Best Song was no surprise, either(it is a deep song and up there with the best Bond songs). Jennifer Lawrence winning for Best Actress is a long stretch from playing young Mystique in X Men : First Class and Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games. And Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained. Congratulations to all that won and to those that were nominated but didn't win.
The Oscars are fabulous. I had to admit the Shafner segment was boring and the discussion of women's chests is a bit juvenile. The show stoppers brought down the house!
I stopped watching award shows back in the 80's. The last great award show that I saw was back in 1978. The show was The Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Awards. It would later be known as The Saturn Awards. Anyway, this was the show that featured William Shatner's classic performance of Elton John's Rocket Man. Seth McFarlane used it as a reference in an episode of Family Guy. Baby Stewie performed it the same way Shatner did.
