fishstick Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Where was Jennifer Lawrence today?Splitting votes with Riva.Jack Black is going to score a Comedy nom at Globes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 J. Hoberman talks about how the voting went down: http://blogs.artinfo.com/moviejournal/2012/12/03/life-in-wartime-nyfcc-garlands-zero-dark-thirty-lincoln/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Rachel Weisz win really came out of nowhere. Never even heard of the movie. According to Crone it's no good, so I guess I should go out and rent it ASAP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 The closest and most surprising race saw Rachel Weisz (“The Deep Blue Sea”) edged Jennifer Lawrence (“The Hunger Games” and “The Silver Lining Playbook”) and Emmanuelle Riva (“Amour”). Last year’s winner Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”) was a factor throughout, tying for the lead on several ballots. (This race was by far the most polarized; only three of the 16 ballots cast for Lawrence or Chastain cited both actresses.) Well, at least J.Law is in major contention. She will do better with other groups. Greig Fraser was named Best Cinematographer for “Zero Dark Thirty,” beating the initial favorite, “The Master” on the third ballot. (In a simple, up and down vote, the critics declined to acknowledge Fraser for his work on “Killing Them Softly.”) Poor Andrew Dominik. His film is getting rejected at every turn. I need to see it for myself and see if it deserves that F cinemascore and tepid critical reaction. An early favorite for Best Director, Paul Thomas Anderson was overwhelmed by Kathryn Bigelow on the second ballot, with Ben Affleck (“Argo”) finishing a distant third. (Strikingly, Steven Spielberg, who failed to get a single first ballot votes, was never in contention.) By this time, it was evident that “Zero Dark Thirty” would run the table and, indeed, “The Master” finished third for Best Picture behind “Argo,” although it took three ballots for the obviously exhausted voters to decide the winner. Fish:Critics don`t have faith that Lincoln will beat Les Mis hence ZDT bandwaggon. Though ZDT actually looks good. Speilberg complete snub. Shocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Surprised also that Waltz was apparently a strong contender for BSA. I didn't even know Django had screened yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Splitting votes with Riva.More accurately splitting votes with Chastain. The first vote of the season and she's already lost because of vote split. Things are looking up for a Chastain and Lawrence defeat in February! :blink:Speilberg complete snub. Shocking.This. It isn't so much that he lost, but the fact that his film didn't place in the top 3, and Spielberg himself didn't get a single mention at all that's just shocking. I would've at least expected his film to come in Second, and Spielberg himself in the top 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Surprised also that Waltz was apparently a strong contender for BSA. I didn't even know Django had screened yet.Screened Saturday and Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Harvey is pushing Waltz for the lead but he showed strong in BSA over Harvey`s BSA potentials from Django Leo and SLJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Rachel Weisz win really came out of nowhere. Never even heard of the movie. According to Crone it's no good, so I guess I should go out and rent it ASAP.I saw it on Netflix instant watch. Not a bad movie, just sad and depressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Deep Blue Sea is shite but Weisz was getting raves for it and quite afew ADers were mourning the fact nobody saw it and that she`d likely be forgotten. Turns out, NYCC resurrected her. Most likely for the moment but she`s more relvant now than several hours ago.Amour is doing great so Riva is a lock. Imagine if hotties split votes and Riva wins? Anyway, Jen, Jes and Emmy are locked and loaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Deep Blue Sea is shite but Weisz was getting raves for it and quite afew ADers were mourning the fact nobody saw it and that she`d likely be forgotten. Turns out, NYCC resurrected her. Most likely for the moment but she`s more relvant now than several hours ago. Amour is doing great so Riva is a lock. Imagine if hotties split votes and Riva wins? Anyway, Jen, Jes and Emmy are locked and loaded. Been predicting this for a while now. Riva's still my predicted winner. Enough Academy members a) have seen Hiroshima, Mon Amour and love her in it and Chastain and Lawrence vote split (If Knightley gets in as well, there'll just be more people to split votes with, Excellent). And, it seems that the Chastain and Lawrence factions are already pretty well established at least in the critics groups and those who aren't in either all think it's ridiculous and are looking for a concensus winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I saw it on Netflix instant watch. Not a bad movie, just sad and depressing.It's just really goddamn boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie” needed two ballots to win Best Animated Film over Pixar’s “Brave” and the Focus Features release “ParaNorman,” in a race that saw a number of abstentions and included votes for several CGI-driven features, notably “The Hobbit” and “The Life of Pi.” This worries me for WIR's chances. The one film this year I'll be passionate about at the Oscars, and it's not even mentioned in NYC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 It's just really goddamn boring.I wasn't bored at all. But it was slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I wasn't bored at all. But it was slow.It wasn't a bad movie if you have the patience but I found it boring. Weisz is good though. (And I can't believe that something I practically pulled out of my ass based on a half arsed hunch actually won a major critic's award. Now, if only she wins NBR...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK007 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 lol @ Travod. What a tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 It wasn't a bad movie if you have the patience but I found it boring. Weisz is good though. (And I can't believe that something I practically pulled out of my ass based on a half arsed hunch actually won a major critic's award. Now, if only she wins NBR...) LOL kudos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK007 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Anyway, can someone explain to me abstentions? Does that mean that these critics didn't think any of the CGI films this year were worth voting for? That's ridiculous considering how much better it's been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK007 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 By the way, anyone have a schedule or a link to a schedule for the rest of the awards season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Wow I didn't know they remade Deep Blue Sea LOL This movie really was a remake of an old movie with Vivien Leigh.But I'm sure that's not the one you were talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
