85th Academy Awards (24/2/13) Official Thread- TONIGHT!! NOMINEES IN THE FIRST POST

[CoolioD1]

Awards circuit asked 6 Oscar voters who they picked. Not indicative of anything but fun to look at.

 

 

VOTER #1 – MALE

Best Picture ARGO

“I am so upset that I cannot vote for Ben Affleck in Director.  I think it’s incredibly stupid that if a film wins Best Picture and loses Director, that the Director is not on that ticket.  I know that Ben is listed as a Producer but I’m thinking when Gladiator won Best Picture.  How can Ridley Scott sit there while these guys go up there and collect Oscars for MY movie.  Doesn’t make sense.”

Best Director – David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook

“Only because I can’t vote for Ben Affleck, David O. Russell is the next best thing of any director this year.”

Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln

“He IS Lincoln.  How can you not pick him?”

Best Actress – Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook

“Jennifer was just terrific.  Everything about Silver Linings Playbook that works is because of her.”

Best Supporting Actor – Alan Arkin for Argo

“I picked Alan Arkin…I thought he was absolutely hilarious.”

Best Supporting Actress – Sally Field for Lincoln

“I have a hard time with the Hathaway thing.  I thought she wasn’t in it long enough to warrant an Oscar.  What Sally had with Daniel was very special…”

Best Original Screenplay – John Latins for Flight

“No comment.”

Best Adapted Screenplay – David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook

“David O. Russell for sure.”

Best Film Editing – William Goldenberg for Argo

“Simply the best.”

Best Original Score – Thomas Newman for Skyfall

“I thought his work was superb.  Stuck out and was one of his best music compositions yet.”

VOTER #2 – MALE (didn’t want to give any reasoning to protect identity.)

Best Picture – Life of Pi

Best Director – Ang Lee for Life of Pi

Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln

Best Actress – Emmanuelle Riva for Amour

Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress – Amy Adams for The Master

Best Original Screenplay – Michael Haneke for Amour

Best Adapted Screenplay – Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar for Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Film Editing – Life of Pi

Best Original Score – Mychael Danna for Life of Pi

VOTER #3 – FEMALE

Best Picture Silver Linings Playbook

“Is it going to be bad if I say I still haven’t made it through Lincoln yet? (laughs)  It’s soooo boring and soooo long and Day-Lewis’ voice bothered me.”

Best Director – David O. Russell

“How funny was that movie?  Wait…nevermind, how sad was that movie?  I cried like a baby…”

(when I asked what does Russell have to do with it)

“He directed the movie.  Gotta give the guy some credit.”

Best Actor – Bradley Cooper

“He was so good.  How could you not give it to him?”

Best Actress – Jennifer Lawrence

“That scene in the diner (in a shrieky voice) oh my god!”

Best Supporting Actor – Robert DeNiro

“He’s my favorite guy of all-time and I’ve never been able to vote for him before because I wasn’t a voter when he won last time.  No contest.”

Best Supporting Actress – Jacki Weaver

“I hated Les Miz so there ain’t no way I’m voting for Hathaway so she’s out.  Sally’s in a boring movie so she’s out.  And you know what, I wasn’t really impressed with Helen Hunt or Amy Adams.  Jacki Weaver’s in my favorite movie so I’m going to throw it her way.”

(asked if there’s someone else she would have put in the lineup that she would vote for over Jacki Weaver)

“Oh my God! YES! I absolutely loved Judi Dench in the Best Exotic movie.  I wanted her to win.”

Best Original Screenplay – Moonrise Kingdom

“So cute and I love Wes Anderson.”

Best Adapted Screenplay – Silver Linings Playbook

“Are you really surprised Clayton?  Haha…Come on.  How weird would it be if here I was like ‘oh no let me give it to someone else.”

Best Film Editing – Silver Linings Playbook

“Are you really asking?  You know what it is.”

Best Original Score – Anna Karenina

“I loved Anna Karenina.  I couldn’t believe it didn’t get nominated for Best Picture.  I had to give it a little love somewhere.”

VOTER #4 – MALE

Best Picture – Silver Linings Playbook

“I don’t remember what I put #2 but I think it was Argo if I’m not mistaken.”

Best Director – Michael Haneke

Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis

Best Actress – Jennifer Lawrence

Best Supporting Actor – Robert DeNiro

Best Supporting Actress – Jacki Weaver

Best Original Screenplay – Amour

Best Adapted Screenplay – Silver Linings Playbook

(on why SLP was on so many of his categories)

“It was the feel good movie of the year.  I loved every second of it and if it wasn’t for Daniel Day-Lewis becoming Lincoln the way he did then Bradley Cooper would have had my vote too.”

VOTER #5 – FEMALE (no reasons given, just the major categories and what was last on her ballot)

Best Picture – Silver Linings Playbook (Beasts of the Southern Wild was #9)

Best Director – David O. Russell

Best Actor – Bradley Cooper

Best Actress – Jennifer Lawrence

Best Supporting Actor – Robert DeNiro

Best Supporting Actress – Jacki Weaver

Best Original Screenplay – Django Unchained

Best Adapted Screenplay – Silver Linings Playbook

VOTER #6 – MALE (off the bat, he HATED Argo)

Best Picture Django Unchained

Best Director – David O. Russell

Best Actor – Bradley Cooper

Best Actress – Jennifer Lawrence

Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz

Best Supporting Actress – Sally Field

“She was so funny.  I think it’s great she’s doing things like this again.”

Best Original Screenplay – Django Unchained

Best Adapted Screenplay – Silver Linings Playbook

Best Film Editing – Silver Linings Playbook

Best Original Score – Skyfall

Best Cinematography – Skyfall

(asked him if he knew who Roger Deakins was)

“Yeah.  Doesn’t everybody?“

Edited February 13, 2013 by CoolioD1

[rockNrollaDIM]

SLP love :wub:I love all those voters.

[CloneWars]

It would be hilarious if out of the blue SLP won.

[Gopher]

Voter #1 is terrible. Russell for Director and Screenplay? Arkin for Supporting? GATINS FOR SCREENPLAY??? Not to mention Hathaway had more screen time than Field so his logic on that one is wrong. 

 

Voter #3 may be worse though. 

[CoolioD1]

DOR got the most votes there. 4/6. Again not indicative, but I've seen a few people change their director predicts to him. Wouldn't be crazy if he won.

[Gopher]

Again, I could see any of the directors except Zeitlin winning. We literally have no precursors for this category. 

[acsc1312]

Yes! Told you bitches SLP was gonna sweep! But weaver?

[dashrendar44]

Weaver winning would be such a travesty over Amy Adams. She's the one who really deserves it out of the blue. (Field and Hathaway, off with their inflated heads!)

Edited February 13, 2013 by dashrendar44

[Gopher]

Bryan Cranston will win for Argo before Jacki Weaver wins for SLP 

[TLK]

Bradley Cooper and Daniel Day Lewis tied 3-3. I think some of these voters are Harvey's employees(I am looking at you , #3).

[riczhang]

Bradley Cooper and Daniel Day Lewis tied 3-3. I think some of these voters are Harvey's employees(I am looking at you , #3).

I kinda figured #3 might be leogend. And who conducted this survey? I know NYT does it every year but not this many. Normally they do 3-4.

[CoolioD1]

[The Futurist]

I find it completely stupid that AMPAS allows to show anonymous ballots before the voting process has ended.

 

It could have an influence.

 

It s just stupid.

[riczhang]

I find it completely stupid that AMPAS allows to show anonymous ballots before the voting process has ended.It could have an influence.It s just stupid.

That's why they're anonymous. They could get their membership revoked if they were publicly identified.

[The Futurist]

Still they are actual ballots.

 

If they continue to release ballots until the voting process ends, we ll be able to pull out out statistics out of them : influence.

Edited February 14, 2013 by The Futurist

[lab276]

I thought they used preferential voting, not first past the post.

[rockNrollaDIM]

This was Awards Circuit.  LA times also put out three oscar ballots. 

 

 

The acting branch woman probably is Leogend.

 

:rofl:

 

That's what I thought. Leogend for the win.

 

All this love for SLP and Lawrence from these ballots... I hope that's a real trend.

[rockNrollaDIM]

That's only 1 ballot out of 7-8 posted today that had Chastain on it. She crashed and burned quick, huh.

[riczhang]

I thought they used preferential voting, not first past the post.

Only for BP. Everything else is FPTP.

[Ezen Baklattan]

Chastain, no!