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

[The Futurist]

Hathaway's performance was better in the trailer than in the actual movie which was kind of "look at me !" performing in one take I Dreamed a Dream while I am crying way better than Kate Winslet in a holocaust movie.

 

It was technical, she nailed it but did I feel something ?

 

Not really.

[Gopher]

Controversial opinion: Hathaway's I Dreamed a Dream sequence is my favorite single shot of 2012. Everything I thought it could do to me... it did, twofold. Never forced, never "look at me!", just as raw and emotional as Hooper wanted the whole film to be. It helps that when they filmed it, the cameraman went out to get a soda. 

 

Other favorite shots of the year- 

- Joaquin Phoenix caressing a whore made of sand 

- Jessica Chastain sobbing after being told "Where do you want to go?" 

- Leonardo DiCaprio sticking out his hand in front of Christoph Waltz, grinning like a madman 

- Bane throwing Batman to the ground 

- Tracking shot of Denis Lavant playing an accordion 

- Marion Cotillard communicating with a whale through her arms 

- James Bond taking out an assassin in Shanghai 

- Lincoln sitting in front of Adam Driver, asking if people can choose to be born, or if people are fitted to the times they are born into

- Pi watching the ship sink underwater 

[fishstick]

Hathaway's performance was better in the trailer than in the actual movie which was kind of "look at me !" performing in one take I Dreamed a Dream while I am crying way better than Kate Winslet in a holocaust movie.

 

It was technical, she nailed it but did I feel something ?

 

Not really.

 

Yes! This!

[fishstick]

Controversial opinion: Hathaway's I Dreamed a Dream sequence is my favorite single shot of 2012. Everything I thought it could do to me... it did, twofold. Never forced, never "look at me!", just as raw and emotional as Hooper wanted the whole film to be. It helps that when they filmed it, the cameraman went out to get a soda. 

 

Other favorite shots of the year- 

- Joaquin Phoenix caressing a whore made of sand 

- Jessica Chastain sobbing after being told "Where do you want to go?" 

- Leonardo DiCaprio sticking out his hand in front of Christoph Waltz, grinning like a madman 

- Bane throwing Batman to the ground 

- Tracking shot of Denis Lavant playing an accordion 

- Marion Cotillard communicating with a whale through her arms 

- James Bond taking out an assassin in Shanghai 

- Lincoln sitting in front of Adam Driver, asking if people can choose to be born, or if people are fitted to the times they are born into

- Pi watching the ship sink underwater 

 

Katniss saluting to Rue`s district.

 

"I volunteer! I volunteer as trubute!"

 

Tiffany`s belly dance and the spread eagle jump onto Pat`s face.

[riczhang]

Katniss saluting to Rue`s district."I volunteer! I volunteer as trubute!"Tiffany`s belly dance and the spread eagle jump onto Pat`s face.

No, No, and No. Those were all pretty flat for me.

[Gopher]

No one shot in SLP stayed with me except the sweeping turn of Cooper and Lawrence kissing at the end, and that's because I had huge problems with it. 

[fishstick]

You are JLaw h8rz.

[Gopher]

I'll marry Jennifer Lawrence. I love the girl. She was so much better than the dialogue given to her for SLP and Hunger Games. 

[riczhang]

That ending in SLP was so clearly tacked on to give it a happy ending.

[RichWS]

Despite the recent Riva momentum, I still think it's gonna be Lawrence.

[The Futurist]

1. The Avengers 360 shot.

 

2. Katniss, terrified enters the tube, Katniss' salute to Rue 's District with James Newton Howard score :shivers every time. The first spark from the modern Joan of Arc ignites here and it is beautiful.

 

3. Most Selena Kyle scenes in TDKR

4. Same for Tiffany in SLP.

5. The Mentos/Coke device in Wreck it Ralph : Glorious !

6. Life of Pi : sea and water as paintings.

7. Snow white : the Myazaki tribute scene.

8. Skyfall : The asian scenes in the night.

9. War  Horse : the horse runs trough trenches

10. Looper : The Akira scenes with the kid.

[Michael Gary Scott]

Only Sith deals in absolutes. You beat me to it was going to say same thing

[rockNrollaDIM]

DOR is on MSNBC right now talking about his White House visit... I don't like to see him having to stoop this low for Oscar campaigning ala Lincoln. The work speaks for itself.

[riczhang]

DOR is on MSNBC right now talking about his White House visit... I don't like to see him having to stoop this low for Oscar campaigning ala Lincoln. The work speaks for itself.

 

I'm not quite sure how MSNBC is effective oscar campaigning..... It's almost a waste of time...

[Gopher]

That ending in SLP was so clearly tacked on to give it a happy ending.

 

From a thematic standpoint, I could have bought them losing the parlay and Cooper still ending up with Lawrence. A true silver lining that would fit right in tone with the rest of the film. But yes, everything after J-Law shows up at Cooper's house goes south. 

[riczhang]

Picture: Argo

Director: Ang Lee - Life of Pi (I'm strangely confident in this. I've been getting this feeling recently and I'm gonna go with it. But the only person in this category that cannot win would be Zeitlin, but the other 4 can all win)

Best Actor - Daniel Day lewis - Lincoln

Best Actress  - Emmanuelle Riva - Amour

Best Supporting Actor - Robert DeNiro - SLP

Best Supporting Actress  - Anne Hathaway - Les Mis

Best Original Screenplay - Michael Haneke - Amour

Best adapted Screenplay - Chris Terrio - Argo

Best Animated - Wreck-It Ralph (I'm indecisive between Ralph and Brave)

Best Foreign Film - Amour

Best Documentary -Searching for Sugar Man

Best Production Design - Les Miserables

Best Cinematography  - Life of Pi (Mirando won over Deakins at the BAFTAs which gave British Film to Skyfall)

Best Costumes - Les Miserables (Anna Karenina could win as well, Toss a Coin)

Best Editing  - Argo

Best Makeup - Les Miserables

Best Score - Life of Pi

Best Song - "Skyfall" from Skyfall

Best Sound editing - Life of Pi

Best Sound Mixing - Les Miserables

Best Visual Effects - Life of Pi

 

Totals: 

Life of Pi - 5

Les Miserables - 5

Argo - 3

Amour - 3

Skyfall - 1

Lincoln - 1

SLP - 1

Wreck-it Ralph - 1

Searching for Sugarman - 1

 

 

Best Animated Short - Paperman

Best Live Action Short - Curfew

Best Documentary Short - Inocente

 

[Impact]

You know I was thinking-had Affleck been nominated for director, imagine what would happen if he lost? Because he would of placed 5th in the noms (which we would never know)-so what would of the reaction been then?

[Impact]

As someone put it-Argo winning or losing can be considered a surprise.Winning-no director nom and not winning a major Oscar outside of possibly screenplay.Losing-winning all the guilds yet losing.So yeah.

[Gopher]

It's winning editing, screenplay, and possibly score. Nothing is stopping Argo. 

[Impact]

Still it is a tough call.I have Lincoln winning in the game.(Part of me wants Lincoln to win also for the studios. Disney has actually never won-Fox has not won since 1971. Well Unforgiven was WB's first win since My Fair Lady!)