Blankments Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Just remembered: Saving Mr. Banks will be here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sims Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Honestly though, the contenders look pretty lame in comparison to 2012's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Just remembered: Saving Mr. Banks will be here. I kinda doubt it. It sounds like a boldfaced DISNEY drama and those don't tend to do very well with either critics or the Academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 The Monuments Men, if executed well, should be big. Ocean's 11 + WW2 + THAT CAST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 The Monuments Men, if executed well, should be big. Ocean's 11 + WW2 + THAT CASTYeah. That and August. It's basically got a Brilliant Cast + Weinstein + Best Play in A Decade or more accolades. Could see August and Monuments duking it out for the win in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Elysium had a good script, Pacific Rim had a bad script. However I don't think either will be nommed here.You've read both scripts? I'd be curious to read Pacific Rim's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I'm sure Streep will be nominated for something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I'm sure Streep will be nominated for somethingAlready locked and sealed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I kinda doubt it. It sounds like a boldfaced DISNEY drama and those don't tend to do very well with either critics or the Academy. It's not really about Disney; it's about Travers and about movie making, which the Academy loves. Based off the script, which is great, I'd say Emma Thompson has a Best Actress nomination locked already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travod Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Coen Bros new movie sounds really blah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Its Fast 6 to loose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Coens' new movie sounds great to me. And even if it didn't, I'd trust the Coens enough. I'll be delighted if Oscar Isaac's lead role is meaty enough to get him into the awards conversation. Guy's a great, underrated actor. I'm also curious to see how Timberlake will fare going from Fincher to the Coens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsc1312 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I need to see Weinstein's list before I can truly say. August is the frontrunner so far, with Monuments second. I hope Blanchett gets Oscar number two (I hope Fishnets doesn't see this). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I need to see Weinstein's list before I can truly say. August is the frontrunner so far, with Monuments second. I hope Blanchett gets Oscar number two (I hope Fishnets doesn't see this).I`d predict Blanchett only to spite Fishnets, but I can`t campaign against Streep`s Oscar number 4. Get it girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 The next Coen movie sounds too niche and odd to win best picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsc1312 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I`d predict Blanchett only to spite Fishnets, but I can`t campaign against Streep`s Oscar number 4. Get it girl. I wouldn't be able to decide between Queen Streep and Blanchett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Concerning August, I just looked up its director, John Wells, and he's done directing-wise nothing except The Company Men (a Sundance recession drama from 2010 with Affleck and TLJ that got a mixed critical reception and audiences never showed up to see it) and some TV episodes of Shameless and ER. That alone makes me hesitant to lock it up as a major awards player, because this guy isn't even in the Tom-Hooper-before-TKS league. At best, he seems like a Tate Taylor, and that guy was never really in the Best Director conversation, which means the film stood no chance of winning BP. I'm more than willing to believe that August has all it needs to get three or four people nominated for acting, but I can't be certain about anything more. Uninspired direction can turn the greatest source material into mediocrity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsc1312 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I wish PTA could film and finish Inherent Vice by next season. It'll probably be 2014 at best, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Inherent Vice doesn't sound even remotely like anything that would attract the Academy, though. To me it sounds like a colorful and wild romp more in line with something like Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. And if that's indeed the case, I'd trust PTA to embrace it rather than try to make it more Oscar-friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsc1312 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I know, but I want him to blow them off their fucking rockers with his script at least. I read the first chapter at B&N the other night, and it definitely looks up his alley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
