2013 Oscar Nominations

Announced today. Once again, I haven't seen a single film that was nominated. That's gotta be at least the 20th year in a row...

But seriously, there are some nominees that I'd like to see ("Argo," "Skyfall," "Zero Dark Thirty," and "Wreck It Ralph") but I haven't gotten around to 'em yet.

Surprisingly, it appears that "The Dark Knight Rises" didn't get nominated for anything at all, despite all the "Best Picture" talk it got when it first opened (It didn't even get a nod in the technical/effects categories, which is where superhero flicks usually clean up)... betcha all the Nolanite fanboys are sh*tting a solid gold brick about that. "OMG HE WUZ ROBBED!!11!!"

Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewisin “Lincoln”
Hugh Jackman in “Les Misérables”
Joaquin Phoenix in “The Master”
Denzel Washington in “Flight”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Alan Arkin in “Argo”
Robert De Niro in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “The Master”
Tommy Lee Jones in “Lincoln”
Christoph Waltz in “Django Unchained”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

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”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Amy Adams in “The Master”
Sally Field in “Lincoln”
Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables”
Helen Hunt in “The Sessions”
Jacki Weaver in “Silver Linings Playbook”

Best animated feature film of the year

“Brave” Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
“Frankenweenie” Tim Burton
“ParaNorman” Sam Fell and Chris Butler
“The Pirates! Band of Misfits” Peter Lord
“Wreck-It Ralph” Rich Moore

Adapted screenplay

“Argo” Screenplay by Chris Terrio
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
“Life of Pi” Screenplay by David Magee
“Lincoln” Screenplay by Tony Kushner
“Silver Linings Playbook” Screenplay by David O. Russell

Original screenplay

“Amour” Written by Michael Haneke
“Django Unchained”Written by Quentin Tarantino
“Flight” Written by John Gatins
“Moonrise Kingdom” Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
“Zero Dark Thirty” Written by Mark Boal

Achievement in cinematography

“Anna Karenina” Seamus McGarvey
“Django Unchained” Robert Richardson
“Life of Pi” Claudio Miranda
“Lincoln” Janusz Kaminski
“Skyfall” Roger Deakins

Achievement in directing

“Amour” Michael Haneke
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Benh Zeitlin
“Life of Pi” Ang Lee
“Lincoln” Steven Spielberg
“Silver Linings Playbook” David O. Russell

Best foreign language film of the year

“Amour” Austria
“Kon-Tiki” Norway
“No” Chile
“A Royal Affair” Denmark
“War Witch” Canada

Best documentary feature

“5 Broken Cameras”
Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
“The Gatekeepers”
Nominees to be determined
“How to Survive a Plague”
Nominees to be determined
“The Invisible War”
Nominees to be determined
“Searching for Sugar Man”
Nominees to be determined


Best documentary short subject

“Inocente”
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
“Kings Point”
Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
“Mondays at Racine”
Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
“Open Heart”
Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
“Redemption”
Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill

Achievement in film editing

“Argo” William Goldenberg
“Life of Pi” Tim Squyres
“Lincoln” Michael Kahn
“Silver Linings Playbook” Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
“Zero Dark Thirty” Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Achievement in costume design

“Anna Karenina” Jacqueline Durran
“Les Misérables” Paco Delgado
“Lincoln” Joanna Johnston
“Mirror Mirror” Eiko Ishioka
“Snow White and the Huntsman” Colleen Atwood

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

“Hitchcock”
Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
“Les Misérables”
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“Anna Karenina” Dario Marianelli
“Argo” Alexandre Desplat
“Life of Pi” Mychael Danna
“Lincoln” John Williams
“Skyfall” Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice”
Music and Lyric by J. Ralph

“Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted”
Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane

“Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi”
Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri

“Skyfall” from “Skyfall”
Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

“Suddenly” from “Les Misérables”
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Best motion picture of the year

“Amour” Nominees to be determined

“Argo” Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers

“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers

“Django Unchained” Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers

“Les Misérables” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers

“Life of Pi”Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers

“Lincoln” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

“Silver Linings Playbook”Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers

“Zero Dark Thirty”Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers

Achievement in production design

“Anna Karenina”
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright

“Les Misérables”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson

“Life of Pi”
Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

“Lincoln”
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Best animated short film

“Adam and Dog” Minkyu Lee

“Fresh Guacamole” PES

“Head over Heels” Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly

“Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare” David Silverman

“Paperman” John Kahrs

Best live action short film

“Asad” Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura

“Buzkashi Boys” Sam French and Ariel Nasr

“Curfew” Shawn Christensen

“Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)” Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele

“Henry” Yan England

Achievement in sound editing

“Argo” Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn

“Django Unchained” Wylie Stateman

“Life of Pi” Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

“Skyfall” Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers

“Zero Dark Thirty” Paul N.J. Ottosson

Achievement in sound mixing

“Argo”
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia

“Les Misérables”
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

“Life of Pi”
Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin

“Lincoln”
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins

“Skyfall”
Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Achievement in visual effects

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White

“Life of Pi”
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott

“Marvel’s The Avengers”

Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick

“Prometheus”

Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill

“Snow White and the Huntsman”
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Looks like there's only 2 that I've seen in those listings ('Wreck-It Ralph' and 'Moonrise Kingdom') however for once there are actually a bunch of them that I want to see. Just haven't got around to it yet.

Best Picture Nominees: (missing from the above list)

Amour

Argo

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Django Unchained

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

S.D. wrote:

Best Picture Nominees: (missing from the above list)

Uhhh...nope, they're in there. About three quarters of the way down the list, under the "Achievement in Music..." guys.

How can Ben Affleck not been nominated for best director for 'Argo'?

manny wrote:

How can Ben Affleck not been nominated for best director for 'Argo'?

He gives lousy head.

Not surprisingly there were some serious snubs of independent films yet again this year, 2012 was a year where 90% of the best films I saw were indies.

A few glaring omissions:

Best Original Screenplay - Safety Not Guaranteed, Ruby Sparks and Liberal Arts.

Best Adapted Screenplay - The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Best Actress - Mary Elizabeth Winstead for her transcendent performance in Smashed, Elizabeth Banks in People Like Us

Best Actor - Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock

Best Supporting Actress - Helen Mirren in Hitchcock, Emily Blunt in Looper

Best Director - Ben Affleck for Argo. When the director doesn't get a nomination it's a good indication the film has no chance to take Best Picture.

Lincoln will most likely take most of the major awards, it's a Spielberg film and a historical drama...which is essentially crack to Academy voters.

In all fairness, 'Lincoln' was a brilliant film and Daniel Day Lewis makes Lincoln a real person instead of walking civics lesson.

manny wrote:

In all fairness, 'Lincoln' was a brilliant film and Daniel Day Lewis makes Lincoln a real person instead of walking civics lesson.

I definitely plan to watch it and I'm sure it's great. I just feel the Academy leans too heavily toward big-budget "prestige pictures" most of the time.

Of course last year "The Artist" won and that was a ballsier move than usual for them.

manny wrote:

How can Ben Affleck not been nominated for best director for 'Argo'?

The lingering specters of "Gigli" and "Daredevil" still hang around his neck like a pair of bloody albatrosses.

How can Tarantino get nominated for best original screenplay when all he does is re-ensct all his favorite movies, sometimes almost scene for scene?

Oh, this is the second nomination for a Norwegian movie about Kon-Tiki is nominated. The last time the documentary about Kon-Tiki, made by Tor Heyerdahl himself, won. I hope this movie about the explorer wins also!

kmorg wrote:

How can Tarantino get nominated for best original screenplay when all he does is re-ensct all his favorite movies, sometimes almost scene for scene?

His screenplays are loved by other screenwriters, particularly his dialogue.

The way the Academy works is that screenwriters select the best screenplay nominees, directors choose directors, actors choose actors, etc. Then the entire Academy votes for the Best Picture winners.

Best screenplay, I would understand. It's the word "original" that irks me. Because borrowing from others ain't doin' something original.

Very few film makers are doing anything original these days, and the ones that are, ain't getting nominated for Oscars. I lost all faith in the Oscars when Milk got the nod ahead of The Wrestler a few years back.

I really do want to see Lincoln though!

New trophey "unveiled" for 2013 award show

Personally, I hope that Silver Linings Playbook takes the Best Picture nod this year. I also think Jennifer Lawrence most definitely deserves to take Best Actress as well.

A beautiful film; funny, emotional and honest.

The SAG Awards (Screen Actors Guild) were this evening and are generally a good indication of the acting categories at the Oscars and Emmys.

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:
Argo

Best Actor:
Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln

Best Actress:
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook

Best Supporting Actor:
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln

Best Supporting Actress:
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables

Best ensemble Comedy TV series:
Modern Family

Best ensemble Dramatic TV series:
Downtown Abbey

Best actor (comedy series):
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock

Best actress (comedy series):
Tina Fey - 30 Rock

Best actor (drama series):
Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

Best actress (drama series):
Claire Danes - Homeland

The Oscars are tonight (Sunday 24th). Looking forward to the show this year because the predictions are all over the map, might actually be some surprises.

There is a salute to James Bond which will get all the stars together (Connery, Moore, Dalton, Lazenby, Brosnan & Craig) on the same stage.

Plus the host is Seth McFarlane which should be interesting.

I'll be rooting for Argo & Silver Linings Playbook to take home some awards.

The latest "Twilight" movie cleaned up at last night's "Razzies" (the "Anti-Oscars" given out to celebrate the worst films of the year)!!

Fat Freddy wrote:

Once again, I haven't seen a single film that was nominated.

I can no longer say that, since last week FOX aired the Academy Award-nominated short "Maggie Simpson: The Longest Daycare" after "The Simpsons." (It qualified for an Academy Award because it screened theatrically last Summer with the latest "Ice Age" flick.)

Witness Maggie's epic battle to save a butterfly from "Gerald," the evil baby with one eyebrow!

Amazingly i have seen Downton Abbey but my streak of not watching the Oscars will not be in jeopardy.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Once again, I haven't seen a single film that was nominated.

I can no longer say that, since last week FOX aired the Academy Award-nominated short "Maggie Simpson: The Longest Daycare" after "The Simpsons." (It qualified for an Academy Award because it screened theatrically last Summer with the latest "Ice Age" flick.)

Witness Maggie's epic battle to save a butterfly from "Gerald," the evil baby with one eyebrow!

I've got the Oscars on right now and it lost to the short that played before Brave (Paperman). Brave won too

Paperman was great.

I always watch the Oscars (either live or taped for later), I don't think I've missed a single one in the last 30 years.

Congratulations to the Oscar winners:

Best Picture - Argo
Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Best Actress - Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Director - Ang Lee (Life Of Pi)
Original Screenplay - Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
Adapted Screenplay - Chris Terrio (Argo)
Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
Best Supporting Actress - Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)

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There is a salute to James Bond which will get all the stars together (Connery, Moore, Dalton, Lazenby, Brosnan & Craig) on the same stage.

This didn't happen, it had been reported (well, leaked actually) awhile back but was never confirmed by the Academy that it was going to happen. It was nice having Shirley Bassey come onstage and sing Goldfinger (she still sounds great) and the other Bond moment was Adele singing the theme song to Skyfall and then winning the Best Original Song award.

Kinda bummed that the "All Bond Actors on the same stage" thing didn't happen. That would've been uber-sweet.

...and apparently Maggie Simpson got skunked in the animated short category. Oh well.