2013 Oscars thread

[FootballScribe]

I don't think Lincoln should be nominated in the Best Picture category. I realize it will be... I've probably seen fewer movies this year than in any previous year since I've been an adult, but I think Lincoln at best is a B- or a C+ and that's from someone who usually loves those kind of movies...

I think Day-Lewis is great and will deserve to win if he does... I think Sally Field's performance was a bit over the top and Tommy Lee Jones is essentially playing Tommy Lee Jones...

Agree.

 

[Double Down]

I agree that Les Mis is kind of a mess, but yes, the "I Dreamed A Dream" bit was pretty stunning, and she's worthy. No one will look back on that Oscar years from now and view it like the ones from Chicago, which were for good singing, not great acting, by blah actors.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I haven't seen Silver Linings Playbook or Les Mis, but I would be ecstatic to see two of my favorite actresses both winning this year.

 

[Double Down]

Worth pointing out that if DDL wins for Lincoln, he'll be the first guy with three Oscars for Best Actor.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Worth pointing out that if DDL wins for Lincoln, he'll be the first guy with three Oscars for Best Actor.

Correct. I believe the only male actors with three Oscars are Jack Nicholson (2 for Best Actor, 1 for Best Supporting) and Walter Brennan (3 for Best Supporting).

 

[Gehrig]

RODUCERS GUILD NOMINATIONS

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

“Argo” (Warner Bros.)
Producers: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov

“Beasts of the Southern Wild” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn

“Django Unchained” (The Weinstein Company)
Producers: Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone, Stacey Sher

“Les Misérables” (Universal Pictures)
Producers: Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh

“Life of Pi” (Fox 2000 Pictures)
Producers: Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark

“Lincoln” (Touchstone Pictures)
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg

“Moonrise Kingdom” (Focus Features)
Producers: Wes Anderson & Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales

“Silver Linings Playbook” (The Weinstein Company)
Producers: Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon

“Skyfall” (Columbia Pictures)
Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson

“Zero Dark Thirty” (Columbia Pictures)
Producers: Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Megan Ellison

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

“Brave” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Producer: Katherine Sarafian

“Frankenweenie” (Walt Disney Pictures)
Producers: Allison Abbate, Tim Burton

“ParaNorman” (Focus Features)
Producers: Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner

“Rise of the Guardians” (Paramount Pictures)
Producers: Nancy Bernstein, Christina Steinberg

“Wreck-It Ralph” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Producer: Clark Spencer

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures

“A People Uncounted” (Urbinder Films)
Producers: Marc Swenker, Aaron Yeger

“The Gatekeepers” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Producers: Estelle Fialon, Philippa Kowarsky, Dror Moreh

“The Island President” (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Producers: Richard Berg, Bonni Cohen

“The Other Dream Team” (The Film Arcade)
Producers: Marius Markevicius, Jon Weinbach

“Searching For Sugar Man” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Producers: Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn

 

[Gehrig]

Art Directors Guild Nominations

Period Film

ANNA KARENINA Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood
ARGO Production Designer: Sharon Seymour
DJANGO UNCHAINED Production Designer: J. Michael Riva
LES MISÉRABLES Production Designer: Eve Stewart
LINCOLN Production Designer: Rick Carter

Fantasy Film

CLOUD ATLAS Production Designer: Uli Hanisch, Hugh Bateup
LIFE OF PI Production Designer: David Gropman
PROMETHEUS Production Designer: Arthur Max
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Production Designer: Nathan Crowley
Kevin Kavanaugh
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Production Designer: Dan Hannah

Contemporary Film

FLIGHT Production Designer: Nelson Coates
SKYFALL Production Designer: Dennis Gassner
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL Production Designer: Alan MacDonald
THE IMPOSSIBLE Production Designer: Eugenio Caballero
ZERO DARK THIRTY Production Designer: Jeremy Hindle

 

[Gehrig]

Writer's Guild Nominations

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Flight, Written by John Gatins; Paramount Pictures
Looper, Written by Rian Johnson; TriStar Pictures
The Master, Written by Paul Thomas Anderson; The Weinstein Company
Moonrise Kingdom, Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola; Focus Features
Zero Dark Thirty, Written by Mark Boal; Columbia Pictures

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo, Screenplay by Chris Terrio; Based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired Magazine article “The Great Escape” by Joshuah Bearman; Warner Bros. Pictures
Life of Pi, Screenplay by David Magee; Based on the novel by Yann Martel; 20th Century Fox
Lincoln, Screenplay by Tony Kushner; Based in part on the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin; DreamWorks Pictures
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky; Based on his book; Summit Entertainment
Silver Linings Playbook, Screenplay by David O. Russell; Based on the novel by Matthew Quick; The Weinstein Company

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
The Central Park Five, Written by Sarah Burns and David McMahon and Ken Burns; Sundance Selects
The Invisible War, Written by Kirby ****; Cinedigm Entertainment Group
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, Written by Alex Gibney; HBO Documentary Films
Searching for Sugar Man, Written by Malik Bendejelloul; Sony Pictures Classics
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, Written by Brian Knappenberger; Cinetic Media
West of Memphis, Written by Amy Berg & Billy McMillin; Sony Pictures Classics

 

[Buck]

I haven't seen Silver Linings Playbook or Les Mis, but I would be ecstatic to see two of my favorite actresses both winning this year.

I know people develop emotional attachments to actors and actresses, but would you really be ecstatic?

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

Sometimes I get tantric watching a movie

 

[Captain_Kirk]

I don't think Lincoln should be nominated in the Best Picture category. I realize it will be... I've probably seen fewer movies this year than in any previous year since I've been an adult, but I think Lincoln at best is a B- or a C+ and that's from someone who usually loves those kind of movies...

I think Day-Lewis is great and will deserve to win if he does... I think Sally Field's performance was a bit over the top and Tommy Lee Jones is essentially playing Tommy Lee Jones...

Agree.

Thought Strathairn as Seward was a better performance that Tommy Lee's...

 

[Bradley Guire]

I love Bond, and while "Skyfall" was great no way does it get a best picture nomination. "The Dark Knight" didn't and was a better movie. Why? They're too genre. They're too popular. They're the movies that can win for effects and possibly acting, but never the big two: director and picture.

Anyway, I'm mostly curious how Seth McFarlane does as host.

 

[TigerVols]

I love Bond, and while "Skyfall" was great no way does it get a best picture nomination. "The Dark Knight" didn't and was a better movie. Why?

Why? Because there were only 5 slots. After TDK was squeezed out, the Academy expanded the field to include as many as 10 pictures, in order to insure that at least one or two of the Best Picture nominees had grossed at least $100 million.

 

[Bradley Guire]

I didn't know that. Interesting.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I haven't seen Silver Linings Playbook or Les Mis, but I would be ecstatic to see two of my favorite actresses both winning this year.

I know people develop emotional attachments to actors and actresses, but would you really be ecstatic?

No emotional attachments... Just two actresses whose work I enjoy.

 

[farmerjerome]

I'm in the minority and thought Skyfall was awful right from the start, but Bardem deserves a nod for supporting actor. He was fantastic.

 

[TigerVols]

I'm in the minority and thought Skyfall was awful right from the start, but Bardem deserves a nod for supporting actor. He was fantastic.

Word for word.

 

[godshammgod]

I don't think Lincoln should be nominated in the Best Picture category. I realize it will be... I've probably seen fewer movies this year than in any previous year since I've been an adult, but I think Lincoln at best is a B- or a C+ and that's from someone who usually loves those kind of movies...

I think Day-Lewis is great and will deserve to win if he does... I think Sally Field's performance was a bit over the top and Tommy Lee Jones is essentially playing Tommy Lee Jones...

I have to agree overall. I think it was a fantastically well acted movie, but I didn't leave the theater feeling blown away. It really just felt like a ton of speeches stacked on top of one another. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed it, but I don't get why critics are hailing it as a masterwork? It was a tough idea to transform onto the screen, and I do think for the most part it worked. But, it wasn't the best picture I saw this year.

I do have to disagree though, that I loved Sally Field. I felt that her over the top performance was actually a nice contrast to DDL. Oh, and James Spader was terrific.

 

[Dick Whitman]

He doesn't have a prayer, but between "Killer Joe" and "Magic Mike," Matthew McConaughey should win a new category: Coolest Actor of the Year.

Two outstanding performances in two highly entertaining films from this year that will unfortunately be forgotten too soon.

 

[Steak Snabler]

He doesn't have a prayer, but between "Killer Joe" and "Magic Mike," Matthew McConaughey should win a new category: Coolest Actor of the Year.

Two outstanding performances in two highly entertaining films from this year that will unfortunately be forgotten too soon.

I doubt "Magic Mike" will be "forgotten too soon" if the Facebook feeds of the horny 40-year-old women I went to high school with are any indication.