Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Sonic Youth wrote:Best Sup. Actress - Sally Field, Lincoln

The Awards Daily kids are inconsolable. Every one of them was saying that Anne Hathaway was the only possible winner. They're the Oscar-geek equivalents of the right-wingers who thought Romney had it in the bag.

Best Sup. Actress - Sally Field, Lincoln

There's been an awfully long wait for the next announcement which should be Best Screenplay.

FilmFan720 wrote:

Big Magilla wrote:

Sonic Youth wrote:Was the time lag due to a dispute between the two films, both documentaries?

No, it was due to a tweet embargo.

I've been pulling off of the website, not Twitter, and it was just as long there too. I think there may have been some dispute there...in all, these seem to be coming out slower than usual. Two hours and only 3 announcements?

The really long lag was between the start of voting and the first award -- almost an hour. Word was the rules had previously precluded a doc. winning first film, so they may have spent time thrashing that out.

At this rate, they'll be voting through dinner hour.

FilmFan720 wrote:

Big Magilla wrote:

Sonic Youth wrote:Was the time lag due to a dispute between the two films, both documentaries?

No, it was due to a tweet embargo.

I've been pulling off of the website, not Twitter, and it was just as long there too. I think there may have been some dispute there...in all, these seem to be coming out slower than usual. Two hours and only 3 announcements?

Because of the tweet embargo none of these cites are getting the information they've gotten in the last couple of years - they have to wait for the official announcements to be posted on the website.

Big Magilla wrote:

Sonic Youth wrote:Was the time lag due to a dispute between the two films, both documentaries?

No, it was due to a tweet embargo.

I've been pulling off of the website, not Twitter, and it was just as long there too. I think there may have been some dispute there...in all, these seem to be coming out slower than usual. Two hours and only 3 announcements?

Sonic Youth wrote:Was the time lag due to a dispute between the two films, both documentaries?

No, it was due to a tweet embargo.

Best Cinematography - Zero Dark Thirty

Was the time lag due to a dispute between the two films, both documentaries?

BEST NON-FICTION FILM: The Central Park Five

Upset Number One!!

BEST FIRST FILM: How to Survive a Plague

Last minute predictions...

BEST FILM: Amour (ru: The Master, Lincoln)
BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson (ru: Michael Haneke, Kathryn Bigelow)
BEST ACTOR: Joaquin Phoenix (ru: John Hawkes, Jean-Louis Trintignant)
BEST ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence (ru: Emmanuelle Riva, Michelle Williams)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Dwight Henry (ru: Leonardo DiCaprio, Aaron Tveit)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams (ru: Samantha Banks, Isabelle Hupert)
BEST SCREENPLAY: Moonrise Kingdom (ru: Silver Lining Playbook, The Master)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Master (ru: Skyfall, Life of Pi)
BEST ANIMATED FILM: Cat in Paris (ru: The Secret Life of Arietty, ParaNorman)
BEST DOCUMENTARY: the Central Park Five (ru: Jiro Dreams of Sushi, This Is Not a Film)
BEST FIRST FILM: Beasts of the Southern Wild (ru: Not Fade Away)

nightwingnova wrote:Because we don't have performances like Michelle Williams'

Take This Waltz? She gives one of the best female performances of the year but seems to be off the radar for some reason.

I think this is one of the less competitive years. Certainly much less so than last year. And, I find so few exciting choices that I think we'll see some surprises.

I can only guess that Daniel Day Lewis will get best actor as he dwarfs the competition.

Because we don't have performances like Meryl Streep's or Michelle Williams', I think the best actress award will go foreign, as it does in such circumstances. Emmanuelle Riva for Amour. Maybe Marion Cotillard for Rust and Bone.

The wonderful but not fantastic screenplay for Silver Linings Playbook seems to me a good and interesting enough choice for screenplay. Lincoln should be in the hunt too.

The rest are beyond me. Perhaps Philip Seymour Hoffman for supporting actor in The Master and Maggie Smith for supporting actress in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel?...but I'm betting on surprises and even obscure choices....Beasts of the Southern Wild in some categories?

My predictions

PICTURE: Lincoln
RU: Zero Dark Thirty, Les Miserables

DIRECTOR: C.Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
RU: Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master, Ang Lee - Life of Pi

ACTOR: Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
RU: John Hawkes - The Sessions , Joaquin Phoenix - The Master

ACTRESS: Emmanouelle Riva - Amour
RU: Marion Cotillard - Rust and Bone, Mary Elizabeth Winstead - Smashed

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Garrett Hedlund - On the Road
RU: Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln, Eddie Redmayne - Les Miserables

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams - The Master
RU: Isabelle Huppert - Amour, Elizabeth Barks - Les Miserables

SCREENPLAY: Lincoln
RU: The Sessions, Moonrise Kingdom

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Life of Pi
RU: Skyfall, Moonrise Kingdom

ANIMATED FILM: ParaNorman
RU: Brave,Frankenweenie

FOREIGN FILM: Amour
RU: Intouchables, Beyond the Hills

NON FICTION FILM: How to Survive a Plague
RU: Central Park Five, The Island President

DEBUT FILM: Beasts of the Southern Wild
RU: Arbitrage, Quartet