Re: Categories One-by-One: Makeup
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:06 pm
I think The Iron Lady wins this a la La Vie en Rose -- Meryl Streep's transformation was truly impressive. When the film began, my friend and I turned to each other with incredulity, asking one another, "Is THAT Meryl?" the makeup was just so effective we had a hard time seeing Streep beneath the surface.
Harry Potter had some showy effects of the more fantastical sort, but just as I doubted the ridiculous meme that the Academy wanted to honor Harry Potter with a Best Picture nomination to make up for past omissions, so too do I doubt that voters are really that desperate to make sure the Harry Potter series goes home with an Oscar, no matter what. Since that seems to be one of the main arguments for why Harry Potter would walk off with this prize -- I don't think the makeup work alone was a fresh enough knockout to make it a frontrunner -- I'm going to have to go with Iron Lady as my prediction.
Albert Nobbs seems WAY too subtle, and no, Janet McTeer doesn't seem remotely believable as a man.
Kudos to this branch this year for ignoring some of the crappier efforts they've had no problem granting Oscar nominations to in the recent past.
Harry Potter had some showy effects of the more fantastical sort, but just as I doubted the ridiculous meme that the Academy wanted to honor Harry Potter with a Best Picture nomination to make up for past omissions, so too do I doubt that voters are really that desperate to make sure the Harry Potter series goes home with an Oscar, no matter what. Since that seems to be one of the main arguments for why Harry Potter would walk off with this prize -- I don't think the makeup work alone was a fresh enough knockout to make it a frontrunner -- I'm going to have to go with Iron Lady as my prediction.
Albert Nobbs seems WAY too subtle, and no, Janet McTeer doesn't seem remotely believable as a man.
Kudos to this branch this year for ignoring some of the crappier efforts they've had no problem granting Oscar nominations to in the recent past.