Monday, February 27, 2012

84th Oscar Winners

The 2011 film awards season has ended, and it was fairly predictable. (Though, I am thrilled that Hugo - my favorite film of last year - won 5 Oscars, even if it did not deserve some of those wins.) While I went 16/24 in my predictions, I managed 22/24 with alternates. On to next year's campaign then.

Here are this year's winners:

Best Picture: The Artist
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, The Artist (Yay!)
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady (Oops.)
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants
Best Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris (Woo-hoo!)
Best Art Direction: Hugo (No contest.)
Best Cinematography: Hugo (Sorry, Lubezki.)
Best Costume Design: The Artist
Best Film Editing: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (?)
Best Original Score: The Artist
Best Original Song: “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets
Best Makeup: The Iron Lady
Best Sound Mixing: Hugo
Best Sound Editing: Hugo
Best Visual Effects: Hugo
Best Animated Feature: Rango
Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation
Best Documentary Feature: Undefeated
Best Documentary Short: Saving Face
Best Live Action Short: The Shore
Best Animated Short: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Final 84th Oscar Wins Predictions

It's that time:

Best Picture: The Artist (alt – Hugo)
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist (alt – Martin Scorsese, Hugo)
Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, The Artist (alt – George Clooney, The Descendants)
Best Actress: Viola Davis, The Help (alt – Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady)
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners (alt – Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help (alt – Jessica Chastain, The Help)
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants (alt – Moneyball)
Best Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris (alt – The Artist)

Best Art Direction: Hugo (alt – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2)
Best Cinematography: The Tree of Life (alt – Hugo)
Best Costume Design: Jane Eyre (alt – The Artist)
Best Film Editing: Moneyball (alt – The Artist)
Best Original Score: The Artist (alt – Hugo)
Best Original Song: “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets (alt – “Real in Rio” from Rio)
Best Makeup: The Iron Lady (alt – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2)
Best Sound Mixing: War Horse (alt – Hugo)
Best Sound Editing: War Horse (alt – Hugo)
Best Visual Effects: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (alt – Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
Best Animated Feature: Rango (alt – Chico and Rita)
Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation (alt – In Darkness)
Best Documentary Feature: Undefeated (alt – Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory)
Best Documentary Short: The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (alt – Saving Face)
Best Live Action Short: The Shore (alt – Tuba Atlantic)
Best Animated Short: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (alt – La Luna)

Friday, February 24, 2012

Best Actress: 2000s

2000: Björk, Dancer in the Dark
Oscar winner: Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich
Was she nominated?: No

Friday, February 17, 2012

Best Actress: 1990s

1990: Laura Dern, Wild at Heart
Oscar winner: Kathy Bates, Misery
Was she nominated?: No

Friday, February 10, 2012

Best Actress: 1980s

1980: Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter
Oscar winner: Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter

Friday, February 3, 2012

Best Actress: 1970s

1970: Liv Ullmann, The Passion of Anna
Oscar winner: Glenda Jackson, Women in Love
Was she nominated?: No