Official Academy Awards 2013 Thread
 

The Oscars are tonight! I know this thread is a tad late but for those who don't want to watch it or don't care for it then this will be a good place to see who won what without much effort. I'll be updating as the night goes on. I've only ween three best picture nominees but the real awards I'm pushing for is Joaquin Phoenix and Phillip Seymour Hoffman for their roles in The Master. I really hope they win.

I also hope Seth Macfarlane is funny.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Christoph Waltz Holy ****. Waltz and Tarantino are officially even more awesome.

Best Short Film Animated - Paperman

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year - Brave

Best Achievement in Cinematography - Life of Pi

Best Achievement in Visual Effects - Life of Pi

Best achievement in Costume Design - Anna Karenina

Best Achievement in Make-up - Les Miserables

Best Live Action Short Film - Curfew

Best Documentary Short Film - Inocente

Best Documentary - Searching for Sugarman Yeah!

Best Foreign Language Film- Amour

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing - Les Miserables

Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Skyfall

Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Anne Hathaway

Best Achievement in Editing - Argo

Best Achievement in Production Design - Lincoln

Best Original Score - Life of Pi

Best Original Song - Skyfall

Best Adapted Screenplay - Argo

Best Original Screenplay - F*CKING TARANTINO B*TCH

Best Director - Ang Lee Good for him. I wanted Haneke to win though.

Best Actress - Jennifer Lawrence That b*tch just fell up them stairs. Bwuahahahahahaha.

Best Actor - Daniel Day Lewis I was hoping for Phoenix but I can't fault DDL. He's a God.

Best Picture - Argo

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Lost interest when he didn't get nominated

Wow... Argo got best picture? What were the old white fucks who actually vote for these things getting tired of everyone bitching about how predictable they are and decided to throw us a curveball? Not that I'm annoyed or anything, but I always thought there was some law that stated that if a movie stars Daniel Day-Lewis it must be given Best Picture.

I finally saw ARGO last night. It was certainly entertaining and well done, but Lincoln really surpassed it in every way imaginable to me. I really thought Sally Field deserved the Oscar as well as DDL. She had been away from the spotlight for so long and she really played an engrossing part in the movie. And i've had it out for her since Smokey and the Bandit.

I still haven't seen Life of Pi, is it a must watch then?

Eh it depends. I've heard it's enjoyable for the visuals alone but it's pretty heavy handed in its religious themes that can make it hard for people to look past. It seems like one of those movies I'd want to trip to for the visuals alone, where the dialogue and character building is just background noise.

I am a little bummed that ParaNorman didn't get Best Animated Film, because it was a hell of a lot better than Brave, which is honestly my least favorite Pixar movie now (even more than Cars)

Ah right, I shall get round to watching it anyway. I'm not into religion myself but I don't know how interested I would be regarding a film about it!


What! I thought brave was damn awesome. I honestly thought it was a great film. Why didn't you like it?

It just seemed pretty basic, like a Disney fairytale, which is fine in its own right, but I've come to expect more than that from a Pixar movie, especially when it's the first one with a female protagonist.

I don't go that far into movies, I don't know much about the different aspects that make it up/good. I just found it was very well researched in terms of actual Scotland and I thought the film was pretty funny. In terms of the actual storyline I thought the whole bear part was pretty crappy but only realised so after my second watch. Apart from that I found it hilarious.

I feel like this year (I don't usually watch the Oscars so I'm not sure about other years), there were only a handful of films being noticed for the major awards.
Life of Pi and Argi and Lincoln and a few other ones. Does anyone else feel like this to me?
For all of the films that come out within a year, and all of the ones my boyfriend has taken me to see (since I don't usually watch movies at all), I was pretty surprised to see I hadn't seen most of them.

The fact that Cloud Atlas didn't even get nominated for anything really bugged me. I wish they'd just create a "Best Genre Film" category to give things the sci-fi, horror, and fantasy movies a chance and the people behind them the accolades they could use to advance in the industry.

I seen a trailer for that the other day, it looked spectacular. It's only out in cinema here.

I've made it a habit of watching every film nominated for best picture year to year. I think the Academy for the most part usually selects the best films that are represented year to year. There are a few exclusions that happen, but I find myself enjoying about 80 percent of the movies selected for best picture.

Right. I mean they have categories for short films and such but what about other movies that don't get noticed as much? I don't know.

I'm not saying the winners aren't deserving it but the nominations only really cover like 7 or 8 movies as far as I've seen. And I'm talking about the more major categories. I'm not including documentaries and shorts and such

He's never been in a film that has won Best Picture though...

Hah, true. In fact, I doubt that the films that he's won personal awards for would even be in the running if he hadn't been in them. The Academy loves DDL. As they should.

so like Fred i kind of step up and try to watch all nominated films for Best Picture....this year i only missed two....and really enjoyed all the ones i did see....but i have to say that for me at least i felt there was no contest with Argo....it really was just an overall great film....and i'm glad it won

i honestly think the biggest mistake this year was in Animated Feature.....i loved Brave but it seriously holds nothing to Paranorman's seriously original and super fun idea

i think Jessica Chastain got robbed

every time i see Daniel Day-Lewis win an award i think about "In The Name Of The Father" and how he was robbed

Pretty thrilled with the acting awards. I'd rather have seen Sally Field get the supporting actress award, though. I love that woman, and she played a fantastic Mary Todd Lincoln.

Jack Nicholson's suit looked as though it had been borrowed from (and tailored for) Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

Enjoyed Seth MacFarlane, was pleased that he dialed it back enough not to get 99% of the populace up in self-righteous arms, (just a few loons) and still pulled a few really solid punches. With the ratings boost and favorable reviews I've seen of him, I'd not be surprised if the Academy has him back next year.

I mean, he does the beloved song and dance numbers that the Billy Crystal lovers are seeking out, and he's got a connection to younger audience and a more contemporary feel about him. I think he was a great pick, and I think he did wonderfully. He was exactly the kind of host they needed.

I'd really have liked to see Zero Dark Thirty pick up a few more awards. I was actually kind of torn between Lawrence and Chastain for Best Actress, to be honest. Jessica Chastain is quite good. I saw her also in the horror film, "Mama," and was rewarded with surprisingly excellent acting in a horror film.

Okay, so there have been great acting performances in horror films before. It just doesn't seem like there have been LATELY. While her character wasn't as fleshed out as a Jack Torrance, Norman Bates, or Robert Thorn, she went above and beyond.

I think the movie would have been forgettable had it not been for Jessica Chastain. All right, and the nightmare inducing children when they were first found in the cabin.

Anyway. Tarantino getting his second screenplay Oscar; noice. I hope that one day, he'll get that coveted Best Director statue. This year, yeah, they may not have won, but I was kind of miffed that he, Affleck, and Bigelow were snubbed.

Don't get me started on The Hobbit being robbed of awards. But honestly how embarrassing was Anne Hathaway? I felt bad for Jennifer Lawrance tripping but can't relate to her as an actress. I haven't seen Zero Dark Thirty but am not surprised it was nominated. I will be checking out all of the movies except the Silver Linings Playbook.

Ummm Gangs of New York was great and There Will Be Blood is one of the great American epics of the last 30 years. Your statement is flat out wrong sir.