Now that we’ve gotten a look at Invictus, it is a reminder that the Big Oscar Movies are warming up on the runway. And in the next few weeks, these films will be seen and discussed, for better or worse. If all goes well, the last remaining films will make up the bulk of the Best Picture frontrunners. But with ten slots, that leaves many openings for films that have already been seen and/or released. Invictus, The Lovely Bones, Nine, and Avatar. Let’s say for arguments sake that four slots will be reserved for these films. The other contenders feel kind of permanent, at least right now. There are other ups and downs still to come – the top ten lists, the critics awards, the guild awards, the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards, the SAGs, the DGAs — all of these will shift the course of the race.
Before these movies come out, and all but obliterate what came before, here is a monthly chance to chime in your own “For Your Consideration.” Long shots, shoo-ins, either way, it’s your call. The Best Actor race is already crowded, but one name that would really blow my mind would be Ben Whishaw for Bright Star. His Keats remains one of the most affecting performances I’ve seen all year. I think he captures so much of Keats — being a morose outsider, ashamed of his economic situation, also kind of non-sexual in a way. There is no way he’ll make it in — Abbie Cornish will be nominated most certainly, but Wishaw also deserves attention, perhaps if he were running in the supporting category.
In addition to The Hurt Locker, Jeremy Renner and Kathryn Bigelow, anyone or anything for In the Loop would be the coolest thing ever.
Awards Daily readers, whom would you submit for the Academy’s consideration?
96 Responses for "For Your Consideration"
Here are the long shots I’d like to see:
Up for Best Picture
Katherine Bigelow for Best Director
Jeremy Renner for Best Actor
Michael Stuhlbarg for Best Actor
Christian McKay for Best Supporting Actor
Anthony Mackie for Best Supporting Actor
Melanie Laurent for Best Supporting Actress
I saw In The Loop at a media screening last night (it doesn’t open in Oz until Jan 2010, wtf?). It was very funny and sharp and I would support an Original Screenplay nom.
Adventureland for Original Screenplay. It will never happen.
(500) Days of Summer for Best Picture and Screenplay.
Anthony Mackie for Supporting Actor.
Kathryn Bigelow to WIN Director [seriously]
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for Cinematography, Art Direction, Visual Effects, Costume Design, Sound, Makeup, and Score [one of the most underrated scores of the year so far]
Coraline for Score.
Where the Wild Things Are for Screenplay.
And The Hurt Locker to WIN Picture.
A Serious Man – BP, BD, Best Actor (Michael Stuhlbarg) and Best Supporting Actor (Fred Melamed)
Inglourious Basterds – BP, BD
The Hurt Locker – BP, BD, Best Actor (Jeremy Renner)
Passing Strange: The Movie – any nomination (not a documentary exactly, but a powerful, underseen experience)
Public Enemies – BP
The Informant! – Best Actor (Matt Damon)
500 Days of Summer – Best Original Screenplay
I second Stuhlbarg for best actor and Anthony Mackie for supporting.
A Serious Man better get a best picture nod.
Other than that I still have too many movies I need to see.
alright here wo go sasha
max recors best actor (where the wild things are)
A serious Man Best Picture
Melanie Laurent best supporting actress
Inglorious Basterds Best Picture
I second the Max Records FYC. He hasn’t been mentioned much, but I thought he gave a fantastic performance beyond his years. Such a long shot unfortunately.
Peter Capaldi and Mimi Kennedy for In the Loop
I second Anthony Mackie for Hurt Locker
A third Oscar for Meryl
BEST PICTURE
Public Enemies, Up, Inglourious Basterds, The Hurt Locker
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker), Michael Mann (Public Enemies)
BEST ACTOR
Jeremy Renner (Hurt Locker), Johnny Depp (Public Enemies), Colin Firth (A Single Man)
Sam Rockwell- Moon
Visual Effects- Moon
Michael Gambon- HP6
Cinematography- HPG
Visual Effects- Watchmen
Jackie Earl Haley- Watchmen
Best Picture-Where the Wild Things Are
Original Score- Where the Wild Things Are
Original Score- Star Trek
Original Screenplay- Adventureland
A SERIOUS MAN for Best Picture and Best Director(s). Best movie of the year by far.
BRIGHT STAR for Best Picture and Best Director. Beautiful, beautiful movie!
Say “no” to THE HURT LOCKER, an insanely overrated, droning and redundant war film.
Keep loving Carey Mulligan and Alfred Molina, but no to AN EDUCATION, a sadly formulaic and unexceptional film.
Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in “(500) Days of Summer,” two of the most fully realized and animated characters that 2009 has seen.
“Brothers”!
FYC:
“Away We Go”- Original Screenplay
“Cairo Time” – Best Actress Patricia Clarkson
“The Vintner’s Luck”- Best Actress Vera Farmiga, Cinematography & Score
“Precious” (Obvi….)- Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actress (Sidibe), Supp. Actress Mo’Nique….AND Paula Patton!! She also deserves it!
I’m hoping for some HP nods. Art Direction, Cinematography, Supporting Actor for Jim Broadbent.
Most of mine have already been said by other people… but I would love to see:
Adventureland for Best Screenplay (so clever and smart and fun! ha. not happening)
Coraline for Best Score (I think that the score is one of the BEST things about the movie)
Ponyo for Best Score (this is absolutely never going to happen, because the academy seems to only like awarding outside awards to Pixar films but Joe Hisaishi’s scores have been deserving for SO long now.)
Melanie Laurent for Best Supporting Actress (she=amazing)
BEST PICTURE
District 9
(500) Days of Summer
BEST ACTOR
Sharlto Copley
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
peter capaldi for best supporting actor
Best Picture: Fish Tank, WTWTA.
Best Director: Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank.
Best Actress: Katie Jarvis, Fish Tank.
Best Actor: Sam Rockwell, Moon. Souleymane Savane, Red West, Goodbye Solo.
Best Supporting Actress: Kristen Stewart, Adventureland (seriously!)
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Schneider, Bright Star. Michael Fassbender – both FT/IB.
Best Original Screenplay: Adventureland, Police, Adjective.
Best Adapted Screenplay: Where the Wild Things Are.
Best Cinematography: Bright Star, Inglourious Basterds, Tetro.
Best Score: Moon.
Would also be happy to see Rosamund Pike get notices for An Education: in an often formulaic, by-numbers film, she is always refreshingly offbeat and interesting.
For Your Consideration:
Sin Nombre
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Cinematography
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(500) Days of Summer
Best Picture
Best Actor – Joseph Gordon Levitt
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Best Actor: Sharlto Copley “District 9″
Best actor – Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Best actress – Meryl Streep, J&J
Best supporting actor – Christopher W., Inglorious Basterds
Best supporting actress – Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Best director- Kathryn Bigelow, Hurt Locker
Best picture – kathryn Bigelow, Hurt Locker
Best adapted screenplay – Precious
Best original screenplay – (not sure yet)
Original Score – Where the wild things at
Hey, I mentioned in some comment my wish for Whishaw for supporting since otherwise I have my wishlist of winners in all the categories (comprised of Streep, a string of Single Man/Bright Star wins, and Potter for the techs reserved mainly for action films). Can’t think of any supporting actor otherwise I really feel like rooting for. And hey Christopher Plummer’s going to supporting…
I know it won’t be nominated, that it’s one of the decade’s best films that will inevitably become a classic in years to come, but Where the Wild Things Are for Best Picture.
For Your Consideration:
(it cut off the rest of my picks)
District 9
Best Picture
Best Actor
Best Visual Effects
500 Days of Summer
Best Picture
Best Actor
Best Screenplay
The Hurt Locker
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Original Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Inglorious Basterds
Best Supporting Actor
A Serious Man
Best Picture
Best Actor
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor
Best Original Screenplay
Best Editing
I am all for a nod to Michael Gambon for his work in the latest Harry Potter. But, I’m sorry, the score was beyond weak.
It has so far been a terrible year for movies – but one performance I loved which has been forgotten is Hugh Dancy in Adam.
Antichrist
best picture
best director – lars von trier
best actress – charlotte gainsbourg
best actor – willem dafoe
Bright Star for sure. I agree.
Carey Mulligan would be nice.
What about FISH TANK? Will that be out here soon? I saw it. It’s amazing. I’m about to go see MOON.
“Where the Wild Things Are” and “Inglorious Basterds,” please!
We’ve got to recognize the ones that will go down in history as 21st century masterpieces (unusual though each may be).
Also, it would be great to see “Away We Go” for screenplay and Maya Rudolph for Actress (which, for some reason, will never happen).
Maya Rudolph for Best Actress.
My long shots for nom’s:
Melanie Laurent (Ingl. Bast) – S. Actress
White Ribbon – Picture
Michael Haneke – Director
Charlotte Gainsbourg – L. Actress
Lars Von Trier – Director
For wins:
K. Bigelow (guys she’s no long shot, she is a lock). History in the making with this one.
J. Moore – S. Actress
S. Ronan – L. Actress
P. Jackson – Director
Lovely Bones – Picture
Best Picture:
Inglourious Basterds
Where the Wild Things Are
The Hangover
Best Director:
Pete Docter – Up
Quentin Tarantino – IB
Best Original Screenplay:
Away We Go
The Hangover
Inglourious Basterds
Paranormal Activity
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Where the Wild Things Are
Best Actor:
Brad Pitt – IB
Best Actress:
Maya Rudolph – Away We Go
Supporting Actor:
Paul Schneider – Bright Star
Supporting Actress:
Melanie Laurent – IB
ALL OF THE TECHS:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
My Long Shot Desires:
Best Picture: Bright Star, District 9
Best Actor: Sam Rockwell for Moon (why oh why can’t this happen??!!); Sharlto Copley for District 9; (& agree w/ the Whishaw nod here)
Best Actress: Tilda Swinton for Julia
Best Supporting Actor: James Gandolfini’s voice work in Where the Wild Things Are
Best Supporting Actress: Melanie Laurent for Inglourious Basterds (may not be as long of a shot as I think)
Definitely Christian McKay for Best Supporting Actor.
And Lluis Homar for Best Actor in Broken Embraces–fantastic.
So far
Kathryn Bigelow, director, The Hurt Locker
Sam Rockwell, actor, Moon
Richard Kind, supporting actor, A Serious Man
Christian Berger, cinematography, The White Ribbon
500 Days of Summer
BEST PICTURE!!!
BEST ACTRESS
BEST ACTOR
BEST SCREENPLAY
Where the Wild THings Are
BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR- Max Records
BEST SCORE
BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST FILM EDITING
Sugar
BEST SCREENPLAY
The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Julia
BEST ACTRESS
Away We Go
BEST ACTRESS
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Adventureland
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Moon
BEST ACTOR
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Bandslam
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
In the Loop
BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR(S)
Harry Potter
BEST PICTURE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Coraline
BEST SCORE
Big Fan
BEST ACTOR
Coco Before Chanel
BEST ACTRESS
A Serious Man
BEST ACTOR
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bright Star
BEST ACTOR
PS
John Malckovich – Best Supporting Actor
(The Great Buck Howard)
Sasha thanks for bringing up Whishaw. He is so overlooked in Bright Star and even though I am a fangirl and my opinion may be biased but the truth is that he is terrific in the film. I dont care about awards recognition (though it obviously helps), but I’d really like him to land some good projects which ensure that we get to see him more often. Being on stage is good and all, but I want more Whishaw in movies. He is so talented, so I am surprised that directors arent embracing him.
As an admirer of Keats and his poetry and having read many of his letters and biographies, I have to agree with Sasha that Whishaw was perfect as Keats. He managed to reveal Keats’ insecurities, warm-heart, and wittiness while also keeping the poet an enigma to viewers.
I also think Sam Rockwell deserves recognition for Moon. The whole movie depended on his acting, and he carried it out flawlessly.
I don’t think Abbie Cornish is a shoo-in. I think she is a dark horse as well. Loved her in Bright Star.
For Consideration:
Campion for Bright Star
Abbie Cornish, ditto
Ben Whishaw, ditto
Paul Schneider, ditto
ok, basically I want a whole bunch of noms for Bright Star
Sam Rockwell- Moon
500 Days of Summer- Screenplay
Adventureland-Screenplay
There are several but these are the ones I’m most passionate about.
IN THE LOOP: Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay!, Supporting Actor (Capaldi)
ANTICHRIST: Picture, Director, Actress (Gainsbourg), Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle)
BRONSON: Actor (Tom Hardy)
THE LIMITS OF CONTROL: Cinematography (Christopher Doyle)
IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS: Director (Terry Gilliam)
J.J. Abrams – Best Director – Star Trek
If Fish Tank had a domestic release date I’d be all about Katie Jarvis and Michael Fassbender getting in. Phenomenal performances in a wonderful little movie.
Right now I’m pulling for Tom Hardy in Bronson and Tahar Rahim in A Prophet to get Best Actor nods. Unlikely, but so deserving.
BEST PICTURE
Bright Star
The Hurt Locker
Where the Wild Things Are
BEST ACTOR
Jeremy Renner
Ben Whishaw
Michael Stuhlbarg
Sharlto Copley
BEST ACTRESS
Abbie Cornish
Shohreh Aghdashloo
SUP. ACTOR
Anthony Mackie
SCREENPLAY
Bright Star
The Hurt Locker
Where the Wild Things Are
Coraline
Michael Stuhlbarg, Best Actor; Sharlto Copley, Best Actor.
Marvin Hamlisch, Best Original Score (The Informant!) – and I feel like Matt Damon needs a little push for ‘The Informant!’, too, even though he is famous the movie is somewhat small and the academy is not generous with best actor/actress nominations for comedies.
Peter Capaldi for ‘In the Loop.’
FYC
BEST PICTURE:
District 9
Up
(500) Days of Summer
Inglorious Basterds
An Education
Bright Star
Where the Wild Things Are
Watchmen
A Serious Man
Willem Dafoe for Best Actor in “Antichrist”
Alison Lohman for Best Actress in “Drag Me To Hell”
Mélanie Laurent for “Best Supporting Actress” in “Inglourious Basterds”
Paul Schneider for “Best Supporting Actor” in “Bright Star”
Rosamund Pike for “Best Supporting Actress” in “An Education”
Shoreh Agdashloo, Best Actress, the Stoning of Soraya M.
BEST PICTURE
Public Enemies
BEST DIRECTOR
Michael Mann – Public Enemies
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Moon
BEST ACTOR
Sharlto Copley – District 9
Matt Damon – The Informant!
Michael Sheen – The Damned United
Joaquin Phoenix – Two Lovers
Sam Rockwell – Moon
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Rupert Friend – The Young Victoria
Joaquin Phoenix for Best Actor in “Two Lovers”
Inglourious Basterds for BP, BD, BS & Supporting Actor/Actress (Waltz/Laurent)
Joseph Gordon Levitt for Best Actor in “(500) Days Of Summer”
“Samson And Delilah” for Best Foreign Film
“Up” for Best Picture
(500) Days of Summer was the best movie I saw this year. I would love to see it nominated for Best picture and particularly for Best Screenplay. And would love nominations for Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel as Best actor and actress.
Melanie Lyskey as best supp actress for Away We Go would be awesome. And Rosamund Pike in the same category for An Education, she was so brilliant.
is kathreyn bigelow really a longshot? i thought she would be a lock.
best picture
precious
district 9
bright star
an education
inglourious basterds
agora
best director
tarantino
amenabar
jason reitman
best cinematography
roger deakins (i hope he will win this time)
best documentry
capitalism: A love story
best original screenplay
the hurt locker
best adapted screenplay
Where the wild things are
best actor
ben whishaw
johnny depp
morgan freeman
colin firth
best supporting actor
christopher waltz
best actress
carey mulligan
audrey tautou
meryl streep
julianne moore
best supporting actress
cara seymour
foreign language film
white wedding
an animation
up
best visual effect,costume design
harry potter and the half blood prince
best sound,sound mixing
transformers
star trek
best art director
nine
harry potter and the half blood prince
agora
song
nine
i hope academy will intive scorsese,woody allen,tim burton,julia roberts,gary oldman,gael garcia bernal,even rachel wood,daniel radcliffe,marion cotillard,eva green,javier bardem and helena bonham carter.we will want see real movie stars this time please academy members.
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:
CHERI
* Best Picture
* Best actress¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Michelle Pffeifer¡¡¡¡ Terrific and Breathtaking
* Best Supporting Actress: Kathy Bates
* Best adapted screenplay: Christopher Hampton
* Best costumes: Consolata Boyle
* Best Original Score: Alexander Desplat
* Best Cinematography: Darius Khondji
* Best Art Direction: Alan Mc Donald
A Single Man:
* Best actor: Colin Firth
* Best supporting actress: Julianne Moore
would love to see bright star in the major categories. i’m not in the US- what is the buzz and how heavily are they advertising it??
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – PENÉLOPE CRUZ (’NINE’)!!!
Inglorious Basterds across the board – Pic, Dir, Scr, Supporting Actor for Wentz and Pitt, Supporting Actress for Melanie Laurent, etc etc.
I also feel strongly about A Serious Man.
Costume Design for Bright Star, but that isn’t a dark horse.
Out of what I’ve seen up till now, here’s my FYCs:
The Brothers Bloom for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design and Best Supporting Actress (Rachel Weisz)
Trucker for Best Actress (Michelle Monaghan) and Best Supporting Actor (Jimmy Bennett)
Moon for Best Actor (Sam Rockwell) and Best Score (Clint Mansell)
Big Fan for Best Supporting Actor (Kevin Corrigan)
Is Anybody There? for Best Actor (Michael Caine)
Antichrist for Best Cinematography
In The Loop for Best Original Screenplay (or is it technically adapted?)
Adventureland for Best Original Screenplay
District 9 for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor (Sharlto Copley)
Black Dynamite for Best Original Score (Adrian Younge)
I decided not to mention Where The Wild Things Are, A Serious Man, The Hurt Locker, Up and Inglourious Basterds because I feel like all of those are already being “considered” so to speak. But I feel all of those movies are deserving of a Best Picture nomination, for the record.
anything at all for Star Trek – too good to be completely overlooked. Same for Harry Potter.
Surprised to be posting that I am rooting for Invictus now. It could be an international sensation. Warner is great worldwide and quite under-rated as an Oscar player.
Best Picture – District 9, Hurt Locker, Moon, Up
Best director – Katherine Big or Neil Blockamp
Best actor – Sam Rockwell, Sharlto Copley
Best sup. actor – Michael Gambon
Best cinematography – Harry Potter 6, The Hurt Locker
Best score – Up, Harry Potter 6, Moon
These are what I want to happen that aren’t entirely likely
Best Picture
(500) Days of Summer
Where the Wild Things Are
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Neil Blomkamp, District 9
Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are
Marc Webb, (500) Days of Summer
Best Actor
Sharlton Copley, District 9
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer
Max Records, Where the Wild Things Are
Ben Whishaw, Bright Star
Best Actress
Amy Adams, Sunshine Cleaning
Katie Featherson, Paranormal Activity
Paulina Gaitan, Sin Nombre
Best Supporting Actor
Jim Broadbent, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Peter Capaldi, In the Loop
Zack Galifanakis, The Hangover
John Travolta, The Taking of Pelham 123
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Emily Blunt, Sunshine Cleaning
Rachel Weisz, The Brothers Bloom
Best Original Screenplay
(500) Days of Summer (this is the most likely on my list, I think)
Duplicity
Sunshine Cleaning
Zombieland
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bruno
In the Loop (this is adapted, right?)
Star Trek
Where the Wild Things Are
Every Little Step for Best Documentary
Cheri for Best Original Score
Where the Wild Things Are for Best Original Score
“Dove of Peace” from Bruno for Best Original Song
“Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea” for Best Original Song
The Brothers Bloom for Best Costume Design
Terminator Salvation for Best Visual Effects
I’m all for the HP6 nominations. I think it deserves several, but here are the others:
BRIGHT STAR
-Best Picture
-Director (Campion)
-Actor (Whishaw)
-Actress (Cornish, which should be no problem)
-Original Screenplay (Campion)
-Cinematography (gorgeous)
-Costume Design
-Music Score (best score I’ve heard so far)
HURT LOCKER
-Best Picture
-Director (Bigelow) > 2 female directors in 1 year!!
-Actor (Renner)
-Supporting Actor (Mackie)
-Original Screenplay (Boal)
-Cinematography
-Editing
HP6:
-Art Direction
-Cinemtography
-Costume Design
-Music Score
-Sound
-Sound Editing
-Visuals
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS:
-Director (Tarantino)
-Original Screenplay (Tarantino)
-Cinematography (that opening shot alone was great)
-Film Editing
A little late to the party, but…
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Schneider, Bright Star and Billy Crudup, Public Enemies
Best Animated Feature: 9
Best Picture: 500 Days of Summer
Best Actor: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Best Actesss: Zooey Deschanel
I would love to see A Single Man get nominated across the board (Film, Director, Actor, Sup Actress, loads of techs esp. art direction, costume and coinematography).
I’d also like to see The White Ribbon and Lebanon both pick up tech noms (esp cinematography, but also sound for the latter). Samson and Delilah and the White Ribbon for Foreign language film.
I second Rosamund Pike for a sup actress nom, and a cinematography nod for AntiChrist
Chris Price: It’s adapted since it’s a spin-off from on a TV show. I really hope it gets nominated. As long as IFC gets behind it in the FYC ads, it should stand a chance as it will surely get BAFTA and Golden Globe recognition (Hollywood Foreign Press).
Lance Acord, Cinematography, Where the Wild Things Are
Michael Stuhlbarg, Actor, A Serious Man
Fred Melamed, Supporting Actor, A Serious Man
District 9, Best Visual Effects
Best Picture
Up
The Hurt Locker
(500) Days of Summer
Where the Wild Things Are
Inglorious Basterds
Best Actor
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Max Records – Where the Wild Things Are
Joseph Gordon Leavitt – (500) Days of Summer
Best Actress
Amy Adams – Sunshine Cleaning
Best Supporting Actor
Peter Capaldi – In the Loop
Best Supporting Actress
Mimi Kennedy – In the Loop
BEST PICTURE: A Serious Man, Up, District 9
BEST DIRECTOR: Neil Blomkamp, Kathryn Bigelow
BEST ACTOR: Sharlto Copley for DISTRICT 9, Sam Rockwell for MOON, Michael Stuhlbarg for A SERIOUS MAN
BEST ACTRESS: Carey Mulligan for AN EDUCATION
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Micheal Gambon or Jim Broadbent for HARRY POTTER AND HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anna Kendrick for UP IN TEH AIR
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, A Serious Man
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, Moon
BEST EDITING: Star Trek, District 9
BEST SOUND MIXING: District 9, Star Trek, Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, Up
BEST SOUND EDITING: Up, District 9
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Star Trek, Dstrict 9, Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince
My choice would be…
Zooey Deschanel in “(500) Days of Summer” for “Best Actress”
Lluis Homar in “Broken Embraces” for “Best Actor”
Here are some BIG long shots;
Picture: The White Ribbon
Where the Wild Things Are
Director: Lars Von Trier, Antichrist
Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon
Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are
Actor: Sharlto Copley, District 9
Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist
Supporting Actor: Peter Calpadi, In the Loop
Jackie Earl Haley, Watchmen
Supporting Actress: Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Original Screenplay: The White Ribbon
Adapted Screenplay: In the Loop
I originally thought Abbie Cornish was a long shot, but now I’m starting to think not.
With Hilary Swank out of the picture, Cornish’s chances are better.
She actually got to meet Tarantino in an elevator and he loved Bright Star:
“When I was in Cannes, I got into an elevator, and Quentin was in there. He’s such a great director, and I’ve loved so many of his films, that I had to introduce myself to him.
I said, “Quentin, my name’s Abbie. I think you’re a great director, and I just wanted to introduce myself to you.” And he shook my hand, and we made some conversation, and he’s like, “What are you here for?” I said, “I’m here for a little film I did with Jane Campion called ‘Bright Star,’” and his eyes just lit up and his arms started going. He’d literally just come from a screening, and he was so excited about this movie. I’ll never forget that moment.”
It’s a testament to her performance that Tarantino didn’t recognize her!
Bright Star looks like a certainty in QT’s Oscar ballot. It may just sneak into top 10 with some British loving.
Hugh Dancy for best actor for sure for his role in Adam, his performance is superb
is this No Guts No Glory or what??
Anvil! The Story of Anvil! to win documentary!
PLEASE!
Imagine inviting the Anvil boys on stage to share this vindicating moment. (of sorts)
A great way to honor them, this moving film, and also to show that the academy isn’t predisposed to select only sombre and gravely serious topics for their awards!!!!!!!
actress = Swinton in Julia and Paltrow in Two Lovers
supporting = Broadbent from Young Victoria
Miranda Richardson from Young Victoria
all four stars of The Last Station, once we figure out who’s lead and who’s supporting
Zooey Deschanel for (500) Days of Summer
(500) Days of Summer for Picture & Screenplay
Melanie Laurent for Inglourious Basterds
Where the Wild Things Are for Picture, Screenplay, and across the board in the tech categories, but particularly Cinematography, Art Direction, Score & Song(!!!)
Not-Sure-Things For Your Consideration:
BEST PICTURE: Bright Star, Up, District 9
BEST ACTOR: Jeremy Renner, Sharlto Copley, Ben Whishaw
BEST ACTRESS: Renee Zellweger (My One and Only)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Where the Wild Things Are
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: My One and Only
For Your Consideration:
Best Picture: Inglourous Basterds, The White Ribbon
Best Actor: Hal Holbrook, Joesph Gordon-Levitt
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Sarsgaard, Anthony Mackie, James Gandolfini
Best Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel
Best Screenplay-Original: 500 Days of Summer
Best Director: Michael Haneke
I will be happy with great responses to Bright Star, Lovely Bones, Avatar and A Single Man. Someone please tell me how District 9 and Hurt Locker are managing to get so much credit. Mundane and mediocre movies that I feel confident the Academy members will not acknowledge.
BEST PICTURE
Antichrist
This Is It
Inglorious Basterds
Where the Wild Things Are
BEST DIRECTOR
Lars Von Trier – Antichrist
Queinten – IB
Spike Jonez – Where the Wild Things Are
BEST ACTOR
Willem Dafoe – Antichrist
Joseph Gordon Leavitt – 500 Days
Max Records – Where the Wild Things Are
BEST ACTRESS
Charlotte Gainsbourg – Antichrist
Maria Bello – Downloading Nancy
Maya Rudolph – Away We Go
Tilda Swinton – Julia
BEST S. ACTOR
Brad Pitt – IB
Jason Patrick – Downloading Nancy
BEST S. ACTRESS
Kate Del Castillo – Julia
Melanie Laurent – IB
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Antichrist
Tilda Swinton for Julia is the only one I’d be really thrilled about.
Moon – Best Picture
Adventureland – Best Picture
The Brothers Bloom – Best Picture
Sam Rockwell (Moon) – Best Actor
Kristen Stewart (Adventureland) – Best Actress
Martin Starr (Adventureland) – Best Supporting Actor
Paranormal Activity – Best Visual Effects
BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth
Hal Holbrook
Jeremy Renner
Sam Rockwell
Viggo Mortensen
BEST ACTRESS
Gabby Sidibe
Carey Mulligan
Abbie Cornish
“I Killed My Mother”, from Canada
“The White Ribbon”, from Germany
Best Foreign Language Film
Swinton is brilliant – and in a real different role – in “Julia”.
But the movie…
Anyway, she deserves… always!
“Brothers”
Picture
Director: Jim Sheridan
Actor:Jake Gyllenhaal
Supp Actor: Tobey Maguire
Supp Actress: Natalie Portman
(Maybe Screenplay)
“Two Lovers”
Picture
Director: James Gray
Actor: Joaquin Phoenix
Actress (better leading than Supp): Gwyneth Paltrow
Screenplay
“Away We Go”
Picture
Director: Sam Mendes
Supp Actress: Maggie Gyllenhaal e Allison Jenney
Screenplay
I forgot to add Joaquin Phoenix for TWO LOVERS to my list. Definitely one of my favorite performances of the year.
That’s a real NGNG pick though.
Paul Schneider for Bright Star–just saw it last night, and it was a great film all around.
Up for editing–just for that opening sequence alone.
I don’t know if this will released in the US, but Patricia Clarkson in Cairo Time–she was quietly powerful.
Where the Wild Things Are for Special Effects and for Art Direction
I think a lot of the others that have already been mentioned aren’t quite as long-shotty as people think. It would be cool to see 3 women (Campion, Scherfig, Bigelow) and one out African American man (Daniels) nominated for director, though.
I say Inglorious Basterds could go for Best Picture, Best Director, best original screenplay and possibly even an actor or actress nomination in the supporting category. Christopher Waltz should get the best supporting actor nomination for sure. I also loved Brad Pitt’s role, but just do not think that he has a chance for an oscar with it. Hopefully one day he will get his chance because he has been in a number of really well done movies in the past few years and done an amazing job in all of them
Have to agree with the Phoenix love for Two Lovers, one of the small gems of 2009.
Samson and Delilah for Best Foreign Language; Mary and Max for Animated Feature.
It´s true, Phoenix´s work in “Two Lovers” is one of strongest performances by an actor in 2009.
But we can´t forget Paltrow.
She´s amazing too.
Both are brilliant and deserve their noms.
And the picture and director too.
I loved Two Lovers, but if I’m not mistaken it was released thru On Demand the same day it was released in theaters, which disqualifies it from the Oscars. Actually I also remember it playing for a week out here in LA back in December ‘08 to qualify it for last year’s Oscars, it just didn’t make the cut. That said, its a great film and all three leads are fantastic.
Thank you Bobo (post #74) for remembering Hugh Dancy in “Adam”. GREAT PERFORMANCE.
Longshots that would be nice…
Best Picture: DISTRICT9, STAR TREK, or THE HANGOVER. Hey, Oscar! The reason you were stretched to 10 slots was to get something in that people saw and liked. There has oft been room for this sort of thing, but admittedly, the Top 10 grossing films of the year recently have not exactly been chock full of classics. I assume UP is in, but it would be nice if you had room for one of these three. Sure, you’ll take some shit over it, but these three are going to be well-liked and watched movies for a long time. So, you’ll look good in the long run.
Best Actress: Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan) Or maybe she goes in the Supporting slot, whatever. If an 11-year-old kid can turn a gimmick into a 3-dimensional ________ and actually make that twist plausible, she deserves to go to the Kodak theatre.
Best Supporting Actor: the Zachs. Quinto made a Vulcan into the most emotionally complex character in his movie while Mr. Galifianakis made a pervert into a hero everyone rooted for. Good job.
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