Hugo and The Artist lead the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards with 11 nominations each.
BEST PICTURE
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
BEST ACTOR
George Clooney – “The Descendants”
Leonardo DiCaprio – “J. Edgar”
Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
Michael Fassbender – “Shame”
Ryan Gosling – “Drive”
Brad Pitt – “Moneyball”
BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis – “The Help”
Elizabeth Olsen – “Martha Marcy May Marlene”
Meryl Streep – “The Iron Lady”
Tilda Swinton – “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Charlize Theron – “Young Adult”
Michelle Williams – “My Week With Marilyn”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh – “My Week With Marilyn”
Albert Brooks – “Drive”
Nick Nolte – “Warrior”
Patton Oswalt – “Young Adult”
Christopher Plummer – “Beginners”
Andrew Serkis – “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo – “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain – “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy – “Bridesmaids”
Carey Mulligan – “Shame”
Octavia Spencer – “The Help”
Shailene Woodley – “The Descendants”
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Asa Butterfield – “Hugo”
Elle Fanning – “Super 8”
Thomas Horn – “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Ezra Miller – “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Saoirse Ronan – “Hanna”
Shailene Woodley – “The Descendants”
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March
BEST DIRECTOR
Stephen Daldry – “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Michel Hazanavicius – “The Artist”
Alexander Payne – “The Descendants”
Nicolas Winding Refn – “Drive”
Martin Scorsese – “Hugo”
Steven Spielberg – “War Horse”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“The Artist” – Michel Hazanavicius
“50/50” – Will Reiser
“Midnight in Paris” – Woody Allen
“Win Win” – Screenplay by Tom McCarthy, Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni
“Young Adult” – Diablo Cody
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“The Descendants” – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” – Eric Roth
“The Help” – Tate Taylor
“Hugo” – John Logan
“Moneyball” – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Artist” – Guillaume Schiffman
“Drive” – Newton Thomas Sigel
“Hugo” – Robert Richardson
“The Tree of Life” – Emmanuel Lubezki
“War Horse” – Janusz Kaminski
BEST ART DIRECTION
“The Artist” – Production Designer: Laurence Bennett, Art Director: Gregory S. Hooper
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” – Production Designer: Stuart Craig, Set Decorator: Stephenie McMillan
“Hugo” – Production Designer: Dante Ferretti, Set Decorator: Francesca Lo Schiavo
“The Tree of Life” – Production Designer: Jack Fisk, Art Director: David Crank
“War Horse” – Production Designer: Rick Carter, Set Decorator: Lee Sandales
BEST EDITING
“The Artist” – Michel Hazanavicius and Anne-Sophie Bion
“Drive” – Matthew Newman
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
“Hugo” – Thelma Schoonmaker
“War Horse” – Michael Kahn
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“The Artist” – Mark Bridges
“The Help” – Sharen Davis
“Hugo” – Sandy Powell
“Jane Eyre” – Michael O’Connor
“My Week With Marilyn” – Jill Taylor
BEST MAKEUP
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady
J. Edgar
My Week With Marilyn
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
The Tree of Life
BEST SOUND
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Super 8
The Tree of Life
War Horse
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Drive
Fast Five
Hanna
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
BEST COMEDY
Bridesmaids
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Horrible Bosses
Midnight in Paris
The Muppets
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
In Darkness
Le Havre
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Where Do We Go Now
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Buck
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Project Nim
Undefeated
BEST SONG
“Hello Hello” – performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga/written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin – Gnomeo & Juliet
“Life’s a Happy Song” – performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
“The Living Proof” – performed by Mary J. Blige/written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman and Harvey Mason, Jr. – The Help
“Man or Muppet” – performed by Jason Segel and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
“Pictures in My Head” – performed by Kermit and the Muppets/written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman – The Muppets
BEST SCORE
“The Artist” – Ludovic Bource
“Drive” – Cliff Martinez
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
“Hugo” – Howard Shore
“War Horse” – John Williams
@Rufussondheim, don’t call my friend Tess a drama queen. Why can’t you let people say their piece in peace? Do you have to counter every single post of hers with mockery? Learn how to respect other people’s opinions and commentary that is different from your own. A lot of people are very upset and dissatisfied with the awards race lineup and will not be involved this year. Many people think it is a mess, including people in entertainment industry circles and I have heard many actors complain as well. I also think 2011 will go down in infamy when people realized the snubs and why two movies specifically dominated when it is about the timing issue of the nomination annoucements and traction game. I know this will be my final remark until the Oscar nominations.
Tess, stop being such a drama queen. You’ll be back, you know it, we all know it.
Yes! I am so happy for Hugo and Drive! Also for Olsen, Leo, and Serkis!
I don’t see the GG’s or Guilds’ deviating from this line-up too much.
I can already predict how this will go. The nominations are all over the place but there are definitely three or four movies that are being favored which will have most of the wins. I think this will probably the weakest and worst race ever. I can only see the BAFTA’s possibly shaking things up.
I’m tuning out this year. Such lazy picks and absurd snubs. None of my pals will participate in discussion. I might just tune in to watch the Oscars because it is a tradition for me but that is it. This is devastating for me, considering I participate every year and usually become quite invested. Just UGH!!!
I feel sorry for us cinemaphiles this year. What astounds me is how the award race had the potential to be so much better and cater to alot of different tastes. I hope this mess changes the timeframe of the awards race next year. They better not push it back further to the beginning of Dec or end of November in 2012. I am going to miss my analyzing. One of my passions just had the life sucked out of it. So depressing.
This will probably be my final post until the actual Oscars. I just had to vent. I am not the only one who is not satisfied with this list.
Such hogwash.
My friends and I are officially boycotting the awards race this year.
This is the crapshoot that happens when these precursors choose to push back the announcements of nominations stupidly to the second week of December which prevents many films, studios, and actors the opportunity to campaign properly or for other movies to gain traction. December used to be the key campaign month and should have been used until the end to evaluate the movies properly instead of jumping on movies that started their media campaign earlier. I’m not interested in The Artist/The Descendents/Drive three-horse race.
The snubs in the acting categories are just mind-boggling. I can’t take even half of these nominations seriously. If they only had the appropriate timeframe to analyze and compare the 2011 movies that each had the chance to build a good campaign, I know the nominations would be wildly different. This awards race has turned into a joke.
It could have been the strongest year but the awards boards have set the most mediocre line-up I have seen. I already know tons of people who are upset and have lost interest. There will be many cinemaphiles tuning out. It is just a downward spiral for me, especially compared to last year. Bullshit.
Rufus, I was saying the same thing in my response to Scott: it’s perfectly logical that the combined highest-rated movie might not be nominated. It’s the difference between combining everyone’s rating and actually asking them to vote on their favorite film. A film that everyone rates #2 but no one rates #1 will have a very high score without getting many/any noms….
Whoah, rufussondheim, completely agree. Critics can be just like you and me when you come down to it. The only thing that makes a critic truly interesting is his love of a subject, his writing, and his willingness to probe his own dislikes and likes in an informative, revealing way. This is how he/she brings light to us, the audience. It’s certainly true that some films are more compelling to us immediately while others take time to make an impression. That’s why so many trifling films get higher ratings than something more daunting.
maybe because certain films face lower expectations, and the reviews reflect that.
In other words, some reviews are more glowing simply because the film was less ambitious and it was easier to achieve its goals. And some films, because they are lightweight, don’t get negative reviews simply because “entertainment,” while not easy to achieve, is more universal than more challenging works.
In even more words, films that take risks offer more rewards, but also those risks don’t work for everyone (otherwise they wouldn’t be risks.) The reviews from those who thought the risks failed bring down the overall average.
This isn’t rocket science people. For supposedly “logical” people, you sure don’t know how to use logic.
Scott, the year SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE won with a score of 92, THE DARK KNIGHT had a 96. They don’t seem to feel the need to match up.
And whoever compared something like Fast Five to Drive, obviously has NOT seen Drive. Nordic directors (also Tinker Tailor) bring it.
H FOREIGN PA will nominate Madonna even. I know a couple of people here personally. ALL the women loved Madonna’s film (men hated it) and – more importantly – the after parties. Moneyball will also do well with GG. Just so you know.
I also think DiCaprio can overcome being in a bad film to get a de-facto nomination for such buzzed-about work in a Clint Eastwood biopic. Glenn Close? Maybe not because it’s so tiny and unsexy. (And forget Michelle playing MM — who doesn’t want Charlize Theron on the red carpet? Or maybe an ingenue.)
I actually loved McCarthy and would love to see her get nominated too. But I’m not counting on it…and you know what? I actually thought the best performance overall in Bridesmaids was still Kristen Wiig. At the end of the day, she WAS the film. McCarthy was a scene-stealer and had some of the funniest bits, though, so I can understand why she’d make a splash in the supporting race…at least with critics. If she gets a SAG nomination (and I expect a GG nod), then maybe I’ll buy it. On the other hand, I agree it’s a stretch when Galifianakis didn’t get nominated. To be honest, though, Bridesmaids is MUCH stronger than The Hangover.
Thrilled for DiCaprio and Gosling though doubtful they’ll make it to the final lap (oscar, etc.). DiCaprio’s chief crime here is being in a film that was so polarizing and disliked by so many and yet it’s most definitely some of his best work ever… just brilliant. Oldman is fine in his film but going by some critics overstates his understatedness. I’d rather see him win for something where he went over the top, personally. That’s always been his best card, imo. No one can be more entertaining or daring than he is when that happens. I think most people have such affection for him that they’d rather see him win for anything at this point, deserving or not. Shannon is also brilliant and I don’t doubt will score the big one someday, somewhere. Gosling isn’t quite there yet but probably will be. He’s too cool and charismatic not to be. Didn’t think he did anything particularly special in Ides but he was onto something iconic in Drive. Close is in a small film playing an extremely understated role, so she can’t match the fireworks of Streep, Williams, or Mara. She may get an oscar nod, though, out of affection more than anything else.
But why is this comment not posting?
ROFL, I saw this on HarryPotterForum-
Thoughts of the BFCA:
“So Potter has the highest score of 93. Nomination right there, correct?”
“No no no no, see, that would make sense to give the highest rated movie a film nomination. But here at the BFCA, we like to shove dildos up our assholes and out of our mouths. Then we proceed to rub each other in peanut butter and play twister naked. Finally, we spend the rest of the night playing the waffle game.”
“….How the fuck does that have anything to do with not nominating the highest rated movie?’
“Oh, nothing at all. We just fucking hate Harry Potter.”
For fuck sakes, I’m no troll!
Hahahaha!!!! Scott!!!! I shouldn´t be feeding the troll but now THAT was reallyyyyyy funnyyyyy!!!!!:)
Oh, that should have been in quotes too.
And WTF that even Fast Five is nominated for Best Action Movie and not DH2… seriously, i think some Twilight fan give some money to the critics to shit on the film
I know HP is facing an uphill battle, but I have a feeling the Golden Globes will give it some much deserved love as a possible ratings ploy.
Drive and Hugo!!!! But no Shame…. dang it! At least Michael Fassbender got nominated! And go Andy Serkis.
I just love all the love that Drive has received. I would love that the Academy would recogize Drive just like BFCA did today. I’ll keep my fingers crossed!
@Scott: “I guess I just thought for once that logic would prevail over bias, politics, and the usual crap that surrounds award season.”
I doubt very much that critics groups pay attention to their own *combined* scores when picking best film.
Here’s the logic behind that: if everyone likes HP well enough, it will get a high score, even if NONE of the critics who gave it a good review think of it as an award-worthy film. It’s like having a film that everyone thinks is a good #3, but no one takes seriously as #1: it will rank high in the combined ranking, but be missing in the vote totals.
So it’s perfectly logical that the highest-ranked movie of the year is no one’s choice for Best Pic.
I agree with Jonathan. This is really disappointing for Harry Potter. I mean, come on.
I know I shouldn’t be surprised that Potter got snubbed by BFCA, but I’m still a little ticked. How the hell does a movie like “The Help”, (which is this season’s “Crash”) make the list, but Harry Potter gets short-shifted to technicals? It’s one of the best-reviewed movies of the year, became the 3rd highest grossing film of all time, internationally speaking…and nothing.
Memo to the Academy: You think there was an uproar when “The Dark Knight” got snubbed for Best Picture in 08? Just wait until Potter-nation starts hollering when they find out the you gave last last movie in legendary franchise the cold shoulder, yet again.
This list (which is pretty much the same list we see popping up everywhere) is sorely lacking some edge…last year The Social Network, Black Swan, True Grit & The Fighter brought out the knives. This year, even Tree of Life (which I love) is pretty PG (is it actually PG?). It’s too bad they seem to be brushing aside Dragon Tattoo.
I still don’t think the nomination for Warrior will hold up. Sure Nick Nolte was great in that film, but again it could be like Sam Rockwell last year for Conviction.
I am so incredibly happy that Leonardo DiCaprio, Nick Nolte and George Harrison: Living in the Material World were all recognized.
More than anything, hooray for Hugo, the year’s best film!
A total Glenn Close snub: Actress, Script, Song… HMmmm
I don’t know about you… but the snub that I found the most outrageous was Alexander Desplat. How could they leave out a guy who composed in the same year Harry Potter, ELIC, Tree of Life and The Ides of March.
Not considering John Williams or Morricone, which are the 2 best of all time for me, Desplat is the best working composer for me.
Anyone leaving off The Tree of Life of their best pic predictions is being foolish in my opinion. Hollywood is not filled with a bunch of idiots. It’s just mostly full. 25% of Hollywood is smart and they will be voting for Tree of Life. And that will be enough.
HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT? THERE IS NO 5% THRESHOLD!!!!!!!!!!
IT’S A 9.1919191919191919191919% THRESHOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Critics aren’t members of the Academy. It’s that simple. And there is a GREAT reservoir of love and respect for G. Close.
And Vanessa and Oldman are Brits…And when the British voting block votes you can be assured they very well may be in.
Who’s out? SHOCKED not to see critical love for TGWTDT!!! If ANYbody was going to love it, it was this group!
Lack of buzz from the embargo??? Scott Rudin trips up again.
He knows how to win Tonys(Book of Mormon) but not Oscars, it seems.
PROVE ME WRONG THIS YEAR, SCOTT!
To be totally fair and factual, Stephen — of course Scott Rudin has won an Oscar of his very own, for producing No Country for Old Men.
I think Melick is much more likely to be nominated than the film itself. Chances of winning none, but nomination likely.
Although I have my concerns about Tree of Life, I start to doubt it won’t get the 5% and Midnight In Paris will.
No Gary Oldman (B. Actor)?
No Vanessa Redgrave (B.S. Actress)?
No Glenn Close (B Actress)?
No Max Von Sydow (B.S. Actor)?
No Alexandre Desplat (B. Score (for any film he did – his output was incredible amount of great film music this year)?
No Emmanuel Lubezki (B. Cinematography – Harry Potter)
No Lisy Christl (B. Costume Design – Anonymous)
The only refreshing part of their list is putting Nick Nolte in there in supporting. Good for him. Nice to see him getting some attention.
I am sorry that Gary Oldman is not in this list as I am about Vanessa Redgrave. But i have a feeling that Leo will not make it at the Oscar!
When will the AD staff admit that “Tree of Life” is very likely to receive a BP nom?
When will the AD staff admit that “Tree of Life” is very likely to receive a BP nom?
speaking for myself, trying not jinx any movie that might be on the bubble.
nothing is more counterproductive than trying to force-feed a polarizing movie to someone.
You all mean Fast (Drive) Five, right? Wtf is the obsession with this car heist flick?
I am convinced ,there is a general bias against Oldman. Nothing more too add ,this snubbery is just ridiculous.It´s not even worth to write about it and Gary you are in good company if this is a help .I hoped that it will change with all the permises .Every other actor would be a lock ,but for Oldman applies other laws it seems and it never occured clearer to me .He got rave reviews from critics ( did they lie ? ) ,Metacritic score 89 ,fresh at RT, Huge success in Britain ,great success in limited release ….shall I go on -oh many of the so called young great actors see him as a idol .
Well they hate him and I will accept it .It seems a restrained performance is not as worthy as a crying and showy one.
Please stop with all the praise for him in word it´s not belivable if there is no physical proof finally .
Sorry:( but Hp is NOT this years Dark Knight…
I’m having Social Network feelings coming from Tha Artist. And King’s Speech feelings coming from Hugo. Not talking about the quality of each of those because I haven’t seen neither but in terms of what I think will happen during Awards Season.
I’m annoyed by this strange love for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close… Well, it’s not like it’s going to be Oscar nominated. Only Von Sydow, that’s all.
I love the love for Serkis. Dreaming doesn’t cost a thing does it?
Mulligan is also refreshing. I wonder if she can actually make it to Oscar night as a nominee… Fassbender is a lock now by the way.
Where is Vanessa Redgrave? Nominating McCarthy over her is awful.
Best actress category is missing Close. I think she will get nominated á la Laura Linney (no prior noms in the year and then Oscar nominated).
Song: the muppets
Ensemble: the artist
AHarry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 is this years the dark knight.
Predictions
bp: the artist
Bd: michel hazanavicius
Actor: brad pitt for moneyball
Actress: michelle williams for mwwm
S. Actor:brad albert brooks
S. Actress: shailene woodley
Young actor: shailene woodley
Os: 50/50
As: the descendants
Action movie: drive
Comedy movie: bridesmaids
Art direction: harry potter
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Costume design: jane eyre
Film editing: the artist
Score: the artist
Make up: harry potter
visual effects:harry potter
CinemaTography: the tree of life
sound: harrypotter
Animated feature: rango
Documentary: buck
Foreign film: a seperation
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I wouldn’t read into the exact order of them. It’s not like they are updated daily
I’m not saying it’s a list of the Oscar predictions but the order of the films is from the most likely to receive a not to the least likely. This is pretty clear to me. And TGWDD and TTSS are not in front of Drive or Midnight In Paris in front of The Help for me.
Its just a list of films to keep an eye on. Not predictions. It is intentionally very broad
For me this list considers films more likely to receive an OSCAR nod (from the more likely to the least likely). If it’s not that, I quite don’t get it.
JP. The Contender Tracker is not a list of predictions
For me, it looks right now In Contention has got the predictions right: 8 films.
The Artist
The Descendtants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Moneyball
Midnight In Paris
War Horse
Still in doubt about Midnight In Paris. I find tough to imagine it getting the 5%.
There are many problems with the list here at Awards Daily:
The Artist+++*
Hugo+**
The Descendants+**
War Horse***
Moneyball**
Tree of Life***
Midnight in Paris**
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close*
The Help**
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Drive**
J Edgar**
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2*
The Ides of March*
Margin Call
Tinker Taylor (it has hardly NONE mention in any of these awards, even Oldman is in trouble and I’m saying this for weeks… in one of those posts about this films I wrote about this and I was criticized) and Dragon Tattoo are not in front of Drive… and Midnight In Paris is still a lot more vulnerable than ELIC and The Help.
TTSS shut out.
At this point it is:
Artist VS Hugo
Hazanavicius VS Scorcese
Dujardin VS Clooney VS Pitt
Streep VS Williams
Plummer VS Brooks
Spencer VS Chastain (Personally hope McCarthy takes it!!)
@Pierre I understand that. I know that the movie was personal for Scorcese and it’s about much more than preserving films but it was the overarching theme in the movie for me.
Not all great performances can be nominated. And McCarthy IS deserving of being nominated. She was great in Bridesmaids and does give one of the best supporting female performances this year. Also giving one of the best was Carey Mulligan in Drive, but she’ll get nominated for Shame, which I’m assuming she’s even better in and as long as she’s nominated for something I’ll be happy. I prefer it to be Shame though because the more nominations it gets the more theaters will consider playing it. It needs all of the help it can get to overcome this NC-17 rating.
Macy, I can still see Oldman at SAGS,Globes,BAFTAS, and Oscars..Serkis might make it to the first two but his Oscar path is uphill…as for HP,BAFTAS will nominate it in various categories… Scott,they did give HP an honorary award but if you can recall,only ONE of the seven previous entries won one…out of 28 nominations in all,only GOF won in production design ( excluding Audiences Awards )…
Glenn Close…. *sigh*
I save my last hope for the GG. Although the Drama spots are extremely crowded with Meryl, Viola, Tilda and possebly Olsen and Mara.
But at the moment, I’m happy with the snubbs of SaBu and Cars 2. Hopefully it goes that way.
Mermon, I really enjoyed Source Code but I wouldn’t say it’s worthy of many awards, especially not in the acting categories. Maybe Best Action and some technical categories.
It’s a shame that the awesome Hanna score is being overlooked this season. But really I don’t have much to complain about at this point. Hopefully the Globes are this good.
The Brooks and Plummer competition continues. Brooks just won another critics award. It’s a minor one, but his name is showing up everywhere. Can we just lock these two already?
There’s many things to be thankful for…the overwhelming presence of Drive, Ryan Gosling, Swinton, Fassbender/Mulligan, Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Olsen…
…but I swear if Melissa McCarthy gets an Oscar nomination for shitting in a sink over Vanessa Redgrave who’s acting her ass off in Coriolanus…I’m going to break some shit.
@Macy – yes its possible for a film to be nominated for best picture without the acting/writing/directing trio BUT it is very unlikely. Lord of the Rings: Two Towers is the only one that comes to mind.
What about Source Code, Jake Gyllenhaal, Duncan Jones, Vera Farmiga? Not even one nomination?!!! A shame!
Question: Can a film be nominated for Best Pic at the Oscars without receiving a nomination for directing, acting, or even writing? You know, not nominated in any of those three categories, yet nominated for Best Pic at the Oscars? Is it really possible?
‘Cos the reason I’m asking this question is that HP’s no-show today could be made up with the Producers Guild of America (PGA), nominations for which will be announced on Jan 3, 2012. I know, with what happened today, it’s not possible, but you never know…
@ Macy, I can go into the theories on why, but that’s kinda besides the point. Woodley was also nominated for her ‘adult’ category as well.
if there is a top 5 right from the overall critics lists/noms choices now its (abc):
The Artist
The Descendents
Drive
Hugo
The Tree of Life
@Jill: Saoirse Ronan did not get nominated for ‘The Lovely Bones’ at the Oscars. How? I don’t know. When Shailene Woodley can be classified as a ‘kid’, Saoirse Ronan (Oscar nominee at that) being classified so, doesn’t surprise me one bit.
Williams and Olsen for Best Actress? How about remembering one of the , if not THE, most acclaimed performance in the first half of the year: Saoirse Ronan. Being put into “the kids table” when your performance rivals those that are nominated for the adult category is a slap in the face. Talk about ageism.
@Antoinette: The golden Globes are notorious for inviting the cool kids to the parties. If Leo DiCaprio gets nominated for Golden Globe, Ricky Gervais will have a field day.
@john b and @Ryman: Drive is making all the noises at the right moment.
I’m really happy about Nick Nolte. 🙂
Otherwise, these nominations seem pretty standard. Someone who hasn’t seen any of the films but frequented sites like this probably would have filled out a ballot in the same way. Not a lot of daring choices or anything with a lack of buzz. But they sure do know how to invite the cool kids to their parties.
@Susan: Tomorrow should be more organized than the chaotic situation of today. Tomorrow is a big day for all the actors. And hopefully, sense prevails. The actors who were snubbed today were so good in their roles that everybody’s hoping that things would change over the next couple of days, and that today was, hopefully, just a blip.
YES!!!!! Go Drive!!!! Even Ryan Gosling got the nomination for Best Actor! Talk about a great way to start the day.
it seems Drive is making quite a come back. the fact that its popping up on almost every major critics list or top 10 and that Refn is getting director nods along with cinematography and editing.
also i haven’t seen one FYC ad for Drive. very interesting.
I’m giving up the hope that actors will vote differently and give Oldman a well deserved nom (SAG, Oscar). I have a bad feeling that the brit bloc will simply rally behind Fassbender. If they are effective enough, with the help of the huge support from Americans, they can even vote an Oscar win for him.
Paul8148, nice predictions for the oscars. At this point, makes a lot of sense. Sorry for Glenn Close, i always believe it will be a Streep-Close battle, now is a Streep-Williams battle. Viols Davis, sorry, maybe later, she is the finest actress i’ve seem in the last years. My money is on Meryl right now.
@Pierre de Plume: Even I hope she gets nominated. But a win, not sure about that right now.
@Macy: You make good points, but the Academy has changed since the mid-1970s. In Britain, especially, Redgrave has become a living legend, and, as a block, British Academy members affect voting. Redgrave’s American peers, as well, largely revere her talent, as well as younger members. I haven’t seen Coriolanus, so that figures into her chances of recognition. I still think her odds are good of landing at least a nomination.
@Craig Z: I’ve been talking to Scott, and let him know exactly how the Academy works. And yeah, he was sulking. I asked him to just move on from it, and not take the awards too seriously. He called the BFCA ‘a bunch of fucking hypocrites!!’, btw!!
Hey Scott, I’ll just say it now. I fucking told you so!
I said on two occasions that you were gonna disown your precious BFCA after they snubbed HP.
Maybe you will learn to listen to people who know more about this stuff than you. You just can’t use one group as your holy bible for Oscar predictions.
Yeah. let’s wait until tomorrows’ announcement before we rush to conclusions. But, surely, HP is in dire need of recognition and the same can be said for Oldman and Redgrave (whom I personally vouch for, for a simple reason: they are Oldman and Redgrave!)
Zach…it’s more then a litle bit funny that Redgrave was left out and Melissa McCarthy in. If she gets an Oscar nomination for having a blast playing a character personally, I’ve seen before…oh, but wait, that’s right, she didn’t wear any make-up and she’s an overweight woman who was crude and sexual. Haha, how brilliant.
I think McCarthy is good, and probably a nice person….but this is Oscar we’re talking about! Redgrave, Chastain, Spencer, Janet Mcteer, Emily Watson, Sarah Paulson in MMMM, Carey Mulligan, Bejo, Woodley, Evan Rachel Wood, Judi Dench….I am scratching the surface here. Perhaps it’s because I am an actor and I understand the fun of playing a character such as McCarthy’s….and I’ve just seen it, done it, seen it again….no more impressed then I was with Galifinakis in Hangover….oh, yeah! Except she’s an overweight WOMAN, now that’s funny!
@Matt R: There’s the Joel Siegel Award (found it through the Critics Choice website). It’s mainly given out for significant services off-screen to society. For instance, Matt Damon won it last year for his charity work. And Martin Scorsese has been named this year’s recipient for the Film+Music Award.