Best Picture: The Artist
Best Actress: Viola Davis, The Help
Best Actor: George Clooney, The Descendants
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Ensemble: The Help
Best Young Actor: Thomas Horn, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Best Director: Michel Haznavicius, The Artist
Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, Steve Zaillian, Moneyball
Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation
Best Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski, War Horse
Best Art Direction: Hugo
Best Editing: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best Costume: The Artist
Best Score: The Artist
Best Song: The Muppets, Life’s a Happy Song
Best Visual Effects: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Best Make-Up: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt 2
Best Sound: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt 2
Best Action Movie: Drive
Best Comedy: Bridesmaids
Best Animated Feature: Rango
Best Documentary: George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Honorary Award: Martin Scorsese
Joel Siegel Award: Sean Penn
The artist won 4 awardsif you didnt see it. Best picture, best director, best costume desgn and best original score.
shut up OCO300, Stop of saying over and over again the same thing. There are 0 posiblities for that movie. 0, be happy with what it has got the last night.
Happy for the artist. But sad, because Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer got what Meryl Streep/ Tilda Swinton/ Michelle Willian and Jessica Chastain/Berenice Bejo deserved much more.
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Excellent choices, Simon- I would subscribe instantly!
Right now i would predict for the Oscars:
Picture: The Artist (RU: The Descendents)
Director: Michel Hazanavicus – The Artist (RU: Martin Scorsese – Hugo)
Lead Actor: Jean Dujardin – The Artist (RU: Brad Pitt – Moneyball)
Lead Actress: Michelle Williams (RU: Viola Davis – The Help
Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer – Beginners (RU: /)
Supporting Actress: Berenice Bejo – The Artist (RU: Jessica Chastain – The Help)
@Paul surprise me and a few people across the world that no critic award show nominated a billion dollar film in the BP race all year since HP:DH 2, T3, POTC: OST first released? And even though to the Academy, NFCA, or many critics said their were either fantasy or a kiddie film, but you gotta admit Harry Potter 7.2 definitely earns a Best Picture nomination more, I mean why shouldn’t it; like almost everyone (including movie critics) across the world said how great the movie was.
Also surprised me that when it was released on DVD, wow…..you know (to critics) it’s not good fincally but critically, I bet that’s what they thought of Avatar and Lord of the Rings.
“Anyone sensing a win for The Help in Best Picture Drama on Sunday night???”
Not really.
What a terrible night!! I am shocked! I mean George Clooney over Michael Fassbender! Viola Davis over Tilda Swinton! Octavia Spencer over Jessica Chastain! What the F…!!!!!
2005 has to eb the worst year ever. 3 out of the 4 winners stunk. Witherspoon (annoying), Clooney (nothing role), and Weisz (hardly in film.)
Koles,
You are absolutely right. This is one of the more unpredictable Oscar contests in years.
YIPPEE!!! I love it when there’s not a lock. And even though Christopher Plummer “seems” a lock, I still wouldn’t count out Albert Brooks. He’s a very strong upset. I remember when everyone thought Lauren Bacall was BSA for “The Mirror Has Two Faces”. Well . . . we all know what happened. Voila! Juliette Binoche won for “The English Patient”. One of the better choices the Academy has made. Everyone thought Fred Astair would win for “The Towering Inferno”. Voila! Robert de Niro won for “The Godfather Part II”.
Because of criticism, AMPAS has thankfully veered away from these “sentimental” choices just because a performer is older and has never won. In Plummer’s case, he has some stiff competition. I actually think Kenneth Branagh was terrific in “My Week With Marilyn”. He would be my choice. Critics’ darling Albert Brooks is also a very real threat. I would love to see Plummer win the Oscar for his role in “Beginners”. All I’m saying is that I think he’s not a “lock” to win.
@ julian the emperor
For me, the best year of the past decade was by far 2009. All the 4 performances were remarkable and 4 great actors: Winslet, Penn (now winning for a deserving and iconic performance), Ledger and Cruz.
2004 is probably the worst… Theron, Penn (his worst Oscar nominated performane), Robbins (as was said… a total miscast) and Zelwegger.
Aaron: re Halle Berry/Monsters’ Ball:
You hit the nail on the head. Truly one of the worst movies to win an Academy Award in any category.
Alexg, that’s what I’m thinking, too.
Streep will win Globe(D)and BAFTA
Davis will win SAG
Williams gets Globe (C/M)
And the Oscar goes to…Streep.
Aaron: Yeah, 2001 was weak as well, you’re right. So that makes 2001-2003 three consecutive anni horribilis…
“My GOD somebody give her a movie!”
Guess who said that for Viola Davis three years ago at the SAGs.
I think this person would be very very happy if Viola wins the Oscar. 8)
Anyone sensing a win for The Help in Best Picture Drama on Sunday night???
I’m thinking that Allen wins screenplay, sure many may think the Artist is more deserving but the majority of the academy will probably not understand why a silent film is nominated
I don’t understand why people are calling this race boring. Compared to last year or two years back most categories are still open, especially the acting ones. The only one who is officially locked for the Oscar is Christopher Plummer. Clooney is a front runner, but he is nowhere near the status that Firth, Bridgess or Day Lewis had in their races. Best Actress is wide open and the CC Award for Davis made it more interesting. No frontrunner at this point and 4 ladies who have legit chances of scoring the golden dude. Supp. Actress? Don’t get me started, also wide open. How is this boring? IMHO the BP and Director races are also still not over. The Artist is scoring big with the critics, but you still have to wait for the Guilds to be sure. Actually it’s the first race in years where at this point there are so many open races.
Why most of the critics prefer Rango to Tintin? Tintin is better than Rango. Rango is simple animated movie. But Tintin is innovative. We have never seen such movie. I hope that Oscars will choose it as best animated feature. I AM glad that The Artist won BP and BD.
In what universe is Clooney a better actor than Pitt????
glad about editing win fro TGWTDT
& yay Woody Octavia Viola! cinematography!
sad abt Tin tin ((
hopefully the Oscars will think differently