The Official 2013 Oscar Nominations Thread

LoathsomePete · 01-10-2013, 12:29 PM

Spoiler for The List:

For the most part I think it's been a pretty mediocre year in film, with my favorites all being genre flicks, so there's very little here the list that makes me care all that much. I really hope ParaNorman wins Best Animated film though, although I have a feeling it's going to have a tough time against the more bombastic and advertised Wreck-It Ralph and Brave.

I have no doubts that Daniel Day-Lewis will win Best Actor an Steven Spielberg will win Best Director, but the Best Actress category does have some interesting selections and from what I've heard Anne Hathaway is a shoe-in for Best Supporting Actress in Les Miserables.

Overall though, I really wish a "Best Genre Film" category would be added to the list because Cabin in the Woods, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Returns, Prometheus, Looper, and Cloud Atlas are all great films that deserve some kind of recognition beyond some category like "Best Makeup" that nobody gives a shit about. It may also help add some credence and credibility to help auteur directors like Guillermo del Toro get risky projects made, like At The Mountains of Madness (Fuck you Universal!)

wiggums · 01-10-2013, 12:33 PM

Christoph Waltz for Best Supporting Actor. By far. He won the same oscar for his role in Inglourious Basterds, so he'll win this one for sure.

But yeah, Lincoln will go home with the most, since it already has 12 nominations.

Life of Pi sure got a lot as well, but I haven't it seen it. Can anyone vouch for it?

LoathsomePete · 01-10-2013, 12:43 PM

From what I've heard it's a great movie from a visual perspective, but there's this whole underlying message of "this movie will make you believe in God" that a few people whose opinions I sometimes pretend to respect didn't like. I don't care for Ang Lee at all so I read the Wiki synopsis of this movie and here's what it basically says

Spoiler for Spoilers for The Life of Pi:

**Exo** · 01-11-2013, 04:19 PM

I was very surprised that Beasts of the Southern Wild got three major nominations. I thought it was a possibility that it would get a best picture nom and a best actress nom but best director over Bigelow and Affleck? Shocked really.

I'm really pulling for Phoenix and Seymour Hoffman because both of them just blew me away in The Master. I still need to see Amour and when I do, I know I'll be pulling for Heneke for best director. The dude deserves it.

Overall going to be a pretty boring ceremony besides a few awards. I always watch though.

wiggums · 01-11-2013, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

From what I've heard it's a great movie from a visual perspective, but there's this whole underlying message of "this movie will make you believe in God" that a few people whose opinions I sometimes pretend to respect didn't like. I don't care for Ang Lee at all so I read the Wiki synopsis of this movie and here's what it basically says

Spoiler for Spoilers for The Life of Pi:

Huh. I see. Sounds interesting enough I suppose. Maybe I'll check it out on DVD. I can see a lot of people being obsessed with this one, being so artsy and all.

bob. · 01-11-2013, 08:56 PM

i really think Affleck was seriously robbed of the best direction nod

other than that i feel this is a good line up with the obvious choices....i do think Hathaway truly deserves her nomination....she was amazing

LoathsomePete · 01-11-2013, 10:50 PM

Yeah I think Ben Affleck and Kathryn Bigelow were kind of given the short end of the stick when it comes to Best Director. I'm sure they'll both walk away with some kind of consolation prize, but it does seem weird how both of their movies can be up for "Best Picture" but the directors behind them aren't up for Best Director.

bob. · 01-11-2013, 11:05 PM

i have to admit that at first i had absolutely no interest in seeing Zero Dark Thirty.....but with each preview i see....i kind of want to see it for Jessica Chastain's performance alone....and there is no denying that Hurt Locker was a damn good film

01-10-2013, 12:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	The Official 2013 Oscar Nominations Thread Spoiler for The List: Best Picture Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty Best Actor Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables Joaquin Phoenix, The Master Denzel Washington, Flight Best Actress Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook Emmanuelle Riva, Amour Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild Naomi Watts, The Impossible Best Supporting Actor Alan Arkin, Argo Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams, The Master Sally Field, Lincoln Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables Helen Hunt, The Sessions Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook Best Director Michael Haneke, Amour Ang Lee, Life of Pi David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook Steven Spielberg, Lincoln Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild Best Original Screenplay Amour, Michael Haneke Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino Flight, John Gatins Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal Best Adapted Screenplay Argo, Chris Terrio Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, Life of Pi, David Magee Lincoln, Tony Kushner Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell Best Animated Feature Brave Frankenweenie ParaNorman The Pirates! Band of Misfits Wreck-It Ralph Best Cinematography Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey Django Unchained, Robert Richardson Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski Skyfall, Roger Deakins Best Costume Design Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran Les Misérables, Paco Delgado Lincoln, Joanna Johnston Mirror Mirror, Eiko Ishioka Snow White and the Huntsman, Colleen Atwood Best Documentary Feature 5 Broken Cameras The Gatekeepers How to Survive a Plague The Invisible War Searching for Sugar Man Best Documentary Short Inocente Kings Point Mondays at Racine Open Heart Redemption Best Film Editing Argo, William Goldenberg Life of Pi, Tim Squyres Lincoln, Michael Kahn Silver Linings Playbook, Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers Zero Dark Thirty, Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg Best Foreign Language Film Amour, Austria Kon-Tiki, Norway No, Chile A Royal Affair, Denmark War Witch, Canada Best Makeup and Hairstyling Hitchcock, Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane Les Misérables, Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell Best Original Score Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli Argo, Alexandre Desplat Life of Pi, Mychael Danna Lincoln, John Williams Skyfall, Thomas Newman Best Original Song “Before My Time” from Chasing Ice, music and lyric by J. Ralph “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from Ted, music by Walter Murphy; lyric by Seth MacFarlane “Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi, music by Mychael Danna; lyric by Bombay Jayashri “Skyfall” from Skyfall, music and lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth “Suddenly” from Les Misérables, music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil Best Production Design Anna Karenina, Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright Les Misérables, Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson Life of Pi, Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock Lincoln, Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson Best Animated Short Adam and Dog Fresh Guacamole Head over Heels Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare” Paperman Best Live Action Short Asad Buzkashi Boys Curfew Death of a Shadow Henry Best Sound Editing Argo, Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn Django Unchained, Wylie Stateman Life of Pi, Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton Skyfall, Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers Zero Dark Thirty, Paul N.J. Ottosson Best Sound Mixing Argo, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia Les Misérables, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes Life of Pi, Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin Lincoln, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins Skyfall, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson Best Visual Effects The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White Life of Pi, Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott The Avengers, Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick Prometheus, Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill Snow White and the Huntsman, Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson For the most part I think it's been a pretty mediocre year in film, with my favorites all being genre flicks, so there's very little here the list that makes me care all that much. I really hope ParaNorman wins Best Animated film though, although I have a feeling it's going to have a tough time against the more bombastic and advertised Wreck-It Ralph and Brave. I have no doubts that Daniel Day-Lewis will win Best Actor an Steven Spielberg will win Best Director, but the Best Actress category does have some interesting selections and from what I've heard Anne Hathaway is a shoe-in for Best Supporting Actress in Les Miserables. Overall though, I really wish a "Best Genre Film" category would be added to the list because Cabin in the Woods, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Returns, Prometheus, Looper, and Cloud Atlas are all great films that deserve some kind of recognition beyond some category like "Best Makeup" that nobody gives a shit about. It may also help add some credence and credibility to help auteur directors like Guillermo del Toro get risky projects made, like At The Mountains of Madness (Fuck you Universal!) __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

01-10-2013, 12:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
wiggums A Sarcastic Joyful Sound Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Montana Posts: 174	Christoph Waltz for Best Supporting Actor. By far. He won the same oscar for his role in Inglourious Basterds, so he'll win this one for sure. But yeah, Lincoln will go home with the most, since it already has 12 nominations. Life of Pi sure got a lot as well, but I haven't it seen it. Can anyone vouch for it? __________________

01-10-2013, 12:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	From what I've heard it's a great movie from a visual perspective, but there's this whole underlying message of "this movie will make you believe in God" that a few people whose opinions I sometimes pretend to respect didn't like. I don't care for Ang Lee at all so I read the Wiki synopsis of this movie and here's what it basically says Spoiler for Spoilers for The Life of Pi: Basically instead of Pi surviving on the lifeboat with a tiger and other animals, he was with other people who were represented by the various other animals, with Pi himself being the tiger. The other people include a cook, an injured sailor, and Pi's mother, and at some point the cook kills the sailor to use as bait and kills Pi's mother as she tries to get Pi to safety. Pi says that the version of the story with the animals is "a better story" and therefore we believe in God because that's a better story (or something along those lines). __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

01-11-2013, 04:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,359	I was very surprised that Beasts of the Southern Wild got three major nominations. I thought it was a possibility that it would get a best picture nom and a best actress nom but best director over Bigelow and Affleck? Shocked really. I'm really pulling for Phoenix and Seymour Hoffman because both of them just blew me away in The Master. I still need to see Amour and when I do, I know I'll be pulling for Heneke for best director. The dude deserves it. Overall going to be a pretty boring ceremony besides a few awards. I always watch though. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

01-11-2013, 08:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	i really think Affleck was seriously robbed of the best direction nod other than that i feel this is a good line up with the obvious choices....i do think Hathaway truly deserves her nomination....she was amazing __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

01-11-2013, 10:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Yeah I think Ben Affleck and Kathryn Bigelow were kind of given the short end of the stick when it comes to Best Director. I'm sure they'll both walk away with some kind of consolation prize, but it does seem weird how both of their movies can be up for "Best Picture" but the directors behind them aren't up for Best Director. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

01-11-2013, 11:05 PM	#8 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	i have to admit that at first i had absolutely no interest in seeing Zero Dark Thirty.....but with each preview i see....i kind of want to see it for Jessica Chastain's performance alone....and there is no denying that Hurt Locker was a damn good film __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.