January 10th, 2013
MEOW!
Well...it is time once again...
Best Picture:
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
What shouldn't have been in here: Beasts of the Southern Wild and Django Unchained
What got snubbed REAL hard: Cloud Atlas and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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
Who shouldn't have been in here: Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Who got snubbed REAL hard: Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Rian Johnson, Looper
Who I'm glad NOT to see nominated: Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Best Actor:
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight
Who shouldn't have been in here: None
Who got snubbed REAL hard: Logan Lerman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Looper
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
Who shouldn't have been in here: None
Who got snubbed REAL hard: None
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
Who shouldn't have been in here: None
Who got snubbed REAL hard: Ezra Miller, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Andy Serkis, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Who shouldn't have been in here: None
Who got snubbed REAL hard: Samantha Barks, Les Miserables and Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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
What shouldn't have been in here: Django Unchained
What got snubbed REAL (and I mean REAL) hard: Looper and Wreck-It Ralph
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
What shouldn't have been in here: Beasts of the Southern Wild (THAT had a script?)
What got snubbed REAL hard: Cloud Atlas and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Best Animated Feature:
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
What shouldn't have been in here: Brave
What got snubbed PAINFULLY hard: Rise of the Guardians (I mean...really. Just for the visuals alone. They also helped support the theme of imagination and wonder. What a mistake the Academy made. Bloody Academy.)
What should win: Wreck-It Ralph. WRECK-IT RALPH. WRECK. IT. RALPH
Nice surprise: The Pirates! Band of Misfits. What a fun film that is.
Best Cinematography:
Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained, Robert Richardson
Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda
Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall, Roger Deakins
What shouldn't have been in here: None.
What got snubbed REAL hard: Cloud Atlas and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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
What shouldn't have been in here: None.
What got snubbed REAL hard: Cloud Atlas and Moonrise Kingdom
Interesting choice: Mirror Mirror
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
What shouldn't have been in here: None.
What got snubbed REAL heard: Cloud Atlas and Les Miserables (Just for the "One Day More" sequence alone. That must've been hell to edit.)
Best Make-Up 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
What shouldn't have been in here: None.
What got snubbed REAL hard: Cloud Atlas (What else can I say? It got unjustly disqualified for some stupid controversy. The Academy made a SEVERE mistake here.) and Lincoln (Really? No recognition for the make-up on Daniel Day-Lewis? Another mistake by the Academy.)
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
What shouldn't have been in here: None.
What got snubbed REAL hard: Cloud Atlas
Best Original Score:
Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli
Argo, Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi, Mychael Danna
Lincoln, John Williams
Skyfall, Thomas Newman
What shouldn't have been in here: None.
What got snubbed oh-so-PAINFULLY hard: Cloud Atlas (I spit at the Academy's ignorance.), The Hunger Games, Moonrise Kingdom, Rise of the Guardians (Better than Argo's score.), and Wreck-It Ralph (ADOI!)
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
What shouldn't have been in here: None.
What got snubbed REAL hard: "Safe and Sound" from The Hunger Games, "Song of the Lonely Mountain" from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and "When Can I See You Again?" from Wreck-It Ralph
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
What shouldn't have been in here: Django Unchained
What got snubbed REAL hard: Les Miserables
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
What shouldn't have been in here: None.
What got snubbed REAL hard: None.
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
What shouldn't have been in here: None.
What got snubbed REAL hard: Cloud Atlas
What didn't get nominated for anything even though I really could care less: The Dark Knight Rises
Until next time,
MEOW!
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