Wednesday, October 30, 2013

The Winners

The 2012 Oscars Should have gone to...

BEST PICTURE 
Silver Linings Playbook 
WHAT WON? Argo  

BEST DIRECTOR 
Moonrise Kingdom, directed by Wes Anderson 
WHAT WON? Argo, directed by Ben Affleck

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 
Django Unchained, written by Quentin Tarantino
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT! 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo, written by Chris Terrio 
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT! 

BEST ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE 
Brave
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT! 

BEST ACTRESS
Quvenzhane Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild 
WHAT WON? Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln  
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables 
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT! 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained
WHO WON? Christoper Waltz in Django Unchained 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Avengers 
WHAT WON? Life of Pi 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 
Anna Karinina 
WHAT WON? Life Of Pi

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Imposter  
WHAT WON? Searching for Sugar Man

Friday, March 1, 2013

The Nominations


The 2012 nominations should be...
For some categories, I posted over 5 nominations because it was too hard to eliminate stuff. There were 9 nominations this year for Best Picture. There should have been 10. 

BEST PICTURE 
Silver Linings Playbook 
Argo
Brave
End of Watch
Moonrise Kingdom
Magic Mike 
Frankenweenie 
Jeff Who Lives at Home
Your Sister's Sister
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 

BEST DIRECTOR
Argo
Moonrise Kingdom
Magic Mike
End of Watch
Perks of Being a Wallflower 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Moonrise Kingdom
End of Watch
Jeff Who Lives at Home
Django Unchained 
Magic Mike 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 
Argo 
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Avengers 
Silver Linings Playbook 
Beasts of the Southern Wild 

BEST ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE 
Frankenweenie 
Wreck it Ralph 
Brave   

This year, I decided that since  there are 5-10 nominations for Best Picture, there should be 5-10 nominations for all acting categories. The most there ever is is 6. 

BEST ACTRESS

Jessica Chastin in Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook 
Quvenzhane Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild 
Naomi Watts in The Impossible  
Emily Blunt in Your Sister's Sister 
Zoe Kazan in Ruby Sparks 
Noomi Rapace in Prometheus 
Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables 

BEST ACTOR
Jake Gyllenhaal in End of Watch 
Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook
Jason Segal in Jeff Who Lives at Home
Mark Duplass in Safety Not Guaranteed 
Logan Lerman in The Perks of Being a Wallflower 
Denzel Washington in Flight 
Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln  
Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables
Ethan Hawke in Sinister
Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
Rosemarie DeWitt in Your Sister's Sister 
Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables 
Sally Field in Lincoln 
Helen Hunt in The Sessions  
Amy Adams in The Master
Amanda Seyfried in Les Miserables 
Samantha Barks in Les Miserables

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 
Michael Pena in End of Watch
Eddie Redmayne in Les Miserables 
Robert De Niro in Silver Linings Playbook 
Phillip Seymour Hoffman in The Master
Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln  
Christopher Waltz in Django Unchained 
Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained
Aaron Tveit in Les Miserables 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 
The Hobbit
Life of Pie
The Avengers
Prometheus
The Dark Knight Rises

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
End of Watch 
Moonrise Kingdom 
Argo 
Magic Mike 
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 
Lincoln 
Anna Karinina 
We Have a Pope 
Les Miserables 
Skyfall 
The Dark Knight Rises

BEST DOCUMENTARY 
The Impostor
How To Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
The Gatekeepers
Searching for Sugar Man
5 Broken Cameras 
The Gatekeepers

Monday, February 27, 2012

The Winners

The 2011 oscars should have gone to...

BEST PICTURE 
Tree of Life
WHAT WON? The Artist  

BEST DIRECTOR 
Tree of Life, directed by Terrance Malik
WHAT WON? The Artist, directed by Michel Hazanavicius

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 
Midnight In Paris, written by Woody Allen
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT! 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Hugo, written by Josh Logan 
WHAT WON? The Descendants, written by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash

BEST ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE 
Kung Fu Panda II
WHAT WON? Rango

BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis in The  Help
WHAT WON? Meryl Streep in THE IRON LADY 

BEST ACTOR
Thomas Horn  in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Not Nominated)
WHAT WON?  Jean Dujardin in The Artist (Should Not Have Been Nominated)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
Octivia Spencer in The Help
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT! 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christopher Plummer in The Beginners 
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
WHAT WON? Hugo 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 
Tree of Life 
WHAT WON? Hugo

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Undefeated
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!

Saturday, February 18, 2012

The Nominations

The 2011 Nominees should be...
(Still subject to changes)


For some categories, I posted over 5 nominations because it was too hard to eliminate stuff. There were 9 nominations this year for Best Picture. There should have been 10. 

BEST PICTURE 
Tree of Life
Hugo
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
A Better Life 
Win Win 
Margin Call 
Bridesmaids 
Crazy Stupid Love 
The Descendants 
Midnight in Paris  

BEST DIRECTOR
Tree of Life
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Hugo
The Help 
Midnight in Paris

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Tree of Life
Cedar Rapids 
Midnight in Paris 
The Sitter
Bridesmaids 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 
Hugo 
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 
The Descendants
Crazy Stupid Love  
The Help

BEST ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE 

Kung Fu Panda II
Arthur Christmas
A Cat In Paris
Chico and Rita  



This year, I decided that since there are 5-10 nominations for Best Picture, there should be 5-8 nominations for all acting categories. The most there ever is is 6. 

BEST ACTRESS

 Jessica Chastin in Tree of Life 
Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin 
Viola Davis in The Help 
Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs  
Jodie Foster in Carnage 
Mia Wasikowska in Jane Eyre
Charlize Theron in Young Adult
Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene

BEST ACTOR
Thomas Horn in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Paul Giamatti in Win Win
Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin 
Demian Bichir in A Better Life
George Cloony in The Descendants 
Ed Helms in Cedar Rapids
Brad Pitt in The Tree of Life  

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
Julianne Moore in Crazy Stupid Love 
Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
Octivia Spencer in The Help
Anne Heche in Cedar Rapids 
Zoe Kazan in HappyThankYouMorePlease
Kate Winslet in Carnage 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 
Kevin Spacey in Margin Call
Max Von Syndow in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 
Christopher Plummer in The Beginners 
Zachary Quinto in Margin Call 
John C. Riley in Carnage 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 
Tree of Life 
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes 
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Hugo

new BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tree of Life
Margin Call 
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Hugo
War Horse
Beginners
Jane Eyre   

BEST DOCUMENTARY 
Project Nim 
Pina 
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold 
If a Tree Falls
Hell and Back Again 
Undefeated 

Monday, March 28, 2011

The Winners


The 2010 oscars should have gone to...

BEST PICTURE 
Black Swan
WHAT WON? THE KING'S SPEECH

BEST DIRECTOR 
The Social Network, directed by David Fincher
WHAT WON? THE KING'S SPEECH, directed by Tom Hooper

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 
Another Year, written by Mike Leigh
WHAT WON? THE KING'S SPEECH, written by David Seidler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Shutter Island (not nominated), written by Laeta Kalogridis
WHAT WON? THE SOCIAL NETWORK, written by Aaron Sorkin

BEST ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE 
Toy Story 3
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT! 

BEST ACTRESS
Natalie Portman in Black Swan
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!

BEST ACTOR
James Franco in 127 Hours 
WHAT WON? Colin Firth in The King's Speech

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
Lesley Manville in Another Year (Not Nominated)
WHAT WON? Mellisa Leo in The Fighter

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale in The Fighter
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Inception
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Inside Job
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!


Saturday, January 15, 2011

The Nominations

The 2010 Nominees should be...
(Still subject to changes)

BEST PICTURE

Black Swan
Blue Valentine
Mugabe and the White African
Shutter Island
Kick-Ass
Machete
The Fighter
The Crazies
Another Year
Inside Job

BEST DIRECTOR
Mugabe and the White African
Black Swan
The Fighter
The Social Network
Shutter Island

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Another Year
Blue Valentine
Black Swan
Kick-Ass
Greenberg

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Shutter Island
Girl With a Dragon Tatto
The Social Network
Never Let Me Go
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

BEST ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE
Toy Story 3
How to Train Your Dragon
Tangled
The Illusionist
Despicable Me

BEST ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan in Never Let Me Go
Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine
Noomi Rapace in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole

BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth in The King’s Speech
Javier Bardem in Biutiful
Ryan Gosling in Blue Valentine
Ben Stiller in Greenberg
James Franco in 127 Hours

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Annette Benning in The Kids Are All Right
Mellisa Leo in The Fighter
Lesley Manville in Another Year
Barbara Hershey in Black Swan
Patricia Clarkson in Shutter Island

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Wight in Another Year
Michael Nyqvist in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Christian Bale in The Fighter
Andrew Garfield in Never Let Me Go
Ben Kingsley in Shutter Island

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Tron: Legacy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Kick-Ass
Alice In Wonderland
Inception

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Inside Job
Waiting for Superman
Mugabe and the White African
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Babies

Sunday, March 21, 2010

The Winners


The 2009 oscars should have gone to...

BEST PICTURE 
The Cove
WHAT WON? THE HURT LOCKER 

BEST DIRECTOR 
Coraline, directed by Henry Selick
WHAT WON? THE HURT LOCKER, DIRECTED BY KATHRYN BIGELOW 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 
The Hurt Locker
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Precious
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!

BEST ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE 
Coraline
WHAT WON? UP. 

BEST ACTRESS 
Gabourey Sidibe
 in Precious
WHAT WON? SANDRA BULLOCK IN THE BLIND SIDE

BEST ACTOR 
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart 
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
Mo'Nique in Precious
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 
Cristolph Waltz in Inglorious Bastards
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Cove
THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!