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