Oscars 2011

[beach_angel05]

Being a movie/film buff and having gotten my degree in Film Studies, I thought it would be neat to see what everyone's opinions are of the Oscars (if you watch them)! I have to say, I haven't seen too many of the best picture nominees but I've heard the buzz about them.

Here is a link w/ a printable ballot form: http://a.oscar.go.com/media/2011/pdf/oscar_ballot_2011.pdf

As far as the main categories go, here are my choices bolded:

Leading Actor
Javier Bardem 'Biutiful'
Jeff Bridges 'True Grit'
Jesse Eisenberg 'The Social Network'
Colin Firth 'The King's Speech'
James Franco '127 Hours'

Supporting Actor
Christian Bale 'The Fighter'
John Hawkes 'Winter's Bone'
Jeremy Renner 'The Town'
Mark Ruffalo 'The Kids Are Alright'
Geoffrey Rush 'The King's Speech'

Leading Actress
Annette Bening 'The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman 'Rabbit Hole'
Jennifer Lawrence 'Winter's Bone'
Natalie Portman 'Black Swan'
Michelle Williams 'Blue Valentine'

Supporting Actress
Amy Adams 'The Fighter'
Helena Bonham Carter 'The King's Speech'
Melissa Leo 'The Fighter'
Hailee Steinfeld 'True Grit' (I want to cheer for her bc she was brillant in the film, but I think Melissa may win)
Jacki Weaver 'Animal Kingdom'

Directing
'Black Swan'
'The Fighter'
'The King's Speech'
'The Social Network'
'True Grit'

Best Picture
'Black Swan'
'The Fighter'
'Inception'
'The Kids Are All Right'
The King's Speech'
'127 Hours'
'The Social Network'
'Toy Story 3'
'True Grit'
'Winter's Bone'

[Oliver & Henry's Mum]

Chandra, it is lovely to see your enthusiasm.

I guess we'll all know tomorrow how well you did with your picks.

[pawsforthought]

Pretty good choices you made there xD

I'm pleased Colin won. There's hope for us Hampshire hogs yet

I haven't seen any of the films in question though. I really want to see Black Swan

[kian]

Sorry to say I'm not much of a Oscar watcher but I do like to take a peek at the winners. Could you highlight in red who won want, that would be interesting to see. I did hear the "Kings Speech" won and some have said it was a wonderful movie.

[beach_angel05]

Hey all! I will post the list of winners shortly, I'm just waking up so I'll do it as soon as I'm fully functioning lol. The awards were great last night! I thought Anne Hathaway and James Franco did an excellent job of hosting as well!

[beach_angel05]

Ok so I couldn't wait, lol. Here is the list of winners! My choices are in black and the winners are in red. The ones that have stars next to them are the winners and my correct choices!

Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”*****
James Franco in “127 Hours”


Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”*****
John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”


Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”*****
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”*****
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”


Animated Feature Film
“How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
“The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich*****


Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara*****
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
“Inception”
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
“The King's Speech”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
“True Grit”
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh


Cinematography
“Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
“Inception” Wally Pfister*****
“The King's Speech” Danny Cohen
“The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit” Roger Deakins


Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood*****(oh and apparently she's a Seattle native!)
“I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
“The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest” Sandy Powell
“True Grit” Mary Zophres


Directing
“Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
“The Fighter” David O. Russell
“The King's Speech” Tom Hooper
“The Social Network” David Fincher
“True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen


Documentary (Feature)
“Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
“Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
“Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
“Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
“Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley


Documentary (Short Subject)
“Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein
“Poster Girl” Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
“Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
“Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
“The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon


Film Editing
“Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter” Pamela Martin
“The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours” Jon Harris
“The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter


Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful” Mexico
“Dogtooth” Greece
“In a Better World” Denmark
“Incendies” Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria


Makeup
“Barney's Version” Adrien Morot
“The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey


Music (Original Score)
“How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
“Inception” Hans Zimmer
“The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross*****


Music (Original Song)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman*****


Short Film (Animated)
“Day & Night” Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois


Short Film (Live Action)
“The Confession” Tanel Toom
“The Crush” Michael Creagh
“God of Love” Luke Matheny*****
“Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite


Sound Editing
“Inception” Richard King
“Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
“Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
“True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
“Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger


Sound Mixing
“Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick*****
“The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
“Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
“The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
“True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland


Visual Effects
“Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
“Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
“Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb*****
“Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick


Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
“The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin*****
“Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
“True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini


Writing (Original Screenplay)
“Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
“The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
“Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
“The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

Best Picture
“Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
“The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
“Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
“The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
“The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers*****
“127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
“The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
“Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
“True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
“Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

This is a great site that has several different highlight videos. From the opening monologue, to Kirk Douglas hitting on Anne Hathaway, to a video medley of some films autotuned. I highly recommend it!: http://www.salon.com/entertainment/feature/2011/02/28/2011_oscar_video_highlights/


Gaby, here is Colin Firth's speech, it was so sincere, funny and just all around great: http://video.aol.com/video/colin-firth-on-83rd-annual-academy-awards-022711-tv-replay/2759871687


So overall, I got 15/24 of the awards right! I completely guessed on some of them and a few of them, after I had made selections I realized "well duh of course that other one would win!" Those of you that watched, how did you do?

[kian]

You did great Chandra! Honestly I would have been lucky to get one right. Good work and thanks for posting.

[DixieDoodle]

Did you make any money off of your guesses?

I watched for a few moments but i couldn't keep my eyes open for the end. Thank you for taking the time and posting the winners for us.

[beach_angel05]

No problem Dixie! No unfortunately I didn't make any money off of the awards lol. I should have set something up but I just printed off a ballot for my mom and I

[pawsforthought]

Thanks for posting up all the winners Chandra

Oh and I don't know why I said I haven't seen any of the films in question. I have seen toy story 3 loads of times haha. But apart from that none of them.

Colin Firth looked really emotional giving his speech I thought.

[Oliver & Henry's Mum]

Chandra, your enthusiasm for the Oscar's, along with your Mum, make it far more exciting than it would normally be for me. You did very well in the "main" categories...the ones that really count!

Thanks for making this fun!

[Deerie me]

That was great Chandra. Thanks for going to all that effort.

Colin Firth ***sigh***

[Oliver & Henry's Mum]

Tracy, I think most of us feel the same way you do about Colin. I can't wait to see the King's Speech. I'm not that interested in the other ones that were nominated.

Chandra, this will be a great reference tool for me when I decide which films I'm going to see. I think the one with Annette Benning sounds interesting as well.

[pawsforthought]

Deb I've just been to see the King's Speech with my Dad and Brother. It was fantastic! I really enjoyed it. I hop you do too when you see it

Definitely a film worth the awards it got

[beach_angel05]

Glad everyone enjoyed the posts!

I still need to see 'The King's Speech' as well several other films that were nominated. I have yet to see 'Toy Story 3'!!! I even babysat some kids and the son watched the first two when he was home sick one day. It was so cute because he was telling me the whole story and I was just thinking, "yes I know, I was alive when these were made...." .

Deborah, I was so excited to see 'The Kids Are Alright' so I hope you get around to seeing it. I'd be interested to know what you think of it.

Man if only movies didn't have to be so expensive. I swear my list keeps growing and growing each year!