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knives wrote:I'd agree with all of that except animated and documentary. To the best of my knowledge Disney is putting its muscle behind Frakenweenie and Paranorman seems like a good chance. As for the docs they've rarely if ever gone to the great and obvious choice so it will probably be Bully or something like that which wins.

stroszeck wrote:Surprised you guys think Lee is the frontrunner for the Best Director. I think the Academy will go for Spielberg (even though I personally don't think he deserves it for this outing.)

mfunk9786 wrote:Kris Tapley's Top 10 Shots of 2012, part one

Best Supporting Actress

Who may win: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables. You heard it here first!

Who should win: Not Anne Hathaway, who was good but wasn’t even the best one-song supporting player in Les Mis. (As ever, poor Éponine.) Amy Adams, however, is a motherfucker in The Master. Using the energy she often reserves for good, but this time for bad, she owns the intense killjoy whose belief in her husband’s bullshit is stronger than his own.


Who should have won overall: Cécille de France kills it in the Dardennes’ The Kid With a Bike, playing an impromptu caretaker whose cold demeanor masks a bottomless selflessness.

Best Actress
Who may win: Oh, you know: Jessica Chastain or Jennifer Lawrence. Flip a coin.

Who should win: It depends which you prefer: internalized to the point of inhumanity or forthright to the point of inhumanity. Chastain’s agent in Zero Dark Thirty is so inside herself that she’s not even likable once she starts telling off superiors. That’s a compliment, and another sign at how the film toys with audience expectations. Meanwhile, Lawrence takes a dreaded character type—the Manic Pixie Dream Girl—and makes her a flesh-and-blood person, capable of the full spectrum of emotions. So, flip a coin.


Who should have won overall: Neither is as incredible as Greta Gerwig in Damsels in Distress. Her aloof, seemingly mildly intoxicated mien clashes bizarrely with Whit Stillman’s patented urbane chatter, creating a perfect storm of constant amusement. Also, where the fuck are Rachel Weisz (The Deep Blue Sea) and Ann Dowd (Compliance)?


Jean-Luc Garbo wrote:A very entertaining list by Matt Prigge - And the Oscar Goes to Woulda, Coulda and Shoulda.

Murdoch wrote:edit: Also, is no one going to point out that someone posted about a Swedish film from the 80s in this thread? (outside of me, that is)

Finch wrote:Completed Oscar ballot with commentary

As the Playlist says, it's depressing and hilarious at once to read.

Here is the original Hollywood Reporter article with more quotes.