2010 Awards Season (Oscars, Golden Globes, etc.)

[stansimpson]

Speaking of Golden Globes, this just hit me:  Zach Galifianakis for Best Actor in "The Hangover"!

YES.  It will happen.  If not, I say he's got a shot for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar... a la Tom Cruise and Robert Downey, Jr. last year for "Tropic Thunder" (respectively).

[iv3rdawG]

Some great video of Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones, Julie and Julia), Peter Sarsgaard (An Education), Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds), Colin Firth (A Single Man), Morgan Freeman (Invictus) and Nicolas Cage (The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans) sitting down and talking about various subjects. I really hope Waltz somehow gets a leading actor nomination and not just supporting. But for sure he'll be getting one. Also, it'd be sweet if Mélanie Laurent somehow got one too just for her main segment in Basterds alone.

Part 1: http://video.hollywoodreporter.com/services/player/bcpid55253528001?bclid=54988406001&bctid=54990940001

Part 2: http://video.hollywoodreporter.com/services/player/bcpid55253528001?bclid=54988406001&bctid=55008621001

Part 3: http://video.hollywoodreporter.com/services/player/bcpid55253528001?bclid=54988406001&bctid=55010679001

[Relaxing Dragon]

Some great video of Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones, Julie and Julia), Peter Sarsgaard (An Education), Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds), Colin Firth (A Single Man), Morgan Freeman (Invictus) and Nicolas Cage (The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans) sitting down and talking about various subjects. I really hope Waltz somehow gets a leading actor nomination and not just supporting. But for sure he'll be getting one. Also, it'd be sweet if Mélanie Laurent somehow got one too just for her main segment in Basterds alone.

I think it's his Contract that decides whether Waltz can be nominated for Actor or Supporting Actor (though I'm really not sure how that system works).

[iv3rdawG]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films have been selected as semifinalists for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 82nd Academy Awards®.

The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

Angels & Demons
Avatar
Coraline
Disney's A Christmas Carol
District 9
G-Force
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Sherlock Holmes
Star Trek
Terminator Salvation
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2012
Watchmen
Where the Wild Things Are

In early January, the members of the Academy's Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee, who selected the semifinalists, will narrow the list to seven.

All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 15-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films on Thursday, January 21. Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration.

The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=61592

[Relaxing Dragon]

Assuming it's still a category with 3 picks, here's hoping District 9, Avatar, and Star Trek get the nomination slots (with my dark horse vote going to Watchmen).

[iv3rdawG]

Critics choice nominations are here:

“Inglourious Basterds” and “Nine” each won a record 10 nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the organization that hands out the Critics Choice Movie Awards.

Both films received numerous nominations in the awards’ new craft categories, benefitting from the recent expansion of categories from 17 to 25 to more closely mirror the Academy Awards.

Quentin Tarantino’s World War II film and Rob Marshall’s musical are among the 10 nominees for Best Picture.  The slate also includes “Avatar,” “An Education,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Invictus,” “Precious,” “A Serious Man,” "Up” and “Up in the Air.”

Although “Nine” received 10 nominations, director Rob Marshall is not one of the six nominees in the director category, which includes Tarantino, Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”), Lee Daniels (“Precious”), Clint Eastwood (“Invictus”), Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air”) and James Cameron (“Avatar”).

“Avatar” picked up nine nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography.

“The Hurt Locker” and “Up in the Air” received eight nominations, “The Lovely Bones” and “Precious” six, “District 9” and “Star Trek” five, “An Education,” “A Single Man,” “Invictus,” “Up” and “Where the Wild Things Are” four.

Saoirse Ronan, the 15-year-old star of “The Lovely Bones,” received two nominations, one for Best Actress and one for Best Young Actor/Actress.

The BFCA nominations generally do a good job of predicting eventual Academy nominees, and this year the 10 Best Picture nominees match exactly with the top 10 in the Movie City News’ “Gurus of Gold” chart predicting Oscar nods.

A few presumed Oscar contenders were left off the Critics Choice list, including actresses Helen Mirren (“The Last Station”), Abbie Cornish (“Bright Star”), Penelope Cruz (“Nine”) and Melanie Laurent (“Inglourious Basterds”), and actors Daniel Day-Lewis (“Nine”) and Christopher Plummer (“The Last Station”).

http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/basterds-nine-lead-critics-choice-nominations-11729

Also, Golden Globe nominations are announced tomorrow. Does anyone have specific favorites that they would like to see nominated? As stated earlier and even above, I'd like to see Mélanie Laurent get a Best Actress nomination for Inglourious Basterds, Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds as well as the film itself for Best Picture.

[THE QUEEN!!!]

you're gonna kill me but best film I saw this year was Princess and the Frog. but it's just the kind of thing the awards people would ignore, so my hopes wouldn't come true. I'm sure.

[Relaxing Dragon]

Best Film? Hardly. Personal enjoyment aside, in terms of pure quality there's several films ahead (The Hurt Locker leading the pack).

However, and I'm speaking ahead a bit to the Oscars here, I wouldn't mind Princess and the Frog taking Best Animated Feature. I mean, it was a pretty amazing movie, plus it would be even more encouragement for Disney to keep it up. Sure I'd prefer Fantastic Mr. Fox to take it instead, but Princess works just as well.

One things for sure, this is the first time in four years that Pixar isn't an automatic win.

Sorry to change the conversation path.

[iv3rdawG]

Golden Globe nominations:

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Avatar (20th Century Fox)
The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company)
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (Lionsgate)
Up in the Air (Paramount Pictures)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Tobey Maguire - Brothers

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
(500) Days of Summer (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
The Hangover (Warner Bros. Pictures)
It's Complicated (Universal Pictures)
Julie & Julia (Columbia Pictures)
Nine (The Weinstein Company)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sandra Bullock - The Proposal
Marion Cotillard - Nine
Julia Roberts - Duplicity
Meryl Streep - It's Complicated
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Matt Damon - The Informant!
Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine
Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - (500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Sony Pictures Animation)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Coraline (Focus Features)
The Princess and the Frog (Walt Disney Pictures)
Up (Disney•Pixar)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Baaria (Italy)
Broken Embraces (Spain)
The Maid (Chile)
A Prophet (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Julianne Moore - A Single Man

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron - Avatar
Clint Eastwood - Invictus
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell - District 9
Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
Nancy Meyers - It's Complicated
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Michael Giacchino - Up
Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!
James Horner - Avatar
Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man
Karen O and Carter Burwell - Where the Wild Things Are

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"Cinema Italiano"; Mysic & Lyrics by Mary Yeston - Nine
"I Want to Come Home"; Music & Lyrics by Paul McCartney - Everybody's Fine
"I Will See You"; Music by James Horner and Simon Franglen, Lyrics by James Horner, Sion Franglen and Kuk Harrell - Avatar
"The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)"; Music & Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett - Crazy Heart
"Winter"; Music by U2, Lyrics by Bono - Brothers

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
"Big Love" (HBO)
"Dexter" (Showtime)
"House" (Fox)
"Mad Men" (AMC)
"True Blood" (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Glenn Close - "Damages"
January Jones - "Mad Men"
Julianna Margulies - "The Good Wife"
Anna Paquin - "True Blood"
Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Simon Baker - "The Mentalist"
Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"
Jon Hamm - "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie - "House"
Bill Paxton - "Big Love"

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
"30 Rock" (NBC)
"Entourage" (HBO)
"Glee" (Fox)
"Modern Family" (ABC)
"The Office" (NBC)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Toni Collette - "United States of Tara"
Courteney Cox - "Cougar Town"
Edie Falco - "Nurse Jackie"
Tina Fey - "30 Rock"
Lea Michele - "Glee"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"
Steve Carell - "The Office"
David Duchovny - "Californication"
Thomas Jane - "Hung"
Matthew Morrison - "Glee"

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
"Georgia O'Keeffe" (Lifetime Television)
"Grey Gardens" (HBO)
"Into the Storm" (HBO)
"Little Dorrit" (PBS)
"Taking Chance" (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Joan Allen - "Georgia O'Keeffe"
Drew Barrymore - "Grey Gardens"
Jessica Lange - "Grey Gardens"
Anna Paquin - "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler"
Sigourney Weaver - "Prayers for Bobby"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Kevin Bacon - "Taking Chance"
Kenneth Branagh - "Wallander: One Step Behind"
Chiwetel Ejiofor - "Endgame"
Brendan Gleeson - "Into the Storm"
Jeremy Irons - "Georgia O'Keeffe"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jane Adams - "Hung"
Rose Byrne - "Damages"
Jane Lynch - "Glee"
Janet McTeer - "Into the Storm"
Chloe Sevigny - "Big Love"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Michael Emerson - "Lost"
Neil Patrick Harris - "How I Met Your Mother"
William Hurt - "Damages"
John Lithgow - "Dexter"
Jeremy Piven - "Entourage"

[stansimpson]

Best Film? Hardly. Personal enjoyment aside, in terms of pure quality there's several films ahead (The Hurt Locker leading the pack).

Best Animated and Best Foreign films have the hardest chance of getting Best Pic noms.  It's a shame cuz many deserve it yet are relegated to their own specific categories.  No matter to me though since I feel they have their chances in that way (say unlike a decade ago when the Oscars didn't even have an Animated Feature category).

However, and I'm speaking ahead a bit to the Oscars here, I wouldn't mind Princess and the Frog taking Best Animated Feature. I mean, it was a pretty amazing movie, plus it would be even more encouragement for Disney to keep it up. Sure I'd prefer Fantastic Mr. Fox to take it instead, but Princess works just as well.

One things for sure, this is the first time in four years that Pixar isn't an automatic win.

Sorry to change the conversation path.

From what I'm hearing, "Mr. Fox" and "Up" are the leading contenders for Oscar gold.  I'm surprised how much buzz TP&TF has on it though.  Def a fighting chance.  Glad to see such a competitive year for animated films.  Let's hope this isn't a fluke year. 

Btw, that's the best line-up of nominated directors I've seen in quite awhile.  I'd be thrilled if ANY got the Globe.  Though Eastwood winning would seem like a steal away from everyone else for seniority reasons alone.

[iv3rdawG]

I had so much more fun watching Fantastic Mr. Fox than I did with Up.

[Elijah Baley]

Golden Globe nominations:
BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Avatar (20th Century Fox)
The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company)
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (Lionsgate)
Up in the Air (Paramount Pictures)

Lists like this make me realize how bad a year it was for live-action films. I mean, Hurt Locker was great by any measure, but it's not much more than an action flick. It's the best film on that list, considering that Avatar is not much more than a Lucas film better acted, Inglorious Basterds is Tarantino doing nothing new and Precious is the rare film about which I agree with Armond White. Up in the Air should be good, but that's it.

If there were ever a year Pixar deserved a best picture win ...

[Relaxing Dragon]

I hate when movies are dismissed as "just an action movie". That doesn't make them bad or any less deserving of prestige. Anf for my money, I contend that The Hurt Locker is the highest-quality movie of the year, possibly of the last few years.

Moving along, nice enough set of nominees, though I'm saddened by the noticeable lack of District 9 love (just one nomination? For shame). That is a nice list of nominated Directors, though considering how average an Oscar-bait movie Invictus was, Clint's nomination seems to be there for the sake of giving a slot to Clint (and possibly trying to apologize for Gran Torino's snubbing at the Oscars last year).

Also, where is Ponyo for a Best Animated Film Nomination?

[quistisffviii]

Do people still care about the Golden Globes?

I watch them.  As someone already mentioned, people are drinking.  Then add that not only are movies nominated, TV shows are nominated too.  Plus they get a few more awards squeezed in there and usually (but not always) get most movies that deserve to be nominated.  By the time they hand out the Golden Globes, you pretty much know who is going to be nominated for an Academy Award (but then again, not always). 

[Kete]

I think that this year will be the year of the sleepers when it comes to best picture noms.

I think that Up is the only clear shoe-in at this point.  The Imaginarium and Inglourious Basterds will probably make it too.

Some possible sleepers that may make the list: Away We Go, Two Lovers, The Damned United, Gomorra, Moon, Bright Star, Amreeka, Rudo y Cursi, Hotel For Dogs, 500 Days of Summer, The Hurt Locker, An Education, and Precious.

A few that may get a nomination just to fill that Oscar movie stereotype: The Soloist, Amelia, Invictus, and Nine.

and maaaybeee The Lovely Bones, A Serious Man, and Brothers.

It Might Get Loud is my pick for best documentary.

Wow....That's a lot of movies.  I'll have to revise this a bit.

Okay, here's my modified list:
Up
Inglourious Basterds
Up In The Air
The Hurt Locker
Precious
An Education
The Road
A Serious Man
Invictus
And although it doesn't make much sense to me:  Avatar