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84th Annual Oscars. The Films of 2011


THE NOMINATIONS


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BEST PICTURE

The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud
The Help
Hugo

Midnight in Paris

  Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Predictions?
well... 8 of my top 9 made it. I missed Extremely Loud

DISCUSS OSCAR RACE

BEST DIRECTOR

Woody Allen
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Michael Hazanavicius
THE ARTIST
Terrence Malick
TREE OF LIFE
Alexander Payne
DESCENDANTS
Martin Scorsese
HUGO

Predictions?
5/5 here  

DISCUSS OSCAR RACE

BEST ACTOR

Demian Bichir
A Better Life
George Clooney
THE DESCENDANTS
Jean Dujardin
THE ARTIST
Gary Oldman
TINKER TAILOR
Brad Pitt
MONEYBALL

Predictions?
3/5 missing Oldman and Bichir 

DISCUSS OSCAR RACE

BEST ACTRESS

Glenn Close
ALBERT NOBBS
Viola Davis
THE HELP
Rooney Mara
DRAGON TATTOO
Meryl Streep
THE IRON LADY
Michelle Williams
MY WEEK WITH 

Predictions?
4/5 missing Mara. But I was right about who she'd take out if she made it. 

DISCUSS OSCAR RACE

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kenneth Branagh
MY WEEK WITH...
Jonah Hill
MONEYBALL
Nick Nolte
WARRIOR
Christopher Plummer
BEGINNERS
Max von Sydow
EXTREMELY LOUD 

Predictions
4/5 missing Von Sydow 

DISCUSS THE OSCAR RACE

 SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Bérénice Bejo
THE ARTIST
Jessica Chastain
THE HELP
Melissa McCarthy
BRIDESMAIDS
Janet McTeer
ALBERT NOBBS
Octavia Spencer
THE HELP

Predictions?
5/5 

DISCUSS THE OSCAR RACE

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

 THE ARTIST
Hazanavicius
BRIDESMAIDS
Mumulo & Wiig
MARGIN CALL
JC Chandor
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Allen
A SEPARATION
Farhadi

Predictions?
4/5 missing only Margin Call. I had 50/50

ARTICLES ON SCREENPLAYS

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
 

 THE DESCENDANTS
Payne, Faxon & Rash
HUGO
Logan
IDES OF MARCH
Clooney, Henslov, Willimon
MONEYBALL
Zaillan & Sorkin
TINKER TAILOR...
O'Connor & Straughan

Predictions?
4/5 missing Ides for The Help 

ARTICLES ON SCREENPLAYS

CINEMATOGRAPHY

THE ARTIST
Schiffman
DRAGON TATTOO
Cronenwerth
HUGO
Richardson
TREE OF LIFE
Lubezki
WAR HORSE
Kaminski

Predictions?
5/5 

ARTICLES ON CINEMATOGRAPHY

COSTUME DESIGN

ANONYMOUS
Lisy Christl
THE ARTIST
Mark Bridges
HUGO 
Sandy Powell
JANE EYRE
Michael O'Connor
W.E.
Arianne Phillips

Predictions?
3/5 missing Anonymous and W.E. for Help and Marilyn 

ARTICLES ON
COSTUME DESIGN

 ART DIRECTION

THE ARTIST
Bennett & Gould
HARRY POTTER
Craig & McMillan
HUGO
Ferretti & Lo Schiavo
MIDNIGHT
Seibel & Dubreil
WAR HORSE
Carter & Sandales

Predictions?
3/5 here missing Midnight and War Horse for Help and Tinker 

ARTICLES ON
ART DIRECTION

FILM EDITING

THE ARTIST
Sofie-Bion
DESCENDANTS
Tent
DRAGON TATTOO
Baxter & Wall
HUGO
Schoonmaker
MONEYBALL
Tellefsen

Predictions?
4/5 missing Descendants for War Horse

ARTICLES ON EDITING

VISUAL EFFECTS

HARRY POTTER 8
HUGO
REAL STEEL
RISE OF... APES
TRANSFORMERS 3

Predictions?
4/5 missing Capt America for Real Steel

 ARTICLES ON
VISUAL EFFECTS

MAKEUP

ALBERT NOBBS
THE IRON LADY
HARRY POTTER 8

Predictions?
2/3 here missing Albert Nobbs for Gainsbourg 

 ARTICLES ON MAKEUP

FOREIGN FILM

BELGIUM
BULLHEAD
CANADA
MONSIEUR LAZHAR
ISRAEL
Footnote
IRAN
A SEPARATION
POLAND
IN DARKNESS 

Predictions?
3/5 missing Belgium and Canada for Taiwan and Germany 

ARTICLES ON FOREIGN FILMS

 ORIGINAL SONG

THE MUPPETS
"Man or Muppet"
RIO
"Real in Rio" 

Predictions?
0/2 here guessing the wrong Muppet song and missing Rio.

ARTICLES ON ORIGINAL SONG

 ORIGINAL SCORE

TINTIN
Williams
THE ARTIST
Bource
HUGO
Shore
TINKER TAILOR
Iglesias
WAR HORSE
Williams

Predictions?
3/5 here missing Tintin (i shoulda known better) and Tinker Tailor

ARTICLES ON COMPOSERS

SOUND EDITING

DRIVE
DRAGON TATTOO
HUGO

TRANSFORMERS 3
WAR HORSE 

 Predictions?
2/5 missing Drive for Hanna and Tattoo for Apes and Super 8 for War Horse. Whoops
 

ARTICLES ON SOUND

SOUND MIXING

DRAGON TATTOO
HUGO
MONEYBALL
TRANSFORMERS 3
WAR HORSE 

Predictions?
3/5 missing Dragon Tattoo and War Horse for Pirates and Super 8

ARTICLES ON SOUND

 

ANIMATED FILM

 A CAT IN PARIS
CHICO & RITA
KUNG FU PANDA
PUSS IN BOOTS
RANGO

Predictions?
3/5 missing Cat in Paris and Kung Fu for Tintin and Arthur

ARTICLES ON ANIMATION

     

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE


HELL AND BACK
IF A TREE FALLS
PARADISE LOST 3
PINA
UNDEFEATED

Predictions?
2/5 OMG. WHOOPS. I only got Pina and Paradise right. 

ARTICLES ON DOCUMENTARIES

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

BARBER BIRMINGHAM 
GOD IS BIGGER
INCIDENT IN...
SAVING FACE
TSUNAMI & CHERRY 

Predictions?
3/5 here. I missed God and Elvis and Saving Face

ARTICLES ON DOCUMENTARIES

LIVE ACTION SHORT 

PENTECOST
RAJU
THE SHORE
TIME FREAK
TUBA ATLANTIC 

Predictions?
2/5 here. Shoot. I only guessed Raju and The Shore correctly.

ARTICLES ON SHORTS

ANIMATED SHORT 

DIMANCHE / SUNDAY
LA LUNA
MR MORRIS LESSMORE
MORNING STROLL
WILD LIFE

Predictions?
4/5 here. only missing Dimanche for Paths of Hate 

ARTICLES ON SHORTS

 


 

 Crystal Ball Nomination Tally
 

I greatly overestimated The Help and underestimated Extremely Loud. Correct on the total snubbing of Shame and Young Adult, two of my top 20 favorites this year.

January 21st Final Predictions ...  sound off on the Oscar race

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