Index | Picture | Dir | Actor | Actress | Supp Actress | Supp Actor | Foreign | Screenplays |Aural | Animation
and the nominees are...
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ANONYMOUS
Lisy Christl 1st nomination! wins: --
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JANE EYRE
Michael O'Connor 2 noms | 1 win |
W.E.
Arianne Phillips 2 nominations |
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| Most Costumes! Oscar loves this time period. Put Queen Elizabeth in your film you'd better have the budget for extravagant costumes! | Mark Bridges has been doing amazing work in period and contemporary films since the 1990s. Nice to see the Oscars finally catch up. And with such a fun film, too. |
Though not nominated for every picture, Powell is foolish to bet against on general principle. Hugo was an obvious get and very crafty. | It's a showy project (for this category) and you can really feel the weight and shape of the clothes. Wonderful. |
It's almost like Madonna was trying to beat the Evita record of most costumes worn by female lead. But why does the inventive Arianne only get nominated for bios? |
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Who Got Left Out? My Week With Marilyn and The Iron Lady's recreations of famous wardrobe, The Help's rainbow of dresses, and Captain America's amusing 40s pastiche, and Tinker Tailor Soldier's stuffed suits. Who Will Win? Perhaps The Artist can pull this one out for 1st time nominee (absurd that it's the first time!) Mark Bridges. But if the voters fall back on their "most" or "oldest time period is best" or "showy" or "royalty porn" costume habits, this one goes to Anonymous or Jane Eyre or W.E. or Hugo or ... hey, now wait a second! FIVE WAY RACE |
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CINEMATOGRAPHY
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THE ARTIST
Guillame Schiffman 1st nomination! wins: -- |
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO wins:
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HUGO wins: --
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THE TREE OF LIFE wins: the critical trifecta NYFCC, LAFCA, NSFC and many more |
WAR HORSE wins: --
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| An attention grabber in black and white. | Astoundingly beautiful. But will that be enough? |
Yes, it's another teal and orange movie (what gives?) but it just glows. |
Astoundingly beautiful. But will that be enough? |
Retro storybook images and self-conscious beauty. It's like an Oscar FYC ad in visual form. |
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Who Got Left Out? Who Will Win? |
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ART DIRECTION |
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DEATHLY HALLOWS PT 2
Stuart Craig (10 noms & 3 wins) & Stephenie McMillan (5 noms & 1 win) wins: ADG (fantasy)
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HUGO wins:
several critics prizes |
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS wins: -- |
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| It's possible that this movie won't have as much pull as we all expect and any of the visual or acting categories could suffer. But it's just so beautifully crafted. | A strong contender for the win if they think about honoring the whole franchise. Otherwise, that train station of Hugo could easily take it. | He's an Oscar favorite and "most" often equals "best" in the tech categories. The movie looks like a gazillion dollars. | It came out of nowhere for this nomination but on the other hand, it does travel across eras with a unifying glow | Despite a lack of guild notice, the storybook houses and windmills and maybe especially that barb wire battlefield put him back in contention. |
| Who Got Left Out?7 Other Strong-Seeming Possibilities The craziest snub here has to be Maria Djurkovic's amazing work on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but other films they could have gone for include The Help and Captain America and all three of those films were ADG nominees Who Will Win? This is Hugo's to lose unless AMPAS voters realize en masse that they've strangely never given the Harry Potter franchise any Oscars, not even the only statue it arguably deserves. |
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FILM EDITING |
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THE ARTIST wins: -- |
THE DESCENDANTS
Kevin Tent nom |
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Kirk baxter and Angus Wall (3 noms / 1 win) wins: BFCA
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HUGO
Thelma Schoonmaker (7 noms | 3 wins) wins: Vegas
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MONEYBALL
Christopher Tellefsen 1st nomination! wins: --
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| She mostly keeps up the bright pace and the comic timing of the cuts is wonderful. | Editing tends to follow Best Picture. | In the absence of a true action picture they went in the tense thriller direction. | Editing tends to follow best picture and this film is on the rise. But what to make of it's uncharacteristically odd pacing? | Well handled cutting here (plus showy elements like flashbacks, sports, and televised footage) and for such a talky and surprisingly contemplative picture it never drags |
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VISUAL EFFECTS PREDICTIONS
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DEATHLY HALLOWS PT 2
wins: St Louis
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HUGO
wins: --
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REAL STEEL
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RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
wins: BFCA
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TRANSFORMERS DARK OF THE MOON |
| This series has only been nominated for this prize twice before (Azkaban and Deathly Hallows Pt 1) | Tough to say whether it's lower key effects will win them over but the movie looks beautiful and people even seem to like its 3D (gasp). | One film about violent robots was not enough for them! | It looks like the new frontrunner. Boy are those apes impressive. And motion capture acting just advanced yet another level. | The second film was not nominated for this prize but given the expanded category and friendlier reviews it's back with film #3. |
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Eligible Finalist That Were Left Out Who Will Win? |
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MAKEUP |
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ALBERT NOBBS wins: -- |
THE IRON LADY wins: -- |
DEATHLY HALLOWS PT. 2 wins: BFCA |
| They went for this film's pale gender bending. | Damn impressive old age and transformative work on Streep | Potter's first time nomination in this particular category believe it or not. |
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