Below, are the nominations for the 2012 Academy Awards. My choices are in bold…
Best Picture
There were a slew of great movies this year and The Artist just nudges out The Help in my mind.
War Horse
The Artist
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Best Actress
While I love Meryl Streep in everything, Viola Davis just inhabited her role.
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Viola Davis, The Help
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Best Actor
Another toughy… I would put Jean Dujardin just ahead of George Clooney for Best Actor. He totally carried The Artist, and I don’t know that another actor could have done it so well.
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Supporting Actress
I think McCarthy is going to get it just so Bridesmaids gets something (and she’d deserve it, too), but if Octavia Spencer takes home the statue, I’d be okay with that.
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Supporting Actor
80-something Plummer versus 80-something von Snydow, with Plummer getting the win.
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Best Director
The Artist is going to win a ton of awards tonight, leading to its Best Picture victory.
Michel Hazanivicus, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Best Original Screenplay
I could see Wiig and Mumulo getting the win, but I do think this is Woody Allen’s year, and since he’s not getting the Director statue, I think they give him screenplay. It was his best film in 30 years.
Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumulo, Bridesmaids
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Best Adapted Screenplay
Love Jim Rash in Community, so I hope he, Payne and Faxon get the win.
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Beau Willimon and Grant Heslov, The Ides of March
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Moneyball
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Foreign Feature
Admittedly, I know nothing of this category, but I’ve heard of A Separation, so I’m thinking it’s taking the victory.
Bullhead
Footnote
In Darkness
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation
Best Animated Feature
Not a particularly good year for animation, or at least mainstream animation.
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Art Direction
The Artist was just gorgeous.
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse
Cinematography
The Artist was just gorgeously shot, though so was War Horse and Hugo and Tree of Life. Okay, another great category, but I think The Artist is going to be rolling downhill and collecting wins..
The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Costume Design
If Hugo doesn’t win, it’s going to be The Artist, because those costumes were gorgeous, but I just remember thinking about the costumes during Hugo (and it wasn’t because I was bored during the film).
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.
Documentary Feature
I was going to give this to Hell and Back Again, but Paradise Lost 3 has so many heavy hitters behind it, I’m leaning towards that.
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated
Documentary Short Subject
Who doesn’t love a documentary short about the Iraqi War?
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Film Editing
Though I would not be surprised if Bion and Hazanavicius win, I’m thinking it’s Thema Schoonmaker’s year. Just a hunch.
Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Kevin Tent, The Descendants
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
Christopher Tellefsen, Moneyball
Makeup
C’mon, Harry Potter has to win something, right? And, I still firmly believes it belongs up there with the Best Picture nominees.
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle, Albert Nobbs
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, The Iron Lady
Music (Original Score)
The score helped sell the film; it’s gotta win.
John Williams, The Adventures of Tintin
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Howard Shore, Hugo
Alberto Iglesias, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John Williams, War Horse
Music (Original Song)
Only two songs? Seriously?
"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett
Sound Editing
I think Drive has to win something, and since this was the only thing it was nominated for (sorry, Albert Brooks), I think it wins.
Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse
Sound Mixing
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Monyeball
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse
Visual Effects
C’mon, Potter! Avenge the snub of Alan Rickman!
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
Short Film (Animated)
I know nothing of this category, so I threw a dart.
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life
Short Film (Live Action)
My second dart.
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic
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