OSCARS 2013

Figured The Impossible would get in there a la Hereafter.

guessing life of pi will win that one (haven't seen it but the teaser was impressive)

In my opinion the best visual effects are those that you don't notice, and Life of Pi had several effects that looked pretty bad to me. Would go with Prometheus or Skyfall or TDKR or Avengers over it.

Whatever blocks The Hobbit.

s'alright
s'alright

is samsara not going to get any noms

104 eligible Original Scores (nix to Moonrise Kingdom)

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/academy-reveals-104-eligible-original-scores-for-2012-oscar-race

http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/reminderlist.html

"Lawless," Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, composers

Oh and

West of Memphis," Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, composers

Foreign Shortlist:

Austria, "Amour," Michael Haneke, director
Canada, "War Witch," Kim Nguyen, director
Chile, "No," Pablo Larraín, director
Denmark, "A Royal Affair," Nikolaj Arcel, director
France, "The Intouchables," Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, directors
Iceland, "The Deep," Baltasar Kormákur, director
Norway, "Kon-Tiki," Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, directors
Romania, "Beyond the Hills," Cristian Mungiu, director
Switzerland, "Sister," Ursula Meier, director

wow i've been saying for years someone should do a film about the Kon-Tiki-- is it playing in the US anywhere?

It has to!

no info on imdb

looks like a US release is planned for sometime next year

http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/weinstein-company-acquires-rights-to-kon-tiki/

e-voting broken lolz

http://www.salon.com/2013/01/02/concerns_over_e_voting_push_oscar_nomination_deadline_back_by_24_hours/

Yeah, I've got my fingers crossed that the computerized system leads to more than a few octogenarian voters begging off voting this year.

I thought you wanted Lincoln to win? despite your sight-unseen love for my least fave Amerikan propaganda vessel.

The oldies can submit paper ballots.

Betting today's oldies would probably prefer Argo. It's sort of like that "'70s, '80s and today" radio station tagline.

I wonder if the online system was set up to discourage older voters.

oh, the deadline for requesting paper was in December.

If it gets Moonrise or even The Master into BP ahead of Argo and Les Shiz, OK.

they figured since Borgnine died everyone younger is tweetin'

If it gets Moonrise or even The Master into BP ahead of Argo and Les Shiz, OK.

I don't know if younger voters are necessarily any more discerning.

Forget Moonrise, I'm gunning for an Oogieloves bid.

I saw the Oogieloves movie at Target this week! It might have momentum behind it.

Nathaniel's final pics. He sez Maggie Smith, Eddie Redmayne, Helen Hunt, and Kidman are in, McConaughey and Phoenix likely out.

Redmayne seems a truly no-guts-no-glory pic, to use the term SS fixates on. Also don't think Django votes are splitting three ways but, rather, two. Could see both Waltz and DiCaprio getting in over DeNero or maybe Arkin.

(Hah, I'm now seeing Nat explicitly calls Redmayne his NGNG pick.)

Man, I'd love to see Jennifer Ehle in supporting actress, but I think she's got the longest odds of his on-the-bubble candidates.

(In that category, at least.)

Unless Dowd scores a coup, I'm likely not going to be thrilled with anyone in that category. Swap in the entire female cast of Cosmopolis in my opinion.

not zackly sure why The Master fell off so dramatically from its This Year's Tree of Life start.

I lasted 25 minutes w/ Compliance.

Probably because it's nowhere near as good as Tree of Life.

we disagree there but it's the Oscars, honeybunch

No, it's life we disagree on.

Spielberg and Aldrich are part of life!

Pretty sure one of those two are dead.

hmmm, R.K.O. says The Intouchables is getting nominated.

http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2013/01/oscar-2013-nomination-predictions-picture/

Jackie Weaver!

http://oscar.go.com/nominees

Silver LInings Playbook first film in ages in which we get nominees for every acting category.

Amour housed.

Bigelow omitted from Best Director, which means Spielberg gets it.

Will Tippin has been nominated for an Oscar - there is no god.

@Glenn__Kenny: If I said "Emmanuelle Riva" to any random film blogger this time last year they would have responded "Gesundheit." Fuckers.

nice to see Paul Epworth get some due.

Just realized John Hawkes got snubbed.

It has been 15 years since Spielberg last won, but that's only thing I really see potentially getting in the way of a Silver Linings Playbook sweep (remember when As Good As It Gets took the tops?). I wonder if Harvey Weinstein's gonna be soft on Lincoln since he's tight with DDL, but I could almost see him pulling some "Django vs Lincoln" shit to try and shame voters and send them to his dance flick.

a SLP vs Lincoln would be schizophrenia vs depression.

SLP is the new as Good As It Gets, isn't it? :(