OSCARS 2013

whoa directors, leaving out Biggy and Ben Affect, cool, then u shit in the punchbowl w/ Haneke.

how does "shit in the punchbowl" translate in German?

"The last time Austria and Germany got together and produced something, it was Hitler...but this is much better." -- Seth McFarlane on Best Foreign Language Feature nomination of Amour

Good luck watching him for 3-1/2 hrs, everybody

Bummed about Matthew McC and Ann Dowd, but whatever because THEY KICKED HELEN MIRREN TO THE CURB!!!

DGA to Oscar ratio is 2/5; fairly shocking.

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/01/down_with_argo_ben_affleck_s_iran_hostage_movie_is_the_worst.html

did Skyfall get more nominations than ZDT?

Also, the way I see it right now:

Lincoln
Spielberg
DDL
Lawrence
Jones
Hathaway
Kushner, et al
Haneke (a la Pedro Almodovar auteur token screenplay win)

xpost no, the same

also what is it with you (and others) and Ann Dowd? It's a hatefully drawn character.

That's how it's drawn; that's not how she executes it.

sorry, meant to type "You're a hatefully drawn character."

Christ, you.

tot missed that Haneke got a writing nomination. Surely Foreign Film will be enough?

I wonder if Leo will attend, looking forlorn again:

http://i.imgur.com/9MHhU.gif

Foreign film will go to something different, no doubt. They still have that inscrutable committee deciding, right? I'm guessing No or Kon-Tiki.

always the ring bearer, never the groom xpost

I think there's going to be enough of a backlash about the Bigelow dis that Boal will win for screenplay. maybe.

What tangled webs.

The observations I posted in my Oscar notes blog:

– Zero Dark Thirty, thought to be the soft frontrunner going into the nominations this morning, took a pretty sizeable hit thanks to its director Kathryn Bigelow getting snubbed. Actually, the biggest snubs of the morning came in that category, with Hollywood’s golden boy Ben Affleck and fellow DGA nominee Tom Hooper (Les Miserables) also missing out on bids. Big shakeups there.

– Most surprising showing in the major categories: Amour. Emmanuelle Riva was expected to probably show up in the best actress lineup as well as the best foreign film category, but it made major showings elsewhere, with appearances in best picture, best director and best screenplay. Somewhere Michael Haneke’s frown just got turned upside down, if only ruefully/ironically. I am relishing the thought of him getting the obligatory Pedro Almodovar token win in the screenplay category.

– Speaking of Emmanuelle Riva, at 85 years old, she is officially the oldest nominee in best actress ever. Conversely, Quvenzhane Wallis is the category’s youngest contender ever at 9 years old (though she was actually 6 when the movie was shot). Pretty impressive spread.

– Silver Linings Playbook becomes the first movie to get nominations in all four acting categories since Reds in 1981. Harvey Weinstein spent his money strategically. Two other movies, however, did get nods in three of the four acting categories this morning: Lincoln (as expected) and The Master (which was snubbed in every other category).

– Whoever wins best supporting actor this year, it won’t be their first time on the podium. Every single one of them has won an Oscar before. Currently pouring one out for snubee Matthew McConaughey’s g-string.

– Minnesota native John Hawkes got snubbed in best actor for his role in The Sessions. It was a baity part, but if I’m to be totally honest, it was no Teardrop. If it’s Joaquin Phoenix that he made room for, I’m cool with that.

– In below-the-line categories, the biggest shock of the morning was the dismissal of The Intouchables in best foreign film. Never has a movie seemed more tailor-made for the category.

– Maggie Simpson is now an Oscar nominee. Good job, Maggie Simpson.

Wonder whether the speed of Boal/Bigelow rewriting their movie after OBL's assassination earns him points with other screenwriters. (Been reading articles painting him as interestingly insufferable, though.)

Surprised The Master didn't get a screenplay nom.

Also insufferable to many but otm last year with all major categories months in advance (before The Artist had opened in the U.S.), Bret Easton Ellis predicted a few months ago on Twitter that Silver Linings would win Best Picture, Actor, and Actress.

i wonder if taking dictation from the guvmint earns Boal points with other screenwriters

I went to see "Argo" a few weeks back, but I got a call 20 minutes from the end that my daughter had thrown up in school, so I had to leave early. What did I miss? Did all the hostages die? They all died, didn't they?

Does "Silver Linings ..." have any sort of momentum at all? At least people actually saw those turds "As Good as it Gets" and "Little Miss Sunshine."

The most I see Silver Linings mustering is two acting wins instead of one. But, yeah, we'll see how hard Weinstein hits Lincoln.

yeah the fact that lincoln has done way bigger box office than silver linings does benefit it

Little Miss grossed $60 M domestically, much of that after its AA attention I'm sure. (I've still avoided that turd btw.) Silver Linings is at 34 M now.

lol, forgot that shakespeare in love beat saving private ryan...it's a REMATCH

Weinstein really honed in on the acting categories this year. He netted 8 of the 20.

Have to think winning BP is going to be an uphill battle, though, to say the least.

Rick Ross snubbed :-(

Can't say I actually favor anyone in best supporting actress. If she didn't handicap herself with that horrible accent, I'd be rooting for Helen Hunt.

Others are pretty easily: Phoenix, Riva, Jones.

wait rick ross was a presumptive nominee? did he have something in les mis?

I assume the accent (and the previous win) is why she was nominated

xp

Rick Ross made the Best Song long list, as did R. Kelly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5_mJ6wTHBU

Nathaniel confirms: "Weaver's nomination makes Silver Linings Playbook the first film since Warren Beatty's classic Reds (1981) to win acting nominations in all categories."

both films noted for their resemblance to "Everybody Loves Raymond"

Bradley Cooper can speak French.

No, Chile
A Royal Affair, Denmark
War Witch, Canada

How are these? Worth digging for?

Only seen A Royal Affair, and it's okay but nothing great.

tarantino tantrum just now on Channel 4 news: Perhaps he was pissed he didn't get a nom.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/quentin-tarantino-tells-interviewer-you-cant-make-me-dance-im-not-a-monkey-8446660.html
tbf krishnan was being really arsey.

Bill Hicks • 40 minutes ago

Tarantino has a small penis. He has a chode, which is why he grossly overcompensates with violence and anger. This is why he's lashing out in this interview -- his small chode.

That qt interview reminds me of one Eddie Van Halen did in 1986: when he felt intellectually threatened over some pretty basic shit, he lashed out, and accused the interviewer of trying to make him look or sound stupid.

Oscar nomination snubs include Affleck, Bigelow and 'Skyfall'

LA Times, wtf? ppl expected it to get a Best Picture nomination? Isn't 5 a record for a Bond film?

It got a PGA nom. It has v. good chances with cinematography (shanghai scene) and song.

I didn't know Roger Deakins was 0-for-9 at the Oscars. Still this would be like a "Departed" win for him. Kaminski may be tough to beat if Lincoln is BP.

So far cinematography precursors have been fairly equally shared between Deakins and Life of Pi. Both deserving.

and accused the interviewer of trying to make him look or sound stupid.

"Why would I do that when you already doing such a good job on your own?"

"I’m asking you interesting questions." Straight trollin'.

How are these? Worth digging for?

Haven't seen any, but the trailer for No looks great.

Not sure where to post this, but I would love to see this film:

http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/middle-east-north-africa/276605-iran-plans-response-to-argo