momsdrunk:

We’re coming at you live from All Asia in Cambridge, MA.  While we were waiting for a reading from Caragh we decided we needed to have a talk about the Oscars and Viola Davis’ loss.

6 Mar 2012 / Reblogged from momsdrunk with 27 notes / mom's drunk oscars academy awards viola davis 

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Let’s talk about the director of The Help: Tate Taylor.

Let’s talk about the director of The Help: Tate Taylor.

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Billy Crystal is killing it over on twitter.

Billy Crystal is killing it over on twitter.

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How do we really feel about 1998’s Best Actress Oscar nominations & win? Will Kate Winslet finally win for Titanic 3D next year?

How do we really feel about 1998’s Best Actress Oscar nominations & win?

Will Kate Winslet finally win for Titanic 3D next year?

26 Feb 2012 / 14 notes / oscars 

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Remember that year Gwyneth left her Tokyo Goth party to attend the Oscars?

Remember that year Gwyneth left her Tokyo Goth party to attend the Oscars?

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mykicks replied to your post: My Oscar Picks
How does Midnight in Paris have “no chance” in o. screenplay? It won the BFCA, Golden Globe, and the Writer’s Guild Award. You can say it won’t win, but it clearly has a good shot at it.

I guess ‘no chance’ is the wrong choice of words since it does have a 1 in 5 chance of winning, but if I was betting I would bet the least amount of money on that film winning even though it won other awards. I am the worst at betting and picking winner so this will most likely win.

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My Oscar Picks

I finally saw all the best picture nominated films and most of the other nominated films (I haven’t seen Albert Nobbs, A Better Life, or A Separation) and have some thoughts and predictions.

Best Picture

  • The Artist - Will probably win
  • War Horse - Every Oscar needs a feel good animal movie
  • Moneyball - Who doesn’t like a feel good movie about baseball and little girls singing songs
  • The Descendants - I really loved this movie and if The Artist doesn’t win, it will be this film
  • Tree of Life - I wish this film was just Jessica Chastain & some dinosaurs jumping on the bed for 2 hours (Could someone gif this for me?)
  • Midnight in Paris - Rachel McAdams played a slightly older Regina George, but I still loved this film
  • The Help - What hasn’t been said about this film?
  • Hugo - Loved this, but no chance of winning (I am always wrong at guess winner though)
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - I saved this film for last, because I didn’t want to see it.  It wasn’t great, but I didn’t hate it and probably cried a couple times.

Best Actress

  • Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady - Love you Meryl, but not this year
  • Viola Davis, The Help - Should and will win
  • Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn - Got her Independent Spirit Award and should be happy with that
  • Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs - I assume she was great
  • Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - This spot belongs to Tilda

Best Actor

  • Jean Dujardin, The Artist - Could win
  • Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy - No chance
  • George Clooney, The Descendants - Will win
  • Brad Pitt, Moneyball - So nice of you to show up to the ceremony, preferably without weird facial hair.
  • Demian Bichir, A Better Life - Remember when you were on Weeds?

Best Supporting Actress:

  • Octavia Spencer, The Help - Will probably win
  • Bérénice Bejo, The Artist - She was great, but no chance
  • Jessica Chastain, The Help - I mostly wish The Help was just you and Octavia Spencer cooking
  • Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids - I want her to win
  • Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs - Was she good? Better than Shailene Woodley or (I know) Sandra Bullock?

Best Supporting Actor:

  • Christopher Plummer, Beginners - Needs to, should, will win
  • Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn - No.
  • Nick Nolte, Warrior - Just watched this last night and he was surprisingly pretty good as was the movie
  • Jonah Hill, Moneyball - If Brad Pitt gets a nom, Jonah Hill deserves the nom. If only he stops doing stupid movies like The Sitter or 21 Jump Street
  • Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Less is more I guess

Best Director

  • Alexander Payne, The Descendants - I’d be happy if he won
  • Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist - Will Probably win
  • Martin Scorsese, Hugo - Deserves the nom, probably won’t win
  • Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris - No chance.
  • Terrence Malick, Tree of Life - See note about Jessica Chastain above and you have a better chance of winning

Best Original Screenplay:

  • Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist - Will win
  • Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Bridesmaids - Want them to win
  • J.C. Chandor, Margin Call - Won Independent Spirit Award so he won’t win this
  • Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris - No chance.
  • Asgar Farhadi, A Separation - Haven’t seen this yet, I assume it’s worth seeing?

Best Adapted Sceenplay

  • Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants - Will win
  • John Logan, Hugo - Great film and deserves the nom, but won’t win
  • Steven Zaillian, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - No.
  • Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian, Moneyball - Love Aaron Sorkin, but no chance on winning this
  • George Clooney, Ides of March - He’s such a renaissance man.
  • Peter Straughan and Bridget O’Connor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - No chance.

Again, I am the worst at picking winners which is why I never gamble.

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"Faced with the peril of that archetype, Davis did the hardest job of anyone in the Best Actress category: She made the movie better — much better — without playing against it. Much of The Help is bright, candy-colored, and loud: It’s full of silly wigs and garish costumes, sitcom slapstick and shit pies, wicked old dears like Sissy Spacek, finger-snappin’ Designing Women tell-offs, and the kind of steroidal pivots from comedy to poignancy to melodrama that would shame an episode of Glee. What Davis gives the film is humanity. Aibileen is a gentle but wary woman — she’s lived long enough to know that in her world, you survive by bending, not breaking, by keeping your thoughts to yourself, by seeing and hearing everything while appearing to register very little, and by trying to apply your own sense of decency and kindness to a badly needed paying job in an often indecent and unkind world. When she’s on-screen, the hummingbird shrieks of the movie’s other characters are hushed; you’re reminded that the human toll of daily, casual racism doesn’t really get addressed by making Bryce Dallas Howard eat poo. Because Davis is a physically gifted actress who can incorporate the exhaustion and strain of being Aibileen into every motion and muscle, and also the rare performer — even in this year ofThe Artist and Max von Sydow — whose silences draw you even closer, she seems to correct The Help’s excesses without ever standing self-protectively outside it. At every turn, she un-simplifies the movie."

Viola Davis, The Help, and Hollywood’s Ongoing Issues With Race

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84th Annual Academy Award Nominations

Best Picture

  • The Artist
  • War Horse
  • Moneyball
  • The Descendants
  • Tree of Life
  • Midnight in Paris
  • The Help
  • Hugo
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Best Actress

  • Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
  • Viola Davis, The Help
  • Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
  • Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
  • Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Best Actor

  • Jean Dujardin, The Artist
  • Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy
  • George Clooney, The Descendants
  • Brad Pitt, Moneyball
  • Demian Bichir, A Better Life

Best Supporting Actress:

  • Octavia Spencer, The Help
  • Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
  • Jessica Chastain, The Help
  • Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
  • Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs

Best Supporting Actor:

  • Christopher Plummer, Beginners
  • Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
  • Nick Nolte, Warrior
  • Jonah Hill, Moneyball
  • Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Best Director

  • Alexander Payne, The Descendants
  • Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
  • Martin Scorsese, Hugo
  • Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
  • Terrence Malick, Tree of Life

Best Original Screenplay:

  • Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
  • Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Bridesmaids
  • J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
  • Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
  • Asgar Farhadi, A Separation

Best Adapted Sceenplay

  • Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
  • John Logan, Hugo
  • Steven Zaillian, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
  • Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
  • George Clooney, Ides of March
  • Peter Straughan and Bridget O’Connor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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oscar predictions.

Best Motion Picture of the Year: The King’s Speech

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Natalie Portman

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Colin Firth

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Christian Bale

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Hailee Steinfeld

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: Toy Story 3

Best Documentary Short Subject: The Warriors of Qiugang

Best Short Film (Animated): Day & Night Teddy Newton

Best Short Film (Live Action): The Confession

Achievement in Art Direction: Inception

Achievement in Cinematography: True Grit

Achievement in Costume Design: Alice in Wonderland

Achievement in Directing: David Fincher

Best Documentary Feature: Exit through the Gift Shop (i want this to win to see what happens, but i think Inside Job will win for real)

Achievement in Makeup: The Wolfman

Achievement in Film Editing: The Social Network

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: Biutiful

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): The Social Network

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): “If I Rise” from 127 Hours

Achievement in Sound Editing: Inception

Achievement in Sound Mixing: Inception

Achievement in Visual Effects: Inception

Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network

Original Screenplay: The King’s Speech

27 Feb 2011 / 13 notes / Oscars 

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