Another one for Black Swan O+O
OMG, Natalie Portman news – still SHOCKING. xD
Amazing Oscar timing.
Also… YAY! Kim Hye-ja for Best Actress in Madeo/Mother again!
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I was beat last night. Full of anxiety xD
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Couldn’t resist to use this image as the main film here xD
Can’t help myself, and I haven’t even seen The Tourist. Look, I love movie stars… I’m sure I’m going to go “oh, it isn’t THAT bad” but I can even say when things should be awarded or not. xD But then again… ratings~
I’m just glad Timberlake wasn’t nominated in anything.
And since we’re speaking about out of their league: Lea Michelle for Glee is completely out of her league in her category against Toni Collette, Edie Falco, Tina Fey and Laura Linney. Look, I love Glee – don’t really watch 30 Rock, didn’t warm up to Laura Linney in The Big C, don’t like Edie Falco’s Nurse Jackie character, didn’t completely loved Season 2 of United States of Tara – but Lea Michelle is out of her league. xD
Because the list is oh so long, just posting film…
Forgive the late post. xD
Black Swan leads the Broadcast Film Critics nominations with 12 nods, including Best Film, Director, Actress, and Supporting Actress. In the newcomer award, Chloe “Hit Girl” Moretz earns two nods for Kick-Ass, as well as Let Me In… which could pretty much suck because that would mean her votes split… or she could win for Kick-Ass, just because Hit Girl is awesome.
Why couldn’t they nominate her once for both like they do in Japan?
Cool stuff from these nominations? Some love for I Love You Philip Morris! And nomination for Jennifer Lawrence for Winter’s Bone in Best Actress and Young Actor/Actress, that’s going against Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit in Supporting Actress and Young Actor/Actress – it’s on!
Sucky about this? There’s no consistency in nominees… you’ve got categories with only 3 nominations — they’d better have nominated Madeo (Mother) last year, or I’m calling foul.
New York actually liked The Kids Are All Right, at least in terms of acting and story… but they still awarded The Social Network for Best Picture, as well as Best Director.
They also show some love for France awarding Carlos and The Illusionist.
Hmm… cultural geographical question — is LA more willing to award Kim Hye-ja because the West Coast is closer to Asia? and the East Coast is nearer Europe? xD Even though New York’s Chinatown is pretty famous~~~
- Picture: The Social Network
- Director: David Fincher, The Social Network
- Screenplay: Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right
- Actor: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
- Actress: Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
- Supporting Actor: Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
- Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
- Cinematography: Matthew Libatique, Black Swan
- Animated Film: The Illusionist
- Non-Fiction Film: Inside Job
- Foreign Language Film: Carlos
- First Feature: Animal Kingdom
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First, let me spazz as the LA Critics surprise by choosing Korean Actress — awesomest ahjumma for the award season — Kim Hye-ja for Best Actress with her work on Bong Joon-ho’s Madeo (Mother). The pick kind of baffles me since I consider Madeo a 2009 Film, and Kim Hye-ja was even nominated in my first Experiments Awards.
Still… *goes crazy*
Then, the LA Critics also surprise with a tie for Director choosing Olivier Assayas for Carlos, as well as David Fincher for The Social Network. While adding a personal sting by picking Olivia Williams for Best Supporting Actress runner-up — RUNNER-UP!!!! — for her work on The Ghost Writer… beaten by Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom. LOL
- Best Picture – The Social Network
1st. Carlos - Director – Olivier Assayas – Carlos
tie. David Fincher – The Social Network - Actor – Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
1st. Edgar Ramirez – Carlos - Actres – Kim Hye-ja – Madeo (Mother)
1st. Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone - Supporting Actor – Niels Arestrup – Un Prophete (A Prophet)
1st. Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech - Supporting Actress – Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
1st. Olivia Williams – The Ghost Writer - Screenplay – The Social Network
1st. The King’s Speech - Cinematography – Black Swan
1st. True Grit - Documentary – Last Train Home
1st. Exit Through the Gift Shop - Foreign – Carlos
1st. Madeo (Mother) - Animated Film – Toy Story 3
1st. l’Illusionniste (The Illusionist) - Score – The Ghost Writer
1st. The Social Network - Production Design – Inception
1st. The King’s Speech
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That’s the longest title I’ve ever written. I think. Not sure, but pretty~
First, let’s start with Oscar talk. There are 10 animated shorts line-up for 3/5 spots at the Academy.
- Coyote Falls
- Day & Night
- Let’s Pollute
- Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, A Journey Diary)
- Sensology
- The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger
- The Gruffalo
- The Lost Thing
- Le Silence Sous l’Ecorce (The Silence Beneath the Bark)
- Urs
The King’s Speech pretty much swept the awards on this one, winning Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Screenplay.
The French film A Prophet won Best Foreign Film against Dogtooth. I Am Love, The Secret in their Eyes and Winter’s Bones… which is weird considering that A Prophet was competing last year alongside The Secret in their Eyes, while I Am Love and Winter’s Bones are competing this year.
If you haven’t seen A Prophet, what are you waiting for? I’ts a dark high-tension drama that’s set, mostly, between the walls of a prison. Brilliantly acted by fellow the 20 to Watch Tahar Rahim.
Weird distribution.
Winners below the break~
Sorry, late post~
The Ghost Writer blew pretty much everything on this one, which makes me even sadder that there isn’t a Supporting Actress (or Actor) category, so Olivia Williams could win.
I’m also happy that Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist won animated feature~ :)
I think I’m too aware of awards this year, it’s just TOO MANY awards from around the world.
The NBR has named David Fincher’s The Social Network the Best Film of 2010, as well as Best Director for Fincher and Best Actor for Jesse Eisenberg who played MovieZuckerberg.
Don’t really know how I feel about The Social Network — I liked it fine, but didn’t completely love it. I would say it’s a good movie, but it really lacked a personal point for me.
Anyway~~~ here we go~
