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!
Archives For awards
First, let me get this out of the way: All the foreign nominations are American films, which includes Avatar, Toy Story 3, Hurt Locker, Inception and Invictus. Those along are a mixed bag for me xD Invictus was rather insipid, wouldn’t you say? And to include Avatar in the same list as Toy Story 3 is… hmm, rather a pity xD
The 34th Japan Academy Prize is led by Sang-il Lee’s Akunin (Villain) with 15 nods in 13 categories. Followed by Yoji Yamada’s Otouto (Yougner Brother/About her Brother) and Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins with 11 nods. Rounding up the best pictures is Izuru Narushima’s Kokou no Mesu (A Lone Scalpel) with 5 nods.
And forgive the bias, but Yu Aoi got a nod for Supporting Actress xD
Film
Akunin
Otouto
Kokuhaku
Kokou no Mesu
13 Assassins
Once again, sorry for the late post ;P
Some surprises… good surprises, and just “where did that come from” surprises~
First, YAY! John Hawkes for Winter’s Bone, who’s been just laying low since the start of the award season. However, where did Hilary Swank for Conviction come from? xD
Though, The Social Network seems to be the favorite of the season – cough, not that great – it only earned Jesse Eisenberg Lead Actor. Instead, the rest of the Cast nominated films — Black Swan, The Fighter, The Kids Are All Right and The King’s Speech — got noms in all the rest categories.
I think I would have given The Social Network’s cast nomination to Winter’s Bone ;P
Also! Craig made me realized that they’ve snubbed Ryan Gosling and Michelle Wiliams – and Blue Valentine. Mmmkay… what’s up with that? But… YAY, Chris Colfer xD
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
via Living in Cinema
Okay, all the critics loved The Social Network. But the SEFC also show some love to The King’s Speech~
And YAY for Madeo (Mother)! xD
I’m unsure where exactly is “Southeast” in America xD
TOP TEN FILMS
- The Social Network
- The King’s Speech
- Winter’s Bone
- Black Swan
- Inception
- True Grit
- Toy Story 3
- 127 Hours
- The Fighter
- The Kids Are All Right
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
via Living in Cinema
They mostly love The Social Network, I guess~ since they’re awarding the film for Best Film, Direction and Screenplay. But they also love Black Swan awarding Best Actress, Cinematography and Score.
Best fan-awesome? Noomi Rapace for Breakthrough x)
Just because I wanted to use that picture I didn’t get to use somewhere else. LOL
- Picture: The Social Network
- Director: David Fincher, The Social Network
- Actor: James Franco, 127 Hours
- Actress: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
- Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter
- Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
- Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
- Cinematography: Matthew Libatique, Black Swan
- Score: Clint Mansell, Black Swan
- Documentary: Exit Through the Gift Shop
- Foreign Film: I Am Love
- Animated Film: Toy Story 3
- Breakthrough Performer: Noomi Rapace
- Debut Feature: John Wells, Company Men
- Ensemble: The Kids Are All Right
via Living in Cinema~
And Boston is TOTALLY completely IN LURVVVV with The Social Network.
- Film – The Social Network
- Actor – Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
- Actress – Natalie Portman – Black Swan
- Supporting Actor – Christian Bale – The Fighter
- Supporting Actress – Juliette Lewis – Conviction
- Director – David Fincher – The Social Network
- Screenplay – The Social Network
- Cinematography – True Grit
- Documentary – Marwencol
- Foreign – Madeo (Mother) Korea
- Animated Film – Toy Story 3
- Film Editing – Black Swan
- New Filmmaker – Jef Malmberg – Marwencol
- Ensemble Cast – The Fighter
- Music – The Social Network
via BSFC Website
