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2013 Oscars

  • gorocks99
    Best Picture:
    Life of Pi
    Amour
    Argo
    Lincoln
    Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Silver Linings Playbook
    Django Unchained
    Zero Dark Thirty
    Les Miserables

    Best Actor:
    Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
    Joaquin Phoneix (The Master)
    Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
    Denzel Washington (Flight)
    Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)

    Best Actress:
    Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
    Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
    Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
    Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
    Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)

    http://oscar.go.com/nominees
  • vball10set
    Argo FY :p
  • Commander of Awesome
    It's not even a question who's winning Best Actor.
  • slingshot4ever
    ^^^

    DDL
  • Laley23
    Lincoln and DDL are virtual locks. Havent seen the 5 movies for the Actress Noms.
  • Fab4Runner
    Hoping to see Silver Linings Playbook with Mantooth on Saturday. Otherwise, I haven't seen basically any of the movies that got the most noms. My birthday is coming up, though and I think Mantooth is going to get me some copies of some of them as a cheap, thoughtless gift.
  • bigdaddy2003
    Has anyone watched Silver Linings Playbook? I didn't think it looked that great from the previews. I was pretty shocked when I saw the rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
  • GOONx19
    ^ I was gonna watch it the other day, but I saw the preview and watched Argo instead. I definitely was happy with my choice.

    I'll probably watch Silver Linings Playbook this weekend.
  • wes_mantooth
    Fab4Runner;1363006 wrote:Hoping to see Silver Linings Playbook with Mantooth on Saturday. Otherwise, I haven't seen basically any of the movies that got the most noms. My birthday is coming up, though and I think Mantooth is going to get me some copies of some of them as a cheap, thoughtless gift.
    Sweet...I forgot. I will get those copies ready for Saturday.
  • that_guy
    Silver Linings Playbook is the only Best Picture nominee I've seen (which is crazy as I used to see 50-60 movies a year in the theaters, in the past year I've seen 2). It was a good movie, but not great, I'd give it a 7/10, definitely not worthy of an Oscar. Bradley Cooper was much better in it than I expected him to be in a somewhat serious role, also Jennifer Lawrence was hot in it. The movie was worth seeing, but not all that memorable...
  • Mooney44Cards
    Silver Linings Playbook was good, and a very unconventional romantic-comedy. Great acting all around, funny moments that aren't jokes shoe-horned in for cheap laughs, and a great story that tackles the issue of mental illness relatively well.

    I liked it a lot but expected a bit more given all of its accolades. It is certainly worthy of being an Oscar nominee but has no business winning.

    Also after having looked at the nominees for Best Supporting Actor, I gotta think Phillip Seymour Hoffman has it in the bag.
  • bigdaddy2003
    I'll give Silver Linings Playbook a look. I just didn't think it looked like an Oscar worthy flick from the previews.

    I concur about Seymour Hoffman winning best supporting actor.
  • Mooney44Cards
    I have yet to see Lincoln, but if DDL is truly a shoe-in, that's a shame because Joaquin Phoenix was AWESOME in The Master.
  • Laley23
    Mooney44Cards;1363966 wrote:I have yet to see Lincoln, but if DDL is truly a shoe-in, that's a shame because Joaquin Phoenix was AWESOME in The Master.
    When people talk about Lincoln in the future, as in the actual man, they will picture DDL.
  • reclegend22
    The travesty of DDL winning the Oscar this year is that we won't hear from him again for about seven years.
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    DDL will (and should) win, but Lincoln was underwhelming IMO. That said, the guy is truly amazing. 2012 was a year of great independent and documentary films, and "ok" at best Hollywood films. The best pic nominations are probably the worst since the year "Crash" won.
  • SportsAndLady
    Mooney44Cards;1363966 wrote:I have yet to see Lincoln, but if DDL is truly a shoe-in, that's a shame because Joaquin Phoenix was AWESOME in The Master.
    I'm probably in the minority but I hated everything about The Master.
  • Laley23
    Manhattan Buckeye;1364235 wrote:DDL will (and should) win, but Lincoln was underwhelming IMO. That said, the guy is truly amazing. 2012 was a year of great independent and documentary films, and "ok" at best Hollywood films. The best pic nominations are probably the worst since the year "Crash" won.
    What didnt you like? It tackled the 13th amendment better than most history documentaries. I thought it was awesome, but I also knew exactly what it was about beforehand...

    I know some people that didnt realize it was such a short part of his life and that it was all about passing the 13th amendment, so they were taken aback a bit.
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    Laley23;1364280 wrote:What didnt you like? It tackled the 13th amendment better than most history documentaries. I thought it was awesome, but I also knew exactly what it was about beforehand...

    I know some people that didnt realize it was such a short part of his life and that it was all about passing the 13th amendment, so they were taken aback a bit.
    I didn't dislike it, would give it a good, solid 3 out of 4 stars on the Ebert scale. Good movie, not exactly best picture worthy, although DDL certainly is. I think his best actor Oscar is a lock.
  • Classyposter58
    No Django was better than Lincoln
  • Mooney44Cards
    SportsAndLady;1364239 wrote:I'm probably in the minority but I hated everything about The Master.
    Probably not. I bet a lot of people hated that movie. You have to know what you're getting from the movie before even seeing it. PT Anderson's movies aren't about plot, they're about character. If you're the type of person that loves great plot (the vast majority of people are like this) then a lot of PT Anderson movies aren't for you. Boogie Nights is probably his most plot-driven film (its practically a love letter to Marty Scorsese), while Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, Punch Drunk Love, and The Master are more character films where "nothing happens". I like a movie like that every once in awhile as a change of pace. PT Anderson manages to make the films absolutely gorgeous as well as squeezing amazing acting performances out of his cast.


    On another note, I saw Zero Dark Thirty tonight and its fucking fantastic. My movie of the year from what I've seen so far. Granted I've only seen Les Miserables and Silver Linings Playbook so far, but I'm gonna try to see Lincoln, Django, and Argo before the Academy Awards.
  • Laley23
    The year is 12 days old. Not hard to have a Movie of the Year already!!! :laugh:
  • Mooney44Cards
    Laley23;1364874 wrote:The year is 12 days old. Not hard to have a Movie of the Year already!!! :laugh:
    Zero Dark Thirty was released in 2012.
  • Laley23
    Mooney44Cards;1364888 wrote:Zero Dark Thirty was released in 2012.
    Limited. I think they go by Nationwide Release as the release date though.

    Ok, Im dont being a jackass.
  • Mooney44Cards
    Laley23;1364890 wrote:Limited. I think they go by Nationwide Release as the release date though.

    Ok, Im dont being a jackass.
    You may think that, but that doesn't make it true. Especially considering its listed right at the top of this thread as a Best Picture Nominee at the Academy Awards for films released in the 2012 calendar year. ;)