Nominations
Actor in a Leading Role: Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables
The role of Jean Valjean was the role of Hugh Jackman's lifetime. Many of the other performances of the year were also amazing, most notably to me was Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook. BUT, he doesn't have a finger on Hugh Jackman. The physical range, age range, vocal range, and mere presence of Hugh Jackman during Les Miserables was unbeatable.
Actor in a Supporting Role: Christopher Waltz in Django Unchained
I have to make a confession, I haven't seen Lincoln or the Master. And while Robert De Niro and Phillip Seymour Hoffman are both amazing, Christopher Waltz was absolutely hilarious. Waltz's character in Django had this wonderful balance of humility, humanity, and absurdity.
Actress in a Leading Role: Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty
I also haven't seen Zero Dark Thirty, but from everything I've heard Chastain has this on lock down. The little girl in Beasts of the Southern Wild made that movie, but I'm still going with Chastain as the winner in this category.
Actress in a Supporting Role: Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables
Many of the people I know who are die hard musical theatre junkies were not a fan of Anne Hathaway's interpretation in Les Miserables. While she would have been terrible onstage, I thought her choices perfectly mirrored those of the rest of the movie. I thought she was totally in control and commanded the audience's attention during all of her scenes.
Cinematography: Life of Pi
Life of Pi had the most amazing expansive landscape. I cannot imagine the movie being made any differently.
Directing: *write in nomination for Ben Affleck for Argo
Ben Affleck was robbed! Argo was amazing! Most of the reasons it was amazing had to do with choices and leadership from Ben Affleck. I refuse to choose a nominated director because of my love for Ben Affleck.
Foreign Language Film: Amour
I haven't seen Amour yet, but since it is also nominated for Best Picture I just assume it's on lock for this category.
Makeup and Hairstyling: The Hobbit
It's The Hobbit! It has goblins, and hobbits, and wizards, and dwarfs, and every single character has to be made up for hours before they begin filming. 'Nough said.
Music (Original Score): Life of Pi
I'm gonna go with Life of Pi again. Since the movie did not have as much dialogue as most movies (the main character is marooned with a tiger the majority of the movie), the music helps tell the story just as much as the characters do.
Music (Original Song): Skyfall from Skyfall
Adele is my hero. The Bond series is one of my favorites of all time. I was so pleases with the way Skyfall came out. It fits into the anthology of Bond music perfectly! I had heard the song before I saw the movie so I was familiar with the lyrics and imagery. As I watched Skyfall I kept coming back to lines from the song, that's a great theme to a movie.
Best Picture: Silver Linings Playbook
I'm going out on a limb here, but Silver Linings was my favorite movie out of all of the nominations I have seen thus far. Do I think it's a classic Best Picture winner that the Academy will recognize? No. Am I still giving it my vote? Yes.
Production Design: Les Miserables.
Everything in Les Miserables was so well done, from the costumes to sets to makeup and hair, everything was perfectly coordinated. While the other movies in this category achieved similar feats I believe Les Miserables was the most successful.
I haven't seen any of the foreign films or short films, but I look forward to as Oscar time gets nearer and nearer!
Stay posted on my further reviews, Oscar party preparations, and final comments once the winners are announced!
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