If you are a movie buff, you must know that last Monday is the biggest event we’ve been waiting for all year. Happy? I guess, but I’ve predicted the winners in only some major nominations (in my tweets) and only missed just one. Some say that there weren’t much surprises for this year’s Oscar. I’m happy enough to catch most of the show although I didn’t watch it with full concentration (going to check YouTube later for some speeches I skipped).
(My Oscar Predictions via twitter)
But overall, I’m happy seeing Christopher Plummer won Best Supporting Actor. He managed to looked great at his age (82 years old! Oh my!). Octavia Spencer seemed to be very much happy with her Best Supporting Actress award. Biggest winners are The Artist; Best Motion Picture, Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius), Best Actor (Jean Dujardin), Best Original Score and Best Costume Design. Hugo won 5 Awards, mostly in Arts and Visual category. I do hope I could see it in the cinema soon! Also happy with A Separation, to get Best Foreign Film Award.
As anticipated, Meryl Streep won Best Actress from her role in Iron Lady and she looked shocked when they read her name. 17 Oscar nominations and 3 win for 62-year-old, please Meryl, anyone who has problems is the one who has a problem!
- photo from graziadaily.co.uk
Here’s the rest of the result (winners in bold pink) :
BEST PICTURE
The Artist
War Horse
The Descendants
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
BEST ACTOR
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
BEST ACTRESS
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
A Separation
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Separation
Footnote
In Darkness
Bullhead
Monsieur Lahzar
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Pina
Hell and Back Again
If A Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3
Undefeated
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Adventures of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets
“Real in Rio” from Rio
BEST EDITING
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
BEST ART DIRECTION
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.
BEST MAKEUP
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Iron Lady
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
BEST SOUND MIXING
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Moneyball
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
BEST SOUND EDITING
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Congratulations for all the winners!
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Readers, what are your thoughts about this year’s Oscar winners? And what’s your best moment of the event?
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You made some very good predictions matey!! Well done…
Thank you, Scott
Andina recently posted..The 84th Academy Awards Winners : Quick Thoughts
It sure was great seeing Christopher Plummer get an Oscar. What a terrific performance in Beginners at a ripe old age!
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I know! Plummer was like slamming lazy young actors. He looked fresh even in 82!
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The best thing about “The Artist” winning? Seeing “Uggie The Dog” onstage!! I finally managed to see the movie just before the Oscars aired, and Uggie was one of the many great things in it!!
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I can’t believe I missed that part. The cable TV turned blank and I can only hear the voices
But I’ll be checking the YouTube. Thanks, Asrap 
Andina recently posted..The 84th Academy Awards Winners : Quick Thoughts
I think Viola should have won, only because it will probably at least 20 years before she gets a lead role again.
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I can’t deny Viola did a great job. some say her appearance in The Help felt strong only in the first part of the movie. And another say that Oscar tend to pick woman roles who had been discriminated by men. I think it’s probably Streep’s year. Thanks for commenting!
Andina recently posted..The 84th Academy Awards Winners : Quick Thoughts
Yea I wanted Viola Davis to win, if only because she will have a hard time this kind of lead role ever again. Meanwhile, you know Meryl Streep is going to be Oscar-bait role nearly every year.
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I didn’t notice that until you mention it. Well, I guess it’s her year to win and maybe another 10 years to be only nominated? Hmmm
Andina recently posted..The 84th Academy Awards Winners : Quick Thoughts
I still haven’t watched any of the ceremony yet. I keep meaning to watch it on YouTube but haven’t got around to it yet!
You did very well with your predictions! Special congratulations to Christopher Plummer, I read somewhere that he is the oldest person to receive an Oscar!
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I read that too! Plummer is such an inspiring actor. I could see his glow even at his age. Thanks, Claire
Andina recently posted..The 84th Academy Awards Winners : Quick Thoughts
Well done with your predictions! J Chastain didn’t win , but I think she has a promising future, her over the top attitude+appearence in The Help was so different than Tree of life I could hardly recognize her!
what moments did you enjoy during the oscar show?
My fav parts were clips of stars taking about their first ever movie watched, and what to them makes a great film. Fav on-stage moment for me Emma Stone/Ben stiller(he or tom hanks could easily be host next) Zach G and Will Ferrell were pretty funny, too ( :
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Agree with Chastain, hope seeing more of her in the future. In ‘The Debt’ she was also changed a lot. Impressive!
I liked the Emma Stone part too. I thought at that moment that she probably be best in comedy rather than drama. I didn’t notice the rest you mention because I didn’t see it in full concentration
I hope I’ll see it online later. Thanks, Chris!
Andina recently posted..The 84th Academy Awards Winners : Quick Thoughts
Congratulations on getting you predictions right!
I totally ignored the ceremony because it seemed a foregone conlusion that The Artist would win and I would have liked others to have been nominated.
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It was obvious, wasn’t it? But thanks, Jason!
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WOW you got all the acting predictions right, well done!
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Thanks, Ruth. I would’ve done all category but haven’t seen some of them.
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I’m gonna go on a limb here but I have some thoughts about the acting categories.
As much as I love all of the winners, and I mean all of them, I have a few words about the selections.
Jean Dujardin was truly deserving. He was truly acting. We had to believe in his character, root for him and feel for him, and all the while he had to make it all happen without saying a word. This is what I call a true performance.
Merryl Streep was a bit of a surprise for me on a year full of truly great female performances (where is Tilda Swinton?). Out of the nominees, Viola Davis and Rooney Mara were my favorites. Merryl was part of a film that very few Academy members saw and not many people loved. This makes me believe that it was an award handed out to a career, a wonderful one at that, but not so much to a specific performance, which was great by all accounts, but that did not manage to make the film any better. It does not matter how great an actor is, a performance cannot be awarded if the film did not live up to expectations.
Octavia Spencer did a good work, but come on guys, she did not blow my mind in any way. It was not much of a stretch for her to play a maid being sassy and wise-mouthed and, I repeat, I love Octavia and I thought she was pretty good. Once again, I think the Academy tends to overlook comedic actors, as it was the case with the hilarious Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids. However, my favorite, out of the nominees (not to mention those that weren’t even considered), was Berenice Bejo in a very convincing and powerful performance alongside Dujardin.
Last but not least, I can’t really say much about Christopher Plummer’s victory. He is a great actor that has had a great career and all I have heard is good things about the film. I would have been equally happy to have seen Nick Nolte win though.
Niels
I agree on giving awards on Best Actor/Actress must not leave out how great the movie is. My favorite was Michelle Williams and Berenico was splendid as well, but Meryl stand out from all of them. And I also wished Nolte win, but I guess Plummer radiates more positivity than he did. About Octavia Spencer, I kind of agree with you, since I read the novel and in my mind, her role should’ve been more fierce and hot-blooded. But, she probably earned the Oscar.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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