Every year, the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences host the Academy Awards, or better known as the Oscars. This year has been a great year for movies, and I have loved a lot of the movies nominated. A few of the most important ones are as followed:
Best Picture
Amour
Argo
Life of Pi
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Les Misérables
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington - Flight
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastainin - Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Rivain - Amour
Quvenzhané Wallisin - Beasts of the Southern Wild (Youngest nominee EVER at the age of 9!)
Naomi Wattsin - The Impossible
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin - Argo
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams - The Master
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
Helen Huntin - The Sessions
Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook
Best Animated Feature Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
Achievement in Directing
Amour - Michael Haneke
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi - Ang Lee
Lincoln - Steven Spielberg
Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell
Best Documentary Feature
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for Sugar Man
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song)
Before My Time from Chasing Ice
Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
Everybody Needs A Best Friend from Ted
Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
Pi’s Lullaby from Life of Pi
Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
Skyfall from Skyfall
Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Suddenly from Les Misérables
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Drawing closer and closer, I figured there should be a discussion thread. I'll update this with my predictions of the winner when I watch all of the films nominated, if I can find the time to.
Best Picture
Amour
Argo
Life of Pi
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Les Misérables
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington - Flight
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastainin - Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Rivain - Amour
Quvenzhané Wallisin - Beasts of the Southern Wild (Youngest nominee EVER at the age of 9!)
Naomi Wattsin - The Impossible
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin - Argo
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams - The Master
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
Helen Huntin - The Sessions
Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook
Best Animated Feature Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
Achievement in Directing
Amour - Michael Haneke
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi - Ang Lee
Lincoln - Steven Spielberg
Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell
Best Documentary Feature
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for Sugar Man
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song)
Before My Time from Chasing Ice
Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
Everybody Needs A Best Friend from Ted
Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
Pi’s Lullaby from Life of Pi
Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
Skyfall from Skyfall
Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Suddenly from Les Misérables
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Drawing closer and closer, I figured there should be a discussion thread. I'll update this with my predictions of the winner when I watch all of the films nominated, if I can find the time to.