Academy Awards (movie awards)

[French Roast]

With the Academy Awards, otherwise known as the Oscars, coming up next weekend, thought I'd make this. These are the actual nominations for the awards. Feel free to vote or not vote for any of the questions. I'll be putting in more of the categories later, for now we'll start with these five:

1. Best Picture:

• "Amour"
• "Life of Pi"
• "Lincoln"
• "Argo"
• "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (Southern Wilds XD)
• "Silver LInings Playbook"
• "Django Unchained"
• "Zero Dark Thirty"
• "Les Misérables"

2. Actor in a Leading Role

• Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
• Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
• Denzel Washington, "Flight"
• Hugh Jackman, "Les Misérables"

3. Actress/Female Actor in a Leading Role

• Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
• Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
• Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"
• Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"

4. Visual Effects

• "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
• "Life of Pi"
• "Marvel's The Avengers"
• "Prometheus"
• "Snow White and the Huntsman"

5. Best Director

• Michael Haneke, "Amour"
• Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
• Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
• Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"
• David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"

My vote:

1. "Lincoln"
2. Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
3. Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"
4. "Life of Pi"
5. Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"

 

[French Roast]

God dangit, I made another mistake in making the poll. I dun want to remake the thread, could a staff member add Argo as an option?

Edit: I'm an idiot. The Dark Knight Rises and Prometheus as well, please. XD

 

[JDMcNugget]

Very, very tough calls.
1. "Lincoln"
2. Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
3. Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
4. "Prometheus"
5. Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"

 

[Lord_Sinclair]

My vote:

1. "Lincoln"
2. Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
3. Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
4. "Life of Pi"
5. Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"

Very similar to godfather1's list, though I'm banking on Jennifer Lawrence over Naomi Watts (not that I've seen either of their movies).

I think this is going to be a very, very close and exciting Academy Awards year!

 

[Backstay]

1. "Lincoln"
2. Hugh Jackman, "Les Misérables"
3. Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
4. "Marvel's The Avengers"
5. Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"

 

[megasoar]

*shakes head* The Hobbit was robed from their beautiful makeup...stupid...Oscars...

And lastly, a nice quote: "Hey mommy I got an A on a science project!" "oh is that so? Most of the people that you're related to have an Oscar.."

 

[Anithola]

• "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

Where was that when i was voting? O_O

 

[Spark]

To be honest I was not impressed by any of these films except Avengers Assemble and Zero dark thirty. Of course The Dark Knight Rises is one of my favourite films..ever. Nothing really stood to me unlike some films from previous years except the ones above.

 

[French Roast]

Really? Well, I guess historical memoirs and political thrillers aren't for everybody. I personally loved both Lincoln and Argo.

By the way, those of you who haven't seen the results yet:
Best Picture: Argo
Best Director: Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Animated Feature Film: Brave
Cinematography: Life of Pi
Film Editing: Argo
Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man
Documentary Short: Inocente
Costume Design: Anna Karenina
Makeup and Hairstyling: Les Miserables
Foreign Language Film: Amour
Music - Original Score: Life of Pi
Music - Original Song: "Skyfall" from Skyfall
Production Design: Lincoln
Short Film - Animated: Paperman
Short Film - Live-Action: Curfew
Sound Editing: Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty
Sound Mixing: Les Miserables
Visual Effects: Life of Pi
Writing - Adapted Screenplay: Argo
Writing - Original Screenplay: Django Unchained