Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained" - he was more of a co-lead, performed as we as always seen him, awesome
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master" - did not see
Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook" - nothing spectacular (SLP over nomination)
Alan Arkin, "Argo" - played his usual Arkin method
Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln" - that wig really bothered me
Who should win: Waltz
Who will win: Waltz
Best Supporting Actress:
Sally Field, "Lincoln" - played crazy Mary Todd
Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables" - nominated for that song
Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook" - didn't even realized she was in the movie (SLP over nomination)
Helen Hunt, "The Sessions" - did not see
Amy Adams, "The Master" - did not see
Who should win: Field
Who will win: Hathaway
Best Actor:
Daniel Day Lewis, "Lincoln" - he was Abe (he should come to a Nats game to be in the racing presidents
Denzel Washington, "Flight" - good performance, but your typical addict role
Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables" - I thought his performance was subdued for a musical
Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook" - he was OK (SLP over nomination)
Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master" - did not see
Who should win: Lewis
Who will win: Lewis
Best Actress:
Naomi Watts, "The Impossible" - did not see
Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty" - basically a dry performance with a great scenes
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook" - OK nothing spectacular (SLP over nomination)
Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour" - even though I thought the movie was too long and drawn out, she did show the slow descent of a stroke
Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" - she basically just played her 6yo self, but deserves some credit for dealing with that director and the hell she went though filming that movie
Who should win: Riva
Who will win: Riva
Best Animated Feature:
"Frankenweenie" - more strange that cute (it is a Burton after all)
"The Pirates! Band of Misfits" - on my TiVo, but did not see
"Wreck-It Ralph" - a Disney film that seemed like Pixar
"Paranorman" - did not see
"Brave" - a Pixar film that seemed like a Disney
Who should win: Wreck-It Ralph
Who will win: Wreck-It Ralph
Best Short Film, Animated:
"Adam and Dog" - traditional art great story of the first man and dog (and how a woman
"Fresh Guacamole" - fun but way too short
"Head over Heels" - different
"Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare'"
"Paperman"
Who should win: Adam and Dog
Who will: Paperman
OK running out of time... will have to skip the summary
Best Short Film, Live Action:
"Asad"
"Buzkashi Boys"
"Curfew"
"Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)"
"Henry"
Who should win: None, compared to previous years, this years selection stink
Who will win: if I had to choose... Death of a Shadow
Best Director:
David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"
Michael Haneke, "Amour"
Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Who should win: Lee
Who will win: Russell - due to some Wienstein bribing
Best Picture:
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" - a strange eco-fable
"Silver Linings Playbook" - good movie, but way over nominated
"Zero Dark Thirty"- too much backlash
"Lincoln"- at times frustrating to watch until Lincoln speaks, but maybe that was the point
"Les Miserables" - best musical of the past few years
"Life of Pi" - most beautiful movie
"Amour" - most depressing movie (if they only shaved off 30 mins)
"Django Unchained" - I might have said this was best picture (until I saw the last 30 mins)
"Argo" - OK I was only 5 what it happened, but the reenactments seemed spot on
Who should win: still debating between Argo and Lincoln and I'm going to have to go with Lincoln
Who will win: Argo
