It’s
Oscar time-The time of year that I stare at the TV for hours because I love
movies! There’s the actual Oscars, the pre-show, and the pre-pre show! Oh, plus
the Academy Awards is never officially complete until I watch the Oscar Fashion
Wrap-up with Joan Rivers. This is like the Super Bowl for movie nerds!
I
realize that some of you might not keep up with Oscars and movies as much as I
do. Therefore, this Blog will enlighten you on what to expect this year. I’ll include
nominations for the top categories and my predictions of winners. If you
disagree with my predictions, feel free to comment & let me know!
The
Oscar telecast should be great this year! Billy Crystal is hosting for the 9th
time because Eddie Murphy dropped out of this is years hosting gig. As a Oscar
Host, Crystal never disappoints and brings plenty of spontaneity and wit!
The 84th Academy
Awards is Breaking New Ground
2012 is
the year of the silent film and women, particularly African- American Women. Giving
captivating performances and transporting us into their intense character’s,
several well-deserving actresses fill the Best Actress and Best Supporting
Actress categories this year.
February
is Black History month, and I predict the 84th Oscar telecast will
reflect that, and give two black actresses Academy Awards for both actress’
categories. If this happens, it will be the first time in Oscar history that 2 African-American
women won both top actress awards. With so many fine performances, I think it will
be a close race in Best Actress category. However, even though Meryl Streep gave
a striking performance and is always an Oscar favorite, I believe Viola Davis
is taking home Best Actress for her powerfully, introverted character in The Help. I think that even
though her co-star Jessica Chastain won’t win for her Best-Supporting Actress, you had better plan to see
a whole lot of her in the future. As well as giving an awesome performance in
The Help, Chastain
was also in Best Picture nominee The
Tree of Life with Brad Pitt and Sean Pean. Davis' other Co-star, Octavia Spencer is a no-brainer for the Best-Supporting Actress category and if she loses that will be the biggest shocker of the night!
This year also brought
famous moviemakers into new territory. Woody Allen came out of New York with
Midnight in Paris and my long-time favorite, Martin Scorsese, stepped out of
his R-Rated genre with a 3-D family movie, Hugo.
Best Picture Nominee's
Best
Picture nomine The Help is of course
the biggest moneymaker of all the nominees. It is certainly the people’s
favorite for Best Picture. I enjoyed it very much and think it was very worthy
of all its nominations. The Tree of Life
was unlike most movies, but I liked it because I like movies that make you
think outside the box. However, it’s not the kind of movie for everyone and can
be hard to follow. War Horse was
okay, I think my expectations were too high for the movie and it was too sappy
at times. The Descendants was a
decent movie that can keep a movie-lover audience full-filled. I haven’t seen Moneyball since it was in the theaters
which was several months ago. But, I do remember liking it. I enjoyed it and
was pleased with the movie. However, at the time, I did not think it was Oscar
material-guess I was wrong there. Midnight
in Paris was funny and witty. Even though I enjoy Woody Allen movies, I
enjoyed this movie more than I thought I would. Every American should see Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Even
though the script seems implausible at times, it is a good reminder of the
effects that 9/11 had on the people it directly affected. The movie is not too
sappy, but does make you tear up a few times. Martin Scorsese is my favorite
director, but I must admit Hugo is the
only Best Picture nominee I have not seen. I decided that I only would see it in
3-D and whenever I was looking, it was never showing at any theaters close to
me, which stunk!
Finally, My favorite Best Picture of the Year is The
Artist. I try to see all Best Picture nominees, but I was not sure if I
would be able to follow a silent movie because I had never seen one before.
However, The Artist does a very
clever job at introducing the audience to silence movies and I was more
captivated by The Artist than any
movie all year long. It is amazing how much can be expressed through non-verbal
communication-approximately 53% of communication comes from face, 38% from the voice,
and 7% from words. Everything about The
Artist was great, and the actors were incredible, especially Best-Supporting
Actress nominee Berenice Bejo and Best Actor nominee Jean Dujardin (Don’t be surprised
if he wins, he speaks mostly in French-He doesn't speak good English!)
WATCH THE ARTIST TRAILER BELOW!
Well, that’s
all I have on the Oscar movies and what to expect from the 84th Oscar telecast.
See the list below on my predictions on who will win the top categories. I know
I didn’t touch on the most important topic of the night, but it was just too
difficult to predict. So you will just have to stay tuned to find out..."WHO ARE YOU WEARING"???
NOMINATIONS AND PREDICTIONS OF TOP OSCAR CATEGORIES...
BEST PICTURE
The Artist- Who I Think
Will Win
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- Who I Think Will Win
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 -Who I Think Will Win
Gary Oldman, Tinker
Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
BEST ACTRESS
Glenn Close, Albert
Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help- Who
I Think Will Win
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- Who I Think Will Win
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, The
Artist
Jessica Chastain, The
Help
Melissa McCarthy,
Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert
Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The
Help- Who I Think Will Win
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris- Who
I Think Will Win
A Separation
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Descendants- Who I
Think Will Win
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier
Spy
Watch the Oscar Red
Carpet Live tonight at 6pm central on ABC and the actual telecast at 7:30 central.
Also, if you’re an Oscar junkie like me, E! televises a live countdown to the
Red Carpet from like 12:30 central until the ABC broadcast!
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