The Oscars are upon us!
When the Nominations were first announced, I posted a prediction that 2012 will (finally) be Martin Scorsese's year to win that much deserved Best Director Oscar. Although the arguments for a "deserved" win by The Artist have been vocal, I still think that Scorsese has an unbreakable lock this time around.
My original predictions were:
Best Picture: Hugo
Best Director: Martin Scorsese
Best Actor: Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Best Actress: Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)*
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Best Animated Feature: [Since The Adventures of Tintin was not nominated, and the animated features that I did see all underwhelmed me, I have no idea which animated film will win, nor do I care. None of them deserve it more than Tintin does.]
Art Direction: Hugo
Cinematography: The Tree of Life
Costume Design: Hugo
Film Editing: Hugo
Documentary (Feature): Pina
Foreign Language Film: A Separation
Make-Up: The Iron Lady
Score: Ludovic Bource (The Artist)
Writing (Original): Asghar Farhadi (A Separation)
Writing (Adapted): John Logan (Hugo)
*With the exception of my swinging back to thinking that Michelle Williams will win Best Actress for My Week With Marilyn, my opinions have not changed.
The one category that I could not predict with any personal certainty were the short films. Until now, that is. Last night the wife and I saw them and now I think I know who will be taking home the Oscar gold the Best Animated Short and Best Life Action Short categories.
Best Animated Short: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. Incredible animation is used to tell the story of just how important reading is for all of us. Great stuff. None of the other shorts even come close to it. Then again, I am a voracious reader, so I am biased.
Best Live Action Short: I think that the heart wrenching Raju will be taking the Oscar gold this year. It's a thought provoking and bittersweet film that haunts the mind long after it ends. None of the other shorts came close to its emotional and intellectual potency.
But...
The hilarious black comedy live action short Tuba Atlantic, from Norway, showed me that my dark sense of humor just might be genetic. I loved, loved, loved it.
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