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Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

The old adage is that the Oscars and their ilk never celebrate the best movie work of the year, they celebrate he best of November and December.

No, it's not a fair assessment (before someone yells "SILENCE OF THE LAMBS" like they're the first person to remember the film), but it's inarguable that the majority of awards go to "Awards Season" releases. Studios intentionally keep prestige pics o the end of the year to maximize their award possibilities. As a result many fine pieces of work are unfairly left out of the conversation simply because they were released too early, and studios don't throw their campaign weight behind them.

So, posit that November and December releases don't exist. If the Oscars could only nominate performances and films from the first ten months of the year, who deserves to be nominated for Best Actor, Actress, Film and whatnot?
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Best Actor
Joseph Gordon-Levitt for 50/50

Best Actress
Michelle Williams for Meek's Cutoff

Best Supporting Actor
Bryan Cranston or Albert Brooks for Drive

Best Supporting Actress
Anjelica Huston for 50/50

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris

Best Adapted Screenplay
Hossein Amini for Drive

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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Best Picture: TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Best Special Effects: TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Best Screenplay: BRIDESMAIDS
Best Actress: Kristen Wiig - BRIDESMAIDS
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Did Joss Whedon or Chris Nolan direct anything this year? If so, the awards should go to those.
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Best Picture: Drive
Best Actor: Brad Pitt (Tree of Life)
Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia)
Best Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris
Best Adapted Screenplay: Drive
Best Special Effects: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

(Not just Silence of the Lambs, but Gladiator too)

Edited after seeing Melancholia.

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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Best Picture: The Tree of Life
Best Director: J.J. Abrams, Super 8
Best Actor: Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life
Best Actress: Ele Fanning, Super 8
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Fassbender, X-Men: First Class
Best Suppporting Actress: Gisèle Casadesus, My Afternoons with Margueritte
Best Adapted Screenplay: Leslie Dixon, Limitless
Best Original Screenplay: J.J. Abrams, Super 8
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Best Picture: The Tree of Life
Best Director: Terrence Malick, TTOL

I believe those will be nominees in the actual Oscars as well.
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Tree of Life will almost definitely get a cinematography nom, but if it gets a best picture nod I'll eat my hat. It wasn't even in my top ten.
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

I strongly doubt it will get a Best Picture nomination.
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I think it will get nominated for Best Pic due to the absolute love for it from the people that liked it. It will get enough #1 or 2 votes from those people to get it on the ballot.
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Best Picture: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Best Actor: Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Best Director: Terrance Malick, Tree of Life
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Originally Posted by sauce07
I think it will get nominated for Best Pic due to the absolute love for it from the people that liked it. It will get enough #1 or 2 votes from those people to get it on the ballot.
I doubt there are enough Academy voters who fall into that category. I'd be very surprised if it got nominated.

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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Originally Posted by Ash Ketchum
I doubt there are enough Academy voters who fall into that category. I'd be very surprised if it got nominated.
Agreed.
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
I strongly doubt it will get a Best Picture nomination.
Seeing as how there is 10 nominees now, unless that changed I imagine it probably will be nominated.
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Best Picture: DRIVE
Best Director: Takashi Miike, 13 ASSASSINS
Best Actor: Rutger Hauer, HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN
Best Actress: Vivian Wu, SHANGHAI RED (to be technical this went straight to DVD and had been finished 3 years ago)
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Originally Posted by Schloob1
Seeing as how there is 10 nominees now, unless that changed I imagine it probably will be nominated.
It did change. It's actually a solid 5 plus how many ever they decide are worthy up to 10. Could be 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10... or just 5. It's very, very stupid.
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
I strongly doubt it will get a Best Picture nomination.
and you think Drive will?
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Drive was an awesome movie, but it's got no chance to even get nominated for Best Picture. Don't let your biases influence your picks.

The Oscars are predictable, J Edgar and War Horse (with War Horse the favorite) will be best picture nominees.
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

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and you think Drive will?
Nope. I picked what I felt deserved to win not what I think the Academy will pick.
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Originally Posted by Osiris3657
The Oscars are predictable, J Edgar and War Horse (with War Horse the favorite) will be best picture nominees.
November and December movies don't exist.
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Best Picture: 50/50
Best Director: Jonathan Levine, 50/50
Best Actor: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50
Best Actress: Viola Davis, The Help
Best Supporting Actor: Nick Nolte, Warrior
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Originally Posted by DonnachaOne
November and December movies don't exist.
How DO you pronounce "Donnacha"?

Donna CHA?
DON-na cha?
Don-NA-cha?

Just curious.
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Best Picture
Drive

Best Director
Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive

Best Actor
Joseph Gordon-Levitt for 50/50

Best Actress
Mia Wasikowska for Jane Eyre

Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks for Drive

Best Supporting Actress
Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids

Best Original Screenplay
Will Reiser for 50/50

Best Adapted Screenplay
Hossein Amini for Drive

I'd argue between Drive or The Tree of Life for Best Cinematography. The Tree of Life was mesmerizing, but Drive made me feel like I was right back in Los Angeles.
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Originally Posted by DonnachaOne
November and December movies don't exist.
I know the point of your thread, I'm just saying who I think will be the frontrunners for the Best Picture Oscar in general.
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Re: Pick the awards for the first ten months of the year!

Kevin James for Zookeeper.

He doesn't really deserve it, but it will be a make-up award for getting robbed for Paul Blart: Mall Cop

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