Oh I'm not sure if it's a go but I just heard things and assumed that it was at least in the works.

As much as I didn't like Tree of Life, overall, I might actually pay to see it on IMAX.

I loved how when the blu ray began it said something like - "The producers of this film recommend you play it loud."

the academy sees whats on the ballet, if its a movie they love, they'll vote it for everything its eligible (see the Artist with 10 noms and most of the tech noms, see Kings Speech last year and it getting 11 nods, and several tech nods that were questionable

the mere fact that Fox actually released 'The Tree of Life' with a 7.1 soundmix on the bluray edition is remarkable since Fox hasn't been that attune in releasing movie as such theatrically (and when they have they have downmixed them to conventional 5.1 on blu-ray: i.e, 'Voyage of the Dawn Treader' and 'Gulliver's Travels')

in terms of sound: I hope 'Hugo' wins those categories - the 7.1 mix is audibly intricate and amazing

And most years she should probably win. She is just that ridiculously good.

That's not how the nominations work, although you're right when it comes to the final voting for the winner.

I hope Malick wins Best Director and doesn't show, but has Banksy accept the award on his behalf.

Exactly. The only category that is voted on by everyone is Best Picture and now that we have more than five nominees possible - anything can get in (EL&IC) because anyone can vote for it from actors to costume designers to execs at movie studios.

It's hilarious that they called out EL&IC last, btw. The Oscar producers and such knew that it would shock and get people talking. And we are! They do not care about quality as they did only just a decade ago - they want ratings. Sad.

And best picture is The Artist's to lose. It just has all the right things going for it. A 'silent' film that calls back to old Hollywood but is refreshingly up to date for the younger generation, great performances, a story, a seriously cute dog that gives a better performance than the majority of the cast... it's winning.

According to The New York Times, the only Best Picture nominee to make more than $100 million at the boxoffice so far is THE HELP.

The ads for that movie were very deceptive.

Do yourself a favor and don't see Antichrist. It has scarred me forever.

If that makes you want to slit your wrists, I'd stay far away from any Malick film. Seriously, my wife can't stand it either so she just doesn't watch them.

Thats how the winner is selected but how are the nominations selected? ToL had fantastic editing.

I have seen all of his films and for some reason this one annoyed the hell out of me. My wife walked away from it after half an hour and this is a woman who has seen films by Bresson & Tarkovsky with me and enjoyed them.

Voting Process

The Nominations Process

Nomination ballots are mailed to the Academy’s active members in late December and are due back to PricewaterhouseCoopers, an international accounting firm, in January.

Regular awards are presented for outstanding individual or collective film achievements in up to 25 categories. Members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominated film editors, etc. However within the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominations are selected by vote of multi-branch screening committees.

All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.

The results of nomination balloting are announced at a 5:30 a.m. (PT) press conference the third week of January at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

That's the issue with passion projects, they're masturbatory and you either really get into it or walk away disgusted.

Really getting into it and then walking away disgusted is also possible.

Somehow, I'm thinking there weren't more whispered voiceovers in ToL than Thin Red Line or The New World. I think there was WAY less dialogue between characters so it made the narration more evident. Those other two films I mentioned relied heavily on narration too and without it, they wouldn't be Malick films.

I think this might be one of the reasons why I did not like it.

"If 2012's Oscar-nominated movie posters told the truth:"

http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/feature/...-the-truth.php

All the rape! No Subtitles!

I don't get the Descendents one. What is Clooney supposed to just fucking retire something? And where's that POS ELaIC?

Tree of Life one.... I lol'd

lol'd at the J.Edgar one, and then lost it even more when I realized that DiCrapio hasn't actually ever won an Oscar.

The Departed was the only role of his I ever bought into. And Inception.

Kyle Smith in the New York Post offers his amusing assessment of the looming ratings disaster awaiting the Oscar telecast:
http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainmen...35EnSH0iQzrqRJ

Yeah I think this is gonna be a very weak Oscars rating s wise at least. I would complain about stale-ole Billy Crystal hosting (cause goodness knows he's not gonna be bringing in the young folks) but anything is better than the disastrous hosts last year. I wonder if The Artist will end up being the Least-grossing (at least since like the 70's) film ever to win the Oscars (assuming that crap wins)