No clear cut favourites at the 82nd annual Academy Awards
In Hollywood, there comes a time once each year when even the most gossip-obsessed turn their attention to just one man:
Oscar.
It’s that time again. The 82nd annual Academy Award nominations were announced early Tuesday morning, and the film industry is speculating who will take home the gold.
But who might have the better perspective on potential winners in the six major categories: a film advocate, critic, or aficionado?
Three people with three different roles in the film industry were polled on their thoughts by the Calgary Journal.
Marni Fullerton is the president of Women in Film and Television Alberta and the CEO of Marni Fullerton Features Inc., a new Alberta-based company focused on the creation of television series, documentaries and feature films.
Katherine Monk is a national movie writer for CanWest News Service and Global Television.
Chris McMullen is a student at Mount Royal University, and a movie enthusiast.
The categories they gave predictions for are: Best Actor/Actress, Best Supporting Actor/Actress, Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture.
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will look to keep things uncomplicated as they host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.
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Best Actor:
MF – Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
KM – Colin Firth in A Single Man
CM – Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
Monk: “Jeff Bridges seems to be the emotional favourite, and he’s well-deserving. He’s been passed over before and he never even got a nod for (The Big) Lebowski. Personally, I really thought Colin Firth carried A Single Man on his back for the duration, and brought an entire character to life – and death – with a fearlessness you don’t often find.”
Best Supporting Actor:
MF: Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
KM: Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
CM: Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
McMullen: “I bet it goes to Damon or Tucci, but I want it to go to Waltz. The opening scene with him in (Inglourious) Basterds was disturbing, chilling, and more-over, full of some seriously good acting. He played a German high-ranking officer that was calm, cool, and chillingly evil. Not meathead, pro-Nazi evil; a contemplated evil. I hope he wins.”
Best Actress:
MF: Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
KM: Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
CM: Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
Monk: “Meryl Streep garners her 16th nod and she’s going to lose to Sandra Bullock, which just doesn’t seem right, somehow. Personally, I thought Streep was the one-man band who made Julie & Julia the success it was, and next to Bullock’s bling-laden rich lady with a football fetish, it seems a bit unfair. Bullock is a great talent, and proves she’s got chops, but earning her first nod in the same year she made All About Steve doesn’t feel good.”
Best Supporting Actress:
MF: Mo’Nique in Precious
KM: Mo’Nique in Precious
CM: Mo’Nique/Penélope Cruz in Precious/Nine
Monk: “What the heck is Penélope Cruz is doing there instead of Marion Cotillard? I don’t know. Cruz was painful in the role of dismissed mistress. Watching the sexy sequences made me cringe. Too bad Farmiga and Kendrick cancel each other out because they both kicked the film can clear across the street. Mo’Nique is the odds-on fave, and deservedly so. And why not Gyllenhaal? We like the siblings to make an appearance every year.”
Fullerton: “Mo’Nique’s performance was artistry in Precious.”
Best Original Screenplay:
MF: Up (Walt Disney)
KM: The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)
CM: Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company)
McMullen: “The difference between best film and screenplay, for me, is that (Inglourious) Basterds was well-written, engulfed me, and took me in entirely. (Inglourious) Basterds just had a seriously cool script.”
Best Picture:
MF: The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)
KM: District 9/The Hurt Locker (Sony Pictures Releasing/Summit Entertainment)
CM: Precious/Avatar (Lionsgate/20th Century Fox)
Monk: “I can’t believe Tarantino’s film made it into the race. The film was offensive on so many levels, but it proves how powerful the Weinstein lobby is come awards season. (The) Blind Side is pure Hollywood hokum, and isn’t really deserving either, but I’m ecstatic about District 9 and (The) Hurt Locker, two of my favourite movies of the year. District 9 was everything Avatar tried to be – only better. Titanic director James Cameron will win the day, and give us another acceptance speech in Na’vi… click click xlwan.”
So there they are.
Some categories, like Best Supporting Actress, appear to be a sweep, while others, such as Best Picture, are all over the place.
The Academy Awards will be broadcast live on Sunday, March 7. This year, the awards will be hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.
Only then will we see who knows the film industry best.
For a complete list of nominations, visit www.oscar.com. |
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