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The Awards Circuit Power Hour is jammed packed this week with announcements and general Oscar talk.
After the big weekend for Ben Affleck’s Argo, winning the Directors Guild of America, we’re talking about the possibility of Argo taking it all but many think Lincoln is not far behind and that twelve nominations really means something. We also ask, why isn’t Ben Affleck nominated? Is it a downright “F U” from the Academy or is it just an oversight on their part?
Who’s winning Best Director? Is it Spielberg’s to lose or will an ambitious director that brought the “unfilmable” book to the big screen sweep through?
With Daniel Day-Lewis and Anne Hathaway seemingly sewn up in their categories, could the great Emmanuelle Riva overtake Jennifer Lawrence in Best Actress? Which Supporting Actor reigns supreme and becomes a multiple Oscar winner (or even three-time Oscar winner)?
Screenplays bring up a lot of controversy. Is it Tarantino? Is it Haneke? Is Terrio trumping Kushner?
Academy Idol Top 5 Results Are In! With five films left, Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Silver Linings Playbook, and Zero Dark Thirty, a Bottom Three is named. You could be getting your first glimpse at the Season Six finale. Is it a shocker? Listen and see.
Finally, the Awards Circuit Community Awards (or ACCA) nominations are announced for Year 2012. I think we have some ambitious choices with some default, safe ones showing up. Voting opens Friday but listen to see what’s nominated!
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13 Comments
Nice crowd of Les Mis haters you have there. Only consolation, someone dislikes SLP almost as much as I do.
Jamie(Quote) (Reply)
For House of Cards, get the British original.
Jamie(Quote) (Reply)
How does the British version play in comparison to the American one?
Terence Johnson(Quote) (Reply)
Happy listening everyone!
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
First of all, great podcast as usual. But just out of curiousity, why the hate for Best Supporting Actor? I mean the Arkin nomination bothers me, but I think Waltz, Jones, and Hoffman are all more than deserving to win, and I don’t think it’s boring at all because next to Best Director it’s the most wide open major category. I know most people are thinking Jones, but he’s only won one award so far, and Waltz wasn’t nominated for SAGS. So just wondering why most of you disliked the category this year.
Kevin(Quote) (Reply)
You are right, there are some good performances there. I think it might be a bit boring due to the fact that they have all won already. Takes a little bit of the excitement out of the race. However, you are correct that this is one of the more unpredictable categories, so boring is probably not the right word for it.
Mark Johnson(Quote) (Reply)
You bring up a good point, and now that I think about it I see what you mean.
Kevin(Quote) (Reply)
No Master in ACCA’s Best Picture? Oh well
steve(Quote) (Reply)
Oh, yes! The Hunt made it in! That’s like the first times in ACCA history that one of my random under-loved picks made the list. Sadly, however, none of my Killing Them Softly picks made it through. No End of Watch. Not enough The Master…But lots of Silver Linings Playbook, Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, and Perks, which is all good.
And even though I didn’t care for the film, I voted for Cloud Atlas in several technical categories. I mean, for whatever else it was, it still had excellent art direction, costumes, and makeup (give or take a couple “disguises”).
Steve Glansberg(Quote) (Reply)
And as for Lincoln…it’s the best Spielberg movie in a while, but not the best movie of the year. There’s two to four movies still ahead of it for me and even then it would be only because it isn’t Argo for me.
And Clayton, Archer is one of the best shows on television right now. You need to catch up on the first three seasons.
steve(Quote) (Reply)
Gotta get to it. The Archer thing I mean.
Clayton Davis(Quote) (Reply)
Philip Seymour Hoffman deserves to win his second oscar for The Master. It is just so crystal clear to me that I can’t imagine people actually voting for anybody but him (though I know they will). The field’s got some great performances (Waltz and Jones) but Hoffman just blows them out of the water. They’re tiny little ants compared to him…
moviewatcher(Quote) (Reply)
I’m coming to the tragic realization that Zero Dark Thirty is probably not winning anything this year. It looked like it could be the real winner and a deserved one. I shouldn’t expect the Academy to award the actual best movie of the year (I’ve agreed with 3 of the last 13), but something as important and masterful as ZDT getting shafted in favor of safe, little and somewhat forgettable movies is a real shame.
Will(Quote) (Reply)