Sunday, February 24, 2013

Oscars Reactions


Picture: Argo
Director: Russell Lee
Actress: Lawrence
Actor: Day-Lewis
Supp. Actress: Hathaway
Supp. Actor: DeNiro Waltz
Adapted Screenplay: Argo
Original Screenplay: Zero Dark Thirty Django Unchained
Cinematography: Life of Pi
Editing: Argo
Production Design: Anna Karenina Lincoln
Costume Design: Anna Karenina
Makeup & Hairstyling: The Hobbit Les Misérables
Original Score: Life of Pi
Original Song: Skyfall
Sound Mixing: Les Misérables
Sound Editing: Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall
Visual Effects: Life of Pi
Foreign: Amour
Animated Feature: Wreck-It Ralph Brave
Animated Short: Paperman
Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man
Documentary Short: Open Heart Inocente
Live Action Short: Curfew

17/24

Not great, but I think okay for such a wide open year. None of the winners really surprised me, save for that amazing tie and Lincoln for production design. Looking throughout the winners, they all make sense, and are all things I considered possible.

My problem is that I try to predict the surprises -- which of course, never goes too well. I warned people that my prediction for Russell was a silly one, and that Lee was the most probable winner. Of course, Lee wins. Duh! I sprung for Boal's script for Zero Dark Thirty, but as soon as Waltz won for supporting actor (something that did come as a surprise, admittedly) and heard all that applause every time the film was mentioned, I knew Tarantino would win. I think I put too much emphasis on his snub a few years ago over Basterds. Alas.
Brave's win and Les Misérables for makeup were ones that I suspected, but brushed off. I'm still surprised that The Hobbit missed out on makeup. Really, Academy? Boo-urns.

And so you have it. Maybe I won another Princess gold pass! But I doubt it.

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