The Grey

horrorfan23 at 07:39 AM Jan 28

Overall Consensus: It Fucking Rules.

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2012 Critics Choice Awards Nominees

For Me, this week begins the movie awards season. Given that my life literally revolves around cinema. It's pretty obvious that I'm salivating at the mouth right now. The Critcs Choice Awards are the first major set of awards to be handed out first thing this January followed by the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors, Director's, and Producer's Guild awards, and finally the Oscars.

Sadly to date, 2011 has proven to be the weakest year for movies since 2002. Of couurse Hollywood kept back their big guns for December (and I'll probably have to wait till January before most of them make their way to my part of Iowa)

I'm pleased to see DRIVE receiving some big love but must admit to being petubed at the lack/absense of nominations for THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, TINKER TAILOR SOLIDER SPY, and WIN WIN

NOMINATIONS FOR THE 17th ANNUAL CRITICS' CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS

BEST PICTURE
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Drive"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"Moneyball"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney - "The Descendants"
Leonardo DiCaprio - "J. Edgar"
Jean Dujardin - "The Artist"
Michael Fassbender - "Shame"
Ryan Gosling - "Drive"
Brad Pitt - "Moneyball"

BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis - "The Help"
Elizabeth Olsen - "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
Meryl Streep - "The Iron Lady"
Tilda Swinton - "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
Charlize Theron - "Young Adult"
Michelle Williams - "My Week With Marilyn"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh - "My Week With Marilyn"
Albert Brooks - "Drive"
Nick Nolte - "Warrior"
Patton Oswalt - "Young Adult"
Christopher Plummer - "Beginners"
Andy Serkis - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Bérénice Bejo - "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain - "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy - "Bridesmaids"
Carey Mulligan - "Shame"
Octavia Spencer - "The Help"
Shailene Woodley - "The Descendants"

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Asa Butterfield - "Hugo"
Elle Fanning - "Super 8"
Thomas Horn - "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
Ezra Miller - "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
Saoirse Ronan - "Hanna"
Shailene Woodley - "The Descendants"

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
"The Artist"
"Bridesmaids"
"The Descendants"
"The Help"
"The Ides of March"

BEST DIRECTOR
Stephen Daldry - "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
Michel Hazanavicius - "The Artist"
Alexander Payne - "The Descendants"
Nicolas Winding Refn - "Drive"
Martin Scorsese - "Hugo"
Steven Spielberg - "War Horse"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"The Artist" - Michel Hazanavicius
"50/50" - Will Reiser
"Midnight in Paris" - Woody Allen
"Win Win" - Screenplay by Tom McCarthy, Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni
"Young Adult" - Diablo Cody

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"The Descendants" - Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" - Eric Roth
"The Help" - Tate Taylor
"Hugo" - John Logan
"Moneyball" - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"The Artist" - Guillaume Schiffman
"Drive" - Newton Thomas Sigel
"Hugo" - Robert Richardson
"The Tree of Life" - Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" - Janusz Kaminski

BEST ART DIRECTION
"The Artist" - Production Designer: Laurence Bennett, Art Director: Gregory S. Hooper
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" - Production Designer: Stuart Craig, Set Decorator: Stephenie McMillan
"Hugo" - Production Designer: Dante Ferretti, Set Decorator: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"The Tree of Life" - Production Designer: Jack Fisk, Art Director: David Crank
"War Horse" - Production Designer: Rick Carter, Set Decorator: Lee Sandales

BEST EDITING
"The Artist" - Michel Hazanavicius and Anne-Sophie Bion
"Drive" - Matthew Newman
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"  Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"Hugo" - Thelma Schoonmaker
"War Horse" - Michael Kahn

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"The Artist" - Mark Bridges
"The Help" - Sharen Davis
"Hugo" - Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" - Michael O'Connor
"My Week With Marilyn" - Jill Taylor

BEST MAKEUP
"Albert Nobbs"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"The Iron Lady"
"J. Edgar"
"My Week With Marilyn"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
"Super 8"
"The Tree of Life"

BEST SOUND
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Super 8"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
"The Adventures of Tintin"
"Arthur Christmas"
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss in Boots"
"Rango"

BEST ACTION MOVIE
"Drive"
"Fast Five"
"Hanna"
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
"Super 8"

BEST COMEDY
"Bridesmaids"
"Crazy, Stupid, Love"
"Horrible Bosses"
"Midnight in Paris"
"The Muppets"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"In Darkness"
"Le Havre"
"A Separation"
"The Skin I Live In"
"Where Do We Go Now?"

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Buck"
"Cave of Forgotten Dreams"
"George Harrison: Living in the Material World"
"Page One: Inside the New York Times"
"Project Nim"
"Undefeated"

BEST SONG
"Hello Hello" - performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga/written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin  GNOMEO & JULIET
"Life's a Happy Song" - performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie  THE MUPPETS
"The Living Proof" - performed by Mary J. Blige/written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman and Harvey Mason, Jr. - THE HELP
"Man or Muppet" - performed by Jason Segel and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie  THE MUPPETS
"Pictures in My Head" - performed by Kermit and the Muppets/written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman - THE MUPPETS

BEST SCORE
"The Artist" - Ludovic Bource
"Drive" - Cliff Martinez
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
"Hugo" - Howard Shore
"War Horse" - John Williams

Mood: Shy

ironfist66 at 05:03 PM Dec 14

Been awhile since I've watched this.....forgotten there were so many catagories.