Who SHOULD win the Oscars

Best Picture: THE ARTIST
Leading Actor: tie - Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST or George Clooney THE DESCENDANTS
Leading Actress: Rooney Mara, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
Supporting Actor: Nick Nolte, WARRIOR
Supporting Actress: Bérénice Bejo, THE ARTIST
Best Original Screenplay: J.C. Chandor, MARGIN CALL
Best Adapted Screenplay: Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne and Jim Rash, THE DESCENDANTS
Best Art Direction: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEADLY HALLOWS PART 2
Best Cinematography: WAR HORSE
Best Foreign Film: A SEPARATION
Best Original Score: THE ARTIST
Best Visual Effects: TRANSFORMERS 3
Best Original Song: "Man or Muppet," THE MUPPETS
Best Film Editing: THE ARTIST
Best Documentary Feature: PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY

Mood: Angry

My Oscar predictions

Best Picture: THE ARTIST
Leading Actor: Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST
Leading Actress: Viola Davis, THE HELP
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS
Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, THE HELP
Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Best Adapted Screenplay: Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne and Jim Rash, THE DESCENDANTS
Best Art Direction: THE ARTIST
Best Cinematography: WAR HORSE
Best Foreign Film: A SEPARATION
Best Original Score: THE ARTIST
Best Animated Film: A CAT IN PARIS
Best Costume Design: HUGO
Best Visual Effects: RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Best Original Song: "Man or Muppet," THE MUPPETS
Best Film Editing: THE ARTIST
Best Make Up: THE IRON LADY
Best Sound Editing: HUGO
Best Sound Mixing: HUGO
Best Documentary Feature: PINA
Best Documentary Short: "Incident in New Baghdad"
Best Short Film Animated: "La Luna"
Best Short Film Live Action: "Raju"

Mood: Chillin'

LegendarySuit at 07:51 PM Feb 20

That's pretty much exactly like mine. Only major difference is I think Clooney will get the Oscar. Otherwise it's pretty much dead on with mine.

LelekPL at 07:54 PM Feb 20

Yeah, Clooney might steal it. I went with Dujardin just because the academy likes to give token awards to the best picture winner... and kinda subjectively because I actually think Dujardin owned this role and the movie was great - I finally saw it yesterday

Who Should Win the Golden Schmoes

Favorite Movie of the Year: Drive

Worst Movie of the Year: Sucker Punch

Best Director of the Year: Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive

Best Screenplay of the Year: Moneyball

Most Overrated Movie of the Year: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Most Underrated Movie of the Year: Source Code

Trippiest Movie of the Year: Melancholia

Best Comedy of the Year: 50/50

Best Horror Movie of the Year: Scream 4

Best Animated Movie of the Year: Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn

Best Sci-Fi Movie of the Year: Super 8

Best Special Effects of the Year: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Biggest Disappointment of the Year: Cowboys & Aliens

Biggest Surprise of the Year: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Best Actor of the Year: Ryan Gosling - Drive

Best Actress of the Year: Rooney Mara - Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Best Supporting Actor of the Year: Nick Nolte - Warrior

Best Supporting Actress of the Year: Elle Fanning - Super 8

Breakthrough Performance of the Year: Rooney Mara - Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Favorite Celebrity of the Year: Brad Pitt

Coolest Character of the Year: The Driver - Drive

Best Music in a Movie: Drive

Favorite Movie Poster of the Year: The Tree of Life

Best Trailer of the Year (2011 releases): Super8

Best DVD of the Year: Super8

Best Action Sequence of the Year: Mi4 - Climbing the Dubai building

Most Memorable Scene in a Movie: Drive - Elevator scene

Best T&A of the Year: Paula Patton - MI4

Best Line of the Year: X-Men: First Class - "Go f*ck yourself."

Mood: Bored

For your consideration - My 2011 Golden Schmoes nominees

Favorite movie:
Drive
I Saw the Devil
Warrior
Super 8
Source Code

Worst Movie:
The Human Centipede 2
No Strings Attached
Sucker Punch
The Change-Up
The Dilemma

Best Director:
N. Winding Refn - Drive
Ji-woon Kim - I Saw the Devil
David Fincher - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Lars von Trier - Melancholia
Steven Spielberg - War Horse

Best screenplay:
Margin Call
Another Earth
50/50
Moneyball
The Ides of March

Most overrated movie:
Transformers 3
Stake Land
The Tree of Life
Beginners
Midnight in Paris

Most underrated movie:
Warrior
Source Code
Take Me Home Tonight
Our Idiot Brother
Kill the Irishman

Trippiest Movie:
Drive
Melancholia
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Thor
The Skin I Live In

Best Comedy of the year:
Our Idiot Brother
Paul
Take Me Home Tonight
The Guard
Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Best Horror:
I Saw the Devil
Melancholia
Contagion
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Scream 4

Best Sci-fi:
Super 8
Source Code
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Another Earth
Melancholia

Best special effects:
Super 8
Melancholia
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Transformers 3
Attack the Block

Biggest Disappointment:
The Tree of Life
Beginners
Hobo with a Shotgun
Battle: LA
Priest

Biggest surprise:
Drive
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Fast Five
X-Men: First Class

Best Actor:
Ryan Gosling - Drive
Tom Hardy - Warrior
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brendan Gleeson - The Guard
Dominic Cooper - Devil's Double

Best Actress:
Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Viola Davis - The Help
Kirsten Dunst - Melancholia
Brit Marling - Another Earth
Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Supporting Actor:
Brad Pitt - The Tree of Life
Nick Nolte - Warrior
Min-sik Choi - I Saw the Devil
Joseph Gordon Levitt - Hesher
Ron Eldard - Super 8

Best Supporting Actress:
Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life
Melissa Leo - Red State
Marion Cotillard - Midnight in Paris
Julia Kijowska - In Darkness
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids

Breakthrough Performance:
Elle Fanning - Super 8
John Boyega - Attack the Block
Brit Marling - Another Earth
Dominic Cooper - Devil's Double
Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life

Favorite Celebrity:
Louis CK
Hugh Jackman
Dwayne Johnson
Ricky Gervais
Christian Bale

Coolest Character:
Luke Hobbs - Fast Five
Driver - Drive
Kim Soo-hyeon - I Saw the Devil
Tommy Conlon - Warrior
Gerry Boyle - The Guard

Best Music:
Drive
Super 8
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hanna
Attack the Block

Best Action Sequence:
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - Burj Khalifa sequence
Fast Five - Diesel vs Johnson
Fast Five - Dragging the safe
Drive - opening sequence
Attack the Block - Moses vs Aliens

Most memorable scene:
Melancholia - opening sequence
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - opening credits
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - Burj Khalifa sequence
War Horse - ending
Drive - Perlman vs Driver on the beach

Best T&A:
Nicky Whelan - Hall Pass
Jessica Chastain - The Debt
Alexandra Daddario - Bereavement
Cassie Keller - A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
January Jones - X-Men

Best Line:
"Mules! Drug Mules" - The Guard
"Go fuck yourself" - X-Men
"How about this - shut your mouth or I'll kick your teeth down your throat and I'll shut it for you." - Drive
"No!" - Rise of the Planet of the Apes
"Potato eater? Seeing as how the potato was the only source of nutrition in Ireland for 300 years and half the population including my ancestors died in the great famine, I'd say that term is insensitive. Speaking of culinary tastes, Mr. MacLeish, you're Scottish aren't you? Let's talk about Haggis. Haggis is seasoned lard stuffed into a sheep's colon. So I may be a potato eater Mr. MacLeish but I don't eat fat out of a sheep's asshole... What do you think of the new carpet?" - Kill the Irishman

Mood: Angry

LelekPL at 05:38 AM Feb 01

Thanks guys, I hope some of it helped

Just to be clear though, I didn't see the three most Oscar buzzed movies - The Descendants, The Artist and Hugo, since they haven't come out over here yet... I should be seeing Hugo in two weeks

MovieManMark at 11:02 PM Feb 25

I like these picks better than the Oscars overall. Did you get a chance to see "Red White & Blue"? I would at least put that on the underrated list. Three great breakout performances in the same film.

LelekPL at 04:54 PM Feb 26

I can't say I have. I might give it a watch.

As for the nominees, they were made before I saw a couple of other great movies. Right now I would probably give some love to Artist and Descendants, especially to the lead actors. This week I will be finishing my 2011 wrap-up with Shame, Martha Marcy May Marlene, I Melt with You, Like Crazy, Dangerous Method, Take Shelter and J Edgar.

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What you watch this week

I've been on a movie spree in the last three days:
Kill List - left me dissappointed, it was a good movie, by the end a really good movie, but the ending was a really cheap tactic

Apollo 18 - pretty bad, but I liked the style of it... that doesn't cover the fact that there was too little material for something other than a half an hour fan film

Final Destination 5 - it really was the best one since part 1, but that really doesn't say much in my books... at least some of the characters were likeable this time around

Moneyball - I couldn't care less about baseball and this isn't even close to being my favorite baseball movie (Major League 1 and 2!), but it was good, and Pitt brought a lot of charisma and presence to the screen. He definitely helped a lot

Ides of March - I had very similar reactions as to Moneyball... but here I think that the acting is even better. Clooney is good, Gosling is really good, so is Hoffman but the three of them at the same time was something excellent

Hostel 3 - yep, that's all I've got to say about it

In Darkness - this is a pretty good polish Holocaust movie that I would like to recommend you. Not as emotional as Schindler's List or not as gritty as Canal but at moments id does almost put you in centre of these horrific events

War Horse - Kaminski. I could end at that. His cinematography is a work of art here, the ending really makes me think of Gone with the Wind. Spielberg is also in form here and the movie is a nice watch. It can be too fairy tale'y, too uneven, too awkward at times but I liked it nonetheless

Paranormal Activity 3 - by the end I felt this series started to become repetitive. It had some good scares, but I kinda knew most of what was coming. My least favorite of the series, but still ok

A Lonely Place to Die - again I felt dissapointed. It got me hooked as soon as they started climbing, they found the girl, and even when it turned to Cliffhanger for a moment there, but then I started to lose interest at the end. The masked killer ending didn't help

50/50 - very emotional. Both JGL and Rogen give great performances, but the scenes between Huston, JGL and his father are the ones that really got to me. It probably woldn't be so effective if it wasn't for the comedy since I had some nice laughs too.

The Guard - talking about a good laugh. At parts it was so funny I couldn't remember when I laughed so hard and if you don't agree then "fuck off back to Dublin you". Yep Brendan Gleeson is great once again and Gerry Boyle is a lock for my nomination for best character for Golden Schmoes

Mood: Pissed!

LelekPL at 06:29 PM Jan 22

^ I'm really glad I haven't seen it in a theatre, it would probably make it my least favorite movie of the year

TastetheW0ng at 06:33 PM Jan 22

I liked Final Destination 5. I really like pt2 and probably would place this one around there and the original. I really like what they did with this one.

LelekPL at 06:40 PM Jan 22

^ I liked the whole take a life to get more time aspect of it but there could have been more of it and of Miles Fisher

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Bale looks seriously badass here

Nite Owl at 06:31 PM Jan 12

Could this be our first glimpse of the Batcave as well?

TheChanges23 at 08:27 PM Jan 12

Get Ready

PeJota at 01:36 AM Jan 13

It's poses like that that get him all the ladies.

Why's the glass cracked?

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LelekPL at 10:15 PM Dec 19

I'm on board, I'm just pointing out exactly what you said, that Bane might not be as exciting as Joker. I'm really willing to value it as a stand alone movie, but I always have doubts when it comes to part 3s, especially when they come right after the best movie in the series. However I do see a lot of fresh approaches that I liked in this new trailer. The feel of switching from terrorism to class warfare, the fact that it takes place years after TDK and Bane as a totally different villain than others in the series, plus the x-factor of Catwoman.

But you cannot run away from comparisons with other films in a series. This is why you usually ask people to give you an opinion of previous films in A series before they give you their thoughts on A newest instalment. With TDKR there's no exception but like I said I like what it's trying to do differently, but I might not like it as much as what I've seen before

Nite Owl at 11:51 PM Dec 19

What I'm saying is don't expect it to be another Dark Knight is all, this installment is gonna be as differant from TDK as TDK was from Batman Begins.

LelekPL at 12:04 AM Dec 20

And I'm doing just that. I'm always sceptical about part 3s and if TDKR turns out to be just good, I would be fine with that.

That's what I ment about the movie having the same impact on me, not that I want it to be as impactful as TDK, but as impactful as the trailer - good yet not as good as before, I'd be fine with that. You might have misunderstood me before

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