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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I don't care. As if there ever could be a "Best" in any particular category. Favorite maybe. Anyway, I haven't seen any of the nominated films yet.

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Originally posted by whozit:



http://oscar.go.com/nominees

Best Picture: Lincoln

Best Director: Steven Spielberg

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis

Best Actress: Jessica Chastain

Best Sup, Actor: Christoph Waltz

Best Sup, Actress: Anne Hathaway

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
I'm gonna make my picks between who will and should win:

Best Picture: Will/Should Win

Lincoln will; ARGO should

Best Director

Spielberg will; Affleck should

Best Actor:

Day-Lewis will; Day-Lewis should

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain on both counts

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz on both counts

Best Supporting Actress

Anne Hathaway on both counts


Best Runner Up

Picture: Silver Linings Playbook (personal favorite)

Director: David O. Russell

Actor: Bradley Cooper

Actress: Jennifer Lawrence

Support Actor: DeNiro

Support Actress: Sally Field

Yeah, I know, I'm hedging my bets. Actually it should be interesting watching. Unlike EC and others I will be watching (doing so since I was a kid, in both good years and bad). Good films these days are hard to come by, someone from People magazine said that the political films are the best since the 70s and I agree.

In the interest of full disclosure; I have yet to see Lincoln, 0Dark30, Django, Les Mis among others.

I have seen however; Argo (FU), Life of Pi, Silver Linings. I am aware that Hollywood and the Academy play at politics within the industry's structure, but I love film and make my own judgments. Yes, I'm one of those - a crazy fan.


SGG

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Originally posted by whozit:



http://oscar.go.com/nominees

Best Picture: Lincoln

Best Director: Steven Spielberg

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis

Best Actress: Jessica Chastain

Best Sup, Actor: Christoph Waltz

Best Sup, Actress: Anne Hathaway

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Instead of watching the award ceremony to see what would win Best Picture, I watched the Best Picture.

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As Ruby Rhod would say, "It had no fire, no energy, no nothing! It has to pop, pop, pop!"

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Originally posted by whozit:
I thought "Lincoln" would sweep, I was wrong....and I'm OK with that

I was rooting for "Life of Pi" and was happy it won 4 Oscars, I'm OK with "Argo" winnig for best picture because I'm sure that pissed off a lot of the old fart academy voters.

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I love film too, and although I never had any film appreciation classes I have read quite a few books written by directors, producers, editors, etc., and I used to subscribe to several film magazines (Film Comment and American Cinematographer being the best). Plus I have seen a ton of movies over the years; staying up on Fridays and Saturdays for the late movies when I was younger, working as a video operator at Cablevision in the early '70s when we had our own movie channels (before our system added HBO, Showtime, etc.), then as a film projectionist for over twelve years ('78-'91).

It is because I love film so much, and consider it an art form (even when it is just for entertainment), that I detest the Academy Awards. It is politics and favoritism for the most part. When they allow all Academy members to vote in all categories, many of whom don't have a clue about the process of some categories, you get people voting for things simply because they know someone in the production of the film, or from things they've read about the film. The guild awards are usually a better indicator of quality, not that politics and favoritism doesn't enter those areas too.

Besides, I'm going to like what I like whether it wins an award or not. I still say Hugo should have won Best Picture last year over The Artist, and I will never accept the notion that Shakespeare in Love was a better film than Saving Private Ryan.

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