Oscars 2012

JP Liz V1

Eddie Murphy to host surely will be better than Chris Rock and last year's team of James Franco and Anne Hathaway

Eddie's main competition was Oprah Winfrey

Otis Driftwood

Jesus its only September.

iMax

Eddie Murphy ?? Can you imagine if they'd gotten him to host it in 1983?

What a different show that would be

Professey Chin

iMax wrote: »

Eddie Murphy ?? Can you imagine if they'd gotten him to host it in 1983?

What a different show that would be

Itd be the best show ever!

phasers

Eddie Murphy is a deeply unpleasant man who hasn't been funny in about 12 years.

losthorizon

Walked out of the Oscars when he didnt win and didnt bother to see how the rest of his co-actors got on. I wouldnt ask him also for not being funny and also not showing respect to the academy. He should learn to grow up.

Outkast_IRE

just get billy crystal or steve martin out of the cyrogenic freezer already and be done with all the rumours

bnt

Steve Martin in the freezer? Hardly. He has spent the last year touring the world with his banjo - if anything, he's too busy to do the Oscars. Billy Crystal, on the other hand ... :cool:

bnt

iMax

Love the Neil Patrick Harris reference.

Wish Steve Martin would go back to being funny though. He's wrapped up in writing serious stuff (books/movies) & playing banjo right now & when he tweets he's hilarious.

We could do with a Bowfinger 2 & I'd love to see a return to The Jerk

Sad Professor

Anyone got any early Oscar predictions? I think Oldman has a really good shot at Best Actor for TTSS. Hard to believe he's never even been nominated. Other potential contenders at the moment are DiCaprio for J Edgar, Pitt for Moneyball, Fastbender for Shame and George Clooney for that Alexander Payne film.

Jesus Wept

losthorizon wrote: »

Walked out of the Oscars when he didnt win and didnt bother to see how the rest of his co-actors got on. I wouldnt ask him also for not being funny and also not showing respect to the academy. He should learn to grow up.

The Academy are stupid and corrupt, they do not deserve respect.

JP Liz V1

Sad Professor wrote: »

Anyone got any early Oscar predictions? I think Oldman has a really good shot at Best Actor for TTSS. Hard to believe he's never even been nominated. Other potential contenders at the moment are DiCaprio for J Edgar, Pitt for Moneyball, Fastbender for Shame and George Clooney for that Alexander Payne film.

Alexander Payne's The Descendants seems to be the one film getting major buzz and of course Meryl Streep will no doubt be a contender for The Iron Lady and I think Kristin Wiig and maybe Melissa McCarthy could get a nomination for Bridesmaids and I'm hoping Warrior fairs well

paddyismaddy

phasers wrote: »

Eddie Murphy is a deeply unpleasant man who hasn't been funny in about 12 years.

even chris rock would be better

Sad Professor

The list of submissions for Best Foreign Film are out.

http://collider.com/miss-bala-elite-squad-2-oscar-foreign-film-submission/120379/

No Poetry.

losthorizon

Sad Professor wrote: »

The list of submissions for Best Foreign Film are out.

http://collider.com/miss-bala-elite-squad-2-oscar-foreign-film-submission/120379/

No Poetry.

When it comes to Best Foreign Language Film the academy get it so wrong that I suspect that most of the voters wont have seen the films that they will be voting on.

SVG

Sad Professor wrote: »

The list of submissions for Best Foreign Film are out.

http://collider.com/miss-bala-elite-squad-2-oscar-foreign-film-submission/120379/

No Poetry.

Poetry is a 2010 film so wasn't eligible this year, though South Korea decided against choosing it to represent them last year anyway. It's so rubbish the way there can only be one film per country.

There's also an Irish entry- As If I Am Not There- apparently in Bosnian and starring Stellan Skarsgard?! Has anyone seen it? The Foreign Language category rules are strange.

Galvasean

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Eddie Murphy to host surely will be better than Chris Rock

Doubt it.

SVG

SVG wrote: »

There's also an Irish entry- As If I Am Not There- apparently in Bosnian and starring Stellan Skarsgard?! Has anyone seen it? The Foreign Language category rules are strange.

It's supposed to be very average, of those I know who saw it none of them would be in a rush to ever watch it again. I'm skeptical as to how Irish it really is, surely there a film better suited to showcase Irish cinema than one shot in Macedonia and Sweden and whose original language is listed as Bosnian.

The Oscars are beyond a joke at this stage. Year in year out the same old tired cliches are trotted out. At least one of the actors up for Best Actor will be an old hand with numerous nominations but no wins and the press will start printing stories about how Jeff Bridges deserves to win as he's missed out so many times completely oblivious to the fact that the film he's nominated for was cliched, dull and unoriginal.

The best film, both foreign and main category will go to whatever is the safest choice that year,

Da Shins Kelly

Eddie Murphy no longer hosting.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/eddie-murphy-quits-oscars-host-gay-row-191925346.html

Nervous Wreck

Da Shins Kelly wrote: »

Eddie Murphy no longer hosting.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/eddie-murphy-quits-oscars-host-gay-row-191925346.html

I love how they say he's doing himself a disservice to ally himself with a notorious homophobe. His "Raw" DVD is full of homophobic slurs. Fuckin FULL. I haven't watched him in anything since seeing that.

Sad Professor

Wow, didn't see that coming. Foolish decision on Murphy's part. I know he was probably pissed off over what happened with Ratner, but hosting the Oscars is a big deal. I thought he would have been gunning for a gig like that.

Ratner seems to have gone off the rails entirely. Putting aside all the politically correct bull**** surrounding what he said, he probably deserved to be fired just for being such an asshole. You'd think the AMPAS would have known what to expect when they hired him though.

Neither of them have done their reputations any favours.

Da Shins Kelly

I'm not sad to see the f*cker go.

JP Liz V1

Brian Grazer and Don Mischer to produce show now

Brendog

"We need to talk about Kevin" will definitly win a few.

Is Eddie Murphy still hosting? I saw on IMDB that hes not going to do it.

That_Guy

Piers Morgan is 20/1 to host it. :eek:

ricero

i heard the muppets are going to host it now

JP Liz V1

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

just get billy crystal or steve martin out of the cyrogenic freezer already and be done with all the rumours

Billy Crystal suppose to be hosting now

losthorizon

On a different note from now on who ever wins the best Animation award and the Best Short Drama award at the Galway Film Fleadh will qualify for consideration in the Shorts Catgory of the Oscars! Its one of the many festivals that now are considered important enough by the Academy.

JP Liz V1

The Artist and The Descendants leading the way in other awards so more likely the leading contenders for Oscars

grames_bond

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Billy Crystal suppose to be hosting now

As Steve Maartin once said:

"For me hostling the oscars is like making love.....I only get to do it when Billy Crytal is out of town"

JP Liz V1

Source - Deadline

The 2012 Academy Awards has got the musical waterfront covered. Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer and Grammy-winning hip-hop artist and producer Pharrell Williams have been set to supervise the music for the awards show. They will serve as musical consultants, the first time either has done it.

D'Agger

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Source - Deadline

I really like the sound of that tbh!

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXGI9suAyBI

JP Liz V1

Will there be any surprise or shock noms, can Fassbender get a nom or will Bridesmaids get a nom for best film

That_Guy

9 nominations for best picture.

lukin

Fassbender not nominated

JP Liz V1

lukin wrote: »

Fassbender not nominated

Shame

That_Guy

Senna not even nominated for best documentary.

Full list here: http://a.oscar.go.com/media/2012/pdf/nominees.pdf

JP Liz V1

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/01/24/oscar-nominations-2012-announced/

Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life


Best Actor
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball


Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn


Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close


Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help


Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation


Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash & Nat Faxon, The Descendants
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
Peter Straughan & Bridget O’Connor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy


Best Animated Film
The Adventures of Tintin
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango


Best Foreign Language Film
Bullhead (Belgium)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation(Iran)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)

fruvai

Oldman finally nominated

Galvasean

The DOUBLE Oscar nominated films Transformers Dark Of the Moon & Bridesmaids. :pac:

lukin

I think the Oscars are a joke, more politics than anything else but it would be nice to have had an Irish interest in it (an Irish actor/actress has not been nominated for a long time I think).
The only Irish interest is the two nominations for Albert Nobbs.

Miguel_Sanchez

That_Guy wrote: »

Senna not even nominated for best documentary.

Full list here: http://a.oscar.go.com/media/2012/pdf/nominees.pdf

It didn't even make the longlist which was out a while back.

Bit weird to see Jonah Hill nominated considering the dross he's in that's out right now.

Nea

Surprised Tilda Swinton wasnt nominated for We Need to Talk About Kevin

JP Liz V1

Looks like all the buzz Ryan Gosling had with his three roles amounted to nada

Jayob10

obviously alot of politics involved in the nomination process, but how does Brad Pitt find himself being nominated? extremely average actor IMO.

Clooney is better but nowhere near top class, he is virtually the same in most movies. Kudos, he is a good director in fairness but as an actor he isn't hectic.

Sounds like its a popularity contest more than anything.

The movie the artist, how on earth can a movie with no dialogue be nominated?? Let alone how can the lead be nominated for best actor? It's baffling. Is it novelty or what?

Kylo Ren

First Oscars in a long time that I have no interest in.

MrStuffins

One bone of contention.

Why Gary Oldman for Tinker.... (Great actor, but let'd be honest, it's not an Oscar worthy performance) and no recognition for Benedict Cumberbatch who I thought was excellent in it?

lukin

Jayob10 wrote: »

obviously alot of politics involved in the nomination process, but how does Brad Pitt find himself being nominated? extremely average actor IMO.

Clooney is better but nowhere near top class, he is virtually the same in most movies. Kudos, he is a good director in fairness but as an actor he isn't hectic.

Sounds like its a popularity contest more than anything.

The movie the artist, how on earth can a movie with no dialogue be nominated?? Let alone how can the lead be nominated for best actor? It's baffling. Is it novelty or what?

I haven't seen Moneyball but it sounds like a bit of a joke that he has been nominated and Fassbender hasn't. It's extremely unlikely his performance was better than Fassbender's.

Miguel_Sanchez

Jayob10 wrote: »

The movie the artist, how on earth can a movie with no dialogue be nominated?? ?

Why shouldn't a movie with no dialogue be nominated?