497)TRUE LIES (1994 dir. James Cameron) 2nd Viewing: December 27 2013
Along with PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING, this is the only James Cameron film I do not unabashedly love.. Though it does have a few truly incredible moments.
"It's a story about lies that are true und they are also false" - Arnie
the point of this exercise isn't merely to stand in contrast to industry awards shows but to shine light on other works/achievements/performances that might've not gotten enough consideration during their initial releases
Note:Oscar winner predictions will be added towards the end of January in parentheses next to my *top pick in each category. As usual, I must wait until early Feb formy local Magnoliato screen the live action & animated shorts of 2013 before I can add more to those categories. **Actual AMPAS nominees added 1/16/2014** **My Oscar winner predictions added 1/17/2014 in parentheses next to my choices** **Actual AMPAS winners noted 3/2/2014**
2013
*A TOUCH OF SIN TO THE WONDER
THE WIND RISES
VIOLA
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
THE WORLD'S END
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
BASTARDS
LORDS OF SALEM
DRUG WAR
UPSTREAM COLOR
THE WE AND THE I
BYZANTIUM
LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
THE GRANDMASTER [CHINESE CUT]
POST TENEBRAS LUX
THE GREAT BEAUTY
BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO
HER
MUD
actual best picture oscar nominees: THE WOLF OF WALL STREET 12 YEARS A SLAVE (won) PHILOMENA NEBRASKA HER GRAVITY DALLAS BUYERS CLUB CAPTAIN PHILLIPS AMERICAN HUSTLE actual foreign language oscar nominees:
BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
THE GREAT BEAUTY(won)
THE HUNT
THE MISSING PICTURE
OMAR
prediction:
12 YEARS A SLAVE
2013
*Jia Zhangke
for A TOUCH OF SIN Richard Linklater for BEFORE MIDNIGHT
Terrence Malick for TO THE WONDER Matías Piñeiro for VIOLA Rob Zombie for LORDS OF SALEM actual oscar nominees:
Alfonso Cuaron for GRAVITY(won) Alexander Payne for NEBRASKA David O. Russell for AMERICAN HUSTLE Steve McQueen for 12 YEARS A SLAVE Martin Scorsese for THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
prediction:
Alfonso Cuarón for GRAVITY
2013
*Julie Delpy
inBEFORE MIDNIGHT Kathryn Hahn in AFTERNOON DELIGHT Olga Kurylenko in TO THE WONDER Miriam Colon in BLESS ME, ULTIMA
Kate Lyn Sheil in SUN DON'T SHINE
actual oscar nominees:
Amy Adams in AMERICAN HUSTLE Cate Blanchett in BLUE JASMINE(won) Sandra Bullock in GRAVITY Judi Dench in PHILOMENA Meryl Streep in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
prediction:
Cate Blanchett in BLUE JASMINE
2013
*Mads Mikkelsen
inTHE HUNT Oscar Isaac in INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Idris Elba in MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 YEARS A SLAVE Matthew McConaughey in DALLAS BUYERS CLUB actual oscar nominees:
Christian Bale in AMERICAN HUSTLE
Leonard DiCaprio in WOLF OF WALL STREET
Bruce Dern in NEBRASKA
Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 YEARS A SLAVE Matthew McConaughey in DALLAS BUYERS CLUB(won)
prediction:
Matthew McConaughey in DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
2013
*Felicity Jones in
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN Yolonda Ross in GO FOR SISTERS Sally Hawkins in BLUE JASMINE Lupita Nyong'o in 12 YEARS A SLAVE Shailene Woodley in THE SPECTACULAR NOW actual oscar nominees:
Jennifer Lawrence in AMERICAN HUSTLE Sally Hawkins in BLUE JASMINE Julia Roberts in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY June Squibb in NEBRASKA Lupita Nyong'o in 12 YEARS A SLAVE(won)
prediction:
Lupita Nyong'o in 12 YEARS A SLAVE
2013
*Michael Fassbender
in 12 YEARS A SLAVE Jake Gyllenhaal in PRISONERS Daniel Brühl in RUSH Ben Foster in AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS Harrison Ford in 42 actual oscar nominees:
Barkhad Abdi in CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Bradley Cooper in AMERICAN HUSTLE Michael Fassbender in 12 YEARS A SLAVE Jonah Hill in THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Jared Leto in DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (won)
prediction:
Jared Leto in DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
2013
*INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
- Coen bros. AMERICAN HUSTLE- David O. Russell; Eric Singer ENOUGH SAID - Nicole Holofcener
HER - Spike Jonze
THE PAST - Asghar Farhadi WHITE REINDEER - Zach Cark actual oscar nominees:
HER(won) NEBRASKA DALLAS BUYERS CLUB BLUE JASMINE AMERICAN HUSTLE
prediction:
HER
2013
*12 YEARS A SLAVE
- John Ridley BEFORE MIDNIGHT - Linklater, Delpy, Hawke THE INVISIBLE WOMAN - Abi Morgan BYZANTIUM- Moira Buffini PAIN & GAIN - Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely actual oscar nominees:
BEFORE MIDNIGHT CAPTAIN PHILLIPS PHILOMENA 12 YEARS A SLAVE(won) THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
prediction:
WOLF OF WALL ST
2013
*LEVIATHAN THE ACT OF KILLING STORIES WE TELL THESE BIRDS WALK THE CRASH REEL AT BERKELEY HAPPY PEOPLE: A YEAR IN THE TAIGA
IS THE MAN WHO IS TALL HAPPY?
ROOM 237
20 FEET FROM STARDOM
actual oscar nominees:
THE ACT OF KILLING
CUTIE AND THE BOXER
DIRTY WARS
THE SQUARE
20 FEET FROM STARDOM(won)
prediction:
CUTIE & THE BOXER
2013
*THE WIND RISES IS THE MAN WHO IS TALL HAPPY? THE PAINTING ERNEST & CELESTINE
WOLF CHILDREN MONSTERS UNIVERSITY THE MISSING PICTURE actual oscar nominees:
THE BOOK THIEF HER GRAVITY(won) PHILOMENA SAVING MR. BANKS
prediction:
SAVING MR. BANKS
2013
*D IS FOR DOGFIGHT
[ABCs OF DEATH segment] SWEET EXORCISM [CENTRO HISTORICO segment] COLD MAILMAN: MY RECURRING DREAM
TWO ISLANDS SAFE HAVEN [V/H/S/2 segment]
WE WILL LIVE AGAIN CAVEDIGGER
VIDROS PARTIDOS [CENTRO HISTORICO segment] HELIUM SLUMBER PARTY ALIEN ABDUCTION [V/H/S/2 segment]
Clay Liford's SLASH
FROM ONE SECOND TO THE NEXT
actual oscar nominees live action:
THAT WASN'T ME
JUST BEFORE LOSING EVERYTHING
HELIUM(won)
THE VOORMAN PROBLEM
DO I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING? actual oscar nominees documentary short:
CAVEDIGGER FACING FEAR KARAMA HAS NO WALLS PRISON TERMINAL: LAST DAYS OF PRIVATE JACK HALL THE LADY IN #6: MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE(won)
prediction:
HELIUM and LADY IN #6
2013
*OH WILLY... FERAL SHUGO TOKUMARU: KATACHI MR. HUBLOT ｢JUNK HEAD 1｣
EXORDIUM THE BLUE UMBRELLA
ROADKILL REDEMPTION
FEAR OF FLYING
INVOCATION
Jan Pinkava's WINDY DAY
TOY STORY OF TERROR! actual oscar nominees:
GET A HORSE! FERAL MR. HUBLOT(won) POSSESSIONS ROOM ON THE BROOM
prediction:
MR. HUBLOT
categories below this point are
↓for you technical craft lovers↓
2013
*ONLY GOD FORGIVES
- Larry Smith, BSC TO THE WONDER- Emmanuel Lubezki, AMC, ASC PRISONERS- Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC RUSH - Anthony Dod Mantle BSC, DFF THE GRANDMASTER - Philippe Le Sourd, AFC, ASC actual oscar nominees:
THE GRANDMASTER INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS PRISONERS NEBRASKA GRAVITY(won)
prediction:
GRAVITY
2013
*THE GREAT GATSBY
-Ballantine; Matt Villa; Jonathan Redmond
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET - Thelma Schoonmaker ROOM 237 - Rodney Ascher TO THE WONDER - Yoshikawa; Roldan; Fraase; Hazen UPSTREAM COLOR - David Lowery; Shane Carruth actual oscar nominees:
AMERICAN HUSTLE CAPTAIN PHILLIPS DALLAS BUYERS CLUB GRAVITY(won) 12 YEARS A SLAVE
prediction: GRAVITY
2013 - PRODUCTION DESIGN + SET DECOR
*THE GREATGATSBY
- Catherine Martin THE LONE RANGER - Crash McCreery; Cheryl Carasik AMERICAN HUSTLE - Judy Becker; Jesse Rosenthal OBLIVION - Darren Gilford; Kevin Ishioka; Ronald R. Reiss HER - K. K. Barrett; Gene Serdena
PACIFIC RIM - Carol Spier; Peter P. Nicolakakos actual oscar nominees:
THE GREAT GATSBY(won) AMERICAN HUSTLE GRAVITY HER 12 YEARS A SLAVE
prediction: GATSBY
2013
*THE GREATGATSBY
- Catherine Martin MAN OF STEEL - Michael Wilkinson; James Acheson HER - Casey Storm
THE GREAT BEAUTY - Daniela Ciancio GREAT EXPECTATIONS - Beatrix Aruna Pasztor THE GRANDMASTER - William Chang Suk Ping
47 RONIN - Penny Rose actual oscar nominees:
THE GRANDMASTER THE GREAT GATSBY (won) AMERICAN HUSTLE THE INVISIBLE WOMAN 12 YEARS A SLAVE
prediction:
GATSBY
2013
*STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
-Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow DESOLATION OF SMAUG - P.Swords King, Findlater, Tami Lane THE LONE RANGER - Joel Harlow, Gloria Pasqua-Casny ADELE BLANC-SEC - Christopher Chabenet, Stéphane Robert BAD GRANDPA - Stephen Prouty actual oscar nominees:
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB(won)
THE LONE RANGER
BAD GRANDPA
prediction:
BAD GRANDPA
2013
*UPSTREAM COLOR GRAVITY BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO OBLIVION MAMA
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
actual oscar nominees:
LONE SURVIVOR THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG GRAVITY(won) CAPTAIN PHILLIPS ALL IS LOST
prediction:
GRAVITY
2013
*GRAVITY THE LONE RANGER RUSH MAN OF STEEL PACIFIC RIM actual oscar nominees:
HOBBIT: DESOLATION OF SMAUG
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
LONE SURVIVOR
GRAVITY(won)
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
prediction:
GRAVITY
2013
*GRAVITY HOBBIT: DESOLATION OF SMAUG OBLIVION STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS ELYSIUM
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
THE GREAT GATSBY actual oscar nominees:
IRON MAN 3 STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS THE LONE RANGER HOBBIT: DESOLATION OF SMAUG GRAVITY(won)
*1)Seagull attack! -LEVIATHAN 2) A Greek sunset - BEFORE MIDNIGHT 3)Jiro’s vision of Caproni romanticizing aeronautics
---------------------------------------- THE WIND RISES 4) "Christ, be with me" closing monologue (español)
-------------------------------------- TO THE WONDER 5) William Tell Overture/ Train climax sequence
------------------------------------------ LONE RANGER 6) Astronaut Stone in Fetal position zero gravity - GRAVITY 7) "Blueblood" fight #1 in pub bathroom
------------------------------------ THE WORLD'S END -tie- brothel fight - THE GRANDMASTER [Chinese cut] 8) A rain of multi-colored garments - LAURENCE ANYWAYS 9) Entire 3rd act of UPSTREAM COLOR 10) Waterfalls of blood - BYZANTIUM 11) Neon demon arrives home - POST TENEBRAS LUX 12) Title "maniac" first revealed, in bathroom mirror
------------------------------------------------ MANIAC 13) "All Tomorow's Parties" closing sequence of
------------------------------------- LORDS OF SALEM 14) Boat tips over, submerges old man in ocean
-------------------------------------------- ALL IS LOST 15) Blinded Det. Loki speeds to E.R. in snow storm
