March 1, 2010

The Oscar Circuit comes to a close today, and the Who Will Win/Should Win article series begins!

Yes, as we here at The Awards Circuit close one door today, we open another. We have the final two Oscar Circuit articles for the season, and they are the Best Original Screenplay category (found here) and the big one...Best Picture (found here). Hope you enjoyed the articles!
We also have the beginning of our annual Who Will Win/Should Win series, and we kick it off with the first one here. Each staff member will be contributing one, so stay tuned for them all!
-Thoughts on the articles?

21 comments:

  1. Picture
    Will: Avatar
    Should: Avatar
    Should Have Been Nominated: Funny People

    Director
    Will: Bigelow
    Should: Tarantino
    Should Have Been Nominated: Blomkamp

    Actor
    Will: Bridges
    Should: Bridges
    Should Have Been Nominated: Joseph Gordon Levitt

    Actress
    Will: Bullock
    Should: Bullock
    Should Have Been Nominated: Zooey Deschanel

    Supporting Actor
    Will: Waltz
    Should: Waltz
    Should Have Been Nominated: Mackie

    Supporting Actress
    Will: Mo'nique
    Should: Gyllenhaal
    Should Have Been Nominated: Cotillard

    Animated Film
    Will: Up
    Should: Up
    Should Have Been Nominated: Mary & Max

    Original Screenplay
    Will: The Hurt Locker
    Should: Inglourious Basterds
    Should Have Been Nominated: Funny People

    Adapted Screenplay
    Will: Up in the Air
    Should: Up in the Air
    Should Have Been Nominated: Crazy Heart

    Original Song
    Will: The Weary Kind
    Should: The Weary Kind
    Should Have Been Nominated: I Want to Come Home

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  2. Picture
    Will: Hurt Locker
    Should: Up In The Air
    Should Have Been Nominated: Moon

    Director
    Will: Bigelow
    Should: Reitman
    Should Have Been Nominated: Jonze

    Actor
    Will: Bridges
    Should: Clooney
    Should Have Been Nominated: Rockwell

    Actress
    Will: Bullock
    Should: Mulligan
    Should Have Been Nominated: Laurent

    Supporting Actor
    Will: Waltz
    Should: Waltz
    Should Have Been Nominated: Mackie

    Supporting Actress
    Will: Mo'nique
    Should: Kendrick
    Should Have Been Nominated: Portman

    Animated Film
    Will: Up
    Should: Up
    Should Have Been Nominated: /

    Original Screenplay
    Will: The Hurt Locker
    Should: Inglourious Basterds
    Should Have Been Nominated: Funny People

    Adapted Screenplay
    Will: Up in the Air
    Should: Up in the Air
    Should Have Been Nominated: Invictus

    Original Song
    Will: The Weary Kind
    Should: The Weary Kind
    Should Have Been Nominated: Help Yourself

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  3. Hi Joey!
    so when u would be closing or making the final predictions? or is already close? (im talking about claytons)
    The hurt locker, Bigelow, Bridges, Bullock, Monique, Waltz, Mark Boal/Jason Reitman &
    Sheldon Turner... can we say this is it?

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  4. Hi Joseph!

    Clayton's Will Win/Should Win article is going to go up the morning of the Oscars, and likely will function as the final predictions. Mine goes up the night before, in case you were wondering.

    As for your predix, that seems to be the trend, though The Hurt Locker for Pic and Boal for Screenplay are not totally locked in, but I would expect them to win.

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  5. Correction: There will be final predictions going up this week. Likely on Friday night.

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  6. My apologies. Blame it on the lack of sleep...

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  7. Perfect! Thank u both ... I will be following closely

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  8. Joey, Can I take the opportunity to ask u about Alice in Wonderland... have you been in one of the screenings? Ive read good to excelents reviews ... of course ur going to post later the review but in case u have seen it can u tell us something about it?
    I think that this pic, along with shutter island could be the first 2 pics to take 2/10 next year oscar spots...

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  9. I actually have not seen it yet, so I can't comment in an educated fashion yet, but it seems to be going over rather well with people so far. I remain skeptical about its Oscar chances outside of some tech categories, but it remains to be seen.

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  10. Picture
    Will: Hurt Locker
    Should: Up In The Air
    Should Have Been Nominated: (500) Days of Summer; The Informant!; A Single Man

    Director
    Will: Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
    Should: Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
    Should Have Been Nominated: Steven Soderbergh - The Informant!; Tom Ford - A Single Man

    Actor
    Will: Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
    Should: George Clooney - Up in the Air or Colin Firth - A Single Man
    Should Have Been Nominated: Matt Damon - The Informant! (and won); Viggo Mortensen - The Road

    Actress
    Will: S***** B****** - T** B**** S***
    Should: Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: ...
    Should Have Been Nominated: Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones; Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
    Should Never Have Been Nominated: S***** B****** - T** B**** S***

    Supporting Actor
    Will: Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
    Should: Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
    Should Have Been Nominated: Peter Sarsgaard - An Education; Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles

    Supporting Actress
    Will: Mo'Nique - Precious: ...
    Should: Mo'Nique - Precious: ...
    Should Have Been Nominated: Julianne Moore - A Single Man; Melanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds; A Cotillard movie

    Animated Film
    Will: Up
    Should: Fantastic Mr. Fox
    Should Have Been Nominated: /

    Original Screenplay
    Will: Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
    Should: Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
    Should Have Been Nominated: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber - (500) Days of Summer (and won)

    Adapted Screenplay
    Will: Up in the Air
    Should: Up in the Air
    Should Have Been Nominated: Tom Ford, David Scearce - A Single Man; Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach - Fantastic Mr. Fox; Scott Z. Burns - The Informant!

    Cinematography
    Will: Avatar
    Should: Avatar
    Should Have Been Nominated: A Single Man, The Lovely Bones

    Art Direction
    Will: Avatar
    Should: Avatar or The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
    Should Have Been Nominated: A Single Man

    Score
    Will: Michael Giacchino - Up
    Should: Michael Giacchino - Up
    Should Have Been Nominated: Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!; Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man; Brian Eno - The Lovely Bones

    Film Editing
    Will: The Hurt Locker
    Should: District 9
    Should Have Been Nominated: Up in the Air (and won); (500) Days of Summer

    Original Song
    Will: The Weary Kind
    Should: The Weary Kind
    Should Have Been Nominated: I Want To Come Home

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  11. Picture
    Will: The Hurt Locker
    Should: Avatar
    Should Have Been Nominated: 500 Days of Summer

    Director
    Will: Katherine Bigelow
    Should: Katherine Bigelow
    Should Have Been Nominated: Marc Webb

    Actor
    Will: Jeff Bridges
    Should: Jeff Bridges
    Should Have Been Nominated: Viggo Mortensen

    Actress
    Will: Sandra Bullock
    Should: Meryl Streep (!)
    Should Have Been Nominated: Zooey Deschanel

    Supporting Actor
    Will: Christoph Waltz
    Should: Stanley Tucci
    Should Have Been Nominated: Alec Baldwin (I know, I know...personally I'm going to go against the tide and say that I loved "It's Complicated" and I thought that there was a rare quality in the performances and chemistry between all the actors, especially Baldwin)

    Supporting Actress
    Will: Mo'nique
    Should: Vera Farmiga
    Should Have Been Nominated: Marion Cotillard

    Animated Film
    Will: Up
    Should: Up
    Should Have Been Nominated: Nobody other than the nominees

    Original Screenplay
    Will: The Hurt Locker
    Should: Inglourious Basterds
    Should Have Been Nominated: 500 Days of Summer OR It's Complicated

    Adapted Screenplay
    Will: Up in the Air
    Should: Up in the Air
    Should Have Been Nominated: Julie & Julia

    Original Score:
    Will: Michael Giacchino - Up
    Should: James Horner - Avatar (I'm honestly looking at the quality of the score itself. I don't care that Horner has won before, I think Avatar far trumped any other mainstream or independent US film score that came out in 2009 -- which isn't saying a lot considering I found Avatar's score to only be a little bit better than average)
    Should Have Been Nominated: Ennio Morricone - Baaria (and if we go by awarding those who are due or overdue, he should win as well)

    But that's just my two pennies. It's more interesting to me to read others' predictions. Very interesting choices! Some I agree with, some not so much, but as always, to each his/her own. :)

    By the way, will we get a preview for films to look out for for the next Oscar Season after this one?

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  12. You bet. After the Oscars, I'll be submitting my annual article previewing what to look out for in the upcoming season. Look out for it.

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  13. Awesome! I love those articles. Looking forward to it!

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  14. And Myles, don't forget our upcoming Podcast on the same topic!

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  15. Regarding Keith's Will/Should Win article... I'm totally with you on Sandra Bullock. I don't think she should win this year, but it's because Carey Mulligan and Gabourey Sidibe gave much more deserving performances (Streep was also good, but her movie didn't allow her much range). But I don't think it's fair to say that just because Bullock has made some bad movies that she shouldn't be rewarded now. Look at how many winners never go on to other great works; Halle Berry immediately comes to mind, winning for Monster's Ball and then making trash like Catwoman, Gothika and Perfect Stranger (and her filmography before the win wasn't too impressive either: The Flintstones, Swordfish, BAPS, etc). But she gave an amazing performance in Monster's Ball... should she not be rewarded because of her other films?

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