Friday, February 24, 2012
My 2011 Awards (6th draft)
By Edward Copeland
Have I mentioned how much I hate the movie Bridesmaids? I chose that photo because Melissa McCarthy was the only good thing in that turd. Also, I try to select a photo that's somehow emblematic of the year in film without giving away what my winners happen to be.
I always try to unveil my 10 best list and personal awards prior to the Oscars. The great advantage I have over the Academy is that I can go back and revise them forever as I see more things I haven't had the chance to or if I revisit films and change my mind. I know these awards most definitely will be revised because my foreign film category only contains three nominees as of now since I've only managed to see four foreign films from 2011 as of now. Luckily, all four were good so I didn't have to omit any of them.
The Academy isn't alone in changing the rules on documentary eligibility. I've decided that if a documentary started appearing at festivals, even though I obviously couldn't be there, it counts for my awards whether or not it received theatrical release, since that can be because of skittish distributors.
Reminder: As always, I spread the wealth so I do my best not to nominate any individual performance more than once. So, if you wonder why I didn't nominate someone in an individual acting category, it could be because they are represented in the duo or ensemble categories. Also, for the first time this year, good performances by those younger than 18 at the time of shooting were bountiful, especially among the young men, so I've divided my performer under 18 category into two categories by gender. So, here they are (as of April 24, 2012).
ACTRESS 18 YEARS OLD OR UNDER
Amelia Clarkson (Jane Eyre)
LIANA LIBERATO (Trust)
Mélusine Mayance (Sarah’s Key)
Amara Miller (The Descendants)
Chloë Grace Moretz (Hugo)
ACTOR 18 YEARS OLD OR UNDER
Asa Butterfield (Hugo)
EZRA MILLER (Another Happy Day, We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Jasper Newley (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Daniel Yersky (Another Happy Day)
Bridger Zadina (Terri)
ENSEMBLE ACTING
Cedar Rapids
THE HELP
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
Win Win
ACTING DUO
Demián Bichir/José Julián (A Better Life)
Jessica Chastain/Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)
OLIVIA COLMAN/PETER MULLAN (Tyrannosaur)
William Jøhnk Juels Nielsen/Markus Rygaard (In a Better World)
John C. Reilly/Jacob Wysocki (Terri)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Margin Call (J.C. Chandor)
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Woody Allen)
Poetry (Lee Chang-dong)
Terri (Azazel Jacobs & Patrick de Witt; Patrick de Witt)
Young Adult (Diablo Cody)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE DESCENDANTS (Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash)
Hugo (John Logan)
Incendies (Denis Villeneuve)
Moneyball (Stan Chervin; Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin (Incendies)
JANET McTEER (Albert Nobbs)
Carey Mulligan (Drive, Shame)
Marisa Paredes (The Skin I Live In)
Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Albert Brooks (Drive)
Gorô Inagaki (13 Assassins)
Ben Kingsley (Hugo)
Eddie Marsan (Tyrannosaur)
PATTON OSWALT (Young Adult)
DIRECTOR
Lee Chang-dong (Poetry)
Takashi Miike (13 Assassins)
Bennett Miller (Moneyball)
ALEXANDER PAYNE (The Descendants)
Denis Villeneuve (Incendies)
ACTRESS
Lubna Azabal (Incendies)
Jodie Foster (Carnage)
YUN JUNG-HEE (Poetry)
Charlize Theron (Young Adult)
Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre)
ACTOR
GEORGE CLOONEY (The Descendants)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Ryan Gosling (Drive, The Ides of March)
Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
DOCUMENTARY
Bill Cunningham New York directed by Richard Press
Hell and Back Again directed by Danfung Dennis
HOW TO DIE IN OREGON directed by Peter D. Richardson
Koran By Heart directed by Greg Barker
Project Nim directed by James Marsh
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Incendies directed by Denis Villeneuve
The Mysteries of Lisbon directed by Raúl Ruiz
POETRY directed by Lee Chang-dong
The Skin I Live In directed by Pedro Almodóvar
13 Assassins directed by Takashi Miike
FILM
The Descendants
HOW TO DIE IN OREGON
Incendies
Moneyball
Poetry
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