Academy Awards
Academy Awards: Best Visual Effects
Submitted by dashforcover on Sun, 04/14/2013 - 16:47Engineering Effects
1927-1928:
- Wings (1927; William Wellman)
- The Jazz Singer (1927; Alan Crosland)
- The Private Life of Helen of Troy - Ralph Hammeras
Special Awards
1938
- Spawn of the North - Gordon Jennings, assisted by Jan Domela, Dev Jennings, Irmin Roberts and Art Smith; transparencies by Farciot Edouart, assisted by Loyal Griggs
Special Effects
1939
- The Rains Came - E. H.
Academy Awards: Best Cinematography
Submitted by dashforcover on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 13:351927/28
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927; F.W. Murnau)
- The Devil Dancer (1927; Fred Niblo)
- George Barnes The Magic Flame
- George Barnes Sadie Thompson
1928/29
- Clyde De Vinna White Shadows in the South Seas
- John F. Seitz The Divine Lady
- Ernest Palmer 4 Devils
- In Old Arizona (1928; Irving Cummings)
- George Barnes Our Dancing Daughters
- Ernest Palmer Street Angel
1929/30
- Joseph T.
The Oscars - 2012!
Submitted by lbangs on Mon, 02/04/2013 - 15:33Best Picture
Amour ****
Zero Dark Thirty ****
Beasts of the Southern Wild ****
Silver Linings Playbook ***
Argo ***
Lincoln ***
Django Unchained ** 1/2
Les Misérables * 1/2
Life of Pi *
Since I'm completely acclimated to seeing my favorite of the nominated films not win, I usually draw a line where I'll be pleased to see anything above take home the Oscar and a second line where any movie below winning will make me frustrated and ashamed.
Academy Awards: Best Picture Nominees
Submitted by robear61 on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 05:112012
- Amour
- Argo
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Django Unchained
- Les Misérables
- Life of Pi
- Lincoln
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Zero Dark Thirty
2011
- The Artist
- The Descendants
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
- The Help
- Hugo
- Midnight in Paris
- Moneyball
- The Tree of Life
- War House
2010
- Inception
- Black Swan
- The King's Speech
- Fighter
- The Kid's Are All Right
- 127 Hours
- The Social Network
- Toy Story 3
- True Grit
- Winte
The Oscars - 2010!
Submitted by lbangs on Tue, 01/25/2011 - 09:29Best Picture
The Fighter
The Social Network
Winter's Bone
Toy Story 3
Inception
True Grit
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
Black Swan
Best Actor
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Best Actress
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Okay, if you know me, you know how I feel. If you haven't seen all the nominees in a category, your opinion just doesn't matter. So...
I'm only listed categories if I've seen all the nominees. I'll update this as I see more..
Choices are listed from my favorite to my least favorite.
Best Original Screenplay Movies I've Seen
Submitted by friedgoatee on Thu, 06/24/2010 - 12:35- 1928- Underworld (Ben Hecht)
- 1929- The Patriot (Hanns Kraly- Achievement)
- 1930- The Big House (Frances Marion- Achievement)
- 1931- The Dawn Patrol (John Monk Saunders)
- 1932- The Champ (Frances Marion)
- 1933- One Way Passage (Robert Lord)
- 1934- Manhattan Melodrama (Arthur Caesar)
- 1935- The Scoundrel (Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur)
- 1936- The Story of Louis Pasteur (Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney)
- 1937- A Star Is Born (William A. Wellman and Robert Carson- Original Story)
- 1938- Boys Town (Eleanore Griffin and Dore Schary)
- 1939- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Lewis R.
Best Adapted Screenplay Movies I've Seen
Submitted by friedgoatee on Thu, 06/24/2010 - 12:26- 1928- Seventh Heaven (Benjamin Glazer)
- 1931- Cimarron (Howard Estabrook)
- 1932- Bad Girl (Edwin J. Burke)
- 1933- Little Women (Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason)
- 1934- It Happened One Night (Robert Riskin)
- 1935- The Informer (Dudley Nichols)
- 1937- The Life of Emile Zola (Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, and Norman Reilly Raine- Screenplay)
- 1938- Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw, Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb)
- 1939- Gone with the Wind (Sidney Howard)
- 1940- The Philadelphia Story (Donald Ogden Stewart)
- 1941- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (Sidney Buchanan and Seton I.
Clone of Academy Awards: Best Picture Nominees
Submitted by Megan Wall on Mon, 04/12/2010 - 14:292009
- The Hurt Locker
- Avatar
- The Blind Side
- District 9
- An Education
- Inglorious Basterds
- Precious
- A Serious Man
- Up
- Up in the Air
2008
- The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- Milk
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire
2007
- Atonement
- Juno
- Michael Clayton
- No Country For Old Men
- There Will Be Blood
2006
- Babel
- The Departed
- Letters From Iwo Jima
- Little Miss Sunshine
- The Queen
2005
- Brokeback Mountain
- Capote
- Crash
- Good Night And Good Luck
- Munich
2004
Best Picture Nominees and Winners
Submitted by TenthAvenueFreezeOut on Mon, 04/05/2010 - 15:491929
- The Racket (1928, Lewis Milestone)
- 7th Heaven (1927, Frank Borzage)
- Wings (1927, William A. Wellman)
1930 (1)
- Alibi (1929, Roland West)
- The Broadway Melody (1929, Harry Beaumont)
- The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929, Charles Reisner)
- In Old Arizona (1928, Irving Cummings and Raoul Walsh)
- The Patriot (1928, Ernst Lubitsch)
1930 (2)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930, Lewis Milestone)
- The Big House (1930, George W. Hill)
- Disraeli (1929, Alfred E.
Best Achievement in Directing
Submitted by TenthAvenueFreezeOut on Mon, 04/05/2010 - 15:39- 1928 - Frank Borzage - Two Arabian Knights (Comedy Picture) #
- 1928 - Lewis Milestone - Seventh Heaven (Dramatic Picture) #
- 1929 - Frank Lloyd - The Divine Lady #
- 1930 - Lewis Milestone - All Quiet on the Western Front
- 1931 - Norman Taurog - Skippy #
- 1932 - Frank Borzage - Bad Girl #
- 1933 - Frank Lloyd - Cavalcade
- 1934 - Frank Capra - It Happened One Night
- 1935 - John Ford - The Informer #
- 1936 - Frank Capra - Mr.
All categories are listed from the best to the worst. These rankings are based solely on who SHOULD win and not on guessing who WILL win.
Each time a film is mentioned for the first time, I include a rating of up to four stars. This rating applies to the film as a whole and not to the quality of whatever category where it is first mentioned.
Note: Once I've seen Anna Karnina, which is supposedly arriving here soon, I'll be able to add some of the technical categories, especially Cinematography (where I've seen the other four and Deakins' work in Skyfall is the obvious best).