I said a while back the Andy Serkis would receive major
wards recognition for his work on Rise of The Planet of The Apes; and the
honour of being the first major body to recognise this (In the nonsensical category
of Supporting actor, for the character the film is about?) is The Critics
Choice Movie Awards. The Critics Choice / Broadcast Film Critics Association is America’s largest film critic’s
organisation and are one of the more accurate (if your interest is seeing what
films / actors are likely to win Oscars) bodies of recent years. (It is worth noting that this ody (along with many other, including The Academy) nominated Brad Pitt for his performance in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. That film contained significant effects work on Pitt's performance. (He Won). Something those who don't like this should also consider perhaps?)
Rise of The Planet of The Apes star Andy Serkis to get Oscar / awards push and a big sequel payday for Rise 2...
The list of nominees in full is below, with notables being
Steven Spielberg getting THREE nominations; Best Picture & Best Director
for War Horse, as well as best Animated Picture for Tintin. The surprisingly
small number of noms for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Although the feeling
here seems to be that the film itself, and the performances, are masterful, but
the perceived “lower quality” of the material itself (the book) are stopping
the film from getting more awards recognition.) Variety in particular expressed
the view that the film-making was better than the subject matter.
Of course it remains to be seen how many other ‘prestigious’
/ ‘worthy’ bodies have the will to nominate Serkis for this role, but I
predicted more than one a while back and I’m sticking with that. BAFTA, I’m
looking at you. Oscars? You’re still way too far behind the times. Or are you?
List of nominees...
BEST PICTURE
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree Of Life
War Horse
BEST ACTOR
George Clooney – The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Ryan Gosling – Drive
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis – The Help
Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Charlize Theron – Young Adult
Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks – Drive
Nick Nolte – Warrior
Patton Oswalt – Young Adult
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Andrew Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Carey Mulligan – Shame
Octavia Spencer – The Help
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Asa Butterfield – Hugo
Elle Fanning – Super 8
Thomas Horn – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Ezra Miller – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Saoirse Ronan – Hanna
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March
BEST DIRECTOR
Stephen Daldry – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Steven Spielberg – War Horse
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
50/50 – Will Reiser
Midnight In Paris – Woody Allen
Win Win – Screenplay by Tom McCarthy, Story by Tom McCarthy
& Joe Tiboni
Young Adult – Diablo Cody
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Descendants – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim
Rash
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – Eric Roth
The Help – Tate Taylor
Hugo – John Logan
Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan
Chervin
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
Hugo – Robert Richardson
The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse – Janusz Kaminski
BEST ART DIRECTION
The Artist – Production Designer: Laurence Bennett, Art
Director: Gregory S. Hooper
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – Production
Designer: Stuart Craig, Set Decorator: Stephenie McMillan
Hugo – Production Designer: Dante Ferretti, Set Decorator:
Francesca Lo Schiavo
The Tree of Life – Production Designer: Jack Fisk, Art
Director: David Crank
War Horse – Production Designer: Rick Carter, Set Decorator:
Lee Sandales
BEST EDITING
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius and Anne-Sophie Bion
Drive – Matthew Newman
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker
War Horse – Michael Kahn
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Artist – Mark Bridges
The Help – Sharen Davis
Hugo – Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor
My Week With Marilyn – Jill Taylor
BEST MAKEUP
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady
J. Edgar
My Week With Marilyn
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
The Tree of Life
BEST SOUND
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Super 8
The Tree of Life
War Horse
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Drive
Fast Five
Hanna
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
BEST COMEDY
Bridesmaids
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Horrible Bosses
Midnight in Paris
The Muppets
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
In Darkness
Le Havre
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Where Do We Go Now
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Buck
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Project Nim
Undefeated
BEST SONG
“Hello Hello” – performed by Elton John and Lady
Gaga/written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin – Gnomeo & Juliet
“Life’s a Happy Song” – performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams
and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
“The Living Proof” – performed by Mary J. Blige/written by
Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman and Harvey Mason, Jr. – The Help
“Man or Muppet” – performed by Jason Segel and
Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
“Pictures in My Head” – performed by Kermit and the
Muppets/written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman – The Muppets
BEST SCORE
The Artist – Ludovic Bource
Drive – Cliff Martinez
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus
Ross
Hugo – Howard Shore
War Horse – John Williams
