I was responding to your post dirk.Originally Posted by DirkDiggler
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
John Hawkes – The Sessions
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Anthony Hopkins – Hitchcock
Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Jean-Louis Trintignant – Amour
Denzel Washington – Flight
Other
I was responding to your post dirk.
Then you obviously didn't read my post then.
"I'm a firm believer in karma, and I think this situation is a huge learning lesson for me.
To grow and expand as a spiritual human being. I want to lead a country one day for all I know".
A 92% from top critic is good but the same critics are on MC, and it's at a 76.
Not automatically, but things being relatively equal between them I know who my money's on.
DDL does not deserve to win. I wouldn't say this performance tops his in There Will Be Blood. As far as this year, I thought Phoenix and Cooper gave far superior performances that felt more real and more powerful. Yes, DDL was fantastic in Lincoln, but not fantastic enough to even be close to deserving the Oscar.
I'm loving the raves Cooper has been getting from members of this forum. I can't wait to see his film and performance next week. I'm becoming increasingly confident in his chances. If Silver Linings Playbook significantly over-performs at the box office, I think he'll be very likely for a nod.
I can't work up any enthusiasm to see SLP. Everything about it looks like a run of the mill indie wank. I'm shocked Felicity Jones isn't in it.
That's what it seemed like months ago, but don't the ecstatic reviews and/or David O. Russell make you think it'll be more than 'run of the mill' ? I hate generic chick flick type films, but the reviews are mostly what gives me confidence that it won't be that.
The reviews for The Fighter were just as glowing, but the movie was just as formulaic as any other. I did end up liking it overall, but I didn't go to a theater to see it.
and the average rating on RT for Flight in regards to top critics is 8/10 (or 80/100), if MC counted all reviews equally it would probably have something similar to the RT average score. Remember when comparing MC and RT scores it's better to use the average rating of RT since the percentage only tells you how many critics liked the film not how much they rate it (that's what average rating is for).
Either way, film quality should not be used to determine how well a performance will do at awards, remember last year Streep won critic awards even though her film was badly reviewed.
DirkDiggler's crazy advanced predictions may be 2 for 2 in the Best Actor category then (Denzel & Cooper)?
"I'm a firm believer in karma, and I think this situation is a huge learning lesson for me.
To grow and expand as a spiritual human being. I want to lead a country one day for all I know".
Silver Linings Playbook is 100x better than The Fighter. Way more powerful.
Do July and August constitute "crazy advanced" ? Anyway, shall we mention all your ridiculously wrong predix?DirkDiggler's crazy advanced predictions may be 2 for 2 in the Best Actor category then (Denzel & Cooper)?
Well.. it was June. But whatever. lolDo July and August constitute "crazy advanced" ? Anyway, shall we mention all your ridiculously wrong predix?
"I'm a firm believer in karma, and I think this situation is a huge learning lesson for me.
To grow and expand as a spiritual human being. I want to lead a country one day for all I know".
First poll you voted for Washington was July. First you voted for Cooper was August. I mean, those still did precede the trend, but you make a ton of unconventional predix, so it's not surprising that some of them are right. But whatever. lol OBAMA WON
From all the reviews I've read, it really seems that Cooper and Lawrence's chemistry is off the charts.
When you know how they were both cast, it seems that it just happened and they both clicked.
So well that they shot another movie together.
If we're going all specific.
Flight trailer premiered in the beginning of June. I started predicting Denzel immediately after the trailer came out (you can see the post where I say that in the Flight trailer thread if you care to look).
You made the June poll on May 29th. Flight trailer premiered June 6th (The exact day I started predicting him
I started predicting Cooper end of-July (there is a post in the July thread with me specifically saying so)... which translated to the August poll. lawl
Last edited by DirkDiggler; 11-07-2012 at 12:08 AM.
"I'm a firm believer in karma, and I think this situation is a huge learning lesson for me.
To grow and expand as a spiritual human being. I want to lead a country one day for all I know".
Sharon Stone. Hathaway TDKR. Place beyond the pines. Lawl lawl.
The Place Beyond the Pines (very acclaimed reaction @ TIFF --from audiences & critics alike--) sadly has a 2013 release date, but I'm afraid it's to early of a release date for awards consideration.It's a masterpiece imo.
Hathaway TDKR - LOL, but Sasha Stone is predicting her?
Sharon Stone - The film was moved to next year. 2013 yo. You'll see.
Last edited by DirkDiggler; 11-07-2012 at 12:12 AM.
"I'm a firm believer in karma, and I think this situation is a huge learning lesson for me.
To grow and expand as a spiritual human being. I want to lead a country one day for all I know".
Reviews for The Fighter weren't glowing. It's at 79 at Metacritic. I remember after the first critics' reactions we thought it wasn't going anywhere save for a couple of acting nods. But somehow it played exceedingly well to AMPAS demographic and it had Harvey behind, and then it became a threat, and later a lock, for a BP nod. It, Black Swan and Inception were the films with the lowest Metascore in that lineup of 10. Meanwhile, SLP has true raves. And O'Russell, save for The Fighter, is anything but a formulaic director.
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