'Lincoln' leads nominations for the 18th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards

And the BFCA adds a slew of new categories this year, but why?

By Kristopher Tapley Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 11:40 AM

"Lincoln" broke the nominations record previously held by "Black Swan."

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Best Picture
"Argo"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Django Unchained"
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"The Master"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Director
Ben Affleck, "Argo"
Tom Hooper, "Les Misérables"
Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"
Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
John Hawkes, "The Sessions"
Hugh Jackman, "Les Misérables"
Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
Denzel Washington, "Flight"

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Marion Cotillard, "Rust and Bone"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, "Argo"
Javier Bardem, "Skyfall"
Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"
Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"
Matthew McConaughey, "Magic Mike"

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, "The Master"
Judi Dench, "Skyfall"
Ann Dowd, "Compliance"
Sally Field, "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"

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Best Adapted Screenplay
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
"Silver Linings Playbook"

Best Original Screenplay
"Django Unchained"
"Flight"
"Looper"
"The Master"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Art Direction
"Anna Karenina"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"

Best Cinematography
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"The Master"
"Skyfall"

Best Costume Design
"Anna Karenina"
"Cloud Atlas"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Les Misérables"
"Lincoln"

Best Editing
"Argo"
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Makeup
"Cloud Atlas"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Les Misérables"
"Lincoln"

Best Score
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"The Master"
"Moonrise Kingdom"

Best Song
"For You" from "Act of Valor"
"Learn Me Right" from "Brave"
"Skyfall" from "Skyfall"
"Still Alive" from "Paul Williams Still Alive"
"Suddenly" from "Les Misérables"

Best Visual Effects
"The Avengers"
"Cloud Atlas"
"The Dark Knight Rises"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Life of Pi"

Best Animated Feature
"Brave"
"Frankenweenie"
"Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted"
"ParaNorman"
"Rise of the Guardians"
"Wreck-It Ralph"

Best Foreign Language Film
"Amour"
"The Intouchables"
"A Royal Affair"
"Rust and Bone"

Best Documentary Feature
"Bully"
"The Central Park Five"
"The Imposter"
"The Queen of Versailles"
"Searching for Sugar Man"
"West of Memphis"

Best Young Actor/Actress
Elle Fanning, "Ginger & Rosa"
Kara Hayward, "Moonrise Kingdom"
Tom Holland, "The Impossible"
Logan Lerman, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Suraj Sharma, "Life of Pi"
Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Best Acting Ensemble
"Argo"
"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
"Les Misérables"
"Lincoln"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Silver Linings Playbook"

Best Action Movie
"The Avengers"
"The Dark Knight Rises"
"Looper"
"Skyfall"

Best Actor in an Action Movie
Christian Bale, "The Dark Knight Rises"
Daniel Craig, "Skyfall"
Robert Downey Jr., "The Avengers"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "Looper"
Jake Gyllenhaal, "End of Watch"

Best Actress in an Action Movie
Emily Blunt, "Looper"
Gina Carano, "Haywire"
Judi Dench, "Skyfall"
Anne Hathaway, "The Dark Knight Rises"
Jennifer Lawrence, "The Hunger Games"

Best Comedy
"Bernie"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Ted"
"This is 40"
"21 Jump Street"

Best Actor in a Comedy
Jack Black, "Bernie"
Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Paul Rudd, "This is 40"
Channing Tatum, "21 Jump Street"
Mark Wahlberg, "Ted"

Best Actress in a Comedy
Mila Kunis, "Ted"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Shirley MacLaine, "Bernie"
Leslie Mann, "This is 40"
Rebel Wilson, "Pitch Perfect"

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
"The Cabin in the Woods"
"Looper"
"Prometheus"

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anonymous

What is The Master doing in the best picture slot?
December 11, 2012 at 12:46PM EST Reply to Comment
B

I was surprised that Holy Motors didn't make it in Foreign.
December 11, 2012 at 12:46PM EST Reply to Comment
- laurence2174 Yes, it's bizarre there are only four nominees there when Holy Motors, Lore and No would all be extremely deserving of recognition.
  December 11, 2012 at 12:52PM EST
- Guy Lodge You guys don't get it. Holy Motors isn't eligible for an Oscar and it doesn't boast an A-list star. Why would they be interested?
  December 11, 2012 at 12:58PM EST
- laurence2174 It always takes me a few major awards announcements each year to readjust myself to the reality of nominations and not just supremely wishful thinking...
  December 11, 2012 at 1:01PM EST
AP

Disappointing. Glad to see Lerman and Dowd mentioned, but Amour missed out on screenplay? At least Riva got a mention. And I'm surprised at the 4 foreign movies they chose out of EVERYTHING there was to choose from.
December 11, 2012 at 12:51PM EST Reply to Comment
Mr.F

Boooooooring
December 11, 2012 at 12:51PM EST Reply to Comment
Gautam

It's really a shame that the whole nomination list lacks any originality and it seems like a collective effort to guess what's the Oscar nominations going to look like.

December 11, 2012 at 12:52PM EST Reply to Comment
- Ladesh Maybe it's more like the fact that the bigger the awards giving body is the harder it is to get away from consensus? It is a very difficult concept to understand? Is this list less boring than, say Cesar awards in France? Perhaps, it to those who know nothing about the nominated films.
  
  And since when is "originality in picking" by itself is a leading factor in considering worth.
  December 11, 2012 at 1:40PM EST
- Gautam These awards can only distinguish themselves through their originality. If they are trying to be as close as possible to Oscars, isn't it obvious that anyone will prefer the original one over the imitated version and that's where they lose their worth.
  I think Detroit Film Critcs noms today are much better than BFCA, atleast they had the guts to be original not follow the herd.
  December 11, 2012 at 3:00PM EST
Matthew Starr

The most interesting category here is Best Young Actor/Actress, great set of nominees there.

Also, did the critics watch any action films this year? Dane DeHaan (Chronicle), Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem and even the kid from Looper were better than those choices. Unless the category is best LEAD actor in an action film.

Also, Gina Carano?

December 11, 2012 at 12:54PM EST Reply to Comment
- carbo25 Gina Carano deserves a Razzie as far as I'm concerned
  December 11, 2012 at 1:55PM EST
Arthur

"Pity it wasn't a comedy. Or an action film. Or a sci-fi/horror film."

Well, Tintin was a superb Action/Comedy/Adventure. Didn't help it land outside of the animation category.

Happy for Lincoln though - every aspect of the film is not just well executed but is also meanigful. It a true directing achievement.
December 11, 2012 at 12:59PM EST Reply to Comment
- Keith Tin Tin came out last year...
  
  www.kdoscarology.blogspot.com
  December 11, 2012 at 1:57PM EST
- ARTHUR Indeed, I was just using it as an example. I also realize now that, ironically enough action/sci-fi/horror sort of describes what AL:VH tried to go for.
  
  It is interesting that there is no Drama Category, although it is probably for the best.
  December 11, 2012 at 2:14PM EST
Guy Lodge

I'm pleased they nominated Elle Fanning, but that's as far as it goes.

Seriously, any awards ceremony that can only be bothered to cobble together four foreign-language nominees (as opposed to five for Best Comedy and six for Best Animated) doesn't deserve the time of day. Shameful.

Anyone remember the first BFCA Awards, when their top acting winners were Kevin Bacon for Murder In The First and Nicole Kidman for To Die For? How far they have fallen.
December 11, 2012 at 1:02PM EST Reply to Comment
- Matthew Starr Hey, best scifi/horror got only three and one of them was flat out terrible.
  
  I do love when Guy makes posts like these though. My favorite ever piece of writing on IC is still that open letter to James Franco.
  December 11, 2012 at 1:14PM EST
- Voland I have to agree with your statement, and most of what Kris wrote as well. What an absurd and depressing list.
  December 11, 2012 at 1:19PM EST
- Ladesh You are not building a convincing argument there. Outside of the "Best Foreign Film" category having fewer nominees it all seems to come down to their picks not matching your own preferences. That may make it shameful to you personally but it is hardly a strong argument for why the whole thing is worthless to others, especially in light of some fairly good choices.
  
  Stop being such a constant sourpuss, too.
  December 11, 2012 at 1:21PM EST
- AD I completely agree. Also this mish mash of categories to fill more slots it insane. Why does Lawrence need three nods, do they really want to make sure she comes to the awards?
  December 11, 2012 at 2:08PM EST
- Ladesh Guy, another thing, if you are not pleased enough with, say, their Best Actress line-up, than I don't really know what your deal is. That, could have easily gone ever so slightly differently.
  December 11, 2012 at 3:50PM EST
- Evan I agree with your intent regarding the measly four foreign nominees, Guy, but perhaps the blame can be placed on foreign release dates. I love foreign film and have still seen only a handful of 2012 releases because they're impossible to see without attending festivals. I do note that the nominated foreign films have all gotten big releases except for Amour which has screeners.
  December 11, 2012 at 6:00PM EST
- Guy Lodge I sympathise with your situation, Evan, but foreign-language films are hardly impossible to see for working critics. There's no excuse.
  December 11, 2012 at 8:10PM EST
- Vinicius P. Ladesh clearly is a voting member or something...
  December 11, 2012 at 8:28PM EST
Mel

Arkin, Bardem, McConaughey and De Niro gave better performances than DiCaprio? Not bloody likely.
December 11, 2012 at 1:03PM EST Reply to Comment
- Guy Lodge I'd say three of those names did.
  December 11, 2012 at 1:40PM EST
- velnio They were all much worse than DiCaprio. I'd take a single scene of DiCaprio's over all of their performances. Arkin was barely present in Argo, had just a few lines of comic relief that were almost all in the trailer. Bardem, great as he is , was relegated to playing a third-rate Joker in a fifth-rate The Dark Knight wannabe (oh how Mendes fell from Revolutionary Road's heights!). McConaughey was fine, but totally undistinguished, like his work in Bernie, Killer Joe, etc. And DeNiro was better than he's been since Cape Fear, and I wouldn't grudge him a nomination, but he was essentially on auto-pilot for the entire duration of the film. Waltz, DiCaprio, and Jackson totally sodomized these clowns.
  December 11, 2012 at 1:54PM EST
- Mel Well, have you ever really liked a performance by DiCaprio, Guy? I can´t remember reading anything indicating that.
  
  December 11, 2012 at 2:28PM EST
- Mel Hehe, I was looking through Django tweets and found a tweet from DiCaprio from an hour ago. It was about WWF:s view on the UN climate talks in Doha.
  F*ck movie awards, there are more important things in life:-)
  December 11, 2012 at 3:15PM EST
- Matt The DiCaprio fanbase is one of the most insufferable ones around. If I was a conspiracy theorist I'd say neither of these 2 has even seen Django. Seriously, grow up. All the Supporting Nominees are good and the constant 2nd places for Waltz indicates there's more passion for his work in the same film.
  December 11, 2012 at 3:52PM EST
- Mel Interesting that you get so irritated. I usually just ignore threads about actors and movies I don´t care about, or read them with detached bemusement.
  DiCaprio inspires strong feelings of all kinds, clearly.
  
  December 11, 2012 at 5:56PM EST
- Jules Why is it that any who makes positive comments about DiCaprio insufferable? I don't particularly think Sean Penn is that great (rehashing DeNiro like he does) but I'd never say his fans are insufferable.
  December 11, 2012 at 7:24PM EST
- Guy Lodge "Well, have you ever really liked a performance by DiCaprio, Guy?"
  
  Several. I remain disappointed that he wasn't nominated for The Departed.
  December 11, 2012 at 8:12PM EST
Arthur

Also, somebody needs to explain to me the concept of announcing favorite film franchises... There's the rich getting richer (or something) effect if I ever seen one. If they are already people's favorites then... I give up.
December 11, 2012 at 1:03PM EST Reply to Comment
Gerard Kennedy

The four nominees for Makeup are a blatant attempt to predict the Oscars by citing the four most plausible candidates. I have faith in that branch in the Academy to offer some surprises.

And I can't find the nominees for Best Sound?
December 11, 2012 at 1:08PM EST Reply to Comment
Ivan

I begin to think that Ann Dowd could pull a Marcia Gay Harden thing this year. Remember her Oscar for "Pollock"?
December 11, 2012 at 1:16PM EST Reply to Comment
- /3rt Ivan Gay Harden is a known character actress. Ann Dowd is literally in the Kathy Bates phase except Dowd's movie isn't a studio release.
  December 11, 2012 at 1:26PM EST
- Guy Lodge I'm embarrassed to say I've never heard of Ivan Gay Harden.
  December 11, 2012 at 1:41PM EST
- Ivan I wouldn't quite agree with you, Marcia Gay Harden was not that well known in 2000, I looked up imdb for her movies prior to "Pollock" and although I have seen almost all of them, she didn't quite catch my eye. She was an unknown to me in 2000.
  December 11, 2012 at 1:42PM EST
- Ivan @Guy: It is I, Ivan Gay Harden (sounds like a gay porn "actor") :-D
  December 11, 2012 at 1:44PM EST
- Mykill ^LOL - I almost chocked on my coffee. I think you might need to go by your pornstar name Ivan from now on haha
  December 11, 2012 at 4:25PM EST
- Ivan @Mykill: Sorry for almost choking you! :-D I will think about your proposal, but am afraid Marcia may sue me! ;-)
  December 11, 2012 at 5:23PM EST
Patryk

*** PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON ***

December 11, 2012 at 1:16PM EST Reply to Comment
Freddy Almonte

So Meryl Streep couldn't get a comedy actrees nomination for Hope Spring over Mila Kunis, Leslie Mann and Rebel Wilson?...or Tommy Lee Jones for the same picture?...seriously?
December 11, 2012 at 1:17PM EST Reply to Comment
- wrongheaven Agreed - I actually thought Tommy Lee Jones's performance in Hope Springs was better than his in Lincoln.
  December 11, 2012 at 1:24PM EST
- /3rt Meryl Streep will receive a Comedy or Musical Best Actress nod from the Globes. You'll get her return for August: Osage County.
  December 11, 2012 at 1:28PM EST
billy

do away with these genre acting categories... makes it feel like the people's choice awards
December 11, 2012 at 1:18PM EST Reply to Comment
- wrongheaven Only because they're not doing it correctly - I'm happy to see genre specific categories because they are often overlooked, but they're just not awarding the correct performances.
  December 11, 2012 at 1:23PM EST
- Ladesh They do but I think the genre categories themselves are the worst offenders. There's this whole Saturn Awards effect when movies get nominated almost by default.
  December 11, 2012 at 1:29PM EST
d2

Blame the CW....as soon as that was announced, I knew where they were headed...down into the deepest recesses of hell...
December 11, 2012 at 1:22PM EST Reply to Comment
- Squasher88 THIS! We should have known.
  December 11, 2012 at 2:07PM EST
Sean

I love that Cloud Atlas got mentioned in several crafts categories, but how does it keep missing for score and editing with these various critics groups? Blows my mind. Especially the score.
December 11, 2012 at 1:22PM EST Reply to Comment
- JC Completely agree. Cloud Atlas deserves Score, if anything. (Then again, Tron's score was blanked by almost everyone a year or two ago as well.)
  December 11, 2012 at 3:23PM EST
d2

The Avengers for Best Acting Ensemble? Really? Yah, you got some big names and good actors in the group, but seriously...the movie bored me to tears. Have they ever heard of subtly? Of course not. There has to be bombs exploding or people being thrown into cars or buildings crashing EVERY. SINGLE. SECOND!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 11, 2012 at 1:25PM EST Reply to Comment
- CH Are you blind, no it isnt!
  
  December 11, 2012 at 1:46PM EST
Ethan G.

Gosh, what would the Academy do without the BFCA around to narrow their screener pile for them?
At this stage of the Oscar race I always feel about the same way I do when people in Iowa and New Hampshire talk about their solemn duty to "screen" the presidential candidates in the primaries. I'll make my own choices, thank you very much.
December 11, 2012 at 1:36PM EST Reply to Comment
- Ladesh Implying that the Academy Awards didn't exist for decades prior to most other awards. The Acaedmy doesn't need to be told what has buzz, they know that as well or better than people posting here do.
  
  And with these sites, consciously, filling in the blanks the voters probably have more being shoved down their throates then they need or want.
  December 11, 2012 at 1:59PM EST
- Ethan G. Sure, the Oscars have been around for much longer than the other awards, but it was an almost totally different game all those years, before screeners and ubiquitous campaigning and yes, these kinds of web sites. Now there's so much chatter that the Academy members certainly do look to groups like the BFCA to tell them what to watch, or at least to confirm their own opinions. All I'm saying is, why narrow the field so early? The Academy is going to do it on their own one way or another (yes, like they did on their own for decades), so why not stand up for a less-buzzed film that you liked?
  
  Like you say, the Academy knows what the buzz is. So doesn't that just make these BFCA nominations redundant? I think what Kris is trying to say, and what I agree with, is what's the point of being known as the redundant pre-Oscars?
  
  And these web sites do a lot of redundant buzz-confirmation as well, sure, but at least the better ones try to bring attention to great film work, wherever they see it.
  December 11, 2012 at 4:06PM EST
Blake

They added 5 superfluous categories but got rid of the sound category??? Clearly the BFCA committee admits they don't know jack shit about sound, or they don't care about sound designers. Either way, really sad.

December 11, 2012 at 1:48PM EST Reply to Comment
Paul Outlaw

Hathaway double-nominated for two roles? OK. Cooper and Lawrence double-nominated for the same roles? Ridiculous.
December 11, 2012 at 1:52PM EST Reply to Comment
- Paul Outlaw And Judi Dench. Sheesh.
  (And Lawrence is triple-nominated, I now see. All righty then...)
  December 11, 2012 at 1:54PM EST
carbo25

Kris, you forgot to list Life of Pi in Best Picture
December 11, 2012 at 1:54PM EST Reply to Comment
Graysmith

Words cannot express how much I loathe the addition of the action/comedy/etc. categories. The BFCA in the past seemed to position themselves in-between the Golden Globes and the Oscars, but all these ridiculous categories they've added just moved them somewhere between the Globes and the People's Choice Awards.

"The Critic's All-Inclusive Let's Nominate Everything & Everyone Awards"
December 11, 2012 at 2:26PM EST Reply to Comment
suzie

i agree on the Jared Gilman irritation. He at LEAST did a wonderful a job as the girl!
December 11, 2012 at 2:27PM EST Reply to Comment
H

The most interesting category is Best Young Actor/Actress. Great to see Logan Lerman and Elle Fanning on that list. Two of the more overlooked lead performances of the year. Relieve to not find Emma Watson on the list -one of the most overrated of 2012. She should learn a thing or two from Elle on mastering a foreign accent
December 11, 2012 at 2:39PM EST Reply to Comment
Z

Would have really liked to have seen actors from 'To Rome with Love' get some attention, especially the Italian cast. Talk about films with great ensembles, or great films in general.

And it would have been fun to see James Spader get a nomination for his swaggery take on W.N. Bilbo. He is really quite great and that role was unlike anything that he has done.
December 11, 2012 at 2:50PM EST Reply to Comment
- Evelyn Garver So right about Spader. He was terrific!
  December 11, 2012 at 3:32PM EST
Z

"I don't see my identity here. Indeed, I don't see much of an identity at all."

Is there an identity to the year as in film as a whole? The Best Picture list has about as much identity as is possible to have.

Complaining that voters went with picks that you yourself saw as strong contendeers, showcased, and thus peromoted is the height of blogger hypocracy.

More importantly, SHOULD an awards body have a singular identity in the first place? Aren't the various critical bodies, which, by an large are even more singleminded in their general picks than BFCA, opressive enough?
December 11, 2012 at 3:06PM EST Reply to Comment
- Kristopher Tapley Catch my top 10 on Friday, smartass. I am mainly bemoaning nods throughout the categories, not Best Picture.
  December 11, 2012 at 3:24PM EST
Isaac

Last year Woody Allen did not get a BFCA nomination for Best Director and yet he did get one at the Globes and DGA and then of course Oscar, so maybe the flag is not as planted there as you think. Just food for thought....
December 11, 2012 at 3:11PM EST Reply to Comment
red_wine

For shame, BFCA, for shame! This is just a shambles and a fraud. We say the Golden Globes are star whores, well guess what, even they never spread their legs this wide.

Kris only the other day I called out the BFCA for being group predictions and you denied it. If these are not predictions, what are these? These are a step further, these are Oscar predictions WITH alternates.

Best Action Movie? Best actor in an action movie? Best Sci-Fi Horror? Best Actress in a comedy? Credibility plunges further and further.

Kris I admire your outrage against a group you are part of. And I share it. There is honestly nothing here worth discussing.
December 11, 2012 at 3:11PM EST Reply to Comment
atom

This post brightens my day. I love the audacious bit about the BFCA being unable to "discern good from bad in a number of areas." Then I love the idea that this sentence implies "no disrespect to my colleagues." I'll enjoy that for the rest of the afternoon.
December 11, 2012 at 3:37PM EST Reply to Comment
- Kristopher Tapley It's not meant as disrespect, though surely it'll be taken that way by some.
  December 11, 2012 at 4:20PM EST

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anonymous What is The Master doing in the best picture slot?

B I was surprised that Holy Motors didn't make it in Foreign.

laurence2174 Yes, it's bizarre there are only four nominees there when Holy Motors, Lore and No would all be extremely deserving of recognition.

Guy Lodge You guys don't get it. Holy Motors isn't eligible for an Oscar and it doesn't boast an A-list star. Why would they be interested?

laurence2174 It always takes me a few major awards announcements each year to readjust myself to the reality of nominations and not just supremely wishful thinking...

AP Disappointing. Glad to see Lerman and Dowd mentioned, but Amour missed out on screenplay? At least Riva got a mention. And I'm surprised at the 4 foreign movies they chose out of EVERYTHING there was to choose from.

Mr.F Boooooooring

Gautam It's really a shame that the whole nomination list lacks any originality and it seems like a collective effort to guess what's the Oscar nominations going to look like.

carbo25 Gina Carano deserves a Razzie as far as I'm concerned

Keith Tin Tin came out last year...www.kdoscarology.blogspot.com

ARTHUR Indeed, I was just using it as an example. I also realize now that, ironically enough action/sci-fi/horror sort of describes what AL:VH tried to go for.It is interesting that there is no Drama Category, although it is probably for the best.

Matthew Starr Hey, best scifi/horror got only three and one of them was flat out terrible.I do love when Guy makes posts like these though. My favorite ever piece of writing on IC is still that open letter to James Franco.

Voland I have to agree with your statement, and most of what Kris wrote as well. What an absurd and depressing list.

AD I completely agree. Also this mish mash of categories to fill more slots it insane. Why does Lawrence need three nods, do they really want to make sure she comes to the awards?

Ladesh Guy, another thing, if you are not pleased enough with, say, their Best Actress line-up, than I don't really know what your deal is. That, could have easily gone ever so slightly differently.

Guy Lodge I sympathise with your situation, Evan, but foreign-language films are hardly impossible to see for working critics. There's no excuse.

Vinicius P. Ladesh clearly is a voting member or something...

Mel Arkin, Bardem, McConaughey and De Niro gave better performances than DiCaprio? Not bloody likely.

Guy Lodge I'd say three of those names did.

Mel Well, have you ever really liked a performance by DiCaprio, Guy? I can´t remember reading anything indicating that.

Mel Hehe, I was looking through Django tweets and found a tweet from DiCaprio from an hour ago. It was about WWF:s view on the UN climate talks in Doha. F*ck movie awards, there are more important things in life:-)

Mel Interesting that you get so irritated. I usually just ignore threads about actors and movies I don´t care about, or read them with detached bemusement. DiCaprio inspires strong feelings of all kinds, clearly.

Jules Why is it that any who makes positive comments about DiCaprio insufferable? I don't particularly think Sean Penn is that great (rehashing DeNiro like he does) but I'd never say his fans are insufferable.

Guy Lodge "Well, have you ever really liked a performance by DiCaprio, Guy?"Several. I remain disappointed that he wasn't nominated for The Departed.

Arthur Also, somebody needs to explain to me the concept of announcing favorite film franchises... There's the rich getting richer (or something) effect if I ever seen one. If they are already people's favorites then... I give up.

Gerard Kennedy The four nominees for Makeup are a blatant attempt to predict the Oscars by citing the four most plausible candidates. I have faith in that branch in the Academy to offer some surprises.And I can't find the nominees for Best Sound?

Ivan I begin to think that Ann Dowd could pull a Marcia Gay Harden thing this year. Remember her Oscar for "Pollock"?

/3rt Ivan Gay Harden is a known character actress. Ann Dowd is literally in the Kathy Bates phase except Dowd's movie isn't a studio release.

Guy Lodge I'm embarrassed to say I've never heard of Ivan Gay Harden.

Ivan I wouldn't quite agree with you, Marcia Gay Harden was not that well known in 2000, I looked up imdb for her movies prior to "Pollock" and although I have seen almost all of them, she didn't quite catch my eye. She was an unknown to me in 2000.

Ivan @Guy: It is I, Ivan Gay Harden (sounds like a gay porn "actor") :-D

Mykill ^LOL - I almost chocked on my coffee. I think you might need to go by your pornstar name Ivan from now on haha

Ivan @Mykill: Sorry for almost choking you! :-D I will think about your proposal, but am afraid Marcia may sue me! ;-)

Patryk *** PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON ***

Freddy Almonte So Meryl Streep couldn't get a comedy actrees nomination for Hope Spring over Mila Kunis, Leslie Mann and Rebel Wilson?...or Tommy Lee Jones for the same picture?...seriously?

wrongheaven Agreed - I actually thought Tommy Lee Jones's performance in Hope Springs was better than his in Lincoln.

/3rt Meryl Streep will receive a Comedy or Musical Best Actress nod from the Globes. You'll get her return for August: Osage County.

billy do away with these genre acting categories... makes it feel like the people's choice awards

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anonymous

What is The Master doing in the best picture slot?

B

I was surprised that Holy Motors didn't make it in Foreign.

AP

Disappointing. Glad to see Lerman and Dowd mentioned, but Amour missed out on screenplay? At least Riva got a mention. And I'm surprised at the 4 foreign movies they chose out of EVERYTHING there was to choose from.

Mr.F

Boooooooring

Gautam

It's really a shame that the whole nomination list lacks any originality and it seems like a collective effort to guess what's the Oscar nominations going to look like.

Keith Tin Tin came out last year...

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ARTHUR Indeed, I was just using it as an example. I also realize now that, ironically enough action/sci-fi/horror sort of describes what AL:VH tried to go for.

It is interesting that there is no Drama Category, although it is probably for the best.

Matthew Starr Hey, best scifi/horror got only three and one of them was flat out terrible.

I do love when Guy makes posts like these though. My favorite ever piece of writing on IC is still that open letter to James Franco.

Mel

Arkin, Bardem, McConaughey and De Niro gave better performances than DiCaprio? Not bloody likely.

Mel Hehe, I was looking through Django tweets and found a tweet from DiCaprio from an hour ago. It was about WWF:s view on the UN climate talks in Doha.
F*ck movie awards, there are more important things in life:-)

Mel Interesting that you get so irritated. I usually just ignore threads about actors and movies I don´t care about, or read them with detached bemusement.
DiCaprio inspires strong feelings of all kinds, clearly.

Guy Lodge "Well, have you ever really liked a performance by DiCaprio, Guy?"

Several. I remain disappointed that he wasn't nominated for The Departed.

Arthur

Also, somebody needs to explain to me the concept of announcing favorite film franchises... There's the rich getting richer (or something) effect if I ever seen one. If they are already people's favorites then... I give up.

Gerard Kennedy

The four nominees for Makeup are a blatant attempt to predict the Oscars by citing the four most plausible candidates. I have faith in that branch in the Academy to offer some surprises.

And I can't find the nominees for Best Sound?

Ivan

I begin to think that Ann Dowd could pull a Marcia Gay Harden thing this year. Remember her Oscar for "Pollock"?

Patryk

* PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON *

Freddy Almonte

So Meryl Streep couldn't get a comedy actrees nomination for Hope Spring over Mila Kunis, Leslie Mann and Rebel Wilson?...or Tommy Lee Jones for the same picture?...seriously?

billy

do away with these genre acting categories... makes it feel like the people's choice awards

d2

Blame the CW....as soon as that was announced, I knew where they were headed...down into the deepest recesses of hell...

Sean

I love that Cloud Atlas got mentioned in several crafts categories, but how does it keep missing for score and editing with these various critics groups? Blows my mind. Especially the score.

Blake

They added 5 superfluous categories but got rid of the sound category??? Clearly the BFCA committee admits they don't know jack shit about sound, or they don't care about sound designers. Either way, really sad.

Paul Outlaw

Hathaway double-nominated for two roles? OK. Cooper and Lawrence double-nominated for the same roles? Ridiculous.

Paul Outlaw And Judi Dench. Sheesh.
(And Lawrence is triple-nominated, I now see. All righty then...)

carbo25

Kris, you forgot to list Life of Pi in Best Picture

suzie

i agree on the Jared Gilman irritation. He at LEAST did a wonderful a job as the girl!

Isaac

Last year Woody Allen did not get a BFCA nomination for Best Director and yet he did get one at the Globes and DGA and then of course Oscar, so maybe the flag is not as planted there as you think. Just food for thought....

atom

This post brightens my day. I love the audacious bit about the BFCA being unable to "discern good from bad in a number of areas." Then I love the idea that this sentence implies "no disrespect to my colleagues." I'll enjoy that for the rest of the afternoon.

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