Year after year, while watching the first hour or so watching the Oscars telecast, you can basically predict all the early category wins (including Christoph Waltz and Anne Hathaway). Then, an hour after that (this year amid one live musical performance after another), the ceremony is rushed for time and they are literally speeding through a barrage of unexpected winners over which you have no time to react (with the exception of Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln).
This year those less predictable wins include director Ang Lee for Life of Pi (obviously not a movie the general movie going public is drawn to) and Jennifer Lawrence for The Silver Linings Playbook (a movie that divided both audiences and critics). And to cap off the evening, Argo takes home the top prize, best picture, cementing Ben Affleck's career as one of the best comebacks of all time.
So, with that said, at least the Oscars kept it semi interesting this year? Check out the full list of winners below:
Argo
Best Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actress:
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress:
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Best Directing:
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Chris Terrio, Argo
Best Original Screenplay:
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Best Documentary Feature:
Searching for Sugar Man
Best Original Song:
"Skyfall" from Skyfall, music and lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Best Original Score:
Life of Pi
Best Animated Feature:
Brave
Best Cinematography:
Life of Pi
Best Costume Design:
Anna Karenina
Best Documentary Short Subject:
Inocente
Best Film Editing:
Argo
Best Foreign Language Film:
Amour (Austria)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Les Misérables
Best Production Design:
Lincoln
Best Short Film (Animated):
Paperman
Best Short Film (Live Action):
Curfew
Best Sound Editing:
Skyfall (TIE)
Zero Dark Thirty (TIE)
Best Sound Mixing:
Les Misérables
Best Visual Effects:
Life of Pi
2 comments:
They were definitely a lot less predictable than last year's. I enjoyed the Oscars this year, even though I was getting really tired towards the end.
The awards were interesting, Waltz winning was a surprise. Expected Jones to get it for Lincoln. Enjoyable if a little strange night.
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