Awards Leaderboard 2013

Nope, not quite!

Jan 13 - 09:01 PM

Pedro Moreira

My bets are still in Argo

Jan 28 - 06:21 PM

Miguel Mayorga

I think that should win but knowing the persons who vote it is going to win Lincoln or Argo

Feb 7 - 09:17 AM

Yep, Argo wins, not ZDT :P

Feb 24 - 10:45 PM

Janson Jinnistan

This is as good a list as any for the most significant films this year.

BTW, does anyone know anything about "Leviathan"?

Dec 17 - 02:55 PM

Jason Lalljee

Les Miz might sweep a la The King's Speech- right now, ZDT's dominating and SLP and Lincoln might run out of steam before we get to the guilds, in which case Les Miz could pull it off.

Dec 17 - 03:11 PM

Not with 75% it won't.

Dec 17 - 06:50 PM

No it won't. The field is too strong this year. Zero Dark Thirty, Argo, and Lincoln are ALL historical and ALL recieving wider critical acclaim. If it means anything, general audiences seemed to like Argo a lot too. Les Miserables doesn't look like anything special, but my opinion might change after actually seeing it. Anne Hathaway is supposed to be amazing in it. We shall see.

Dec 18 - 02:41 AM

Yeah, I found that strange since what I remember of Les Mis Hathaways role isn't the most robust. Maybe she pulled a Judy Dench where she's only in it for 5 minutes, but makes a huge impact.

Dec 18 - 02:16 PM

Mick Travis

ZDT is not historical, but propaganda trying to pass itself as history. Don't buy into the bullshit, please!

Feb 25 - 02:29 PM

Colin Behnke

I have a feeling you haven't seen the movie. Calling ZDT propaganda is just hilarious, honestly it paints America in a worse light then just about any movie out there.

Feb 26 - 05:34 PM

Zuriel Castillo

I really doubt this. I feel like Les Mis is already losing steam. The reviews are out and the hype is fading because of them, much like The Hobbit. It'll get a Best Pic nod, and a few acting nods, possibly a win for anne hathaway.

ZDT, has a good release date...as opposed to Argo (I think critics are forgetting it). I think the comebacks may be the master and beast of the southern wild.

Dec 18 - 09:21 AM

R. M. Wicklund

I'm not seeing Chicago Film Critics, Indiana Film Journalist, LVFCA, African-American Film Critics, Southeastern Film Critics, KCFCA, or St. Louis Film Critics.

Dec 17 - 05:19 PM

Tristin Breakfield

I know this sounds stupid, but where is Ted or 21 Jump Street. Those two movies are really surprising comedies. They should've been nominated for an award for best comedy, or actor (Mark Wahlberg), or something of that sort.

Dec 17 - 06:30 PM

Nick Wright

LOL good one

Dec 29 - 11:03 PM

HOLD ON RT - How to Survive a Plague is definitely at 100%, and Moonrise Kingdom is at 94%. Above, it says the two movies are both at 88%, which is incorrect.

Dec 17 - 07:37 PM

Really didn't see the appeal of Franken-Weenie. One of the most boring movie's I saw all year.

Dec 17 - 07:51 PM

Ben Baker

It's because it's claymation. Those movies always win stuff.

Dec 17 - 08:25 PM

Paranorman > Franken-Weenie. That is a fact.

Dec 18 - 02:41 AM

Wreck-It Ralph > All of the above. Glad to see they still make kid films like that : )

Feb 25 - 01:33 PM

Jet Tulawie

I actually like the movie Franken-Weenie and Wreck It Ralph rather than the Pixar Movie Brave. I think it doesn't deserve an Academy.

Feb 26 - 01:30 AM

First Last

From the Kansas City Film Critics Circle:
Best Film: "The Master"
Best Director: Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"
Best Supporting Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, "Argo"
Best Original Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, "The Master"
Best Foreign Language Film: "Amour"
Best Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film: "The Cabin in the Woods"
Best Animated Film: "Frankenweenie"
Best Documentary: "The Imposter"

Dec 17 - 09:39 PM

Mark Marrone

From the looks of this list, it seems as if Zero Dark Thirty will have a clean house at the Academy Awards. Just like the extremely overrated Hurt Locker. The academy just eats that stuff up lol. And I'm a little shocked how The Master is ranked second here. Marvelous acting, but the film practically put me to sleep! I get the "message" they were trying to put through there, but the film never escalated from start to finish. I'd rather see a film like Playbook, Lincoln or Argo. But then again, those films weren't exactly "mind blowing" to me. Yes, they were great films. Very well done, and Argo especially had me on the edge of my seat. But this year of films wasn't too big of a year. There were some very superb foreign films I saw, but when it came to Hollywood, they didn't putt out any amazing stuff. But I am not complaining. I just wish this year for Best Picture the running would be a little more tight of a race.

Dec 17 - 09:43 PM

Montez Bush

Pretty sure the academy DOESN'T eat up controversial movies about modern war? Wtf? And if you don't think hollywood hasn't put out any good films this year, then you can drown in your horrible taste, my friend.

Dec 17 - 11:26 PM

I wouldn't say a clean house, but it has good chances of taking multiple awards. If you thought this year was not great for films, I feel sorry for you. Does anything impress you? Let me see here: The Master, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Sessions, Flight, Silver Linings Playbook, The Hobbit, Les Miserables, Django Unchained, Lincoln, Cloud Atlas, Argo, Moonrise Kingdom, Skyfall, Looper, The Dark Knight Rises, Arbitrage, End of Watch, Paranorman. And I am pretty sure I missed a few. Wake the fuck up man. This year was awesome for films.

Dec 18 - 02:45 AM

Travis W

For me others (including your list) were Wreck It Ralph, Life of Pi, and The Avengers (won't win any awards or deserves any awards, but a great blockbuster)

Dec 21 - 01:23 PM

Adam Fox

Saving Private Ryan lost to Shakespeare in Love...

Dec 18 - 10:17 AM

King Simba

I think that was mainly because they didn't want to give the best picture award to another Spielberg film. That's actually one of the problems I think that will face Lincoln, Les Mis and Zero Dark Thirty at the oscars in that all of them were from directors who have already won the best director oscar (Spielberg having won twice) and delivered a best pic winning film (with the latter two winning it quite recently as well). I honestly wouldn't be surprised if come oscar night Django Unchained pulls an upset come oscar night as their usual way of giving a director his due (after all, people have been clamoring for Tarantino to get his oscar for nearly two decades).

Dec 18 - 10:47 AM

This is why the Oscars suck... politics. "Oh, we shouldn't give this director an award because they have already recieved too many awards." It is bullshit. Give the awards to the people who deserve it. End of story.

Dec 18 - 12:43 PM

George Patchell

Gage Kent, even worse is the 'give it to this person coz they haven't won yet.' When Scorsese finally won for The Departed he deserved it, that film was great. But look at Jeff Bridges winning Best Actor a couple years ago. He was good in Crazy Heart, but not great. On repeat viewing it is actually a bit of a one note performance in a one note film. He was better in films like Lebowski. In Crazy Heart he almost phones it in a bit. He gives a much better performance a year later in True Grit. The worst example of this is Kate Winslet's win for The Reader. She's a supporting player, has terrible old woman make-up at one point, and gives an average at best performance. The same year Anne Hathaway was nominated for her great, against type performance in Rachel getting Married. Crazy. If Winslet was gonna win it should have been 5 years earlier for Eternal Sunshine.
This kind of mentality is a shame.

Dec 27 - 06:19 AM

Christopher Greffin

Lincoln is still the favorite in my opinion for Picture and Director. ZDT probably deserves to win, but you combine Spielberg and the the greatest US President and Daniel Day Lewis's masterful performance and you get a pretty formidable combination for Oscar. ZDT is probably the only movie that can challenge it though.

Dec 20 - 03:45 PM

Well dude? All I can say is I hope you find a time travel device to take you back to 1994 and 1999. Cause those years just sucked up THE, very BEST of cinema. This year was one of the best for films of this generation.

Feb 25 - 01:37 PM

Jet Tulawie

Zero Dark Thirty is leading with 13 awards. wow! now i really want to watch this movie so bad.

Dec 17 - 09:55 PM

Dave J

So far.... but there's still more awards for Zero Dark Thirty move to the second and third spot! I'm just saying that it's still early because anything can happen!

Dec 18 - 01:18 PM

Anthony Stokes

I know I sound like a troll, but I honestly feel like End Of Watch, and Cabin In The Woods should get best supporting and best original script nominations. If it had the Coens, Tarantino's, or Biglow's name on it nobody would question it

Dec 18 - 05:45 AM

Honestly though, Cabin in the Woods wasn't made to win awards. Joss Whedon makes unpretentious movie's for common people and nerds to enjoy. His style is never going to be what the Oscars look at like the folks you mentioned. Can't speak to End of Watch since I haven't seen it yet.

Dec 18 - 02:21 PM

Dave J

Agree, except for the unpretentious part! I also want to point out that although "Cabin..." did get a high RT score a good portion of it's scenes are recycled from older horror films!

Dec 19 - 03:37 PM

Yeah I agree, but I think that was kinda the point, to mock the old horror cliche's that we've become familiar with. Think tongue was firmly planted in cheek for that entire movie.

Dec 19 - 04:32 PM

End of Watch was surprisingly good. It was funny and intense. Very entertaining.

Dec 22 - 06:57 PM

Michael Hirakida

Althought Moonrise Has only three awards not including the AFI Top 10 Of 2012, It is a serious oscar contender.

Dec 18 - 01:17 PM

Amardeep Lakra

The film about the real event can't be 100% accurate. The biggest thing for The Hurt Locker Was fantastic writing well crafted suspense scenario and also movie deals with psychoogical aspect of soldiers in war.I think Zero Dark Thirty is well written for sure and Director get benifits from it.

Dec 19 - 02:25 AM

Not to mention ZDT was the same thing as THL, only based around CIA operatives instead of soldiers being called to defuse IED's.

Feb 25 - 01:39 PM

Matt Brunson

21ST ANNUAL SOUTHEASTERN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS

TOP TEN
1. Argo
2. Zero Dark Thirty
3. Lincoln
4. Moonrise Kingdom
5. Silver Linings Playbook
6. Beasts of the Southern Wild
7. The Master
8. Les Mis�rables
9. Life of Pi
10. The Dark Knight Rises

BEST ACTOR
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Runner-up: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Runner-up: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Runner-up: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Anne Hathaway, Les Mis�rables
Runner-up: Sally Field, Lincoln

BEST ENSEMBLE
Winner: Lincoln
Runner-up: Moonrise Kingdom

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Ben Affleck, Argo
Runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Moonrise Kingdom: Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
Runner-up: Zero Dark Thirty: Mark Boal

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Argo: Chris Terrio
Runner-up: Lincoln: Tony Kushner

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: The Queen of Versailles
Runner-up: Bully

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: The Intouchables
Runner-up: Amour

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: ParaNorman
Runner-up: Frankenweenie

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Life of Pi: Claudio Miranda
Runner-up: Skyfall: Roger Deakins

GENE WYATT AWARD for FILM THAT BEST EVOKES THE SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH
Winner: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Runner-up: Bernie

Dec 19 - 08:05 PM

Deepak Srinivasan

Nolan is always being neglected in awards - TDKR deserves recognition

Dec 20 - 09:07 AM