Well well well, after a mad day at school I've come home and watched about 3 videos online. One of Natalie Portman's acceptance speech, another of the opening montage by James Franco and Anne Hathaway and another of the the 'Grease' bonus opening by James and Anne.
Anyway, back to the ceremony. Well, didn't everyone look stunning?
Ok, they are just 3 of the main girls I thought looked gorgeous!
Natalie looked flawless with her lovely, big, baby bump :3
So I've already been asked a few times if I am happy with the winners (which has made me happy itself by being asked) and yes I am. I think everyone who's won was worthy and I'm happy with that.
But....I did really want The Social Network to win Best Picture.
In addition I'm a bit gutted Hailee Steinfeld didn't win Best Supporting Actress. I knew there wasn't as much a chance for her to win compared to the other ladies nominated, but I had a little feeling she would and hoped it would have followed. I was wrong.
Either way, Melissa Leo and The King's Speech winning isn't the end of the world.
A few things to mention:
Jesse Eisenberg took his Mum as his date to the awards.
Andrew Garfield was apparently carrying his invitation with him on the Red Carpet - as if he wouldn't get in.
AWWW MY BOYS
(When I say My boys..I just mean Andrew. I love Jesse and all but Andrew is mine. Jesse is now my friend Emily's and she knows who she is. We have decided to share them both)
Ok, that's enough of that for a while.
I'm going to watch the show and update again and then publish this post.
I loved after Melissa Leo swore when accepting her award for Best Supporting Actress, Christian Bale accepted his award saying 'I'm not going to drop the F-bomb like she did, I've done that plenty before' This just shows how awesome Christian Bale(Jesus Bale) is.
James Franco (Trolls) and Anne Hathaway
In the highlight show, I didn't see as much of Franco and Hathaway as I hoped, but if I add to the videos I have seen. I didn't mind them hosting at all. I thought they were both funny and everyone needs to cheer up watching the Oscars!
When Natalie Portman walked up to collect her award I went mad. The way Benjamin walked her up the stairs so she didn't trip and then she thanked her parents ♥♥
Sandra Bullock was a humorous when announcing the Best Actor award I must say. Even my Dad was giggling.
Oh I don't know what else to add. It was a beautiful award show.
All the films in the Best Picture category were amazing (still have to see Winter's Bone and The Kids Are Alright) and everything seemed perfect.
It was missing something though
and I'm not sure what.
Maybe just more Andrew Garfield and Jesse EisenbergJewnicorn moments?
Oh I don't know it was a good show!
Hope everyone who watched enjoyed it as much as I did. What did everyone think about the results? Message me or comment! I'd like to know :)
Shannon Woodward and Andrew Garfield This doesn't have that much relevence but they are both pretty.
I haven't watched the show yet, because last night I definitely needed my sleep. (Take away my sleep and I become even more moody, unsociable and angry.)
Ok, quick run down of the main categories, which I spoke about in a previous post.
And the winner is..
Best Picture - THE KING'S SPEECH
Best Director - TOM HOOPER - THE KING'S SPEECH
Best Actor - COLIN FIRTH - THE KING'S SPEECH
Best Actress - NATALIE PORTMAN - BLACK SWAN
Best Supporting Actor - CHRISTIAN BALE - THE FIGHTER
Best Supporting Actress - MELISSA LEO - THE FIGHTER
Original Screenplay - DAVID SEIDLER - THE KING'S SPEECH
Adapted Screenplay - AARON SORKIN - THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Best Animated Film - TOY STORY 3
Best Score - THE SOCIAL NETWORK - TRENT REZNOR&ATTICUS ROSS
Best Song - WE BELONG TOGETHER - TOY STORY 3
click here for a list of the full winners via Empire online
I have yet to watch the highlight show, which after I think I'll either add to this post or create a new one with my thoughts on the whole show.
I'm happy about Natalie Portman winning Best Actress. She thoroughly deserves it and I can't wait to see her win! I'm disappointed about The Social Network not winning Best Picture, even more than I thought I would be.
Quickly looking at pictures from last night Natalie looked stunning and flawless. Andrew Garfield looked..beautiful is the word that comes to mind? I hope I see a lot of him in the highlight show later. The best dressed in my opinion out of what I've seen in the 30 minutes I've been up is Hailee Steinfeld. She looked gorgeous and even through I've said this a few times- the girl is 14!!
I haven't even watched the show yet but I know James and Anne are going to be hilarious! But I've seen some negative feedback online, about James so far :( But I do have a soft spot for Mr Franco so it can't be that bad for me!
Oh wow I'm excited. Even more this year than any year because I've actually seen about 85-90% of the films!
Ok I need to calm down because I'll get too excited and I'm not even going to be watching it live because I definitely need my sleep. Even though I have exams two days after, if I don't get enough sleep Sunday night it'll effect me on Tuesday.
Anyway back to the Academy Awards.
I'm no professional, my views and predictions do not mean anything but I thought I'd write down who I think and who I want to win the main awards.
Best Picture:
Ehhhhhh...I want The Social Network to win. I really, truly do because I think it's fantastic, screenplay magnificent, acting tremendous, score fabulous and David Fincher's directing is always the best. But I do think The King's Speech might pinch it. The King's Speech does deserve it too, but for me it's The Social Network.
Best Director:
If Christopher Nolan was nominated, I'd like more than anything for him to win but sadly he isn't so again, David Fincher. He's actually most likely according to 'polls'. That would make me very happy indeed if Ficher does win.
Best Actor:
I know he will and want Colin Firth to win. Simple.
Best Actress: Natalie Portman. Hands down, favourite actress ever. Black Swan is amazing and brilliant (I'll never watch it again that's for sure, but nonetheless..) her part in the film is incredible and if she wins it I'll be over the moon. She's tipped most favourite so I'd like to see that follow through.
Best Supporting Actor:
I think Christian Bales performance in The Fighter will forever be one of my favourite roles of his and the one I think he deserves most credit for. He's played incredible characters over the years, but Dicky is something else. Although Geoffrey Rush would also be a good winner and deserved.
Best Supporting Actress:
Now this is where the odds are unknown really. Helena Bonham Carter would be a wise and justified winner. But after seeing True Grit in the week, how good would it be if Hailee Steinfeld won? The girl is 14 years old, it would be incredible and for me being 16, it's something I will forever be jealous but also extremely happy for her. Also, I very much adored Amy Adams in The Fighter so that wouldn't be a bad thing. Oooh I don't know about this one. For me, I want Hailee, but if HBC won I'd be happy too.
Original Screenplay: Eeeeeeeeeeeh, The King's Speech could win this, it'd be fine. But I want Inception because it's hardly got any recognition for it and it just deserves it.
Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network. If I could marry a screenplay I would marry this one. It's brilliant and intelligent and Aaron Sorkin is a genius.
Best Animated Film: Toy Story 3.
I don't need a reason.
Best Score:
It wouldn't surprise me if some friends disowned me now. The Inception and 127 Hours Score are both two of my favourite ever scores but The Social Network score is my winner.
Best Song:
I haven't seen Country Song, so I'm at fault that I don't know what 'Coming Home' sounds like. In my opinion I want 'I See The Light' from Tangled. But 'If I Rise' from 127 Hours would be great!
Ok there is of course other categories, but for now these are my predictions on the big ones.
Now, every year people predict things that are going to happen.
Instead of predicting, I'm going to tell you what I hope DOES happen.
James Franco wins Best Actor award. Because when he accepts, he wouldn't have to walk up because he'd already be on stage. Trolls (lol) would be wearing two suits, one for hosting one for winning, so he'd rip off his first suit to reveal a sparkly one to accept. Now...that would be pure Trolls and something amazing.
Like I said I want Natalie Portman to win Best Actress. I want her to cry. That sounds mean I know, but I want her to get emotional because she is heavily pregnant now and I want her to be holding her baby bump as she accepts, she'll be hormonal, so she'll cry a bit and she'll thank everyone and say a cute message to Benjamin and then say something about her baby. (Oh my goodness me I sound like such a creeper)
Someone to muck up on reading out a winner or nomination. Rosamund Pike at the BAFTAs was funny enough.
Franco and Hathaway to have a beautiful, stunning and lovely opening. If it's anything by what James Franco has been putting on his you tube, we are in for a treat!
Dresses to look lovely, I can see Portman, Steinfeld, HBC and Amy Adams will look beautiful as always.
JEWNICORN. All I'm going to say. Ok maybe I need to explain a bit: Basically Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg will have some sort of secret way to show their love affair. By touching of hands when walking up to accept a award for The Social Network. Or just looking at each intimately other while sitting down. Poor Shannon though right? Andrew's girlfriend is always pushed to the side. Ok I spend too much time thinking about this and this is just completely embarrassing.
That's about it for what I want to happen. Hopefully some will but if not I'm bound to cry anyway.
I always get emotional when watching Awards for little reasons like when people say thank you to certain people or when did not expect to win. In 2009 when Kate Winslet won Best Actress for The Reader I was so happy for her because she deserved an award since she started acting! It took her years to finally get one and when she did, her speech was so lovely it really got to me. When she asked her Dad to whistle for her and he did and she was talking to him in the crowd. Oh god..let's not start.
It will no doubt be a funny awards show. This year in films has been incredible and basically I'm very much excited for the Oscars 2011.
Damn school.
On Monday morning I will find out the winners then when I arrived home from school I'll publish them on here and also look for pictures and a few videos.
Then after my exams Tuesday I might watch the awards throughout the week to see if anything happens.
If anyone wants to tell me their predictions, feel free to message me or comment on here! If I get a lot (which I don't think I will) I'll do another post on them tomorrow maybe.
Hello my blog. Don't feel as if I've been abusing you lately, I haven't been on the internet properly in a few days down to lots of revision. I have an exam tomorrow that I will spend all evening and night revising for no doubt but I had to come to blog about the Oscar Nominations!
Instead of me posting the full list of nominations click here to see the list.
James Franco and Anne Hathaway are the hosts for the 83rd Academy Awards
I personally think this year the nominations are mostly good choices, most predictable, a few that I don't think should be there but most of which I haven't been lucky enough to see, for example I haven't yet seen The Fighter, True Grit, Tangled, due to them not being released in the UK yet. Then others like, The Kids Are All Right, How To Train Your Dragon, Winter's Bone, which I unfortunately missed at the cinema.
Lets start with the big categories.
Best Actor
Javier Bardem – Biutiful Jeff Bridges – True Grit Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network Colin Firth – The King's Speech James Franco – 127 Hours
Out of the 5 films mentioned, I've only seen 3 to which I thought Jesse Eisenberg was good in The Social Network but James Franco and Colin Firth were amazing and incredible and with the results from The Golden Globes I wouldn't at all be surprised if Colin Firth wins it. He deserves it so much and I think everyone agrees.
Best Actress Natalie Portman – Black Swan Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
I'm a bad egg. I've only seen one of these films and that was Black Swan last Friday. To which, Natalie Portman was flawless, beautiful and amazing. The other 4 are sure to do well as I've heard such good reviews from all four- especially Winter's Bone which I am dying to see so much.
Best Director David O. Russell – The Fighter Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech David Fincher – The Social Network Joel And EthanCoen – True Grit Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
Only three of these five I've seen and I can't call it. The King's Speech is fantastic, brilliant but Darren Aronofsky's development with Black Swan is stunning. And how good is The Social Network? Fantastic most of us would say and for David Fincher to create a film about Facebook and make it more than brilliant deserves an Oscar surely? But then the Coen Brothers and David O.Russell could win too and just..uggghhh I can't even go on..
Unfortunately I can't and don't have time to go through every category so for now I'm going to just mention 3 other important ones for me.
Best Animated Film
Toy Story 3
The Illusionist
How To Train Your Dragon
Now, I am setting myself a challenge to definitely watch How To Train Your Dragon by February 27th. I will watch the film because I wanted to see it in the cinema but never got the chance. (It has nothing to do with my Jay Baruchel obsession I once had). If I do watch it very soon I will watch The Illusionist too and make my decision but I have such a strong feeling Toy Story 3 will win it. Almost definitely just because nearly everyone's seen it, everyone loves it But you never know..
Best Score
How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell
Inception – Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours – A.R. Rahman
The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
My love for Film Scores has increased hugely over the last 3 or 4 years and everyone knows my love for Hans Zimmer. The Inception Score is brilliant and for anyone who hasn't listened to it, youtube some of the tracks now, especially 'Dream Is Collapsin', 'Half Remembered Dream', and if you can't listen to the whole Soundtrack, just listen to 'Time' and the last 30 or so seconds. The impact these seconds has on me is phenomenal. (Though you might have to see the film to see why in case you haven't)
But Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross with The Social Network score was just as good. 127 Hours has an impressive score and I downloaded all the tracks from it, but for me I think it's a competition between Inception and The Social Network. But again, obviously they are all worthy of winning the Oscar, hence why they are nominated.
Sadly I don't have to time to go through everything.
But here's the noms for Best Picture:
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
I've only seen 6 of these :( Hope to see them all soon but that's a bit of a stretch for me with exams and school work, but I'll try my best to see some.
I can't call it, no one can. I can't even tell you who I want to win because I don't know.
I guess, it's out of Inception or The Social Network. But honestly, who knows.
So that's the nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards this year. I will post all the winners after and will be sure to give my view. I just know that I'm more excited than ever and cannot wait to see everyone's lovely faces, beautiful dresses andhappy smiles.
The 83rd Academy Awards will be held of 27th February 2011.
Sorry for the long and boring post. I will be sure to blog again soon with something less boring and more exciting very very soon.
PS: If anyone didn't see, here are the nominations for this years Razzie awards
Cannot wait. I hope so much that Twilight wins and they go to collect their award.
There is a slim chance of this happening but let's all remember Sandra Bullock's marvellous speech for her Razzie last year because of All About Steve ♥
She then went on to win Best Actress from The Blind Side, so it anything it's good luck!
