Sunday, March 02, 2014

My 86th Oscar Awards Very Fearful Predictions

Here I go again...

After watching all the nominees for this year's Oscars Best Picture (and other movies with technical/acting nominations), here are my forecasts for tomorrow's (March 3, 2014 PH Time) biggest day for Hollywood movies:

Best Picture

I go for "12 Years a Slave". Medyo mabigat sa pakiramdam ang movie na ito, pero wala tayong magagawa, ganun talaga eh. Hehe. Kinukwento nito kung gaano kahirap ang pinagdaanan ng mga black American noong 18th century patungkol sa racial discrimination. Happy ending ba? Panoorin nyo na lang.


 My complete ranking for this ultimate category:

1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Gravity
3. American Hustle
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. Captain Phillips
6. Dallas Buyers Club
7. Nebraska
8. Philomena
9. Her

My Ranking for Best Director:
1. Alfonso Cuarón, "Gravity" -- simple lang ang movie, pero nabilib lang ako sa mabusisi nitong pagsasadula.
2. Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"

3. David O. Russell, "American Hustle"
4. Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
5. Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"




My Ranking for Best Actor:
1. Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street" -- magaling siya, kaya nga siya ang bet ko eh.. hehe
2. Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"
3. Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
4. Christian Bale, "American Hustle"

5. Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"




My Ranking for Best Actress:
1. Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine" -- bravo!
2. Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County" -- give chance to others oh!
3. Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"
4. Amy Adams, "American Hustle"
5. Judi Dench, "Philomena"



My Ranking for Best Supporting Actor:
1. Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”
2. Bradley Cooper, “American Hustle”  
3. Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave”
4. Barkhad Abdi, “Captain Phillips”
5. Jonah Hill, “The Wolf of Wall Street”



My Ranking for Best Supporting Actress:
1. Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle” -- once nanalo na dati, malaki ang chance na manalo ulit
2.  Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”
3. Julia Roberts, “August: Osage County”
4. Sally Hawkins, “Blue Jasmine”
5. June Squibb, “Nebraska”




My Predictions on other technical awards:

Animated feature film - Frozen (as usual!)



Cinematography - “Gravity,” Emmanuel Lubezki

Costume design - “12 Years a Slave,” Patricia Norris

Film editing - “American Hustle,” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten




Foreign language film  - My Little Bossing (Haha!)


Makeup and hairstyling - “Dallas Buyers Club,” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

Original score - “Philomena,” Alexandre Desplat

Original song - “Let It Go” from “Frozen” (as usual na naman! pero parang mas naiindak ako sa “Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”)

Production design -  “12 Years a Slave”

Sound editing - “Captain Phillips,” Oliver Tarney

Sound mixing - “Captain Phillips,” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro

Visual effects - “Iron Man 3,” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick

Adapted screenplay - “12 Years a Slave,” screenplay by John Ridley

Original screenplay - “American Hustle,” written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell

 That's all folks! See you next year! :)








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Goodbye... doesn't mean we'll never be together again...


Sunday, February 24, 2013

Oscar 2013 Awards FEARFUL Forecast

Bukas na malalaman ang mga magwawagi sa Academy Awards.
Well, for me, above average naman ang batch na ito in terms of quality and entertainment value ng mga nominado. Ma-feeling akong sabihin yan. LOL!

At dahil napanood ko lahat ng Best Picture Nominee, at bilang lang ang hindi ko napanood na may nominasyon other than Best Picture, eto na ang aking kaabang-abang na prediksyon sa mga posibleng magwawagi. Again, ma-feeling akong sabihin yan.. hehehe..


BEST PICTURE


Life of Pi pa rin ako! Kahit na sinasabing "less" ang appeal nito sa mga critic kumpara sa mga kalaban nito, ito pa rin ang aking Best Picture. Basahin nyo na lang ang previous posts ko sa mga ranking ng pelikula. Surprisingly, maraming movie critic ang pabor sa Zero Dark Thirty to bag the trophy, which for me, is my least favorite. Mas gugustuhin ko pa ang Argo na manalo, but I just wonder, bakit hindi nominado as Best Director si Ben Affleck? Usually, kung Best Picture ang isang pelikula, Best Director din dapat ito.



BEST ACTOR

Lahat ng pelikulang may Best Actor na pambato ay napanood ko. Ito ang aking ranking:
1] Hugh JackmanLes Miserables
2] Bradley CooperSilver Linings Playbook
3] Joaquin PhoenixThe Master
4] Denzel WashingtonFlight
5] Daniel Day-LewisLincoln

Again, least favorite ko si Daniel Day-Lewis. Pero maraming nagsasabi na makukuha nya ang tropeo. We'll see.


BEST ACTRESS

Napanood ko rin lahat ito. This year, maglalaban ang dalawang babae na pinakabata Quvenzhané Wallis at pinakamatandang nominado sa category na ito Emmanuelle Riva. Pareho ko silang gusto. Pero maaring iba ang makakuha lalo na matunog din si Jennifer Lawrence. Ito ang aking ranking:
1] Emmanuelle RivaAmour
2] Jennifer LawrenceSilver Linings Playbook
3] Quvenzhané WallisBeasts of the Southern Wild
4] Jessica ChastainZero Dark Thirty
5] Naomi WattsThe Impossible


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1] Christoph WaltzDjango Unchained --Gusto ko ang karakter nito! Cool na kriminal! Hehehe
2] Robert De NiroSilver Linings Playbook
3] Tommy Lee JonesLincoln
4] Alan ArkinArgo
5] Philip Seymour HoffmanThe Master





BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1] Anne HathawayLes Miserables --Ito ay dahil napaka-personal yung PANTENE Diet nya... hahaha!
2] Helen HuntThe Sessions --Wala akong masabi. Ginawa talaga ni Helen Hunt ito? Hehehe
3] Jacki WeaverSilver Linings Playbook
4] Amy AdamsThe Master
5] Sally FieldLincoln



BEST DIRECTOR

I go for Ang Lee of "Life of Pi". Second for me is Benh Zeitlin of "Beast of the Southern Wild".


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Natatawa ako sa mga dialogue ng Django Unchained, so para sa akin, ito ang mananalo. Pero gusto ko rin ang "Moonrise Kingdom".


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Silver Linings Playbook!
Then, Life of Pi!
(Di naman ako galit nyan? Hehehe)


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Pwedeng manghula? Wala pa akong napanood sa mga nominado eh.. Hahaha..
Hula ko "Wreck-It Ralph" o di kaya "Frankenweenie".


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Life of Pi


BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Les Misérables



BEST FILM EDITING

Life of Pi


BEST FOREIGN FILM
Bwakaw! Joke!
Ok. Para sa akin ang tawag dapat dito ay BEST SUBTITLE FILM. LOL!
Since nominated naman ang "Amour" sa Best Picture, malaking posibilidad na maiuwi nya ang tropeo bilang Best Foreign Film. Pangalawa sa akin ang "Kon-Tiki".


BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Les Misérables



BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Life of Pi


BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Someone Like You by Adele! Joke!

“Skyfall” from Skyfall, Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth



BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Les Misérables



BEST SOUND EDITING

Django Unchained



BEST SOUND MIXING

Les Misérables


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Life of Pi



Kung pagbibigyan akong gumawa ng mga bagong category...

BEST ANIMAL ACTOR

Richard Parker in "Life of Pi"



BEST IN LULLABY (Dahil inantok ako sa movie na ito)

Lincoln



BLOODY DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Quentin Tarantino in "Django Unchained"



ANG-DAMING-SATSAT-SA-HULI-LANG-PALA-ANG-EXCITING-SCENE AWARD

Argo




CONSTIPATED ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Naomi Watts in "The Impossible"



MABIGAT-SA-PAKIRAMDAM-PANOORIN-AWARD

Amour



RICKY LO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Anne Hathaway