It’s awards season and being such a movie fan, I’ve decided to start my own. Nothing fancy, I just have picked my nominees for the best that 2012 had to offer. Now I want you to vote! Comment below and tell me who your choice is in each of the categories (and remember, you have to pick from my nominees). You can hear me describe what I love about each of these performances and films in the latest episode of my podcast, The Thirteenth Hour. Click on the nominated names to see reference clips of the performances. I’ll announce the winners before the Academy Awards. Happy Voting!
1) Best Supporting Actress (remember, click on the names to see clips of the performances)
Anne Hathaway in The Dark Knight Rises
Helena Bonham Carter in Les Misérables (sorry, sound only)
Michelle Pfeiffer in Dark Shadows
Cate Blanchett in The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey
Jane Lynch in Wreck It Ralph
2) Best Supporting Actor
Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln
Mark Ruffalo in The Avengers
James Nesbitt in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Josh Brolin in Men in Black 3
Ralph Fiennes in Skyfall
3) Best Actress
Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables
Helen Mirren in Hitchcock
Lynn Collins in John Carter
Dame Judi Dench in Skyfall
Kelly MacDonald in Brave
4) Best Actor
Hugh Jackman in Les Misérables
Sir Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock
Benjamin Walker in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Taylor Kitsch in John Carter
Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
5) Best Song
Song of the Lonely Mountain from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Skyfall from Skyfall
Touch the Sky from Brave
6) Best Screenplay
Joss Whedon for The Avengers
Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare for The Raven
Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan for Skyfall
Tony Kushner for Lincoln
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
7) Best Director
Peter Jackson for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Steven Spielberg for Lincoln
Andrew Stanton for John Carter
Timur Bekmambetov for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Sacha Gervasi for Hitchcock
8) Best Film
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Skyfall
Les Misérables
Hotel Transylvania
Vote away!
Thats awesome!! Id vote for
Helena Bonham Carter in Les Misérables
Mark Ruffalo in The Avengers
Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables
Hugh Jackman in Les Misérables
Touch the Sky from Brave
Joss Whedon for The Avengers
Peter Jackson for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Cate Blanchett in The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey
James Nesbitt in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Dame Judi Dench in Skyfall
Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Skyfall from Skyfall
Joss Whedon for The Avengers
Peter Jackson for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Cate Blanchett in The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey
Mark Ruffalo in The Avengers
Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables
Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Skyfall from Skyfall
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Steven Spielberg for Lincoln
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
As I am looking at how many times I voted for The Hobbit, I realize what a total nerd I am and I love it.
My votes, and just for fun, what I thought were the best of 2012:
Supporting Actress – Anne Hathaway (same person, but for Les Miserables rather than Dark Knight Rises)
Supporting Actor – Mark Ruffalo (same)
Actress – Anne Hathaway (Jennifer Lawrence in “The Hunger Games”)
Actor – Martin Freeman (same)
Song – Song of the Lonely Mountain (“I Dreamed a Dream”, ignoring the original song rule here)
Screenplay – Joss Whedon (same)
Director – Peter Jackson (Joss Whedon)
Picture – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (The Avengers!)