The nominees are anounced, but only those that performed stupendously can walk away victorious: to my own delight, 2011 brought us two of my new favorite films: THE ARTIST, and HUGO. both films are different in style and genre from one another, but with one mutual feeling: the love for cinema itself. The academy has shown its sympathy by honoring both pictures with the most prestigious and numerous nominations (among best picture.) I'd like to see that at the time of the awards, either film goes home with all the categories that they're being nominated for. But if the awards end up being spread out, I already have a list of my own favorite contenders.
To begin, i personally think that the BEST ACTOR category should go to JEAN DUJARDIN for its brilliant performance in THE ARTIST. Dujardin manages to give color and voice to a film that ironically pays homage to the black/white silent era of cinema: his versatility is extraordinary on camera. He dances, pantomimes, and pulls effortlessly gags that invoke both the style and charisma of harold lloyd, and the adventurous bravado of Douglas Fairbanks.
There's no other actress this year thats shines, and i mean it, shines by her own merit in the BEST ACTRESS category like MICHELLE WILLIAMS for her performance in MY WEEK WITH MARILYN. Williams captivates as the most talked about blonde of all times, Marilyn Monroe. Williams inhales a public idea of Marilyn, and exhales a portrayal that convinces sensuality, frailty, and innocence: her performance is sublime, but bravest at its core. She tackles whatever misconception, and public consensus of what it historically was Ms Monroe, and instead she emphasizes on what it symbolized to be the icon: evokative, inhibited, charming, sympathetic, captivating, and full of insecurities that for the public and til these days remain secreted.
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER should take home the BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR category for THE BEGINNERS; And BERENICE BEJO deserves the BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS award for THE ARTIST.
The BEST DIRECTOR category should go to MARTIN SCORSESE for its brilliant construction of one of the best 3Dfilms yet, HUGO. From the very beginning all the way through the end, Scorsese envisions a world that bring us back to a time where the magic of film first emerged. He presents us with characters that are engaging, mysterious, and almost magical in their own way. Scorsese triumphs in directing a film that's bound to be a classic and part of extended catalogues of many film history apreciation classes worldwide.
The BEST PICTURE award should definitely go to a film that's like no other in recent years, THE ARTIST. I'm fact, there haven't been any film like it that honors the silent era with a style that never falls flat, uninteresting, and unentertaining. Perhaps its brilliance lies in its self-awareness. It reminds us how good silent cinema was, is, and it shall continue to be.
To begin, i personally think that the BEST ACTOR category should go to JEAN DUJARDIN for its brilliant performance in THE ARTIST. Dujardin manages to give color and voice to a film that ironically pays homage to the black/white silent era of cinema: his versatility is extraordinary on camera. He dances, pantomimes, and pulls effortlessly gags that invoke both the style and charisma of harold lloyd, and the adventurous bravado of Douglas Fairbanks.
There's no other actress this year thats shines, and i mean it, shines by her own merit in the BEST ACTRESS category like MICHELLE WILLIAMS for her performance in MY WEEK WITH MARILYN. Williams captivates as the most talked about blonde of all times, Marilyn Monroe. Williams inhales a public idea of Marilyn, and exhales a portrayal that convinces sensuality, frailty, and innocence: her performance is sublime, but bravest at its core. She tackles whatever misconception, and public consensus of what it historically was Ms Monroe, and instead she emphasizes on what it symbolized to be the icon: evokative, inhibited, charming, sympathetic, captivating, and full of insecurities that for the public and til these days remain secreted.
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER should take home the BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR category for THE BEGINNERS; And BERENICE BEJO deserves the BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS award for THE ARTIST.
The BEST DIRECTOR category should go to MARTIN SCORSESE for its brilliant construction of one of the best 3Dfilms yet, HUGO. From the very beginning all the way through the end, Scorsese envisions a world that bring us back to a time where the magic of film first emerged. He presents us with characters that are engaging, mysterious, and almost magical in their own way. Scorsese triumphs in directing a film that's bound to be a classic and part of extended catalogues of many film history apreciation classes worldwide.
The BEST PICTURE award should definitely go to a film that's like no other in recent years, THE ARTIST. I'm fact, there haven't been any film like it that honors the silent era with a style that never falls flat, uninteresting, and unentertaining. Perhaps its brilliance lies in its self-awareness. It reminds us how good silent cinema was, is, and it shall continue to be.
