Saltzman Sees...2011 Oscars

2011 Nominees & Award Winners of My Oscars

• Best Picture

50/50
The Artist
The Help
The Music Never Stopped


• Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Jonathan Levine (50/50)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Steven Spielberg (War Horse)


• Best Screenplay

Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Gwyn Lurie, Guy Marks & Oliver Sacks (The Music Never Stopped)
Will Reiser (50/50)
Tate Taylor & Kathryn Stockett (The Help)


• Best Family Picture

The Adventures of Tintin
Cars 2
Rango
Rio


• Best Actor

Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50)
Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March and Drive)
J.K. Simmons (The Music Never Stopped)


• Best Actress

Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Viola Davis (The Help)
AnnaSophia Robb (Soul Surfer)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)


• Best Supporting Actor

Nick Nolte (Warrior)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Kevin Spacey (Margin Call)
Max Von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)


• Best Supporting Actress

Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Emily Watson (War Horse)
Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)


• Best Ensemble Cast

Bridesmaids
The Help
The Ides of March
Margin Call

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Saltzman Sees...2011 Top Ten List

2011

1. The Artist
2. The Music Never Stopped
3. The Help
4. War Horse
5. 50/50
6. Soul Surfer
7. Warrior
8. Hugo
9. The Ides of March
10. Moneyball

Saltzman Sees...The 2012 Oscars!!

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Here are my Predictions heading into tonight:

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer for The Help
Best Supporting Actress: Christopher Plummer for Beginners
Best Animated Feature: Rango
Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation
 Best Achievement in Editing: The Artist The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne for The Descendants
Best Achievement in Makeup: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2  The Iron Lady
Best Actress: Viola Davis for The Help  Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady

Best Cinematography: War Horse Hugo
Best Achievement in Sound Editing: War Horse Hugo
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: War Horse Hugo
Best Achievement in Art Direction: The Artist Hugo
Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Hugo






Best Achievement in Costume Design: Jane Eyre The Artist
Best Original Score: John Williams in War Horse The Artist
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist 

Best Actor: Jean Dujardin for The Artist
Best Picture: The Artist

Saltzman Sees...2011 Oscar Update (2/20/12 Edition)

2011

1. The Artist
2. The Music Never Stopped
3. The Help
4. War Horse
5. 50/50
6. Soul Surfer
7. Warrior
8. Hugo
9. The Ides of March
10. Moneyball

***This weekend, I watched Hugo, Midnight in Paris, The Descendants, The Iron Lady, War Horse, and Warrior

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Saltzman Sees...The Artist (2011)

The Artist is a love letter to the movies.  It is a tribute to the days before sound.  It is a homage to the days before color.  It is message from the creators of this film that the true beauty of film making is the way the movie speaks to the audience.  This movie told me that we live in an era of movie making where franchises must be created and previously told stories must be revisited.  We live in a world where original thought and creative ideas are brushed aside for prequels, sequels, and remakes.  With IMAX and 3D and Blu-Ray, movies have become more about what a computer can create instead of a writer.  Movies have become lazy and repetitive instead of captivating and heartwarming. Love stories don't have to tell the story of 'Happily Ever After' but they can make the audience love the story.

The Artist is a beautiful journey of what 'out with the old and in with the new' can mean to a man who is being thrown out.  Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo were magnificent, and for a silent movie in 2011 to receive this kind of praise by critics and audiences alike is simply wonderful.

Saltzman Sees...Oscar Season Update

Need to See that are still in theaters: The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, The Iron Lady, & War Horse.

Need to rent: Midnight in Paris***, The Tree of Life, & Warrior***







2011

1. The Artist
2. The Music Never Stopped
3. The Help
4. 50/50
5. Soul Surfer
6. The Ides of March
7. Moneyball
8. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
9. Drive
10. Beginners

*** At Home from Netlfix

For all the movies I have seen in 2011, Go to: http://saltinuts40.tripod.com/movies2011.html