I'll keep all of the rounds open until we do a tie-breaker round at the end to do the final 10 so feel free to still vote in the others with the links below!

 

Link to Oscars 2014 voting thread

Link to Oscars 2015 voting thread

 

Silver Linings Playbook

Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook

Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook

Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook

Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables

David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook

 

I love SLP and think it's pretty great in all categories although in some (supporting actor/director), it's the only one I've seen so kind of default. Anne Hathaway was fantastic in Les Mis, as was Hugh Jackman, he'd be my runner-up.

We're getting to the territories in which I've only seen a couple of the films nominated now haha. But for me...

 

Picture: Les Misérables

Actor: Bradley Cooper [silver Linings Playbook]

Actress: Jennifer Lawrence [silver Linings Playbook]

Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz [Django Unchained]

Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway [Les Misérables]

Director: Ang Lee [Life Of Pi]

 

'Silver Linings Playbook' is an all time fave along with 'Les Misérables', so that'd be runner up for me, with 'Argo' 3rd & 'Django' probably 4th (those two could easily switch)! Quite a strong year, ultimately though!

Zero Dark Thirty

Joaquin Phoenix

Jessica Chastain

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Amy Adams

Life Of Pi

I hated Silver Linings and Les Mis was too much for me too (although I've recognised the acting with votes for Hugh & Anne), but Life of Pi was perfect for me so I've gone for that in Best Pic & Director. And for Naomi Watts, I didn't overly enjoy The Impossible because it was a bit too gruesome for me in places and the subject matter isn't nice, but I thought she did a good job.

 

I remember going to see Flight and this is before I became really invested in movies/the Oscars, and it didn't strike me as a very Oscar-y film at all.

PICTURE: Les Miserables (Silver Linings was so close!)

ACTOR: Hugh Jackman- Les Miserables (Really close between him, Cooper and Washington!)

ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence- Silver Linings Playbook (Easy one for me, as good as Watts was :heart:)

SUP ACTOR: Robert De Niro- Silver Linings Playbook (Quite weak category)

SUP ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway- Les Miserables (Obviously.)

DIRECTOR: David O'Russel- Silver Linings Playbook (Poor category. Only seen SLP and Life Of Pi and we all know how much I love that latter movie!)

Naomi Watts was great in 'The Impossible', but for me I think Ewan McGregor was my favourite in that film!

DIRECTOR: David O'Russel- Silver Linings Playbook (Poor category. Only seen SLP and Life Of Pi and we all know how much I love that latter movie!)

 

You just love watching people getting stranded out at sea don't you :kink:

Jennifer Lawrence in SLP was one of the most underwhelming winning performances EVER imo. Emmanuelle Riva should have bagged it, she gave such a moving performance in Amour!