THE MATCHIES 2012

[Ezee E]

It Begins Tomorrow!


But what does it take to be a Matchie?


There's something in common with many previous winners...

William Hurt lets us know in 2006's Best Picture, A History of Violence Have a look.

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[Stay Puft]

Brilliant.

I'm excited. Of course, given the Matchies precedent, Drive is going to win best picture and I'm going to throw my hands in the air with unfounded disbelief.

[dreamdead]

My, that's a lot of violence.

Of the previous winners, I still think that Children of Men holds up the best. Thanks to everyone for presenting. These are mucho fun.

[Spinal]

That bodes well for Drive.

[Pop Trash]

That just makes me root for The Tree of Life all the more.

[Dukefrukem]

AWESOME!!!!!

[MadMan]

To quote from The Tripper: "I FUCKING LOVE VIOLENCE!"

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[Bosco B Thug]

God, Inglourious Basterds is so good.

Don't mess this up, Match-Cut! Kiefer Sutherland maims his clitoris! Oh wait, no he just

takes some pills.

[Ezee E]

IT IS TIME!


The 2012 Match Cut Awards.


Taking place at the Disco Club just a mere couple blocks away from Mara's house!


Mara herself is one of the caterers. Who needs Wolfgang Puck?

The other caterer is Scar.

Look what we get to eat!

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How the heck are we gonna divide that all up Scar?


Fuck the garnish!

That doesn't answer anything, but I dare not ask anymore questions...

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Lots of big things have gone on for Match Cutters this year.

Benny Profane made Jaime Christley's list of Top Ten Bartenders. Yes, we know he's Vice President of a Textiling Company, but don't debate this. It's a hot topic.

Megladon8 works at Lowe's. He's gone on to fix a broken ratings system. The answer now is you could Yay or YAY or NAY or nay or Meh or Nay+ or Yay-.

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Match Cut is a weird world. Tree of Life was the least seen Best Picture nomination at the Oscars, it's the most seen movie in the Match Cut world.

Only two performances crossed over from the AMPAS to the Matchies. There was a joke here, but Danny Huston stole it.


What's that?

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Crickets?

Well, I have no idea how the rest of this is gonna go...

We're going to send this straight to Lucky!!

[Lucky]

A beautiful night for the 6th Annual Matchies, indeed. Let's get right into our first category.

And now, residents of Match-cut, please welcome the ghost of the late Whitney Houston...

*pause for applause*

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Thank you all, thank you. Today I am here to present the award for Best Song. Wait...what's that? What you say to Whitney? Bobby! Match-cut don't believe in ghosts!!!

You know what Whitney says to that???
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It appears Whitney has gone back to the spiritual world. Let's conduct a quick seance and see who else we can get to present...

Ohhhhhhhhhm.....I think I feel a spirit trying to crack into our realm...

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Who got crack??

Ladies and gentlemen, the late Amy Winehouse!

Huh? What?? Nominees?

"Immigrant Song" from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets
"Rango" from Rango
"Star Spangled Man" from Captain America
"Think You Can Wait" from Win Win

Thank you, Amy. Now can you please read the winner inside the envelope?

Huh? OK....oh bloody hell, I'm seeing double. Looks like it says...

WINNER
"Immigrant Song" and "Rango"!!

That's right, Amy. We have a tie.

[Boner M]

Good evening rich people of match-cut. It is my honour to present this night's award for best sound effects. John Lennon once said that "sound is nature's volume". The following nominees prove those wise words, as well as Aristotle's maxim that "sounds speak louder than noises". Without further ado, the nominees for...

BEST SOUND EFFECTS

Drive

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Rango

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Super 8

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Tree of Life

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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall Past Lives

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THE WINNER
Drive

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[Spinal]

Door slam is killing me. :lol:

[Lucky]

Now for a special musical presentation for Best Original Score. Please welcome to the stage Skrillex, Ellie Goulding, La Roux, Radiohead, Adele, and Innerpartysystem for an electronica inspired mashup of samples from all of our nominees...

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(Apologize for the Evaluation Copy business, try to ignore...)

The nominees again...

Drive
Hanna
Contagion
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Attack the Block

And the Winner is...
Cliff Martinez - Drive

[amberlita]

Damn, was really pulling for Attack the Block there.

[Lucky]

Damn, was really pulling for Attack the Block there.

I thought Drive was the weakest of the nominees there by far. I still don't understand why the score got so much hype. I could barely find clips of it.

[Stay Puft]

I thought for sure that would go to Hanna or TGWTDT. I'm already throwing my hands in the air in disbelief and we're only three awards into this thing.

[MadMan]

Hanna should have won Best Score imo. Or Attack The Block. I loved Drive's score, but it wasn't as good as those two. My forth choice would be the score for Midnight In Paris. Serves me right for not submitting a final ballot, heh. Maybe next year when I see more of the nominees.

[Ezee E]

I thought for sure that would go to Hanna or TGWTDT. I'm already throwing my hands in the air in disbelief and we're only three awards into this thing.
It's maddening to tally the votes, and it just doesn't make sense that the one you think is one of the better scores of the last decade is winning at one point, and just loses grip. :lol:

I guess Drive just has the advantage of being seen by 20+ more people.

[Derek]

Cliff Martinez would've gotten my vote as well had I remembered to vote in time. Great to see a more ambient-style score top GWtDT, even though the latter is very good as well.

[Boner M]

Martinez won for the wrong film, of course.

[Ezee E]

I have the Drive soundtrack. So it's a worthy #2.

Listening to the Contagion soundtrack right now, and it may be the better score out of the two. Bat & Pig is a great track. Definitely gave me chills during the movie too.

[Stay Puft]

I don't really like either of the Martinez scores, but I did like the other three noms. Oh well.

More awards, plz.

[Spinal]

I really liked Hanna's score, but I only saw two of the films, so I didn't vote in that category.

[B-side]

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*cough* Uh, hello, fellow denizens of Match-Cut.org. My name is Hipster Photographer. I hope you like my jacket. I only paid 3 dollars for it at a local Goodwill store that was going out of business. I looked for something cheaper, but that was as cheap as they went. I barely had enough money to buy my organic vegetables and go to the Radiohead concert. Anyway, what is this category about again? Photography? OMG I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY!

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My privileged white friends and I take pictures all the time. Mostly in black and white, then we name it something really opaque and silly so people think it's deep and stuff. We're pretty rebellious. I took this one picture of a homeless man drinking his own urine from an empty beer can. It was beautiful. I gave him 5 bucks and he told me to get a job. We still hang out. Let's get on with the nominees. My pants are cutting off the blood supply to my brain.


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The winner? Who cares. It'll probably be too mainstream anyway.

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[ledfloyd]

i was hoping hanna would pull it out for score. can't complain about drive though.

[Adam]

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Hey fellow match-cutters, Jaime N. Christley here. Thanks to E for teasing my appearance in the intro.

I'm here to present

BEST MAKEUP

Now, you've chosen five worthy nominees, to be sure. But for my money, The Top Five Best Uses of Makeup in a Motion Picture from 2011 were

The Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles for the make up game they played after their April 8th contest got rained out

The funeral home employee who did my grandmother's face, neck and hands for his work at her wake and funeral

Stewart's wife Jacqueline for her work on herself at my buddy Ted's 4th of July BBQ

Nathalie Tabareau for her work on House of Pleasures

Jamie Christley for my work on the story I made up for this novel I'm trying to finish

Your noms were

The Artist

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Meek's Cutoff

And the winner is...


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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

[Dukefrukem]

So far so good.

[Dukefrukem]

I really liked Hanna's score, but I only saw two of the films, so I didn't vote in that category.

I loved Hanna's score, but I didn't download and obsesse over it like I did Drive's.

[Adam]

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Hey, I'm back. Here's

BEST ART DIRECTION

Again, your nominees are just fine and well deserving and all. For the record, though, my Top Five Best Examples of Art Direction in a Motion Picture from 2011 were

Jamie Christley for my work on my apartment

The band Girls for the direction their art has been going lately

Glenn D. Lowry for his work as art director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York

Melanie Dubois for her work on Le Havre

Northwest for its work as the physical direction art was most aesthetically pleasing in 2011

Your noms were

The Artist

Hugo

Melancholia

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tree of Life

And the winner is...


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Hugo

[Adam]

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Last one for me, guys, promise. Here's

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

This time your nominees were horseshit. The real Top Five Best Examples of Costume Design in a Motion Picture from 2011 were

The Canadian Forces Military Police for their work on their uniforms. The ones with the Red Berets

Maggie Palin for her work on Matt Stone and Trey Parker's hit broadway musical, The Book of Mormon

My neighbors the Harrelsons for their work on that Christmas sweater for their miniature schnauzer, Sir Barksalot

Malik Zdalgould for his work on The Turin Horse

Jamie Christley for my work on my niece Kayla's Halloween costume. She went as the physical manifestation of sorrow

Your noms were

The Artist

Hugo

Jane Eyre

Meek's Cutoff

Tree of Life

And the winner is...


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Hugo

[Adam]

Agreed that the Hanna loss hurts. And it's a weird world where Bret McKenzie has an Oscar but gets snubbed hard at the Matchies

[Spinal]

Jamie Christley for my work on my niece Kayla's Halloween costume. She went as the physical manifestation of sorrow


:lol:

[MadMan]

My privileged white friends and I take pictures all the time. Mostly in black and white, then we name it something really opaque and silly so people think it's deep and stuff. We're pretty rebellious. I took this one picture of a homeless man drinking his own urine from an empty beer can. It was beautiful. I gave him 5 bucks and he told me to get a job. We still hang out. Let's get on with the nominees. My pants are cutting off the blood supply to my brain.:lol: :pritch:

Also its funny how the Matchies correctly went with Tree of Life for Best Cinematography when the Oscars did not.

[Dead & Messed Up]

DaMU's presentation of Best Visual Effects will be handled by none other than James Cameron...

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Hello. I’m James Cameron. But you knew that. Because you know who James Cameron is.

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Everyone does.

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Normally, I’d be here because one of my powerful Oscar-nominated cinematic watersheds made it to the screen. Something about a woman and a man from different classes...or time periods...or species...who come together to fight a technologically advanced boat...or robot...or US army metaphor.

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That’s symbolism kids. Real filmmakers use it for themes.

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I’ve worked with a variety of special effects over the years, with people as diverse as Stan Winston and Richard Taylor. My favorite special effects artisan, though, is makeup guru Rick Baker. He’s the guy who’s been transforming me over the past decade into Mick Garris.

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A genius. So in that spirit, here are the nominees for Best Special Effects.

Attack the Block
Melancholia
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
Tree of Life

And the winner is...

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I will accept the award on his behalf. That way, I have another award.

[Ezee E]

Someone didn't read their PM. Post whenever. :)

[Dukefrukem]

So do I go now? or do I wait? I'm supposed to go after D&MU

[Dukefrukem]

Good evening, I’m Duke Rock here to present the award for Best Editing. I’ve edited films with Chris Nolan on Inception 2, Sam Raimi on Evil Dead 4 and the Wachowski brothers on the Matrix 4. I hate it when people say how hard to be an editor. [mocking tone] It’s so hard to be so precise … it’s so hard to be on symmetry with the director’s creative vision… If you’re not on page with what the director is trying to accomplish you’ll be out of a job faster than Tree of Life sweeping this award show. [/mocking tone]No no no… UPS is hard work… arguing with Irish on Match-cut.org is hard work. Well I’ve done some editing and here’s how easy it is. It’s the easiest job in the word. The director walks into the room, sees the cut you made, and then one of two things will happen. He’ll either say, “good”. Or he’ll tell you what’s wrong AND how to fix it. Then they give me a million dollars.


The nominees for Best Editing are;



Drive
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Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Martha Marcy May Marlene
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Tree of Life
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
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And the award goes to:

*overacting looks surprised*

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[EyesWideOpen]

I wish someone would have edited The Tree of Life into a good movie.

[elixir]

BURN!

[elixir]

Good job so far everyone! :) Enjoying it.

[ledfloyd]

hmm, i thought drive, kevin and dragon tattoo all featured superior editing. at the same time i can't argue with the tree of life.

oh, also, glad to see rise of the planet of the apes get a matchie, even if i didn't vote for it.

[Stay Puft]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes was the worst choice for the category. Is it basically an Andy Serkis award? No comprehend.

[Dukefrukem]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes was the worst choice for the category. Is it basically an Andy Serkis award? No comprehend.

Well that's what happens when people didn't nominate the movie that deserves the award; Transformers. The set pieces were insane and the skydiving scene along should have won MCers over.

[Watashi]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes was the worst choice for the category.

What?


Is it basically an Andy Serkis award? No comprehend.

There were apes other than Cesar.

[Watashi]

Well that's what happens when people didn't nominate the movie that deserves the award; Transformers. The set pieces were insane and the skydiving scene along should have won MCers over.
I'm pretty sure only two people on MC saw Transformers 3: you and TGM.

[Pop Trash]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes was the worst choice for the category. Is it basically an Andy Serkis award? No comprehend.

:crazy:

[Stay Puft]

I saw Transformers 3 and the special effects are indeed pretty good at times.


There were apes other than Cesar.

And my point is that they look bad. I figured the appeal is Serkis strutting his motion capture performance stuff, but even then I wasn't all that impressed (probably because I didn't like the movie itself overall but whatever).

The other films would have been better picks. The creatures in Attack the Block are a much more interesting special effect, and are integrated into the world more convincingly, for example.

[Ezee E]

POWER IN NUMBERS --

The Ten Most Seen movies by Match Cutters:

1. Tree of Life - 49
2. Drive - 46
3. Bridesmaids - 40
4. Super 8 - 40
5. Source Code - 36
6. Contagion - 34
7. Melancholia - 34
8. Midnight in Paris - 34
9. Rango - 34
10.Certified Copy - 33
10. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall Past Lives - 33


MATCH CUT'S BOX OFFICE:

1. Inception
2. Shutter Island
3. The Social Network
4. Black Swan
5. Scott Pilgrim VS. The World
6. True Grit
7. The Ghost Writer
8. Toy Story 3
9. Iron Man 2
10. Kick-Ass

[Spinal]

I voted Super 8 for Visual Effects.

[Gizmo]

POWER IN NUMBERS --

The Ten Most Seen movies by Match Cutters:

1. Tree of Life - 49
2. Drive - 46
3. Bridesmaids - 40
4. Super 8 - 40
5. Source Code - 36
6. Contagion - 34
7. Melancholia - 34
8. Midnight in Paris - 34
9. Rango - 34
10.Certified Copy - 33
10. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall Past Lives - 33

How'd you come about those numbers, I don't remember participating in a census....

[Watashi]

I saw Transformers 3 and the special effects are indeed pretty good at times.



And my point is that they look bad. I figured the appeal is Serkis strutting his motion capture performance stuff, but even then I wasn't all that impressed (probably because I didn't like the movie itself overall but whatever).

The other films would have been better picks. The creatures in Attack the Block are a much more interesting special effect, and are integrated into the world more convincingly, for example.
How did they look bad? I thought the orangutan was near perfect. I thought fluidity of their movements and facial expressions were stunning. The guys at WETA know their shit.

Attack the Block had a unique approach for their creature design considering the low budget, but I don't put much stock in the "better movie = better effects" argument.

[Dukefrukem]

How'd you come about those numbers, I don't remember participating in a census....

Taken from 2011 (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=3336&highlight=database)and 2010 (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2700&highlight=database)thread.

[Gizmo]

always forget about those threads. I've got a lot of updates to add, if i knew where I left off...

[Lucky]

I voted Super 8 for Visual Effects.

You and me both.

[Stay Puft]

Attack the Block had a unique approach for their creature design considering the low budget, but I don't put much stock in the "better movie = better effects" argument.

That wasn't my argument. My argument is that the special effects are better. Attack the Block is smarter about its effects and looks better as a result.

My problem with Apes has a lot to do with how the effects are used, and as I suggested how they integrate with the rest of the scene. I thought all of this was poor. For example the opening scene in the jungle, particularly the top down shots and when they're dodging the traps, the apes don't even look like they're part of the scenery (throughout the movie they also alternate between looking too slick or too flat, depending on the texture lighting, as opposed to naturally hairy creatures). And again mostly that comes down to what they're required to do in many shots which is fly around on the screen often like a blur. It looks stupid.

Yes some of the smaller scenes are good and Maurice was my favorite of the apes and the animation is often impressive, but mostly it just looked like CGI apes flying around on the screen and I don't think CGI stuff flying around on the screen is terribly impressive.

[Stay Puft]

Where are the presenters? More awards!

[MadMan]

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[Ezee E]

I guess it's just thirdmango and rowland to go right now.

Alright screenplay awards and ensemble... Feel free to post as well!

[eternity]

I'm pretty sure only two people on MC saw Transformers 3: you and TGM.
I saw it. I couldn't tell what was going on long enough to notice if the effects were good.

[Rowland]

Yep. School and work all day, just got home exhausted. I'll present mine tonight if I don't fall asleep in ten minutes and feel up to being clever, otherwise it'll have to be tomorrow.

[Ezee E]

I saw it. I couldn't tell what was going on long enough to notice if the effects were good.
I fell asleep. Took too long to get to those action sequences. They were pretty neat though. But an hour of fluff hurted it.

[Winston*]

Here are your nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay, with excerpts from the original source material.

Drive
Screenplay by Hossein Amini
Based on the novel Drive by James Sallis

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Excerpt (p.22) :

“Some cool music played as he looked out the window in a cool fashion. He casually but deliberately placed a single toothpick in his mouth, a stylish affectation. “


Hugo
Screenplay by John Logan
Based on the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

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Excerpt (p.101):

“…and it was in that moment that Hugo realised that, of all the lessons he had learned on his Parisian adventure, the most important was this:

Georges Méliès (mā-li-es); (8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938), full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French illusionist and filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. Two of his most well-known films are A Trip to the Moon (1902) and The Impossible Voyage(1904).”


Moneyball
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
Based on the book Moneyball by Michael Lewis

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Excerpt (p.1) :

“I was once told that a baseball manager needs two things to succeed. He needs money, and he needs balls. Now Billy Beane may not have had much of the former but, as history shows, he had more than enough of the latter to compensate. “


The Descendants
Screenplay by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Based on the novel The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Excerpt (p. 17):

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“Matt knew he would have to make adjustments. He and his children would have to take his new arrangement one step at a time. Luckily the decreased gravity on Mars would make each step that little bit easier.”


The Skin I Live In

Screenplay by Pedro Almodóvar
Based on the novel Tarantula by Thierry Jonquet

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Excerpt (p. 136):

“It gradually had become clear what she had expected all along. Behind that door, something scary was happening.”


And the winner is
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Pedro Almodóvar for The Skin I Live in! Congrats Pedro!

[Ezee E]

One of the bigger surprises to me. And one of the awards that made me the happiest for Match cut.

[Stay Puft]

Hmmm!

I didn't vote in this category since I hadn't seen four of the five noms, including Pedro's. I love his work and that's quite a nice surprise indeed. Really got to catch up with that film soon.

[ledfloyd]

kick ass. i was not expecting that. i figured drive would take it in a walk.

[Dukefrukem]

Awesome.

[Dukefrukem]

The cast of a movie is important. How important? Well as important as marketing Deep Blue Sea as a Samuel L Jackson movie. Important as making Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis fans run to see the Expendables. But the movies nominated tonight for Best Ensemble Cast are different. They draw in an audience for their elite acting ability, and leave the audience satisfied of their performance, regardless of how short or long they are on screen. They cast of these films affect your reaction. They affect your perception. And they affect your MC Yay or YAY or NAY or nay or Meh or Nay+ or Yay- Rating.



The nominees for Best Ensemble Cast are;



Drive
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A Separation
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Contagion
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Tree of Life
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Melancholia
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And the award goes to:

*looks sincerely surprised*

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[EyesWideOpen]

I don't imagine how anyone could own and display that Paltrow poster. That shit would give me nightmares.

[NickGlass]

Here are the nominees for Best Original Screenplay, accompanied by a bit of the wonderful, inspired dialogue that sprung from each of these writers' minds. This is such a pleasant, cheery category.



Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
"Didn't you say it's not serious?" "It got serious."



Abbas Kiarostami, Certified Copy
"I didn't mean to sound so cynical, but when I saw all their hopes and dreams in their eyes, I just couldn't support their illusion."



Lars von Trier, Melancholia
"You better be goddamn happy."



Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
"That's what the present is. It's a little unsatisfying because life is unsatisfying."



Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
"Nature only wants to please itself."



And the winner is...

A Separation

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"You know, my problem is that I can't speak like them. I just lose my control soon."

[elixir]

Awesome on those last two!

[Dukefrukem]

Woo hoo!

[Bosco B Thug]

Yes to A Separation for Ensemble! Maybe Contagion would compete, but Tree of Life's only standout was Hunter McCracken, Melancholia just has a bunch of actors being smirky, and Drive is Drive.

[Stay Puft]

Yay!

I probably struggled the most with Original Screenplay as I kept going back and forth between Certified Copy and A Separation, but ultimately went with A Separation. I voted A Separation for Ensemble on pure reflex.

Moadi for actor feels like a real possibility now though I'll try not to get my hopes up too much.

[StanleyK]

Too much A Separation, too little The Tree of Life.

[elixir]

Too much A Separation, too little The Tree of Life.

Nah, it's totally deserving of screenplay and ensemble, easily my favorite of the year in both categories.

[elixir]

Yay!

I probably struggled the most with Original Screenplay as I kept going back and forth between Certified Copy and A Separation, but ultimately went with A Separation. I voted A Separation for Ensemble on pure reflex.

Moadi for actor feels like a real possibility now though I'll try not to get my hopes up too much.

I feel a little bad because despite Certified Copy being my second favorite film of the year, I didn't vote for it in a single category.

[dreamdead]

I feel bad for not having seen Melancholia, A Separation, or Weekend yet. I think after those, I'll have a strong sense of the year's quality.

That said, I'm digging how the love has been spread so far. Just hoping that Binoche pulls out Best Actress in the end.

[NickGlass]

I split Certified Copy, The Tree of Life, and A Separation between Picture, Director, and Original Screenplay, respectively, and I stick by my choices.

[Watashi]

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Hello, I'm John Hawkes. I was the winner of the Matchie for Best Supporting Actor last year for my performance in Winter's Bone. It's only fitting that I get to pass the torch to this year's winner in BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR. Hey look at that. I am nominated again for my amazing work in Martha Marcy May Marlene. I feel so loved here.

Wait... what's going on? Who is this?

.....









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Sorry John, but this is my award show now and I'm taking over. For all you mere humans, my name is Brad Bird. That is my mortal name. You are perhaps more familiar with my celestial name, God, Allah, Yahweh, The Pan, Powerful Bird, and my favorite, Mr. Incredibird.

I am disgusted and revolted to see that my people did not nominate Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol for a single Matchie. Clearly you heathens need another dose of fire and brimstone to show you how awesome my powers are. Though I did notice that Watashi fellow nominate my film for Best Picture. He had earned his spot in the Kingdom of Bird, The rest of you though... enjoy the wrath of spending eternity in Hell (I have recreated Hell to be a nonstop marathon of Bee Movie and Journey 2: The Mysterious Island).

By the way, you should really make that Watashi guy a moderator at Match Cut. Lord Bird commands it.

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So here are the nominations for Best Supporting Actor :

Albert Brooks, Drive

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Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life

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John Hawkes, Martha Marcy May Marlene

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Corey Stoll, Midnight in Paris

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Bruce Greenwood, Meek's Cutoff

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AND THE WINNER IS.....


BRAD BIRD

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I'm shocked! Thank you guys so much. I knew you would be converted sooner or later.


Alright, alright, it was Brad Pitt. There. Are you happy?

[dreamdead]

I laughed at the first spoiler, Wats. Nicely done.

And am I the only person who was more impressed by Will Patton's steady performance than Bruce Greenwood's manic portrayal?

[Stay Puft]

I feel a little bad because despite Certified Copy being my second favorite film of the year, I didn't vote for it in a single category.

I voted for Binoche but otherwise, yeah, I also have the film as my second favorite of the year and gave it no other votes. Now I feel sort of bad, too.

[Lucky]

Wow, wasn't expecting that. And that was the one category I actually voted for Drive.

[ledfloyd]

yeah, i wasn't expecting that either.

in regards to the screenplays, i thought that was the weakest aspect of tree of life, and the strongest aspect of a separation. so i'm pretty happy with that.

[Rowland]

I love Drive, but even I've found the praise for Brooks a bit excessive. I voted for Pitt, whose turn in The Tree of Life was amazing, and unfortunately overshadowed by his other great performance of the year in Moneyball. Dude had a great year.

[Lucky]

I didn't understand why Plummer wasn't nominated. He was my pick.

[MadMan]

I actually favor Albert Brooks over Brad Pitt, but Pitt was great in The Tree of Life so it makes sense.

[Ezee E]

I don't think many match cutters saw that movie. Definitely less than 10

[dreamdead]

I didn't understand why Plummer wasn't nominated. He was my pick.

Who would you have dropped, then? I grant that Corey Stoll is playing a one-note caricature in Midnight in Paris, but damn is it a fun caricature to watch...

Re: Beginners, I'm in the group that feels that Mills couldn't decide between an ensemble project between Plummer, McGregor, and Laurent or an intimate study of Plummer. It diminishes what should be a more impressive achievement.

[Rowland]

This year's Best Documentary award is to be presented by none other than this category's previous winner from the 2011 Matchies, Banksy!

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn52/drowland811/14banksy_CA0-articleLarge.jpg

He has taken the time to deface our nominees for the sake of our entertainment, and perhaps, art?

The nominees for Best Documentary:

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And the winner is...

A TIE!

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[dreamdead]

Awesome work, Rowland. I love the the Banksy edits.

So many documentaries to see. I guess these will go to the front of the queue...

[ledfloyd]

i guess i should prioritize those.

[Derek]

Awesome, 2 best docs I saw this year, both landing in my top 10.

[MadMan]

I think this year is the year where I try to actually watch documentaries instead of merely ignoring them.

[Derek]

I think this year is the year where I try to actually consider watching documentaries but not doing so instead of merely ignoring them.

Edited for truth. ;)

[MadMan]

Edited for truth. ;)Nah. I just don't know too much about the genre, and thus have very little idea of where to start.

[Rowland]

Nah. I just don't know too much about the genre, and thus have very little idea of where to start.
Just find one with a good reputation, and watch it. Start with our two winners. :)

[Pop Trash]

Nah. I just don't know too much about the genre, and thus have very little idea of where to start.

You've never seen a documentary? You could start with the Up series. It's one of the most humane and noble uses of film form I've ever seen.

[Gizmo]

so the presentations really slowed down....

[Spinal]

I've got Best Actress, so I'm waiting for Supporting Actress to go first.

[Stay Puft]

I'm exceptionally pleased with the results for Best Documentary. Good work, Match Cut.

[MadMan]

You've never seen a documentary? You could start with the Up series. It's one of the most humane and noble uses of film form I've ever seen.I have seen documentaries, just not too many of them. Mostly Michael Moore, The Atomic Cafe, and a few others that I can't recall off of the top of my head.


Just find one with a good reputation, and watch it. Start with our two winners. :)Sounds good.

[Stay Puft]

Well that's not a bad start. The Atomic Cafe is one of the best docs I've seen.

[Spinal]

Well, I know it's slightly out of order, but I don't know how much time I'll have to do this tomorrow, so ... Best Actress ... coming shortly.

[Spinal]

To present the award for Best Actress, please welcome last year's Match Cut Award winner for Best Actor ... Ryan Gosling! ...

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Thank you. While in other parts of the internet, my persona has been transformed into some kind of silly, nonsensical meme, I know that I can always come to Match Cut, where I am given proper respect and admiration as the greatest actor of my generation. Oh, never mind. We all know where this is heading. Let's just get it over with ... the nominees for Best Actress ...









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Juliette Binoche, Certified Copy

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Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia

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Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

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Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene

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Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids

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Sigh ... I just ... don't ... get it. Anyway, the winner is ...

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ROONEY MARA, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

[Derek]

I was wondering when MC's machismo was going to rear its head.

[Rowland]

Hmm, I didn't see that coming at all, never even had the impression that her performance was notably acclaimed around here. Rooney was good, certainly an improvement over Noomi, but still. Booo-inoche!

[B-side]

Her performance is fantastic. Always cool to have my opinion belittled and referred to as informed by little more than machismo.

[Gizmo]

That reminds me I need to see Martha Marcy May Marlene still.

[MadMan]

That reminds me, I need to see all of the movies that featured the women nominated for Best Actress :P This is why I only submitted a ballot for nominees previously overall, and why I didn't vote on the nominees that were selected for The Matchies.

[Boner M]

Mara was the only one of those I didn't vote for on my initial ballot. She was OK, I guess. Olsen was my vote, though it was a tough choice between her and Binoche.

EDIT: I didn't put Dunst on my 5, though she nearly made it.

[Boner M]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/dragontatt.jpg

This needs to be taken out of the spoiler box.

[Stay Puft]

I dry heaved when I opened the spoiler box for the winner. Terrible choice.

[B-side]

I dry heaved when I opened the spoiler box for the winner. Terrible choice.

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[Stay Puft]

I don't watch the Oscars so I rely on the Matchies to fill my awards season whining quota.

[Derek]

Her performance is fantastic. Always cool to have my opinion belittled and referred to as informed by little more than machismo.

Always cool to have a broad comment poking fun at MC's generally violent/male-dominated award picks (not a surprise since we are like 97% male) taken completely personally when all our picks are anonymous. When I'm making fun of Neveldine/Taylor or Tony Scott, feel free to take it personally. Otherwise, chill the fuck out.

[B-side]

I don't watch the Oscars so I rely on the Matchies to fill my awards season whining quota.

:P

Dry heaving? Terrible? Come on. If you really think her performance was terrible, I'm dying to know what performances you deem excellent because I've not seen a performance that makes hers look "terrible".

[MadMan]

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[B-side]

Always cool to have a broad comment poking fun at MC's generally violent/male-dominated award picks (not a surprise since we are like 97% male) taken completely personally when all our picks are anonymous. When I'm making fun of Neveldine/Taylor or Tony Scott, feel free to take it personally. Otherwise, chill the fuck out.

I don't take things personally. I work out. And after I work out, I work out more. Then I bemoan the presence of women in the work place. All in a day's work.

[Watashi]

I dry heaved when I opened the spoiler box for the winner. Terrible choice.
I opened up the spoiler box and went "Oh. Not who I voted for, but cool I guess".

Then I watched some porn.

[Derek]

Then I watched some porn.

The Incredibles still hold up?

[Stay Puft]

If you really think her performance was terrible

I don't. She was fine, though I didn't think she was always convincing (ETM made a good comment about this in the official thread), and I actually like Mara generally (I found her much more convincing in her brief role in The Social Network, one of the only parts of that movie I liked).

My hyperbolic reaction has more to do with the surprise. Like Rowland, I had no idea her performance was so well regarded around here, didn't even think much of it at the time or even entertained the idea that she had a chance of winning. This is the first award this year that seriously (but not literally!) blew my mind when I saw the winner.

[B-side]

(but not literally!)

Glad you cleared that up. I was about to inform the White House that there exists a man without a head who is still alive, not to mention typing coherent sentences.

[Spinal]

I only saw three of the performances. Voted for Wiig, though Gainsbourg would have been my preferred choice here.

[Ezee E]

Mara might be my performance of the year if I were to choose one.

Not sure how machisimo it is, as it's one of the more emotionally wounded performances there is. I suppose the highlighted scenes of her revenge may take account for that. What's the opposite of machisimo here? Binoche?

I thought Binoche was going to win. I don't see anything there that's particularly tough for an actress. Wiig's comedic timing and subtle reactions throughout are far more impressive. She was my second pick.

Dunst and Olsen, both good performances too. Solid job with the nominees MC.

[Spinal]

The little bit of Mara's performance I saw in the clip had me intrigued. But, boy, I am not really jumping to sit through that story again.

[Ezee E]

The little bit of Mara's performance I saw in the clip had me intrigued. But, boy, I am not really jumping to sit through that story again.
You liked the Swedish movie didn't you?

I hated the book. Thought the Swedish movie was just okay outside of Noomi's portrayal.

Here? Masterful craftmanship, paired with another great portrayal, a moody/beautiful score, and a breeze of a movie in general. I'm glad it won Editing at the Oscars.

[Ezee E]

NickGlass is Supporting Actress.

Thirdmango is Animated.

Raiders for Actor

Derek for Director.

The big ones to go!

[Spinal]

You liked the Swedish movie didn't you?


Nope.

[Boner M]

I think the acting awards on this board tend to be much wonkier than the ones for picture/directing/writing since they usually reflect the films that we've chosen to see based on other factors than acting, when great acting in flawed/bad movies is very common although most of us are smart enough to stay clear of 'em based on word of mouth (cf. The Iron Lady, even though I didn't care for Streep's perf). Remember when Barbara Hershey got a nomination for doing nothing in Black Swan last year? Or Hugh Jackman's lolwut win for best actor in The Fountain in '06? Yeah.

[Derek]

I thought Binoche was going to win. I don't see anything there that's particularly tough for an actress.

Yeah, Binoche makes it look easy, but there's probably no other actress alive that could bring out the subtle charms and enigmatic presence the way she did. It's a brilliant performance.

To be clear, I really like Mara's performance. She certainly has charisma and brought a well-roundedness to a poorly sketched out character. Still, it's in part the intensity of the material and the extremeness (cue Ben Foster) of the character's actions that makes it mesmerizing and I think it's a mistake to automatically favor a performance of broad emotional gestures to one of subtlety, particularly one whose small yet seamless shifts are crucial to making the film work. Not saying that's what your doing, but I don't see how one can reasonably dismiss Binoche so offhandedly like you did.

[Derek]

Or Hugh Jackman's lolwut win for best actor in The Fountain in '06?

This happened? Well, we live and we learn.

[Rowland]

I don't know if I'd vote for him as the best of '06, but I found Jackman's performance very impressive and moving. I understand the hate though, as it's also very histrionic and naked, much like the divisive film that carries it.

[Dukefrukem]

A 3 day awarad show! w00t.

I'm ok with Rooney winning, I'm glad Wigg didn't win.

[Mr. McGibblets]

I thought Mara was very good, but it's a broad character and one about whom everything is obvious from the screenplay. Olsen and Binoche both added depth and emotion to their roles.

[Thirdmango]

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Hi everyone we are the 2010 Beard Champions and for some reason we are here to present some award for some internet forum. Can anyone tell us what we're presenting?

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Ah yes...

ANIMATED FEATURE

Nominees are...

The Adventures of Tin Tin
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Happy Feet 2
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Kung Fu Panda 2
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Rango
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and the winner is...

Rango! Just look at those happy winners!
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[NickGlass]

Arriving late to present the award for Best Supporting Actress is the very deserving winner last year, Miss Olivia Williams.

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So sorry I'm running late, chaps. Here are the nominees for Best "Supporting" (yes, Olivia Williams just used air-quotes) Actress.


Jessica Chastain, Tree of Life
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Elle Fanning, [I]Super 8
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"I just love acting like I'm acting."


Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melancholia
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"Wait...supporting?! The only thing I'm supporting is this fetus. I need to talk to my agent. Also, my name was misspelled on the ballot. Who are these idiots?"


Carey Mulligan, Shame
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"Start......................... ........spreading............. .........the.................. ..news........................ .........I'm.................. ..........leaving............. ...................todaaaay."


Shailene Woodley, The Descendents
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"Dad! Mom cheated and stole more of your dignity than Alexander Payne and Co. did from the novel in which they created this copy/paste job."


And the Matchie goes to....



Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melancholia
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Thanks, I guess...

[Ezee E]

D'oh! Nobody told me otherwise!

[Stay Puft]

So curious minds want to know, who did Spinal end up voting for? :P

[Raiders]

PRESENTING THE AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR: GARY BUSEY!

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I am honored by the invitation, but allow me to share a thought that the Lord has injected into my cracked skull; my friends, there is more to life than being a ridiculously good actor. Take it from me. I have shed the darkness of that life and embraced the light of the Lord. I am now an ACTOR, that's a-c-t-o-r, Accepting Christ To Open Righteousness. My evil self, that little creature sitting beneath my bed who constantly nibbled at my fingers before I got right with the Lord has been shit out of my life through God's ass after I turned on the LIGHT, defeated FEAR and kicked Satan back to his sad dark place.

... where am I...

...

The nominees:

Jean Dujardin -- The Artist
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Michael Fassbender -- Shame
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Ryan Gosling -- Drive
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Peyman Moaadi -- A Separation

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Brad Pitt -- Moneyball
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OK. I have been given this envelope for the winners... there is a three way tie for the win. Three men. Three prongs of the Lord's crown. The Holy Trinity. I'm hungry.

Winners:


Jean Dujardin -- The Artist
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Ryan Gosling -- Drive
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Peyman Moaadi -- A Separation

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God bless.

[Stay Puft]

Everybody's a winner!

(I assume this is the category E was referring to and yeah it's too bad we couldn't break that tie. I'm okay with something like Best Documentary, that was a cool result, but this feels a little absurd.)

[Stay Puft]

Oh and that's not Peyman Moadi, you've got a pic of the wrong character.

[Raiders]

Gary Busey does not care.

(I just did a Google image search, sorry)

[Dukefrukem]

This is turning out to be an awesome award show!

[Ezee E]

There was another 3-way tie, but Bosco broke it in Makeup I believe.

[Spinal]

I didn't vote for Best Actor, as I only saw two of the performances. But I would have selected Gosling over Dujardin.

And I voted for Elle Fanning in Supporting Actress. I don't think it's fair to put the best lead actress performance of the year in the supporting category.

[Watashi]

Or Hugh Jackman's lolwut win for best actor in The Fountain in '06? Yeah.

Completely deserved.

[Ezee E]

Two to go!

[Bosco B Thug]

SHAME-LASH. I voted for both Mulligan and Fassbender. Like Shame or not, that's an actor's movie.


[SIZE="3"]Carey Mulligan, Shame
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"Start......................... ........spreading............. .........the.................. ..news........................ .........I'm.................. ..........leaving............. ...................todaaaay." :lol: I thought her performance was pitch perfect, but lolz at that scene.

[MadMan]

I've only seen three out of the five Best Actor nominees, but I would have voted for Gosling probably.

Oh and they should just let Gary Busey actually host the Oscars one year. It would the most cracked out, utterly insane awards show ever.

[Ezee E]

Best Actor is a tough one. I hate ties.

Gosling is very undeserving in my opinion. I love Drive, but I see nothing in Gosling's performance that makes it award-worthy. Albert Brooks' sustained madness was risky to the point where it could've been stupid, but instead, it works. Mulligan/Kendricks... Not bad. Perlman, outside of his awkwardly delivered line about some fine-looking pussy, was also not bad. Drive is a director's movie all the way.

Peyman is solid and certainly deserving. Could've come across as whiney, but he didn't. Showed enough flaws that you didn't entirely root for him either.

Dujardin, my vote, is a rarity. Not only does he make the movie work, but between him and Bejo, I think it'll resonate for a while too. He seems like someone we've seen in silent films for many a years.

Pitt's Billy Beane seems too much like the Brad Pitt that we've seen from the Ocean's movies. Luckily, I like that character. But not something that I believe is worth voting for.

And Fassbender. I dug the performance, the movie. But well, I don't know. It just doesn't resonate with me months later like I had hoped. I wonder if a second viewing will make me think a lot less of the movie.

[MadMan]

As great as Pitt was in Moneyball, I preferred his supporting role in Tree of Life. Gosling was great in Drive, but I thought that Clooney was better in The Descendants, which of course wasn't nominated for the Matchies but hey that's okay.

Dujardin though really impressed me, actually. I was fine with him winning the Oscar.

[Pop Trash]

And Fassbender. I dug the performance, the movie. But well, I don't know. It just doesn't resonate with me months later like I had hoped. I wonder if a second viewing will make me think a lot less of the movie.

Interesting. I thought you were its biggest champion?

[Ezee E]

Interesting. I thought you were its biggest champion?
I was. I had it at four stars but when I look at my tops lists, more and more movies take its Place

[Derek]

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Hi, I'm Senator Rick Santorum. I'd like to introduce you to my happy, normal family who will be alongside me to present the award for Best Director. Unfortunately, I will be at work for the next few hours because unlike these Hollywood liberals and you college-educated snobs, I'm a hard-working American who works hard to put a hearty meal on my totally normal family's table every day.


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Ooh, I like meals. I like food and I like the way it makes me feel. I like steak and potatoes; that's a good, hearty meal. I have people who live in the basement of my mansion who make great meals. They like food too, those good, hard-working Americans. I like those people. Sometimes we let them outside to look at my cars, I like cars too, did I mention that? I like mentioning things I like too, sometimes I talk all night to my butler about all things I like. He likes that.


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Oh yeah, Mitt will be there too.

[Spinal]

Santorum pics make me light-headed and nauseous.

[MadMan]

His family looks like your typical, really super creepy whitebread fundie family. I'm scared.

[Spinal]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/08santorum.jpg

[dreamdead]

His family looks like your typical, really super creepy whitebread fundie family.

Madman, could you stop with the berating of this idea. It's tiresome.

[MadMan]

Madman, could you stop with the berating of this idea. It's tiresome.Maybe when they stop annoying the shit out of me/trying to ruin this country and turn it into Jesusland, I'll stop.

[Spinal]

Can we all just agree that Santorum's son looks like he could be a character in The White Ribbon?

[Derek]

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You see what Rick Santorum does to America? He's been sent home so Madman and dreamdead stop fighting and so that the blood can return to Spinal's head. I'll be announcing this award now, but that's okay because I like announcing. I announced the birth of my children, I did the morning announcements in my middle school and I like announcing all the things that I like that Americans like too.

On that note...

THE NOMINEES ARE

Abbas Kiarostami for Certified Copy

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Ha ha, Kiarostami. Sounds like a new European sports car. Did I mention I like cars? But only American-made cars made by hard-working Americans.

Lars von Trier for Melancholia

Apichatpong Weerasethakul for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Motherfucking Lives

Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive

Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life

Wait, where's Brad Bird? I like Brad Bird. I like Incredibles, but I really like incredible birds. You know, Michigan has some great birds. I like driving in my American-made cars and looking at Michigans birds. You know who else likes birds? The winner of Best Director at this years Matchies...

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TERRENCE MALICK for THE TREE OF LIFE

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Made by hard-working Americans!!! Good work, MatchCut.

[B-side]

Nice.

[Ezee E]

Best Picture to come after soccer tonight

[Watashi]

Brad Bird was robbed.

[Spinal]

U S A! U S A!

[Ezee E]

Will do this tomorrow. I'm beat.

[Ezee E]

It Comes Down to this...


BEST PICTURE!


All five nominees have a solid shot.


But only one can win...


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WHY DO THE FOLLOWING MOVIES HAVE A CHANCE????


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Certified Copy


Won the 2010 Consensus
"Endlessly discussable..." - Boner M
Top Ten Watched movies of the year...



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Melancholia


Top Ten Seen Match Cut Movies
Nominations in Visual Effects
Charlotte!
Kirsten Dunst nakedness



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Tree of Life


Most seen movie of the year
4 Matchie Wins
Best Picture has always matched Best Director


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A Separation


Has won every Matchie it's been nominted for (3)
100% Yay'd
Momentum!



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Drive


Violence
Winner of two Matchies
#2 seen of the year.




WHAT WILL IT BE????

[Ezee E]

THE WINNER:


TREE OF LIFE

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[Ezee E]

Best Picture: Tree of Life
Best Director: Terrence Malick (Tree of Life)
Best Actor: Ryan Gosling (Drive), Peyman Moaadi (A Separation), and Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Best Actress: Rooney Mara (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt (Tree of Life)
Best Supporting Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg (Melancholia)
Best Ensemble: A Separation
Best Original Screenplay: A Separation
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Skin I Live In
Best Cinematography: Tree of Life
Best Editing: Tree of Life
Best Visual Effects: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Best Sound Effects: Drive
Best Art Direction: Hugo
Best Costume Design: Hugo
Best Makeup: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Best Score: Drive
Best Song: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo "Immigrant Song" and Rango "Rango"
Best Documentary: Nostalgia for the Light and Senna
Best Animated Film: Rango


Tree of Life - 5
Drive - 3
A Separation - 3
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 2
Hugo - 2
Rango - 2
The Artist - 1
Melancholia - 1
The Skin I Live In - 1
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - 1
Harry Potter Part 2 - 1
Nostalgia for the Light - 1
Senna - 1

[Stay Puft]

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Ya done good this year, Match Cut.

[MadMan]

Tree of Life may not be the best movie I've seen this year, but it was still great. Malick should have won Best Director at the Oscars, so the Matchies sort of righted a wrong there. Great show, folks.

[Dukefrukem]

Fuck that.

[Lucky]

Good deal. I voted for Melancholia, but this result is an easy pill to swallow.

[Rowland]

I'm satisfied with the results. I really liked every one of our Best Picture nominees, so none of them would have necessarily disappointed me, though my favorite is the rightful victor. Nostalgia for the Light is easily my favorite documentary of the year, I hope its win encourages more of our members to give it a shot, and while Senna is actually my least favorite of the nominees (haven't seen Into the Abyss yet), I didn't by any means dislike it, so the tie is cool with me. Our only winner I haven't yet seen is The Artist, which will likely be rectified within the week since it's opening wide tomorrow.

[dreamdead]

To my eyes the only real flaw is Mara's win in the heavyweight categories. All the other nominees that I saw were charged with far more nuance and depth; Mara is fine for her role, but the script is so perfunctory that she doesn't get to do that much.

Kinda sad that Certified Copy leaves empty-handed.

[MadMan]

Rowland I have no idea what you will think of The Artist. Either you'll like it a lot and defend it as much as I have, or you will join with many on the site in disliking its very existence. Of course there is such a thing as middle ground, but that's boring :P

[EyesWideOpen]

I'm saddened that the Oscars have better taste than Match-Cut.

[Ezee E]

I'm saddened that the Oscars have better taste than Match-Cut.
You only have yourself to blame.

[EyesWideOpen]

You only have yourself to blame.

Hey, I voted!

[Spinal]

Hey, I voted!

No, he meant for your taste.

:pritch:

[EyesWideOpen]

No, he meant for your taste.

:pritch:

I knew he meant that but I didn't want to accept it.

[MadMan]

The Matchies gave Malick Best Director. That alone means Matchies>The Oscars.

[baby doll]

Best Picture: Tree of Life
Best Director: Terrence Malick (Tree of Life)
Best Actor: Ryan Gosling (Drive), Peyman Moaadi (A Separation), and Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Best Actress: Rooney Mara (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt (Tree of Life)
Best Supporting Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg (Melancholia)
Best Ensemble: A Separation
Best Original Screenplay: A Separation
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Skin I Live In
Best Cinematography: Tree of Life
Best Editing: Tree of Life
Best Visual Effects: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Best Sound Effects: Drive
Best Art Direction: Hugo
Best Costume Design: Hugo
Best Makeup: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Best Score: Drive
Best Song: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo "Immigrant Song" and Rango "Rango"
Best Documentary: Nostalgia for the Light and Senna
Best Animated Film: RangoMy ballot wound up looking like this:

Best picture: Melancholia
Director: Lars von Trier, Melancholia
Actor: Peyman Moaadi, A Separation
Actress: Juliette Binoche, Copie conforme
Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life
Supporting Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melancholia
Ensemble: A Separation
Original Screenplay: Lars von Trier, Melancholia
Cinematography: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Editing: The Tree of Life

It was a tough call on best picture and director because I had three that I was really keen on. I don't think I could convincingly rationalize voting for Trier in both categories as Copie conforme and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives were both equally deserving in my mind. A Separation was also quite strong (why wasn't Farhadi nominated for best director?), and Malick's film had its moments, but I'm far from being convinced that this is One for the Ages (some hardcore Malick fans seemed to be declaring victory even before the film premiered).

Best actor wasn't a tough call because I'd only seen A Separation and Drive, so obviously I went with the one that wasn't a one-and-a-half-note exercise in beefcake posing, though I find it strange that Moaadi keeps getting singled out since his performance needs the contrast with Shabab Hosseini's as much as Sareh Bayat's (where was her nomination, by the way?) depends on the contrast with Leila Hatami's. Between Binoche and Dunst, I could've gone either way, but wound up going with Binoche (rightly or wrongly) because she's essentially playing two roles.

Gainsbourg was of course a no-brainer as she's basically the co-lead with Dunst, but as in A Separation, neither performance would be as strong without the other. As for best supporting actor, I'm a big fan of Albert Brooks, but wound up going with Pitt since his performance in The Tree of Life seems closer to his best work than Brooks' performance in Drive (Modern Romance it ain't).

I didn't vote in the best adapted screenplay as the only nominated film I've seen is Drive, which didn't much impress me. My reasons for voting for Trier for best original screenplay are as vague as my reasons for voting for it in the best picture and director categories.

Cinematography was a no brainer for me just because Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives was such a rapturous big screen experience (if memory serves, I might've voted for it in the best sound category as well). I voted for The Tree of Life for best editing simply because its rhythmic, graphically discontinuous editing stood out more than the editing in the other nominated films.

[Ezee E]

So biggest blowout was Cinematography.

Picture was kinda close between Tree of Life and Drive. After that, the other movies managed no more then 2-3 votes.

Documentary was a horserace. I believe the winners only had 4 votes, everything else had three.

Song... same deal.

Score was very very close too, with it being a three-way tie until the final day as well.

[ledfloyd]

how many people ended up voting?

[Ezee E]

how many people ended up voting?
28.