MATCH CUT AWARDS 2013 -- The Ballot

[Ezee E]

BEST ANIMATED FILM:
Brave
It's Such A Beautiful Day
ParaNorman
Secret World of Arriety
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
How to Survive a Plague
The Imposter
The Invisible War
Queen of Versailles
Searching for Sugar Man
This Is Not a Film

BEST SONG:
"Abraham's Daughter" - The Hunger Games
"Skyfall" - Skyfall
"Who Did That to You" - Django Unchained
"Who Were We" - Holy Motors

BEST SCORE:
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin)
Beyond the Black Rainbow (Sinoia Caves)
Cloud Atlas (Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil)
The Master (Jonny Greenwood)
Moonrise Kingdom (Alexandre Desplat)
Zero Dark Thirty (Alexandre Desplat)

BEST MAKEUP:
Cloud Atlas
Holy Motors
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Prometheus

BEST COSTUME:
Cloud Atlas
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom

BEST ART DIRECTION:
Cloud Atlas
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom

BEST SOUND EFFECTS:
The Avengers
Dark Knight Rises
Haywire
Looper
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
The Avengers
Cabin in the Woods
Cloud Atlas
Life of Pi
Prometheus

BEST EDITING:
The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
Life of Pi
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Cloud Atlas (Frank Griebe and John Toll)
The Deep Blue Sea (Florian Hoffmeister)
Life of Pi (Claudio Miranda)
Moonrise Kingdom (Robert Yeoman)
Skyfall (Roger Deakins)
The Master (Mihai Mălaimare, Jr.)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Avengers (Joss Whedon)
The Deep Blue Sea (Terence Davies)
Killer Joe (Tracy Letts)
Life of Pi (David Magee)
Lincoln (Tony Kushner)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Cabin in the Woods (Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon)
Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino)
Looper (Rian Johnson)
Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola)
The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson)
Zero Dark Thirty (Mark Boal)

BEST ENSEMBLE:
Django Unchained
Killer Joe
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Amy Adams, The Master
Emily Blunt, Looper
Cécile de France, The Kid With the Bike
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Jason Clarke, Zero Dark Thirty
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Michael Fassbender, Prometheus
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Samuel L. Jackson, Django Unchained
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike

BEST ACTRESS:
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Greta Gerwig, Damsels in Distress
Kara Hayward, Moonrise Kingdom
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST ACTOR:
Jack Black, Bernie
Anders Danielsen Lie, Oslo, August 31st
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

BEST DIRECTOR:
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Miguel Gomes, Tabu
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom

BEST PICTURE:
Cabin in the Woods
Django Unchained
Holy Motors
The Kid With the Bike
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty


PM Ballots to me by the Oscars. The show will begin shortly after.

DISCUSS!

[Ezee E]

The Almosts!

All missed by one vote.

It's Such a Beautiful Day - Picture/Director/Original Screenplay
The Avengers - Director/Picture/Ensemble
Amour - Picture/Actor/Supporting Actress
Killer Joe - Actor/Supporting Actress
Magic Mike - Ensemble
Cloud Atlas - Supporting Actress & basically any technical category that it wasn't voted in.
Damsels in Distress - Original Screenplay/Ensemble
Life of Pi - Actor
Les Miserables - Actor/Ensemble/Adapted Screenplay
Take this Waltz - Actress
Lincoln - Supporting Actor
Cabin in the Woods - Supporting Actor
The Grey - Picture/Actor/Adapted Screenplay
Oslo, August 31st - Adapted Screenplay
The Master - Best Director
Holy Motors - Best Director

The Master and Cloud Atlas were multiple votes away from Best Picture.

Also, Waltz also had enough votes to go into the Supporting Actor category, but had more in Actor, so I chose him there.

[Watashi]

How the fuck did The Master not get nominated for Best Picture and Best Director?

[Winston*]

Argh. Forgot to vote. Would've gone for these.


Amour - Picture/Actor
Killer Joe - Supporting Actress

[Ezee E]

How the fuck did The Master not get nominated for Best Picture and Best Director?

:lol:

A last minute vote took out Carax and PTA from being nominated for Director. I even had their names written in my preview post. They were tied with Gomes.

I will not reveal the final voter!!

[Derek]

Can't believe my not voting cost It's Such a Beautiful Day a BP nom and PTA Best Director. This sucks.

http://www.blogfordemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/vote_or_die.jpg

[Boner M]

Yay Gomes/Motors, boo Master shutout in the categories that matter.

[Boner M]

And yay for Beyond the Black Rainbow's best score nod; even getting in before I updated my ballot to include it.

[The Bad Guy]

Am I the only one that thinks the nominations for Quvenzhané Wallis are silly? I can't seriously be the only one...

*hides*

[Boner M]

Nah Bad Guy, I pretty much agree.

Honestly, I prefer Jennifer Lawrence in SLP to all of our best actress noms.

[Thirdmango]

Boo hiss Beautiful Day isn't up for Best Picture. I will destroy Tokyo.

[transmogrifier]

Nah Bad Guy, I pretty much agree.

Honestly, I prefer Jennifer Lawrence in SLP to all of our best actress noms.

I, on the other hand, was glad to see her missing. Not much of a fan of Chastain, either.

[Llopin]

I didn't submit noms either, since I haven't seen enough, but if I had known about this anomaly beforehand, I'd sent a submission with just

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master

[ledfloyd]

I will not reveal the final voter!!
Let's lynch him/her!

Kinda bummed Fiona missed out on best song. I know she had at least three votes. The Kid with the Bike and The Cabin in the Woods are nice surprises in the Best Picture category. Although honestly, I would've rather seen The Master or Tabu there than the latter.

I'm going to try to watch ParaNorman and a few of the documentary nominees before voting.

[Ezee E]

This is why you people vote. :lol:

[Watashi]

Lynch Derek and Winston.

[Spinal]

I wasn't able to see The Master in time. Sorry.

Thanks for putting Waltz in the right category, Match Cut.

Wallis nominations are indeed silly.

Missing Juno Temple is my biggest disappointment. Sally Field? Bleh.

All in all, not bad though. Representative of the site I'd say.

[Raiders]

I would request that in the future, we not try and time this with the Oscars. That seems unnecessary and I can count multiple people (myself included) who would probably vote if we had another month or so to catch some of the later-released films, not to mention some of the films themselves getting the proper support. I mean, both The Master and Holy Motors are being released on video/streaming, but too late.

[Kurosawa Fan]

All of you who could have helped It's Such a Beautiful Day get noms and didn't, be glad we don't have negative rep anymore.

[Lucky]

I'd be ready to vote for 2011 films now.

[DavidSeven]

The Almosts!

All missed by one vote.

Killer Joe - Actor/Supporting Actress
Damsels in Distress - Original Screenplay/Ensemble


Travesties. I would have voted all of these in.

I also probably needed another month or so.

[Derek]

Lynch Derek and Winston.


All of you who could have helped It's Such a Beautiful Day get noms and didn't, be glad we don't have negative rep anymore.

I will be watching Swing Vote (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1027862/) on a loop all weekend as penance - a far worse fate than a mere negative rep or lynching.

But I'm with Raiders on not doing these so early in the year. It's only going to hurt the smaller films that didn't hit theaters outside of major markets.

[Watashi]

Hasn't The Master been out on Blu-ray for a few weeks? No excuses.

[Winston*]

I will be watching Swing Vote (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1027862/) on a loop all weekend as penance - a far worse fate than a mere negative rep or lynching.

But I'm with Raiders on not doing these so early in the year. It's only going to hurt the smaller films that didn't hit theaters outside of major markets.
Makes it difficult for foreigners too, when a lot of big movies are delayed until the next year.

[Raiders]

Hasn't The Master been out on Blu-ray for a few weeks? No excuses.

Where? I only see the 2/26 release date.

[Bosco B Thug]

Thanks for putting Waltz in the right category, Match Cut. For the record, I am in the "Relegate-the-non-leads!" Party.


Wallis nominations are indeed silly. Definitely agree with y'all.


Sally Field? Bleh. She's very excellent in Lincoln. The embodiment of pathos.

Sad day when Tarantino doesn't deserve a Best Director nom.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Hasn't The Master been out on Blu-ray for a few weeks? No excuses.

No, it hasn't. And for that reason and many others, I agree with the growing sentiment that these should be pushed back. Summer would be an ideal time for me, or very late spring. Plenty of time to watch and digest everything I want to see.

[Spinal]

I like the timing the way it is now. I think it's more fun to have it as a quick response to the awards season rather than wait until a time when we supposedly will be able to 'get it right'.

[Ezee E]

There's never an ideal time really. Everyone would lose track or interest by Springtime in my opinion. Agreed with Spinal.

[dreamdead]

I'm worried that we're having this discussion a little belatedly. I admit that I wish that I had time to get to DVD copies of The Master and Holy Motors before compiling my list, but I've known that since looking up those two films' DVD releases and that didn't affect the order of films I've sought out.

And if E does extend the ballots, then he has to do this all over again, and that amount of work isn't worth the difference that it'll make... besides, one of us (Spinal usually, though I'm not at all suggesting he is tied to such an obligation going forward) hosts what is essentially a "revisiting the past year" thread in the summer/autumn, anyway. And the differences between that thread and the Matchies are usually interesting to examine.

[Spinal]

Best Actor should be interesting. Day-Lewis is not nearly the lock I might have originally thought. Lavant, Waltz and Phoenix will undoubtedly all have their supporters.

[Ezee E]

I'm worried that we're having this discussion a little belatedly. I admit that I wish that I had time to get to DVD copies of The Master and Holy Motors before compiling my list, but I've known that since looking up those two films' DVD releases and that didn't affect the order of films I've sought out.

And if E does extend the ballots, then he has to do this all over again, and that amount of work isn't worth the difference that it'll make... besides, one of us (Spinal usually, though I'm not at all suggesting he is tied to such an obligation going forward) hosts what is essentially a "revisiting the past year" thread in the summer/autumn, anyway. And the differences between that thread and the Matchies are usually interesting to examine.

Agreed. And there's Boner/Winston's top ten. Ah well, part of the fun of it to me at least.

[Raiders]

I'm worried that we're having this discussion a little belatedly. I admit that I wish that I had time to get to DVD copies of The Master and Holy Motors before compiling my list, but I've known that since looking up those two films' DVD releases and that didn't affect the order of films I've sought out.

And if E does extend the ballots, then he has to do this all over again, and that amount of work isn't worth the difference that it'll make... besides, one of us (Spinal usually, though I'm not at all suggesting he is tied to such an obligation going forward) hosts what is essentially a "revisiting the past year" thread in the summer/autumn, anyway. And the differences between that thread and the Matchies are usually interesting to examine.

Not sure how we can be having it belatedly. It was referring to future years obviously, not this year.

In any case, it's just my opinion. I'm not voting until I have seen most of the films I want to, so it is fine if that means I don't contribute, it's my choice, just thought I'd point out that it makes little sense in my opinion to time it with the Oscars. I would rather have the majority of people have a good chance to see most of the top competitive films. We aren't given screeners.

[ledfloyd]

Best Actor should be interesting. Day-Lewis is not nearly the lock I might have originally thought. Lavant, Waltz and Phoenix will undoubtedly all have their supporters.
Indeed, I still haven't decided whether to vote for Lavant, Phoenix, or DDL.

[Winston*]

Nominated films I have yet to see:

It's Such A Beautiful Day
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Queen of Versailles
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Zero Dark Thirty
Lincoln
Cloud Atlas
The Deep Blue Sea
Magic Mike
Oslo, August 31st
Tabu

Will try and get to at least Zero Dark Thirty and Lincoln before voting.

[Gizmo]

Not sure how we can be having it belatedly. It was referring to future years obviously, not this year.

In any case, it's just my opinion. I'm not voting until I have seen most of the films I want to, so it is fine if that means I don't contribute, it's my choice, just thought I'd point out that it makes little sense in my opinion to time it with the Oscars. I would rather have the majority of people have a good chance to see most of the top competitive films. We aren't given screeners.

I agree with this, though i'll still vote now based on what i've seen and nominate and vote again in any later such award compilations.

[Ezee E]

I never heard of Tabu until I started compiling the list. Now it's at the top of my list.

[Boner M]

I never heard of Tabu until I started compiling the list. Now it's at the top of my list.
An Ezee E two-star film if I ever saw one.

[Henry Gale]

Wait, where's Rachel Weisz? Everyone loved the screenplay and the cinematography but not her?

Otherwise, very solid noms, guys. Seen everything except:

The Kid With The Bike
Killer Joe
Tabu
How To Survive a Plague
Damsels In Distress
The Invisible War
The Queens of Versailles
Oslo, August 31st

[baby doll]

Nominated films I have yet to see:In order from the ones I'm most interested in seeing to the ones I'm least interested in: Holy Motors (Carax + mega-hype), Tabu (mega-hype since Berlin a year ago), This Is Not a Film (Panahi + mega-hype), The Master (Anderson + mega-hype), How to Survive a Plague (interesting topic and solid reviews), Django Unchained (it's Tarantino), It's Such a Beautiful Day (internet buzz), Zero Dark Thirty (just to see what all the fuss is about), The Queen of Versailles (solid reviews), Cloud Atlas (remember Bound? That was a good one; Tykwer's Heaven is also awesome), Oslo, August 31st (solid reviews but I still haven't seen Le Feu follet), Haywire (I generally like Soderbergh's movies and I'm only two away from a free sandwich), ParaNorman (could be cute or funny, I guess), The Impostor (the subject sounds interesting), Wreck-It Ralph (I can't get excited for a movie about a character from a video game, no matter what Kristin Thompson says), Lincoln (I haven't liked a Spielberg movie in over a decade but I wouldn't rule it out completely), Life of Pi (I generally like Ang Lee but can't get excited about this one), Beyond the Black Rainbow (looks fanboyish), The Invisible War (Kirby Dick advocacy doc? Shrug), Skyfall (if you've seen one, you've seen 'em all), Brave (having already seen Mulan, I figure this is superfluous; even Pixar apologists concede it's one of their lesser efforts), Cabin in the Woods (Roger Ebert: "It's like final exam for fanboys"; no thanks), The Avengers (I'm seriously too old for this shit), Les Misérables (fuck no).

I have Tabu, Cloud Atlas, and Haywire on DVD, so I'll try to get to those before voting.

[ledfloyd]

Wait, where's Rachel Weisz? Everyone loved the screenplay and the cinematography but not her?
Yeah, female performance of the year.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Wait, where's Rachel Weisz? Everyone loved the screenplay and the cinematography but not her?


I nominated her.

[EyesWideOpen]

Nominated stuff I haven't seen:

Holy Motors
How to Survive a Plague
It's Such A Beautiful Day
Secret World of Arriety
Skyfall
Tabu
This Is Not a Film

Interested in seeing them all except for Skyfall.

[Ezee E]

Weisz missed by one as well.

Wonder if a weighted scale would improve things next year?

[Pop Trash]

Beyond the Black Rainbow (looks fanboyish)


Not really. I didn't have time to finish it, but what I watched was deeply weird. If it was any weirder it would be playing on a video monitor in an art installation (if it hasn't already).

[Mr. McGibblets]

Cabin in the Woods (Roger Ebert: "It's like final exam for fanboys"; no thanks)

Ebert's being quite silly about this. That quote makes very little sense.

[Irish]

The Avengers (I'm seriously too old for this shit)

:lol: Yep.

[Izzy Black]

Is it too late to vote? I've seen most of these

[DavidSeven]

Is it too late to vote? I've seen most of these

I believe you can submit your ballot for winners up until the Oscar ceremony on the 24th.

[Fezzik]

But I'm with Raiders on not doing these so early in the year. It's only going to hurt the smaller films that didn't hit theaters outside of major markets.

I kind of agree. I'd never even heard of It's Such a Beautiful Day until someone here started talking about it...and I still havent seen it. Is it even available anywhere?

[Kurosawa Fan]

I kind of agree. I'd never even heard of It's Such a Beautiful Day until someone here started talking about it...and I still havent seen it. Is it even available anywhere?

Yes sir, right here (http://www.bitterfilms.com/).

[Fezzik]

Yes sir, right here (http://www.bitterfilms.com/).

Thanks, KF. I'll add that to my post-surgery watch-list :)

[Dukefrukem]

None of my favorite movies made it in which makes me not want to participate this year.

[EyesWideOpen]

Yes sir, right here (http://www.bitterfilms.com/).

That looks like just the link to buy it for $25, correct?

[Kurosawa Fan]

That looks like just the link to buy it for $25, correct?

$21, yes.

[EyesWideOpen]

$21, yes.

I was just checking. It's actually $28 with shipping which is quite a bit more then I'm willing to spend to blind watch something.

I had read some other posts complaining about the fact that not a lot of people were nominating this and considering the options are downloading illegally or paying $28 for it I can see why it wasn't getting a ton of nominations.

[Ezee E]

I was just checking. It's actually $28 with shipping which is quite a bit more then I'm willing to spend to blind watch something.

I had read some other posts complaining about the fact that not a lot of people were nominating this and considering the options are downloading illegally or paying $28 for it I can see why it wasn't getting a ton of nominations.

You could get lucky if it was playing at a festival.

I doubt it gets any wider of a chance then that though.

[Boner M]

Oslo, August 31st (solid reviews but I still haven't seen Le Feu follet)
Not a remake; it's another adaptation of the source novel of the same name. And it's way better than Malle's film anyway.

[Dukefrukem]

Can we sticky this and unsticky the nom thread?

[Raiders]

Not a remake; it's another adaptation of the source novel of the same name. And it's way better than Malle's film anyway.

Careful. That's my favorite Malle film.

[NickGlass]

Too much Joss Whedon.

[NickGlass]

The Almosts!

All missed by one vote.

Killer Joe - Supporting Actress


Juno or Gina?

[Ezee E]

Juno or Gina?

Juno. Gina was up there though.

[Ezee E]

Two days to go, and lots of ties and close ones. Vote people.

[Lucky]

I'd vote but there's not a single category where I've seen over half the nominees. Not a one.

[NickGlass]

Pretty bummed by how uninspired I am by the Actress/Supporting Actress nominees this year (despite thinking very highly of a few of the actresses, if not exactly these performances). This is the best we could do? Still shocked by no Rachel Weisz.

[baby doll]

Pretty bummed by how uninspired I am by the Actress/Supporting Actress nominees this year (despite thinking very highly of a few of he actresses, if not exactly these performances). This is the best we could do? Still shocked by no Rachel Weisz.The nominations for best actress are symptomatic of an identity crisis in this forum between pedophiles (Hayward, Wallis), gerontophiles (Riva), and horny neo-cons (Gerwig, Chastain--"Waterboard me, baby!").

[Ezee E]

Babydoll should host.

[The Bad Guy]

Wait, where's Rachel Weisz? Everyone loved the screenplay and the cinematography but not her?

I nominated her, too.

[Ezee E]

I invite any of you to send me your "brutally honest" ballot a la "Friedkin" and use it as part of the ceremony.

[Henry Gale]

I invite any of you to send me your "brutally honest" ballot a la "Friedkin" and use it as part of the ceremony.

Ah, I just sent mine. I considered doing this, but wasn't sure if it would've just gotten in the way.

[baby doll]

Babydoll should host.Maybe next year, if I'm still alive then. I'm up for doing a Friedkin breakdown of what I voted for and why, which all made sense to me emotionally but might sound totally bonkers if I try to rationalize them. To the PM box!

[Ezee E]

So many close ones. A few easy ones. Just a few hours left! We've had 34 voters. An increase from last year I believe.

[Ivan Drago]

Am I the only one that thinks the nominations for Quvenzhané Wallis are silly? I can't seriously be the only one...

*hides*

For the record, I only nominated her because I had no one else to nominate in the fifth spot. This was a weak year for actresses in my opinion.

[Gizmo]

Was a horrible year for actress. Even the academy gave it to Jennifer Lawrence. Now we'll get "The Hunger Games 2 starring Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence!"

[Boner M]

I think our best actor lineup is pretty exceptional.

[baby doll]

Even the academy gave it to Jennifer Lawrence.Taken out of context, this sounds a little dirty.

[NickGlass]

Was a horrible year for actress. Even the academy gave it to Jennifer Lawrence. Now we'll get "The Hunger Games 2 starring Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence!"

Not really. People always say this, but it's just that Hollywood didn't have much overlap between female-driven, audience/critic-approved films this year (shocker). It's just that the really marvelous performances weren't marketed well.

I mean, look at these:

Michelle Williams, Take This Waltz
Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea
Nadezhda Markina, Elena
Nina Hoss, Barbara


I think our best actor lineup is pretty exceptional.

Indeed.