Awards Season

Its the start of the year which only means one thing in the world of film; The Golden Globes and The Oscars are here. Every year we see all the good releases coming out now, and this year is no different, with American Hustle, 12 years a Slave and Wolf of Wall Street all released within weeks of each other. This post is going to be a little commentary on the Golden Globes winners and Oscar nominees.

First off, a little history for you: The Oscars were first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and was first televised in 1953 (it is now seen live in more than 200 countries.) The Emmy, Tony and Grammy Awards were all modeled after the Oscars which is the oldest Awards Ceremony, and most prestigious to this day. The 86th Awards will be held on the 2nd March at the Dolby Theatre in LA. For a full list of nominees click here. The Golden Globes, which have already taken place, have been held annually since 1944. The Globes celebrate both film and television, domestic and modern. In 2009 the statue was redesigned for the first time in its history, making the quality and gold content higher. To see a full list of nominees and winners click here.

 

Ollie and I are going to see the Wolf of Wall Street and 12 Years a Slave, two of the front runners for Best Picture at the Oscars,  in the next two weeks at our local cinema which we are VERY excited about. Both of the films won the big Awards at the Golden Globes a few days ago, 12 years bagging best drama and Leo DiCap getting a performance award for Wolf of Wall St. American Hustle is also leading the way this year, I think it could very probably pick up Best Picture at the Oscars having just won best comedy at the GG. Neither myself or Ollie are going to see American Hustle in cinema, we've heard from friends that it's quite boring and apart from the big names acting, is really nothing special. We are going to wait until it come on our LoveFilm.


Something I'm very excited about seeing in the Oscar nominations is The Hunt up for best foreign language film. This won our own Rollie Award (which is definitely nearly as big as the Oscars) for Best Film this year, we absolutely loved it and it has created a love of Danish films for me after watching another brilliant Danish production 'In a Better World' a few weeks ago. I really hope the Hunt gets this gong this year, even though I haven't seen any of the others nominated.

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I also really hope Leo DiCaprio gets his much deserved and long awaited for Best Actor award at the Oscars. He is my favourite big actor and has not yet somehow received this award, having being nominated for it three times in the past. I have a feeling Matthew McConaughey will scoop it this year however. Despicable Me 2 is my winner this year for animated film at the Oscars and I also really hope Gravity picks up a few, it may have been overrated but the cinematography and film in general was just epic. Ollie and I are also really looking forward to seeing 'Her' which is up for 4 Oscars and has also won Best Screenplay at the GG.

This excellent contexualised post was created by Rosie.