The 19th annual SAG awards is in the books and as far as film there were no major upsets.
1) Argo won for outstanding performance by a cast.
2) Jennifer Lawrence won for outstanding performance by a female actor.
3) Daniel Day-lewis won for outstanding performance by a male actor.
4) Anne Hathaway won for outstanding performance in a supporting role by a female actor.
5) Tommy Lee Jones outstanding performance in a supporting role by a male actor.
As slight as the categories for film are at the SAG awards it is perhaps the biggest bellweather for the Academy Awards.
With the producers and actors both giving the nod to Argo (as well as the Critics and Hollywood Foreign Press), the MPAA director's snub of Affleck is looking more and more like lobbying for Spielberg.
Although Amour and Beasts of the Southern Wild are brilliant films, they appear to be thrown into the director's category as chum for Lincoln, effectively keeping other "sharks" their size (Argo, Les Mis and Zero Dark Thirty) outside the tank. So unless a write-in candidate is allowed for director (I doubt it) the only backlash may ironically be Ang Lee's stranded at sea epic The Life of Pi.
Spielberg and Lee are both legendary directors. Lincoln is an instant classic and perhaps my second favorite film of the year. I read and watched the Life of Pi and loved it. Spielberg and Lee are both deserving directors.
I also realize that Affleck is a directing "outsider". However, he directed the most compelling film this year and is deserving of the Academy Award.
I also realize that Affleck is a directing "outsider". However, he directed the most compelling film this year and is deserving of the Academy Award.
By effectively locking him out, the director's category will become a footnote and an asterisk unless Lincoln can somehow pull off best picture and best director. That is looking more like a longshot, no matter how many Presidents present for Lincoln.
We will find out more when the director's awards are revealed next Sunday, February 3rd.
The five winners are of the SAG film awards are now the frontrunners for Oscar gold. Argo, Daniel Day-Lewis and Anne Hathaway had the momentum coming into SAG. Now SAG has clarified Jennifer Lawrence and Tommy Lee Jones as favorites in their categories going out. Anything other than those five for the awards will be at least a minor upset.
It looks like the bloodbath category may be animation where Frankenweenie, Brave and Wreck It Ralph will duke it out.
Happy Screening!
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