The SAGs just ended, and if I compare my music award nominee picks against my movie award nominee picks, it seems I'd be much better off as a movie critic. I never pick the winners of the Grammys, American Music Awards or anything else, but I've done pretty darn well over the Golden Globes and the SAGs this year, I'd have to say.
Sean and I have 6 of 9 completed on our Oscar nominee list for this year, and we've also seen all 5 of the SAG's nominees for best cast.
Jennifer Lawrence was so incredibly real and showed so much range in Silver Linings Playbook. She was my pick, and so far she's 2 for 2 in Best Actress categories (or Best Female Actor, depending on how P.C. you wanna be, I guess). Not only is she an incredible actress, but she seems like such a cool, down-to-earth person. I'm genuinely glad to see her have so much success and hopefully a lot more in the future.
Daniel Day-Lewis blew my mind in Lincoln. If I ever imagined how Lincoln carried himself, Day-Lewis portrayed it damn near perfectly. And he won the Best Actor SAG and Golden Globe for it.
Finally, we saw two movies this weekend: Argo and Life of Pi.
Argo simply amazed me. I know I had low expectations going in because I saw one preview a while back, and it really just looked awful to me. It was probably one of the movies I was least excited about seeing, and on the walk out of the theater, it became my top pick (almost too close to call with Silver Linings and Les Mis, though).
It was such a perfect combination of history, suspense and dark humor, and it was so, so unique. Hours after seeing it, I was still gushing at how astonishingly good it was.
So, if you haven't seen it, it's definitely recommended!
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