the master
The Best Supporting Actor Race is one of the most difficult races to predict this year as three actors have emerged as possible winners. The race is being disputed by five Oscar winners and four actors will go for their second while the fifth actor will go for his third. The last time an actor race was so difficult to predict was in 2007 when 4 Supporting Actresses split the top awards. Past Supporting Actor winners are Christopher Plummer (Beginners), Christian Bale (The Fighter), Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds), Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), and Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men).
The Oscar Nominations are almost two weeks away and there are still a few categories that are up in the air. Usually awards precursors give prognosticators a good idea of which films or actors will receive nominations for their respective categories but some categories, such as the Best Supporting Actor race, are so full of contenders that limiting to just five is near impossible. Here is a breakdown of the supporting actor race up to this moment.
Awards season has started to get excitingly unpredictable as there seems to be no clear front runner any longer. Zero Dark Thirty was once being heavily predicted to win the Best Picture award in February, but the film seems to have lost steam in the precursor awards.
The Best Supporting Actress race at the Golden Globes presents a diverse range of thespians, all of which should be nominated for the Oscar.
Zero Dark Thirty has won a plethora of critics' awards, but the race might start to level out a bit after Argo took the top prize at the San Diego Film Critics.
On November 26, the IFP will hand out their prestigious Gotham awards. The winner of the Best feature will be better positioned to get an Oscar nomination come January. However there is no clear frontrunner in the race. The following are my predictions based on the buzz each film has obtained throughout the month.
"The Master" may not possess the formal perfection or thematic congruity of some of his past works, but it is still an exemplary work of art.
Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master is already generating Oscar buzz from critics who praise the film's strong characters, romanticism, and stunning imagery.
The month of September started off very slow for the movie industry as late summer films brought weak box office. Now the movie industry will try to recharge the box office with many high profile films and awards contenders.
