2012 Vancouver Film Critics Nominations

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Heading north of the border for this set of nominees. My thoughts after the list.

BEST FILM
Lincoln
The Master
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, LincolnJohn Hawkes, The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Master
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

BEST SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
Tony Kushner, Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour
Holy Motors
The Intouchables

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
How to Survive a Plague
Searching for Sugar Man

My Thoughts

• Cosompolis led the Candian-specific film nominations, with five.
• Christoph Waltz is really the only one getting supporting actor praise from Django. I'm starting to think Dicaprio can't survive this barrage of Waltz praise.
• It's sad - the more I see The Master in these lists, the sadder I am that I A) haven't seen the damn movie yet & B) there's a good chance it won't get nominated.
• I'd say the director list has the three locks for the Oscar; even if Life of Pi is left out of the best picture list, I say Lee still gets in for director.