The 86th Academy Awards Winners
An Oscar is undoubtedly the biggest honor any filmmaker could receive for their hard work in creating a cinematic work. While I may hear amongst many of the people in my life just how much they don't care about the evening's victors, I treat my viewing of the Academy Awards almost like the average American treats the Super Bowl. Growing up in an extremely small town, a lot of the nominated films weren't accessible to me and my predictions really reflected my sheltered viewings. Now that I'm in actual civilization, I've been able to catch a lot of the films, and I must say that I have become quite a professional at guessing who will be taking home the big prize of the evening. Last Friday I wrote a post on my predictions for the major categories of the evening, and I am proud to say I was pretty much eight for eight with my guesses. Perhaps I should say 7.5 for reasons of my Best Picture award, but I highly doubt anyone cares too much about that. With that said, here are this year's winners...
The 86th Academy Awards Winners Predictions
The early months of any year are full of awards and recognitions for all of those filmmakers who worked hard in the previous year to produce a form of entertainment that will have the capability to transcend the decades. While a variety of these award nights seem to take precedence throughout these first few weeks of the year, they all seem to merely be leading up to the largest of filmmaking honor ceremonies: The Academy Awards. The night on which the golden Oscar is distributed seems to always be the hype, and these smaller ceremonies just add to the predictions that film fanatics everywhere are making for the late winter celebration. 2013 brought a lot of excitement for filmgoers around the world, and this Sunday could be the test of whether a viewer's favorite film executed just the right amount of excellence for the Academy to spread cheer. So, without further blabber on my part, here is what I think will be receiving each honor this weekend.
[Trailer] Dallas Buyers Club
Gone are the days when Matthew McConaughey would just be another smiling Dapper Dan in light romantic-comedies. Since 2010, McConaughey's drifted away from rom-coms, instead focusing his attention on drama-centric films that truly display the scope of his talents. It's been a good career change for the Austin native as he's received fine accolades for Mud, The Lincoln Lawyer, and Killer Joe. With a role in Martin Scorsese's upcoming The Wolf on Wall Street, McConaughey's doing everything he can to distance himself from his past roles. However, it's his role in Dallas Buyers Club that, I believe, will push him towards serious critical acclaim.
Based on a true story, McConaughey plays the role of Ron Woodroof, a Dallas man diagnosed with HIV in 1986. Told he only had a month to live, Woodroof desperately searches for an alternative to the FDA-approved AZT that he was prescribed. With the help of his doctor Eve (Jennifer Garner) and a transsexual (Jared Leto), Woodroof begins smuggling medicine in from around the world. Before long, he begins running the "Dallas Buyers Club," a membership-based club that shared the alternate meds with other HIV-positive members. Despite the medicine being approved around the world, the FDA hears of Woodroof's operation, the organization and numerous pharmaceutical companies aim to bring him down.
Apple has the exclusive trailer. Once an embeddable version of the trailer is up, I'll update this post accordingly. Dallas Buyers Club will infect theaters on November 1st.