'Hurt Locker' Wins Big With the Boston Film Critics
Could the race be turning in Bigelow's favor?
Some time today the Los Angeles Film Critics will also be announcing their awards for the films of 2009 and I can't help but wonder how the Oscar race will change should they follow the similar path of the Boston Society of Film Critics. The Boston gang just bestowed Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker with a heap of awards beginning with Best Picture and continuing with Director, Actor, Cinematography and Editing.
The Coen brothers' script for A Serious Man took screenplay honors and it's very nice to see Christoph Waltz taking the Best Supporting Actor award for Inglourious Basterds. I have been getting a feeling his stock has been rising recently and once I see Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones I'll finally have a firm grasp on my Oscar predictions for the hotly contested category.
Stay tuned for the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards later today, but for now here is the complete list from the Boston Critics and you can stay up to date with all the year end awards in my "The Contenders" section right here.
Best Picture
Best Actor
- Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker
Best Actress
- Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor
- Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress
- Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Best Director
- Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Best Screenplay
- Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for A Serious Man
Best Cinematography
- Barry Ackroyd for The Hurt Locker
Best Documentary
- The Cove
Best Foreign-Language Film
Best Animated Film
Best Film Editing
- Bob Murawski and Chris Innis for The Hurt Locker
Best New Filmmaker
- Neill Blomkamp for District 9
Best Ensemble Cast
- Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire and Star Trek (TIE)
Best Use of Music in a Film
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I really hope so. I think there's a chance for The Hurt Locker to become the next Slumdog — i.e, it can't be stopped.
Hurt Locker=overrated
I second that! To The Hurt Locker being overrated that is…
I don't think there's going to be a Slumdog this year, i.e. an undeserving film which nonetheless dominates both the critics announcements and the major award shows. I feel like it will be spread out more this year, particularly between Up In the Air, the Hurt Locker, and Avatar.
It was my favorite film of the year by far.
I also agree with the Hurt Locker being overrated.
I think in general this year's 'oscar season movies' have been much weaker than those in the last few years – I hope that Avatar will be this years saviour, but I still cannot see it winning the best picture oscar.
Avatar already won back when it was called Dances With Wolves.
Glad to see Christopher Waltz picking up Best Supporting Actor [deviation: I almost abbreviated it BSActor, but realized that would be very inaccurate] from multiple organizations. I hope to see him on the Oscar nomination list. And if he wins, all the better!
Also, glad to see "Star Trek" getting some recognition, too. It deserves that ensemble award, all the way. Its characters are what really made it such an amazing film (though the action & plotline helped tremendously). There were so many characters, all developed so well, and so many half-well-known actors getting so deeply into their roles, and it just fell together so perfectly, especially upon rewatching.