THE MOVIE GURU AWARDS: Nominations and a few winners

After the first annual movie guru awards were botched last year, I decided to bring them back this year. Note that I have not seen Les Miserables, Silver Linings Playbook, or Zero Dark Thirty so there are NO nominations for those films. If I do see those films before February 23, I will be sure to add those to the list and remove less worthy contenders. There are some notable changes from last year's set of nominees. The best newcomer awards has been abolished, original and adapted screenplay have been condensed into one category, and best cinematography has been added. Here are this year's nominations:

UPDATE: After watching Silver Linings Playbook (review coming later), I have provided some updates to these nominees.

BEST PICTURE

ARGO 
THE AVENGERS
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
SKYFALL
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

BEST ACTOR

Christian Bale, The Dark Knight Rises
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Anthony Hopkins, Hitchcock
Robert Downey Jr., The Avengers
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ACTRESS

Judi Dench, Skyfall
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games
Naomi Watts, The Impossible

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Alan Arkin, Argo
Ezra Miller, The Perks of Being A Wallflower
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Anne Hathway, The Dark Knight Rises
Charlize Theron, Snow White and The Huntsman
Scarlett Johannson, Hitchcock
Sally Field, Lincoln
Elizabeth Banks, The Hunger Games

BEST DIRECTOR

Ben Affleck, Argo
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Sam Mendes, Skyfall
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises
Joss Whedon, The Avengers

BEST SCREENPLAY

Tony Kushner, Lincoln
Chris Terrio, Argo
Chris and John Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Zak Penn and Joss Whedon, The Avengers

BEST ANIMATED FILM

THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS
WRECK-IT RALPH
BRAVE
MADAGASCAR 3
FRANKENWEENIE (for the animation only)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Joanna Johnston, Lincoln
Jacqueline West, Argo
Julie Wiess, Hitchcock
Bob Buck, Anna Maskrey, Richard Taylor, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Judianna Markovsky, The Hunger Games

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

John Williams, Lincoln
Hans Zimmer, The Dark Knight Rises
Alan Silvestri, The Avengers
Thomas Newman, Skyfall
Alexander Desplat, Argo

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Roger Deakins, Skyfall
Rodrigo Pietro, Argo
Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight Rises
Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Seamus McGarvy, The Avengers

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The Avengers
Prometheus
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
The Impossible

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Skyfall", Skyfall

The only nominee. It is too good and there are too few nominees.

WORST PICTURE

Ice Age: Continental Drift
Frankenweenie
Life of Pi
John Carter
The Lorax

BEST TRAILER

The Dark Knight Rises
Argo
Skyfall
The Perks of Being A Wallflower
Zero Dark Thirty

MOST ANTICIPATED OF 2013

Iron Man 3
Star Trek Into Darkness
Man of Steel 
Monsters University
Anchorman 2

The winners will be announced on February 23. Look for a few changes if I see any of the movies that I missed. 

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