THE WINNERS OF83rd ACADEMY AWARDS

So the Oscar just ended a few moments ago but the list of winners look pretty much pre-indicated although Tom Hooper was the only major exception. Here are the list of winners and some commentaries to fill this post out.

James Franco and Anne Hathaway pull some decent job, although not spectacular duty in hosting the night. The opening frames of Best Picture nomination seems as the best thing they have ever done together. After all, this is the first time the hosting duty is done by a man and a woman. Franco did most of the backstage job while Hathaway tries to charm us with her hosting skill. Overall, a good job for the beginners and I hope they will be given a chance in later years.

The night winner is The King's Speech, going home with 4 wins including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. Inception also take home four in science andx technology categories. The Social Network deemed as the early front-runner seems to have bowed down at the very last minute.

BEST PICTURE

127 Hours

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

The King's Speech

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter's Bone

"I said it was tough and close....in the end the stammer king wins"

BEST DIRECTOR

Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

David O Russell, The Fighter

Tom Hooper, The King's Speech

David Fincher, The Social Network

Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit

"Looks like David Fincher been snubbed....after Christopher Nolan. You may notice that Darren Aronofsky felt agitated at that time."

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Javier Bardem, Biutiful

Jeff Bridges, True Grit

Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

Colin Firth, The King's Speech

James Franco, 127 Hours

"Expected after all."

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Annette Benning, The Kids Are All Right

Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone

Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

"Similarly expected"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christian Bale, The Fighter

John Hawkes, Winter's Bone

Jeremy Renner, The Town

Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right

"Jesus, you need a shave before that Batman role"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, The Fighter

Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech

Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

"Amazing, a double for The Fighter in the Best Supporting categories"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Mike Leigh, Another Year

Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson and Keith Dorrington, The Fighter

Christopher Nolan, Inception

Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right

David Seidler, The King's Speech

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufroy, 127 Hours

Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, Toy story3

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit

Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, Winter's Bone

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

How To Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist

Toy Story 3

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Biutiful (Mexico)

Dogtooth (Greece)

In A Better World (Denmark)

Incendies (Canada)

Outside the Law (Algeria)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Exit Through The Gift Shop

Gasland

Inside Job

Restrepo

Wate land Lucy Walker

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

The Confession

The Crush

God of Love

Na Wewe

Wish 143

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Killing In The Name

Poster Girls

Strangers No More

Sun Comes Up

The Warriors of Qiugang

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Watch the first part of The Lost Thing here

Day & Night

The Gruffalo

Let's Pollute

The Lost Thing

Madagascar

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

John Powell, How To Train Your Dragon

Hans Zimmer, Inception

Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech

A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Coming Home," Country Strong

"I See the Light," Tangled

"If I Rise," 127 Hours

"We Belong Together," Toy Story 3

BEST SOUND EDITING

Richard King, Inception

Tom Myers and Michael Silvers, Toy Story 3

Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague, Tron: Legacy

Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey, True Grit

Mark P. Stoeckinger, Unstoppable

BEST SOUND MIXING

Inception

The King's Speech

Salt

The Social Network

True Grit

BEST ART DIRECTION

Robert Stromberg and Karen O'Hara, Alice in Wonderland

Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias and Doug Mowat, Inception

Eve Stewart and Judy Farr, The King's Speech

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Matthew Libatique, Black Swan

Wally Pfister, Inception

Danny Cohen, The King's Speech

Jeff Cronenweth, The Social Network

Roger Deakins, True Grit

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech

Danny Elfman, Alice in Wonderland

A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network

Hans Zimmer, Inception

BEST MAKEUP

Barney's Version

The Way Back

The Wolfman

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Colleen Atwood, Alice in Wonderland

Antonella Cannarozzi, I Am Love

Jenny Beaven, The King's Speech

Sandy Powell, The Tempest

Mary Zophres, True Grit

BEST FILM EDITING

Andrew Weisblum, Black Swan

Pamela Martin, The Fighter

Tariq Anwar, The King's Speech

Jon Harris, 127 Hours

Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter, The Social Network

BEST VISUAL EFFECT

Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips, Alice In Wonderland

Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Michael owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell, Hereafter

Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb, Inception

Janek Sirrs, Ben snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick, Iron Man 2

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83rd ACADEMY AWARDS LIVE BLOGGING

Hey come and join us for the live blogging of the 83rd Academy Awards at GREEN TEA MOVIE!

The annual Academy Awards is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and this time, we will be honoring the best films of 2010. Actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway will co-host the ceremony, marking the first time for each.





Winners will be updated and announced soon!!

GREEN TEA MOVIE PREDICTS THE WINNERS OF THE 83rd OSCAR - PART 2

Yea let's continue the prediction. I just wiped my crystal ball just to ensure these top awards go as accurate as possible. Green Tea Movie did some crunching a while ago and in case you missed our first part, here's something for you to look again. Now, part 2 is the more exciting part where we look at the top awards in acting, directing and movie in a whole. Place your bet yet?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, The Fighter (12%)

Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech (18%)

Melissa Leo, The Fighter (30%)

Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit (13%)

Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom (27%)

Remarkable. The young Hailee Steinfeld stole some limelight out of her performance in True Grit. Helena Bonham Carter's win on BAFTA recently suddenly made her one of the front-runners as well. However, the true winner should be decided between Jacki Weaver's role as a mom and the criminal-bridge with her son in Animal Kingdom, and Melissa Leo in The Fighter which gave an equally role and very enigmatic. I may say that some slight advantage on Leo because of the widely received performance while Animal Kingdom has a limited coverage, running more like an Indie hit from Down Under. After all, this year's Supporting Actress could go only to both of them, cemented!

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christian Bale, The Fighter (38%)

John Hawkes, Winter's Bone (15%)

Jeremy Renner, The Town (11%)

Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech (26%)

Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right (10%)

Mark Ruffalo is excellent in the movie despite how much I did not enjoy The Kids Are All Right. Geoffrey Rush is amazing but yet again, Academy might shunned him. Jeremy Renner's villain and hot-tempered guy is engaging but also not on the possible winner. John Hawkes' performance is equally challenging but not gaining a lot of attention or momentum. That leaves us to Christian Bale. He is no longer woody stick, he is psychologically mesmerizing in The Fighter and it should be pretty easy for him ever since he has been leading the race from Day One. Bale for a win!! This could be a double Supporting win for The Fighter too!!

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BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Annette Benning, The Kids Are All Right (14%)

Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole (30%)

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone (4%)

Natalie Portman, Black Swan (40%)

Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine (12%)

This year's Best Actress lead is pretty tough and strong on their own. Wild guesses could be anyone. It could have been Blue Valentine's Michelle Williams but the controversial movie was pretty much snubbed off its pace but failing to secure a proper noms in other bigger categories. The same goes to Nicole Kidman and her outstanding role in Rabbit Hole. In general, the darker the role, the better the chance to score this award. Another guess and probably the most accurate one should be Natalie Portman. While it is not so convincing and lack of something (at least for me), the award still landed on Portman for her psycho-duo role about Black Swan and White Swan.

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BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Javier Bardem, Biutiful (24%)

Jeff Bridges, True Grit (15%)

Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network (20%)

Colin Firth, The King's Speech (27%)

James Franco, 127 Hours (14%)

It looks like host James Franco will not win it despite been nominated. The reason is obvious; nice performance but 127 Hours is pretty lacking in general aura. Jeff Bridges' character in True Grit is more like a caricature rather than the character, so said someone on the net. Jesse Eisenberg nails down Mark Zuckerberg perfectly but it is going to win the Academy bench. Javier Bardem is a perfect but so does Colin Firth. My odds lean to the duo but it could come to no surprise if Colin Firth not winning it. He is an amazing British actor over the year, constantly giving out plenty of great acting. It's Firth time this year, no doubt.

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BEST DIRECTOR

Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan (29%)

David O Russell, The Fighter (11%)

Tom Hooper, The King's Speech (6%)

David Fincher, The Social Network (31%)

Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit (23%)

This year's Oscar could see something different. Traditionally, Best Director and Best Picture goes hand-in-hand but this year might not see the same. It could be happening that David Fincher winning this while losing out the Best Picture - as far as I can see, only he has the realistic chance of winning both. The Social Network is at uppermost well-directed and well-handled. Black Swan's Darren Aronofsky is doing his job pretty brilliant too. So I am considering only them as having the most probably a neck-to-neck run till the end. The Coen Brothers could be running some surprises too, but they just won few years back don't they? Alas, where is Christopher Nolan now?

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BEST PICTURE

127 Hours

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

The King's Speech

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter's Bone

Okay, this is tough but it should be breathing down on two movies only. Inception, though is my favourite movie of the year, hoping that finally Nolan would be honored and yet realistically, that won't be happening. Out of the ten, the weight has always been on either The King's Speech or The Social Network. Both are brilliant. Back in the early days of the race, it seems that The Social Network has been dominating. Lately, the weigh has shifted to another side across the Atlantic, with The King's Speech has been kicking and running like a champion. This is a tough call but if there is a slight chance I flip this coin, it could land on The Social Network. Otherwise, the story about the Facebook invention has won more top honors than The King's Speech after all. No percentage of assurance I can give but let's say, it should be The Social Network. Too close to call at the top two.

GREEN TEA MOVIE PREDICTS THE WINNERS OF THE 83rd OSCAR - PART 1

In Green Tea Movie, we crunch the numbers and make some computation over the past few days in order to gain some self-prediction working out before tonight's Oscar awarding ceremony. It is now just less than 24 hours before the Hollywood start giving and awarding the top winners in the film industry throughout the year. Here's the maths and  possibility. You can argue the numbers or you can even argue the decisions but the race to Oscar is always a tricky one although some awards are basically down to one particular nominees already. Can I say categories like Best Actress in a Leading Role should already cemented by yours truly. Well, let's ignore my assumption and head down to the numbers?

Note: Please be reminded that this numbers are based solely on Green Tea Movie's prediction and opinion. Also we did this for some top awards only. Kudos and good luck to all the nominees.

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

John Powell, How To Train Your Dragon (11%)

Hans Zimmer, Inception (24%)

Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech (25%)

A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours (7%)

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network (33%)

Although I would like to see Inception, or in particular Mr Hans Zimmer to walk away with the awards because of its orthodox and how the score works so well throughout the film, he is not the top contender. The awards could and most likely belongs to The Social Network. Now, that is unorthodox enough and pretty engaging too. A R Rahman has won in the last two years and Academy might probably not awarding him again that soon. If Golden Globe and BAFTA award is the gauge-meter, it should be the pair that makes The Social Network so melodically outstanding.

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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Exit Through The Gift Shop (28%)

Gasland (11%)

Inside Job (27%)

Restrepo (24%)

Wate land Lucy Walker (10%)

Waiting For Superman is the notable absentee in this category but we will prefer not to say anything about it. Exit Through The Gift Shop is pretty mysterious while Sundance's Inside Job is also pretty much doing well as well. The truth is Green Tea Movie isn't that familiar with these nominees but based on the hypes on the net, it is a tight race till the end after all. I don't know, maybe I am wrong. Besides you may also have this war-themed documentary Restrepo as the runaway hit. The rest are pretty much the underdog.

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BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Biutiful (Mexico) (27%)

Dogtooth (Greece) (14%)

In A Better World (Denmark) (16%)

Incendies (Canada) (14%)

Outside the Law (Algeria) (29%)

Biutiful is an amazing outfit which should be fortunate to have Javier Bardem in a story about a falling man, a crisis-ridden story that ends up in a redemption versus Algeria's Outside the Law which has made some names during 2010's Cannes Festival about the struggle during the World War II and during the French occupation. It is pretty much between these two judging by the animosity and intensity of internet hypes. I want Biutiful to win but I feel that Outside The Law should deserved the award too. It's a tough call but the slight advantage for the Algerian movie.

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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

How To Train Your Dragon (22%)

The Illusionist (26%)

Toy Story 3 (52%)

Interesting. Will Oscar continues to honor the traditional Pixar for this award or go for something unconventional by awarding this to The Illusionist or the ever beloved How To Train Your Dragon. It seems more senseful to award this to Toy Story 3, with the same formulaic standard that makes you laugh, cry and move. Besides, Toy Story is the top ten Best Picture so it seems more appropriate that the awards will safely return to the norm. However, it is still been a glorious year for animations.

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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufroy, 127 Hours (16%)

Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network (33%)

Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, Toy story3 (18%)

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit (17%)

Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, Winter's Bone (16%)

It's hard to see why Aaron Sorkin's hand-down on the story of the successful Facebook formation should not win this. The tackling is handy and timely accurate, bringing the inner sense outward and finishing it with a bang of surprise. From the earlier of the race, Aaron Sorkin's work has been leading the pack and the only true competitor that I thought worthy to challenge him is the people behind Toy Story 3. The animation made some of the toughest souls to cry at its ending and the toys of Andy will forever be missed. Nevertheless, another win for Facebook!!

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Mike Leigh, Another Year (7%)

scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson and Keith Dorrington, The Fighter (18%)

Christopher Nolan, Inception (33%)

Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right (7%)

David Seidler, The King's Speech (35%)

Inception is a smart and brilliant movie by Christopher Nolan and plenty would love him to win again after his miraculous job handling Memento a decade ago. However, it is too cerebral and probably too cold to win this. Face it, I want him to walk away high but the fact that David Seidler's tackle on the stammer king is pretty amazing and powerful. It is well-mannered, well-coordinated and well-handled to reflect the seriousness and the strength in highlighting the issues. The King's Speech is a hand down on the award. Some may give The Kids Are All Right for something here but I do not really appreciate that movie. So, it ends with a two-horse racing till the finishing line.

End of Part 1....we have more on Part 2. So stay tune!

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