The Reel Society Of Film Critics Awards 2013

[numbersix]

But he's so damn outraged that when he pours you the next beer it's going to be mostly head.

[JohnErle]

Plus the beer will be warm. And American.

[Buscemi]

If David O. Russell comes to my door, I have a hammer waiting for him. Karma has been waiting.

[Chienfantome]

I'm glad a Canadian feels outraged to be mistaken for an American, although I meant American in a continental way, you just have to forgive us blasphemous French for saying America for North America

[JohnErle]

Silly Europeans. They're all the same! I will expect less from them in the future.

PS - Try calling a Quebecois "American" sometime and he'll probably slit your face.

[Chienfantome]

Silly Europeans. They're all the same! I will expect less from them in the future.

PS - Try calling a Quebecois "American" sometime and he'll probably slit your face.

A colleague of mine is from Quebec, believe me, I would never EVER call a Quebecois an American. I already barely dare to call them "Canadians"

[silversurfer19]

Last chance saloon, guys. If you want to get your nominees in, you need to do so in the next few hours. Still waiting on votes from:

Geezer
Empire
Jas
undeadmonkey

[NSpan]

Give me 10 minutes.

[NSpan]

Ok, mine are in. From what I understand, these votes aren't "weighted" so the order that I put them in doesn't matter. 1 nom = 1 point

I'd share mine, but I think it's too late to influence anyone. And my noms are pretty limited. Turns out I only saw 5 or so great movies this year. lol

[NSpan]

I'm glad a Canadian feels outraged to be mistaken for an American, although I meant American in a continental way, you just have to forgive us blasphemous French for saying America for North America

No, everybody who lives in an American continent is an "American." US citizens have co-opted the word, and the world has allowed us. But, if you go to Mexico, and say: I'm from America... they're going to know what you mean, but they'll be thinking, "I'm from 'America' too, asshole."

[NSpan]

One final note. It pains me to have to omit Matthew McFayden from Best Supporting Actor for Anna Karenina, but there was just no room for him and he has no chance of winning anyway, so I left him out. Consider this an honourable mention.

I imagine he appreciates it.

His manager just sent me a lovely gift basket with a hand-written thank you note from Matthew, which was nice, especially knowing that Peter Jackson has been on suicide watch ever since The Hobbit was left off the master list. It's great that these awards are so highly sought-after, but their success is a double-edged sword.

And don't get me started on how all the lobbying threatens to ruin the integrity of the process. Jessica Chastain has been camped outside my apartment all week, and Harvey Wienstein needs to back the fuck off.

Allow me to adjust my monocle so I can read this correctly.

[NSpan]

Send Jessica my way. I'll give her all the accolades she wants.

Even if Harvey insists on watching?

From another room? Psycho style? Sure, go nuts. Not my problem. Maybe he'll learn a few tricks.

[NSpan]

Silly Europeans. They're all the same! I will expect less from them in the future.

PS - Try calling a Quebecois "American" sometime and he'll probably slit your face.

A colleague of mine is from Quebec, believe me, I would never EVER call a Quebecois an American. I already barely dare to call them "Canadians"

Nicely put.

[JohnErle]

I'm glad a Canadian feels outraged to be mistaken for an American, although I meant American in a continental way, you just have to forgive us blasphemous French for saying America for North America

No, everybody who lives in an American continent is an "American." US citizens have co-opted the word, and the world has allowed us. But, if you go to Mexico, and say: I'm from America... they're going to know what you mean, but they'll be thinking, "I'm from 'America' too, asshole."

I can't speak for how Mexicans feel about it, but I seriously doubt many Canadians would appreciate being called Americans. If you go by the dictionary all African-Americans can be referred to as Negroes, but good luck getting out of Compton alive if you try that in the real world.

If you have enough respect for Quebec's unique culture to refer to them the way they want to be called, I suggest showing the same respect for Canadians, Mexicans, Peruvians, and every other non-American "American".

If you call me North American I won't bat an eyelash, but call me American and it doesn't sit right. Even Wikipedia will back me up on this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas#English_usage

[transformers2]

Since the official nominees were posted today, I figured I'd make my ballot available for all you clowns to see

Best Picture:
Django Unchained
The Dark Knight Rises
21 Jump Street
Silver Linings Playbook
The Expendables 2

Best Actor:
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Michael Pena, End Of Watch
Jake Gylanhaal, End of Watch
Denzel Washington, Flight
Adrien Brody, Detachment

Best Actress:
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games
Leslie Mann, This is 40
Amy Adams, Trouble with the Curve

Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz. Django Unchained
Alan Arkin, Argo
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Samuel L.Jackson, Django Unchained
Leonardo DeCaprio, Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress:
Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Kelly Riley, Flight
Emily Blunt, Looper
Jessica Chastain, Lawless

Best Director:
Quentin Tarintino, Django Unchained
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises
Ben Affleck, Argo
Joss Whedon, The Avengers

Best Foreign Language Film:
The Raid: Redemption

Best Animated Film:
Brave
Hotel Transylvania

Breakthrough Performance:
Michael Pena, End of Watch
Dane DeHann Chronicle, Lawless
Kelly Riley, Flight
Fran Kranz, The Cabin in the Woods
Shia LaBouef, Lawless

Best Original Screenplay:
Django Unchained
End of Watch
Looper
Chronicle
Ted

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Silver Linings Playbook
Lawless
Argo
21 Jump Street
The Avengers

Best Cast:
Silver Linings Playbook
Django Unchained
The Dark Knight Rises
21 Jump Street
Lawless

Best Cinematography:
Django Unchained
Prometheus
Lawless
Dredd
The Dark Knight Rises

Best Score:
The Cabin in the Woods
Lawless
The Dark Knight Rises
Prometheus
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Best Visual Effects:
Snow White and the Huntsman
Prometheus
The Avengers
Wrath of the Titans
Men in Black III