LA Film Critics Vote Michael Haneke’s ‘Amour’ Best Pic, Paul Thomas Anderson Best Director For ‘The Master’

COMMENTS (21)

• Production design to The Master – wtf. Didn’t they see Anna Karinina – The Hobbit – Hyde Park ?

  Comment by joe — Sunday December 9, 2012 @ 12:12pm PST  Reply to this post

• Anne Hathaway deserved Best Supporting Actress, especially, with those two stellar and memorable performances. Amy Adams’ role was very minor, and she brought nothing to the table. Adams was completely forgettable in her role. I am happy that Dwight Henry is getting some critical love. He was wonderful in Beasts of the Southern Wild, and this was his first acting project. Roger Deakins is gifted , but his Skyfall cinematography work was , basically, borrowing from Wally Pfister’s brilliant Dark Knight Trilogy work .

  Comment by jim — Sunday December 9, 2012 @ 1:14pm PST  Reply to this post

• LA Film Critics have a hard on for The Master….quelle surprise.

  Comment by Marcus — Sunday December 9, 2012 @ 3:20pm PST  Reply to this post

• Newsflash: the hobbit is kinda a mess, man. Yeah, we all wanted it to be better too

  Comment by Jack — Sunday December 9, 2012 @ 3:31pm PST  Reply to this post

• The master is a horrible movie. Come on Bradley cooper is the best actor of the year!

  Comment by Jake — Sunday December 9, 2012 @ 4:08pm PST  Reply to this post

  • The day Bradley Cooper wins an acting award over Daniel Day Lewis will signal the End of Days.

    Comment by Roger C. — Sunday December 9, 2012 @ 7:48pm PST  Reply to this post

• And the “Head Up Your Ass Award” goes to … THE LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION!

  Comment by Mr. Hollywood — Sunday December 9, 2012 @ 4:12pm PST  Reply to this post

• These are good choices, but there are so many great ‘storys in film’ this year and with great casts and crews. I thought Daniel Day-Lewis did a super job in ‘Lincoln’…

  Comment by Tman — Sunday December 9, 2012 @ 4:48pm PST  Reply to this post

• Eevery group has a right to its opinion and these are all worthy choices, but once again the LAFCA goes way out off the beaten path of awards. Keep this list handy come February. Odds are that not a single one of these “winners” will get an Oscar (except perhaps screenplay). Happens year in, year out.

  Comment by jarlerguy — Sunday December 9, 2012 @ 4:58pm PST  Reply to this post

• Of the three movies Joe mentioned, The Hobbit is the least sloppy!

  Comment by mileshigh — Sunday December 9, 2012 @ 5:30pm PST  Reply to this post

• The Master is one of the worst films made in the last few decades. Will single handedly wreck PTAs carrer. Nobody likes the movie.

  Comment by anonymous — Sunday December 9, 2012 @ 7:24pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Except for the current 85% rating/178 fresh reviews of THE MASTER by critics on Rottentomatoes, with 60% of audiences liked it. Sure, certainly nobody liked the movie. I doubt PTA’s career is going to be ruined after his film WINS AWARDS, and the industry recognizes Joaquin’s powerful amazing performance.

    It’s an art film, douche. Now go watch TRANSFORMERS 10: DARK SIDE OF THE IDIOT AUDIENCE.

    Comment by RT — Sunday December 9, 2012 @ 8:23pm PST  Reply to this post

    • Those critics are lying. If they really thought about they would realize the disgrace the movie is. Also it wont get nominated for Oscars.

      Comment by anonymous — Monday December 10, 2012 @ 9:03am PST  Reply to this post

      • Yes, because if a critic doesn’t agree with you oh great anonymous, than he must be lying. Great comeback there.

        Comment by Critic — Monday December 10, 2012 @ 10:32am PST  Reply to this post

  • I haven’t seen, and will not see, another film by PTA after enduring MAGNOLIA and THERE WILL BE BLOOD. After all these years of his films, I’ve come to see that his sole purpose is truly nothing more than making his viewers as uncomfortable as possible. I took countless bathroom and water breaks during the last two just to save my sanity. I’m done.

    Comment by stephen — Sunday December 9, 2012 @ 9:01pm PST  Reply to this post

• Happy for Jen Lawence!

  Comment by Marie — Monday December 10, 2012 @ 12:13am PST  Reply to this post

• *Lawrence, damm.

  Comment by Marie — Monday December 10, 2012 @ 12:14am PST  Reply to this post

• Lincoln was a boring movie. The movie didn’t move one bit, just talk talk talk. Didn’t care for any of the characters. Should name the movie, 13th Amendment, not “Lincoln”. Argo should deserve an award and Les Mis, most definitely!

  Comment by jc — Monday December 10, 2012 @ 12:51am PST  Reply to this post

• Yikes! It’s not enough that we in LA have to trail NYC in any/everything cultural, but when our local film critics issue their proclamations do they always have to pick such inane choices? Amour and The Master in top spots? What middle-brow-trying-to-be-sophitiscated choices. Want to be eclectic, then go for Beasts of the Southern Wild. Want to be mainstream, go for Argo or ZD30. Want to support the local industry, pick something made here that’s actually commercial and good — the two concepts aren’t antithetical. But why rubber-stamp choices made by other critical bodies long before many of the year’s most noteworthy films have been released?

  Comment by SaMoGUy — Monday December 10, 2012 @ 10:42am PST  Reply to this post

  • exactly the film sucks. The Master is a film for people who love their own ego.

    Comment by anonymous — Monday December 10, 2012 @ 6:16pm PST  Reply to this post

• Life of Pi completely shut out. What a shame.

  Comment by Donella — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 5:06pm PST  Reply to this post