We Don't Need Two Metaphors

My final predictions for tonight's ceremony This year's awards race has been one of the most open and encompassing of recent years. You only have to look back at last year's race, when it was obvious from a very early stage that The Artist  was going to win, to see how uneventful the annual awards race can be. This year, most of the major films have had their ups and downs. Things have settled in the past few weeks but the unpredictability of past few months means that many awards aren't pinned down. So I shall be making my picks in each of the categories based on what I think will win, what I think might win, what I think should win and what I think should've been nominated. I'll only make picks for should win and should've been nominated where I've seen enough of the nominees. Best Film Will Win: Argo Could Win: Lincoln Should Win: Zero Dark Thirty Not even nominated: Skyfall Best Director Will Win: Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) ...

Films Of 2012 - No. 8 Life Of Pi (Dir. Ang Lee) Spoiler Warning: The film's ending is discussed in detail. Having not read Yann Martel’s award winning novel, I knew very little about Life of Pi before entering the cinema. Even if I had read the source material, I doubt it would have affected my cinematic experience. Despite many calling the book "unfilmable", Ang Lee’s Life Of Pi  can stand on its own two feet (or four paws) as a marvellous film. The titular Pi is travelling with his family and their zoo animals to start a new life in Canada. After the ship is sunk by a vicious storm, Pi finds himself on a life boat in the middle of the ocean with only a few zoo animals for company.  Life Of Pi is a stunning technical achievement which could not have been made (and was rightly not made) until the technology was in place to create the mesmeric oceanic backdrop of the extensive middle act. More importantly, the mix of CGI and real life footage used to create th...