WB Give Awards Push To THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

WB Give Awards Push To THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

Warner Bros. have launched their "For Your Consideration" page, giving a rundown of the movies they hope might be in contention for some gongs come award season, and Christopher Nolan's TDKR is one of them. Click to see the categories..

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By MarkCassidy - Oct 13, 2012 04:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman
Source: Via Filmonic

As awards season draws closer, Warner Bros. have announced the movies they are putting forward for consideration. This year the studio is getting behind Argo, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Cloud Atlas and The Dark Knight Rises. Below are the categories for the Christopher Nolan's final Bat-flick, and and you can see the full list by clicking HERE



THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

BEST PICTURE
EMMA THOMAS
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
CHARLES ROVEN

BEST DIRECTOR
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Screenplay by
JONATHAN NOLAN and
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

Story by
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN &
DAVID S. GOYER

BEST ACTOR
CHRISTIAN BALE

BEST ACTRESS
ANNE HATHAWAY

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
MICHAEL CAINE
GARY OLDMAN
TOM HARDY
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT
MORGAN FREEMAN

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
MARION COTILLARD


As much as I loved the movie and would be delighted to see recognition for it and the cast and crew, I think Warner Bros. are being a little ambitious if they think this will lead to any nominations. Hathaway will more likely be nominated for her turn in Les Misérables if anything, and although Bale gave (arguably) his best performance as Bruce Wayne/Batman of all three movies, I can't see the major awards brass recognizing him as a best actor contender. Christopher Nolan as best director would be my pick out of all of these to actually garner any award plaudits. On the other hand, after the uproar when The Dark Knight failing to receive any noms led to The Academy Awards expanding the number of movies eligible for Oscar love in their best picture category, they may just look to make amends. Unlikely, but stranger things have happened. What do you guys think?







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batfan175
batfan175 - 10/13/2012, 4:16 AM
Haters arriving in 3...2...1...
NerdyGeek
NerdyGeek - 10/13/2012, 4:17 AM
Yeah... no! I like the movie and all but in no way is it an Oscar contender.
XxComablackxX1937
XxComablackxX1937 - 10/13/2012, 4:25 AM
Good movie but No.. Not an Oscar contender.
NerdyGeek
NerdyGeek - 10/13/2012, 4:29 AM
Well, actually... it deserves to win 'Best Original Score'.
rebellion
rebellion - 10/13/2012, 4:54 AM
sucks to say but if heath didn't die he wouldn't even get a nomination. so i'm sure tdkr won't get any. unfortunately.
HAQ
HAQ - 10/13/2012, 4:54 AM
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
MARION COTILLARD

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!! Joke???
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 10/13/2012, 4:57 AM
TDK should have won/been nominated in 2009.

They are pulling a "LOTR" where Fellowship and The Two Towers didn't win best pic but Return won for all three.

I love TDKR but it's not going to win. It'll get nominated as an apology for TDK but it won't win.
thewonderer
thewonderer - 10/13/2012, 5:00 AM
lol@ all these comments

Tom Hardy alone gave the best performance out of anyone this year.

and people keep saying Cotillard is a bad actress because of the 5 second weird looking death scene. What was wrong with her acting in everything else?
EggsBenedict
EggsBenedict - 10/13/2012, 5:07 AM
I think the 'best' performance was Michael Cain - even though he was only in the movie for about 4 mintues, total. And besides, no one can argue with giving Michael Cain Oscars!
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/13/2012, 5:08 AM
no way does this deserve oscar nominations,the first two movies are superior in everyway well apart from the fight scenes & they didn't get best picture.

i'd probably nominate caine & oldman for best supporting actor,but everything else just isn't worthy.

i feel the same way about the avengers the only nomination that should get is best cgi,maybe they should have a best comic book movie catagory & then the avengers could get the oscar next year in that catagory.
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/13/2012, 5:11 AM
@ thewonderer

XD hahahahahahahaha you really believe that XD hahahahahahaha
fattieacid
fattieacid - 10/13/2012, 5:16 AM
HATERS GONNA HATE! GO DKR!!
Kingdork
Kingdork - 10/13/2012, 5:18 AM
Yeah good movie overall, I liked it, but come on... I don't think it deserves any Oscars. It was by far the weakest (and slightly dumbest) film of the trilogy. I still like it but no. Common sense, people. Common sense.
MovieMaster
MovieMaster - 10/13/2012, 5:21 AM
Despite it being the weakest, the Academy will likely nominate it for the trilogy. Out of those, I predict a Best Director nomination for Nolan and MAYBE Best Original Score. Other than that there shouldn't be any other nominations.
MrReese
MrReese - 10/13/2012, 5:24 AM


Prolly best director if anything.
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 10/13/2012, 5:25 AM
It had great actors who did a great job.
But there was nothing in the center that held it all together. It had no meaning. It was a well made nearly 3 hour beat down and humiliation of Batman.
Like someone said here, Nolan turned Batman into a guy who tries to be a superhero and gets his ASS BEAT! So Nolan rebooted Kick-Ass starring Batman.
Super12
Super12 - 10/13/2012, 5:25 AM
Haters gonna hate. It probably won't win anything (except maybe score or possibly directing), but you can't blame WB for putting it on the table.
UltimateSpiderman
UltimateSpiderman - 10/13/2012, 5:25 AM
The Dark Knight was better and that only got one nomination.

Plus the Colorado thing has tainted this movies name, so I doubt it will be getting much nominations.
lokibane2012
lokibane2012 - 10/13/2012, 5:27 AM
This film doesn't deserve any Oscars. But I can see the Academy giving a nomination to either the film for Best Picture and/or Nolan for Best Director.

This is mainly because of TDK being a controversial snub. They might try to make up for it here. And "making-up-for-it" is a recurring trend with the Oscars...
thewonderer
thewonderer - 10/13/2012, 5:29 AM
@geekycomicgurl

Because Batman never got his ass beat in the comics?

I really don't get where all this hate is coming from
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/13/2012, 5:33 AM
@ thewonderer

you only see what you want to see,its getting all this hate because its an average/good in places batman movie.
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 10/13/2012, 5:44 AM
@thewonderer Hate? So you're saying the movie was so great that anyone who did not like it is biased with hate for it?
The movie was a bore. I saw it on the 1st night. Not one reaction from audience until the last 5 seconds.
Yeah, Batman's gotten his ass beat in the comics but not from beginning to end of any story Ive read. And he got his Batass beat through the last half of Dark Knight too.
People complained about the dreary Superman Returns for the same reasons as it was a rainy downer of a movie but TDKR had 10 times the dreary depression.
I think Nolan needs to get some help because hes hung up on spreading his dreadful depression through his films.
Seriously, what kinda person would be interested in making a grim 3 hour film about a mans decline, beatings, lost fortune, and betrayal?
shadyginzo
shadyginzo - 10/13/2012, 5:52 AM
what everyone else said

MIGHT be in with a shout of a nomination (and nothing else) for Caine, but Hathaway deserves it more, but neither performance was an oscar winner.

forum childishness/anti "hate" disclaimer - the film was fantastic though, being inferior to the dark knight in the same way Vodka is inferior to Whiskey... 1) it's personal preference and 2) I'm getting shitfaced either way.
LucasMend
LucasMend - 10/13/2012, 5:57 AM
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
MARION COTILLARD

LMAO.
silverdog
silverdog - 10/13/2012, 5:59 AM

Marion Cotillard best supporting actress:
Jimdlux
Jimdlux - 10/13/2012, 6:00 AM
Nothing to do with Haters, in comparison to the first 2 films it was garbage. Haters would hate all 3! If it had a plot without holes, it would have been a phenomenal movie. I don't blame/hate Bail, Caine, Hathaway, Freeman, Olman, Hardy, Gorden-Levit or even David Goyer. I think the special effects were totally up to par and well executed. I think they are all great actors and I'm sure Goyer's portion of the story didn't have this many holes. I blame a director who apparently decided to make the world's greatest detective a moron and he apparently figures the fans of the films are morons too. I don't even "really" have a problem with Nolan. the first 2 were good and Inception The Prestige were awesome films. If its nominated for anything, someone got a bribe.
superotherside
superotherside - 10/13/2012, 6:00 AM
What should happen:

Best Picture: Avengers

Best Director: TDK

But that's just my opinion, they'll probably both get overlooked at the awards. :\
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/13/2012, 6:02 AM
@ silverdog

i can see her picking up a razzie for that.
HavocPrime
HavocPrime - 10/13/2012, 6:03 AM
Michael Caine as best supporting actor is a good choice imo, he did brilliantly as Alfred in this one
LucasMend
LucasMend - 10/13/2012, 6:14 AM
TDKR wasn't a great movie, not as fantastic as TDK, and not as good as BB, it was a good movie, but not GREAT. Not worthy of awards.
thalidomide
thalidomide - 10/13/2012, 6:22 AM
wb =
Zordan
Zordan - 10/13/2012, 6:25 AM
grif movie
Boekelaar
Boekelaar - 10/13/2012, 6:25 AM
It'll never win any of the serious awards, only something like best make-up or something (it won't win that award but you get my point).
Even though it was excellent in many ways at the end of the day it was a tent-pole studio film that was made for mainstream audiences in order to make money. Those movies don't win Oscars. Lord of the Rings may be an exception but the movies themselves were exceptional and were easily better than The Dark Knight Trilogy.
I'd be annoyed if it won actually because I have seen much better films this year and much better performance from other actors. Fanboy love doesn't qualify you for the biggest award in the industry. They really need a separate category for like 'Best Popcorn Movie' or 'Best Summer Blockbuster'.
These sort of movies are in a league of their own and it would be nice to see their makers get some recognition...just not best picture or director.
Tajin88
Tajin88 - 10/13/2012, 6:44 AM
@superotherside "Best Picture: Avengers"

LMAO! I didnt laugh that hard since I watched Tom & Jerry.
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