2012 Screen Actors Guild Nominations

John Hawkes in The Sessions courtesy
of collider.com

Didn't get the chance to post this the other day. Here are the nominees (in the movie categories), plus my thoughts at the end.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Denzel Washington, Flight

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible


Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin, Argo
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy
Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Argo
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook

My Thoughts

• No nomination for Joaquin Phoenix is tough to swallow
• Nice recognition for Bardem; not often a Bond villain gets any awards praise
• No ensemble nomination for Zero Dark Thirty may mean more than you think in the long run
• What these nominations do is solidify about two or three nominees in each category and highlight the battles for the last spots. Right now, bet the house on:
• Day-Lewis & Cooper for Best Actor (I think Hawkes is a good bet, too)
• Chastain & Lawrence for Best Actress (Cotillard is a good bet here, too)
• Jones & De Niro for Best Supporting Actor (I used to think Hoffman & Arkin were good bets - now I'm not so sure)
• Hathaway, Field, & Hunt for Best Supporting Actress (Smith is gaining ground here quickly)