Comments on: 2012 OSCAR PICKS & PREDICTIONS https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/02/2011-oscar-picks-predictions/ Sun, 31 Jan 2016 20:26:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Unaffiliated Critic https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/02/2011-oscar-picks-predictions/#comment-381 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:58:38 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=6887#comment-381 In reply to Alex_Rae.

Well said, Alex, and I totally agree: Drive got screwed. And I didn't mean to be dismissive of the sound editing, which was, as you say, excellent. (My non-glib understanding of the difference is that Sound Mixing is the overall sound-scape of the film, while Sound Editing is the actual creation of the sound effects. Maybe the visual equivalent is the Direction/Cinematography distinction?)

I also agree about the music: as much as Winding-Refn and Brooks were overlooked, so was Cliff Martinez for the best score I heard all year. (That was a movie where I did notice the music, and the movie wouldn't have been the same without it.)

]]> By: Alex_Rae https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2012/02/2011-oscar-picks-predictions/#comment-380 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:45:26 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=6887#comment-380 I couldn't tell you the difference between sound mixing and sound editing to save my soul, but Drive had some great sound work, whatever it's called. The use of music within the movie both as an external soundtrack and as music the characters were listening to was excellent. I also remember being impressed with how they ratcheted up the sounds of violence, like that unholy crack when Standard gets shot, and when Irene slaps the Driver. For me their selected, almost exaggerated use of sound helped emphasize the extreme violence and added to the stylized direction.

Aaand I just wrote a paragraph on sound mixing, or whatever. Such is my sadness that Drive wasn't nominated for more.

As to the rest of them, I couldn't say. Best Picture and Best Actor are moot for me without the presence of Take Shelter.

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