Talkback: Who Benefited Most From the Awards-Weekend Whirlwind?

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A windfall of accolades, honors, plaudits and other year-end superlatives swept film culture over the weekend, with voting bodies including AFI and three major regional critics groups announcing their awards for 2011. And while it may not be enough to dramatically shake up the Oscar Index, voices have been heard and impacts have been made. Read on for six quick first impressions, a full rundown of winners and (hopefully) your take on where things stand.

1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is probably done
We’ve seen this coming for a while now, but even the awards bodies that included the Daldry among their considerations couldn’t be bothered to toss it more than one bone — a runner-up nod in Boston for Max von Sydow. Word of mouth from screenings over the weekend has been largely negative. The most it can hope for at this point is some Golden Globes love this Thursday, but I wouldn’t bet on it — not when it can nominate Warner Bros.’ other limping stallion J. Edgar instead and get Leonardo DiCaprio to show up. Sorry, Thomas Horn!

2. Bridesmaids is for real
Between Melissa McCarthy’s dual Supporting Actress wins, AFI’s selection of Bridesmaids in its Top 10 and the whole team’s tireless industry crusade for recognition, this one’s looking sticky for both McCarthy and possibly Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo for Best Original Screenplay. The latter’s a long shot, but as long as influencers keep the film in the conversation, it could happen.

3. Hugo isn’t going away
Martin Scorsese’s…

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