Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Academy Award Nominations

So the time has come. The Oscar nominations are announced and people are pissed off by a number of them (me included). I'm not making any predictions. It doesn't feel like it's worth it.

BEST PICTURE
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone


BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David O. Russell, The Fighter
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
David Fincher, The Social Network
Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit


(No Christopher Nolan? SHAME.)


BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours


BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech


(No Andrew Garfield? Le sigh. Nice inclusion of Renner and Ruffalo.)


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom


(Shouldn't Steinfeld be in Lead Actress?)


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone


BEST ART DIRECTION
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
True Grit


BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King's Speech
The Tempest
True Grit


BEST FILM EDITING
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network


BEST MAKEUP
Barney's Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman


BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Coming Home", Country Strong
"I See the Light", Tangled
"If I Rise", 127 Hours
"We Belong Together", Toy Story 3


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network


BEST SOUND MIXING
Inception
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit


BEST SOUND EDITING
Inception
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiuygang


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful
Dogtooth
In a Better World
Incendies
Outside the Law


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3


BEST SHORT FILM, ANIMATED
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, a Journey Diary


BEST SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143


So who do you think will win? What omissions surprised you?

EDIT: I added my reactions to a few of the categories.

4 comments:

  1. Can you explain what pissed you off? I'm more interested in that than just a list. :)

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  2. Andrew...Ryan...Barbara :(
    Oh so my expectations and reality:
    Picture- 8/10 (Secretly wished for The Ghost Writer)
    Director- 5/5 (YAAAY)
    Actor- 4/5 (sorta loved Jim Carrey in I Love You Phillip Morris)
    Actress- 5/5
    Supporting Actor- 4/5 (Andrew...)
    Supporting Actress- 4/5 (BARBARA HERSHEY WAS SUPER SCARY)
    Original Screenplay- 3/5 (I thought Toy Story 3 was original screenplay)
    Adapted Screenplay- 5/5 (Along with Toy Story 3)

    No nominations for costume and make-up for Black Swan. I'm annoyed.

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  3. I thought Shutter Island was going to get a bunch of nominations.

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  4. I’m not all that disappointed with the Oscars this year, except no love for Christopher Nolan, or The Town for that matter. However, it doesn’t matter all that much really since The Social Network is practically going to win everything it’s nominated for. Which kind of blows, but hey it really was an amazing piece of work. Can’t wait for the show!

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