2010 Oscar Nominations

BEST PICTURE
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

DIRECTOR
James Cameron, Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Sandra Bulllock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Penélope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo'Nique, Precious

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, District 9
Nick Hornby, An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony RochE, In the Loop
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy, Up

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ajami (Israel)
El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina)
The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
Un Prophete (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)

ART DIRECTION
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

SOUND MIXING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

SOUND EDITING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

ORIGINAL SCORE
"Avatar," James Horner
"Fantastic Mr. Fox," Alexandre Desplat
"The Hurt Locker," Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
"Sherlock Holmes," Hans Zimmer
"Up," Michael Giacchino

ORIGINAL SONG
"Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog" Randy Newman
"Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog," Randy Newman
"Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36," Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas
"Take It All" from "Nine," Maury Yeston
"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart," Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

COSTUME
"Bright Star"
"Coco Before Chanel"
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
"Nine"
"The Young Victoria"

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Burma VJ"
"The Cove"
"Food, Inc"
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
"Which Way Home"

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
"China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province"
"The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner"
"The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant"
"Music by Prudence"
"Rabbit a la Berlin"

FILM EDITING
"Avatar"
"District 9"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

MAKE-UP
"Il Divo"
"Star Trek"
"The Young Victoria"

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"French Roast"
"Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty"
"The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)"
"Logorama"
"A Matter of Loaf and Death"

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"The Door"
"Instead of Abracadabra"
"Kavi"
"Miracle Fish"
"The New Tenants"

VISUAL EFFECTS
"Avatar"
"District 9"
"Star Trek"

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Is it me is this a pretty weak year? Technical accomplishments aside, don't see Avatar due a Best Pic nod, extra nominations or not. Hope Hurt Locker cleans up, Crazy Heart hasn't been released yet but looking forward to seeing Bridges in it. Had hoped Rockwell get a mention for Moon

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I am so sick and tired of always seeing Meryl Streep nominated.

What is it about her that really drives everyone wild? Sure, she's done a few good movies. I haven't seen Julie & Julia yet, or It's Complicated, but everytime I see that woman in a movie now, I just think, there's Meryl Streep again!

And no matter what it is, she gets nominated. It feels like it's mandatory to nominate her. I hope this is the last time we get another Meryl Streep nomination. Nothing against the woman, I just cannot understand it. It is like some fetish by always having her nominated -- too many people must see her as a dominatrix figure or something, 'cause she's always dominating the awards!

It's cuz she's a really good actress.

Yeah, I think it's obvious the Academy is trying to go mainstream with its choices, particularly with so many nominations going to Inglorious Basterds. As much as I liked Avatar as a fun flick, I don't think it should have been nominated. I'd like to say it won't win, but hell, I don't know...

Sam Rockwell most certainly got snubbed, as did Moon itself. Where the Wild Things Are got snubbed on many counts; I was hoping to see Gandolfini swoop in with a Best Supporting nod. Likewise, The Fantastic Mr. Fox should have been recognized for more than just its animated style. I'm glad to see District 9 grab a Best Picture nom, but can't figure out why Neill Blomkamp wasn't nominated and Quentin Tarantino was.

Unless this is one of those years where they decide to give Oscars to people who don't deserve them.

I secretly hoped Anderson would pick up a Direction nom for Fox but not surprised he didn't. Still extremely underwhelmed

Do I even have to answer this. SHES AN EXCELLENT ACTRESS
Derrrrrrr
And yes you will see her nominated again!

Thread here

I'm okay with one thread to discuss pre-nomination news and speculation, and one for the actual nominations.

I wonder which films would have made it onto the Best Picture shortlist if they'd stuck to five films.

Well, I would like to see Meryl Streep just completely fail for once. I want a Meryl Streep film where she does a TERRIBLE acting job! Can anybody think of one?

I'm not trying to be mean -- well, maybe I am a little -- I have nothing personally against this woman, but I'm just sick of her being nominated all the time.

Actually, I do have something against Meryl personally -- MAMMA MIA!

The House of the Spirits - she's hopelessly miscast. I couldn't stand her in The Hours either, but then again I couldn't stand anything about The Hours.

The general assumption is that the "real" five nominees are the ones that were also nominated in the Best Director category. So, in this case: Avatar, Precious, Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air, and The Hurt Locker.

Oh alright. I just figured one thread on one topic would make sense.

It does; I just consider pre-nomination news and speculation to be one topic, and reaction to the actual nominations to be another, just as we have threads for movies before they're released, and another after for the reviews.

Also, Holds has created this kind of thread for a few years running now, so it's kind of a mini-tradition.

I remember trying to watch that WAAAAAY back in 2004. For me, The Hours turned into The Hours I Slept.

Does anyone really give any of the actresses nominated with Sandra Bullock a chance? I think this is her 'Julia Roberts' year. In other words, this is the one time they can give her an Oscar for all the money she's made for Hollywood over the years.

It seems that Jeff Bridges is a lock for Best Actor, too.

I agree; I think all four of the acting categories have heavy, heavy favorites; Bullock, Bridges, Mo'Nique (I can't believe I have to type her name that way...), and Waltz.

Seriously? Not a single nod for The Road?

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Is it fair for Avatar to be nominated in the category of best picture?

Shouldn't films that are mostly animated be limited to Best Animated Feature Film?




Also, that Sam Rockwell was not nominated for Moon or Duncan Jones for that matter says it all. The Oscars are all hype. It's all about who has their money invested.

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