2011 Oscar Nominations

I'll do my customary individual threads for the big awards, but here's the list of everything...


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
Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
David O. Russell, The Fighter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MAKEUP:
Barney's Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman

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

SOUND EDITING:
inception
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable

VISUAL EFFECTS:
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2

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

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

DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
"Killing in the Name"
"Poster Girl"
"Strangers No More"
"Sun Come Up"
"The Warriors of Qiugang"

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

LIVE-ACTION SHORT:
"The Confession"
"The Crush"
"God of Love"
"Na Wewe"
"Wish 143"

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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra

it'll come to social network and king's speech, but i was particularly happy that true grit has managed to get 10 nominations.

my gutz tells me it will be a repeat of 2006 , best picture and best director will be different.

I was thinking the same thing; The Social Network for Best Picture and possibly Aronofsky for Best Director.

The only surprise nomination for Best Picture is Toy Story 3.

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Glad to see True Grit got so many nominations. I think Jeff Bridges is deserving of Best Actors. But recently the Oscars have made some odd selections so who knows.

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I sure was pleased to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 earn a nod for Art Direction. I raved about its aesthetics in my review and it's really nice to see it get some formal recognition, and not get brushed off as some trite family film. The animated interlude alone is worth the nomination.

Would have liked a Best Director nod for Nolan but what can you do. Typical Academy Awards really. Not sure why I even bother with em.
At least it got a best pic and screenplay nod. Surprised that Lee Smith got snubbed in the editing category, though. I would have thought that category would be the film's best chance at winning. I still haven't seen The Social Network, which is annoying but I sure do hope it's worth the hype. Personally, I wouldn't mind Aronofsky winning for Black Swan. I can see Portman stealing the gong too.

If there is a God in heavan Inception will win zero awards. But recently the Oscars are all about these artsy, gimmicky movies so I won't be surprised if it wins a few. The kids loved it for some reason.

The stubborn old farts hated it for some reason. Probably many of the same reasons for both, actually.

And there isn't a God, or a Heaven. But what that has to do with the Academy Awards has me stumped.

The kids = most moviegoers, actually. And I find it hysterical that Inception is considered "artsy."

I think Bridges performance was great but I think Colin Firths performance was to good to go unnoticed and he will take home the statue.

They are not going to give Bridges an Oscar for playing Rooster Cogburn because they already gave one to Wayne for playing him.

Has there ever been two different actors who won an Oscar for playing the same character?

Yes, Marlon Brando and Robert DeNiro for playing Vito Colreone.

Affirmative. Brando and DeNiro won it for playing Vito Corleone in the Godfather films.

I haven't weighed in here about this, but I see nothing special in the 2010 version of True Grit. I cannot believe it got the nominations and I still can't believe the Coen Brothers wasted 2 hours of my time.

The King's Speech, otoh, so glad to see it nominated! Colin Firth is magnificient! I also saw The Social Network and I thought it was pretty compelling. The King's Speech got into my heart, though, so I'll root for it....

(I knew I should have written a review on that film.....)

Still don't like the 10 BP nominees. Think it's stupid.

Apparently Holden's knowledge expands to greater things than just film.

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Impressive how fast you got these together, Holden.

I made my predictions, but honestly about half I had no idea so I just hit some random ones. Lol.

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My picks are in bolded letters:

As for which of the feature nominees are currently available on R1 DVD, The Social Network, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, Toy Story 3, How to Train Your Dragon, Alice in Wonderland, Winter's Bone, The Town, Animal Kingdom, Salt, Iron Man 2, Dogtooth, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Gasland, Restrepo, I Am Love and The Wolfman can all be bought or rented now. Unstoppable (yes, it is an Oscar nominee) is released February 15th. The documentary Waste Land will be released on DVD two days after the Oscars, February 27th. Inside Job's release date is March 8th, and Hereafter March 15th. Disney's Tangled will be March 29th.

Most of the others are still in theaters or recently left, without DVD dates yet: Black Swan, The King's Speech, The Fighter, 27 Hours, True Grit, Blue Valentine, Biutiful, Rabbit Hole, Barney's Version, Another Year, Country Strong, The Way Back, Tron: Legacy, In a Better World, Incendies, Outside the Law, The Tempest, The Illusionist and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I.

I'm upset that Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis didn't get nods, they were both incredible. I think Natalie Portman will go home this year with Best Actress and Colin Firth will go home with Best Actor, and Best Picture will go to The King's Speech

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