Oscar Nominations

Television, Movies Games and Books Non Science Fiction
#1

I see a few familiar Sci-Fi faces in here…Nice to see Inception and Toy Story 3 noms

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

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem for “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges for “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg for “The Social Network”
Colin Firth for “The King’s Speech”
James Franco for “127 Hours”

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Benning for “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman for “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence for “Winter’s Bone”
Natalie Portman for “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams for “Blue Valentine”

DIRECTING
Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan”
David O. Russell for “The Fighter”
Tom Hooper for “The King’s Speech”
David Fincher for “The Social Network”
Joel & Ethan Coen for “True Grit”

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale for “The Fighter”
Mark Ruffalo for “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush for “The King’s Speech”
Jeremy Renner for “The Town”
John Hawkes for “Winter’s Bone”

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams for “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter for “The King’s Speech”
Melissa Leo for “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld for “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver for “Animal Kingdom”

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Biutiful” - Mexico
“Dogtooth” - Greece
“In a Better World” - Denmark
“Incendies” - Canada
“Hors la Loi” (“Outside the Law”) - Algeria

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“How To Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
“Toy Story 3”

SCREENPLAY (Adapted)
Michael Arndt for “Toy Story 3”
Simon Beaufoy & Danny Boyle for “127 Hours”
Joel & Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
Aaron Sorkin for “The Social Network”
Debra Granki, Anne Rosellini for “Winter’s Bone”

SCREENPLAY (Original)
Mike Leigh for “Another Year”
Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg for “The Kids Are All Right”
Christopher Nolan for “Inception”
David Seidler for “The King’s Speech”
Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington for “The Fighter”

ART DIRECTION
“Alice in Wonderland”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One”
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“True Grit”

CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Black Swan”
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“The Social Network”
“True Grit”

COSTUME DESIGN
“Alice in Wonderland”
“I Am Love”
“The King’s Speech”
“The Tempest”
“True Grit”

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

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“Killing in the Name”
“Poster Girl”
“Strangers No More”
“Sun Come Up”
“The Warriors of Qiugang”

FILM EDITING
“127 Hours”
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“The King’s Speech”
“The Social Network”

MAKEUP
“Barney’s Version”
“The Way Back”
“The Wolfman”

MUSIC (SCORE)
A.R. Rahman for “127 Hours”
John Powell for “How To Train Your Dragon”
Hans Zimmer for “Inception”
Alexandre Desplat for “The King’s Speech”
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for “The Social Network”

MUSIC (SONG)
‘Coming Home’ from “Country Strong”
‘I See the Light’ from “Tangled”
‘If I Rise’ from “127 Hours”
'We Belong Together" from “Toy Story 3”

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
“Day & Night”
“The Gruffalo”
“Let’s Pollute”
“The Lost Thing”
“Madagascar, a Journey Diary”

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“The Confession”
“The Crush”
“God of Love”
“Na Wewe”
“Wish 143”

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

SOUND MIXING
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“Salt”
“The Social Network”
“True Grit”

VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alice in Wonderland”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One”
“Hereafter”
“Inception”
“Iron Man 2”

#2

Awesome how much respect True Grit’s getting – that movie’s incredible.

Sad how little Sci-Fi or Comic there is on that list, though.

#3

Interesting that Inception hasn’t gotten much in the way of nominations (although it did get the big one.)

#4

I agree with the overall sentiment that Nolan should have been nominated for Best Director…

#5

Ah, no women directors nominated. :frowning: And evidently most actors are white.

So much for film reflecting the diversity of humanity.

However, I’d love to have a chance to actually see any number of these, particularly Biutiful (which has had a ton of buzz going for it for what feels like ages) - we’ll see if any of the “smaller” pictures get distributed in my area. I hope so! :slight_smile:

#6

I was against expanding the Best Film catagory, on the grounds of dilution, but it does seem to be helping the non-obvious films.

To be fair, I think most are in Hollywood. Certainly true for most lead actors. Regrettable as that may be, you can only vote for what’s on the ballot.

#7

I’m glad James Franco is nominated. I loved 127 hours.

#8

True, I’m just sad/annoyed that the field doesn’t really reflect who we are as, you know, people on the planet.

#9

“Scott Pilgrim Vs The World” got snubbed!!

:eek: :mad: :eek:

#10

Natalie’s got my vote.

GO TEAM AMIDALA!!

#11

Here is how I see it going;

Best Picture - Black Swan, though I think the King’s Speech has a good chance

Best Actor - Colin Firth

Best Actress - Natalie Portman

Best Director - Darren Aranofsky

Supporting Actor - Christian Bale

Supporting Actress - Hailee Steinfeld

Foreign Film - Biutiful

Animated Feature - How to train your Dragon

Adapted Screenplay - The Social Network

Art Direction - Inception

Cinematography - True Grit

Costume Design - The King’s Speech

Doc Feature - Exit through the gift shop

Doc Short - Poster Girl

Editing - Black Swan

Make Up - Wolfman

Score - The Social Network

Song - Toy Story 3

Haven’t seen any of the shorts listed

Sound Edit - Inception

Sound Mix - Inception

Visual Efx - Inception

Of course I could be completely wrong

#12

Sadly, even though I watched over 200 movies last year I only saw 2 of those on the best picture list. Gives me something to do this year I guess.

#13

For the last 10 years, I have seen every Best Picture nominee before the nominations come out. Besiades a wedding and a new baby, I have kept the flame this year. This year, I am pleased with most of the nominations with the exception of The Kids Are All Right. I am okay with Toy Story 3 being nominated for Best Picture even though I am upset with Pixar right now. Here are a few notes:

  1. Christopher Nolan snubbed AGAIN? Has he pissed off the Academy somehow? You make 4 legendary films in 10 years, you would think at least a sympathy fu… I mean nomination.

  2. John Hawkes getting nominated is awesome! The best parts of Winter’s Bone are when he’s in it.

  3. Hailee Steinfeld was on-screen longer than Bridges, that makes you a lead. But Portman is a lock (with good reason) so I will shut up.

  1. Wouldn’t it be cool if not only Toy Story 3 lost Best Picture, but Best Animated Feature (to How to Train Your Dragon of course) as well. Look at it as a shot across the bow.

  1. Speaking of Dragons, way to go John Powell for Best Score. If Daft Punk couldn’t get a nom, I’m glad another underdog would.

  2. when will the academy finally honor the men and women who risk their bodies and lives for our entertainment. Best Stunt/Dance Choreography is way past due!

And finally…

  1. I could understand if disagree with your snubbing of Scott Pilgrim for Best Picture, but Best Editing, Visual Effect, Sound Editing, and Cinematography as well? You’re MENTAL!!!