It’s always a fine Tuesday morning when Oscar nominations are announced. Actually, no. It’s more crazy than fine. “The King’s Speech” takes the lead with 12 nominations. “True Grit” has 10, “The Social Network” and “Inception” are tied with 8.
People are hefting opinions on the Oscar nominations this and that way. As for our opinions, we have plenty, being the cinephiles that we are. Here are just some of the thoughts that went through our minds this morning while we scrolled down the list of Oscar nominations:
Gaby’s thoughts:
- Main acting snubs were Andrew Garfield, Mila Kunis, and Ryan Gosling. I was expecting the Gosling snub because I knew the Academy was going to make room for Javier Bardem. (But whoever was axed or made the cut, the only guy nominated whose name doesn’t begin with a “J” will probably win.) However, I’m a little disappointed that Garfield and Kunis didn’t get nominated. It may be a little evidence on how the Academy can be ageist. (More thoughts on that notion later.)
- The worst snub seems to be Christopher Nolan not getting nominated for Best Director. Did “Inception” direct itself?! The fact that David O. Russell (“The Fighter”) actually landed a nomination may make it worse for Nolan. Apparently, a weird confrontation happened between the two a while back. In addition, for those who don’t know how the Academy chooses nominees, actors choose the nominees for the acting categories, directors for the directing category, etc. Apparently, other directors (at least the ones who are members of AMPAS) don’t feel the need to recognize Nolan’s talent. Definitely one of the biggest disappointments in Oscar history.
- The Original Song category is boring as hell. The only one I know and sort of like is “If I Rise.” But I was secretly hoping Diane Warren’s song (“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me”) from “Burlesque” would get a nod.
- Yay! “Deathly Hallows” has 2 nominations! Art Direction and Visual Effects!
- Golden Globe winner “Waiting for Superman” was snubbed out of the Best Documentary category, another big surprise. But I’m really happy that Banksy’s “Exit through the Gift Shop” made the cut!
- The main debate is who will take top prize. For the most part, it’s “The King’s Speech” (TKS) vs. “The Social Network” (TSN). TSN has swept critic circles and the Golden Globes. TKS recently took top prize at the Producers Guild awards and has been gaining a lot of momentum in the race. Because TKS leads in nominations, many are anticipating it to win the Oscars. It also helps that most Academy members are older and will enjoy TKS more than TSN. TSN is more of a young movie, but it is still incredibly made. Aaron Sorkin owns the Adapted Screenplay category, and we see no one but TSN director David Fincher taking home the Best Director statue. As it has been seen throughout the years, the Academy doesn’t like to be told what to do. Everyone is saying TKS will be Best Picture. Hopefully, this works in favor of TSN. TSN should win Best Picture; I’d be incredibly disappointed if it doesn’t.
Lucy’s thoughts:
- I think that “Inception,” no, more like Christopher Nolan deserved recognition for his directing. I mean, I’m sorry, but a movie like “Inception” is not made every other day. Just saying.
- Just as Gaby said, Garfield, Kunis and Gosling all deserved nominations, and nothing. Lets hope that these three successful young actors make more future movies that the Academy will appreciate and recognize.
- I’m excited that Jesse Eisenberg got a nomination for Best Actor! In other news, I would have preferred Leonardo DiCaprio to get nominated for Best Actor for his performance in “Inception” instead of Javier Bardem for “Biutiful,” I think that at least Best Actor noms shouldn’t interfere with foreign films.
- I’m glad that “Restrepo” got a Documentary nomination! But still upset about the fact that “Waiting For Superman” wasn’t nominated.
- Anyways, I think from the movies I’ve seen I kinda can predict the outcome. So now lets wait til the Awards show! I’m stoked to see what “surprises” might happen and see some of my favorite movies/actors get their deserved awards :)
Here is the full list of Oscar nominees:
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
DIRECTING:
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
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawks, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
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ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Biutiful
Dogtooth
In a Better World
Incendies
Outside the Law
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ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Matthew Libatique
Inception (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Danny Cohen
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit (Paramount) Roger Deakins
FILM EDITING:
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter Paramount Pamela Martin
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Tariq Anwar
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Jon Harris
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
DOCUMENTARY:
Exit through the Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency) Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz A Paranoid Pictures Production
Gasland Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic A Gasland Production
Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics) Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs A Representational Pictures Production
Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment) Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger An Outpost Films Production
Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley (Arthouse Films) An Almega Projects Production
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DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Killing in the Name (dir: Jed Rothstein)
Poster Girl (dir: Sara Nesson)
Strangers No More (dir: Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon)
Sun Come Up (dor: Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger)
The Warriors of Qiugang (dir: Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon)
ORIGINAL SCORE:
How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) John Powell
Inception (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
ORIGINAL SONG:
Coming Home from Country Strong (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)) Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
I See the Light from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
If I Rise from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
VISUAL EFFECTS:
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter (Warner Bros.) Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Inception (Warner Bros.) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2 (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount) Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
ART DIRECTION:
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.), Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
Inception (Warner Bros.), Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)/span>
The King’s Speech (Paramount), Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
True Grit (Paramount), Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
COSTUME DESIGN:
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood
I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures) Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Jenny Beavan
The Tempest (Miramax) Sandy Powell
True Grit (Paramount) Mary Zophres
MAKEUP
Barney’s Version, Adrien Morot
The Way Back, Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman
Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
SHORT FILM, ANIMATED
Day & Night (dir: Teddy Newton)
The Gruffalo (dir: Jakob Schuh and Max Lang)
Let’s Pollute (dir: Geefwee Boedoe)
The Lost Thing (dir: Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann)
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)
SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION
The Confession (dir: Tanel Toom)
The Crush (dir: Michael Creagh)
God of Love (dir: Luke Matheny)
Na Wewe (dir: Ivan Goldschmidt)
Wish 143 (dir: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite)
SOUND EDITING
Inception, Richard King
Toy Story 3, Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron: Legacy, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit, Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable, Mark P. Stoeckinger
SOUND MIXING
Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
The King’s Speech, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Source: /film
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