crazychris88

MOre info coming:

Best Picture (9 in total this year)
HUGo
The Descendants
The artist
The Help
War Horse
Moneyball
Extremely loud and incredibly close
Tree of Life
Midnight in PAris

Best Actor
Demian Bichir (A Better Life)
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
Best Actress
Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Viola Davis (The Help)
Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Nick Nolte (Warrior)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
A Separation

Animated Feature Film
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Documentary (Feature)

Hell and Back Again (2011)
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011)
Pina (2011)
Undefeated (2011)

Foreign Language Film
Bullhead
Footnote
In Darkness
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation

Cinematography:
The Artist (2011): Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): Jeff Cronenweth
Hugo (2011/II): Robert Richardson
The Tree of Life (2011): Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse (2011): Janusz Kaminski

Film Editing

The Artist (2011): Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants (2011): Kevin Tent
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
Hugo (2011/II): Thelma Schoonmaker
Moneyball (2011): Christopher Tellefsen

Music (Original Score)

The Adventures of Tintin (2011): John Williams
The Artist (2011): Ludovic Bource
Hugo (2011/II): Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011): Alberto Iglesias
War Horse (2011): John Williams

Music (Original Song)


The Muppets (2011): Bret McKenzie("Man or Muppet")
Rio (2011): Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett("Real in Rio")


Sound Mixing

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Hugo (2011/II)
Moneyball (2011)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
War Horse (2011)

Sound Editing

Drive (2011)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Hugo (2011/II)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
War Horse (2011)

Art Direction

The Artist: Laurence Bennett (Production Design); Robert Gould (Set Decoration)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: Stuart Craig (Production Design); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
Hugo: Dante Ferretti (Production Design); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)
War Horse: Rick Carter (Production Design); Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)

Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Hugo (2011/II)
Real Steel (2011)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Costumes
Anonymous (2011/I): Lisy Christl
The Artist (2011): Mark Bridges
Hugo (2011/II): Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre (2011): Michael O'Connor
W.E. (2011): Arianne Phillips

Makeup
Albert Nobbs (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
The Iron Lady (2011)


Best Documentary Short Subject
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement (2011)
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad (2011)
Saving Face (2011/II)
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011)

Best Short Film (Animated)
Dimanche (2011): Patrick Doyon
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011): William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg
La Luna (2011): Enrico Casarosa
A Morning Stroll (2011): Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe
Wild Life (2011): Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby

Best Short Film (Live Action)
Pentecost (2011): Peter McDonald
Raju (2011): Max Zähle, Stefan Gieren
The Shore: Terry George
Time Freak (2011): Andrew Bowler, Gigi Causey
Tuba Atlantic (2010): Hallvar Witzø

Mr. Cinema

Dragon Tattoo gets left out, but they nominated Extremely Loud...?

crazychris88

LOL that Tintin and Cars 2 didnt get a noms for Best Animated film. Freakin love that.
LOVE that Tre of life and Rooney Mara were recognized. Really hoping for a Tree of Life upset over the crappy the Artist. Also Truly thing Win/Win deserves Original Screenplay nom. over everything else in that category and feell that Girl With Dragon Tattoo deserves a Adapted Screenplay over tinker tailor....

gp1086

Biggest surprise for me was that Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close got a Best Picture nomination (48% critic rating at RottenTomatoes at time of writing this).

While I'm not shocked by it, kind of ridiculous The Tree of Life got a nomination after so many people disliked it. Even though the general population aren't voting members of the Academy, I feel like there should be some sort of consideration given to the general opinion of the film.

MoviePage

First thoughts:

- 9 Best Picture nominees, but no Bridesmaids or Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Lame.
- Never underestimate the power of Malick.
- Great to see both of the two main voice actors from Skyrim nominated for Best Supporting Actor. They have bright futures ahead.
- Gary Oldman, FINALLY an Oscar nominee (his first ever, so he's tied with Jonah Hill for career nods).
- Very pleased to see Melissa McCarthy, Rooney Mara, and Jessica Chastain on the list.

bluetoast

Yeah I yelled out "WTF" when they announced Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Also pretty surprised about Melissa McCarthy. The dude from A Better Life was a huge surprise, hadn't even heard of that. Was expecting Shame as an outside pick.

Osiris3657

Waiting for all the Drive fanboys to come in and complain about zero nominations (looking at you bootsy and popcorntreect)

Solid Snake

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close? Wow. Is that this year's The Blind Side kind of thing? Or is that The Help? Well I guess it'd be closer to The Help cuz it's white woman helps black people kind of thing.

Also where the fuck is Fassbender's nom?!

RayChuang

I'd put The Artist, George Clooney, Viola Davis and Michel Hazanavicius as the early favorites to win Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director respectively.

crazychris88

Fuck them in the a$$ for not nominating Girl with the Dragon Tattoo score and instead putting JOhn Willaims score for Tintin and Tinker tailor scores in there. This is insane!!!!!
Oh and for having only 2 Tellible choices in Original song while the National goes unrecognized for "Think You can Wait" from Win/Win.
Just a travesty

Osiris3657

Can we already hand the Best Picture to "The Artist"? It won the PGA for best picture, and the film that wins that almost always wins the Oscar.

crazychris88

But it did get nominated

MoviePage

Also, Stephen Daldry goes 4 for 4 as a director of awful movies that get nominated for Best Picture (Billy Elliot, The Hours, The Reader, and now Extremely Loud).

Sondheim

I actually think that would be a pretty terrible idea. The Academy as a whole already has mediocre taste in film, but if they were to start looking at "public opinion" (however that sort of thing is gauged) the lists of nominations would be even worse.

Besides, Tree of Life has a lot of passionate supporters as well as a lot of passionate detractors, both within the critical community and members of the general public.

Pizza the Hutt

The Blind Side was better than that POS.

movieking

I don't think that I'll ever get used to hearing "Academy Award nominated actor Jonah Hill".

Do I sense new trailers coming out for The Sitter?

Osiris3657

Does Meryl Streep ONLY work on pictures that will garner an Oscar? Sick of seeing her nominated every damn year.

Sondheim

Also, even though I acknowledge the frivolousness of all this, I do make an effort every year to see all the Best Picture nominees before the winners are announced. Suffice it to say, I'm kind of pissed that I'm now going to have to watch Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

Osiris3657

Not in any of the big categories you initially posted. Sound editing. Whoopty fucking doo.

davidh777

I was impressed by Shailene Woodley in The Descendants and thought she would get a nom

riotinmyskull

fuck you academy. no love for DRIVE, 50/50, YOUNG ADULT or TAKE SHELTER? fuck you.

Pizza the Hutt

People didn't dislike it. Some simply didn't understand it. The film has many ardent fans who love it.

MoviePage

Critically-lauded performances that were left out:

-Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
-Charlize Theron, Young Adult
-Michael Fassbender, Shame
-Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
-Albert Brooks, Drive

MoviePage

No, she's just the best there is, so she gets offered the best roles. The two go hand in hand.

Sondheim

Oh c'mon - that kind of rhetoric doesn't do anyone any favors. While I personally really liked the film, I can assure you that at least some of the people who disliked the film did, in fact, understand it.