Oscar nominations for 2010 (Ceremony 2/27/2011)
 

Best motion picture of the year

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

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
James Franco in "127 Hours"

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Christian Bale in "The Fighter"
John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone"
Jeremy Renner in "The Town"
Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right"
Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech"

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right"
Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter's Bone"
Natalie Portman in "Black Swan"
Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine"

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Amy Adams in "The Fighter"
Helena Bonham Carter in "The King's Speech"
Melissa Leo in "The Fighter"
Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit"
Jacki Weaver in "Animal Kingdom"

Best animated feature film of the year

How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

Art Direction

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit

Achievement in Cinematography

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

Achievement in costume design

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

Achievement in 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 Coen and Ethan Coen for True Grit

Best Documentary Feature

Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

Best documentary short subject

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

Achievement in film editing

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

Best foreign language film of the year

Biutiful
Dogtooth
In a Better World
Incendies
Outside the Law

Achievement in makeup

The Way Back
The Wolfman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

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

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original 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

Best animated short film

Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, carnet de voyage

Best live action short film

The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

Achievement in sound editing

Inception
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable

Achievement in sound mixing

Inception
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit

Achievement in visual effects

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2

Adapted screenplay

127 Hours Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Original screenplay

Another Year Mike Leigh
The Fighter Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, and Keith Dorrington.
Inception Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech David Seidler

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:D Jarvier Bardem for Bitiful. Cant wait to finally see that

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I figured Bardem was going to get the nom, but someone had to call me out about it in another thread :lol:

It's a tough call between Social Network and King's Speech in terms of who will take the top prize. IMO, Social Network is a better made, more in depth, and more entertaining movie. King's Speech has 3 excellent performances (especially Rush and Firth) and is a more traditional movie.

Glad Restrepo got a nom :up:

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Well, I hope Tron wins for Sound Editing. It's a travesty that it wasn't nominated for Score.

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I'm kind of surprised TKS got nominated for score.

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Why is Toy Story 3 nominated for Adapted Screenplay?

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Because it's a sequel (the characters aren't original).

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I'm guessing it has something to do with being based on characters that have been in prior films.

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Ah i didnt notice that. Yeah no nom for Tron's score is terrible.

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Pretty daft if you ask me.

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That doesn't make it an adaptation of anything.

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"Adapted" is just a catch-all term for "not original".

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Kind of a weak year in terms of performances and films.

Julianne Moore got the short end of the stick (meaning, she did a lot of heavy lifting in "TKAAR" and probably just missed out on a best supporting actress nomination. But that's the more competitive acting category, as I would be very surprised if Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, and Christian Bale did not win their categories.

The main contest will be between "The Social Network" and "The King's Speech" for best picture, though I really hope Fincher gets the Directing oscar (not sure if Aronofsky has a shot this year, but I can't really see Hooper taking prize).

I think Sorkin is a shoo-in for his adapted screenplay for "The Social Network", while the race is closer for original screenplay between "The King's Speech" and "The Kids are All Right".

I'll be curious to see if Cinematography goes to Matthew Labatique for "Black Swan", or if Pfister or Deakins walks away with the oscar.

Editing is a toss-up between "Black Swan" and "The Social Network". But "The King's Speech" could sneak in there.

While I think "Toy Story 3" gets best animated feature, "How to Train Your Dragon" was a better time at the movies for me.

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I cleaned up my original post so it's easier to read.

Surprises: Winter's Bone in Best Picture, Javier Bardem, John Hawkes, Jeremy Renner, No Waiting for Superman doc nom, No Inception in Editing.

Super pissed off about: No Directing nomination for Christopher Nolan. WTF?

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I was hoping Another Year would get more nominations.

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Any speculation on what the best picture nominations would have been if there were still only 5?

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black swan
kings speech
social network
true grit

and the last spot would be up for grabs

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Yeah... Too bad a disco score, with a smattering of traditional themes stealing frequently from John Carpenter/Alan Haworth, didn't get nominated.

Come on guys...

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Inception
127 Hours
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

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It would probably be from these 3 other films:

The Kids Are All Right
The Fighter
127 Hours

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Unbelievable that Nolan and Inception's editing got screwed. Is there something going on between Nolan and the Academy?

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No love for Clint Mansell, either.

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:lol:

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Up for grabs by The Fighter and nothing else.

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The academy likes character pieces, which is something Nolan doesn't aim for.

Comparing say Being John Malkovich to Inception - BJM was about characters and then they get introduced to this weird portal, Inception was about setting up rules and playing the game.