I'm really hoping they give the Oscar to Gary Oldman over George Clooney. I want to see George start to lift his ass off his seat and have to sit back down.

How is "Editing" measured? How can Moneyball and The Descendants be considered better edited films than The Tree of Life?

I'm still furious Randy Newman's overlooked theme to WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN was snubbed.

Thought you were serious for a second.

Brad Pitt gave the best performance of his career in The Tree of Life.*



*This is the only Brad Pitt film I have ever seen.

^ well, I intend to see Moneyball... but of all of his past performances, his best are The Tree of Life and 12 Monkeys. :P

He did and I've seen just about every Brad Pitt film.

No nominations for Courageous. Hollywood snubs Christianity again. lol

Am I the only one totally sick of George Clooney? Snubbing 50/50 is downright criminal.

Just messing with ya. Definitely check out Moneyball. Who knows? You might be surprised.


Never even heard of it...Courageous, not Christianity.

'Cat in Paris' is great. The exclusion of 'Rio', 'Cars 2' makes me give two thumbs up

and it's a really good movie too. that was a surprise inclusion

Too old to be nominated.

I'm not sure if you're being serious, but my very Christian parents and sister watched Courageous, and even they thought it was pretty lame. (Not that being lame has ever stopped something from being nominated for Oscars.)

You forgot one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gGZAIFteAg

two songs?! - it must have a really sucky year for songs. glad that Madonna song didn't get nominated since her film 'W.E.' is technically no longer a 2011 film.

'Man or Muppet' though is a hysterical song and scene in the movie


in terms of the foreign film nominations why even bother - A Seperation is a guarantee win.

Courageous looks really cheesy.

Hate to sound like a broken record but The Tree of Life is the closest film to God you will find.

I'm SO happy Moneyball didn't get ignored by the Academy...granted, it's not going to win anything (well, it has a good shot at Adapated Screenplay perhaps), but I STILL think out of this list of nominees it's going to be the film most enjoyed and remembered by the general public.

Also, THANKS for not giving Bridesmaids a Best Picture nod. It's an average (and I'm being generous here) comedy, at best. Melissa McCarthy was the best thing about the movie, and she got a deserving nomination. The overall film itself isn't worthy.

Sad that Drive didn't get nominated.

I thought last year was bad, but the Academy is determined to outdo themselves this year. Where do I even start?

First off, fuck Bridesmaids. People thought that movie was funny?! I didn't laugh once! It was the worst comedy I saw all year, and I saw Hall Pass!

Extremely Loud has been getting nothing but terrible reviews from everyone. Daldry must be sucking cock like there's no tomorrow to get all these nominations.

I thought Tree of Life was Malick descending into self-parody, but I'm not surprised to see the Academy nominate it.

No nominations at all for Shame, Martha Marcy May Marlene, or Win/Win is a fucking joke. War Horse being nominated for anything is a cruel prank, especially when Tintin is snubbed for best animated at the expense of Puss In Boots (which, while cute, was nothing special).

Out of the current nominees, I'd like to see the following wins: Midnight In Paris for picture, director, original screenplay. Gary Oldman for actor. Nick Nolte for supporting actor. Rooney Mara for actress. Rango for best animated. Everything else I don't care about.

I don't know - the Academy has a pretty strong track record of picking the wrong movie for best foreign film (though the best screenplay nod does suggest that it has a good amount of support.)

Now it's time to make predictions. I hope to see the Live Action and Animated shorts when they come out in a month or so.

Also, why are the nominees TBD for The Tree of Life? I'm wondering what type of situation that is.

I agree about your thoughts about Bridesmaids - so what if a women's comedy can be gross and crass - it was subtle as being hit in the head with a frying pan - oh and Melissa McCarthy being nominated

haven't seen Win-Win, but I'm glad both Shame and Martha Marcy May Marlene weren't nominated, two WAAAAAY overrated films.

Probably more you not liking what he was doing. One mans interpretation of self-parody is another man's artistic essence.

Tree of Life had an editor?

They can only be nominated once per category, though I guess you could argue that Pitt is supporting and Chastain is the lead actress in Tree of Life. Obviously, more actors saw and liked The Help and Moneyball, which isn't at all surprising.

For what it's worth, I thought Pitt gave a career-best performance in Moneyball, and I have seen Tree of Life. Playing against type doesn't always mean a better performance.

One thing in Hugo's favor is it's "a film by Martin Scorsese". This actually could be a split year. Scorsese did win the Globe, and if he takes home the DGA, we could see a split on Oscar night. Probably won't happen, but this seems to be a year like that.

Of course, I thought last year might be split, and Hooper shocked everyone by taking the DGA and then the Oscar.

It's measured by editors. They've always shown a tendency to just nominate the movies they like in their category.