Oscar Nominations (Up for best picture!)

[imagineer boy]

I must say this is the first time in since the Lord of the Rings years that I have been extremely happy with just about all of the Acadamy Award nominations!

Here's the full list with a few of my comments:

BEST PICTURE
"Avatar" (no surprises here, but at least its a movie I've seen)
"The Blind Side"
"District 9" (big surprise, but I'm happy!)
"An Education"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds" good!
"Precious"
"A Serious Man"
"Up" First animated nom since BATB... wow.
"Up in the Air"


ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique, "Precious"


ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Matt Damon, "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
Christopher Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds" deserves to win by far


ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Sandra Bulllock, "The Blind Side"
Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious"
Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"


ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"


DIRECTOR
James Cameron, "Avatar"
Katherine Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
Lee Daniels, "Precious"
Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, "District 9"
Nick Hornby, "An Education"
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, "In the Loop"
Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air"


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker";
Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, "The Messenger";
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "A Serious Man"
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy, "Up"

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog" "failure" or not, at least it got a nomination!
"The Secret of Kells"
"Up" winner by a mile

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Ajami," Israel
"El Secreto de Sus Ojos," Argentina
"The Milk of Sorrow," Peru
"Un Prophete," France
"The White Ribbon," Germany

ART DIRECTION
"Avatar"
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
"Nine"
"Sherlock Holmes"
"The Young Victoria"

CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Avatar"
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"The White Ribbon"

SOUND MIXING
"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Star Trek"
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" Gah! How could this piece of trash get nominated for anything?!

SOUND EDITING
"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Star Trek"
"Up"

ORIGINAL SCORE
"Avatar," James Horner
"Fantastic Mr. Fox," Alexandre Desplat
"The Hurt Locker," Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
"Sherlock Holmes," Hans Zimmer
"Up," Michael Giacchino I hope it wins this

ORIGINAL SONG
"Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog" Randy Newman
"Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog," Randy Newman
"Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36," Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas
"Take It All" from "Nine," Maury Yeston
"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart," Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

COSTUME
"Bright Star"
"Coco Before Chanel"
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
"Nine"
"The Young Victoria"

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Burma VJ"
"The Cove"
"Food, Inc"
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
"Which Way Home"

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
"China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province"
"The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner"
"The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant"
"Music by Prudence"
"Rabbit a la Berlin"

FILM EDITING
"Avatar"
"District 9"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

MAKE-UP
"Il Divo"
"Star Trek"
"The Young Victoria"

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"French Roast"
"Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty"
"The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)"
"Logorama"
"A Matter of Loaf and Death"

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"The Door"
"Instead of Abracadabra"
"Kavi"
"Miracle Fish"
"The New Tenants"

VISUAL EFFECTS
"Avatar" Winner by a gargantuan margin.
"District 9"
"Star Trek"

 

[EpcotServo]

Great nominations! Though way too much "The Blind Side" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" if you ask me, even if it had great sound mixing.
:hurl:

Up getting the nomination for Best Picture is HUGE. Putting my hopes on it, Up in the Air, and Inglorious Basterds sweeping house, with a few wins for District 9 in there too. I will only grant Avatar special effects, anything else is pushing it.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Great nominations! Though way too much "The Blind Side" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" if you ask me, even if it had great sound mixing.
:hurl:

Up getting the nomination for Best Picture is HUGE. Putting my hopes on it, Up in the Air, and Inglorious Basterds sweeping house, with a few wins for District 9 in there too. I will only grant Avatar special effects, anything else is pushing it.

What he said. I do hope PATF snags something, though.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Wonder what happens if Roger Dean does sue the Avatar makers.

 

[LiveyMouse22]

Ugh, i have yet to see Up and of course I heard it was phenomenal! I'm definitely going to have to rent it or buy it before the Oscar's so I can appropriately root for it to win! :animwink:

 

[Pongo]

The only reason I think Up is in the running for Best Picture is because they expanded the group to so many pictures (which is ridiculous in my mind).

The Blind Side for Best Picture? Wow, surprising. But, to be honest, I really did love that movie. Sandra Bullock was excellent in it, and I hate her.

Animated picture... I've heard really good things about Fantastic Mr. Fox. I don't know.

Honestly, tough choices. I don't know. I think IB should win Best Original Screenplay, though.