Oscar Nominees
 

Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Best Director
James Cameron, Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock
Helen Mirren
Carey Mulligan
Gabourey Sidibe
Meryl Streep

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges
George Clooney
Colin Firth
Morgan Freeman
Jeremy Renner

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz
Vera Farmiga
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Anna Kenrick
Monique

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon
Woody Harrelson
Christopher Plummer
Stanley Tucci
Cristoph Waltz

Animated Feature Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

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

Costume Design
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
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 à la Berlin

Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Foreign Language Film
Ajami
El Secreto de Sus Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
Un Prophète
The White Ribbon

Makeup
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

Music (Original Score)
James Horner, Avatar
Alexandre Desplat, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders, The Hurt Locker
Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes
Michael Giacchino, Up

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

Short Film (Animated)
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

Short Film (Live Action)
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants

Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Up in the Air

Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up

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Go Avatar!

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Up is nominated for best feature film and animated film?

And the Blind Side? Really? Film was painful to sit through.

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Go District 9 and first 10 minutes of Up!

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Anything but Avatar!

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I think it's terribly biased that they put Avatar at the top of those lists. Talking about overconfidence.

Anyway, I'm finally going to watch Avatar tonight. We'll see, I'm not getting my hopes up.

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Shouldn't Avatar be under Animated Feature Film? Doubt I'll ever see this movie.

Have to check out The Secret of Kells. Hasn't been released in America yet.

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Er....they are organized alphabetically...so...yeah....

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Isn't it a sure thing that Up will win best animated if it is nominated for Best Picture?

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This is how I think it'll pan out after 2 1/3 minutes of deliberation and having not seen 87% of the films nominated



Best Picture
The Hurt Locker

Best Director
James Cameron, Avatar

Best Actress
Meryl Streep

Best Actor
Morgan Freeman

Best Supporting Actress
Maggie Gyllenhaal

Best Supporting Actor
Cristoph Waltz

Animated Feature Film
Up

Art Direction
Avatar

Cinematography
Avatar

Costume Design
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Documentary Feature
Food, Inc.

Documentary Short
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

Film Editing
Avatar

Foreign Language Film
The White Ribbon

Makeup
Star Trek

Music (Original Score)
Michael Giacchino, Up

Music (Original Song)
"The Weary Kind" - Ryan Bingham & T. Bone Burnett, Crazy Heart

Short Film (Animated)
French Roast

Short Film (Live Action)
The New Tenants

Sound Editing
The Hurt Locker

Sound Mixing
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Visual Effects
Avatar

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Up in the Air

Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Hurt Locker

Re: Oscar Nominees
 

;)

Anyway, now that I've seen Avatar, I think it deserves some oscars.

And Danny, if you don't expect much from it, it will be a very enjoyable movie. Worth your €10 I'd say.

Re: Oscar Nominees
 

;)

Anyway, now that I've seen Avatar, I think it deserves some oscars.

And Danny, if you don't expect much from it, it will be a very enjoyable movie. Worth your €10 I'd say. And you might never get the chance to see it in its full 3D glory.

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I find it odd that the film industry is drastically altering their awards so more people will watch on TV.

Either a movie is the best movie of the year, or it isn't, ratings and box office should have nothing to do with it. That said, I think this is probably a bait and switch and The Hurt Locker will win best picture.

Re: Oscar Nominees
 

Best Picture
The Hurt Locker


Best Director
James Cameron, Avatar


Best Actress
Sandra Bullock


Best Actor
Jeff Bridges


Best Supporting Actress
Vera Farmiga


Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer


Animated Feature Film
Up


Art Direction
Avatar


Cinematography
Avatar


Costume Design
Nine


Film Editing
Avatar


Makeup
The Young Victoria

Music (Original Score)
James Horner, Avatar


Sound Editing
Star Trek


Sound Mixing
Inglourious Basterds


Visual Effects
Avatar


Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
District 9


Writing (Original Screenplay)
Inglourious Basterds

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Just realized there are no nominations for The Road, not even for Viggo's acting, which was so damn good. Fuckin Weinstein's screwed it up, again.

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The Blind Side? Avatar? District 9? Up!?

What a shitty year for movies if this is what we get for best picture. Seriously, why did they broaden the category to include so many movies.

The Oscars are one step closer to being the Grammys.

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Best Picture

Who I'd like to win: The Hurt Locker
Who Will win: The Hurt Locker


Best Director
Who I'd like to win: Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds
Who Will win: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker


Best Actress
Who I'd like to win: Gabourey Sibide
Who will win: Carey Mulligan

Best Actor
Who I'd like to win: Jeremy Renner
Who will win: Jeff Bridges


Best Supporting Actress
Who I'd like to win: Penelope Cruz
Who will win: Penelope Cruz


Best Supporting Actor
Who I'd like to win: Cristoph Waltz
Who will win: Cristoph Waltz

Animated Feature Film
Who I'd like to win: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Who will win: Up

Art Direction
Who I'd like to win: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
What will win: Avatar

Cinematography
Who I'd like to win: The Hurt Locker
What will win: Avatar


Costume Design
What I'd like to win: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
What will win: Nine

Documentary Feature
What I'd like to win: Food, Inc.
What will win: Food, Inc.

Documentary Short
No opinion

Makeup
No opinion


Music (Original Score)
What I'd like to win: Alexandre Desplat, Fantastic Mr. Fox
What will win: Michael Giacchino, Up

Music (Original Song)
What I'd like to win: Either Randy Newman song
What will win: Either Randy Newman song

Sound Editing
What I'd like to win: Inglorius Basterds
What will win: Avatar

Sound Mixing
What I'd like to win: Inglorious Basterds
What will win: Avatar

Visual Effects
What I'd like to win: Avatar
What will win: Avatar

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
What I'd like to win: Up in the Air
What will win: District 9

Writing (Original Screenplay)
What I'd like to win: Up
What will win:The Hurt Locker

Re: Oscar Nominees
 

I can see the hate for The Blind Side and Avatar seems to be very love it or hate it. What could possibly be wrong with District 9? At least, so wrong that its a mark on the entire year that is what nominated? It was fantastic.

And I won't even ask what's wrong with Up!. Up! is one of Pixar's best movies. And considering that there's always some talk about "Maybe it'll get nominated for the Best Picture Oscar!" for every Pixar movie, I think their arguably best one certainly deserves it. It may not be "artsy," but it certainly resonates emotionally more than most Best Picture nominees.

Just a few noms from prior year's that I think District 9 and Up! were better than:

- Frost/Nixon
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Crash
- Brokeback Mountain



Anyway, not like it really matters that they were nominated. Avatar might win (and probably would have been nominated even if there were only five noms), but the others don't have a chance. They were only nominated to try to boost viewership. Even with the extra, more popular noms I'm sure there will be plenty of people wondering why Transformers isn't on the list.

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I don't think you can directly compare Frost/Nixon, Benjamin Button, Crash or Brokeback Mountain to District 9 or Up!. But that is a subjective matter...and I respect that.

In my opinion District 9 fell apart and become a less-than-stellar film after the second act. And I don't think Up! was in the same league as WALL-E, which all things considered should have been a Best Picture film....

I think we can find some common ground though, I'd much rather see Up! or District 9 beat out Avatar or The Blind Side. :p

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I actually think District 9 got better as it went along. Once it got past the apartheid analogy and started concentrating on the desperate situation of the protagonists, the movie really picked up and its imperfect but realistic ending lent well to the hand-held camera style of film making. Neil Bloomkamp is a name to look for, and from the buzz I'm hearing he's considering picking the Halo project back up again, nd I think that would be fantastic.

District 9was one of those movies that made you think after the credits rolled, and any movie that does that deserves a nomination, IMO.