Missy Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Best Picture The Artist The Descendants Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse 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 Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Alexander Payne, The Descendants Martin Scorsese, Hugo Terrence Malick, Tree of Life Best Adapted Screenplay The Descendants, Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash Hugo, John Logan The Ides of March, George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon Moneyball, Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Bridget O’ Connor and Peter Straughan Best Original Screenplay The Artist, Michael Hazanavicius Bridesmaids, Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig Margin Call, J.C. Chandor Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen A Separation, Asghar Farhadi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 A complete list of nominations is available here. At this point, there are some suprises, namely the support for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I'm happy Glenn Close got in though I would have rather seen a nomination for Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin. No pity nominatinon for Cars 2 means that this is the first year since the founding of the Best Animated Film category that Disney has no representation. While I loved Man or a Muppet, I think I would have prefered Life's a Happy Song or Pictures in my Head to get nominated from The Muppets for Best Original Song. Okay, now I begin the process of watching all the Best Picture nominees in the next month or so. Woo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 The only nominations I take issue with are those of The Tree of Life. Like Avatar, it looked pretty in places, but had little substance and is the very first movie I walked out on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Huh. Well, those nominations are interesting. And Malick can be something to try and watch - witness my American Indians in Film class attempting to go through The New World. He's definitely not for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chops Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I'm surprised Tintin didn't get a nomination. Also love reading all the articles about how In The Land of Blood and Honey got "snubbed", haha. Nevermind the fact that the movie was universally panned by critics, but hey, it's Angelina Jolie so it deserves a nomination right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Last year I saw almost all the nominees, this year I saw none of them. Seriously the only film anywhere on this list that I've seen is Bridesmaids. I'm WAY out of the cinema loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midoco123 Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 It's weird that this is the year that Gary Oldman recieved his first Academy Award nomination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 The Academy has been woefully out of touch for years. This isn't new. Kind of a blah year in cinema anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Though, at least only half of them were blatant masturbatory Oscar bait this year. Also, dude, they didn't even pick the best song from the Muppets. "Life's a Happy Song", man. Think of how awesomely that could've been staged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Streep is the lock for Thatcher from everything I've heard. I'd love Nolte to get the nod for Warrior, that performance was pitch perfect. I've heard good things about Plummer though. The Best Picture list seems pretty underwhelming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Streep isn't as much of a lock as you think. Michelle Williams has a very real chance of winning Best Actress. So does Viola Davis. Best Picture is kinda underwhelming. Next year should be much better. Best Director might be the more fun race this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Wow, have I really not seen any of these movies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Honestly, if you only see one of the Best Pic nominees, see Midnight in Paris. Most of the other ones I've seen so far are great but MiP is the only one I consider even close to the precipice of perfection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Though The Help is worth a watch, as Will said, Midnight in Paris is near perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 In what I believe to be a bone-headed mistake, neither of the Best Original Song nominations will be performed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 Really? How else are they gonna pad this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Of those nominated for best picture, I saw Midnight in Paris, The Tree of Life, Hugo, Moneyball, The Artist, and The Descendants, of those I'd say that only Moneyball and The Descendants were Oscar-worthy. And before all you Midnight in Paris fans jump all over me, let me say that I did like it, along with the other ones I saw except for Tree of Life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 I'm actually going to skip this year, watch it on Tuesday instead. This year's ceremony just doesn't interest me. That said, predictions: Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help (Though I wouldn't be surprised by a Melissa McCarthy upset.) Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Best Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants Best Actor: George Clooney, The Descendents Best Actress: Let me preface this with this is usually my favorite category just because it is rarely predictable. Right now, we have three frontrunners, Michelle Williams, Meryl Streep, and Viola Davis. Which one win depends on sympathy. We have the young ingenue playing a Hollywood goddess, we have the Seasoned Veteran playing a very unpopular yet strong politician, then we have a woman who has silently risen into a force to be reckoned with playing a quietly struggling and multi-layered part. I'm going Viola Davis here for The Help. That said, all three actresses will deserve it. Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Just because it's nearly unheard of for a film to win Best Picture but not one of the other major six awards. Best Picture: The Artist BUT, I could see an upset for The Help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Edgar Wright cracked me up with this quote "I approve of 'The Artist' winning Best Picture, even if it's the safe choice. Because being B&W, silent, French & with near unknowns = safe." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Not completely upset with the results. Was I wrong? Yes, a lot but that's not necessarily bad. Halfway through, I was starting to think we might be looking at an upset for Hugo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Nah, Hugo got all the technicals, no way it was going to get any of the big prizes after a certain point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Still, it won the same amount of awards as The Artist. It's more if a recent thing where movies have won Best Picture with five or less awards. Back in the day, 6 or more was very common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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