The nominations for the 85th Annual Academy Awards were announced today. Here is the full list:
Best Picture
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wilde
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Director
Michael Haneke, Amour
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, Argo
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserable
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Animated Feature Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It-Ralph
Best Cinematography
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Les Miserable
Lincoln
Mirror Mirror
Snow White and the Huntsman
Best Documentary Feature
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for Sugar Man
Best Documentary Short
Inocente
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart
Redemption
Best Film Editing
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Foreign Language Film
Amour (Austria)
Kon-Tiki (Norway)
No (Chile)
A Royal Affair (Denmark)
War Witch (Canada)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserable
Best Original Score
Anna Karenina
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Best Original Song
"Before My Time" from Chasing Ice by J. Ralph
"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from Ted by Walter Murphy (Music) and Seth McFarlane (Lyrics)
"Pi's Lullagy" from Life of Pi by Michael Danna (Music) and Bombay Jayashri (Lyrics)
"Skyfall" from Skyfall by Adele Adkins and Pauworth (Music and Lyrics)
"Suddenly" from Les Miserable by Claude-Michel Schonberg (Music), Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boubil (Lyrics)
Best Production Design
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserable
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Best Animated Short Film
Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head over Heels
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
Paperman
Best Short Film - Live Action
Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curfew
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
Henry
Best Sound Editing
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Sound Mixing
Argo
Les Miserable
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Best Visual Effects
The Avengers
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Prometheus
Snow White and the Hunstman
Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay
Argo, by Chris Terrio
Beats of the Southern Wild, by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi, by David Magee
Lincoln, by Tony Kushner
Silver Linging Playbook, by David O. Russell
Best Writing - Original Screenplay
Amour, by Michael Haneke
Django Unchained, bu Quentin Tarantino
Flight, by John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom, by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty, by Mark Boal
Some Immediate thoughts and opinions:
What first caught my eye was that The Dark Knight Rises has zero nominations. That's right, zero. I gave up on the Academu every nominating Christopher Nolan for Best Director, but it didn't even get a nod in on of the technical categories. It seems that people either completely forgot about it(either due to the shooting or other reasons) or they replaced it with Skyfall as their annual bone to the mass populace.
It's great to see Michael Haneke get some nominations. He hasn't gotten much love here in the States, but he is an amazing director. If you have the time, watch The White Ribbon. If you have even more time and you also want to feel bad inside, watch Funny Games.
It seems that Lincoln has taken over as the front runner for the major awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Daniel Day-Lewis is a near lock for Best Actor and Spielberg's biggest competition (if he has any) is Ang Lee (speaking of past movies to see, go watch Brokeback Mountain which Ang Lee won Best Director for and deservedly so).
Anyways, what are your thoughts on this year's nominations? Who do you think will win? Who got snubbed? Let us know your opinions!
The nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced (early) this morning. Here are all of the nominees.
Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
True Grit
Toy Story 3
Winter's Bone
Best Diretor
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David O. Russell, The Fighter
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
David Fincher, The Social Network
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit
Best Actor
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Best Actress
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Best Original Screenplay
Another Year by Mike Leigh
The Fighter by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
Inception by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech by David Seidler
Best Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 by Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkich
True Grit by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
Best Animated Feature
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
Best Foreign Language Film
Biutiful
Dogtooth
In a Better World
Incendies
Outside the Law
Best Documentary Feature
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land
Best Documentary Short
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Quigang
Best Live Action Short
The Confession
The Crush
God of Low
Na Wewe
Wish 143
Best Animated Short
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, a Journey Diary
Best Original Score
127 Hours
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Best Original Song
"Coming Home", Country Strong
"If I Rise", 127 Hours
"I See the Light", Tangled
"We Belong Together", Toy Story 3
Best Sound Editing
Inception
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable
Best Sound Mixing
Inception
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit
Best Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit
Best Cinematography
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
True Grit
Best Makeup
Barney's Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman
Best Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King's Speech
The Tempest
True Grit
Best Film Editing
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Best Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2
A Few Thoughts
What immediately came to my mind after reading the nominations is the very apparent subs at the expense of Inception. No Christopher Nolan for Best Director again (he was snubbed a couple of years ago for The Dark Knight). I know David Fincher is going to run away with it for The Social Network and I am more than okay with him winning it, but not even giving Nolan a nomination is a travesty.
Somehow, though, that is not even the worst Inception snub. The would go to it's absence in the Best Film Editing nominations. While I have a feeling that that award is going to get swept up under The Social Network's tidal wave, Inception deserved the award by far. While the Academy snubbing him for Best Director doesn't surprise me too much, they usually give the Inception type of movies at least nominations in all of the technical categories (like it did with The Dark Knight when it didn't get a Best Picture or Best Director nod).
I am perfectly fine with The Social Network sweeping the awards this year. It is the best film of this year (though my favorite to watch was Inception) and one of, if not the best film so far of this young century. The only situation I see it's blitzgreig on awards getting stopped is for Best Picture due to people suddenly wanting a "feel good" movie like The King's Speech to win Best Picture instead. If am not mistake, the voting for Best Picture (maybe all of the awards) is based of "preferential voting". If you are familiar with the Heisman voting or even the voting we had for the Giant Bomb community's Game of the Year list earlier this month, it is like the same thing. Meaning that a movie could win Best Picture even if it didn't have the most #1 votes, but had the highest average ranking. I have not yet seen The King's Speech (I probably will this weekend), everything I have heard about it says that it all-around is only a good movie, but with great acting performances (which it will win Best Actor for Colin Firth). If my reaction is going to be the same, having it winning Best Picture over The Social Network would be an outright travesty.
But, after watching and studying the Academy and other award shows for more than a decade, no stupid move they make would surprise me. Just look at how they snubbed Inception for the two aforementioned awards.
What Are Your Thoughts?
Enough about my thoughts/complaints. What are your thoughts about the nominations or who you think will/should win? Let your voice be heard!
P.S. I will post my "who should/who will win" list shorty for the awards I know enough about, even though I necessarily haven't seen all the films for each category. 40 Comments
No, this isn't about me having sex and Akon somehow being a part of it (that's a story for another time). It's about the song by the comedy group The Lonely Island who have been part of the SNL cast for a few years. If you haven't seen the video yet, I suggest you do so immediately. I'll even provide it for you.
After lots of (not much) searching, I have rediscovered a screenshot of the original Giant Bomb site, taken withing the first week of the release of the full site. It's hard to believe it's been two years and how much the site has changed since then. Keep up the amazing work, Giant Bomb and Whiskey Media!
Realizing that I haven't had a blog post in over 3 months (!!), I decided that I needed to start up again. Trying to think about what to write about, I figured that I might as well post two pictures that literally made my laugh out loud when I saw them earlier today in the other forum I visit frequently, and this is coming from a guy that usually disdains image macros and memes. They also both deal with the movie Inception. If you haven't seen it already, you probably won't get these pics as much as those who have, which is all the more reason you need to go see it immediately before I hunt you down with top men. Top. Men.
Anyways, I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I have!
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