2011 Academy Awards

[mint condish]

I'm a huge fan of Black Swan and I love Mila but I really don't think her role is "oscar worthy". Yeah she could get away with it at the Golden Globes but Oscars? I don't know.

But hey, Penelope Cruz got nominated and won for Vicky Christina Barcelona so anything is possible.

Penelope in VCB was one of my favourite performances of all time. I don't understand how anything could possibly be wrong with it.

 

[Flashbang]

Here they are, from CNN's twitter!

Supporting actress: Amy Adams, Helena Bonham Carter, Melissa Leo, Hailee Steinfeld, Jacki Weaver

Supporting actor: Christian Bale, Jon Hawkes, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Geoffrey Rush

Actress: Annette Bening, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams

Actor: Javier Bardem, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg, Colin Firth, James Franco

Director: Darren Aronofsky, David O. Russell, Tom Hooper, David Fincher, Joel & Ethan Coen

Original screenplay: Another Year, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech

Adapted screenplay: 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, Winter's Bone

Best foreign-language film: Biutiful, Dogtooth, In a Better World, Inofndie, Outside The Law

Animated feature; How to Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist, Toy Story 3

Best Picture: Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech. 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, Winter's Bone

 

[LolaSvelt]

No Garfield. I am sad. Boo-urns.

Michelle Williams and Jacki Weaver. Yay!

 

[Flashbang]

Best picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

Actor
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours

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

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

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

Director
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

Animated feature
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

Adapted screenplay
127 Hours
Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

Original screenplay
Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech

Best foreign-language film
Mexico, Biutiful
Greece, Dog Tooth
Denmark, A Better world
Canada, Incendies
Algeria, Outside the Law

cnn.com

 

[Aqua Tofana]

No Kunis nor Garfield? DISGRACE!

 

[alacrity]

My final predictions (some risks/wishful thinking included )

Best Actor
1. Colin Firth, The King's Speech
2. Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
3. James Franco, 127 Hours
4. Robert Duvall, Get Low
5. Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter
(alt. Jeff Bridges, True Grit)

I saw that film two years ago and am wondering is it possible for it to be up for any awards?? It really was wonderfully made, and acted.

Oh too late, they're out already! Would've been exciting though!

I'll be back with my thoughts later!

 

[Decalion]

^Mila Kunis provided some much needed light relief in Black Swan, I thought. She impressed me a lot more than Natalie who I found a little one dimensional.

Mila wasn't bad at all, I thought she was quite good. It's just that there are maybe 60 supporting actress performances better from 2010. The only one of the nominated five who deserves to be there is Jacki Weaver.

Portman is also overrated, so you'll get no argument from me there. Tilda Swinton in I Am Love was better than everyone nominated.

 

[melfreya]

I'm so happy for Jesse Eisenberg. Glad he got the credit he deserved!

 

[MonkeyFish]

Overall pretty dissappointing list of nominations. Jeff bridges didn't really need to nominated, he already has one . Ryan Gosling should have been nominated in his place, I think. And no nomination for Chris Nolan who directed Inception is a joke. and none for andrew garfield

 

[*Bianca*]

John Hawkes!!

 

[*Bianca*]

Best documentary feature
"Exit through the Gift Shop" (Producers Distribution Agency), A Paranoid Pictures Production, Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
"Gasland", A Gasland Production, Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
"Inside Job" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Representational Pictures Production, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Restrepo" (National Geographic Entertainment), An Outpost Films Production, Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
"Waste Land" (Arthouse Films), An Almega Projects Production, Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Best documentary short subject
"Killing in the Name", A Moxie Firecracker Films Production, Nominees to be determined
"Poster Girl", A Portrayal Films Production, Nominees to be determined
"Strangers No More", A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
"Sun Come Up", A Sun Come Up Production, Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
"The Warriors of Qiugang", A Thomas Lennon Films Production, Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Achievement in film editing
"Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight), Andrew Weisblum
"The Fighter" (Paramount), Pamela Martin
"The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company), Tariq Anwar
"127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight), Jon Harris
"The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing), Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.), Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
Inception (Warner Bros.), Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)/span>
The King's Speech (Paramount), Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
True Grit (Paramount), Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)



Achievement in Cinematography
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Matthew Libatique
Inception (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Danny Cohen
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit (Paramount) Roger Deakins



Achievement in costume design
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood
I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures) Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Jenny Beavan
The Tempest (Miramax) Sandy Powell
True Grit (Paramount) Mary Zophres


Achievement in makeup
"Barney's Version" (Sony Pictures Classics), Adrien Morot
"The Way Back" (Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment), Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
"The Wolfman" (Universal), Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"How to Train Your Dragon" (Paramount), John Powell
"Inception" (Warner Bros.), Hans Zimmer
"The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company), Alexandre Desplat
"127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
"The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Coming Home" from "Country Strong" (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)), Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
"I See the Light" from "Tangled" (Walt Disney), Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Glenn Slater
"If I Rise" from "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
"We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3" (Walt Disney), Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Achievement in sound editing "Inception" (Warner Bros.), Richard King
"Toy Story 3" (Walt Disney), Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
"Tron: Legacy" (Walt Disney), Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
"True Grit" (Paramount), Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
"Unstoppable" (20th Century Fox), Mark P. Stoeckinger

Achievement in sound mixing
"Inception" (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
"The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company), Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
"Salt" (Sony Pictures Releasing), Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
"The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing), Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
"True Grit" (Paramount), Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Achievement in visual effects
"Alice in Wonderland" (Walt Disney), Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" (Warner Bros.), Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
"Hereafter" (Warner Bros.), Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
"Inception" (Warner Bros.), Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
"Iron Man 2" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount), Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

 

[j'adore_couture]

I'm so happy for Jesse Eisenberg. Glad he got the credit he deserved!

Not trying to be the evil party pooper but could someone please enlighten me as to how this is true? No doubt, he portrayed his character. However, I think that is largely with the help of a brilliantly written character and his disposition to talk rapidly and scholastically.

 

[Cinthia]

John Hawkes!!

i had the same reaction! i'm so happy for winter's bone overall!

 

[Erin]

I'm so happy to see Annette nominated. I know most of you think Julianne Moore had the better performance (her character had more range, I can see that), but to me Annette Bening was outstanding.

 

[Spiral1532]

Woo hoo! The King's Speech with 12 nominations. That makes it the movie with the most nominations, and therefore the most likely to win the BP prize. I haven't seen True Grit, but I get the feeling that I'm not gonna like it (I'm very anti-remakes). I haven't seen Blue Valentine either, but now I wanna see it. Also, I'm glad that John Hawkes and his co-star Jennifer Lawrence got a nomination. Overall, I'm happy with most of the nominations.

 

[colourmefashion]

i never seen the fighter, but is it weird that Christian Bale was nominated for supporting, and Mark not nominated for lead ?

i could understand the lead being nominated and the supporting not.. but the supporting nominated and the lead not seems kinda funny to me

has natalie won an oscar before ?

 

[Empress Merel]

Overall pretty dissappointing list of nominations. Jeff bridges didn't really need to nominated, he already has one . Ryan Gosling should have been nominated in his place, I think. And no nomination for Chris Nolan who directed Inception is a joke. and none for andrew garfield

That is like the dumbest statement ever. Excuse me and don't take it personal because it's not, but who cares if he already has an Oscar? A good performance is a good perfomance and should be rewarded just that.

Boring nominations, really. It's the same 6 or 7 movies that get nominated. Natalie will get the Oscar because she wants it the most, obviously. Inception got snubbed, Ryan Gosling got snubbed, but Michelle got nominated so yay! Tron Legacy got snubbed for music and visuals (visualy, this movie was outstanding. p*rn for the senses)
And yes at Garfield and Kunis not nominated because I'd be pissed if that had happened.

Colour, nope. It would be travesty if she had won one before.

 

[colourmefashion]

lets all be thankful justin timberlake didnt get nominated.
that would have been just... there are no words

 

[Spiral1532]

i never seen the fighter, but is it weird that Christian Bale was nominated for supporting, and Mark not nominated for lead ?

i could understand the lead being nominated and the supporting not.. but the supporting nominated and the lead not seems kinda funny to me

has natalie won an oscar before ?

It IS kind of weird that someone who plays the title character in a movie wasn't nominated whereas three of the supporting actors from that movie were. But to be honest, I wasn't impressed with Mark Wahlberg's performance. The supporting performances (Bale, Adams, and Leo) outshone his performance. IMO he doesn't deserve any award nomination for that performance.

And Natalie was nominated for an Oscar once before (for the movie Closer where she played a stripper) but she didn't win.

 

[colourmefashion]

I never seen the fighter so i cant judge any of the performances.. i just found it funny

I think natalie will get this oscar..
she got best actress for the GG and the Critics Choice didn't she ?