84th Academy Awards: Nominations

[Hatchetwarrior]

Another year, another Oscars ceremony. Sometimes I wonder why I even care anymore. And yes, Bridesmaids is nominated in two categories.

Actor in a Leading Role

Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
George Clooney in "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"

Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis in "The Help"
Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"

Actress in a Supporting Role

Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer in "The Help"

Animated Feature Film

"A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
"Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
"Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
"Rango" Gore Verbinski

Art Direction

"The Artist"
Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
"Hugo"
Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"Midnight in Paris"
Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
"War Horse"
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography

"The Artist" Guillaume Schiffman
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Jeff Cronenweth
"Hugo" Robert Richardson
"The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

"Anonymous" Lisy Christl
"The Artist" Mark Bridges
"Hugo" Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
"W.E." Arianne Phillips

Directing

"The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Alexander Payne
"Hugo" Martin Scorsese
"Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen
"The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick

Documentary (Feature)

"Hell and Back Again"
Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
"Pina"
Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
"Undefeated"
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)

"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement"
Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
"God Is the Bigger Elvis"
Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
"Incident in New Baghdad"
James Spione
"Saving Face"
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"
Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing

"The Artist" Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Kevin Tent
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
"Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

"Bullhead" Belgium
"Footnote" Israel
"In Darkness" Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" Iran

Makeup

"Albert Nobbs"
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
"The Iron Lady"
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)

"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource
"Hugo" Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams

Music (Original Song)

"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Picture

"The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer
"The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer
"The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
"Hugo" Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
"Midnight in Paris" Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
"Moneyball" Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
"The Tree of Life" Nominees to be determined
"War Horse" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

"Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
"La Luna" Enrico Casarosa
"A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
"Wild Life" Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)

"Pentecost" Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
"Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
"The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George
"Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
"Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing

"Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Ren Klyce
"Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
"War Horse" Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
"Hugo"
Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
"Moneyball"
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
"War Horse"
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
"Hugo"
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
"Real Steel"
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi

[Nailwraps]

Had a feeling Cars 2 wouldn't be nominated and that doesn't surprise. It would if it did. On the bright side, Pixar still has been nominated for it's short La Luna.

[buck135]

Other than the "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo", I have no interest in any of these films. I'll pass on watching the awards this year.

[CPT HOOK]

Wow. Scanning through that list... what a sad year for cinema.

[MorallySound]

Bullhead is the only film worthy to be nominated, and I haven't even seen it yet. Actually, the Foreign Film category is the only one that is remotely acceptable. However the majority of the rest of the nominations are an absolute disgrace to the countless better films/actors/actress etc. that got snubbed.

[baggio]

Bullhead is the only film worthy to be nominated, and I haven't even seen it yet.

:eek:

Foreign Film category, you know it's going to go to that one dumb movie. Someone say guilt? Gimme a break.

And why would The Skin I Live In be nominated. Why would it? Only one worth seeing.

[Anthropophagus]

Good that Bridesmaids is nominated, it shows at least that the starched shirt full of shit execs who make up these award shows are making a nod towards the common film-goer.
As far as Bridesmaids being nominated, at the very least it did entertain, which was the initial purpose of film before it became in vogue for these emo, manic depressive modern filmmakers to repeatedly film themselves in black and white chopping off their own penises and nipples for the sake of high art and the few artsy fartsy types who enjoy shelling out for such dreck.
And yes, The Wrestler, The Fighter and Black Swan were the same fucking film despite the critical accolades and hype.

[Hatchetwarrior]

Bullhead is the only film worthy to be nominated, and I haven't even seen it yet. Actually, the Foreign Film category is the only one that is remotely acceptable. However the majority of the rest of the nominations are an absolute disgrace to the countless better films/actors/actress etc. that got snubbed.

Agreed, the foreign film and documentary categories are the only ones I really care about at this point. Although with the exception of "If A Tree Falls" (a great documentary I highly recommend) and the Sarah Palin's "Undefeated" (which has to be the most laughable entry in this categories history) I've never heard a single thing about the other three films nominated for documentary.

[Myron Breck]

As usual, not a lot to interest me, although I am keen to see TINKER TAILOR and THE ARTIST (I'm a huge Scorsese buff...but a 3D kiddie flick? I dunno).
BRIDESMAIDS was such a huge let-down for me, but it made a lot of people happy (and a shit-ton of money). Whatever.

[CPT HOOK]

I enjoyed Bridesmaid and it was a lot of fun, but Oscar nominated?

I like Melissa McCarthy, but best supporting actress? She basically did the same thing Zach Galifinakas (or however you spell it) did in The Hangover. Granted, she did it better than he did. But still. Oscar worthy?

Just another example of how weak a year it was.

[X-human]

Sarah Palin's "Undefeated" (which has to be the most laughable entry in this categories history)

The "Undefeated" up for the Oscar is NOT the Sarah Palin documentary; it's about the Michigan State football team.

I'm rather shocked Tintin only got a nomination for Best Score, which is absurd because it's probably John Williams' worst. If it's not animated then it's special effects. If it's neither then it has to be something. I'm not saying it's the best at any of it, but it's worth mentioning somewhere! Shows how out of step they are with the rest of the world where it was a blockbuster.

[nateynate87]

As usual, not a lot to interest me, although I am keen to see TINKER TAILOR and THE ARTIST (I'm a huge Scorsese buff...but a 3D kiddie flick? I dunno).
BRIDESMAIDS was such a huge let-down for me, but it made a lot of people happy (and a shit-ton of money). Whatever.

Hugo was advertised horribly in my opinion, it's not a kiddie flick at all. It has kids in it but adults would definitely get the most enjoyment out of it. If you are interested in early cinema, I'd check it out if I were you.

One of the best surprises of the year for me

[Matt89]

They forgot to nominate The Hangover Part 2, Coppola's Twixt and the Fright Night remake.

Oh, and Transformers and Reel Steel.

I'm not surprised with the shit nominations. You come to expect it from the Academy.

~Matt

[soxfan666]

Im not surprised by "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" getting a nod for best picture as it is about 9/11 and stars Tom Hanks, but critics have been slamming for the most part (from what I have seen).

[mcchrist]

No Drive, No Sale.

[rhett]

Pretty weak year...tough to fault the Academy when there really wasn't much to overlook. At least it looks like a movie that celebrates the whimsy and power of movies through silent films, Hugo or The Artist, will take home the bacon. Even if I was indifferent to The Tree of Life it's nice to see Malick get another nod, especially over the director for The Help or something abominable like that.

[Matt89]

No Drive, No Sale.

Yeah seriously, WTF?

~Matt

[SaviniFan]

No Drive, No Sale.

^This.

[bigdaddyhorse]

Wow, what a horrid year. Usually I've seen a flick or 2 from the list, so far nothing. But did I really see Jonah Hill for best supporting actor? Jonah fucking Hill? Are you fucking serious? These have long been a joke, now the joke isn't funny anymore.

[deepred]

I like Melissa McCarthy, but best supporting actress? She basically did the same thing Zach Galifinakas (or however you spell it) did in The Hangover. Granted, she did it better than he did. But still. Oscar worthy?

Just another example of how weak a year it was.

I personally think Melissa's was well deserved. I had been faguely familar with her work since "Pumpkin" with Christina Ricci and I knew she had a re-occuring rule on "Gilmore Girls" but honestly when I saw "Bridesmaids" I did not even know it was the same woman. The way she spoke, her posture, and disposition in "Bridesmaids" is 180 from what I've seen from her in interviews and other movies. Just because she wasn't on a deathbed dying from cancer doesn't mean the acting was any less great.

She took a role that was very different from herself and made it real. I thought she was overlooked at the Golden Globes and I'm happy she got an Oscar nomination.

But yeah, it was a pretty awful year for films but I did see some great ones - "Hugo", "The Skin I Live In" and "Melancholia" spring to mind.

[Hatchetwarrior]

No Drive, No Sale.

My feelings as well. Drive was easily the best studio release of 2011 and it gets no love from the academy, figures.

[CPT HOOK]

Drive was easily the best studio release of 2011 and it gets no love from the academy, figures.

Apparently the sound was edited pretty well. ;)

[Myron Breck]

Hugo was advertised horribly in my opinion, it's not a kiddie flick at all. It has kids in it but adults would definitely get the most enjoyment out of it. If you are interested in early cinema, I'd check it out if I were you.

One of the best surprises of the year for me

Really? Maybe I will check it out. I have heard nothing about it but I saw the trailer and it had me scratching my head. Tahnks for the recommendation.

[Myron Breck]

No Drive, No Sale.

No kidding! This really surprised me, somehow. It was my favorite movie that I saw last year and I thought it might just be "indie" enough for the Academy to slide it some much-deserved kudos. Obviously, and as usual, I was wrong.

[spawningblue]

Overall disappointing list although I am happy to see Tree of Life get a feel of the big noms, although I know it has no chance in hell at winning. I think The Artist and Hugo will take home most of the awards. I can't judge them as I haven't seen them.

Have to say I am really surprised to see the girl from Bridesmaids get a nomination though. She was funny and everything but nothing you haven't seen many times before. Glad to see them lighten up and all but... still kind of strange

Also really surprised to see Tintin not get nominated for animated film or special effects. I really enjoyed it, such a fun ride that makes you wish the last Indiana Jones was half as good. Was pleasantly surprised to see it wasn't as kiddy as I thought it would be.

[Myron Breck]

I got to see HUGO in 3D last night and I totally loved it. Maybe it's because I loved the fact that Scorsese made a sneaky film history lesson? The person I saw it with was surprised to learn that George Meliese was a real filmmaker, which kind of shocked me--I guess not everyone is as into film as the people on this board.

Anyway, thanks to Nateynate87 for suggesting I see it!

[dave13]

I decided to check out Moneyball, thanks to the oscars. it was really excellent. a few days after the oscars i watched billy crystal's intro's to the other 8 years he's done, as well as some other clips. it was very cool. seeing robin williams coked out of his mind during (i think) michael douglas' acceptance speech for wall street was entertaining. and jack nicholson, always in the front row, always wearing his sunglasses, was great, and that in turn made me wanna watch a few good men, which has really stood up, even 20 years later. i realized that rob riener hasn't made a single important movie since then either, which is too bad. the guy had a huge run of significant films thoughout the 80's, then made North in the early 90's and hasn't gotten back on track since.

[bigdaddyhorse]

Most boring awards show ever. Give me back the trainwrecks of the last few years, at least they entertained me to some extent, this broadcast was a snoozefest. Nothing against Crystal, but it all felt like like old-hat shit I've seen before. Where were the great mockeries of films like past years? Why was everyone silent during the "in memorium" segment (asleep maybe)? It felt like no one in the building wanted to be there except Billy Crystal.

[allmessedup]

They tweaked the memorial segment to prevent the audience from applauding at some names and ignoring others, something that had always bothered viewers and others about it.

I agree the show was boring, I think they were trying to just go back to what was safe, but it didn't come off well. I don't know what they can really do to inject some life in the show itself, about everything they've tried as far as changing it up has failed. The only time the ratings are high is when a really popular movie is up for a lot of awards.

[Myron Breck]

Was I the only person not disappointed by the show this year? I mean, streakers and Sacheen Littlefeather aside, has this show EVER been a high-energy laugh riot of thrills and fun? If so, I musta missed that one.

I enjoyed this year as much as any other, even moreso when you take into consideration that we didn't have to sit through interperative dance numbers or the awful never-ending song performances.

[Anaestheus]

I think it's a good indication that this year's ceremony was dull when the most talked about thing the next day was Angelina Jolie's thigh.

[dave13]

I think it's a good indication that this year's ceremony was dull when the most talked about thing the next day was Angelina Jolie's thigh.

which was revolting, by the way. what the hell was up with that?

[Matt89]

They tweaked the memorial segment to prevent the audience from applauding at some names and ignoring others, something that had always bothered viewers and others about it.

I'm so sick of people being offended by stupid fucking shit like that. They can all go fuck themselves. Some people were more significant figures and deserved more applause than others. It's almost offensive to THOSE people by not letting the audience applaud.

Were people offended that Paul Newman got a standing ovation over all the other people in the industry that died in 2008? It's fucking bullshit. People deserve more recognition than others BECAUSE THEY DID MORE AND WERE MORE SIGNIFICANT.

~Matt

[The Chaostar]

:eek:

Foreign Film category, you know it's going to go to that one dumb movie. Someone say guilt? Gimme a break.


I must disagree. "A Separation" Iran is the best film I've seen in years.

[mclay18]

I think it's a good indication that this year's ceremony was dull when the most talked about thing the next day was Angelina Jolie's thigh.

She looks anorexic. Brad needs to tell her, "Honey, do yourself a favor and eat three meals a day." Not a good example to show her kids.

And the Oscars were a joke. Weinsteins bought the major wins, which makes me sick. And honestly, who in the hell would put The Iron Lady over Harry Potter for Best Makeup win? Jesus, the makeup effects for Voldemort and Bellatrix's prosthetic teeth alone are a lot more impressive than the minor makeup used to make Meryl Streep into Margaret Thatcher.

[Myron Breck]

She looks anorexic. Brad needs to tell her, "Honey, do yourself a favor and eat three meals a day." Not a good example to show her kids.

I know, right? What's the point in adopting a bunch of Third World babies and then starving yourself to death in front of them? They could have had that at home.