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]

Originally Posted by MorallySound

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

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by Hatchetwarrior

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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.