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Author Topic: 83rd Annual Academy Awards nominations Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-25-2011 12:59 PM                        The 83rd Annual Academy Awards Best Picture * “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers * “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers * “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers * “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers * “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers * “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers * “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers * “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer * “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers * “Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers Actor in a Leading Role * Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” * Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” * Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” * Colin Firth in “The King's Speech” * James Franco in “127 Hours” Actor in a Supporting Role * Christian Bale in “The Fighter” * John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone” * Jeremy Renner in “The Town” * Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” * Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech” Actress in a Leading Role * Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right” * Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” * Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone” * Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” * Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine” Actress in a Supporting Role * Amy Adams in “The Fighter” * Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech” * Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” * Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit” * Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom” Animated Feature Film * “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois * “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet * “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich Art Direction * “Alice in Wonderland” Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara * “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan * “Inception” Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat * “The King's Speech” Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr * “True Grit” Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh Cinematography * “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique * “Inception” Wally Pfister * “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen * “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth * “True Grit” Roger Deakins Costume Design * “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood * “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi * “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan * “The Tempest” Sandy Powell * “True Grit” Mary Zophres Directing * “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky * “The Fighter” David O. Russell * “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper * “The Social Network” David Fincher * “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Documentary (Feature) * “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz * “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic * “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs * “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger * “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley Documentary (Short Subject) * “Killing in the Name” Nominees to be determined * “Poster Girl” Nominees to be determined * “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon * “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger * “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon Film Editing * “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum * “The Fighter” Pamela Martin * “The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar * “127 Hours” Jon Harris * “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter Foreign Language Film * “Biutiful” Mexico * “Dogtooth” Greece * “In a Better World” Denmark * “Incendies” Canada * “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria Makeup * “Barney's Version” Adrien Morot * “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng * “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey Music (Original Score) * “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell * “Inception” Hans Zimmer * “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat * “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman * “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Music (Original Song) * “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey * “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater * “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong * “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman Short Film (Animated) * “Day & Night” Teddy Newton * “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang * “Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe * “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann * “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois Short Film (Live Action) * “The Confession” Tanel Toom * “The Crush” Michael Creagh * “God of Love” Luke Matheny * “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt * “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite Sound Editing * “Inception” Richard King * “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers * “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague * “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey * “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger Sound Mixing * “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick * “The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley * “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin * “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten * “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland Visual Effects * “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips * “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi * “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell * “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb * “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick Writing (Adapted Screenplay) * “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy * “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin * “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich * “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen * “Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini Writing (Original Screenplay) * “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh * “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson * “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan * “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg * “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-25-2011 03:05 PM                     Congratulations to Jacki Weaver for her Best Supporting Actress nomination. She's been around forever and now she's finally been 'discovered'. If she wins, I'm sure she'll be an overnight sensation, just like Geoffrey Rush was for 'Shine'.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-25-2011 04:24 PM                     The King's Speech will very likely take the Best Picture Oscar since it already won the Producer's Guild award for Best Picture. The Social Network was previously the favorite to win Best Picture, but not anymore. David Fincher has a good chance of winning the Best Director Oscar though. We'll pretty much know for sure who will win when the Director's Guild's award is handed out this coming Saturday night (Jan. 29). On Sunday, the Screen Actor's Guild awards show will air on TNT. That will pretty much telegraph the Oscar winners in the various acting categories. I'll be surprised if Natalie Portman doesn't win the Best Actress award for Black Swan. I'm praying Black Swan does not win a cinematography Oscar. The ASC has its awards ceremony coming up on February 13. The ASC nominees for the feature film award category are the same as the Oscar nominees. It's likely whatever movie wins the ASC award will win the Oscar as well. I'm rooting for Inception and True Grit as a 2nd choice. Why is The King's Speech nominated in the Best Sound Mixing category? Not that I have a major problem with The King's Speech but it's conspicuously common for various period/costume dramas that are heavily dialog driven to be thrown a Best Sound gimmie nomination to help pump up that overall total of nominations. When the movie wins Best Picture it makes it more impressive sounding to have something like 7, 10 or 8973 Oscars hauled away at the podium rather than just a couple or so.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 01-25-2011 04:44 PM                     I'm voting for Inception for both picture and sound: the cinematography was awesome (and films based), and out of those noms, the better sound mix too. I didn't see Salt, so I guess I can't really say if it was better than the others. I, like many, also find it ridiculous that Nolan did not get a director's nom for Inception. Just a downright shame. Let's hope they reward him an original screenplay award, something he definitely deserves. AJG  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-25-2011 05:15 PM                        So what will the Academy do to get back at Weinstein this time? Close the awards window to two weeks? 10 stinking best pix noms!. I can't wait to see how they draw that out. I am really looking forward to what kind of production number they come up with for Winter's Bone. Singing and dancing Hillbillies on Meth as portrayed by some Hollywood Dance Studio. For the 83rd year in a row, the worst Academy Awards show ever  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-25-2011 05:32 PM                        quote: Martin McCaffery 10 stinking best pix noms!. I can't wait to see how they draw that out. You must not have seen the show last year. There were 10 Best Pic noms then too. The world didn't end.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-25-2011 05:45 PM                     I understand why they've gone to 10 Best Picture nominations, but it definitely makes the nominations of most of them seem a lesser event.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 01-25-2011 05:54 PM                        Although I had enjoyed TRUE GRIT when I saw it in a theatre and SOCIAL NETWORK on Blu-Ray, I am rooting for A KINGS SPEECH for best picture and Best actor. Although both of the other films were also excellent, KINGS SPEECH is a much better picture. I was surprised Jeff Bridges in TRUE GRIT was not nominated for a Golden Globe but I am glad he was nominated for an Oscar. Although he delivered a award winning performance, it is unfortunate he has to compete against Colin Firth who will win. After watching BLACK SAWN last weekend, I am rooting for Natalie Portman for the roll as a ballet dancer driven mad in that film. I did not think the cinematography was anything special that deserve a nomination but I thought the sound for THE BLACK SWAN was fantastic and should have been nominated in that category. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-25-2011 06:17 PM                        Not even a nomination for Never Let Me Go in the Best Cinematography category? The films that I like never win these things, but it would be nice if AMPAS would at least see fit to nominate them....  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-25-2011 07:47 PM                     One award I hope the The Social Network wins is Best Score. But I'm a Nine Inch Nails fan. Still, the music was pretty interesting and fitting for the subject matter. The Academy could score some "cool points" by giving Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross the award. They missed another "cool points" opportunity in failing to nominate Daft Punk for their brilliant score of Tron: Legacy. I'm not going to get up my hopes too much, but The Social Network at least has a shot at the Best Score Oscar since it already won the Golden Globe. I liked Trent Reznor's "Holy Shit" tweet when the winner was announced.  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-25-2011 09:03 PM                        quote: Mike Blakesley You must not have seen the show last year. There were 10 Best Pic noms then too. The world didn't end. So torturous I must have blacked it out  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-25-2011 09:13 PM                        quote: Claude S. Ayakawa I was surprised Jeff Bridges in TRUE GRIT was not nominated for a Golden Globe but I am glad he was nominated for an Oscar. Although he delivered a award winning performance, it is unfortunate he has to compete against Colin Firth who will win. I agree Colin Firth will probably win, but another reason Bridges won't win is because he won last year. If Bridges did win, would that be the first time two different actors won Best Actor for playing the same role?  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 01-25-2011 09:29 PM                     Funny, I thought Colin Firth was pretty good, but Geoffrey Rush stole the show. AJG  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-25-2011 09:40 PM                        I wasn't surprised to see Hailee Steinfeld nominated for "True Grit," but I thought she should have been in the Best Actress category.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-25-2011 10:00 PM                        Here are my predictions for the winners: Best Picture I'm going with Toy Story 3 or Inception. None of the other movies have any right whatsoever to be on this list. To hell with 'em. That said, if my theater had stayed open for one more week, we would have been shitfaced with crazy business. We always are when the nominations are announced. Actor in a Leading Role (or, rather, Best Actor) Definitely going to Colin Firth. Haven't seen the movie, though. Actor in a Supporting Role (or, rather, Best Supporting Actor, why try to make it sound all fancy?) Christian Bale will likely get this one. I thought he overacted and I didn't find him believable in the least, but I still think he'll win. Best Actress Either Natalie Portman will get it because she is young or Annette Benning will get it because she is ancient and the Academy wants to make sure she is recognized before she dies. Best Supporting Actress Probably Amy Adams. Animated Feature Film If "How to Train Your Dragon" wins, that means Toy Story 3 will win best picture. If Toy Story 3 wins this category, Inception had damn better well win Best Picture. Maybe Toy Story 3 can win both categories. Art Direction Who cares? This is the boring part of the show. Cinematography Black Swan will win because they borrowed my camera to shoot some of it (for reals). Nah, Inception will win. Costume Design Who cares? This is the boring part of the show. This is the reason the Academy Awards do not have a larger straight male audience. Directing Wow. These are some shitty selections here. I hope they all lose. I hope the Tom Hooper guy wins because his brother or dad probably directed Poltergeist. Documentary (Full Length) Haven't seen any of these, but hopefully Inside Job will win because I built that up, played it and it was in scope. Documentary (Short Subject) Who cares? This is the boring part of the show. Film Editing Nobody is eligible to win since nothing is edited on film any more. Why can't this category just be labeled "Editing"? Stupid fuckers. Foreign Language Film Who cares? This is the boring part of the show. Makeup Who cares? This is the boring part of the show. Music (Original Score) I'll take Inception for $500, Alex. Music (Original Song) Probably the Toy Story 3 song, though Randy Newman has always sounded like he has downs syndrome. Also, there is no need to perform each song. Just provide a link to a low-bit-rate MP3 on the screen. Screw the spectacle, people are watching to see the winners and for the host to be funny. Oh, James Franco is hosting? OK, people are watching to see, ummm, hell if I know. He's not much of a draw, in my opinion. Short Film (Animated) I make animated short subjects myself and even I don't give a rat's ass. Short Film (Live Action) Who cares? This is the boring part of the show. Sound Editing Inception had pretty good sound editing and Pixar always does well here, too. Nothing super awesome this year, though. Sound Mixing Inception, for sure. Social Network does not deserve to be on this list. WHY DOES EVERYONE HAVE A HARD-ON FOR THE SOCIAL NETWORK? Visual Effects Inception is the only worthy movie on this list. It's also the only movie on this list I ever plan on seeing because the rest are dogshit. Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Toy Story 3 should get this one but I know Social Network will, though it doesn't even deserve to be on the list. Writing (Original Screenplay) Inception is pretty good.  |  IP: Logged

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