I'm shocked, but I still breathing... And I'm not talking about the area of water in Australia (due to the floods), I'm talking about some big Oscar snubs this year.
While I'm totally happy with the list of Best Picture nominees (it's equal to my predictions), but I can't understand why Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine) was snubed in the Best Leading Actor category: Javier Bardem took his place between the nominees. Wait! I'm not saying that Bardem doesn't deserve this recognition, because he actually would deserve it IF this year the race didn't had other "SO Good" contenders. I really hoped that Gosling would get it and I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Robert Duvall in the list instead of him, but I serious wasn't prepared at all to see Bardem (I knew it was possible, he was under my consideration, but I thought it won't happen) and I didn't expected to see Gosling snubed if Williams was nominated.
Another shock: where's "Waiting for Superman"? It's a shame that such a great documentary was snubed! And... what about Andrew Garfield for The Social Network? Well... I think he's the male version of Scarlett Johansson in 2003 (she was snubed in spite of being part of a Best Picture quality movie (Lost In Translation) and of delivering two great performances in the same year (Lost In Translation; Girl With Pearl Earring) and now Mr. Garfield was snubed too in spite of two amazing performances in The Social Network and Never Let Me Go).
No Tom Hooper in the Best Director category? Hey! He directed The King's Speech! (kidding)
What's about Danny Elfman's amazing work in composing Alice In Wonderland's score? GOD! It was one of the best things of such a disapointing movie and so was the makeup work, which was also snubed! Hereafter is nominated for Best Visual Effects instead of Tron Legacy? I thought they were kiding with me!
HEY! WHY ISN'T CHRISTOPHER NOLAN NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR? IS THE ACADEMY GOING BLIND? THE BIGGEST SNUB OF THE YEAR AND MAYBE OF THE DECADE!
Here's the list of this year's Academy Awards nominees:
BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
David Fincher for The Social Network
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
David O. Russell for The Fighter
Joel and Ethan Coen for True Grit
BEST LEADING ACTOR
Javier Bardem for Biutiful
Jeff Bridges for True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network
Colin Firth for The King's Speech
James Franco for 127 Hours
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale for The Fighter
John Hawkes for Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner for The Town
Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams for The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech
Melissa Leo for The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit
Jackie Weaver for Animal Kingdom
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Another Year, written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter, written by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
Inception, written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right, written by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech, screenplay by David Seidler
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours, screenplay by Danny Boyle and 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 and Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone, adapted for the screen by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
Inception, Wally Pfister
The King's Speech, Danny Cohen
The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit, Roger Deakins
BEST 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
BEST 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
BEST MAKEUP
Barney's Version, Adrien Morot
The Way Back, Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
BEST 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
BEST 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
BEST 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
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Coming Home" from Country Strong, music and lyrics by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
"I See the Light" from Tangled, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater
"If I Rise" from 127 Hours, music by A.R. Rahman and lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
"We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3, music and lyrics by Randy Newman
BEST 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
BEST 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
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
In a Better World (Denmark)
Incendies (Canada)
Outside the Law (Algeria)
BEST 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
BEST SHORT SUBJECT DOCUMENTARY
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
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
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, Bastien Dubois
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
The Confession, Tanel Toom
The Crush, Michael Creagh
God of Love, Luke Matheny
Na Wewe, Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143, Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Well, the world can't be always fair, but there were too injustices this year in the Academy's nominations. But, at least, the biggest part of nominees deserve this recognition and I'm really happy with the Best Picture and Best Animated Feature choices. If you want to compare the list of nominees with my predictions here's the link:
BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
David Fincher for The Social Network
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
David O. Russell for The Fighter
Joel and Ethan Coen for True Grit
BEST LEADING ACTOR
Javier Bardem for Biutiful
Jeff Bridges for True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network
Colin Firth for The King's Speech
James Franco for 127 Hours
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale for The Fighter
John Hawkes for Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner for The Town
Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams for The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech
Melissa Leo for The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit
Jackie Weaver for Animal Kingdom
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Another Year, written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter, written by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
Inception, written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right, written by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech, screenplay by David Seidler
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours, screenplay by Danny Boyle and 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 and Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone, adapted for the screen by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
Inception, Wally Pfister
The King's Speech, Danny Cohen
The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit, Roger Deakins
BEST 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
BEST 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
BEST MAKEUP
Barney's Version, Adrien Morot
The Way Back, Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
BEST 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
BEST 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
BEST 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
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Coming Home" from Country Strong, music and lyrics by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
"I See the Light" from Tangled, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater
"If I Rise" from 127 Hours, music by A.R. Rahman and lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
"We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3, music and lyrics by Randy Newman
BEST 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
BEST 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
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
In a Better World (Denmark)
Incendies (Canada)
Outside the Law (Algeria)
BEST 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
BEST SHORT SUBJECT DOCUMENTARY
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
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
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, Bastien Dubois
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
The Confession, Tanel Toom
The Crush, Michael Creagh
God of Love, Luke Matheny
Na Wewe, Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143, Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Well, the world can't be always fair, but there were too injustices this year in the Academy's nominations. But, at least, the biggest part of nominees deserve this recognition and I'm really happy with the Best Picture and Best Animated Feature choices. If you want to compare the list of nominees with my predictions here's the link:
http://cinemaandpopcorn.blogspot.com/2011/01/last-academy-awards-nominees.html
Academy Awards 2011 winners predictions will be post in this blog soon (maybe in the begining of the next week).
Thanks for checking the list of Academy Awards nominees here!
Academy Awards 2011 winners predictions will be post in this blog soon (maybe in the begining of the next week).
Thanks for checking the list of Academy Awards nominees here!
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