2011 Oscar Nominations

[Vic Sage]

[u:cb37gtrx]1. Best Picture:[/u:cb37gtrx]
"The Artist"
''The Descendants"
''Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
''The Help"
''Hugo"
''Midnight in Paris"
''Moneyball"
''The Tree of Life"
''War Horse."

[u:cb37gtrx]2. Actor:[/u:cb37gtrx]
Demian Bichir, "A Better Life"
George Clooney, "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt, "Moneyball."

[u:cb37gtrx]3. Actress:[/u:cb37gtrx]
Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis, "The Help"
Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn."

[u:cb37gtrx]4. Supporting Actor[/u:cb37gtrx]:
Kenneth Branagh, "My Week With Marilyn"
Jonah Hill, "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte, "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"
Max von Sydow, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

[u:cb37gtrx]5. Supporting Actress:[/u:cb37gtrx]
Berenice Bejo, "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain, "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer, "The Help"

[u:cb37gtrx]6. Directing:[/u:cb37gtrx]
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"
Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"

[u:cb37gtrx]7. Foreign Language Film[/u:cb37gtrx]:
"Bullhead," Belgium
"Footnote," Israel
"In Darkness," Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar," Canada
"A Separation," Iran

[u:cb37gtrx]8. Adapted Screenplay:[/u:cb37gtrx]
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, "The Descendants"
John Logan, "Hugo"
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, "The Ides of March"
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, "Moneyball"
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
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9. Original Screenplay:[/u:cb37gtrx]
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, "Bridesmaids"
J.C. Chandor, "Margin Call"
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
Asghar Farhadi, "A Separation"

[u:cb37gtrx]10. Animated Feature Film:[/u:cb37gtrx]
"A Cat in Paris"
"Chico & Rita"
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss in Boots"
"Rango"

[u:cb37gtrx]11. Art Direction:[/u:cb37gtrx]
"The Artist"
''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
''Hugo"
''Midnight in Paris"
''War Horse"

[u:cb37gtrx]12. Cinematography:[/u:cb37gtrx]
"The Artist"
''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
''Hugo"
''The Tree of Life"
''War Horse"

[u:cb37gtrx]13. Sound Mixing:[/u:cb37gtrx]
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
''Hugo"
''Moneyball"
''Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
''War Horse"

[u:cb37gtrx]14. Sound Editing:[/u:cb37gtrx]
"Drive"
''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
''Hugo"
''Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
''War Horse"

[u:cb37gtrx]15. Original Score:[/u:cb37gtrx]
"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist," Ludovic Bource
"Hugo," Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse," John Williams

[u:cb37gtrx]16. Original Song:[/u:cb37gtrx]
"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets," Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from "Rio", Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett

[u:cb37gtrx]17. Costume:[/u:cb37gtrx]
"Anonymous"
''The Artist"
''Hugo"
''Jane Eyre"
''W.E."

[u:cb37gtrx]18. Documentary Feature:[/u:cb37gtrx]
"Hell and Back Again"
''If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
''Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
''Pina"
''Undefeated"

[u:cb37gtrx]19. Documentary (short subject):[/u:cb37gtrx]
"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement"
''God Is the Bigger Elvis"
''Incident in New Baghdad"
''Saving Face"
''The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"

[u:cb37gtrx]20. Film Editing:[/u:cb37gtrx]
"The Artist"
''The Descendants"
''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
''Hugo"
''Moneyball"

[u:cb37gtrx]21. Makeup:[/u:cb37gtrx]
"Albert Nobbs"
''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
''The Iron Lady"

[u:cb37gtrx]22. Animated Short Film:[/u:cb37gtrx]
"Dimanche/Sunday"
''The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore"
''La Luna"
''A Morning Stroll"
''Wild Life"

[u:cb37gtrx]23. Live Action Short Film[/u:cb37gtrx]:
"Pentecost"
''Raju"
''The Shore"
''Time Freak"
''Tuba Atlantic"

[u:cb37gtrx]24. Visual Effects:[/u:cb37gtrx]
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
''Hugo"
''Real Steel"
''Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
''Transformers: Dark of the Moon"

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm rarely able to have much of an opinion on these things. The only movies I've seen from the entire list are Hugo (with several mentions) and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (with one).

[MFS62]

The nomination of "Extremely Loud ,,, " for best picture is unexpected.
But the nomination of Max Von Sydow for Best Supporting Actor is not.
(See the thread in this forum.)
Wish I could predict the outcome of sporting events or Lottery drawings like that.
Later

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

I've seen exactly zero the movies nominated.

[Frayed Knot]

Vic Sage wrote: 1. Best Picture: "The Artist" ''The Descendants" ''Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" ''The Help" ''Hugo" ''Midnight in Paris" ''Moneyball" ''The Tree of Life" ''War Horse."

Interesting that they "only" went with eight when they had the option of going with as many as ten
In the end it's going to come down to "The Descendants" and "Moneyball"
- ELAIC isn't getting good enough reviews (which makes you wonder what it's doing here)
- TREE OF LIFE was more a critical fave but didn't have enough popular appeal
- THE HELP has that whole political correctness thing going on which will get it some smaller awards (like supporting actress) but not this one
- HUGO; too much of a kiddie flick
- THE ARTIST; I have nothing to say about this movie
- MIDNIGHT IN PARIS; Woody had enough trouble getting wins when he was on top of his game
- WAR HORSE; probably has a better shot at winning Tonys than Oscars



Of the ones I saw (Moneyball) I select Moneyball

[Vic Sage]

2011 movies i saw: (* = oscar nomination)
ADJUSTMENT BUREAU
ADVENTURES OF TINTIN *
BRIDESMAIDS *
CAPTAIN AMERICA
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
COWBOYS & ALIENS
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2
THE EAGLE
EVERYTHING MUST GO
GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO *
GREEN HORNET
GREEN LANTERN
HALL PASS
HANNA
HARRY POTTER 7 *
HUGO *
I AM NUMBER 4
THE IDES OF MARCH *
IMMORTALS
JACK & JILL
JUST GO WITH IT
KUNG FU PANDA 2 *
LIMITLESS
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 4
MONEYBALL *
THE MUPPETS *
PAUL
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4
PRIEST
RANGO *
REAL STEEL *
RED STATE
RIO *
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES *
SHERLOCK HOLMES 2
THE SMURFS
SUCKER PUNCH
SUPER
30 MINUTES OR LESS
THOR
THREE MUSKETEERS
TOWER HEIST
TRANSFORMERS 3 *
WAR HORSE *
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
WIN WIN
X-MEN:1ST CLASS
ZOOKEEPER

My top 10 so far:
CAPTAIN AMERICA
GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO *
HUGO *
THE IDES OF MARCH *
MONEYBALL *
RANGO *
RIO *
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES *
WAR HORSE *
WIN WIN
X-MEN:1ST CLASS



nominees I still plan to see:
THE ARTIST
THE DESCENDENTS
DRIVE
MARGIN CALL
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
WARRIOR

nominees i wouldn't see on a bet:
ALBERT NOBBS
ANONYMOUS
A CAT IN PARIS
BEGINNERS
CHICO & RITA
EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE
THE HELP
THE IRON LADY
JANE EYRE
PUSS N BOOTS
A SEPARATION (or any of the other foreign film nominees)
TREE OF LIFE
W.E.

Edited January 24, 2012 by Guest

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

If they're going to nominate so many for Best Picture, why don't they give out more awards too. Maybe a bronze, silver, gold Best Picture trio.

[Ceetar]

I ended up not seeing a ton of movies last year. Not that I was intending on seeing most of the ones on the list of nominees.

Did see The Help the other day though. Still haven't seen Moneyball. I should go do that.

[Vic Sage]

Interesting that they "only" went with eight when they had the option of going with as many as ten Actually they went with nine, but the point remains. A shitty year if you can't even find a 10th film you like well enough to nominate...

especially irksome when they purposely overlooked GIRL WITH DRAGON TATTOO, which was clearly one of the best movies of the year.

Edited January 24, 2012 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

To say nothing of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1.

Suck it, haters. Go, Team Edward!

[Vic Sage]

how did my daughter get control of Edgy's CPF account?

[Guest themetfairy]

I loved The Artist - I'm glad to see that it did so well and hope that it wins some of the trophies on Oscar night.

[Edgy MD]

5. Supporting Actress: ... Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids" ... 9. Original Screenplay: ... Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, "Bridesmaids" ...

Whoah, how about a hand for the movie that most divided the Crane Pool electorate?

Surprised to see only nine Best Picture nominees? How about two best song nominees?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

There are as many nominations for John Williams scores as there are total for Best Original Song.

Dragon Tattoo/Soderbergh seem like weird omissions, no? (Also, no Reznor nomination for that score, considering he took one for Social Network, and that this one worked at least as well?)

Also, nothing for Drive? Wasn't that one pretty well-regarded, if just for the style/composition and Albert Brooks? And no Gosling noms at all?

No DiCaprio nom for the Oscar-bait-y J. Edgar, either?

[Edgy MD]

There are as many nominations for John Williams scores as there are total for Best Original Song.

Musicals (all animated) from 2011 that couldn't manage to garner a nomination:

• Happy Feet 2
  
• Rio
  
• Winnie the Pooh

I'm certain I heard a closing credits song or two in 2011 that must have been worth a crap.

[Guest sharpie]

Movies with nominations that I've seen:

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS*
MONEYBALL*
THE TREE OF LIFE*
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
JANE EYRE

None of them scream "best picture" to me.

Other 2011 movies I've seen:

MELANCHOLIA
IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY
CEDAR RAPIDS

[Edgy MD]

Vic Sage wrote: how did my daughter get control of Edgy's CPF account?

I have to say, your daughter has quite the potty mouth.

Seriously, not even Breaking Dawn could produce an original soundtrack song up to the nominating standards of, say, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"?

I tell you, from Woody Allen to Baz Luhrmann to Wes Anderson to directors of far lesser talent, the notion of the original song seems to be slowly fading from movies, in favor of directors playing DJ, using material with a proven track record of exactly what kind of response it'll get from an audience.

[Guest sharpie]

I read somewhere that a panel of "experts" (which includes Eric Clapton) make the determination for best song. Any song has to have something like 80% of the votes to make it (Hall of Fame style) to a maximum of five. If no song makes it, then the category doesn't exist that year. However, if one song makes it, the second highest scoring song gets a nomination too. So, we don't know if both of them cleared the bar this year.

I noted that some crappy Madonna song won the Golden Globe and she doesn't get a nomination. She used her time at the podium to talk about the movie she directed being so meaningful. I hadn't heard of the movie previously.

[Edgy MD]

Eric Clapton, sleeping at the stick again.

Meanwhile, this guy sold his soul four times over to get a 2010 nomination and came up empty.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

If 2012's Oscar-nominated movie posters told the truth.

[Guest themetfairy]

Tonight is the big night - who's watching?

[Edgy MD]

Vic Sage wrote: how did my daughter get control of Edgy's CPF account?

Some mouth on that little girl.

[Frayed Knot]

My day-of prediction that this was going to come down to a contest between MONEYBALL and THE DESCENDANTS is out the window.
All the momentum is clearly behind THE ARTIST which I believe will eventually find its place in history as the greatest silent movie released in 2011

[Guest themetfairy]

OMG - this Cirque du Soleil production is horrendous!

[Ceetar]

themetfairy wrote: OMG - this Cirque du Soleil production is horrendous!

100 times better than Criss Angel: Believe. just saying.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Frayed Knot wrote: All the momentum is clearly behind THE ARTIST which I believe will eventually find its place in history as the greatest silent movie released in 2011

Never underestimate the Francophobia that pervades American society.

[Frayed Knot]

The Second Spitter wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: All the momentum is clearly behind THE ARTIST which I believe will eventually find its place in history as the greatest silent movie released in 2011 Never underestimate the Francophobia that pervades American society.

There's also a lot of Franco-envy -- not that I believe that's the reason it's going to clean up on the Film/Director/Actor awards, I'm just sayin'.

[Guest themetfairy]

Best Director goes to The Artist - woot!

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Frayed Knot wrote: There's also a lot of Franco-envy -- not that I believe that's the reason it's going to clean up on the Film/Director/Actor awards, I'm just sayin'.

The Artist is the best film i've seen since Goodfellas, but unfortunately it's not going to win at least one of the holy trinity of Oscars.

[Guest themetfairy]

So far it's won two of them!