82nd Annual Academy Award nominations!
Franck Tabouring
And the nominees are...
The nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been announced, and to be honest, I'm not really surprised by all the picks. As commercial as the whole thing has become, it's not too hard to guess who's on the list. Let's take a brief look:
Nominated for best picture are "Avatar," "The Blind Side" (what the f**k?), "District 9," "An Education," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire," "A Serious Man," "Up" and "Up in the Air."
Nominated for best actor are Jeff Bridges for "Crazy Heart," George Clooney for "Up in the Air," Colin Firth for "A Single Man," Morgan Freeman for "Invictus," and Jeremy Renner for "The Hurt Locker."
Nominated for best supporting actor are Matt Damon in "Invictus," "Woody Harrelson" for "The Messenger," Christoper Plummer for "The Last Station," Stanley Tucci for "The Lovely Bones" and Christoph Waltz for "Inglourious Basterds."
Actress in a leading role: Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side" (what the f**k?), Helen Mirren for "The Last Station," Carey Mulligan for "An Education," Gabourney Sidibe for "Precious" and Meryl Streep for "Julie & Julia."
Actress in a supporting role: Penelope Cruz for "Nine," Vera Farmiga for "Up in the Air," Anna Kendrick for "Up in the Air," Maggie Gyllenhaal for "Crazy Heart" and Mo'Nique for "Precious."
The nominees for best animated film are "Coraline," "Fantastic Mr. Fox," "The Princess and the Frog," "The Secret of Kells," and "Up."
Adapted screenplay: "District 9," "An Education," "In the Loop," "Precious," and "Up in the Air." Original Screenplay nominees are "Up," "A Serious Man," "The Messenger," "The Hurt Locker" and "Inglourious Basterds."
Competing for the best visual effects oscar are "Star Trek," "Avatar" and "District 9." Below are the remaining categories and nominees:
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ajami, Israel
El Secreto de sus Ojos, Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow, Peru
Une Prophéte, France
The White Ribbon, Germany
ART DIRECTION
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
COSTUME DESIGN
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
FILM EDITING
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
MAKEUP
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
ORIGINAL SCORE
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up
ORIGINAL SONG
"Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog
"Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog
"Loin de Paname" from Paris 36
"Take It All" from Nine
"The Weary Kind
SOUND MIXING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
SOUND EDITING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit à la Berlin
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
Reader Comments (6)
Franck,
I have one thing to say about your (what the fuck?) comments after "The Blindside" and Sandra Bullock. Charming. Why should anyone take YOU seriously.
Michael, I'm not asking for anyone to take me seriously. Is my comment a little harsh? Maybe. Are some of these nominations just as harsh? By all means, yes:)
As matter of fact, slapping 'The Blind Side' in there proves we can't even take the Oscars seriously anymore.
Franck,
"The Blindside" was not a horrible film. If the category had not been widened to 10 this year, it would not have made the cut. We both know "The Blindside" and most of the other "extended" nominees will not win, but I feel it is nice for a movie with a positive message, which actually left audience members feeling happy when they left theatres to be a very good thing. I also feel the academy is really thinking outside the box to nominate Sandra Bullock for portraying a Southern, white, wealthy, conservative and religious woman. One who takes charge, does the right thing and gets it done. Its nice to see anyone from the south not being portrayed as backward and stupid. And yes, your (wtf?) comments are harsh. If there are other nominations you find harsh, why are you not placing a (wtf) next to them?
I see your point. For me personally, I saw plenty of feel-good films that year that were not as conventional or sappy as the "Blind Side," and that's why I think it just doesn't fit in there. Maybe I'm also the only one thinking this, but Bullock's accent alone terrified me most of the time. I just didn't buy most of it.
Honestly, the rest is not harsh at all. I'm not a supporter of "Avatar" being in there, but the majority works okay. I guess that too is a reason why "Blind Side" just threw me off so much. For me, there is no way it can compare to or match up with any of the nominees in that category.
Maggie Gyllenhaal's nomination is a "what the hell?! She was horrible in Crazy Heart and is the most overrated actor. There were so many better actresses who should have been nominated: Julianne Moore, Juliette Binoche, Diane Kruger, Melanie Lauren, Samantha Morton. and on and on.
Maggie Gyllenhaal over Julianne Moore - what the f*ck!