The nominations for the 83rd annual Academy Award Ceremony have been announced and the winners of the “Look at me I have more nominations than you” award goes to The Artist with eleven nominations. Hugo comes in second with ten. Moneyball and Warhorse also did well on the nominations front, as both got six.
There were some huge snubs this year, none bigger than Michael Fassebnder’s horse like phalice not getting nominated for best supporting actor from Shame, or Michael Fassbender himself getting nominated for best Actor. Both were shoe ins before… Tilda Swinton not getting nominated for Have you heard about Kevin was also a major f you to great acting.
Also major snubs were Tin Tin and Drive, which received a Best Score for the former and Sound Editing for the latter, even though they should have been nominated for Best Animated Film for Tin Tin , and Supporting Actor for Drive. Also Bridesmaids not getting a best picture nom was a pretty big snub.
The surprise nominations were also quite huge. The biggest being Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids. Ill go into a some of my predictions and discuss this nominations after the complete list…
BEST PICTURE
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”
“The Help”
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“Moneyball”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Demian Bichir for “A Better Life”
George Clooney for “The Descendants”
Jean DuJardin for “The Artist”
Gary Oldman for “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt for “Moneyball”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Glenn Close for “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis for “The Help”
Rooney Mara for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep for “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams for “My Week with Marilyn”
DIRECTING
Michel Hazanavicius for “The Artist”
Alexander Payne for “The Descendants”
Martin Scorsese for “Hugo”
Woody Allen for “Midnight in Paris”
Terrence Malick for “The Tree of Life”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kenneth Branagh for “My Week with Marilyn”
Jonah Hill for “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte for “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer for “Beginners”
Max Von Sydow for “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Bernice Bejo for “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain for “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy for “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer for “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer for “The Help”
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Bullhead” – Belgium
“Footnote” – Israel
“In Darkness” – Poland
“Monsieur Lazhar” – Canada
“A Separation” – Iran
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“A Cat in Paris”
“Chico and Rita”
“Kung Fu Panda 2”
“Puss in Boots”
“Rango”
SCREENPLAY (Adapted)
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash for “The Descendants”
John Logan for “Hugo”
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon for “The Ides of March”
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin & Stan Chervin for “Moneyball”
Bridget o’Connor & Peter Straughan for “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
SCREENPLAY (Original)
Michel Hazanavicius for “The Artist”
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig for “Bridesmaids”
J.C. Chandor for “Margin Call”
Woody Allen for “Midnight in Paris”
Asghar farhadi for “A Separation”
ART DIRECTION
“The Artist”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two”
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“War Horse”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Artist”
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”
COSTUME DESIGN
“Anonymous”
“The Artist”
“Hugo”
“Jane Eyre”
“W.E.”
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Hell and Back Again”
“If a Tree Falls”
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgator”
“Pina”
“Undefeated”
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“The Barber of Birmingham”
“God is the Bigger Elvis”
“Incident in New Baghdad”
“Saving Face”
“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”
FILM EDITING
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Moneyball”
MAKEUP
“Albert Nobbs”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two”
“The Iron Lady”
MUSIC (SCORE)
John Williams for “The Adventures of Tintin”
Ludovic Bource for “The Artist”
Howard Shore for “Hugo”
Alberto Iglesias for “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
John Williams for “War Horse”
MUSIC (SONG)
‘Man or Muppet’ from “The Muppets”
‘Real in Rio’ from “Rio”
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
“Dimanche/Sunday”
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”
“La Luna”
“A Morning Stroll”
“Wild Life”
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“Pentecost”
“Raju”
“The Shore”
“Time Freak”
“Tuba Atlantic”
SOUND EDITING
“Drive”
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“War Horse”
SOUND MIXING
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Moneyball”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“War Horse”
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two”
“Hugo”
“Real Steel”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
So as you can see… The Academy is weird. I predict the Artist will win Best Picture. The best movie of the year never wins best picture, and I feel Moneyball is the best movie, so it will most certainly be The Artist. Leading Actor and actress are too close to call. There are some heavy weight battles going on in those categories. More than Likely Scorsese is going to get another Oscar win for Hugo, Christopher Plummer will win an Oscar for being an awesome old English dude, and I want to say Melissa McCarthy will win best Supporting Actress, but It’s going to be Octavia Spenser.
I can’t believe Puss in Boots was nominated over Tin Tin in Animated feature…. I can’t really make an educated guess because I haven’t seen all of them, but I would hope it’d be Rango. Though it’ll probably be a Cat in Paris.
I’m also sooooo glad that “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets was nominated for best original Song… it was all the movie itself was being realistic about getting nominated for, so I’m glad to see it, and hope to see a live performance of it. It will certainly beat out it’s opponent and grab the Oscar. What are your opinions and predictions? Post below.
