Best Picture
- “The Artist” Thomas Langmann, Producer
- “The Descendants” Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
- “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” Scott Rudin, Producer
- “The Help” Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
- “Hugo” Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
- “Midnight in Paris” Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
- “Moneyball” Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
- “The Tree of Life” Nominees to be determined
- “War Horse” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Directing
- “The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius
- “The Descendants” Alexander Payne
- “Hugo” Martin Scorsese
- “Midnight in Paris” Woody Allen
- “The Tree of Life” Terrence Malick
Actor in a Leading Role
- Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
- George Clooney in “The Descendants”
- Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
- Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
- Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”
Actress in a Leading Role
- Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”
- Viola Davis in “The Help”
- Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
- Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
- Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
- Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
- Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
- Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
- Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist”
- Jessica Chastain in “The Help”
- Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”
- Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”
- Octavia Spencer in “The Help”
Animated Feature Film
- “A Cat in Paris” Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
- “Chico & Rita” Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
- “Kung Fu Panda 2” Jennifer Yuh Nelson
- “Puss in Boots” Chris Miller
- “Rango” Gore Verbinski
Art Direction
- “The Artist”
Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould - “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2“
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan - “Hugo”
Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo - “Midnight in Paris”
Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil - “War Horse”
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Cinematography
- “The Artist” Guillaume Schiffman
- “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Jeff Cronenweth
- “Hugo” Robert Richardson
- “The Tree of Life” Emmanuel Lubezki
- “War Horse” Janusz Kaminski
Costume Design
- “Anonymous” Lisy Christl
- “The Artist” Mark Bridges
- “Hugo” Sandy Powell
- “Jane Eyre” Michael O’Connor
- “W.E.” Arianne Phillips
Documentary (Feature)
- “Hell and Back Again”
Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner - “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front”
Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman - “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs - “Pina”
Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel - “Undefeated”
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas
Documentary (Short Subject)
- “The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement”
Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin - “God Is the Bigger Elvis”
Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson - “Incident in New Baghdad”
James Spione - “Saving Face”
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy - “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”
Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
Film Editing
- “The Artist” Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
- “The Descendants” Kevin Tent
- “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
- “Hugo” Thelma Schoonmaker
- “Moneyball” Christopher Tellefsen
Foreign Language Film
- “Bullhead” Belgium
- “Footnote” Israel
- “In Darkness” Poland
- “Monsieur Lazhar” Canada
- “A Separation” Iran
Makeup
- “Albert Nobbs”
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle - “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng - “The Iron Lady”
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
Music (Original Score)
- “The Adventures of Tintin” John Williams
- “The Artist” Ludovic Bource
- “Hugo” Howard Shore
- “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Alberto Iglesias
- “War Horse” John Williams
Music (Original Song)
- “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
- “Real in Rio” from “Rio” Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Short Film (Animated)
- “Dimanche/Sunday” Patrick Doyon
- “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
- “La Luna” Enrico Casarosa
- “A Morning Stroll” Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
- “Wild Life” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Short Film (Live Action)
- “Pentecost” Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
- “Raju” Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
- “The Shore” Terry George and Oorlagh George
- “Time Freak” Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
- “Tuba Atlantic” Hallvar Witzø
Sound Editing
- “Drive” Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
- “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Ren Klyce
- “Hugo” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
- “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
- “War Horse” Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
Sound Mixing
- “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson - “Hugo”
Tom Fleischman and John Midgley - “Moneyball”
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick - “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin - “War Horse”
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
Visual Effects
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson - “Hugo”
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning - “Real Steel”
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg - “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett - “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
- “The Descendants” Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
- “Hugo” Screenplay by John Logan
- “The Ides of March” Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
- “Moneyball” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
- “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan
Writing (Original Screenplay)
- “The Artist” Written by Michel Hazanavicius
- “Bridesmaids” Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
- “Margin Call” Written by J.C. Chandor
- “Midnight in Paris” Written by Woody Allen
- “A Separation” Written by Asghar Farhadi
Polo. Nolan was not snubbed. He dwelled too much on concept. I understand why AMPAS did not take him seriously as a director.
Thankfully the press has dumped on osars decision making this year and so they deserve it! the discrepancy between most nominated and least is just mindblowing as well as the sheer no of best pic noms who dont have a nom in either writing, directing or acting as well!
I have to say at close look there is a HUGE discrepenancy that looks suspicious as Artists as a predetermined winner in oscar’s selfish minds, between the ludicrous overdone 9 nominations for ‘Artist’ and the 5 for Descendants infact, majority of the 9 nominees average a measley 3-4 oscars and considering they made it as best pic nominees i have to say this structure reinforces the lopsided nature of oscars thought process it is a mess of a list this year no structure, no logic (in snubbing the great tin tin)- it really ridiculous- honestly.
It says a lot that Woody Allen’s films and the ‘extremely loud’ whatevr its called film got nominations yet how many of film going prublic cared to see it? it all adds to perceptions of fact oscar care only for themselves and prefer for us to be taken out of the equation and yet best pic cut and for what? between these 2 films a piddley 5 oscars between them? tiny wow oscar are really deetermined to undermine their credbility 6 feet under this uyear in the public eye!
IT IS INCREDIBLY BLEEDING OBVIOUS THAT OSCAR ARE TRYING TO DISGUISE THEIR LUDICROUS FAVOURITISM TO ‘THE ARTIST’ 9 NOMINATIONS SERIOUSLY GIVE ME A FRIGGIN BREAK THAT JUST 2 LESS THAN ‘HUGO’ OSCAR ARE PLAYING TRICKS WITH THE PUBLIC BUT I SEE WRITE THROUGH THEM.
TO BE REALISTIC I WOULD HAVE GIVEN ARTIST IF INDEED IT AS GREAT AS MADE OUT TO BE BUT LETS BE CLEAR IT ACHIEVEMENT IS NOWEHERE NEAR AS IMPORTANT AS THAT OF SCORCESE A RETURN TO THE FMAILY FILM ECEPT REPSENTED IN 3D YES ALMOST IF NOT VISUALLY AS EXQUISITE AS THE GRAND CLASSICS! WHAT ‘HUGO’ SURELY DOES FOR THE FUTURE OF FILMS IN HOLLYWOOD IS BEYOND IS FAR MORE SGINFICANT TO CINEMA’S FUTURE THAN ‘THE ARTIST’
Honestly it just UNACCEPTABLE for a film regardless it a limited release or not it just an excuse now it either a successfuly tactic to get oscars sympathy oh we have no meny etc can’t afford it or it simply appeasing oscar with the style most seductive to the majority but slowly p[ainfully slowly diminishing relgiously conservative old guard.
Don’t say i told you so but disgusted i not surprised.
It is typical I not surprised that Oscar put ‘War Horse’ on bottom of list i knew if anything it would just sneak in.
That it did not make the cut for directing does not bode well for it.
I am really rapt for yet again as is signature in Spielberg films for brilliant technical achievments but the lack in screenplay and acting is a tad puzzling but moreover war horse a film with much more meat on the bones as in more of everything technically came off bloody econd best to the artists which on anyones reckoning got far too many nominations for the itsy witsy film it is.
If anyone wants a clue as to how i think but admit not enitrely sure but clearly 68% certain as to who will be best picture winner forget scorceses huge achievment to get yet ANOTHER film his second as far as oscar nominations since ‘aviator’ for 11 nominations despite the fact he a late favourite after bbeing so badly snubbed in his career,
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Take a closer look it is shockingly apallingly and i am shocked that ‘tin tin’ got snubbed in best animated feature but the fact it in 3d and it got snubbed measn that oscar in reality hasve at best a ‘half hearted’ approach.
But i have to say the Artists, clearly the sentimental favourite has some real problems coming up – it is playing catch up due to its lack of wins in the guilds- the key oens acting, sag, etc.
If we assume clooney wins and Merryl Streep wins, there go a large portion of its acting hopes and lets rightfully asssume Clooney and streep won big at the guilds.
The we look at the writers and directors guilds none i dont think went the way of ‘the artist’ i cant remember havent had time to have a good look.
there is an air of unpredictability but to me the oly choice really isd ‘hugo’
In the nominee credits above: “Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs” are incorrectly listed as the nominees for PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY; should be Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky.
maybe EL&IC is a consolation price to Rudin for last year…
I like the Top 9 as chosen by IMDB rating instead…
A Seperation
The Artist
Warrior
Hugo
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Drive
The Help
50/50
It would be perfect if The Help were replaced with Moneyball.
I have been doing Academy Award Predictions actively since I first had the thrill of being the only person at my Oscar Party to correctly pick Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan (even though it was an inferior movie). This year is FAR AND AWAY the strangest I have EVER experienced. Every year gives us a few surprises (usually a couple in Acting, maybe a Director or Writer), but I have identified A DOZEN this year that stand out…
A Dozen Surprises (in order of WOW factor)…
Best Picture… Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close … I had a dozen films “Ahead” of it on my Board… (Alphabetical Order) Bridesmaids, Drive, 50/50, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows Pt. 2, The Ides of March, J. Edgar, Melancholia, My Week With Marilyn, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Win Win, and Young Adult.
Lead Actress… Rooney Mara in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo nominated over Tilda Swinton in We Need To Talk About Kevin.
Animated Feature… A Cat in Paris and Chico & Rita nominated over The Adventures of Tintin (plus Arthur Christmas).
Supporting Actor… Max von Sydow (ZERO Pre-noms) in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close nominated over Albert Brooks in Drive.
Lead Actor… Demian Bechir in A Better Life and Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy nominated over Michael Fassbender in Shame and Leonardo DiCaprio in J. Edgar.
Documentary Feature… Hell and Back Again and If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front nominated over Project Nim (Shortlisted) and Cave of Forgotten Dreams & Senna (Neither even Shortlisted).
Original Screenplay… Margin Call (ZERO Pre-noms) nominated over 50/50 and Win Win.
Music (Score)… The Adventures of Tintin nominated over The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (plus Drive).
Music (Original Song)… “Real in Rio” from Rio nominated over “Hello Hello” from Gnomeo and Juliet, “Lay Your Head Down” from Albert Nobbs, “Life’s A Happy Song” from The Muppets and “The Living Proof” from The Help.
Film Editing… Moneyball nominated over Drive and War Horse.
Costume Design… W.E. nominated over My Week with Marilyn.
Adapted Screenplay… The Ides of March nominated over The Help.
Other “Notable Absences”…
Nicolas Winding Refn for Directing Drive
Shailene Woodley for Supporting Actress in The Descendants
Drive for Cinematography
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy for Art Direction
Super 8 and War Horse for Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Pt. 2 for BOTH Sound Categories
My Week with Marilyn for Makeup
Pina for Foreign Language Film (It was nominated for Documentary Feature instead)
Huge suprises! Snubs! no Leo no Tin Tin!
But I am thrilled with my favorite movie of the year getting 11 nominations! Go Hugo!
am i the only one who saw hugo as 90 minutes of dull and bad child acting and 30 minutes of fantastic cinema? Worthy of nominations? Yes, for art direction, cinematography, costumes and sound. No for directing, editing and especially no to screenplay….
Good for Arianne Phillips for Costume Design for W.E. very well deserved.
I see a lot of snub mentions…. I am the only one that thought Kirsten Dunst was worthy?
THE GOOD
Hugo leads the pack.
The Tree of Life for Picture, Directing, Cinematography
Rooney Mara surprises in Best Actress category
Demian Bichir for actor
Gary Oldman tinker taylor soldier spy
Nick Nolte for Warrior
The Muppets get a nomination
Melissa McCarthy supporting
THE BAD
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows only 3 nominations
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close takes the place of many more deserving films period.
No David Fincher for director
THE UGLY
Tin tin best animated film snub
Michael Fassbender snub (one of the worst snubs ever!)
Carey Mulligan (Shame) snub
Tilda Swinton snub
Albert Brooks Snub
Shailene Woodley Snub
Michael Shannon snub
Alan Rickman snub(long shot but still)
Harry Potter shut out of best picture
NO ALEXANDRE DESPLAT? he scored: The Tree of Life, Harry Potter, A Better Life, The Ides of March, Carnage, My Week with Marylin theme and Extremely Loud and Incredible Close (2 AMAZING SCORES AND 5 VERY GOOD SCORES)
NO DRIVE
No Trent Reznor Atticus Ross for a beautiful haunting score
If you do the math you will conclude that there was more to mourn than celebrate regarding this list. Nonetheless, now that that’s out of the way, I’m happy for all the nominees, there’s quite a few good ones in there.
I wasn’t sour, I was happy.
Knowing that #1 votes are what counted most, I don’t think anyone should expect anything but their number one choice to get a nomination. Tree of Life (for me) was in, so I’m happy.
I think too many people have too high expectations, or maybe I am just jaded. Heck, it’s rare for me to have my favorite film even be in the discussion, much less get nominated. So, yes, I’m happy.
Also I don’t think that my attitude was any less “sour” than anyone else’s on this board…but maybe it’s the New York in me
FYI La Luna (Nominated for best animated short) is a Pixar short film that will play in front of Brave this year. so technically, Pixar was nominated.
Hey Ryan, s
Sorry if I offended you, didn’t mean to, I love this site and I love your’s and Sasha’s commentary. I was a little bitter this morning..sorry if it came across as crass
@SC8Official whoa looks all those comments on that video link, looks to me there’s more people that have loads of respect Harry Potter’s last film.
OCO300,
What movies are you most looking forward to this year?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpaYLCb90qA
where is TINTIN, the best Spielberg movie in years??? …………………
trying to overlook the four major Dragon Tattoo snubs with my excitement for Tree of Life and Rooney. Not working.
It’s not relevant to the Oscars but…RIP Theo Angelopoulos. It is a sad day for us Greeks and for the world cinema
So we have 9 BP nominees and only 3 with any realistic chance. The Artist, The Descendants and Hugo.
To have a best picture you need director, editing and writing nominations.
Tree of Life, Midnight in Paris and War Horse could be exceptions. The rest is just filler.
Although EL&EC was shunned by the behind the scenes groups, which could mean that every single actor thought it was the best film of the year.
I guess I’m not going to win the prediction contest this year. I only guessed two catagories perfectly. Supporting Actress and Cinematography and I think plenty others got those ones right
“Hugo leads 2012 Oscar Nominations with 11”
That along with Woody Allen for directing is all I really cared about hearing today to be honest.
Also Gary Oldman, about fucking time. Sad about Fassbender but he is young he will have many more chances. My excitement for Oldman outweighs any sadness for Fassbender. People here are too negative. I choose to look for the possitives first and the negatives second. Unlike some on here cough* PauhH cough*(my god that guy is whiny)
WTF!!!??
Where is Fassbender?
Where is Mulligan?
Where is Gosling?
Where is DiCaprio?
Where is Swilton?
Where is Fincher?
Where is Brooks?
Where is 50/50 for best screenplay?
Where is Drive for Best Picture and etc…? Because EL&IC is average
where is Sherlock Holmes and Captain America for best Production Designer? you can say what you want about the movies but the production desginer is amazing
Really? Bridesmais for supporting actress and screenplay? the movie is not funny at all
The Academy is insane
Oh, and thanks all to those who tossed out all of the films that have won Best Pic but won only a couple of others. 4 was the lowest I could think of for recent years. I knew that Grand Hotel had only one nomination and Won Best Pic. But that was ages ago and bears no relevance to today’s awards in my opinion.
Having gone through the nominations again, I think The Artist could easily go as low as 2 awards. (Pic and Score) That’s fascinating to me.
That would leave Hugo as a potential winner of 9 Awards, although I think it will lose screenplay to Moneyball. So that gives it 8, which would be pretty high for a film that doesn’t win Best Pic (I think the highest would be Cabaret with Eight)
I really think this could be a comparable year to 1972.
rufussondheim,
I missed the part of your discussion that led up to this, but Sasha & I were talking about this last night.
I could search back through the comments to see what preceded. but you got The Greatest Show on Earth, yes?.
Won only 2 oscars. Best Picture and Best Screenplay and that’s all.
After taking a closer look – there seems to be a lot more good than bad for me coming out of this oscar nomination list. A lot of interesting things too.
Good
Tree of Life Best Picture
Tree of Life Best Director
Bichir Best Actor
Oldman Best Actor
Cat in Paris Animated
Chico & Rita Animated
Tinker Tailor Original Score
Tree of Life Cinematography
Drive Sound Editing
Margin Call Original Screenplay
A Separation Original Screenplay
Tinker Tailor Adapted Screenplay
Bad
ELIC Best Picture
Fassbender Snub Best Actor
Tilda Snub Best Actress
Brooks Snub Best Supporting Actor
Interesting
Lack of support for Drive
Increased support for Tree of Life
No Woodley in Supporting Actress
Lack of support for Dragon Tattoo
No Dragon Tattoo Best Pic
No Trent/Atticus Dragon Tattoo score
No Screenplay for Dragon Tattoo
Going for TWO foreign Animated films – awesome
No Tintin
No Tinker Tailor for Art Direction/Cinematography
Lack of love for The Help at all, no costume, no screenplay – actors film only
More Love for War Horse than we thought
No Project Nim in Documentary
Descendants still getting editing nod – Still a contender for Best Pic people
Reel Steel getting an Oscar nomination…
No double nomination for Pina – missing foreign language
Ides of March showing up with one nomination – Screenplay
When all the animated films eligible for Oscar was announced I think I was the only one to say “A Cat in Paris!”..
That is really cool. See it if you can.
The oscar nominations provided some usual disappointments (Fassbender out, ELIC in etc) but this year they gave us some really good surprises. I’m not sure why people see the need to completely over-react to them.
Tree of Life in, Malick in, Bechir in, A Separation for Screenplay, Margin Call for Screenplay. They threw a lot of curve balls in there.
Not a bad job overall.
Hey Eric.
Are you checking back for a reaction? Here it is. You and your attitude cannot coexist with me and my attitude.
“A Better Life: $1,759,252
Tree of Life: $13,303,319
ELIAC: $10,737,239
TTSS: $18,398,927
Albert Nobbs: N/A
The Artist: $12,119,718
Warrior: $13,657,115
Yes, real good work, Academy. People went out of their way to see these Oscar nominees…”
“And what the fuck are A Cat in Paris & Chico and Rita? What, Gnomeo and Juliet didn’t pass muster?”
Paul H, these comments are just silly.
Just because you haven’t heard of the films or people didn’t spend a lot of money to see them – doesn’t them they aren’t quality.
Unless you’d like the Oscar nominees to be Transformers 3, Pirates 4, Captain America etc
Meryl Streep – acting goddess, hope she wins.
and so happy for Demián Bichir’s nomination, well deserved.
“The whole reason why they expanded the Best Picture category was because many people were upset that a blockbuster like The Dark Knight Rises would be rejected from nominations purely because it wasn’t considered “Oscar bait.”
Don’t worry. It will be nominated next year.
Haha, I knew what you meant, and I agree. It’s a fact that we all know.
@Jerry Grant
Dude. You can gloat all you want. Yes, the predictors were wrong, and I had it wrong too, but dude, how many nods TOS has? Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Cinematography, where is the Best Screenplay? Congratulations to you and the fans, but I would not gloat too much because it probably will only win one award(cinematography)
Yes, I did
Also, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 was not only a huge commercial success but a really graceful and fantastic conclusion to perhaps one of the most important movie franchises of our time. Sure, the film got nominated for some technical Oscars (Art Direction, Visual Effects and Make Up) but the film should have gotten Best Picture and Best Director for David Yates. The whole reason why they expanded the Best Picture category was because many people were upset that a blockbuster like The Dark Knight Rises would be rejected from nominations purely because it wasn’t considered “Oscar bait.” So why snub something like Harry Potter now?
“HP:DH 2 to me and everyone else the most popular film of 2011 of the most popular, successful, creative, coolest film series of the new millenium and all time.”
Yeah, alright. But did you like the film?
Ya Go Hugo/The Help/The Descendants
And I hope Hugo kicks some French Artist butt at the Oscars
@OCO300 yeah Harry Potter film series will never be forgotten and to alot of people a movie that would’ve been deserved to be nominated/win for Best Picture at the Oscars, I mean only a tyrannical paramecium would think that Harry Potter’s last film shouldn’t be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, Golden Globes, DGA, PGA, Critic Choice, and alot of state/city critic awards.
HARRY POTTER FOREVER
Glenn is in!
Actors still love her! 8D
Congratz to Meryl for No.17!^-^
Thankfully Cars 2 got snubbed.
@Matt ur right, besides in 2011 sequels ruled the box office, HP:DH 2 to me and everyone else the most popular film of 2011 of the most popular, successful, creative, coolest film series of the new millenium and all time.
The single worst list of Oscar nominations in years. No Brooks, Woodley, Swinton, Fassbender UGH
Best thing about today. Only two nominees for Original Song. That is still two too many, but it’s progress. No business in FILM awards, and maybe the show itself will actually fly by this time 😀
I think one truly sad thing is no one could boycott Oscars. No one would be able to fix those “snubs”. No one could ever turn it into a fair game. No one from the Academy would jump out and announce: we’re sorry, our nominations are lame.
and if it goes on like this, really, what’s the use of having Oscars,while best performances of the year have no place and an award that choose a winner from two nominations?
Suddenly, the Golden Globes has become a better much better award,
The thing that bugs me about these nominees – and that´s nothing new – is that the performances that get snubbed are predominantly from edgy indie films like “Shame”, “We need to talk about Kevin”, “Melancholia” or “Tyrannosaur” (just to name a few).
Maybe because the specific stuios don´t have enough budget to promote their candidates, but probably the Academy is not willing to sit through cinematic experiences that could make them feel uncomfortable. But it´s the uncomfortable element in the art that happens to broaden your horizon and make you look a bit deeper. It´s a problem of the Academys comfort zone.
But I´m not to mad about these nominees, some nice surprises (Mara, Oldman, von Sydow), and all in all the Best Pic-lineup is not better or worse than the average lineup we had in the past twenty years. Only now we have to deal with nine nominations, and that´s probably worse.
Once again, the music branch needs massive overhauling. They should just go back to nominating the top five songs with the most votes or do away with the category altogether.
I rather like the old days when you had five crappy songs to make fun of during the Oscar telecast. Isn’t that just part of the creepy fun of watching Hollywood on parade?
Look! There’s Rob Lowe singing “Proud Mary” (worst opening number ever)!
Look! There’s Isaac Hayes singing “Shaft”. Look! There’s Barbra Streisand singing “Evergreen”. Look! There’s The Carpenters singing “For All We Know”. Look! There’s Madonna singing “I Always Get My Man”. Look! There’s Diana Ross singing “Do You Know WHere You’re Going To?” (and obviously, she didn’t).
This year, we’ll have songs performed by puppets and exotic birds. Jesus Christ!
The omission of Mary Blige’s beautiful song “The Living Proof” at the end of “The Help” I think bodes ill for this movie. If it had been nominated, it would have won Best Song, I’m sure of it.
Sure, Tilda Swinton’s absence is the talk of the day (and it’s a sad subject), but let’s concentrate on the good things. Lots of great stuff happened today. The Tree of Life for Pic and Dir, Gary Oldman etc… etc…
I always had faith that The Tree of Life would be nominated for Picture, and was hoping for Director. I was pretty sure that Dragon Tattoo would not make it for either.
Many surprises, too. I think I only got Foreign Language Film correctly in my final predictions. I knew that Pina would be thrown to Documentary.
Sorry about the self promotion, but I finally managed to fix those damn issues: http://youtu.be/tEAjIcLz1Mk
Best Original Score nominees 🙂 I made this same video last year, so I hope you guys like it.
“Ryan Adams says:
January 24, 2012 at 9:44 am
Stop saying that Mara got nominated instead of Swinton. Close did.”
Not true if you’re talking predictions. Close and Swinton were both expected to get in. Since Mara got in and Swinton didn’t, yes she was nominated in her place.
Not true if you’re talking predictions. Close and Swinton were both expected to get in.
I am talking predictions. I’m talking my own predictions. My own predictions and Sasha’s are the only ones I know about.
Predictions? Guesses. Every prediction everywhere by anybody is a guess. I don’t have time to sort through 40 guesses by people I don’t know and have no reason to trust.
The fact that their “predictions” were all so wrong bears me out. I’m glad I didn’t waste my time worrying.
Tilda Swinton’s talent is so far beyond the conception of the Academy. They failed to nominate her for the astonishing Julia (Ebert “predicted” she would win the Oscar for that). She failed to be nominated for I Am Love last year. Look who won instead.
I wanted Tilda Swinton to be nominated, and hoped she would be nominated over Glenn Close. But I didn’t expect it, didn’t predict it.
Please stop waving predictions in my face. If all the damn predictions were wrong then they are worthless proof of nothing.
“All I can think is how sexist the academy voters really are. They wanted to fuck Mara, rape her if it was possible, but they despise the immersive acting job of a great actor.
It reminds me the love for Michelle Williams and the snub for Ryan Gosling in the NC-17 movie Blue Valentine.
It´s sexist, that´s what it is.”
You said it, Bennett. How ironic that a “GIRL POWER!!” character is nominated because of sexual objectification of females. We still have a long way to go.
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/01/24/harry-potter-oscars/
“It wasn’t just the fans that prayed for a big night on Oscar night. Warner Bros. made a big push for award consideration with their ubiquitous “Consider” ad campaign. Many held out hope for a Best Picture nomination and perhaps recognition, at long last, for Alan Rickman and Severus Snape.
Alas, “Deathly Hallows – Part 2” did not make the cut, despite a relatively long list of nine Best Picture nominees, one less than the maximum. But were the awards dreams just fan delusions that got out of hand?
When a movie makes more than one billion dollars world-wide, you should pay attention. When a movie earns some of the most unanimous praise of the year from critics, you should pay attention. Despite both of these enormous factors, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” scored only three nominations, all in technical categories.
The snub reveals the supreme stubbornness of the Academy, and two highly superficial and trivial factors led to Harry’s disappointing morning.
First, for Academy voters, the “Harry Potter” films fall into two of Oscar’s least favorite genres: the children’s film and fantasy. There are notable exceptions for each, however. Just this year, “Hugo,” a “children’s film” earned the most nominations of any movie, but without its auteur director behind the camera, we would have seen a very different outcome. And despite its fantasy setting, “The Lord of the Rings” earned Best Picture nominations for each installment, but their dark and epic tone from the get-go made them more Oscar-friendly.
Secondly, “Deathly Hallows – Part 2” was the eighth film in a series and the second half of one complete story. Superficial things like numbers after a title can make the difference and spell disappointment for even the most qualified film. If you strip away the context and focus on the actual merits of the film, you’d have a hard time arguing that a movie like “Avatar,” one with a comparable scale and box office haul, deserved the recognition that “Deathly Hallows” didn’t get.
The Academy’s oversight would have been more understandable had the nominee pool been stronger this year. Aside from “The Tree of Life,” this year’s Best Picture contenders make up the safest and most Oscar-friendly field of nominees in recent memory. A nomination for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” would have defied Academy stereotypes and shook up a race that is destined to leave many viewers snoring.
BAFTA has it for me this year … they have embraced the more diverse movies. Leave it to the Brits to show the Yanks how to do it.
And Im saying it now – Close is getting the Bullock Oscar … recognition for a body of work and not the movie she is in!!!! Still stinging from the Swinton snub
In all honesty, I dont think I need to stay up this year to watch the awards – with only two category interests I can wait until I wake and read about it then. THERE WILL BE NO SHOCKS!!!!!!
Here’s what Close had/has going for her:
– gender change
– very personal project (screenplay, producer, song)
– period piece
– as due for oscar as you canpossibly get
… and that spells only one thing for me – OSCAR BAIT. And there wouldn’t be anything wrong with that if it wasn’t forthe actual performance which is rather average, in a very weak movie.
Rooney’s performance also had some oscar bait qualities (deglam, frontal nudity), but therd isn’t any doubt, at least for me that this is a powerhouse performance and a total determination in terms of creating a character. That’s why I’ll always value Rooney’s performance more.
And there wouldn’t be anything wrong with that if it wasn’t forthe actual performance which is rather average, in a very weak movie.
I liked Albert Nobbs. But there are 3 or 4 female performances more subtle and moving in Downton Abbey every Sunday night.
Craig S. says:
“Obviously it’s going to be controversial today that Max Von Sydow got an acting nomination over Michael Fassbender.”
No, it’s not correct. Fassbender was snubbed in Leading and Von Sydow grabs a nom in Supporting.
“Ryan Adams says:
January 24, 2012 at 9:44 am
Stop saying that Mara got nominated instead of Swinton. Close did.”
I do not agree with you. Close was the frontrunner early the year and she did a wonderful job in a very complex character she studied for many years. It means TRACTION. Close was a lock. Swinton was a last minute invited for a wonderful performance in a very small film out of the radar. Not exactly as Mara.
For the trivia freaks:
Obviously it’s going to be controversial today that Max Von Sydow got an acting nomination over Michael Fassbender. I think Mr. Fassbender truly deserved the nomination.
I think Von Sydow has had an extraordinary career. His work with Bergman is perhaps of the very greatest bodies of work by a team in the history of film.
One of their most titanic achievements is The Hour of the Wolf. For all the fans of Michael Shannon’s work this year in Take Shelter, Hour of the Wolf is a very nice companion piece to that film. I think it’s one of Von Sydow’s greatest performances. That was way back in 1968. It’s a genuine creeper, a tremendous piece of work.
Anyway, Fassbender didn’t get in for SHAME. Did you know that Von Sydow, who probably took Fassbender’s place today, made another film in 1968 for Bergman (in addition to Hour of the Wolf). It was also called SHAME.
It’s true.
Shame (The 1968 film)is powerful stuff as well. Von Sydow was the man at that point, he was Bergman’s primary purveyor of guilt and introspection.
Anyway, I always thought that Von Sydow’s work in 68′ is among the best ever. Kind of ironic to see his name announced today, 40 years on, making me think of SHAME, while this year’s SHAME got dissed.
Forget about the video, it has some serious issues that I really need to fix (stupid Windows)
Can someone delete that post? ‘cuz I have to delete the video too 🙁
Yogsss. I’ll take down the link.
Don’t sweat it. Let us know when you have it fixed the way you want it.
The most shocking snub to me is actually Woodley. I thought she’d end up being the winner.
No, Brian, you are not alone. EL&IC was sensitively rendered and beautifully acted. Daldry deals with issues of connection, human suffering, and loss. The impact of 9/11 imbues the entire film, but its real themes are these universal ones. Horn and Bullock’s last scene together was heartbreaking. Bravo to the Academy for recognizing this film despite the inexplicable critical shitstorm it endured.
I didn’t read your comments yet. I will read now.
When was the last time that Best Director had TWO absentees nominated? It’s been a few years, but it will happen again. Expect Malick and Allen NOT attending.
Biggest shockers for me:
Tilda Swinton snubbed as Best Actress for “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Michael Shannon snubbed as Best Actor for “Take Shelter”
Mary Blige and Thomas Newman snubbed for Best Song in “The Help”
Eduardo Serra snubbed for cinematography in “Harry Potter”
Very little love for “Drive” No cinematography / no film editing.
These omissions suck big time.
Nicest surprise for me? I am thrilled for Lisy Christl’s best costume nomination in “Anonymous”. Well deserved.
Like someone said before, Full-Frontal from Rooney is applaused, but full-frontal from Fassbender is kinda disgusting…
All I can think is how sexist the academy voters really are. They wanted to fuck Mara, rape her if it was possible, but they despise the immersive acting job of a great actor.
It reminds me the love for Michelle Williams and the snub for Ryan Gosling in the NC-17 movie Blue Valentine.
It´s sexist, that´s what it is.
Stop saying that Mara got nominated instead of Swinton. Close did.
Koleś, Yes.
Stop saying that Mara got nominated instead of Swinton. Close did.
exactly right.
The BAFTA voters got it right (for the most part), I just wish the Academy of Dunces would have followed their lead.
If Brad Pitt is nominated for producing The Tree of Life, then he will get 3 nominations only this year
More than he´s got so far
These nominations suck so bad, I have no words. The only good thing is the nomination of Tree of Life and Malick. Oscar nominee Jonah Hill? PLease. No Fassbender, no Tilda ( Mara instead?!!) , no Albert Brooks, Incredibly Loud, seriously? Can’t wait for next year batch..
This voting system really shed light on a few things about the Academy. Not so positive either.
HAHAHA TREE OF LIFE AND TERRENCE MALICK SUCK IT PREDICTORS!!!!!!
Also so pleased “War Horse” got in for BP — despite what the intelligentsia say, it is an extraordinary cinematic accomplishment
War Horse should win
@Armando – thanks for clarifying as I didn’t know.
A Weinsteinless Awards Season would look like this (Int. Cinephiles Noms):
PICTURE
• Certified Copy
• Drive
• Hugo
• Margaret
• Meek’s Cutoff
• Melancholia
• Mysteries of Lisbon
• A Separation
• The Tree of Life
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
• Weekend
DIRECTOR
• Asghar Farhadi – A Separation
• Abbas Kiarostami – Certified Copy
• Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
• Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
• Raoul Ruiz – Mysteries of Lisbon
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• Certified Copy
• House of Pleasures
• Le Havre
• Le Quattro Volte
• Mysteries of Lisbon
• Of Gods and Men
• Poetry
• A Separation
• The Skin I Live In
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
ACTOR
• Tom Cullen – Weekend
• Michael Fassbender – Shame
• Peyman Moaadi – A Separation
• Chris New – Weekend
• Michael Shannon – Take Shelter
ACTRESS
• Sareh Bayat – A Separation
• Juliette Binoche – Certified Copy
• Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Anna Paquin – Margaret
• Yun Jung-hee – Poetry
SUPPORTING ACTOR
• Albert Brooks – Drive
• Shahab Hosseini – A Separation
• Michael Lonsdale – Of Gods and Men
• Brad Pitt – The Tree of Life
• Christopher Plummer – Beginners
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter
• Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life
• Leila Hatami – A Separation
• Carey Mulligan – Shame
• J. Smith-Cameron – Margaret
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
• Certified Copy – Abbas Kiarostami
• Margaret – Kenneth Lonergan
• Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
• A Separation – Asghar Farhadi
• Weekend – Andrew Haigh
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
• Drive – Hossein Amini
• Moneyball – Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
• Mysteries of Lisbon – Carlos Saboga
• The Skin I Live In – Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
• Melancholia – Manuel Alberto Claro
• The Mill and the Cross – Lech Majewski, Adam Sikora
• Mysteries of Lisbon – André Szankowski
• The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
EDITING
• Drive – Matthew Newman
• Martha Marcy May Marlene – Zachary Stuart-Pontier
• Mysteries of Lisbon – Carlos Madaleno, Valeria Sarmiento
• A Separation – Hayedeh Safiyari
• The Tree of Life – Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber, Mark Yoshikawa
PRODUCTION DESIGN
• Hugo – Dante Ferretti
• The Mill and the Cross – Marcel Slawinski, Katarzyna Sobanska-Strzalkowska
• Mysteries of Lisbon – Isabel Branco
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Maria Djurkovic
• The Tree of Life – Jack Fisk
ORIGINAL SCORE
• Drive – Cliff Martinez
• Hanna – Tom Rowlands, Ed Simons (as The Chemical Brothers)
• Mysteries of Lisbon – Jorge Arriagada
• The Skin I Live In – Alberto Iglesias
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto Iglesias
ENSEMBLE
• Bridesmaids
• Margaret
• Midnight in Paris
• Mysteries of Lisbon
• A Separation
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
ANIMATED FILM
• The Adventures of Tintin
• Rango
• Winnie the Pooh
DOCUMENTARY
• The Arbor
• The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
• Nostalgia for the Light
• Pina
• Senna
NO MELANCHOLIA? WTF? Guess you should never be in a film in which the director might at some point after filming might make a Nazi joke. Sorry Kirsten. But apparently it is still ok to marry your step daughter in the minds of the academy membership Mr. Allen.
YAY FOR NO DRAGON TABOO BEST PIC NOM!!
Was that a separate film about beastiality that I didn’t hear about this year?
Here in Europe “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” was already filmed with Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander. Sorry Rooney Mara, but Noomi Rapace is better!
Just have to agree with the consensus.. No Michael Fassbinder or Shaileen Woodley but Jonah Hill got a nod? Hmm… But my first reaction was pleasant surprise at what they did include (Bridesmaids/McCarthy, etc)
I don’t get too upset though. The Academy increasingly gets more and more things “wrong” but “right” at the same time. I suppose the inclusion of Gary Oldman and Demián Bichir came at the price of them forgetting other truly great performances.
But… Jonah Hill? Seriously? That’s all I’ll say. And yay for HP and Rooney/Viola/Meryl!
@Pat, thanks for the links to DIMANCHE and WILD LIFE, liked them both. And thanks to the National Film Board of Canada for allowing us to watch your films, including Oscar-nominated ones, for free.
YAH FOR TREE OF LIFE!! YAY FOR NO DRAGON TABOO BEST PIC NOM!! YAH FOR GARY OLDMAN…. Well deserved!!! Sorry but Malick over Fincher is f**king brilliant!! Guess the industry isn’t as googly eyed about Fincher as this site is:)
Niles, you think this slapdash of a lineup is going to get ratings for ABC? This will be a ratings killer for them. No Bridesmaids in BP, sixty nominees from independent films? I foresee ANOTHER 10% drop in Oscar ratings this year.
@Devil’s Advocate
Madonna’s song wasn’t eligible.
What the hell happened to Drive???? The academy awards have now joined the grammy’s as the worst awards show to watch, they went commercial this year, to boost ratings for ABC. I am boycotting the Academy Awards this year, what a joke!
Thank you to all of you who are focusing on the positive by embracing the pleasant surprises, of which there are many. Favorite highlights of mine: (first and foremost) Gary Oldman FINALLY getting recognized by AMPAS – this has been LONG overdue; the scale of recognition for Hugo (makes me kind of surprised Ben Kingsley didn’t get included); A Separation, Margin Call and Bridesmaids for screenplay; and acting nods for Bichir, Mara, Nolte and McCarthy.
Disappointments? BLAH HA HA HA HA! These are the Oscars so OF COURSE I have some: the acting snubs of Brooks, Swinton, Fassbinder, Shannon, Woodley, Redgrave, Gosling, Dunst, etc…; the next-to-non-existent support for Drive (across the board); and the spotty support for TGWTDT (no BP, Fincher or Reznor/Ross – Booooo), to name a few.
Most baffled by? Two nominees for best song. Seriously? (Although I’m perversely delighted by Madonna’s…ahem…”snub”.)
Reality check: Von Sydow. Yes, I said Von Sydow. With a film career that spans over 60 years and is littered with brilliant performances, this is only his 2nd nomination (as it is Plummer’s) so don’t punish the performance because you don’t like the movie.
So to all you obnoxious, inarticulate whiners out there: WAH WAH WAH. It gets worse every year (The Dark Knight, The Social Network, etc). This isn’t a solution for the collapsing global economy nor a cure for cancer. It’s the (increasing) ridiculousness known as the Oscars so take a breath and embrace your facile outrage because that’s half the fun. If you’re unable to do that then just shut the fuck up.
I find it interesting that Shame’s consensual sex and full frontal male nudity was too much for AMPAS, but TGWTDT’s violent rape and full-frontal Mara wasn’t too much to get her a nomination.
BFCA and BAFTA love predicting Oscars, and both had nominated Fassbender.
@wesleystewart – Glad to hear I’m not alone. And I’m glad to hear a lover of the book liked it as well as I have not read the book. I could have done without a couple small things, but people I have talked to who read the book said those things were important so I can’t fault Daldry for including them. And yes, how in the world could a story about a child dealing with the loss of his father not have sentimentality to it? Seriously? By the logic of the hate for this movie every sequence with a eulogy is contrived and trite and too sentimental.
BAFTA loves predicting the Oscars aw well.
STFU jorge!
Rooney is the flawless queen!
amazing beautiful & talented!
OCO300
Probably because the BFCA loves predicting the Oscars MORE than nominating their faves.
Brian, you’re not alone. I saw it this weekend and absolutely loved it. I wonder if it also makes a difference if you’ve read the book or not. The book is one of my absolute favorites and I thought Daldry’s choices of what to include and what not to include were brilliant. And I just don’t understand the backlash over it’s “sentimentality”. It’s about young kid dealing with the loss of his father. What’s not sad or sentimental about that?
I respect the opinions of those who have seen it and just have a different opinion on the film. I don’t get the ones who despise it without having seen it.
Jon C. – (my earlier post got lost in the ether) but I loved how they did the Extremely Loud and INcredibly Close nomination.
We didn’t know how many there were going to be, so for the earliest indication you had to look at the graphics.
After the third film, I said to myself – There is 8 (which was already a surprise) – By the time they announced seven I knew the last one was down (I think The Help was the 8th one they announced, and I was surprised that Dragon Tattoo was left off.
But then out of nowhere, Jennifer Lawrence kept rambling and said “Extremely Loud blah blah blah as it snuck in at that final spot up top and in the middle.” Oh, what a shock! – Whoever planned that juiciness deserves a lifetime supply of happiness. It was brilliantly done.
in what world is ugly mara gettin in instead of tilda swinton????
im happy for my “paisano” demian bichir and max von sydow
i actually thinks that jonah hill was very likeable in moneyball but im not sure it is an oscar worthy role… although i neved though albertbrooks was an oscar contender…
i was hoping for a nice surprise like kirsten dunst or anna paquin not this ugly mara…
@ Alfred
The Descendants is going on in the race. Sure that It got only 5 nominations but It’s got Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Editing Nominees that is Oscar’s Best Picture type.
I’m in AWE/SHOCK of the “Rise of the Fallen Films” trio that made it into Best Picture.
Jesus, taste was divided this year. The fact that the screenplay categories and Best Picture category don’t match up AT ALL says everything. Last year NINE films matched up with the Screenplay nominees and Best Picture (Black Swan wasn’t nominated for Screenplay).
This year only FIVE films match up.
If The Artist fails to gain an audience in the next couple of weeks, the backlash begins. And we could be in for a surprise (Hugo or Descendants).
Drive and Harry Potter fans can start crying for real now. Tree of Life lovers can finally shut up! (I really liked the film, but GOD am I tired of the freaks who really say that if it’s not your favorite film of the year, you just didn’t “get it”. Well, I GOT IT, and it’s still not my absolute favorite film of the year.)
Best thing, though: Gary Oldman FINALLY gets his first nomination.
PS:
Leo Hate: They really only nominate film when they can’t get around it. The snub him everytime they can. Titanic, The Departed, Revolutionary Road, J. Edgar. Do a comedy, Leo, then they’ll probably forget that you just want that Oscar TOO much for your own good!
Tilda snub: Maybe her films are just to small, or maybe there’s just an anti-Tilda thing going on. Of all the actresses that have won Oscars in the last decade, she probably has had the best track record of good/great films in the wake of her win. They just don’t want to nominate her again. Until she makes a big, mainstream film again, probably.
Albert Brooks snub… Every year there’s a Peter Sarsgaard among them – a critics favorite that just doesn’t make it. With a career salute to von Sydow and Plummer, there just wasn’t room for a third. Too bad for Brooks who probably wanted it more than anyone (say hello to Leo).
Congrats for Rooney Mara for making it big time. Who the hell will win Best Actress? And Best Actor? And Supporting Actress?
With tastes being all over the place, this can’t all go by the book at the big show… Can it?
I may be alone here . . . all alone . . . but I thought ELIC was terrific. As was Sydo. I truly don’t have an issue with those being nominated. I feel it’s been unfairly dismissed as trite because of it’s connection with 9/11, even though the film is simply about grief and how people deal with death in general. If Hanks had died in a car crash would it be as panned?
My snubs in order – Fassbender, Shannon, Brooks, Woodley
LOVE that Tree of Life and Malick were nominated. Sad to see Drive virtually ignored. Hoped 50/50 would squeeze in for Original Screenplay
I still have not seen Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, I confess, but… all this noise over the nomination. What about War Horse ? THAT is the real question mark here in my mind. It looks like right out of Disney, circa 1940. And John William’s music is average. I can think of many scores much more memorable this year.
Fassbender’s omission is.. well… a shame. So his Woodley’s : I mean… for Mellissa-the-runs-McCarthy ? Come on…
Ahh, The Tree of Life.
When was the last time a picture and director were nominated by the academy with literally 0 recognition from the guilds? That is seriously hilarious. Finally, for once, the academy does the right thing. I’m sure it has no chance to win either of those (although Cinematography should be locked up), but wouldn’t that be some shit!?
Such safe choices. Fassbender’s omission is without question the biggest snub.
I think it’s time somebody pointed out that although the Academy–and the film industry in general–has a bias against older actress they also have a bias against young actors. A whole group of men under 50 consistently get passed over for Oscars and nominations. Look at the men who’ve been shut out this year:
Michael Fassbender, “Shame”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “J. Edgar”
Ryan Gosling, “Drive”, “Ides of March”, “Crazy, Stupid, Love”
Armie Hammer, “J. Edgar”
Brad Pitt, “The Tree of Life”
Corey Stoll, “Midnight in Paris”
Overall, look at the great actors under 50 who still haven’t received an Oscar for acting:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Brad Pitt
Matt Damon
Jude Law
Jeffrey Wright
Jeremy Renner
Ryan Gosling
Armie Hammer
Edward Norton
Will Smith
Jake Gyllenhaal
I guess they think men get their best roles when they get older while women usually get their best roles when they’re young. Ageism!
Julia( 2008) snubbed
I’m Love (2009) snubbed
sad for Tilda Swinton. She gave a brillant performance in We need to talk about Kevin but snubbed by Academy again.
There is no reason to describe this bad situation.
No Fassbender. No Gosling. No Shame. No Drive.
It drives me to Melancholia.
As usual Academy is unfair.
I just wanna say that the commentarys here about the nominations are so so so great!!
I just wanna say: ELIC for best picture!!!??? WTF????
Max Von Sydon?? He is a great actor but not here…
Only 2 songs????
Where is Tilda??
Fassbender???
Jonah Hill?? Really?? Over Albert Brooks??
Happy for Demien Bichir and Gary Oldman…
Sad for no Winnie the pooh and Rio..
Very happy for no cars 2…
And sorry guys, there are some estrange nominations, but i still love the oscars!! lol
Frightening stat of the morning; independent films got **60** nominations. Sixty. And poor ABC’s stuck with trying to hype this train wreck for the next month.
Oh yeah, no nod for Shaileen Woodley for The Descendants?
oh boy!!! I’m shocked 😀 poor Tilda.
I am happy for Gary Oldman FINALLY getting some love. And Melissa McCarthy’s nod is great as well.
But I can’t be down with an Oscar ceremony in which JONAH HILL is a nominee and Michael Fassbender is not. Officially not watching…
Academy, ss you make such things with Steven Spielberg, you make him more LEGEND.
Long Live GREAT Director.
Academy, ss you make such things with Steven Spielberg, you make him more LEGEND.
Long Live GREAT Director.
Academy, ss you make such things with Steven Spielberg, you make him more LEGEND.
Long Live GREAT Director.
Academy, ss you make such things with Steven Spielberg, you make him more LEGEND.
Long Live GREAT Director.
Academy, ss you make such things with Steven Spielberg, you make him more LEGEND.
Long Live GREAT Director.
Academy, ss you make such things with Steven Spielberg, you make him more LEGEND.
Long Live GREAT Director.
Academy, ss you make such things with Steven Spielberg, you make him more LEGEND.
Long Live GREAT Director.
Academy, ss you make such things with Steven Spielberg, you make him more LEGEND.
Long Live GREAT Director.
Academy, ss you make such things with Steven Spielberg, you make him more LEGEND.
Long Live GREAT Director.
Academy, ss you make such things with Steven Spielberg, you make him more LEGEND.
Long Live GREAT Director.
Academy, ss you make such things with Steven Spielberg, you make him more LEGEND.
Long Live GREAT Director.
Academy, ss you make such things with Steven Spielberg, you make him more LEGEND.
Long Live GREAT Director.
It once again shows that the Academy values mediocre over true vision. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big Stephen Daldry fan. I think his past work in film (“Billy Elliot”, “The Hours” and “The Reader”) were admirable, and his work in the theatre is certainly ground breaking (he was artistic director of The Royal Court Theatre and gave writers like Sarah Kane and Jex Butterworth their starts); but “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” is just far from a masterpiece. Same can be said about “War Horse”. They were both just mediocre. Films like “THe Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” and “Drive” are masterpieces and should be recognized properly with the Academy. Once again we must sit through another boring Oscar ceremony (where we already know the winners “The Artist”/Clooney/Davis/Plummer/Spencer/Hazanavicius) and hope that next year will be better…..but it won’t.
Oh and for the record: it seems they weren’t too thrilled about The Help. I didn’t expect the Screenplay snub.
OK, sorry, I was wrong about that Billy Elliot’s BP nom.
I wonder why AMPAS uses a Chastain picture from Tree of Life in her nomination for The Help.
The Help and Descendants are out of the BP race. The Help didn’t get director and screenplay, Descendants only got 5 noms, no best supporting actress, they rather gave a nod for someone for fat cow jokes and crapping in a sink. Hugo is the only film that can spoil The Artist’s party, I really fancy Scorsese for BD.
@Mel
“Hey, that wasn’t even her bush man. Stunt bush.”
Holy shit, my world has just collapsed. Then the nomination is a sham after all 🙂
Yikes, Chris Columbus, Oscar nominee??
Yesterday we got the nominations from the “International Cinephile Society” … great choices and about movies that are connected with 2012
Today we got the nominations from “American Academy Award” … bad choices and about movies that could also be connected to the 60th … (remember “Hello Dolly” – “Oliver” – “Dr. Doolitle” a.s.o.)
Maybe the members of the academy should go to an Workshop: “Art in Cinema” and “New Ways in directing, acting a.s.o. in Cinema”
But maybe most of them are to old to leave their houses *g*
Dear Kristen Wiig,
if you want to get nominated, next time show your bush and hope it’s as good looking as mine.
sincerely,
Rooney Mara
Hey, that wasn’t even her bush man. Stunt bush.
http://www.metro.us/newyork/entertainment/article/1049039–the-girl-with-the-strawberry-merkin
Go, Gary, go! ♥♥♥
So now I have this very serious question: what’s the use anyways to have Award Daily here to praise so many great performances/films of the year while Academy Awards rather embrace some lame choices each year? We could have just randomly picked up some films from the Apple trailer webpage couple of weeks ago and gone like “oh, it’s a Daldry film, so it’s gonna be nominated”, “a NC-17 film? nah, it could never stand a chance”.
I have a feeling that kind of young-talent-Ryan-Gosling-nominated-for-an-indepenet-film-call-Half-Nelson thing will never happen again.
and if Oscars would like to make it up for a boring nomination list, then they should really reward Oldman.
So now I have this very serious question: what’s the use anyways to have Award Daily here to praise so many great performances/films of the year while Academy Awards rather embrace some lame choices each year?
I don’t think I typed “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” at any time all year except to make routine lists.
Times like this I wonder if I shouldn’t have pushed louder and harder for Harry Potter or Drive, posted more features — but I know we covered those movies a lot. They’re among the most talked about movies on this site and any other movie site.
Who was naming Extremely Loud and giving it validation? I can think of only one person. I’m not in the right mind this morning to give him any credit for correctly taking the pulse of a corpse.
Our audience, our readers — we write for a group of people who are more in touch with current ideas of sophistication. It’s not elitist to say that. It’s just a fact, isn’t it?
Point is, there’s a huge segment of the Academy who Do Not Even Know How to Turn On A Computer.
We could shout out praise for films we admire from the rooftops. But there are 20% of the Academy who could not pick Michael Fassbender out of a police lineup. Nothing can ever reach inside the heads of so those walking dead.
I would almost trade The Tree of Life not being nominated for ELAIC not being nominated as a result.
Almost.
Zooey is wrong!!!
Well at least Daldry’s record (BD nod for every film he made) is BROKEN FOREVER!!!
Dear Kristen Wiig,
if you want to get nominated, next time show your bush and hope it’s as good looking as mine.
sincerely,
Rooney Mara
P.S. – this does not apply to men. Fassbender showed his cock, and look where that got him.
There’s one person that probably is having some mixed feeling coming from this nomination: Dave Karger, who got Tree of Life right in the print edition but after that said there would be only 5 nominees.
Yes, I’m disappointed that Fassbender and Mulligan didn’t make it in for Shame, but, overall, I’m very happy with these nominations — no Brooks, no Dragon Tatto/Fincher, Oldman’s first nomination, Hugo and The Artist leading the pack, even Drive for a well-deserved Sound Editing nomination.
Knew they wouldn’t snub Janet McTeer. There’s always at least one previous nominee per category.
I feel sorry for Tilda Swinton. My guess is she’ll only be nominated again when she’s in another BP nominee.
I was right about Mara (I could sense the buzz in her favor) but I thought TGWTDT would also appear for Picture and Director.
Actually I love the list. Fassbender’s snub is the very bad thing – yes. And they snubbed him because they couldn’t stomach the movie. But this movie doesn’t need an Oscar. The Oscars needed it. It’ll be a cult movie one day. Other than that, The Help gets only acting and film. I believe one Oscar out of this – for Spencer. Other than that, I really loved some of these nods and I love it when the Academy goes for what it wants to nominate and not what it’s told to nominate.
1. GARY OLDMAN – an absolutely great performance, subtle, nuanced and like a magnet. I couldn’t take my eyes off him. And I’m so happy he’s an Oscar nominee.
2. THE TREE OF LIFE – it’s great for such a divisive, ambitious and intimate work of art to make it despite of snubs everywhere.
ROONEY MARA!
MAX VON SYDOW!
No Swinton!
No Brooks! I really like Drive, but Brooks got too much attention for this part. But I agree a nod for directing, cinematography and editing would have made sense.
MARGIN CALL for original screenplay! I loved this movie. It had many weaknesses, but it creates a world inhabited by human beings and I really cared about these characters. And I love the complete lack of sentiment or judgment.
No ADVENTURES OF TINTIN for animated! And A CAT IN PARIS and CHICO & RITA made it. Great!
And if you actually listened, the score of Alberto Iglesias for TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY is absolutely beautiful.
@Mel
Yes, that was shocking. I could’ve sworn Dragon Tattoo would be the final BP nominee.
Wow um…in many ways this is the worst set of nominees in recent history. Seriously wtf on Extremely Loud?! OVER POTTER?! 48% vs. 96%?! You gotta be fucking kidding me. Their love for Daldry knows no bounds does it?
I hope this doesn’t mean more annoying press junkets starring Thomas Horn.
Zane,
Norbit got more nominations than Chaplin’s Modern Times.
Many surprises this year…
Happy for Glenn and Gary
ecstatic for Wiig and “Man or Muppet”
Sad for Tilda ( but she doesn’t give a @#$% anyway)
Disappointed War Horse & Extremely Loud are nominated for BP
They can never make everyone happy but at least there’s a little something for everybody.
Did anyone love how when it was clear a 9th nominee was coming you breathed a sigh of relief knowing it would be Dragon Tattoo only to be kicked in the balls when that piece of shit Incredibly Loud flashed up on the screen?
im soo bummed about tilda swinton… but then again happy that oldman finally got recognition, mcteer, nolte didnt get snubbed(thank god their performances had me in awe)… so in a way it balances it out. cant please everyone i guess. definitely a surprising season with the good and the bad..