2011 Academy Awards Nominations

[frankie_fan]

I think this year's nominations have split the fans this time around. My predictions are in bold:

BEST PICTURE:
* Black Swan
* The Fighter
* Inception
* The Kids Are All Right
* The King's Speech
* 127 Hours
* The Social Network
* Toy Story 3
* True Grit
* Winter's Bone

DIRECTING:
* Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky)
* The Fighter (David O. Russell)
* The King's Speech (Tom Hooper)
* The Social Network (David Fincher)
* True Grit (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
* Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
* Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
* Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
* Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
* James Franco (127 Hours)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
* Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
* Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
* Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
* Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
* Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
* Christian Bale (The Fighter)
* John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)
* Jeremy Renner (The Town)
* Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
* Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
* Amy Adams (The Fighter)
* Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)
* Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
* Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
* Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
* 127 Hours (Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy)
* The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin)
* Toy Story 3 (Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
* True Grit (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)
* Winter's Bone (Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
* Another Year (Mike Leigh)
* The Fighter (Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson)
* Inception (Christopher Nolan)
* The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg)
* The King's Speech (David Seidler)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
* Biutiful (Mexico)
* Dogtooth (Greece)
* In a Better World (Denmark)
* Incendies (Canada)
* Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) (Algeria)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
* How to Train Your Dragon
* The Illusionist
* Toy Story 3

ART DIRECTION:
* Alice in Wonderland
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
* Inception
* The King's Speech
* True Grit

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
* Black Swan (Matthew Libatique)
* Inception (Wally Pfister)
* The King's Speech (Danny Cohen)
* The Social Network (Jeff Cronenweth)
* True Grit (Roger Deakins)

COSTUME DESIGN:
* Alice in Wonderland
* I Am Love
* The King's Speech
* The Tempest
* True Grit

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
* Exit through the Gift Shop
* Gasland
* Inside Job
* Restrepo
* Waste Land

FILM EDITING:
* Black Swan
* The Fighter
* The King's Speech
* 127 Hours
* The Social Network

MAKEUP:
* Barney's Version
* The Way Back
* The Wolfman

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) (How is that possible? If a track of a score contains previously made material, shouldn't it be disqualified?)

ORIGINAL SONG:
* Coming Home (Country Strong)
* I See the Light (Tangled)
* If I Rise (127 Hours)
* We Belong Together (Toy Story 3)

SOUND MIXING:
* Inception
* The King's Speech
* Salt
* The Social Network
* True Grit

SOUND EDITING:
* Inception
* Toy Story 3
* Tron: Legacy
* True Grit
* Unstoppable

VISUAL EFFECTS:
* Alice in Wonderland
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
* Hereafter
* Inception
* Iron Man 2

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT:
* Killing in the Name
* Poster Girl
* Strangers No More
* Sun Come Up
* The Warriors of Qiugang

ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
* Day and Night
* The Gruffalo
* Let's Pollute
* The Lost Thing
* Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:
* The Confession
* The Crush
* God of Love
* Na Wewe
* Wish 143