2011 Academy Awards Nominations - Never Forgotten: a Foster's Home Community

frankie_fan · 01-25-2011, 01:42 PM

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

taranchula · 01-30-2011, 08:24 AM

Two quick observations:

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

Kind of shocked not to see "Despicable Me" on the nominations list, given the amount of love that film got by the general public and critics, Personally I thought it was cute in places but not really the be all, end all that most made it out to be.

* Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)

I think it's safe to assume, that this film has absolutely nothing to do with the Dreamworks series of the same name.

frankie_fan · 02-27-2011, 08:49 PM

The Oscars has come and gone for another year, and here are this year's winners:

BEST PICTURE:
* The King's Speech

DIRECTING:
* The King's Speech (Tom Hooper)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
* Colin Firth (The King's Speech)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
* Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
* Christian Bale (The Fighter)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
* Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
* The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
* The King's Speech (David Seidler)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
* In a Better World (Denmark)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
* Toy Story 3

ART DIRECTION:
* Alice in Wonderland

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
* Inception (Wally Pfister)

COSTUME DESIGN:
* Alice in Wonderland

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
* Inside Job

FILM EDITING:
* The Social Network

MAKEUP:
* The Wolfman

ORIGINAL SCORE:
* The Social Network (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) (Up yours Trent and Atticus!

)

ORIGINAL SONG:
* We Belong Together (Toy Story 3)

SOUND MIXING:
* Inception

SOUND EDITING:
* Inception

VISUAL EFFECTS:
* Inception

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT:
* Strangers No More

ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
* The Lost Thing

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:
* God of Love

While I am saddened that Toy Story 3 didn't win Best Picture, I'm at least happy that The Social Network did not win. The King's Speech seems to be this year's Frost/Nixon for me. Cass, I hope it's enough for you to not lose faith in the Academy, even if you already have.

Cassini90125 · 02-27-2011, 09:13 PM

The Academy is biased against anything that is animated, funny, or sci-fi, isn't dramatic, or fails to make an "artistic statement", whatever the hell that means. Toy Story 3 did get Best Animated Feature, which I can live with (although it deserved more). Of more interest to me than the actual awards is the bit where Best Supporting Actress winner Melissa Leo, live on stage, dropped the first F-bomb in Academy history.

taranchula · 02-27-2011, 09:16 PM

Judging by the results it seemed the Academy decided to play it safe with it's choices, pretty much picking what the experts expected them to pick.

Next year's best Animated race is going to be interesting though as Pixar's 2011 offering is the sequel to Cars which was their last movie to not take home the award. Which could make the playing field a little more open.

frankie_fan · 02-27-2011, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Cassini90125

Of more interest to me than the actual awards is the bit where Best Supporting Actress winner Melissa Leo, live on stage, dropped the first F-bomb in Academy history.

I know. I heard that and went 'Oops'!

What really surprised me was Tom Hooper winning Best Director, only because I was totally expecting David Fincher to get it. But like I said, as long as The Social Network didn't win Best Picture, I was happy.

01-25-2011, 01:42 PM	#1
frankie_fan Resident Movie Buff But that's another show Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I come from the land down under Posts: 1,078	2011 Academy Awards Nominations 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 __________________ My deviantART page My myCast.io page Last edited by frankie_fan; 01-30-2011 at 01:41 PM. Reason: Predictions

01-30-2011, 08:24 AM	#2
taranchula Agent: Deep Bloo You guys have your red headed cartoon crushes and I have mine! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Baconland...er I mean Canada. Posts: 2,772	Two quick observations: ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: * How to Train Your Dragon * The Illusionist * Toy Story 3 Kind of shocked not to see "Despicable Me" on the nominations list, given the amount of love that film got by the general public and critics, Personally I thought it was cute in places but not really the be all, end all that most made it out to be. * Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) I think it's safe to assume, that this film has absolutely nothing to do with the Dreamworks series of the same name. __________________ Founder, Owner, President, Chairman, CEO, CFO and Charter member of the "Never Leave Steve" Fan Club! ~Founded: May 21 2006~

02-27-2011, 08:49 PM	#3
frankie_fan Resident Movie Buff But that's another show Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I come from the land down under Posts: 1,078	The Oscars has come and gone for another year, and here are this year's winners: BEST PICTURE: * The King's Speech DIRECTING: * The King's Speech (Tom Hooper) ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: * Colin Firth (The King's Speech) ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: * Natalie Portman (Black Swan) ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: * Christian Bale (The Fighter) ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: * Melissa Leo (The Fighter) ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: * The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin) ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: * The King's Speech (David Seidler) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: * In a Better World (Denmark) ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: * Toy Story 3 ART DIRECTION: * Alice in Wonderland CINEMATOGRAPHY: * Inception (Wally Pfister) COSTUME DESIGN: * Alice in Wonderland DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: * Inside Job FILM EDITING: * The Social Network MAKEUP: * The Wolfman ORIGINAL SCORE: * The Social Network (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) (Up yours Trent and Atticus! ) ORIGINAL SONG: * We Belong Together (Toy Story 3) SOUND MIXING: * Inception SOUND EDITING: * Inception VISUAL EFFECTS: * Inception DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: * Strangers No More ANIMATED SHORT FILM: * The Lost Thing LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: * God of Love While I am saddened that Toy Story 3 didn't win Best Picture, I'm at least happy that The Social Network did not win. The King's Speech seems to be this year's Frost/Nixon for me. Cass, I hope it's enough for you to not lose faith in the Academy, even if you already have. __________________ My deviantART page My myCast.io page Last edited by frankie_fan; 02-27-2011 at 08:51 PM.

02-27-2011, 09:13 PM	#4
Cassini90125 The Postmaster Love gives you courage that's stronger than anything! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Saturn Posts: 6,652	The Academy is biased against anything that is animated, funny, or sci-fi, isn't dramatic, or fails to make an "artistic statement", whatever the hell that means. Toy Story 3 did get Best Animated Feature, which I can live with (although it deserved more). Of more interest to me than the actual awards is the bit where Best Supporting Actress winner Melissa Leo, live on stage, dropped the first F-bomb in Academy history. __________________ "Frankie! That weird kid is using a flower pot for a cup!" Sailor Moon. Best Anime EVER.

02-27-2011, 09:16 PM	#5
taranchula Agent: Deep Bloo You guys have your red headed cartoon crushes and I have mine! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Baconland...er I mean Canada. Posts: 2,772	Judging by the results it seemed the Academy decided to play it safe with it's choices, pretty much picking what the experts expected them to pick. Next year's best Animated race is going to be interesting though as Pixar's 2011 offering is the sequel to Cars which was their last movie to not take home the award. Which could make the playing field a little more open. __________________ Founder, Owner, President, Chairman, CEO, CFO and Charter member of the "Never Leave Steve" Fan Club! ~Founded: May 21 2006~ Last edited by taranchula; 02-27-2011 at 09:17 PM.