Snap Judgments: 84th Annual Academy Award Nominations
Earlier this morning the nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards were announced. Hugo received 11 nominations while The Artist received 10. As usual, there were snubs (sorry Albert Brooks and Tilda Swinton) and surprises (GARY OLDMAN).
Some of the nominations have left me furious and the Best Picture nomination for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close has made me throw things. Gary Oldman’s nomination as well as two other nominations for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy only slightly quell my rage. I’m also crushed that we won’t get to see which Haider Ackermann pantsuit Tilda Swinton was going to wear to the Oscars. And can someone please explain to me how and why only two songs were nominated for Best Song? The voting rules for that category need to be addressed. The complete list of nominees is here and my snap judgments are below. Share your thoughts in the comments. Read More…
The 2011 Academy Award Nominations
The Oscar nominations are in!
The King’s Speech, Tom Hooper masterful period film about King George VI and his st-st-stammer scored 12 nominations. After being shut out at the Golden Globes, Joel and Ethan Coen’s revamped True Grit followed with 10 nods. The Social Network received just eight nominations, as did Christopher Nolan’s Inception. Toy Story 3 became the third animated feature nominated for Best Picture. The complete list of nominations is available here.
After The King’s Speech topped the Producer’s Guild Awards this weekend and the Academy’s lack of showering The Social Network with accolades, skeptics are questioning whether or not 2010′s critical darling will win big on Oscar night. (Deep breath, TSN fans. The Facebook-saga will do just fine.)
Other notable omissions are Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right and Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine. Their on-screen spouse (Annette Bening and Michelle Williams, respectively) both received best actress nominations. For performances that are so symbiotic, it is a shame the other half was left off the ballot.
I was also secretely hoping Barbara Hershey’s performance as the wonderfully creepy arand manic stage mother in Black Swan would score a supporting actress nomination.
Are you satisfied with the Oscar nominations? What do you see as the biggest Oscar snubs? Sound off below.
Producers Guild Nominations: Is Winter’s Bone out?
Today the Producers Guild of America announced its 10 nominations for Best Film. 127 Hours and The Town have made the cut while indie favorite Winter’s Bone has been left off the list. The nominees are:
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The Fighter
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
There are still 10 days before Academy ballots are due. Could the PGA nomination influence the Oscars? I still think Winter’s Bone, which is in my top five of 2010, has enough momentum going for it. Always remember that anything can happen.
Here are the PGA nominees for animated film and documentary:
Animated Film
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
Toy Story 3
Documentary
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Earth Made of Glass
Inside Job
Smash His Camera
The Tillman Story
Waiting for “Superman”
Five Awesome Things About the Golden Globe Nods
The Golden Globe nominations have been announced and as always, there are hits and misses. My picks are below.
The awesome:
1. The Kids Are All Right gets four nominations
With four nominations (for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Actress – Annette Bening AND Julianne Moore, and Best Screenplay) The Kids Are All Right has finally gotten the recognition that had evaded it from the NBR and the Broadcast Critics. And for once, Moore has not been cast aside in favor of Bening’s performance.
2. David O’Russell’s nomination for The Fighter
The Fighter was a surprise inclusion and received a slew of acting nods. But there was speculation that even if The Fighter was well-received, its director would be left out of the mix. Not the case.
3. Emma Stone gets some love
Welcome to the A-list, Emma Stone. Your teen movie predecessor, Lindsay Lohan, never got this far.
4. Winter’s Bone one nomination
Jennifer Lawrence might have received the only nomination for Winter’s Bone, but I’m not picky. I’ll take it.
5. Halle’s return
Believe it or not, Halle Berry has not been on screen in three years. She’s back now with a Globe nominated performance for Frankie and Alice. Her nomination might not be worthy as Tilda Swinton’s in I am Love or Lesley Manville’s in Another Year. But I have oddly missed Berry being around so I don’t mind this. That much.
And the not so awesome:
1. Where is True Grit?
Seriously, where is it? The latest Coen Brothers’ movie was completely snubbed. I don’t get why, so someone explain it to me.
2. The nominations for Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp for The Tourist
If you ever thought the Golden Globes was not just about the ratings, here is your answer.
3. 127 Hours gets three nods
But not for Best Picture. Normally when a film is nominated for best actor, best screenplay, and best original score, you would expect it to be nominated for best picture and director as well. Not the case. And no one seems to really mind.
4. And the nods that made me chuckle…
Two. Burlesque for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy and Jake Gyllenhaal for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy for his performance in Love and Other Drugs. The HFPA must have seen a completely different movie than me.
What’s your take on the Golden Globe nominations? Sound off below.
The 2010 Golden Globe Nominations
Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech leads the Golden Globe nominations with seven nods. The Social Network and The Fighter followed with six nominations each.
The complete list of film nominations are below:
Best Picture — Drama
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
Best Picture — Musical or Comedy
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
The Kids Are All Right
Red
The Tourist
Best Actor — Drama
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine
Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter
Best Actress — Drama
Halle Berry, Frankie and Alice
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Best Actor — Musical or Comedy
Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp, The Tourist
Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version
Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs
Kevin Spacey, Casino Jack
Best Actress — Musical or Comedy
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Anne Hathaway, Love and Other Drugs
Angelina Jolie, The Tourist
Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
Emma Stone, Easy A
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Michael Douglas, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Mila Kunis, Black Swan
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David O. Russell, The Fighter
Best Screenplay
127 Hours, Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle
Inception, Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right, Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech, David Seidler
The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin
Best Original Song
“Bound to You,” Burlesque (performed by Christina Aguilera; written by Samuel Dixon, Christina Aguilera and Sia Furler)
“Coming Home,” Country Strong (performed by Gwyneth Paltrow; written by Bob PiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges)
“I See the Light,” Tangled (performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi; written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater)
“There’s a Place For Us,” The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader(performed by Carrie Underwood; written by Carrie Underwood, David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey)
“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Yet,” Burlesque (performed by Cher; written by Diane Warren)
Best Original Score
Inception, Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech, Alexandre Desplat
The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman
127 Hours, A.R. Rahman
Best Foreign Language Film
Biutiful
The Concert
The Edge
I Am Love
In a Better World
Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3
Black Swan Leads 2010 Critics Choice Nominations
Black Swan received 12 Critics Choice
Another day, more nominations and awards announcements. The New York Film Critics Circle is currently voting. Will they pick The Social Network like every other critics group?
Black Swan, meanwhile, received a record 12 nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association. True Grit and The King’s Speech received 11 nominations each, Inception received 10 and The Social Network received nine.
What is worth mentioning here is that The Kids Are All Right was nominated in four categories (Actress, Actor, Ensemble, and Original Screenplay) but not for Best Picture. Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right) and Tilda Swinton (I Am Love) are also noticeably absent from the nominations. And despite its two lead actors being nominated, Blue Valentine did not receive a Best Picture nomination.
Like practically every other critics group, the BFCA is a decent predictor of the Academy Awards. The complete list of nominations is available here. The Critics Choice Awards are January 14 on VH1.
BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges — True Grit
Robert Duvall — Get Low
Jesse Eisenberg — The Social Network
Colin Firth — The King’s Speech
James Franco — 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling — Blue Valentine
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening — The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman — Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence — Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman — Black Swan
Noomi Rapace — The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Michelle Williams — Blue Valentine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale — The Fighter
Andrew Garfield — The Social Network
Jeremy Renner — The Town
Sam Rockwell — Conviction
Mark Ruffalo — The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush — The King’s Speech
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams — The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter — The King’s Speech
Mila Kunis — Black Swan
Melissa Leo — The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld — True Grit
Jacki Weaver — Animal Kingdom
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Elle Fanning — Somewhere
Jennifer Lawrence — Winter’s Bone
Chloe Grace Moretz — Let Me In
Chloe Grace Moretz — Kick-Ass
Kodi Smit-McPhee — Let Me In
Hailee Steinfeld — True Grit
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Fighter
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky — Black Swan
Danny Boyle — 127 Hours
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen — True Grit
David Fincher — The Social Network
Tom Hooper — The King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan — Inception
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Another Year — Mike Leigh
Black Swan — Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
The Fighter — Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson)
Inception — Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right — Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech — David Seidler
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours — Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle
The Social Network — Aaron Sorkin
The Town — Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Sheldon Turner
Toy Story 3 — Michael Arndt (Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
True Grit — Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone — Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful
I Am Love
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Restrepo
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
The Tillman Story
Waiting for Superman
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