Oscar Nominations

[weeezy]

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Best picture

"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
"Up in the Air"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Up"
"The Blind Side"
"District 9"
"An Education"
"A Serious Man"

Which pictures have the most nominations?

Actor

George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

Actress

Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education"

Supporting actor

Matt Damon, "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"

Supporting actress

Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique, "Precious"
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"

Director

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
James Cameron, "Avatar"
Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"

Animated feature

"Up"
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"The Secret of Kells"


Original screenplay

"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"The Messenger"
"A Serious Man"
"Up"


Adapted screenplay

"District 9"
"An Education"
"In the Loop"
"Precious"
"Up in the Air

They have 10 movies this year for best movie. versus the usual 5... mmmm

[Tea]

I really want to see Crazy Heart. I am in love with Jeff Bridges.

[buf68]

wait, UP as in the cartoon is in the best picture category? Has that ever happened before?

[Scribe]

I heard a comic in a podcast refer to Avatar as "a cartoon version of Dances With Wolves." Cracks me up.

[weeezy]

Buf - I am not sure if a cartoon has ever been nominated. My kids saw up, from what they tell me, I think it would be nominated because of the story.

[Dezdmona]

Originally Posted by weeezy

Buf - I am not sure if a cartoon has ever been nominated. My kids saw up, from what they tell me, I think it would be nominated because of the story.

Beauty and the Beast was nominated.

There are a couple of reasons they've expanded the nominations to 10 this year.
1. So the nominees can say they were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar and get more folks to the box office (make more $)
2. Nominate films in categories that wouldn't otherwise stand a chance of getting the nomination (like "Up" - which IS a great story BTW and worthy of the nod IMHO)

Still, it's nice to see some films that were big box office hits (i.e., the films the average people liked) and not just "critically acclaimed" films being nominated.)

[Scribe]

I didn't see Up but everybody I know who did raved about it. Including one of my siblings who is Mrs. Picky Persnickety Filmgoer.

[Joe Schmoe]

Criminal that JJ and Star Trek got nothing......that movie is AWESOME!~

[Joe Schmoe]

Has anyone even seen UP? I have not heard anything about it......

[Halo]

I saw it and was so depressed after the first 15 minutes, I couldn't finish it. It was too sad for me. But what I saw was really cute and sweet.

[Babalou]

The last thing I saw at a movie theater was Juno.