The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced this morning, and there were, of course, the usual surprises and snubs. The Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 26, and below are all the nominations with my predictions in pink (since I fell in love with The Artist last night, I'm choosing this wonderful film to win in many categories today):
BEST PICTURE
Surprise: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (did this get any good reviews because the ones I've read have all been underwhelming? Personally, I think they should return to only nominating five films for Best Picture)
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
BEST DIRECTOR
Snub: I think Bennett Miller deserved a nomination for Moneyball.
Midnight in Paris Woody Allen
The Artist Michel Hazanavicius
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
The Descendants Alexander Payne
Hugo Martin Scorsese
BEST ACTRESS
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
BEST ACTOR
Surprise: I've never even heard of Demian Bichir or A Better Life.
Snub: I was hoping Michael Fassbender might get a nomination for Shame.
Demian 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
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Surprise: I'm so happy that the fabulous Melissa McCarthy received a nomination.
Snub: Shailene Woodley was not nominated for The Descendants.
Bérénice Bejo in The Artist
Jessica Chastain in The Help
Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer in The Help
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Surprise: Was Nick Nolte or Max Von Sydow on anyone's radar for a nomination?
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
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Snub: I was hoping that Tate Taylor would receive a nomination for The Help.
The Descendants Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash
Hugo John Logan
The Ides of March George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
Moneyball Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughn
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Midnight in Paris Woody Allen
Margin Call JC Chandor
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
The Artist Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Surprises: I'm not familiar with A Cat in Paris or Chico & Rita.
Snub: The Adventures of Tintin
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Surprises: I loved The Muppets so I'm delighted by its nomination - and I've always liked Sérgio Mendes.
Snubs: Madonna's "Masterpiece" from W.E. and Mary J. Blige's "The Living Proof" from The Help - they both deserved to be nominated.
"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from Rio Music by Sérgio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett
BEST 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
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel"
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.
BEST FILM EDITING
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
BEST MAKEUP
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady
BEST ART DIRECTION
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse
BEST SOUND EDITING
Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
BEST SOUND MIXING
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement?
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic
3 comments:
Madonna's song from WE was not eligible under that academy rules. To be eligible according to the Academy, songs must "consist of words and music, both of which are original and used specifically for the film; and be used either in the body of the film, or as the "first music cue" in the closing credits."
The only thing preventing a nomination is the fact that the song is the second, not the first, featured in the film's closing credits!
What a stupid rule - if a song is played during the closing credits, it should be eligible in my opinion. I wonder if Madonna knew about this rule when she made her film.
I haven't seen WE yet but I've always thought that for a song to win an Oscar, it should actually be used in the film (although look how often "To Sir With Love" was sang in that movie--at least three--and it didn't get a nomination) rather than just slapped on over the end credits. That said, the music brand of the Academy is an odd group--they have a real fetish for John Williams: 47 nominations while poor Danny Elfman has only gotten 4 for his work over the last 27 years!
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