The 2010 Academy Awards

[Charlie Don't Surf]

Best picture

Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Best animated feature:

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

Best actor:

Jeff Bridges
George Clooney
Colin Firth
Morgan Freeman
Jeremy Renner

Best actress:

Carey Mulligan
Gabourey Sidibe
Meryl Streep
Helen Mirren
Sandra Bullock

Best director:

Quentin Tarantino
Lee Daniels
Jason Reitman
Kathryn Bigelow
James Cameron

Best supporting actress

Penelope Cruz
Vera Farmiga
Maggie Gyllenhall
Anna Kendrick
Mo’Nique

Best supporting actor

Matt Damon
Woody Harellson
Christopher Plummer
Stanley Tucci
Christoph Waltz

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"

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I might be the only person that really cares about the Academy Awards anymore, but who cares, I'm gonna care all I can! The nominations are gonna be early Tuesday morning at about 7 or 8 in the morning, depending on where you live. This year has a new wrinkle, if you haven't heard already, in that there will be Ten (10) Best Picture nominees. Here's some pre-nomination thoughts:

Best Picture
I wanna see (500) Days of Summer and A Serious Man get nominations pretty bad. Will probably see Avatar, Hurt Locker, Basterds, Precious, Up in the Air as nomination locks. The rest is kind of still hazy.

Best Actor
Cheering for Michael Stuhlbarg from A Serious Man to get a nomination here, but it's not really likely. Renner and Clooney are probably locks for nominations.

Best Actress
I don't have any really strong feelings about who should get a nom. Bullock and Streep are locks though.

Best Director
I'd love the Coens to get nominated for A Serious Man here, but it probably won't happen. Bigelow and Cameron are locks/the frontrunners. I'd also bet on Reitman to get nominated too for Up in the Air.

Supporting Actor/Actress
Mo'Nique and Christoph Waltz are super-locks for nominations and wins in both of these. I'd like to see Farmiga and Kendrick for the ladies, though.


What do you think? Are there any personal choices? What would your Oscars look like? This is your personal opportunity to tell me how they don't matter and that stuffy critics only really circle jerk themselves off into obscurity more and more every year.

 

[Hailey Knight]

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I loved Avatar, but it doesn't deserve best picture.

I haven't seen it, but all word of mouth points to the correct best picture being The Hurt Locker.

 

[Covar]

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bah, Best Animated feature ensures that Up will be stuck receiving a second rate award, that should really be called Best Pixar Movie.

 

[klew]

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I won second place three times in four years in my local video store's pool, which resulted in 20 free rentals each time. Then they banned me from playing again. At least two of those times, I tied for first, but a random drawing dropped me to second. Otherwise, I started watching films in college, when I had time, transportation, and money to go see lots of films, and followed award shows, even using award shows as a topic for a public speaking class project. I can sympathize with the notion that we are rewarding people who already have enough fame and fortune, which is perhaps why we tend to appreciate a small independent film or rising star. Since I've been out of country for a year now, I haven't been able to keep up with current films, or even movie news, so I'm out of the loop for the first time in 15 years.

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

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bah, Best Animated feature ensures that Up will be stuck receiving a second rate award, that should really be called Best Pixar Movie.

Well, let's be fair, Up doesn't really deserve Best Picture this year.

I won second place three times in four years in my local video store's pool, which resulted in 20 free rentals each time. Then they banned me from playing again. At least two of those times, I tied for first, but a random drawing dropped me to second. Otherwise, I started watching films in college, when I had time, transportation, and money to go see lots of films, and followed award shows, even using award shows as a topic for a public speaking class project. I can sympathize with the notion that we are rewarding people who already have enough fame and fortune, which is perhaps why we tend to appreciate a small independent film or rising star. Since I've been out of country for a year now, I haven't been able to keep up with current films, or even movie news, so I'm out of the loop for the first time in 15 years.

Just out of curiosity, was that pool like picking winners/nominees before they're announced? Or picking winners after nominees come out?

 

[klew]

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after nominees were announced

 

[ElJuski]

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I hated (500) Days of Summer with a passion. It's kind of sad but I've been otherwise quite out of the loop with the big contenders. I thought Up was awesome (I was borderline crying the whole time), and I can't wait to see A Serious Man when it hits DVD.

Christoph Waltz deserves the fuck out of his award.

But, really, I probably will be skipping the whole thing like last year. I've just lost the want or care from the Oscars.

 

[bhamv3]

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I look forward to seeing Avatar nominated in every category, including best animated film and best foreign film. I also look forward to seeing Avatar win everything it's nominated for. Additionally, I look forward to Avatar winning the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Best Thing Since Sliced Bread Award.

/got nothing

 

[Philosopher B.]

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I just want IB to win, like, everything.

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

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And the nominees are.... (also edited into the OP)

Best picture

Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Best animated feature:

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

Best actor:

Jeff Bridges
George Clooney
Colin Firth
Morgan Freeman
Jeremy Renner

Best actress:

Carey Mulligan
Gabourey Sidibe
Meryl Streep
Helen Mirren
Sandra Bullock

Best director:

Quentin Tarantino
Lee Daniels
Jason Reitman
Kathryn Bigelow
James Cameron

Best supporting actress

Penelope Cruz
Vera Farmiga
Maggie Gyllenhall
Anna Kendrick
Mo’Nique

Best supporting actor

Matt Damon
Woody Harellson
Christopher Plummer
Stanley Tucci
Christoph Waltz

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"

More from Oscar dot com

Here come more categories, from OSCAR dot com.

Art Direction

* “Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
* “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
* “Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
* “Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
* “The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Cinematography

* “Avatar” Mauro Fiore
* “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
* “The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
* “Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
* “The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Costume Design

* “Bright Star” Janet Patterson
* “Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
* “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
* “Nine” Colleen Atwood
* “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

Documentary (Feature)

* “Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
* “The Cove” Nominees to be determined
* “Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
* “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
* “Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)

* “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
* “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
* “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
* “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
* “Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing

* “Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
* “District 9” Julian Clarke
* “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
* “Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film

* “Ajami” Israel
* “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
* “The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
* “Un Prophète” France
* “The White Ribbon” Germany

Makeup

* “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
* “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
* “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)

* “Avatar” James Horner
* “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
* “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
* “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
* “Up” Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)

* “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
* “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
* “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Short Film (Animated)

* “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
* “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
* “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
* “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
* “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action)

* “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
* “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
* “Kavi” Gregg Helvey
* “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
* “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing

* “Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
* “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
* “Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
* “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
* “Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing

* “Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
* “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
* “Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
* “Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
* “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects

* “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
* “District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
* “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

 

[ThatNickGuy]

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I loved Avatar and hate all the badmouthing that people have given it. There's nothing BAD about the story that was told. Was it original? Story-wise, no. Concept-wise, with the mythology of the planet? Hell yes. But as cliche as the story might have been, it was still well-paced and a damn well-paced action movie.

That said, I don't agree with its nomination for Best Picture. Best special effects? Sure. Best director is agruably okay, since Cameron knows how to pace a movie well. I'd be happy to see Tarrantino get Best Director, though.

District 9 definitely deserves to be on there, though. I'd say Hurt Locker or Precious stands the best chance of winning.

 

[bhamv3]

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I'd love for Up to win Best Picture though. It's a lock for Best Animated, right?

 

[ThatNickGuy]

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Ehhhh, don't be so sure. It's up against Fantastic Mr. Fox (which I heard is quite good) and Coraline. I'd still say Up wins, but...pardon the pun...it's up against some stiff competition.

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

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I would say Up is probably a lock for best animated. It got nominated for best picture, Fantastic Mr. Fox did not. How is anyone going to vote for FMF after that?

 

[ElJuski]

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Ugh, Avatar for Best Picture. Just another reason I continue to think of the Oscars as a masturbatory fest.

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

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Ugh, Avatar for Best Picture. Just another reason I continue to think of the Oscars as a masturbatory fest.

hahahahah what? Avatar is obvious it's not a circlejerk! It's the most populist choice they could ever make! It is literally the most popular movie ever!

 

[ElJuski]

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That's true. Still hella dissatisfied.

 

[Fun Size]

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And the "Most out of touch with popular culture" award goes to - Fun Size. I've literally seen two of the movies out of the full list of nonimations in all categories.

I've really got to find a babysitter.

 

[Steven Soderburgin]

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I've seen approximately 60 movies from 2009.

 

[bhamv3]

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And the "Most out of touch with popular culture" award goes to - Fun Size. I've literally seen two of the movies out of the full list of nonimations in all categories.

I've really got to find a babysitter.

I'm not much better, I've seen a total of three. Up, Avatar, and District 9.

 

[Gusto]

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I've seen Star Trek, Up and Inglourious Basterds. There are so many more I wanna see but haven't yeeeeeeeet.

 

[Dave]

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Of the Best Picture nominees I have seen or will see:

District 9 - Have DVD at home but haven't watched yet.
The Hurt Locker - Have DVD at home but haven't watched yet.
Inglourious Basterds - Liked it.
Precious - LOVED it!
Up - Loved it.

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

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Here are my cheering choices:

Best Picture: A Serious Man
Animated: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Actor: Clooney
Actress: Streep (have not seen any of these movies)
Director: Tarantino
Supp. Actress: Anna Kendrick
Supp. Actor: Christoph Waltz
Original Screenplay: A Serious Man
Adapted Screenplay: In the Loop

 

[Calleja]

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HELL YEAH DISTRICT 9!!!

REPRESENT!!

I was so psyched to see D9 get the nom... it took me a bit but I've decided I'm rooting for it instead of Basterds. I loved both movies, but D9 just hit home more for me.

Not that it matters since Avatar is obviously going to win, but if you don't root for someone it's not fun.

 

[Gusto]

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Heh, and I just tend to root for the couple movies that I DID see, if only to justify those ten dollars even more.

 

[Steven Soderburgin]

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It's pretty fucking stupid that MOON, THE BROTHERS BLOOM, THE INFORMANT!, and WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE got 0 nominations between them, but oh whale, that'll happen when studios spend like 0 dollars on reminding Academy members that those movies came out.

 

[Cajungal]

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I'm pretty excited about the District 9 nomination, and it's always nice to see a truly great animated film up for best picture and not just best animated. I haven't seen a lot of what's up for best picture. I'm sure I will eventually.. probably 3-8 years from now, as per usual.

 

[wana10]

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they took two songs from princess and the frog but neither are "i got friends on the other side"

 

[SpecialKO]

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How did Star Trek not get nominated for Art Direction, Cinematography, Editing, and Music (score)? :twitch:

 

[Kitty Sinatra]

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And the "Most out of touch with popular culture" award goes to - Fun Size. I've literally seen two of the movies out of the full list of nonimations in all categories.

Screw you, fella! That's my award: A big fat zero movies watched from last year.

 

[Jay]

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Best picture : Avatar
Best animated feature: Up
Best actor: Jeff Bridges
Best actress: Sandra Bullock
Best director: James Cameron
Best supporting actress: Mo’Nique
Best supporting actor: Christoph Waltz
Original screenplay: Days of Summer
Adapted screenplay: Up in the Air

imo

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

Oscar Nominations coming Tuesday morning!

Best picture : Avatar
Best animated feature: Up
Best actor: Jeff Bridges
Best actress: Sandra Bullock
Best director: James Cameron
Best supporting actress: Mo’Nique
Best supporting actor: Christoph Waltz
Original screenplay: Days of Summer
Adapted screenplay: Up in the Air

imo

Spoken like someone who hasn't seen The Hurt Locker. I also have no earthly clue how you could think Avatar was better than Basterds. ALSO Fantastic Mr. Fox was a lot better than Up.

 

[Soliloquy]

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Best picture : Avatar
Best animated feature: Up
Best actor: Jeff Bridges
Best actress: Sandra Bullock
Best director: James Cameron
Best supporting actress: Mo’Nique
Best supporting actor: Christoph Waltz
Original screenplay: Days of Summer
Adapted screenplay: Up in the Air

imo

Spoken like someone who hasn't seen The Hurt Locker. I also have no earthly clue how you could think Avatar was better than Basterds. ALSO Fantastic Mr. Fox was a lot better than Up.[/QUOTE]

He's probably right about who's going to win, though. Friggin' Academy awards.

 

[Jay]

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those are the winners, not my choices
i wouldn't have voted for up in the air if given the choice

 

[Philosopher B.]

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If Avatar wins best picture, I will burn a tree.