Export thread
Your 2011 Oscar Nominees!
#1
Charlie Don't Surf
Charlie Don't Surf
Here they are! 9 Best Picture nominees. Surprises? Melissa McCarthy, Jonah Hill, and Rooney Mara I guess. Tree of Life got more than I would have thought! Hugo was most-nominated, 11 to The Artist's 10.
Best Picture
"The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer
"The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer
"The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
"Hugo" Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
"Midnight in Paris" Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
"Moneyball" Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
"The Tree of Life" Nominees to be determined
"War Horse" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Directing
"The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Alexander Payne
"Hugo" Martin Scorsese
"Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen
"The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick
Actor in a Leading Role
Demián 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"
Actor in a Supporting Role
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"
Actress in a Leading Role
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"
Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer in "The Help"
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
Writing (Original Screenplay)
"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi
Animated Feature Film
"A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
"Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
"Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
"Rango" Gore Verbinski
Art Direction
"The Artist"
Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
"Hugo"
Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"Midnight in Paris"
Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
"War Horse"
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Cinematography
"The Artist" Guillaume Schiffman
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Jeff Cronenweth
"Hugo" Robert Richardson
"The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" Janusz Kaminski
Costume Design
"Anonymous" Lisy Christl
"The Artist" Mark Bridges
"Hugo" Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
"W.E." Arianne Phillips
Documentary (Feature)
"Hell and Back Again"
Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Pina"
Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
"Undefeated"
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas
Documentary (Short Subject)
"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement"
Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
"God Is the Bigger Elvis"
Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
"Incident in New Baghdad"
James Spione
"Saving Face"
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"
Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
Film Editing
"The Artist" Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Kevin Tent
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
"Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen
Foreign Language Film
"Bullhead" Belgium
"Footnote" Israel
"In Darkness" Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" Iran
Makeup
"Albert Nobbs"
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
"The Iron Lady"
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
Music (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
Music (Original Song)
"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Short Film (Animated)
"Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
"La Luna" Enrico Casarosa
"A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
"Wild Life" Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Short Film (Live Action)
"Pentecost" Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
"Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
"The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George
"Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
"Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø
Sound Editing
"Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Ren Klyce
"Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
"War Horse" Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
Sound Mixing
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
"Hugo"
Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
"Moneyball"
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
"War Horse"
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
Visual Effects
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
"Hugo"
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
"Real Steel"
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
#2
Dave
Dave
Is "The Tree of Life" this year's totally unknown movie that the critics love that I would hate? There's always one that is completely unfathomable to me.
Of course, there's always some that I never get to see before the awards thanks to living in a wasteland of the Midwest where movies don't show in limited release...
Of course, there's always some that I never get to see before the awards thanks to living in a wasteland of the Midwest where movies don't show in limited release...
#3
Piotyr
Piotyr
Yes, Dave, that's the one. I still haven't decided whether the movie is just the director's way of dicking with the audience.
#4
Charlie Don't Surf
Charlie Don't Surf
The Tree of Life could be described as weird arthouse snobbery. When I saw it, which was in a tiny/not multiplex theater, most of the audience either walked out early or trashed it when it went to black. Sean Penn (who was in the movie) also commented that he didn't understand it at all or why he was in the movie period. It's not necessarily "oscar bait", but it's definitely different from most movies. I'm honestly not sure if you'd like it or not. 2/3 of it is fairly conventional/normal, but there's a couple long really.... well, not sure exactly how to describe it, but maybe film impressionism? sequences in the middle.
Added at: 08:26
If it makes you feel any better, it has absolutely 0% chance to win Best Picture.
I was even incredibly surprised that it was nominated for anything other than Cinematography.
Added at: 08:26
If it makes you feel any better, it has absolutely 0% chance to win Best Picture.
I was even incredibly surprised that it was nominated for anything other than Cinematography.
#5
Piotyr
Piotyr
One interesting thing to me is that despite Pixar movies winning the animated feature category every year since its inception, Cars 2 wasn't even nominated in the category this year.
Which is good, because Cars 2 was bad.
Which is good, because Cars 2 was bad.
#6
Hailey Knight
Hailey Knight
Cinema Snob said it was the hardest movie he had to sit through in all of 2011. I'm amazed it's even nominated.Is "The Tree of Life" this year's totally unknown movie that the critics love that I would hate? There's always one that is completely unfathomable to me.
They made a movie of that? Oh, now I'm scared to see it after how badly JSF's other book was botched on film."Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer
#7
sixpackshaker
sixpackshaker
I can't believe that "Hugo" and "Tintin" did not get nominated for best animated film. Or is there a motion capture snobbery out there?
#8
strawman
strawman
It was probably nominated so they can maintain the pretense of films as art.I'm amazed it's even nominated.
#9
Hailey Knight
Hailey Knight
I'm kind of proud of myself, because aside from Rise of the Planet of the Apes getting a sound editing nod and "Man or Muppet" getting a song nomination, I've seen NONE of the other nominated movies this year.
#10
sixpackshaker
sixpackshaker
Max von Sydow and Tom Hanks... in supporting rolls. I just don't know if I can handle the subject matter.They made a movie of that? Oh, now I'm scared to see it after how badly JSF's other book was botched on film.
#11
strawman
They are still segregated.
strawman
Historically animated pictures do not appear in the other categories. If you want your film to be available for "best picture," for instance, you can't submit it to the academy as an animated feature.I can't believe that "Hugo" and "Tintin" did not get nominated for best animated film. Or is there a motion capture snobbery out there?
They are still segregated.
#12
Hailey Knight
Hailey Knight
That's not true; Beauty and the Beast was nominated for Best Picture. Or do you mean that when a film is nominated for animated, it immediately is excluded from winning in other categories, so Tintin and Hugo couldn't go for that one if they wanted to win others?Historically animated pictures do not appear in the other categories. If you want your film to be available for "best picture," for instance, you can't submit it to the academy as an animated feature.
They are still segregated.
#13
Charlie Don't Surf
Charlie Don't Surf
Hugo is live action, you dolts.
Also, Tintin's animators said they don't want motion capture to be considered as animation, so there was no campaigning/submission/whatever I don't think.
Also, Tintin's animators said they don't want motion capture to be considered as animation, so there was no campaigning/submission/whatever I don't think.
#14
ThatNickGuy
ThatNickGuy
Eh, it was light and fun, but like the first Cars, it's a much lesser quality compared to all the other Pixar movies. Still good because, you know, it's Pixar, but it pales in comparison to the rest.One interesting thing to me is that despite Pixar movies winning the animated feature category every year since its inception, Cars 2 wasn't even nominated in the category this year.
Which is good, because Cars 2 was bad.
#15
Hailey Knight
EDIT: Or was the "light" part a pun for cars being set alight?
Hailey Knight
Light and fun and VIOLENT FIERY CAR MURDER.Eh, it was light and fun, but like the first Cars, it's a much lesser quality compared to all the other Pixar movies. Still good because, you know, it's Pixar, but it pales in comparison to the rest.
EDIT: Or was the "light" part a pun for cars being set alight?
#16
ThatNickGuy
ThatNickGuy
Is it now!
#17
Espy
Espy
Tree of Life is my second favorite film next to Drive this year. It's an amazing movie. My wife and were blown away by it and she generally hates Terrance Malicks work.
#18
strawman
You won't get nominated for both the animated feature and for best picture - although Wall-E demonstrated that you can get nominated for both animated feature and other categories, so I'm mostly wrong anyway. It's just so rare that you see an animated feature film appear in other categories, especially best picture.
I'm on the fence about animation that was motion captured not being considered animation. It's a cross between CGI and puppetry.
I guess it's not unlike the dark crystal - except that the "costumes" were digitally created rather than hand made and filmed.
strawman
Beauty and the Beast was nominated prior to the animated feature category being created, and was an outlier anyway.That's not true; Beauty and the Beast was nominated for Best Picture. Or do you mean that when a film is nominated for animated, it immediately is excluded from winning in other categories, so Tintin and Hugo couldn't go for that one if they wanted to win others?
You won't get nominated for both the animated feature and for best picture - although Wall-E demonstrated that you can get nominated for both animated feature and other categories, so I'm mostly wrong anyway. It's just so rare that you see an animated feature film appear in other categories, especially best picture.
I'm on the fence about animation that was motion captured not being considered animation. It's a cross between CGI and puppetry.
I guess it's not unlike the dark crystal - except that the "costumes" were digitally created rather than hand made and filmed.
#19
Hailey Knight
Some other movie besides Hugo came out in November that was animated and people said was a good family film, right? There's something I'm forgetting that I mistook for Hugo.
Hailey Knight
Doh.Hugo is live action, you dolts.
Some other movie besides Hugo came out in November that was animated and people said was a good family film, right? There's something I'm forgetting that I mistook for Hugo.
#20
Charlie Don't Surf
Charlie Don't Surf
ugggggggggggh I think you're confusing "Arthur Christmas" with "Hugo" which makes my heart hurt
#21
evilmike
evilmike
Unless, of course, you're Up.You won't get nominated for both the animated feature and for best picture - although Wall-E demonstrated that you can get nominated for both animated feature and other categories, so I'm mostly wrong anyway. It's just so rare that you see an animated feature film appear in other categories, especially best picture.
#22
Frankie Williamson
Frankie Williamson
Not even critics liked ELIC.
How did that get nominated?
Added at: 08:43
Tintin not getting an animated nod is fucking horseshit, especially in a category with Kung Fu Panda 2.
How did that get nominated?
Added at: 08:43
Tintin not getting an animated nod is fucking horseshit, especially in a category with Kung Fu Panda 2.
#23
strawman
strawman
Huh. Well now I just feel stupid. There are several examples of great animated films sneaking into, and winning, other categories - including best picture.Unless, of course, you're Up.
#24
Frankie Williamson
Frankie Williamson
Drive not getting a cinematography or art direction nod is pretty fucking shitty too.
#25
Charlie Don't Surf
As I said earlier - the crew/company in Tintin didn't want to get nominated for animated feature.
ALSO, the biggest snub is Albert Brooks not getting even a nom for Drive. He won a LOT of the guild Best Supporting Actor awards. Not just nominated, but outright WON.
Charlie Don't Surf
I guess 5% of the academy was all nostalgic for some 9/11 or somethinNot even critics liked ELIC.
How did that get nominated?
Added at: 08:43
Tintin not getting an animated nod is fucking horseshit, especially in a category with Kung Fu Panda 2.
As I said earlier - the crew/company in Tintin didn't want to get nominated for animated feature.
ALSO, the biggest snub is Albert Brooks not getting even a nom for Drive. He won a LOT of the guild Best Supporting Actor awards. Not just nominated, but outright WON.
#26
Espy
Espy
Yup. I mean "The Help" over "Drive"? Shoot me now. Hell, that manipulative 9/11 piece of shit got a best film nod.Drive not getting a cinematography or art direction nod is pretty fucking shitty too.
#27
Frankie Williamson
Added at: 08:58
This is the first time in probably a decade where I haven't seen ANY of the best picture noms. I wanted to see some of them, but wasn't able to.
Frankie Williamson
I didn't see that. That's pretty silly of them. It was an animated feature.As I said earlier - the crew/company in Tintin didn't want to get nominated for animated feature.
Added at: 08:58
This is the first time in probably a decade where I haven't seen ANY of the best picture noms. I wanted to see some of them, but wasn't able to.
#28
Espy
Espy
Also, no soundtrack nom for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"? That soundtrack takes what Ross and Reznor did on the social network and just blows it up.
#29
Charlie Don't Surf
Charlie Don't Surf
The soundtrack/score/song categories are so weird and have so many crazy and stupid rules. I have no idea how they work, and I love awards show dorkisms.
I can't wait to watch EL&IC and The Artist so I can get mad at all their nominations/wins.
I can't wait to watch EL&IC and The Artist so I can get mad at all their nominations/wins.
#30
kaykordeath
Is there one? Was there one?
kaykordeath
Am I missing something? I only see Song and Score...no Soundtrack category at all....Also, no soundtrack nom for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"? That soundtrack takes what Ross and Reznor did on the social network and just blows it up.
Is there one? Was there one?
#31
Covar
Covar
I've seen none of the best picture nominees and am only wanted to watch one, Moneyball.
Seems like a typical year.
Seems like a typical year.
#32
Charlie Don't Surf
Charlie Don't Surf
There is no soundtrack, I think Espy confused Score with Soundtrack.
#33
Hailey Knight
EDIT: Ninja'd by Charlie.
Hailey Knight
He must mean score, because there's no soundtrack category.Am I missing something? I only see Song and Score...no Soundtrack category at all....
Is there one? Was there one?
EDIT: Ninja'd by Charlie.
#34
HowDroll
HowDroll
Apparently they'll give anybody an Oscar nowadays. Bridesmaids? Kung-Fu Panda 2? REALLY?
#35
Charlie Don't Surf
Charlie Don't Surf
Bridesmaids and Kung-Fu Panda 2 have not won any Oscars yet.
#36
sixpackshaker
sixpackshaker
But just being nominated is what matters.Bridesmaids and Kung-Fu Panda 2 have not won any Oscars yet.
#37
Tress
Tress
I think Leonardo DiCaprio not getting a nod is probably the biggest snub, but Brooks getting left off the ballot is pretty bad as well.
#38
Espy
Espy
Yeah, my bad. Thats what I meant.There is no soundtrack, I think Espy confused Score with Soundtrack.
#39
HowDroll
HowDroll
Thankfully not, but getting an Oscar nod is still supposed to be a significant honor.Bridesmaids and Kung-Fu Panda 2 have not won any Oscars yet.
#40
Piotyr
Piotyr
Kung-Fu Panda 2's only real accomplishment to this point is being better than Cars 2. It was a really low bar for animated movies this year.
Bridesmaids I haven't seen yet, so I'll refrain from comment.
Bridesmaids I haven't seen yet, so I'll refrain from comment.
#41
Charlie Don't Surf
Charlie Don't Surf
Also, in her defense, McCarthy was the best part of the funniest movie of the year. And everyone says comedic acting is harder than dramatic acting. AND the Academy is notoriously loath to reward any comedies, so I think it's a good thing.
#42
Dave
Dave
I still think that "The World Glow" would make an excellent soundtrack song.
As for the rest, I haven't seen many of them.
As for the rest, I haven't seen many of them.
#43
HowDroll
HowDroll
McCarthy was good in Bridesmaids (I would agree with your statement that she was the best part, but I also thought it was a fairly mediocre movie -- it does not bode well for the quality of cinema in 2011 if Bridesmaids is considered the funniest movie of the year. I found the protagonist to be completely whiny and infuriating, and it completely turned me off to the whole movie. I didn't blame the best friend in the slightest for wanting to hang out with the other chick instead. But I digress.) However, McCarthy was really a minor part of the film; should the Academy have given Zach Galifianakis an Oscar nomination for his equally-memorable part in The Hangover?Also, in her defense, McCarthy was the best part of the funniest movie of the year. And everyone says comedic acting is harder than dramatic acting. AND the Academy is notoriously loath to reward any comedies, so I think it's a good thing.
#44
Charlie Don't Surf
Charlie Don't Surf
I wouldn't have been that upset if Galifanakis got nominated, at all. I do think Bridesmaids was a lot better movie than Hangover, though. I'm curious what movies you thought were a lot better/funnier in 2011?
#45
HowDroll
HowDroll
I don't think it was a great year for comedy -- at least based on what I've seen -- but off the top of my head, Crazy, Stupid, Love was way funnier than Bridesmaids (which I really did think I would love -- I'm a big fan of most Apatow films. Maybe it was just Kristin Wiig's constantly annoying the shit out of me that ruined it, I don't know. I liked the Hangover much better, but I haven't seen the Hangover II yet.) Horrible Bosses gets a mention as well--I might not have laughed out loud as many times as I did with Bridesmaids, but I still think I found it funnier overall. I also wouldn't be surprised if I found The Muppets funnier from what I've heard about it, even though I haven't actually had a chance to see it yet either.
#46
checkeredhat
checkeredhat
There's a big back and forth on that between actors and animators right now. Many actors, led chiefly by Andy Serkis, are making the case that Mo- cap is 100% their performance, because they have no idea how mo-cap actually works, while many animators are fighting to get recognition for mo-cap because they have to spend months tweaking the performances to fit the rigs, push poses to look less rigid, move them more fluidly to try and keep it out of the uncanny valley, and often just simply reanimate it using the original only as reference. Neither side is right, and neither side is getting the recognition they deserve from the other or from anyone else in the academy.I didn't see that. That's pretty silly of them. It was an animated feature.
#47
evilmike
evilmike
Gizmodo's Shooting Challenge this week is about the Oscars. I haven't thought of a good entry yet. Does anyone have any suggestions?
#48
Charlie Don't Surf
Charlie Don't Surf
Any photos as a tribute to The Artist that are only tribute by being in black and white should be thrown out
umm... There could be some cool pictures for Drive, I'd think.
umm... There could be some cool pictures for Drive, I'd think.