[TV] 84th Academy Awards

[Eorayn]

•BEST PICTURE

War Horse

The Tree of Life

The Artist

Moneyball

The Descendants

Midnight in Paris

The Help

Hugo

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close



•BEST DIRECTOR

Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist

Alexander Payne - The Descendants

Hugo - Martin Scorsese

Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen

Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life



•BEST ACTOR

Jean Dujardin - The Artist

Demian Bichir - A Better Life

Brad Pitt - Moneyball

George Clooney - The Descendants

Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy



•BEST ACTRESS

Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs

Viola Davis - The Help

Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn



•BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn

Jonah Hill - Moneyball

Nick Nolte - Warrior

Christopher Plummer - Beginners

Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close



•BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Berenice Bejo - The Artist

Jessica Chastain - The Help

Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids

Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs

Octavia Spencer - The Help



•BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Bullhead - Belgium

Footnote - Israel

In Darkness - Poland

Monsieur Lazhar - Canada

A Separation - Iran



•BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius

Bridesmaids - Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig

Margin Call - JC Chandor

Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen

A Separation - Asghar Farhadi



•BEST ANIMATION

A Cat in Paris

Chico and Rita

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss in Boots

Rango



•BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash

Hugo - John Logan

The Ides of March - George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon

Moneyball - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin.

Tinker Tailor Solider Spy - Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan



•BEST ART DIRECTION

The Artist

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2

Hugo

Midnight in Paris

War Horse



•BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Artist

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

The Tree of Life

War Horse



•BEST SOUND MIXING

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

Moneyball

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

War Horse



•BEST SOUND EDITING

Drive

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

War Horse



•BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Man or Muppet from The Muppets - music and lyrics by Bret McKenzie

Real in Rio from Rio - music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown and lyrics by Siedah Garrett



•BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

The Adventures of Tintin

The Artist

Hugo

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

War Horse



•BEST COSTUMES

Anonymous

The Artist

Hugo

Jane Eyre

W.E.



•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 DOCUMENTARY SHORT

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 FILM EDITING

The Artist

The Descendants

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

Moneyball



•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

Penecost

Raju

The Shore

Time Freak

Tuba Atlantic



•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 MAKE-UP

Albert Nobbs

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

The Iron Lady




*Thanks to <nektar> for quoting*

[Deleted]

2011 was not a very good movie for movies, especially if compared with 2010 (Inception, cough). What I really want is a fair ceremony and not corrupt idiots stealing yet another oscar from the best movie composer ever, Hans Zimmer. So I just want Hans Zimmer to win an oscar if he's nominated.

[Vestig3]

I must say i dont know who i should choose because 2011 just like 2010 where very bad when it came too movies compared too 2008 or 2009 i think i might skip watching it this year and just go for next year because it will have a lot of epic movies coming out (The Avegers, The Hobbit. for me).

[themightysven]

I generally hope that we'll end up with another situation (like for the Lord of the Rings) where a longstanding series of films that finished gets the nod (that is to say Harry Potter) I can't really think of any other film that was worth seeing

[Deleted]

I generally hope that we'll end up with another situation (like for the Lord of the Rings) where a longstanding series of films that finished gets the nod (that is to say Harry Potter) I can't really think of any other film that was worth seeing

To say that Harry Potter was the only one worth seeing is a huge insult to movies like Tree of Life, Drive, Kid with a Bike, The Artist, We need to talk about Kevin, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Melancholia, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, 50/50, A Separation, The Descendants, and Hugo. 2011 sucked for American movies; other countries still brought out quality stuff, they should not be ignored.

[Fuzzzie]

I believe The Artist will probably pick up a bunch of awards. Including best picture. I'd like to see Win Win take home something. I loved that movie. I'd like to see Meryl Streep win for the Iron Lady too.

I'll make my picks when the nominations are announced. I'll have to catch up on some movies probably.

[Clockwork Pinkie]

All I want is for Rooney Mara to win "best actress" and it will be perfect.

[Eorayn]

I have seen many of the good or the critical acclaimed films, and I have to say, Joseph Gordon-Levitt delivered this year’s most convincing acting job for 50/50.
Nick Nolte should win the Best Supporting Actor award for Warrior.
Tilda Swinton for We Need To Talk About Kevin.
I’m not sure about Supporting Actress yet.

[Nanaboostme]

I generally hope that we'll end up with another situation (like for the Lord of the Rings) where a longstanding series of films that finished gets the nod (that is to say Harry Potter) I can't really think of any other film that was worth seeing

This is the Oscars, not the MTV movie awards. The only thing it'll be nominated for is its FX. The 3 types of movies that always seem to win are movies with british accents, films about filmmaking, and the holocaust.

Best Picture: 75% on The Artist (since it's so far sweeped every major film awards) and 25% on the Descendant. Statistically, one of those two will win.
Best Actor: Jean Dujardin.
Best Actress: Meryl Streep (Yes she gets nominated too much, but she has not won a lot and if you think about it, she has the most losts, but she equally deserves it as much as any other without looking at her past)
Best Director: Tough call on Alexander Payne (Descendant) or Michael (Artist).

[Herecius]

I would love for The Artist to pick up best picture. I haven't seen a movie that moved me that much in so long.

That said... the Oscars should be worth watching this year for Billy Crystal alone.

[Eorayn]

Today is a great day.
Today the official Academy Awards nominations will be announced!

As soon as I get the information, I will post it here.
Also, I will add a poll with all the nominations for Best Picture.

[pickley]

I can see Harry Potter winning something. Honestly wouldnt be suprised if it was best picture.

[Deleted]

The Nominations:

BEST PICTURE

War Horse

The Tree of Life

The Artist

Moneyball

The Descendants

Midnight in Paris

The Help

Hugo

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

BEST DIRECTOR

Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist

Alexander Payne - The Descendants

Hugo - Martin Scorsese

Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen

Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life

BEST ACTOR

Jean Dujardin - The Artist

Demian Bichir - A Better Life

Brad Pitt - Moneyball

George Clooney - The Descendants

Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

BEST ACTRESS

Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs

Viola Davis - The Help

Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn

Jonah Hill - Moneyball

Nick Nolte - Warrior

Christopher Plummer - Beginners

Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Berenice Bejo - The Artist

Jessica Chastain - The Help

Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids

Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs

Octavia Spencer - The Help

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Bullhead - Belgium

Footnote - Israel

In Darkness - Poland

Monsieur Lazhar - Canada

A Separation - Iran

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius

Bridesmaids - Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig

Margin Call - JC Chandor

Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen

A Separation - Asghar Farhadi

BEST ANIMATION

A Cat in Paris

Chico and Rita

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss in Boots

Rango

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash

Hugo - John Logan

The Ides of March - George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon

Moneyball - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin.

Tinker Tailor Solider Spy - Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan

BEST ART DIRECTION

The Artist

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2

Hugo

Midnight in Paris

War Horse

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Artist

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

The Tree of Life

War Horse

BEST SOUND MIXING

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

Moneyball

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

War Horse

BEST SOUND EDITING

Drive

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

War Horse

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Man or Muppet from The Muppets - music and lyrics by Bret McKenzie

Real in Rio from Rio - music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown and lyrics by Siedah Garrett

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

The Adventures of Tintin

The Artist

Hugo

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

War Horse

BEST COSTUMES

Anonymous

The Artist

Hugo

Jane Eyre

W.E.

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 DOCUMENTARY SHORT

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 FILM EDITING

The Artist

The Descendants

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

Moneyball

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

Penecost

Raju

The Shore

Time Freak

Tuba Atlantic

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 MAKE-UP

Albert Nobbs

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

The Iron Lady

[pickley]

Tintin wasnt nomminated for best animation...

[Jistu]

Looks like it's been an exceptionally bad year. I can't remember seeing this much oscar bait in recent years.

[Eorayn]

Poll is up. And first post edited.

[Soluger]

Why the hell isn't Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 up for Best Picture?

[Deleted]

Looks like it's been an exceptionally bad year. I can't remember seeing this much oscar bait in recent years.

Yeah, there are a quite a few oscar bait movies this year; The Descendents, The Artist, and Moneyball to name a few, but that doesn't necessarily make them bad movies. The Artist, for example, is IMO one of the best movies to be released in the last 10 years.

[Fuzzzie]

The Artist will probably sweep wherever it can. I haven't seen it yet, but that's pretty much the buzz (and probably the purpose of making the movie). Besides that, not much else that's too impressive. It was a weak year for movies in general, nothing really stands out for me except for a few films. Attack the Block was probably one of my favourites, but that would never win anything.

[Jistu]

Yeah, there are a quite a few oscar bait movies this year; The Descendents, The Artist, and Moneyball to name a few, but that doesn't necessarily make them bad movies. The Artist, for example, is IMO one of the best movies to be released in the last 10 years.

The Artist is when some smug asshole figured he could take advantage of a few 80 year old film snobs by making a silent movie made solely for the sake of being a cinematic hipster. Unless you are one of the 80 year old film snobs in charge of the oscars, then you have no reason to enjoy that movie.