The OFFICIAL 2012 Oscar nominations thread...- Page 2

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 8:56am

Tree of LIfe is up for Picture, Director, and Cinematography, and I really hope it wins the latter.

[theatreguy]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 8:57am

The Artist has 10 nominations. Hugo leads the pack with 11.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 8:58am

They've been messing with the rules for Best Song for a while now. I'm not sure what they are, but it probably either has something to do with the number of eligible songs being low (they have a stricter criteria now. No "end credit" roll songs, etc.), or maybe there was a low percentage of nominees from the Music Branch of the Academy.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 9:01am

Yes, 10 for The Artist, thanks for correcting me:

Picture
Director
Actor
Supporting Actress
Screenplay
Art Direction
Cinematography
Costumes
Editing
Score

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 9:03am

Hugo did get 11, bleh.

Picture
Director
Screenplay
Art Direction
Cinematography
Costumes
Editing
Score
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
Visual Effects

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 9:05am

Well I'm thrilled The Muppets at least got one song nomination.

I seem to be in the minority, but I LOVED Extremely Loud so am glad to see it get a little bit of love.

I'm a little surprised by Mara beating out the much more deserving Swinton. Poor Tilda, snubbed for both I Am Love and Kevin.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 9:06am

UPDATED Complete List:


Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Director
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants – Alexander Payne
Hugo – Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick

Best Actor
Demian Bichir – A Better Life
George Clooney – The Descendants
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt – Moneyball

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 and Incredibly Close

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer – The Help

Best Original Screenplay
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Original Score
The Adventures of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Best Original Song
"Man or Muppet" - The Muppets
"Real in Rio" - Rio

Best Editing
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

Best Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Best Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Hugo
War Horse

Best Costume Design
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

Best Makeup
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
The Iron Lady

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 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 Foreign Language Film
Bullhead - Belgium
Footnote - Israel
In Darkness - Poland
Monsieur Lazhar - Canada
A Separation - Iran

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 Bagdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Best Animated Short
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Broom of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Best Live Action Short
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic


TALLIES:

(11) Hugo
(10) The Artist
(6) Moneyball / War Horse
(5) The Descendants / The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
(4) The Help / Midnight in Paris
(3) Albert Nobbs / Harry Potter / Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy / Transformers / The Tree of Life

Updated On: 1/24/12 at 09:06 AM

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 9:16am

Bichir (beat still my heart), Dujardin (ditto), Clooney, Pitt and Oldman.

Never in the history of the oscars, have five sexier men competed against each other for best actor.

And that's with Banderas, Fassbender and Gosling left out!

Updated On: 1/24/12 at 09:16 AM

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 9:18am

Maybe they'll have a swimsuit competition.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 9:25am

Tuxes will be quite enough for me thank you.

and speaking of Dujardin in a swimsuit - and much less - check out 0SS: Lost in Rio, esp the orgy scene.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 9:27am

So glad W.E got a nod for Costumes as they were amazing

Also beyond happy that Paradise Lost 3 is Nominated

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 9:30am

Surprised Tin Tin didnt get a nom.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 10:04am

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 10:16am

Nummy Nummy In My Tummy!

It's an exciting race with some real surprises which doesn't happen every year. I (for one) am so happy with McCarthy and Wiig getting nominations. Sad there's no Charlize but happy DESCENDANTS got 5 noms.

[JP2]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 10:22am

The only thing I care about is "Man or Muppet".

Everything else just seems odd. Ah well.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 10:28am

Lazier nominations than usual.


I mean, a Best Pic nod for EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE? Over A SEPERATION, MELANCHOLIA, SHAME, HIGHER GROUND, DRIVE on and on and on.

[AC126748]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 10:35am

EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE has two of the Oscars favorite components: 'tards and tragedy. How could they NOT nominate it?

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 10:38am

Oh, it was so dreadful. SO dreadful. But this is the organization that awarded "Crash" over "Brokeback Mountain." Wake up, white people.

Updated On: 1/24/12 at 10:38 AM

[AC126748]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 10:42am

Overall, I was happy to see Nick Nolte, Melissa McCarthy, Glenn Close, and Janet McTeer nominated (in addition to the deserving nominees like Dujardin, Bejo, Chastain, Davis etc who were sure things). The almost complete shut-out of DRIVE--especially Brooks and direction--irks me. And EXTREMELY LOUD getting a Best Picture nomination over BRIDESMAIDS proves again that the Academy will choose a tragic/melodramatic movie almost everyone dislikes over a comedy that received almost universal rave reviews.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 10:49am

I would have said Albert Brooks was the primary competition for Christopher Plummer in the Supporting Actor race, but now that Brooks didn't get nominated, I think Plummer is a shoo-in.

And I've seen Beginners.

It had some memorable and even semi-powerful moments in a very slow, mild film. Plummer was good, but I kinda see this as a "career" award for him. He's never won. He's old and respected. And he's Capt. Friggin' Von Trapp. This is the Don Ameche Honorary Award this year.

[AC126748]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 10:52am

No question, besty. Plummer IS good in BEGINNERS, but his work is nowhere near the level of Brooks or Nolte or even Jonah Hill. (It's a good performance, but his performance in THE LAST STATION two years ago was much better) He'll win for the exact reasons you listed.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 10:55am

Plummer has given consistently good and memorable screen performances. I don't begrudge him this award.

Oscar isn't a science. Members vote with their hearts (if they have them). I think he'll definitely get enough emotional votes to win.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 10:57am

I guess 'The Adventures of Tintin' was too polarizing for the Oscar voters in the Best Animated Picture Category. I'm glad that 'Kung Fu Panda 2' got a nomination in that category. I'm also happy for Gary Oldman getting a nomination, he's a very talented actor. I had a feeling Leonardo DiCaprio would be snubbed since many critics didn't like 'J. Edgar', they felt he was the only good thing about it. It's also nice to see Pitt, Hill, and 'Moneyball' get nominations. 'The Help' deserved all of its nominations. Though I'm still undecided if I want Streep to win Best Actress for 'The Iron Lady' or Viola Davis. I'm kind of disappointed that "Life's a Happy Song" from 'The Muppets' did not get a nomination for Best Song.

Updated On: 1/24/12 at 10:57 AM

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 11:04am

Agreed about both "Beginners" and Plummer in it, best. It was a good movie; he gave a very good performance; neither are award-worthy.

I can't wait to see a lot of these other supporting performances I haven't seen yet, Brooks in "Drive," primarily. I adore him so, and he -- along with everything else to do with the movie -- was snubbed for "Out of Sight" 14 years ago.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/24/12 at 11:04am

"EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE has two of the Oscars favorite components: 'tards and tragedy. How could they NOT nominate it?"

I'm in love with that quote.