2010 Oscar Noms

[GProopdog]

The Oscar noms are now a day or so old, was thinking if anyone here wants to try their hand at predicting the winners? Here's a list of some of the major catagories:

Best picture

"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
"Up in the Air"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Up"
"The Blind Side"
"District 9"
"An Education"
"A Serious Man"


Actor

George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

Actress

Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education"

Supporting actor

Matt Damon, "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"

Supporting actress

Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique, "Precious"
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"

Director

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
James Cameron, "Avatar"
Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"

Animated feature

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

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"

Best foreign-language film

"Ajami"
"El Secreto de Sus Ojos"
"The Milk of Sorrow"
"Un Prophete"
"The White Ribbon"

Best film editing

"Avatar"
"District 9"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Precious"

Best documentary feature

"Burma VJ"
"The Cove"
"Food, Inc."
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
"Which Way Home"

Art direction

"Avatar"
"The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus"
"Nine"
"Sherlock Holmes"
"The Young Victoria

Cinematography

"Avatar"
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"The White Ribbon"

[crowschmo]

Don't. Care.

[Torgo]

I find it kind of funny both my most loved (Avatar) and most despised (District 9) movies of the year were both nominated for Best Picture.

I don't know why they bothered doing Best Animated if Up was nominated for Best Picture overall. Seems like it would really be no contest.

[Mighty Jack]

Interesting to see what 10 noms produced. Surprised by District 9, I thought it was okay at best. Watchmen was a better picture to my mind and more deserving of the slot.

Of the nominations, only Avatar was in my top 10. (though I haven't seen them all and that could change once I do)

"Up" will win animation, but I liked Mr. Fox (and Ponyo) much, much, much more.

I haven't watched the Oscars in years, but thanks for posting this Muta, I'll be adding a few titles to my Que (some I wasn't familair with like Crazy Heart and the Last Station)

[reaperg]

Feb 4, 2010 1:12:24 GMT -5 Torgo said:

I find it kind of funny both my most loved (Avatar) and most despised (District 9) movies of the year were both nominated for Best Picture.

I don't know why they bothered doing Best Animated if Up was nominated for Best Picture overall. Seems like it would really be no contest.

Nominees for Best Foreign Film have also been up for Best Picture, so why not animated films as well?

I know the Academy is trying to attract a wider audience by nominating more films that have been box office hits, but ten nominees is watering down the prestige, I think.

Anyway, the only one of the ten I've seen is "Inglourious Basterts" which I doubt will win (though Waltz deserves Best Supporting). I do plan on seeing "Avatar" while it's still in theaters though.

[inlovewithcrow]

ya know, since I don't own a TV or get hit by any advertising at all, I haven't heard of a single one of these. When the library gets them in three years, I'll watch some, I imagine.

[Captain Hygiene]

I'm honestly surprised Avatar got the Best Picture and Director nominations. It was a blast to see, for sure, but nothing at all like what I see as Best Picture material (whatever that is).

[Crowfan]

The Hurt Locker is a great film. I'm with Captain on Avatar...the movie was fun, but it's all CGI and 3-D effects. Inglorious Basterds disappointed me but that's just me.

[GProopdog]

Just my opinion, but if Avatar underperformed and didn't capture the number one slot for highest grossing movie of all time, I really doubt it would have gotten a best picture nom.

[Crowfan]

Feb 6, 2010 21:37:12 GMT -5 GProopdog said:

Just my opinion, but if Avatar underperformed and didn't capture the number one slot for highest grossing movie of all time, I really doubt it would have gotten a best picture nom.

I agree.

[Captain Hygiene]

Feb 6, 2010 19:14:01 GMT -5 Crowfan said:

Inglorious Basterds disappointed me but that's just me.

Me too. That film couldn't decide what it wanted to be; it tried to be everything from more '70s grindhouse material to broad comedy to meaningful thriller, and none of these moods were concentrated on enough to make a good film.

[Crowfan]

I can't believe "The Blind Side" was nominated. It's an okay movie, but it's nothing special. and the book about Michael Oher(I forget the title of it right now)was much better than this movie. The only thing it had going for it was that it wasn't a remake.

[doctorz]

The only certainty is that Precious will win at least one Oscar. Nobody ignores Ophra.

[Captain Hygiene]

Well, apparently the Oscars are on now, and they're mostly done, and I didn't even realize they were today. I'm glad to see Up won best score, it's funny because every single other film I've heard that Michael Giacchino has scored, I've thought the music was generally filler at best. He's been the new go-to guy for passable scores, but I loved the music on Up the first time I saw it, without realizing who composed it. Weird.

[GProopdog]

Thank goodness Avatar didn't pull a Titanic and sweep the awards like I thought it would....a mediocre (IMO) film does not deserve to sweep...