Oscar Nominations

BEST PICTURE
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"The Help"
"Moneyball"
"War Horse"
"The Tree of Life"

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 & 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 DIRECTOR

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

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
JC Chandor, "Margin Call"
Asghar Farhadi, "A Separation"
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, "Bridesmaids"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash, "The Descendants"
John Logan, "Hugo"
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, "The Ides of March"
Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, Stan Chevren "Moneyball"
Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughn, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

"A Cat In Paris"
"Chico & Rita"
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss in Boots"
"Rango"

BEST FOREIGN FEATURE

"Bullhead"
"Footnote"
"In Darkness"
"Monsier Lazhar"
"A Separation"

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"

I've been talking for months about "the Artist" and "The Descendants", so I'm happy to see they are among the top winners. I'm not particularly overjoyed with "The Help" and "War Horse"


There are several films (and actors parts too) I would pick as "The Worst of the Best":


Iron Lady
Albert Nobbs
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close


It appears the Academy stayed away from films that were very depressing and hard to watch, such as:


Shame
We Need to Talk About Kevin
MMMM
The acting in these 3 films were exceptional


I sure there will lots of negative echo's about "The Tree of Life". I recommend that this film be seen several times. There is a message, besides being beautiful.


Jack

Other than the first 5 categories, who cares about the rest.

Tony Marino wrote:Other than the first 5 categories, who cares about the rest.

Well, I care. And I would assume the film makers care. But more importantly, the make up of a film requires many parts. Poor editing can destroy a film. Cinematography, music score, sound, art direction are essential.

A film is the foundation of its entirety.


Jack

Haven't seen any of these films.