In case you missed them – the 82nd Annual Academy Award nominees were announced today.
This may be the first awards show in the last 16 months doesn’t feature Lady Gaga in some outrageous outfit, but don’t let that deter you from watching. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will be co-hosting the awards ceremony on March 7. Both are comic geniuses in their own way, but both are also known for thinking more highly of themselves than maybe they should. (Also, along with Christopher Walken, they are the only SNL hosts to warrant their own “Best of” compilations.)
And just like any good presenter, let me offer this very smooth segue way “and the nominees are…” (awkward pause, internal dialogue visible in my expression: “am I supposed to read these out loud or will the announcer do that??”)
BEST PICTURE:
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
DIRECTING:
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Matt Damon – Invictus
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Penelope Cruz – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Neill Blomkamp and – District 9
Nick Hornby – An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche – In the Loop
Geoffrey Fletcher – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner – Up in the Air
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Oren Moverman and – The Messenger
Joel and Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
Pete Docter and Bob Peterson – Up
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Ajami – Israel
El Secreto de sus Ojos – Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow
Une Prophéte – France
The White Ribbon – Germany
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of the Kells
Up
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Maurio Fiore – Avatar
Bruno Delbonnel – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Barry Ackroyd – The Hurt Locker
Robert Richardson – Inglourious Basterds
Christian Berger – The White Ribbon
FILM EDITING:
Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron – Avatar
Julian Clarke – District 9
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis – The Hurt Locker
Sally Menke – Inglourious Basterds
Joe Klotz – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
What do you think of the nominations? Are you excited to see this year’s?
credit for nominees list: /Film
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Patrick
I really don’t want to see Avatar win a lot because that to me just demonstrates that when you dump a ton of money into a movie, the money will do the work.
I’d like to see D9 win best picture and adapted screenplay (but i dont think itll get best picture).
I am kind of surprised to see how many nominations Inglorious grabbed.
February 2, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Steven
I hate that it’s always the same ten or so films. Am I the only one who immediately thought District 9 should win “Film Editing”? That movie was cut together brilliantly.
February 2, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Dan
Steven, do you not agree with the 10 Best Picture nominees? I am shocked to see (500) Days of Summer get snubbed from the Best Screenplay category. If Juno can get a nominee, certainly that film should have.
I can’t lie and say that I don’t typically think about the Best Editing category…
February 2, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Ryan
Am I the only one who noticed that Wolverine was completely ignored?!? Hello!! Adapted Screenplay. Supporting Actor – Will.i.am. Best use of mutants in a movie about mutants?? The whole thing is rigged I tell ya.
February 2, 2010 at 7:49 pm
Dan
good one.
February 3, 2010 at 7:57 am
Patrick
Ryan, please dont mention wolverine.
I try to suppress the bad comic book movie memories.
For when those movies fail, a piece of that nerdy comic book kid in me dies.
So lately i have died a lot (Minus Ironman and Batman)
February 2, 2010 at 9:29 pm
Travis
I don’t want it to win best picture, but Avatar probably will.
February 2, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Donna
I was not surprised by too many of the nominees this year. And I was very happy to see my favorite favorite Sandra Bullock nominated! I hope she wins!!
February 2, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Dan
She is an automatic win for the Best Actress category. Meryl could be the only one who gives her competition. But come on, The Blind Side for Best Picture? Even you have to admit that that’s going too far!
February 3, 2010 at 7:56 am
Steven
i always feel like these awards tend to go to the movies that were generally overdone and not necessarily entertaining. Sure they’re artsy and deep but did anyone really care? I hadn’t even heard of “Crash” when it swept through the awards. I’ve sen four and heard of maybe six of these films.
February 3, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Dan
Steven, if you’d like to get to know them more, AMC will be having their Annual Best Picture Showcase at the end of February will they will show all 10 Best Picture films in two days. I am planning on going this year, as last year was my first year, and if you want to join me, I’d love for you to. It’s an experience!
February 4, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Steven
Someday we need to do that. I don’t think I can manage this year, though…
February 4, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Donna
I agree that the Blind Side should not win the best picture. It was a good film but not worthy, in my opinion, of the best picture spot. But neither does Avatar..again in my opinion. I would agree with Patrick on this one. I think it will probably be up between Up in the Air, A Serious Man and the Hurt Locker. All movies that are more art films than the mainstream!
February 5, 2010 at 6:00 pm
johnny thunders
there are only two films up for best picture that i actually liked.
there are some that i actively hate.
but then again, the oscars are stupid anyway.
February 11, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Dan
johnny, what are the two that you actually like?
February 12, 2010 at 10:22 am
Donna
Gotta love johnny thunder..have missed hearing from him lately…8-)
February 12, 2010 at 3:28 pm
johnny thunders
Up and Up in the air.
which is weird to say since the titles are so similar.
Avatar is a poorly constructed mess of a film. technically amazing, but that doesn’t make it a good film.
the blind side is incredibly cheesy and super racist.
district 9 was ok, but hardly best picture worthy. i know that most sci fi is social commentary packaged as something else, but i like my social commentary with subtlety.
didn’t see an education or the hurt locker, but i didn’t hear much positive about either.
inglorious basterds is tarantino moving further away from being a storyteller. he’s so caught up in himself that it’s hard to get anything good from him anymore. but it doesn’t help that all his great films were co-written by roger avary, and they no longer work together.
didn’t see precious, and i’m sure it’s fine, but i don’t think it’s exactly best picture worthy either.
didn’t see a serious man, it might be good, but i didn’t hear much positive.
if you’re going to go to the trouble of expanding the nominees, why don’t you try to make it a little different than you’d expect? where’s the nod to funny people? something that was truly great but doesn’t really fit into the best picture category? i appreciate up getting picked, but branch out more please.
February 13, 2010 at 2:29 am