82nd Academy Awards Nominations

[pandaman]

Legend:
- Nominee
* Think will win
** Want To Win (picked more than one)


Best Motion Picture of the Year

* "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"

Achievement in Directing

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

Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role

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

Performance By An Actor in a Supporting Role

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

Performance By An Actress in a Leading Role

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

Performance By An Actress in a Supporting Role

- Penélope Cruz in "Nine"
** Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air"
- Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart"
- Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air"
*/** Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

- "Coraline" Henry Selick
- "Fantastic Mr. Fox" Wes Anderson
- "The Princess and the Frog" John Musker and Ron Clements
- "The Secret of Kells" Tomm Moore
*/** "Up" Pete Docter

Achievement in Cinematography

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

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

- "Avatar" James Horner
** "Fantastic Mr. Fox" Alexandre Desplat
- "The Hurt Locker" Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
- "Sherlock Holmes" Hans Zimmer
*/** "Up" Michael Giacchino

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

- "Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
** "Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
- "Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36"  Music by Reinhardt Wagner, Lyric by Frank Thomas
- "Take It All" from "Nine" Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
*/** "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart" Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Adapted Screenplay

** "District 9" Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
- "An Education" Screenplay by Nick Hornby
- "In the Loop" Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
- "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
*/** "Up in the Air" Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Original Screenplay

** "The Hurt Locker" Written by Mark Boal
*/** "Inglourious Basterds" Written by Quentin Tarantino
- "The Messenger" Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
- "A Serious Man" Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
- "Up" Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy


Your thoughts?

[EZRASHUGEREVIEWS]

Best Picture:
Avatar should and will win!

Best Director:
James Cameron should and will win!

Best Actor:
Jeff Bridges will win. I haven't seen any of their performances, so I don't know what should win.

Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz should and will win!

Best Actress:
Gabourey Sidebe should win. Sandra Bullock will win.

Best Supporting Actress:
Mo'Nique should and will win!

Best Animated Film:
Up should and will win!

Best Cinematography:
Avatar should and will win!

Best Score:
Up should and will win! (Unless if Where the Wild Things Are was nominated)

Best Song:
A Weary Kind will win. I haven't heard any of these songs so I don't know what should win.

Best Adapted Screenplay:
District 9 should win. Up in the Air will win.

Best Original Screenplay:
Up should win. Inglourious Basterds will (sadly) win.

[FuryoftheFilmFan]

A lot of people didn't like the awards I think it was pretty good. They didn't try to overdo it with the comedy and they tried to make film more personal. I think thats a right direction it shows what film means to these people.

[pandaman]

It overall was a good show, a historical show but very predictable. Everybody who you thought was gonna win won.....but then again, the Oscars are kinda like that every year. The biggest surpirse, though, is the fact that Avatar won 2 outta the 9 they were nominated for. Best speech was Mo'Nique's when she won Best Supporting Actress. I loved Steve Martin and Alec Bladwin as the host by the way

[EZRASHUGEREVIEWS]

Who loved the Ben Stiller moment? I was crying laughing so hard!

[pandaman]

Ben Stiller was hilarious....Imagine if Sacha Baren Cohen would've been part of that sketch like he originally was supposed to, it would've been classic

The "Ode to Horror Films" was awesome and the "Tribute to John Hughes" was beautiful