Whew. After being shut out from the Golden Globes, I’m SO happy to see ‘True Grit’ score ten Oscar nominations, right behind ‘The King’s Speech’ with 12.
I don’t understand why there’s only three nominations for Best Animated Picture, though. No ‘Owls of Ga’hoole’? No ‘Tangled’? No ‘Despicable Me’? Surely they could have added a few more nominees in that category.
After the jump, check out the entire list of nominations, with my picks for who SHOULD win and who’s going to win.
BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network – WILL WIN
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone – SHOULD WIN
BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech – SHOULD WIN and WILL WIN
James Franco, 127 Hours
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Fighter – SHOULD WIN and WILL WIN
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right – WILL WIN
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone – SHOULD WIN
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter – WILL WIN
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit – SHOULD WIN
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
BEST ANIMATED FILM
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3 – SHOULD WIN and WILL WIN (though I would have liked to see more nominations)
BEST ART DIRECTION
Alice in Wonderland, Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara
Happy Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat – SHOULD WIN
The King’s Speech, Eve Stewart, Judy Farr – WILL WIN
True Grit, Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
Inception, Wally Pfister – SHOULD WIN and WILL WIN
The King’s Speech, Danny Cohen
The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit, Roger Deakins
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood – SHOULD WIN
I Am Love, Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech, Jenny Beaven – WILL WIN
The Tempest, Sandy Powell
True Grit, Mary Zophres
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit
David Fincher, The Social Network – WILL WIN
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
David O. Russell, The Fighter – SHOULD WIN
BEST DOCUMENTARY (I still need to watch a few of these before picking winners)
Exit Through the Gift Shop, Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
Gasland, Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Restrepo, Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land, Lucy Walker and Angus Aynley
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT (Ditto)
Killing in the Name (Nominees TBD)
Poster Girl (Nominees (TBD)
Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Sun Come Up, Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
The Warriors of Qiugang, Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
BEST EDITING
127 Hours, Jon Harris
Black Swan, Andrew Weisblum – SHOULD WIN
The Fighter, Pamela Martin
The King’s Speech, Tariq Anwar – WILL WIN
The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (Need to watch)
Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria)
Incendies (Canada)
In a Better World (Denmark)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Biutiful (Mexico)
BEST MAKEUP
Barney’s Version, Adrien Morot
The Way Back, Eduoard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey – SHOULD WIN and WILL WIN
BEST SCORE
127 Hours, A.R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon, John Powell
Inception, Hans Zimmer – SHOULD WIN
The King’s Speech, Alexandre Desplat
The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – WILL WIN
BEST SONG
“Coming Home,” Country Strong, Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light,” Tangled, Alan Menken, Glenn Slater – SHOULD WIN
“If I Rise,” 127 Hours, A.R. Rahman, Dido, Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3, Randy Newman – WILL WIN
BEST ANIMATED SHORT (Need to watch)
Day & Night, Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
Let’s Pollute, Geefwee Boedoe
The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary), Bastien Dubois
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT (Need to watch)
The Confession, Tanel Toom
The Crush, Michael Creagh
God of Love, Luke Matheny
Na Wewe, Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143, Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
BEST SOUND EDITING
Inception, Richard King
Toy Story 3, Tom Myers and Michael Silvers – WILL WIN
TRON: Legacy, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit, Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable, Mark P. Stoeckinger – SHOULD WIN
BEST SOUND MIXING
Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick
The King’s Speech, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, and John Midgley – SHOULD WIN and WILL WIN
Salt, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan, and William Sarokin
The Social Network, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, and Mark Weingarten
True Grit, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland, Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter, Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb – SHOULD WIN and WILL WIN
Iron Man 2, Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Another Year, written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson – SHOULD WIN
Inception, written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right, written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech, Screenplay by David Seidler – WILL WIN
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours, Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin – WILL WIN
Toy Story 3, Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit, written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone, adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini – SHOULD WIN
What are your picks? Which film should win Best Picture?
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