[Proglover]

It's that time of the year again: the Oscars.
 
What are your favorites, who should win?
 

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Nominees:

127 Hours (2010): Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, John Smithson

Black Swan (2010): Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin

The Fighter (2010): David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg

Inception (2010): Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas

The Kids Are All Right (2010): Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray

The King's Speech (2010): Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

The Social Network (2010): Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Ceán Chaffin

Toy Story 3 (2010): Darla K. Anderson

True Grit (2010): Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin

Winter's Bone (2010): Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Javier Bardem for Biutiful (2010)

Jeff Bridges for True Grit (2010)

Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network (2010)

Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)

James Franco for 127 Hours (2010)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right (2010)

Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole (2010)

Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone (2010)

Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010)

Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine (2010)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Christian Bale for The Fighter (2010)

John Hawkes for Winter's Bone (2010)

Jeremy Renner for The Town (2010)

Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right (2010)

Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech (2010)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Amy Adams for The Fighter (2010)

Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech (2010)

Melissa Leo for The Fighter (2010)

Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit (2010)

Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom (2010)

Best Achievement in Directing

Nominees:

Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan (2010)

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for True Grit (2010)

David Fincher for The Social Network (2010)

Tom Hooper for The King's Speech (2010)

David O. Russell for The Fighter (2010)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Nominees:

Another Year (2010): Mike Leigh

The Fighter (2010): Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington

Inception (2010): Christopher Nolan

The Kids Are All Right (2010): Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg

The King's Speech (2010): David Seidler

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

Nominees:

127 Hours (2010): Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy

The Social Network (2010): Aaron Sorkin

Toy Story 3 (2010): Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich

True Grit (2010): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Winter's Bone (2010): Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Nominees:

How to Train Your Dragon (2010): Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders

L'illusionniste (2010): Sylvain Chomet

Toy Story 3 (2010): Lee Unkrich

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Nominees:

Biutiful (2010): Alejandro González Iñárritu(Mexico)

Kynodontas (2009): Giorgos Lanthimos(Greece)

Hævnen (2010): Susanne Bier(Denmark)

Incendies (2010): Denis Villeneuve(Canada)

Hors-la-loi (2010): Rachid Bouchareb(Algeria)

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Nominees:

Black Swan (2010): Matthew Libatique

Inception (2010): Wally Pfister

The King's Speech (2010): Danny Cohen

The Social Network (2010): Jeff Cronenweth

True Grit (2010): Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Editing

Nominees:

127 Hours (2010): Jon Harris

Black Swan (2010): Andrew Weisblum

The Fighter (2010): Pamela Martin

The King's Speech (2010): Tariq Anwar

The Social Network (2010): Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall

Best Achievement in Art Direction

Nominees:

Alice in Wonderland (2010): Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan

Inception (2010): Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Douglas A. Mowat

The King's Speech (2010): Eve Stewart, Judy Farr

True Grit (2010): Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Nominees:

Alice in Wonderland (2010): Colleen Atwood

Io sono l'amore (2009): Antonella Cannarozzi

The King's Speech (2010): Jenny Beavan

The Tempest (2010/II): Sandy Powell

True Grit (2010): Mary Zophres

Best Achievement in Makeup

Nominees:

Barney's Version (2010): Adrien Morot

The Way Back (2010): Edouard F. Henriques, Greg Funk, Yolanda Toussieng

The Wolfman (2010): Rick Baker, Dave Elsey

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

Nominees:

127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman

How to Train Your Dragon (2010): John Powell

Inception (2010): Hans Zimmer

The King's Speech (2010): Alexandre Desplat

The Social Network (2010): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Nominees:

127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, Dido("If I Rise")

Country Strong (2010): Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges("Coming Home")

Tangled (2010): Alan Menken, Glenn Slater("I See the Light")

Toy Story 3 (2010): Randy Newman("We Belong Together")

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Nominees:

Inception (2010): Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick

The King's Speech (2010): Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, John Midgley

Salt (2010): Jeffrey J. Haboush, William Sarokin, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell

The Social Network (2010): Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Mark Weingarten

True Grit (2010): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Nominees:

Inception (2010): Richard King

Toy Story 3 (2010): Tom Myers, Michael Silvers

TRON: Legacy (2010): Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Addison Teague

True Grit (2010): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey

Unstoppable (2010): Mark P. Stoeckinger

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Nominees:

Alice in Wonderland (2010): Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, Sean Phillips

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, Nicolas Aithadi

Hereafter (2010): Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky, Joe Farrell

Inception (2010): Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin

Iron Man 2 (2010): Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Daniel Sudick

Best Documentary, Features

Nominees:

Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010): Banksy, Jaimie D'Cruz

GasLand (2010): Josh Fox, Trish Adlesic

Inside Job (2010): Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs

Restrepo (2010): Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger

Waste Land (2010): Lucy Walker, Angus Aynsley

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Nominees:

Killing in the Name (2010): Jed Rothstein

Poster Girl (2010): Sara Nesson, Mitchell Block

Strangers No More (2010): Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon

Sun Come Up (2010): Jennifer Redfearn, Tim Metzger

The Warriors of Qiugang (2010): Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon

Best Short Film, Animated

Nominees:

Day & Night (2010): Teddy Newton

The Gruffalo (2009) (TV): Jakob Schuh, Max Lang

Let's Pollute (2009): Geefwee Boedoe

The Lost Thing (2010): Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann

Madagascar, carnet de voyage (2010): Bastien Dubois

Best Short Film, Live Action

Nominees:

The Confession (2010/IV): Tanel Toom

The Crush (2009): Michael Creagh

God of Love (2010): Luke Matheny

Na Wewe (2010): Ivan Goldschmidt

Wish 143 (2009): Ian Barnes, Samantha Waite




 

 

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* other: Dogtooth ([size=small]Kynodontas) for Best Picture.[/size]

 

[Proglover]

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* other: Dogtooth ([size=small]Kynodontas) for Best Picture.[/size]

 it does have a nomitation for Best Foreigh Language Film

 

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I know. Not just Foreign, it's my vote for film of the year,  But if you want to stick with the noms, then I'll vote Black Swan with Winter's Bone nipping at it's heels. Overall, I thought it was a mediocre year for studio films; really wouldn't have a problem with any of the big five contenders. 
 
For the actors, I like Firth (who should should also won last year for A Single Man), Bening (so good though Portman is the odds on fave), Hawks (really tough category for me, I also loved Renner), and easily Weaver in Animal KingDom for SA. Directer wise, 'tis Aronofsky all the way. Doc would be Exit Through the Gift Shop, which is worthy of a best picture nod, as far as I'm concerned. 
 
Just my opines. Hopefully some more will weigh in. Here is my personal EoY top five:
 
1. Dogtooth
2.. Exit Through the Gift Shop
3. Black Swan
4. Winter's Bone
5. Mother

 

[JamesMcProgger]

Why are all the links sending me to a dead headfi page?
 
Nice thread, i have been away from the theaters this year .. and the only movies that get here anyways are the most commercial ones, usually those are the bad ones. Id kill for an independent cinema around here.. but i can only dream. i saw just 4 of those in the poll and only one i like was Inception, Ive heard goos stuff about black swan, will try to get it somehow ..

 

[Proglover]

I just dragged and dropped it here, from imdb, don't know about the links...
 
I like Hollywood and arthouse cinema both. Sometimes I'm in the mood for the arty-farty cinematographic thing, sometimes I want to just sit and watch a nice and simple action movie or comedy.
I had a period when I was only watching foreign language movies, had a few months I only watched classics. These days I'm still watching a lot of the movies, but I can appreciate anything, as long as it's good, and as long as it's not horror.
 
Horror brings me to Black Swan. In most ways that movie will be seen as the best of the year and I can see why. Thing is, I don't enjoy a movie when I'm spending 2 hours being frightened about what I'm going to see next. More cutting scenes? Aranovsky clearly wants to shock with his explicit way of presenting some things. I don't like that. Emotionally shocking, like his Requiem for a Dream, ok, but not visually, like The Wrestler and Black Swan.
 
Except for Black Swan, I liked every nominated movie for best picture. I actually think I has been a good year, Hollywood movie wise. Arthouse had better years though.
My vote for best picture is a real tough one this year. There's no 'top 10 movie ever' been made this year, but in the category just under that, there were a few very good ones, very close to eachother: Inception, The Kid's are allright, The King's Speech, True Grit, Winter's Bone.
My choice between them is True Grit, just slightly above The King's Speech.
 
Actor: definitely Colin Firth
Actress: Anette Bening (although Julianne Moore deserves it just as much) or Nathalie Portman
supporting actor: Christian Bale, for sure
supporting actress: Hailly Steinfeld (True Grit) although not sure this is a supporting role?!
Director: Tom Hooper (King's Speech)
Foreign Movie: only saw 3 of them yet, but Biutiful was stunningly good
Best animated: How to train your dragon (finally they beat Pixar)

 

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Black Swan no doubt

 

[jilgiljongiljing]

I have a bad feeling Social Network is going to walk away with a lot of awards, please tell me that wont happen.

 

[Proglover]

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I have a bad feeling Social Network is going to walk away with a lot of awards, please tell me that wont happen.

 No I don't think so (and also don't hope so), I think Black Swan and The King's Speech will be the 2 big winners

 

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Was curious to check the Head-Fi best picture tally, and as of this post Inception is in the lead with an avalanche of 3 votes!