Oscar nominations

[tzikeh]

Complete list at the Washington Post.

Better-organized complete list at Wikipedia.

Mostly as expected. Biggest surprises:

While Inception got eight nominations, Christopher Nolan did not get a Best Director nod.

No Supporting Actor nod to Andrew Garfield of The Social Network.

The reason, however, is the surprise Supporting Actor nod to John Hawkes for Winter's Bone and I WILL HAPPILY TAKE THAT (GO SOL!)

Waiting for "Superman" not nominated for Best Documentary.

Right now I think that, of Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, the only ones that aren't locked down are Supporting Actress and maybe Picture (Social Network was the front-runner, but the Producer's Guild just gave it to King's Speech and that's a huge indicator). Actor will be Colin Firth, Actress will be Natalie Portman, and Supporting Actor will be Christian Bale.

Adapted Screenplay will be Aaron Sorkin for Social Network. Original Screenplay is most likely David Seidler for King's Speech, but it could be a mild upset with Christopher Nolan for Inception because of the lack of a Best Director nod.

One random prediction: True Grit, with ten nominations, will be shut out.

Come back February 27th and see how I did!

Comments

[falzalot.livejournal.com]

I just saw King's Speech yesterday. It was OMG incredible!!!!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Yes. Yes, it was.

I sense I will need icons.

*hearts that film so hard*

[falzalot.livejournal.com]

It was funny - there were three of us who do SCA sitting in a row, and when Lionel sits in *gasp* THE CHAIR, the three of us reacted faster than da King. :-> :->

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHHAHAHAH! That's hilarious.

[grace-om.livejournal.com]

I loved "Winter's Bone," and sure hope it gets something -- would LOVE to see John Hawkes win. Even though I have yet to see "The Fighter," I'm pulling for Melissa Leo for supporting actress.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I definitely think Leo has a very strong shot. I'm afraid Hawkes doesn't have a chance, but how great to see him nominated.

[klia.livejournal.com]

I'm disappointed Nolan didn't get a nom for Inception, but I'm really glad James Franco got one, even though he won't win.

[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

True Grit won't be entirely shut out. I'd bet the girl will get best supporting actress.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Over Melissa Leo? Hm. Maybe--they do like to award supporting actress to newcomers, but we'll see.

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

Of course the joke going around about Christopher Nolan is that he didn't get nominated for Best Director because 'he's the director we deserve but not the one we need right now.'

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

I am very, very sad. I think the Andrew Garfield snub (which I think it is, because I just re-watched that movie, and his performance in it is superb and he's the absolute heart of the picture) and the Producers' Guild announcement mean that my movie is not winning.

Of course, I am also a Red Sox fan, so this is an automatic tendency within me!