wow, the Oscars still amaze me every year!.. where's Drive and Tinker Tailor? and War Horse with Extremely Loud are IN!. Really?
Directing
“The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius
“The Descendants” Alexander Payne
“Hugo” Martin Scorsese
“Midnight in Paris” Woody Allen
“The Tree of Life” Terrence Malick
Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive and Pedro Almodovar for The Skin I Live In, they really did an amazing work. but the list is still strong to fight in.
Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
George Clooney in “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”
Happy to see Gary's in at LAST!. Bur Bichir is in? do they just like to shock us every year? where's Ryan Gosling for Drive and Michael Fassbender for Shame? ha..
Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis in “The Help”
Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”
Happy to see Rooney Mara is in for Dragon Tattoo. but where's Swinton?
Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
WHERE THE **** IS Albert Brooks for Drive? That's a shocker!.. and Max is in? where did he come from with his Fail film?..
Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain in “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer in “The Help”
I wished to see Carey Mulligan for Shame. but Melissa? really Oscars, that's a joke right?
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“The Descendants” Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
“Hugo” Screenplay by John Logan
“The Ides of March” Screenplay by George Clooney
“Moneyball” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan
I thought Steve Zaillian will get in for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Happy to see Tinker Tailor is in and yet not to get an Oscar best picture nomination. and War Horse with Extremely Loud are in. wow.. and Hossein Amini for Drive with Pedro Almodovar, The Skin I Live In get snubs!.
Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The Artist” Written by Michel Hazanavicius
“Bridesmaids” Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
“Margin Call” Written by J.C. Chandor
“Midnight in Paris” Written by Woody Allen
“A Separation” Written by Asghar Farhadi
Happy for Woody. Bridesmaids is in? the biggest and most boring shocker of the day. and Terrence Malick snubs for The Tree of Life. and no Diablo Cody for Young Adult, they love her..
Cinematography
“The Artist” Guillaume Schiffman
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Jeff Cronenweth
“Hugo” Robert Richardson
“The Tree of Life” Emmanuel Lubezki
“War Horse” Janusz Kaminski
Where are Newton Thomas Sigel for Drive and Hoyte Van Hoytema for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy? they were Brilliant.. wow, The Steven's film 'War Horse' is always in. a Cinematography nomination gives him a best film nomination. :/ and Jeff Cronenweth beauitful and expected nominee shuts out forThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo..
Music (Original Score)
“The Adventures of Tintin” John Williams
“The Artist” Ludovic Bource
“Hugo” Howard Shore
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Alberto Iglesias
“War Horse” John Williams
Cliff Martinez, Drive. Alexandre Desplat, The Tree of Life. Mychael Danna, Moneyball and Alberto Iglesias, The Skin I Live In, they really do an outstanding work!!! still the Steven's film are in 'War Horse' and 'Tintin' are in with love..
Foreign Language Film
“Bullhead” Belgium
“Footnote” Israel
“In Darkness” Poland
“Monsieur Lazhar” Canada
“A Separation” Iran
I really hoped the brilliant film 'The Skin I Live In' from the amazing Pedro Almodovar get a nomination. :c
Animated Feature Film
“A Cat in Paris” Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
“Chico & Rita” Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
“Kung Fu Panda 2″ Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“Puss in Boots” Chris Miller
“Rango” Gore Verbinski
Art Direction
“The Artist”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2“
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“War Horse”
Costume Design
“Anonymous”
“The Artist”
“Hugo”
“Jane Eyre”
“W.E.”
Film Editing
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Moneyball”
Sound Editing
“Drive” Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Ren Klyce
“Hugo” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
“War Horse” Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
Sound Mixing
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
“Hugo” Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
“Moneyball” Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
“War Horse” Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
Visual Effects
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″ Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
“Hugo” Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
“Real Steel” Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
