82nd Academy Award Nominations

Best Picture:

• Avatar
• The Blind Side
• District 9
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up in the Air

Best Actor:

• Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
• George Clooney, Up in the Air
• Colin Firth, A Single Man
• Morgan Freeman, Invictus
• Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Best Actress:

• Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
• Helen Mirren, The Last Station
• Carey Mulligan, An Education
• Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
• Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Supporting Actor:

• Matt Damon, Invictus
• Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
• Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
• Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
• Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Supporting Actress:

• Penelope Cruz, Nine
• Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
• Maggie Gyllenhall, Crazy Heart
• Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
• Mo'Nique, Precious

Best Animated Film:

• Coraline
• The Secret of Kells
• The Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Princess and the Frog
• Up

Best Foreign Film:

• Ajami
• Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (The White Ribbon)
• El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in their Eyes)
• Un prophète (A Prophet)
• La teta asustada (The Milk of Sorrow)

Best Original Screenplay:

• The Hurt Locker
• Inglorious Basterds
• The Messenger
• A Serious Man
• Up

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• District 9
• An Education
• In the Loop
• Precious
• Up in the Air

Best Achievement in Cinematography:

• Avatar
• Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (The White Ribbon)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglorious Basterds

No, you're not imagining things. The Blind Side is nominated for Best Picture.

:lol: :|

I haven't seen The Blindside so I can't really comment on that, but the rest of the nominations seem pretty good...except:
The fact that Fantastic Mr Fox wasn't nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay makes me sad. :(
I would've liked to see Moon too (at LEAST for Sam Rockwell), but I didn't expect it to get any nominations since Sony wasn't supporting it.
Anthony Mackie would've been nice too.

Lolz at The Blind Side.

I haven't seen The Blindside so I can't really comment on that, but the rest of the nominations seem pretty good...except:
The fact that Fantastic Mr Fox wasn't nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay makes me sad. :(
I would've liked to see Moon too (at LEAST for Sam Rockwell), but I didn't expect it to get any nominations since Sony wasn't supporting it.
Anthony Mackie would've been nice too.

JML897

The Blind Side for Best Picture is just flat-out embarrassing. It's really bad Oscar bait, and they just ate it up.

I was really hoping that Sam Rockwell would get a nomination..

Nice to see Renner nominated.

I haven't seen The Blind Side so I'm going to keep all my inner prejudice inside for now, so I'll just complain on why Bad Lieutenant, Bright Star and 500 Days weren't nominated.

Also Matt Damon got nominated for the wrong role.

Where's New Moon?juden41

No need to worry, the Razzies made sure New Moon didn't feel left out.

I have never heard of The Secret of Kells. Shame Mary and max didnt get nominated for best animated feature. What is with these award shows loving The Blind Side? I thought it was decent but nothing special. Also Morgan Freeman being nominated for best actor is stupid, his acting in Invictus was barely different from how he acts in most movies he is in. I wish they nominated a good actor instead like Viggo Mortensen for The Road, John Malkovich for Disgrace, Nicholas Cage for Bad Lieutenenat: Port of call new orleans, or Sam rockwell for Moon. Oh well, my choices never seen to be nominated. I am glad Colin Firth was nominated at least, he was great in A Single Man. Shame Abbie Cornish, and Katie Jarvis werent nominated for best actress. I expected them to be snubbed but it would have been nice to be surprised.

So will Avatar win best picture even though the only other award it has been nominated for so far is a visual award?

Aside from The Blind Side, I think its pretty good.

Avatar and The Hurt Locker have 9 nominations, and wow, Inglourious Basterds has 8! My three favorite films of the year are the most nominated, Im pretty happy.

I wouldnt call The Blind Side Oscar bait at all because even they were suprised by the critical and financial sucess of the film, nothing about it seems like they were going after the Oscars..SaintLeonidas

After watching the film, it's kind of hard to not call it Oscar bait.

I agree with you on Precious.

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]I wouldnt call The Blind Side Oscar bait at all because even they were suprised by the critical and financial sucess of the film, nothing about it seems like they were going after the Oscars..sammyjenkis898

After watching the film, it's kind of hard to not call it Oscar bait.

I agree with you on Precious.

.at least it is not THE READER! :PSaintLeonidas

I'm always going to have that thrown in my face.

:x

I wouldnt call The Blind Side Oscar baitSaintLeonidas

"You're changing that boy's life."

"No...", Sandra Bullock replies, waiting 3 seconds.

"...he's changing mine".

Oscar please.

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]I wouldnt call The Blind Side Oscar baitRobbieH1234

"You're changing that boy's life."

"No...", Sandra Bullock replies, waiting 3 seconds.

"...he's changing mine".

Oscar please.

The Blind Side was a nice film...SolidSnake35

It was, but there were much better films in 2009 that should have gotten nominated instead.

I'm actually surprised that A Serious Man got nominated for Best Picture. I thought the Oscars would snub it.sammyjenkis898

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I'm actually surprised that A Serious Man got nominated for Best Picture. I thought the Oscars would snub it.SaintLeonidas

What is wrong with Precious? It is not a great film but I thought it was pretty decent. There are tons of others I would have chosen instead though.

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"][QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I'm actually surprised that A Serious Man got nominated for Best Picture. I thought the Oscars would snub it.Film-Guy

What is wrong with Precious? It is not a great film but I thought it was pretty decent. There are tons of others I would have chosen instead though.

Well that's some small nice news anyways that Brendan & The Secret of Kells was even nominated as it seemed to have gone under the radar of most folks. As little good as the Oscars are, I hope at least this means that the movie will get distributed in the U.S. even if it means just on DVD.

For once im happy with the nominations

I hope Avatar and District 9 both win big

I will be happy with either winning best pic, i want a sci-fi/genra movie to win for once.

Honastly i dont want the hurt locker to win, it was good but overrated imo....and the blind side...wtf :?

i do want fantastic mr. fox to win best animated pic..but we all know who will get that :P

also shame for not nominating Sharto Copley or Sam Rockwell for best actor

Even though I know Up has no shot at winning that award I will be rooting for it. :P

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]I wouldnt call The Blind Side Oscar baitRobbieH1234

"You're changing that boy's life."

"No...", Sandra Bullock replies, waiting 3 seconds.

"...he's changing mine".

Oscar please.

:lol:

congratz

you just won an internet

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"].at least it is not THE READER! :Psammyjenkis898

I'm always going to have that thrown in my face.

:x

Anyone seen "El Secreto de Sus Ojos"? I was seriously shocked to see it nominated for Best Foreign Language film. I never expected it to happen. Its one of the best films I have seen in years. An incredible thriller, one of the best I've ever seen. I hope it wins.

(Even though White Ribbon is probably gonna win because thats the movie everyone has seen).

The Good

Inglourious Basterds and A Serious Man were nominated for Best Picture

Christoph Waltz and Woody Harrleson were nominated for Best Supporting Actor

The Bad

Morgan Freemand and Matt Damon getting nominated for their roles in Invictus

The Blind Slide getting nominated for Best Picture

Bright Star getting snubbed

The Ugly

Avatar

My top 10

1. Inglourious Basterds

2. A Serious Man

3. Bright Star

4. The Hurt Locker

5. (500) Days of Summer

6. Big Fan

7. World's Greatest Dad

8. In the Loop

9. District 9

10. Observe and Report

Even though I know Up has no shot at winning that award I will be rooting for it. :P

Pierst179

The Good

Inglourious Basterds and A Serious Man were nominated for Best Picture

Christoph Waltz and Woody Harrleson were nominated for Best Supporting Actor

The Bad

Morgan Freemand and Matt Damon getting nominated for their roles in Invictus

The Blind Slide getting nominated for Best Picture

Bright Star getting snubbed

The Ugly

Avatar

stupid4

Acutally from what most people say, Avatar is a very pretty film :P

[QUOTE="Pierst179"]

Even though I know Up has no shot at winning that award I will be rooting for it. :P

Nerd_Man

yea, im happy for those guys

From the movies I've seen I think either Up or District 9 was the best.

Only big gripe is that Fox isn't up for best picture but Up is. I think FMF is easily better than Up in just about every single way. Besides that no major gripes. Maybe a Nod for Mackie for Hurt Locker.