2012 Academy Awards thread

Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Best Actor
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash & Nat Faxon, The Descendants
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
Peter Straughan & Bridget O’Connor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Animated Film
The Adventures of Tintin
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Foreign Language Film
Bullhead (Belgium)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)

 

Jonah Hill Oscar Nominee...

Not saying he's not deserving, but those are words I doubt many people ever thought they'd see together...

 

I agree to an extent. You can't predict which comedic actors will cross over, but they quite frequently do. Look at Bill Murray.

 

I haven't seen Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, but most people I know who have seen it have not been impressed. That's the one Best Picture nominee that surprises me.

 

And Jamie Foxx.

 

The Dean from Community gets an Oscar nod.

 

I'm trying to figure out who the "snub" was in Best Actress. That was the category that everybody thought they had pegged and I don't think too many people thought Mara was getting nominated.

Oh, I guess it was Tilda Swinton.

 

And/or Elizabeth Olsen.

But you're right, I think Swinton was who a lot of people had in that slot.

But Mara seemed to gather some steam lately. It's like people wanted to give that film some nomination.

 

Some movies that were either well reviewed or that I really liked that didn't get any nods:

"Win, Win"
"Take Shelter"
"Martha Marcy May Marlene"
"We Have to Talk About Kevin"
"Meek's Cutoff"
"Margaret"
"A Dangerous Method"
"Melancholia"
"Drive"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 2"
"Shame"
"Terri"
"Super 8"
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
"Young Adult"
"J. Edgar"

 

Wow. "Cars 2" shut out.

 

I have a tradition of seeing all the nominees in the major categories. I am so pissed about "Extremely Loud..." because I really don't want to see it. At all. I think I might skip it. Other than that, I've seen most of the nominees, so I'm in good shape.

Elizabeth Olsen was terrific - that's definitely a snub. Tilda Swinton, too. Michael Fassbender was on all the lists for "Shame," too.