2010 Oscar Nominees

Finally! The Oscar nominees are finally here! Check out the full list of nominees below.

A couple of thoughts:

• Very surprised at The Blind Side's best picture nomination--seriously, what's up with that? It was an enjoyable film, but not best picture material, just a good rental for a Friday night. Also keep in mind that the movie hasn't been recognized at ANY other awards shows-- Critic's Choice, Golden Globes, nada. I get that the category has been expanded to include movies like this, but there were just so many more to choose from.
• Tired of the overhype of Sandra Bullock: as much as I love this woman, I simply can't understand why she's sweeping awards. Someone please make me understand. Did we all watch the same movie? Was there something I missed? I swear I only took one bathroom break during the movie. Did I miss the big Oscar worthy moment while in the little girl's room? Thoroughly confused. Would love to see Gabourey Sidibe or Carey Mulligan win.
  
• Nine best picture snub-- very surprised as well. Would have thought it would have gotten a nomination. Would have liked to see this nominated over The Blind Side. Or how about A Single Man? Lovely Bones? Crazy Heart? Star Trek? Invictus? Anyone out there listening? Throw me a bone here.
• BIG time nods for Tarantino: best screenplay, best director, best picture! I was worried about what kind of presence Tarantino's fiercely violent and hilarious Nazi killer film would have at the Academy Awards, but it's good to see it's so well represented.
• Biggest snubs: (500) Days of Summer for best original screenplay (it was pretty much believed to be in the bag, so I'm really heartbroken over this), Julianne Moore for A Single Man, Diane Kruger for Inglorious Basterds, Peter Jackson and The Lovely Bones for best director and best picture, and Bright Star for, well, anything and everything. Ouch.
  
• One last note: CONGRATULATIONS to the venerable Meryl Streep for her 16th career nomination for Julie & Julia at the Academy Awards. Kudos!

Tune in on March 7th for the 2010 Academy Awards hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin! Can't wait!


Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Best Animated Feature
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

Best Foreign Language Film
Ajami, Israel
The Milk of Sorrow, Peru
A Prophet, France
El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Argentina
The White Ribbon, Germany

Best Adapted Screenplay
An Education, Nick Hornby
District 9, Neil Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell
In the Loop, Jesse Armstrong & Simon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air, Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner

Best Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger, Alessandro Camon & Owen Moverman
A Serious Man, Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Up, Pete Docter & Thomas McCarthy & Bob Peterson

Best Director
Avatar, James Cameron
The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, Lee Daniels
Up in the Air, Jason Reitman

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon in Invictus
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz in Nine
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
Mo'Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Best Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

Best Art Direction/Set Decoration
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

Best Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

Best Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Best Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Best Sound Editing

Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

Best Makeup
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

Best Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

Best Original Score
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up

Best Original Song
"The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart
"Take It All" from Nine
"Loin de Paname" from Paris 36
"Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog
"Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog

Best Documentary Feature
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
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