The Oscar Nominees are...

[Romulus]

Best Picture

Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious 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
Hellen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Meryl Streep - Julie and Julia

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo'Nique - Precious

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron - Avatar
Lee Daniels - Precious
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglorious Basterds

Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up

Adapted Screenplay
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious
Up in the Air

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

Foreign Language
Ajami (Israel)
El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina)
The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
Un Prophete (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)

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

Cinematography
Mauro Fiore - Avatar
Bruno Delbonnel - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Barry Ackroyd - The Hurt Locker
Robert Richardson - Inglorious Basterds
Christian Berger - The White Ribbon

Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious

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

Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

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

Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

[zombie63]

Glad to see Inglorious and District 9 getting a nod.

[Elvis]

Yes!!!! No Star Trek love!!! Happy dance....

Interesting on The Blind side....a film that I think has done almost as well as Avatar with a 29 Million price tag and 237 million domestic and has not even been released overseas. Could this be the darkhorse?

[zombie63]

Originally Posted by Romulus

Best Picture

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

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges
George Clooney
Colin Firth
Morgan Freeman
Jeremy Renner

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock
Hellen Mirren
Carey Mulligan
Gabourey Sidibe
Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon
Woody Harrelson
Christopher Plummer
Stanley Tucci
Christoph Waltz

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz
Vera Farmiga
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Anna Kendrick
Mo'Nique

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron - Avatar
Lee Daniels - Precious
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglorious Basterds

Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up

Adapted Screenplay
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious
Up in the Air

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

Foreign Language
Ajami (Israel)
El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina)
The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
Un Prophete (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)

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

I think these are the winners on the night.

[zombie63]

Originally Posted by Elvis

Yes!!!! No Star Trek love!!! Happy dance....

Interesting on The Blind side....a film that I think has done almost as well as Avatar with a 29 Million price tag and 237 million domestic and has not even been released overseas. Could this be the darkhorse?

I got a feeling Sandra will take the award.

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by Romulus

Best Picture

Avatar Winner but I want The Hurt Locker
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart EASY WIN
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
Hellen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious Winner
Meryl Streep - Julie and Julia

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds Winner

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo'Nique - Precious EASY WINNER

My picks

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by Romulus

Best Picture

Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious 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
Hellen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Meryl Streep - Julie and Julia

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo'Nique - Precious

And the winners are......................see above

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Elvis

Yes!!!! No Star Trek love!!! Happy dance....

Personaly and to be fair, if Avatar can be nominated so can Star Trek, sorry but at this point it make's no difference. Neither one have such great stories but at least Star Trek had actors who actualy did a good job at their roles, which is not even there in Avatar. I know everyone will jump on me but we all know why Avatar is there and there is about 2 billion green reasons for it

[mikejet]

You guys are crazy if you think anything but Avatar will win. I want something else to win but Avatar will end up winning.

[frothy]

I'd like Avatar to win, but The Hurt Locker is the CLEAR favorite for both Best Director and Best Pic.

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by frothy

I'd like Avatar to win, but The Hurt Locker is the CLEAR favorite for both Best Director and Best Pic.

Best Director yes but I don't think the Academy will ignore a movie that is making over 2 BILLION dollars. They will have to award it for that alone.

[zombie63]

Originally Posted by mikejet

You guys are crazy if you think anything but Avatar will win. I want something else to win but Avatar will end up winning.

Totally agree - technically its brilliant , but its not the best film there.

[Shanester]

Avatar will probably win all the technical awards & The Hurt Locker the 2 big ones Director & Best Picture

Should be an interesting night. 2 Ex's going head to head who are now great freinds.

[frothy]

Originally Posted by mikejet

Best Director yes but I don't think the Academy will ignore a movie that is making over 2 BILLION dollars. They will have to award it for that alone.

Uh, no they won't. If the Academy gave best pic to the highest grossing film each year then barely any of the winners would be what they are now.

Like I said, I'd love for Avatar to win, but it's just not in the tea leaves with the way THL has been sweeping all the important awards shows.

[Riff Magnum]

As long as Avatar loses and Christoph Waltz wins, i'll be happy. I'm very "meh" about these nominees overall.
Weird that "Serious Man" is nominated since very few people even saw it. Very good movie though.
Hopefully Fantastic Mr. Fox gets nominated for something.

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by mikejet

You guys are crazy if you think anything but Avatar will win. I want something else to win but Avatar will end up winning.

Yes, I think it will also. I believe one of the big reasons is because the academy knows that there is a big disconnect between their recent choices and the taste of the typical movie goer, which is probably the reason that the Oscar ratings have been in the mud the past few years. By having Avatar win, it will demonstrate that the rich Hollywood celebrities are in touch with the working people - who go to movies to see rich Hollywood celebrities act like working people.

[Shanester]

Originally Posted by mikejet

Best Director yes but I don't think the Academy will ignore a movie that is making over 2 BILLION dollars. They will have to award it for that alone.

Since Cameron already won for Titanic and lots of Academy voters despise his success and his ego they will probably give it to Bigelow

[Shanester]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

Yes, I think it will also. I believe one of the big reasons is because the academy knows that there is a big disconnect between their recent choices and the taste of the typical movie goer, which is probably the reason that the Oscar ratings have been in the mud the past few years. By having Avatar win, it will demonstrate that the rich Hollywood celebrities are in touch with the working people - who go to movies to see rich Hollywood celebrities act like working people.

Good point!

[frothy]

Actually the most telling sign that The Hurt Locker will win Best Pic and Best Director is that it won both the PGA (producer's guild award) and the DGA (director's guild award). Both of these awards are extremely accurate predictors of the Oscars. The winner of the DGA has won the Best Director oscar 58 times out of 60 and the Best Pic oscar 54 times out of 60.

Face it folks, both of these awards are The Hurt Locker's to lose.

[zombie63]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

Yes, I think it will also. I believe one of the big reasons is because the academy knows that there is a big disconnect between their recent choices and the taste of the typical movie goer, which is probably the reason that the Oscar ratings have been in the mud the past few years. By having Avatar win, it will demonstrate that the rich Hollywood celebrities are in touch with the working people - who go to movies to see rich Hollywood celebrities act like working people.

Think you got it spot on there.