84th Annual Academy Awards Nominees

84th Annual Academy Awards Nominees

Hugo lead the way with 11 ,while Artist grabbed 10 nominations..This years Oscars will be another dull event due to the many noteworthy movies that were snubbed for lesser quality ones...

The leaders are:-
Hugo--11
Artist--10
War Horse-6
MoneyBall-6
Girl with Dragon Tattoo-5
Descendents-5
Help-4
Midnight In Paris--4
Tinker, Tailor SS,Transformers3,Tree Of Life--3

For the full list and my predictions click below

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Nominees:

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

My Pick-Artist
Probable winner-Descendants

While most of the nominees were expected ,the surprise here was Extremely Loud,which got only mild reviews...
Snubbed--Drive !!


Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Demián Bichir for A Better Life (2011)

George Clooney for The Descendants (2011)

Jean Dujardin for The Artist (2011)

Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Brad Pitt for Moneyball (2011)

My Pick-Jean for Artist
Probable Winner-George Clooney

Suprise nominee was Demian ...
Snubbed---- Ryan Gosling!! after 3 back to back amazing movies, ryan was snubbed....His performance in Drive was the best of the lot..
Leonardo for J.Edgar
Micheal Fassbender !! just like Ryan,he too delivered 3 amazing performances...his performance in Shame was his best of the lot..

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs (2011)

Viola Davis for The Help (2011)

Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady (2011)

Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn (2011)


My Pick--Meryl S
Probable winner--Viola Davis

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Jonah Hill for Moneyball (2011)

Nick Nolte for Warrior (2011)

Christopher Plummer for Beginners (2010)

Max von Sydow for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)

My Pick & Probable Winner-Christopher Plummer

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Bérénice Bejo for The Artist (2011)

Jessica Chastain for The Help (2011)

Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids (2011)

Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs (2011)

Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011)


My Pick-Berenice
Probable-Octavia



Best Achievement in Directing

Nominees:

Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris (2011)

Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist (2011)

Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life (2011)

Alexander Payne for The Descendants (2011)

Martin Scorsese for Hugo (2011)

My Pick & Probable Winner-- Michel

Snubbed---Nicolas for Drive...


Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Nominees:

The Artist (2011): Michel Hazanavicius

Bridesmaids (2011): Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo

Margin Call (2011): J.C. Chandor

Midnight in Paris (2011): Woody Allen

A Separation (2011): Asghar Farhadi


My Pick & Probable Winner--Woody Allen

Snubbed--50/50 by Will Eisner deserved atleast a nomination in this category



Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

Nominees:

The Descendants (2011): Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

Hugo (2011): John Logan

The Ides of March (2011): George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon

Moneyball (2011): Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011): Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan

My Pick---Tinker Tailor SS
Probable--Descendants

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Nominees:

A Cat in Paris (2010)

Chico & Rita (2010)

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

Puss in Boots (2011)

Rango (2011)

My Pick- x
Probable-Rango


Surprise--Cat in Paris & Chico are 2 unheard animated movies and both were released back in 2010...

Snubbed---One of the biggest snubs this year was in the animated category...Both Arthur Christmas & Tintin which were sure to be one of the winners ,werent nominated ...That too Arthur Christmas has the best rating among all of them !


Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Nominees:

Bullhead (2011): Michael R. Roskam(Belgium)

Footnote (2011): Joseph Cedar(Israel)

In Darkness (2011): Agnieszka Holland(Poland)

Monsieur Lazhar (2011): Philippe Falardeau(Canada)

A Separation (2011): Asghar Farhadi(Iran)


My Pick & Probable Winner---A Separation
Snubbed---Flowers of War (China)


Best Achievement in Cinematography

Nominees:

The Artist (2011): Guillaume Schiffman

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): Jeff Cronenweth

Hugo (2011/II): Robert Richardson

The Tree of Life (2011): Emmanuel Lubezki

War Horse (2011): Janusz Kaminski


My Pick & Probable Winner-Hugo





Best Achievement in Editing

Nominees:

The Artist (2011): Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius

The Descendants (2011): Kevin Tent

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

Hugo (2011/II): Thelma Schoonmaker

Moneyball (2011): Christopher Tellefsen

My Pick & Probable Winner --Artist




Best Achievement in Art Direction

Nominees:

The Artist (2011): Laurence Bennett, Gregory S. Hooper

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011): Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan

Hugo (2011): Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo

                                                                                   Midnight in Paris (2011): Anne Seibel, Hélène

                                                                                   War Horse (2011): Rick Carter, Lee Sandales
                                                                                   

                                                                                  My Pick-Artist
                                                                                  Probable-Hugo 



Best Achievement in Costume Design

Nominees:

Anonymous (2011/I): Lisy Christl

The Artist (2011): Mark Bridges

Hugo (2011/II): Sandy Powell

Jane Eyre (2011): Michael O'Connor

W.E. (2011): Arianne Phillips

My Pick & Probable Winner-Artist



Best Achievement in Makeup

Nominees:

Albert Nobbs (2011)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

The Iron Lady (2011)

My Pick & Probable Winner-Iron Lady

Snubbed-J.Edgar













Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

Nominees:

The Adventures of Tintin (2011): John

The Artist (2011): Ludovic Bource

Hugo (2011/II): Howard Shore

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011): Alberto Iglesias

War Horse (2011): John

My Pick-Artist
Probable Winner--Hugo

Snubbed-Atticus & Reznor for Girl In Dragon Tattoo





Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Nominees:

The Muppets (2011): Bret McKenzie("Man or Muppet")

Rio (2011): Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett("Real in Rio")

My Pick & Probable winner- Muppets








Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Nominees:

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Hugo (2011/II)

Moneyball (2011)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

War Horse (2011)

My Pick-Artist
Probable-Hugo

Surprise--Transformers3..?
Snubbed-- All awesome action movies that utilized sound mixing better than Transformers 3


Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Nominees:

Drive (2011)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Hugo (2011/II)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

War Horse (2011)

My Pick-Drive
Probable-Hugo

Surprise--Transformers3 again....not worthy



Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Nominees:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Hugo (2011/II)

Real Steel (2011)

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)


My Pick & Probable Winner-Planet of Apes

Surprise--Real Steel



Best Documentary, Features

Nominees:

Hell and Back Again (2011)

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011)

Pina (2011)

Undefeated (2011)



Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Nominees:

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement (2011)

God Is the Bigger Elvis

Incident in New Baghdad (2011)

Saving Face (2011/II)

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011)



Best Short Film, Animated

Nominees:

Dimanche (2011): Patrick Doyon

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011): William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg

La Luna (2011): Enrico Casarosa

A Morning Stroll (2011): Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe

Wild Life (2011): Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby





Best Short Film, Live Action

Nominees:

Pentecost (2011): Peter McDonald

Raju (2011): Max Zähle, Stefan Gieren

The Shore: Terry George

Time Freak (2011): Andrew Bowler, Gigi Causey

Tuba Atlantic (2010): Hallvar Witzø