Your Thoughts On The 2010 Oscar Nom Nom Nominations
Published: February 02, 2010
Yes, lolspeak will be the death of me. Before the death of me, I’ll probably be live-blogging the Oscars, which happens in 33 days according to their website. They have just released the nominations, and I have typed every one of the main ones out in full so I could garner your thoughts on who you think should win. Or who will win, but shouldn’t. Or who will wear a dress the color of midnight swamp.
Here – I typed these out for you, so the least you can do now is discuss them amongst yourselves. Below’s my choices, and reasons maybe why -
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up In The Air
Actor In A Leading Role
Jeff Bridges
George Clooney
Colin Firth
Morgan Freeman
Jeremy Renner
Actor In A Supporting Role
Matt Damon
Woody Harrelson
Christopher Plummer
Stanley Tucci
Christoph Waltz
Actress In A Leading Role
Sandra Bullock
Helen Mirren
Carey Mulligan
Gabourey Sidibe
Meryl Streep
Actress In A Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz
Vera Farmiga
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Anna Kendrick
Mo’Nique
Animated Feature Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess And The Frog
The Secret Of Kells
Up
Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
Director
James Cameron
Kathryn Bigelow
Quentin Tarantino
Lee Daniels
Jason Reitman
My Choices
Best Picture: I’d go for a choice between District 9 or Precious. Precious may have peaked. I’d love it to be District 9.
Actor: It’s gotta be Jeff.
Supporting Actor: It’s gotta be Christoph.
Actress: Carey Mulligan, because she is an angel, and was in the best episode of Doctor Who in 25 years.
Supporting Actress: Vera Farmiga, because I love her face.
Animated Feature: Up. The opening 15 minutes is some of the finest, purest cinema you’ll ever see.
Art Direction: I’ll go with Doctor Parnassus, which is difficult to type.
Cinematography: Probably Avatar. Deserved, but I hope Cameron doesn’t come on stage too.
Director: I’m going with Kathryn Bigelow, if only to upset James Cameron.
I have seen embarrassingly few of these movies (read: 1) so unfortunately I cannot comment. I will say, however, that although I’m sure she doesn’t deserve the Oscar, I thought Anna Kendrick was excellent in Up in the Air.
Would have loved for Sharlto Copley to have gotten a nom for District 9, which I loved. Read that it was his first film role as well, which is amazing. He took a character that you find to be fairly pathetic and odious in the beginning of the film, and turned it into someone to root for and to feel compassion for. Loved. This. Movie.
Best Picture
I haven’t seen any of these so I’ll guess Avatar. I mean it has blue people with tails right.
Actor In A Leading Role
Got to be Jeremy Renner. I have no idea who he is so he’ll win.
Actor In A Supporting Role
I would go with Stanley Tucci or Christoph Waltz because again I would not recognize them as actors if they introduced themselves to me but I think I’ll go with Woody Harrelson. He deserves it for performing cunilingus on his landlady in Kingpin.
Actress In A Leading Role
Sandra Bullock is the hottest one so she gets the nod. I’ve always liked her.
Actress In A Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz for the hot factor. Funny thing. I was looking up the rest to find out who they were and the first photo of Maggie Gyllenhaal to come up was her breast feeding a baby.
Animated Feature Film
Fantastic Mr. Fox. Again I didn’t see any of these but it says it is fantastic right in the title.
Art Direction
Sherlock Holmes because it is the only movie I saw in the theater in the last two years.
Cinematography
Inglourious Basterds because everyone at work thought it was great.
Director
I think Quentin Tarantino should get this. Maybe if he reads this he’ll send Uma Thurman or Salma Hayek to my house.
I’ve only seen Up, and it was fantastic, but I’m a little suprised to see that Where The Wild Things Are got nothing. I cried like a baby at the end, as did everyone in the packed house around us, and even though it received much criticism, I enjoyed it and the animation a great deal.
@ Gerbils: I actually cried like a baby at the end of District 9. What a movie!
My neighbor always throws an Oscar party. The food is always really good.
Up was fantastic, but not as fantastic as Fantastic Mr. Fox, which gets two nods from the Penguino family.
@Gerbs: We loved Where the Wild Things Are, too. So beautiful and so emotional.
Who is hosting this year?! Virus I depend on you to tell me these things so I know if I need to watch or not!!!!
I just saw Avatar last night and cannot understand how anyone would think it’s a good movie. Sure sure, the CGI is kinda cool, but it doesn’t make up for almost 3 hours of an inane plot and melodramatic script.
My favorite, gag-me line: “They’ve killed their mother, and they’re going to do the same thing here.” (Talking about humans and ‘mother earth’)
Still, I won’t be surprised if Avatar wins, because apparently James Cameron is God’s gift to the Academy.
And not for nothin’, the Oscars and Grammys are just a bunch of people from the film and music industries patting themselves on the back for such an amazing year of doing amazing things. Such a crock of shit.
BUT, I loved Up and thought George didn’t suck in Up in the Air, so those would be my picks (if I thought it even mattered). I haven’t seen Fantastic Mr. Fox or Where the Wild Things Are but am hoping to sometime soon, thanks to Netflix.
The Blind Side??? You have GOT to be shitting me. And Sandra Bullock?? (Also, Whyamihere, she is NOT the best looking woman in the category SHUT UP).
Where is Tilda Swinton for Julia.
And if Up wins of Mr. Fox, my head will explode.
These nominations chafe my ass.
ALSO! If Mo’Nique doesn’t win supporting actress, there is no justice. And, VWS, District 7 for best picture? REALLY?
And Hurt Locker was boring and overrated. It would have been fine if it were an hour long.
Once again, my typos undermine me. That should be if Up wins “over” Mr Fox.
My absolute favorite this year is The Hurt Locker, which is astonishing for me because war movies usually get a “meh” from me. The cinematography, the writing, the direction, everything deserves their nominations. It’s like watching a beauty pageant with the Miss Universe of the moment going up against the white trash (The Blind Side), the chick who applies her makeup with a bricklayer’s trowel (Avatar) and the buck-toothed girl whose daddy is providing the prizes for the contest (Up In The Air).
I will puke blue if Avatar wins any of the big ones. Bigelow has the PGA and DGA awards in her back pocket (industry people, not self-important, sycophant critics like the Globes) and if I had bucks to bet, they’d be on her pony.
Gyllenhaal does not belong on this list. When y’all see Crazy Heart, you’ll see exactly what I mean. Her performance was one-note and perfunctory. I mean, really, is it that tough to look adoringly into Jeff Bridges’ eyes? She managed to screw it up.
I fear that Mike Boal will be snubbed again (he wrote In The Valley of Elah and got nuttin’ for his trouble), stepped over by QT. I also think the brilliance of District 9 and In The Loop will cancel each other out and hand it over to Precious which as we all know IS BASED ON THE BOOK “PUSH” BY SAPPHIRE, WHO IS A PISCES AND LIKES TO DRINK COFFEE OVER TEA AND … ad fin, etc., etc., to eternity.
Up is sort of the sure thing for Best Animated Feature, but Fox is their best competition.
In a perfect world Carey Mulligan would win Best Actress and also debunk the myth that once a starlet wins the Big O, her career is over. I think she has the chops to make that an old Ho-wood wives’ tale. I fear…TRULY FEAR…that Bullock is going to be given the nod because she did big box office this year and that always means lots of future projects and everyone is going to want to suck up to her. Sorry, Sandy, more for your lack of range than the fact that your effing restaurant is always closed when I try to eat there, you should not win.
Would love to see Colin Firth win the trophy for A Single Man mainly because his nomination is the ONLY recognition this beautiful film received, but like Bullock, Bridges will be rewarded for lifetime achievement and people will wait a respectable amount of time to say that Colin Firth was the better performance, and just like Russell Crowe’s Oscar, that Bridges’ work in The Fabulous Baker Boys was better.
Parnassus was astonishing work for Art Direction. What a glorious visual spectacle it is.
Overall, it’s more of the same from previous years that points to the fact that a lot of people vote for these things and haven’t seen all the competition. Because they get screeners in the mail, these noms scream “We don’t give a shite.”
(Also “District 9″; fuck me!)
SS: Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin are hosting this year. It might be worth watching for that alone.
@HG: Bullock is the best looking woman in that field, unless I’m seeing some bad photos of Mulligan in Google images. I’m not huge fan of Sandra, looks or otherwise, but she gets the nod here.
Also @HG: If you are going to say someone isn’t the best looking, you have a societal obligation to tell us who your pick for the spot is.
Helman, it’s hot when you rage. Kinky.
So pleased to see that Up is nominated in both the Best Picture and Best Animated Categories; I’d bet good money on its winning the latter, and deservedly so. (Sorry, Helman.)
The Blind Side looks like total tripe to me, so I’m not gonna see it but will say anyway that Bullock doesn’t deserve to win. Streep was so so good as Julia Child, and I’d love to see her win—again—but I see it coming down to Bullock, or Sidibe for a glorious upset.
I love Inglourious Basterds to pieces and wish it could win everything it’s up for, but I see it getting Best Supp. Actor, and Best Original Screenplay.
Chill: SB is not sexy. Helen Mirren is sexy. Ditto Meryl Steep. Ditto Ms. Mulligan. And if you say anything about age, I will be sad and secretly judge you. Use your imagination. Besides, Helen Mirren would fuck you six ways ’til heaven.
LL: Have you seen the fox movie?????
“District 9″ was excellent, Helman. Never gonna win…something crappy will win, but it was excellent.
I’m just annoyed that every year NY1 preempts reading me the newspaper before I go to work for these bullshit announcements.
Why was District 9 so excellent? It’s insightful views on race? The only thing novel about the movie, in my, untrained opinion, was the protagonist’s Office-like dorkiness, metamorphizing into a person of principle. But best picture?
WHY HAS NO ONE SEEN PRECIOUS?
Helman: I really want to see it, but I was kinda afraid to when it was in theaters. I know, call me a wimp, but it looked like such an emotional rollercoaster.
Helman: I’ve not, actually; my prediction is based solely on loving Up, and the fact that Pixar films are Oscar bait.
@Helman: I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I’ll agree with you on Meryl Streep but I am still going for Sandra Bullock here. Call me weird. I like Franka Potente too but she didn’t get nominated for anything.
Looking at these lists makes me think I should watch a few more movies.
@Helman: I wasn’t even thinking about age, but Sandra Bullock is 45 years old. Meryl Streep is about 60. If I think of what Ms. Streep looked like fifteen years ago during her Bridges of Madison County days and compare her to modern Sandra Bullock, Bullock still wins. As a man, I have the innate ability to separate physical beauty from talent. While Bullock could not shine Streep’s Jimmy Choos (or whatever overpriced strap of leather she wears) she is a bit more attractive, which is probably why she was forgiven for Speed 2 – Cruise Control. By some. Not by me.
So, age really had nothing to do with my thought process. I am also not partial to blondes nor brunettes. I’m more of a full package person when it comes to appearance. As long as it all works together, I’m happy.
@Why: Franka Potente? What the hell is wrong with you?
I wish that I had seen more of these movies. I thought District 9 was pretty original, but I preferred Inglourious Basterds, although I have criticism for both.
I notice that Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day didn’t receive any nominations. That’s because there isn’t a “Most Disappointing Sequel in the History of Film” category.
I thought Hurt Locker was terrific. I’d be happy if it won in any of the categories, especially if Kathryn beat James. I’m fine if Avatar wins for Art Direction or Cinematography because I thought it was beautiful to watch but it doesn’t deserve Best Picture or Director.
Sandra Bullock for Best Actress? Please, no. If it’s not Jeremy Renner for Best Actor, my next choice would be Colin Firth. I thought the movie didn’t quite come together but he (and Julianne Moore) was incredible.
But I’m usually last in our Oscar ballot contest because I just vote for who I like. No prizes for me.
My great sadness about these Oscars is that John Travolta missed the cut-off for From Paris With Love.
Bald, an earring and a goatee? What won’t this man do to reinvent himself? Congrats, John, on adapting the look of every narc from 1995 until now.
I haven’t seen a single one of these films. I live within 12 blocks of a multiplex, so no excuse. My way of watching TV and movies has changed over the last few years. It’s all streaming NetFlix or video on demand from Amazon or iStore.
The Oscars are obsolete, like the people who vote for them.
http://www.leninimports.com/meryl_streep.jpg
http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/sandra_bullock1.jpg
Really?
@ChillBear: My gawd. Have you seen the trailers for From Paris With Love? They actually borrowed a line from Pulp Fiction regarding “McRoyals with cheese” and I screamed out loud when I saw it. Then I threw something. Then I shook my fist at the sky.
Hollywood is retread on the patch job over the glue plugs and they know it. Something tells me this coming year is going to be a fantastic one for foreign films that may or may not be in a foreign language and indies from the periphery here in the U.S. Let the fat cats have their tent poles, if that’s what constitutes entertainment to them, but there’s a big shift happening with the distribution methods and when Netflix breaks through (note to self: buy stock) with their ability to stream new releases to the 52″ screens in front of the Barcolounger in people’s homes, it will be GAME OVER.
Wow, Travolta is looking so rough trade-y!
@BL: Like an extra in Cruising.
@MP: Think he might be ready to come out. Finally?
@BL: I would advise him to do so, post-haste. Think of how much happier he’d be.
Paisley- Your Netflix dream is probably not far off. The problem is, though, that before they kill off Hollywood they will kill off channels like HBO and Showtime basically killing any good tv being produced. It is a horrible but because you can watch True Blood and Big Love on Netflix now many people are cancelling those channels in their cable packages without realizing that by doing so they are going to up killing their favorite shows and then they won’t be on Netflix or anywhere.
So, in the Netflix takeover first we will have the glory days of laziness, quickly followed by the nothingness of reality tv being the only thing on tv and that will mean more money being spent to make these mega block buster.
I really don’t see any hope. and I am just rambling now.
FIN
Helman, I saw Precious. It was like being punched in the face for two straight hours, but I loved it. I don’t think I ever want to see it again, but it’s definitely a movie everyone should watch once. Mo’nique was honestly the scariest movie villain I think I’ve ever seen. She made Darth Vader look like an innocent puppy.
Miss P: Totally agree. Worst villain ever. She better win.
Also, I found it strangely inspirational.
Helman, I think right there you’ve got your answer as to why nobody saw ‘Precious’…we all heard it’s an absolutely miserable experience. “Like being punched in the face for two straight hours” is generally a big check in the hell no column for me. (See also Lars Von Trier, though he’s also like being smacked upside the head with a snooze stick.)
Screw that noise. If it doesn’t have a spaceship in it, it’s a total waste of time.
SW: But here’s the thing: it wasn’t a miserable experience. Some parts were hard to watch, but other parts were really pretty joyful. But, I know your tastes run to movies like The Blind Side.
I don’t even know what ‘The Blind Side’ is. I assumed it was ordinary dreck? Wait, I’ll look it up…OH! Hahahaha, it’s THAT thing. Har.
I’ll happily go to my grave not seeing ‘Precious’, though. They can keep it over on the Dakota Fanning getting raped shelf.
The Blind Side:
Equals
Plus
Minus
@ Senor Wences “I loved Brian Piccolo.”
@Strawberry: The current streaming of pay-cable shows on Netflix is part of the experiment as to whether or not there is an audience who will stream their entertainment rather than flick on the cable box. The recent problems between cable companies and networks and lower cable channels (Time Warner and Fox, Comcast and HGTV) points to the fact that cable companies are attempting to squeeze every nickel out before they get left out in the cold. The entire structure of how those fabulous shows produced by HBO, Showtime, AMC, etc., are paid for will simply change and will probably improve once the bloodsuckers that are the cable companies are removed from the equation. Also cool, is that it will probably be more affordable for the consumer and completely on demand. Have you noticed that your monthly cable bill has inexplicably risen in the past year or two? Cable cannot compete with what Netflix is proposing and they will shut them down. They know this and are squeezing consumers.
Don’t worry! It’s going to get better, not worse!