February 2, 2010 in GENRES

2010 Oscar Nominations!

CAROLINE: OMG it’s my favorite morning of the year! Never am I so happy to hear the alarm go off on a Tuesday morning.

RYAN: It’s like Christmas morning at the WeSeeMovies household. And with Anne Hathaway announcing the nominations, I couldn’t be happier!

CAROLINE: There aren’t any huge surprises this year in the acting categories, though I was a little shocked to see Maggie Gyllenhaal get the Best Supporting Actress nom. Not that she wasn’t good; she just hasn’t really gotten any love for Crazy Heart.

RYAN: That was a surprise, as was Lee Daniels nabbing the Best Director nomination. Clint Eastwood was shut out.

CAROLINE: As much as I love Clint, that’s fine with me, because Invictus was no great shakes.

RYAN: I’m sad that Nine only got one nomination in the major categories.

CAROLINE: I’m sad that The Blind Side got nominated for Best Picture. I guess that’s what happens when you have ten nominees. And how is it that Up can be nominated in both the Best Picture category and the Animated category? That doesn’t seem fair.

RYAN: It stole the nomination from The Hangover which won the Golden Globe.

CAROLINE: And the nominees are:

Best Picture

Avatar

The Blind Side

District 9

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Precious

A Serious Man

Up

Up In The Air

Pixar Disney Up

Best Actor In A Leading Role

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 In A Leading Role

Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side

Helen Mirren – The Last Station

Carey Mulligan – An Education

Gabourey Sibide – Precious

Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia

Best Actor In A Supporting Role

Matt Damon – Invictus

Woody Harrelson – The Messenger

Christopher Plummer – The Last Station

Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones

Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Penelope Cruz – Nine

Vera Farminga – Up In The Air

Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart

Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air

Mo’Nique – Precious

Best Director

James Cameron – Avatar

Kathyn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker

Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

Lee Daniels – Precious

Jason Reitman – Up In The Air

Foreign Language Film

Ajami

El Secreto de Sus Ojos

The Milk of Sorrow

Un Prophete

The White Ribbon

Best Original Screenplay

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

The Messenger

A Serious Man

Up

Best Adapted Screenplay

District 9

An Education

In The Loop

Precious

Up In The Air

Best 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

Costume Design

Bright Star

Coco Before Chanel

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Nine

The Young Victoria

Documentary Feature

Burma VJ

The Cove

Food, Inc

Which Way Home

Make-up

Il Divo

Star Trek

The Young Victoria

Music (Original Score)

Avatar

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Hurt Locker

Sherlock Holmes

Up

Music (Original Song)

The Princess and the Frog: ‘Almost There’ by Randy Newman

The Princess and the Frog: ‘Down In New Orleans’ by Randy Newman

Paris 36: ‘Loin De Paname’ by Frank Thomas and Reinhardt Wagner

Nine: ‘Take It All’ by Maury Yeston

Crazy Heart: ‘The Weary Kind’ by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Sound Mixing

Avatar

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Star Trek

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Visual Effects

Avatar

District 9

Star Trek

RYAN: The show airs on ABC Sunday March 7th at 8pm Eastern. Woot!

Thanks For Viewing The 2010 Oscar Nominations!

1 Comment

  1. Michael February 3, 2010

    YaY!! It's Oscar time…thanks for this review it goes me something to reference when I'm talking to people or friends/family about the oscars…I didn't even care (yet along watch) about the grammy's this year…I am a little bummed that Jim Broadbent wasn't nominated for his performance as Professor Horace Slugghorn…He was FANTASTIC and I don't think anyone could of done better!

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