2011 Oscar Nominations

RYAN: The Oscar nominations have just been announced, and I swear it feels like Christmas morning!!

CAROLINE: This is indeed one of our favorite days of the year! It’s always fascinating to me to see who gets nominated and who gets shut out. There are several tight races this year, especially in the Supporting Actor/Actress categories. There are six or seven possible nominees for each one and the Academy usually surprises us with at least one of its choices.

RYAN: While nothing is altogether shocking, there are some interesting twists… like Javier Bardem up for Best Actor for a foreign language film no less, reminiscent of Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose.

CAROLINE: Though let’s be honest, he really doesn’t stand a chance against Colin Firth this year.

RYAN: I’m happy for James Franco. But no love for Ryan Gosling or Aaron Eckhart when both of their leading ladies scored nods.

CAROLINE: That happens. And it’s still a race between Natalie and Annette for Best Actress. I’m thrilled about Jeremy Renner’s nod for one of my favorite movies of the year, and look at one Mr. Mark Ruffalo in the Supporting Actor category!

RYAN: I know. Welcome to the table, man. But I’m annoyed that Winter’s Bone dude got nominated instead of Andrew Garfield. And notice in the song category, there’s no love for Burlesque. That movie is shut down. But I am happy that Harry Potter 7 Part 1 and Alice in Wonderland both got a few nods here and there.

CAROLINE: And yet no Tangled in the animated film category! They can have five nominees, why only three? Would it have killed them to nominate four films this year?

RYAN: It’s so strange. And I still don’t love there being ten in the Best Pic category. It’s greedy.

CAROLINE: Still no love for Shutter Island, one of last year’s best movies and one of our faves.

RYAN: It’s an injustice indeed.

CAROLINE: The bottom line is The King’s Speech has the most nominations with 12, and True Grit got 10. Christopher Nolan got snubbed for Best Director. And I’m pleased that Mila Kunis didn’t get nominated for Black Swan. She was perfectly good, but come on people – an Oscar? I don’t think so.

RYAN: It’ll be an interesting show this year! It will air live on ABC on Sunday, February 27th. I can’t wait for your Rice Krispies Treats!

CAROLINE: Yes! And I promise I won’t screw it all up like I did last year by taking a trip that weekend and not being able to watch with you.

RYAN: [shudder’ Let’s never speak of that again. Here’s a list of the nominees, including the boring ones that no one cares about: