The 84th Academy Awards

[Robo]

Actor in a Leading Role

Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
George Clooney in "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"

Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis in "The Help"
Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"

Actress in a Supporting Role

Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer in "The Help"

Animated Feature Film

"A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
"Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
"Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
"Rango" Gore Verbinski

Art Direction

"The Artist"
Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
"Hugo"
Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"Midnight in Paris"
Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
"War Horse"
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography

"The Artist" Guillaume Schiffman
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Jeff Cronenweth
"Hugo" Robert Richardson
"The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

"Anonymous" Lisy Christl
"The Artist" Mark Bridges
"Hugo" Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
"W.E." Arianne Phillips

Directing

"The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Alexander Payne
"Hugo" Martin Scorsese
"Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen
"The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick

Documentary (Feature)

"Hell and Back Again"
Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Pina"
Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
"Undefeated"
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)

"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement"
Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
"God Is the Bigger Elvis"
Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
"Incident in New Baghdad"
James Spione
"Saving Face"
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"
Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing

"The Artist" Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Kevin Tent
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
"Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

"Bullhead" Belgium
"Footnote" Israel
"In Darkness" Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" Iran

Makeup

"Albert Nobbs"
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
"The Iron Lady"
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)

"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource
"Hugo" Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams

Music (Original Song)

"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Picture

"The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer
"The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer
"The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
"Hugo" Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
"Midnight in Paris" Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
"Moneyball" Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
"The Tree of Life" Nominees to be determined
"War Horse" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

"Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
"La Luna" Enrico Casarosa
"A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
"Wild Life" Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)

"Pentecost" Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
"Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
"The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George
"Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
"Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing

"Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Ren Klyce
"Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
"War Horse" Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
"Hugo"
Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
"Moneyball"
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
"War Horse"
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
"Hugo"
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
"Real Steel"
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi

Hobo with a Shotgun got robbed.

[Great Rumbler]

2011 was kinda weak overall.

[Joe Molotov]

Boring.

Except for Nick Nolte and Jonah Hill getting noms.

[Himu]

2011 sucked

[cool breeze]

I haven't seen any of these movies yet but Gary Oldman winning an Oscar would be cool (he won't)

[Timber]

I should watch The Artist.

[Timber]

Oscar noms are always this great moment when you realize that there are Hollywood movies out there featuring prestigious actors that no one will ever see.

[Robo]

I always end up seeing most of the nominated flicks eventually purely out of curiosity and because Netflix.

I doubt I'll ever watch Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close from every horrid I've read about it (unless compromising for lots of sex), but nearly everything else is already on the queue.

[Mr. Gundam]

I should watch The Artist.

You should. It's really well done.

Wow at Bridesmaids getting two nominations!

[Bebpo]

Worst list I've seen in years.  So many movies/people snubbed.

Drive got ONE nomination for Sound Editing, wtf.  It has like 92-93% at RT whereas Extremely Whatever has 48% and it's nominated for Best Picture.  Refn got robbed on Director, and Cliff Martinez got robbed for his soundtrack on both Drive & Contagion.  Michael Fassbender doesn't get a single nomination despite being in like 4 major films in 2011 and being excellent every time.  Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross don't get nominated for best score for Dragon Tattoo. etc...etc...

2011 was a good year for films.  This is just a really poor representation of the year's quality.

The only good thing about the list is all the Hugo noms even though no one saw Hugo and it bombed hard.  Academy loves Scorsese and rightfully so.

[CajoleJuice]

BAFTA noms > Oscar noms

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

The Artist is good, but if it carries all the major noms and gets best picture I'd throw a fit.
well, better that then The Help or Extremely Shitty and Incredibly Schmaltzy.  I'm pulling for Tree of Life and Hugo, but like that's going to happen.

[Bebpo]

BAFTA noms > Oscar noms

Just looked at the BAFTA list and yeah, it's pretty much what I expected the Oscar list to look like this year.  Much better.

[Diunx]

Jonah Hill? really?

[TakingBackSunday]

BAFTAs are usually always better.

and yeah this year 

[Great Rumbler]

Still need to see The Artist, The Descendants, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and The Tree of Life. Also that French animated movie.

[Bebpo]

I still need to see The Artist, Midnight in Paris, The Tree of Life, and A Dangerous Method, and Blue Valentine for 2011's set.

Haven't seen The Descendants, but not interested in seeing it at all for some reason and I like Clooney movies.

[TakingBackSunday]

I wanna see the Descendants simply because Jim Rash was a co-writer.  I like that man.

Still need to see quite a few movies.  The Artist in particular.  Looks so fucking cool.

[Diunx]

The artist looks lame, if they wanted to do a silent revivel they should have done some cool horror or sci fi shit like the germans used to do

[Trent Dole]

Extremely Shitty and Incredibly Schmaltzy

[Bebpo]

I think there's legit issues surrounding Andy Serkis since it isn't so cut and dry as to what % of the acting is him and what % is the CG.

[Bloodwake]

Meh. Least excited year ever for the Oscars.

[TakingBackSunday]

The artist looks lame, if they wanted to do a silent revivel they should have done some cool horror or sci fi shit like the germans used to do

bad taste confirmed again

[Robo]

Not really.  German Expressionism

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Barely anything for Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Drive. yet Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close get nominations all over? who nominated these trash? kevin smith?

[CajoleJuice]

I still need to see The Artist, Midnight in Paris, The Tree of Life, and A Dangerous Method, and Blue Valentine for 2011's set.

Haven't seen The Descendants, but not interested in seeing it at all for some reason and I like Clooney movies.

Blue Valentine is 2010.

[etiolate]

jonah hill & the help

wtf

were these selected by Oprah's Book Club?

[pilonv1]

Jonah Hill was terrible in Moneyball smfh

[Eel O'Brian]

plus he has a weird head, he looks like a bobblehead now

[Phoenix Dark]

glad I didn't watch any of these movies so you won't find me complainin'!

well I did watch the Ape movie

[fistfulofmetal]

Fast Five

[CajoleJuice]

the dog in The Artist > Jonah Hill

[TEEEPO]

was expecting Certified Copy to have gotten at least a best foreign film nom

[Diunx]

Moneyball was so fucking bad I couldn't even finish it, can't remember the last time I stopped watching a movie half way through.

[EvilBoris]

 i so wanna confidently rag on this but my ratio of watching movies to reading about them has shifted only paid for the malick fantasia and mi4 this year.
 though i'm not sure i'd go out of my way to see half the films repped by acting nods anyway. surely  'my week with marilyn' was something michelle williams had to get out of her system, right?

[Great Rumbler]

I'm depressed that Super 8 didn't get nominated for anything. Not that I really expected it to.

[Phoenix Dark]

I still don't even know what the monster was in that movie. I'll watch it one day, but honestly don't care enough to anytime soon. What a blatant nostalgia trap

[cool breeze]

Of all these movies I've only seen Tree of Life, but I really want to see Midnight in Paris (cause Cotillard), The Artist, and Hugo. 

The Descendants, Moneyball, and War Horse eventually, maybe, Netflix or something.  The Help never.  Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close maybe/masochist viewing. I tried that with Eat Pray Love once; lasted until the Eat/Italy part.
 

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I can't stand movies like The Descendants but I really liked this movie.

George Clooney is really starting to show his age.  Tom Cruise, who is about a similar age, looks years younger.  Must be the placenta facials he gets.

[Human Snorenado]

I can't stand movies like The Descendants but I really liked this movie.

George Clooney is really starting to show his age.  Tom Cruise, who is about a similar age, looks years younger.  Must be the placenta facials he gets.

Nah, Clooney's OT level is just SUPER low.

[Diunx]

I hop Midnight in Paris wins, loved that film.

[ManaByte]

Moneyball was so fucking bad I couldn't even finish it, can't remember the last time I stopped watching a movie half way through.

It's no Avatar.

[Cheebo]

The fact Hugo got the most nominations is pretty awesome at least.  Glad for lots of Midnight in Paris love as well. The more I think about it  Midnight in Paris is one of my favorites of 2011. Finally saw The Artist, the other week. It's good but I still feel the most of its award wins is due to the silent film novelty value rather than it being a great film. The dog though fucking owned the entire movie.

[Great Rumbler]

The fact Hugo got the most nominations is pretty awesome at least.

I agree, it was definitely the best movie I saw last year [although there are still a few left that I want to watch].

[Diunx]

Moneyball was so fucking bad I couldn't even finish it, can't remember the last time I stopped watching a movie half way through.

It's no Avatar.

Yeah Avatar was good.

[TakingBackSunday]

I need to see Hugo so bad, but that's one movie that I'd feel weird watching at home I think.  From what I've read, you owe it to yourself to experience it in a theater.

[Freyj]

So much for Reznor and Ross taking home Original Score two years in a row 

Oh well, so many good tracks on the Dragon Tattoo score that weren't used.

[Phoenix Dark]

Reznor and Rick Ross?

[Himu]

The Muppets was the best movie I saw last year. Christ what an abysmal year.

[Trent Dole]

Reznor and Rick Ross?

No, Atticus Ross. Here's the project he did with his wife evil Eartha Kitt...

and here's something he did with his bro, Brett from Bad Religion, and Dillinger Escape Plan's Greg Puciato which has sadly consisted of one Ep and a remix for somebody else...

The Error EP owns bones imfo.
Oh yeah, he did The Book of Eli soundtrack too.

[Great Rumbler]

Hugo has some really nice 3D, but I don't think you're really missing out on that much by watching it at home.

[Eel O'Brian]

hahahaha holy shit

http://ideas.time.com/2012/02/02/is-the-help-the-most-loathsome-movie-in-america/

[Himu]

I need to read this man's book

[Mr. Gundam]

It wasn't THAT bad.

[Himu]

"Making fried chicken just makes life better"

[Phoenix Dark]

Oh shit @ that article. I haven't seen the film, but everything I've heard about it just rubs me the wrong way. Most people I know who saw it loved it though

It seems like these films films about the compassion of white people towards black people come out every other year and win awards or make money; think The Blind Side. Outside of that, the only other big black films are Tyler Perry bullshit. I've heard Red Tails has some great action scenes but the acting/drama is wooden.

Oh well. Can't wait for Django Unchained.

[Himu]

I have not seen a great black movie since Black Dynamite! I miss the days of Love and Basketball and The Wood.

[Himu]

Most people I know who saw it loved it though

They were female and are Oprah fans. Don't lie.

[Phoenix Dark]

Most people I know who saw it loved it though

They were female and are Oprah fans. Don't lie.

Yup, my mom and her friends (black and white).

I understand why people don't want to talk about segregation, but I don't like the idea of whitewashing it or turning it into some simple fairy tale. This goes back to my theory (well, it's not mine, I'd imagine other people have pointed it out) that part of the reason Obama has benefited from such high personal favorable numbers and managed to avoid being sunk by the Rev Wright stuff is not just because he's mixed, but because he has no ties to the Civil Right's era. Interestingly his people have done a good job of ensuring he's not connected at the hip with the more controversial 60s/70s figures like Jackson or Sharpton

[Himu]

Well, Jackson and Sharpton are fools to begin with.