Chickenman 9 Posted February 11, 2010 (edited) Oh my goodness, guys. I'm actually goings to watch the Oscars for the first time this year. They've been absolutely useless to me in the past. Oscar-bait movies that pretend to make a superficial statement about something or other always win over actual quality movies that mean something. And then I get to watch some of my favorite comedians bomb in front of a hall of actors with sticks wedged up their asses. But I am so impressed with the nominations this year (mostly due to the ten nomination best picture category) that I'm going to subject myself to the ceremonies. Here be the major award nominees. Best Picture Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire A Serious Man Up Up in the Air Best Director Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker James Cameron – Avatar Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Jason Reitman – Up in the Air Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds Best Actor Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart as Bad Blake George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham Colin Firth – A Single Man as George Falconer Morgan Freeman – Invictus as Nelson Mandela Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker as Sgt. William James Best Actress Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy Helen Mirren – The Last Station as Sofya Tolstoy Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Miller Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire as Clarieece "Precious" Jones Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child Best Supporting Actor Matt Damon – Invictus as François Pienaar Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Capt. Tony Stone Christopher Plummer – The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa Best Supporting Actress Penélope Cruz – Nine as Carla Albanese Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex Goran Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart as Jean Craddock Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener Mo'Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire as Mary Lee Johnston Best Original Screenplay The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino The Messenger – Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Up – Tom McCarthy, Bob Peterson and Pete Docter Best Adapted Screenplay District 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell from Alive in Joburg by Neill Blomkamp An Education – Nick Hornby from An Education by Lynn Barber In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Ianucci and Tony Roche from The Thick of It created by Armando Iannucci Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire – Geoffrey Fletcher from Push by Sapphire Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner from Up in the Air by Walter Kirn Best Animated Feature Coraline – Henry Selick Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson The Princess and the Frog – Ron Clements and John Musker The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore Up – Pete Docter Best Foreign Language Film Ajami (Israel) in Arabic and Hebrew – Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina) in Spanish – Juan José Campanella The Milk of Sorrow (Peru) in Spanish and Quechua – Claudia Llosa Un Prophète (France) in French, Corsican and Arabic – Jacques Audiard The White Ribbon (Germany) in German – Michael Haneke Edited February 11, 2010 by Chickenman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mara 29 Posted February 11, 2010 Yeah, Oscars! It's the only awards show I actually try to watch anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
