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[effzee]

Bingo II.

He should have gotten a director nomination over Best Picture although he deserves both.

I'm biased though.

Whenever a well done movie that covers all the bases of movie making is up against a well done drama, I lean toward the the more complex direction of a big budget movie. Best Picture is a different matter and i really do wish they would split the two more.

Social Network was great, but Fincher didn't outdirect Nolan. I knew that Nolan didn't have a chance of winning (This is Fincher's year), but still...

Agreed. Oscars are a joke when it comes to judging anything outside of drama. They butchered animated movies into a corner.

 

[SolsticeZero]

Where's my Daft Punk nomination for Original Score?

I'm wondering this, too. I have a terribly tough time picking between Daft Punk or Hans Zimmer for this years score (in my personal choice, that is).

 

[Xater]

Isn't the main competition between The King's Speech and The Social Network though?

You think? I mean I really liked The Social Network but I think overall those two are better. Just my personal opinion though.

 

[JGS]

Unfortunately, I don't think Nolan will get nominated for an Oscar for directing. He's done comic book movies, something the academy doesn't seem to think are fit to grace their halls. I have a feeling they've branded him. If it wasn't for the Dark Knight, we would hardly have ever seen a comic book movie in their presence other than for effects, etc.

The nice thing about Nolan, is he can make a movie like Inception into a drama pretty easily. So if he Oscarizes his movies, he's got a good shot.

I think Aronofsky did this with The Wrestler- intentionally or not is irrelevant.

 

[CassSept]

Where's my Daft Punk nomination for Original Score?

Next to Nolan's Best Director nomination :<

Really? He really deserved at least a nomination...

 

[BertramCooper]

Not too many surprises, though The King's Speech topping The Social Network was an unexpected but very pleasant surprise.

The King's Speech is going to win Best Picture. It's gaining a lot of momentum. If it wins the SAGs next week, I'll be almost certain of it.

 

[Pinzer]

Wow, pretty good choices overall. So glad Inception didn't get snubbed. Lack of Scott Pilgrim is annoying but expected.

 

[SolsticeZero]

The nice thing about Nolan, is he can make a movie like Inception into a drama pretty easily. So if he Oscarizes his movies, he's got a good shot.

I think Aronofsky did this with The Wrestler- intentionally or not is irrelevant.

True, but we'll just have to see in the future. He really deserved some stuff for The Prestige, but he didn't get shit (besides nominations for cinematography and art direction).

 

[INPAQ]

Where's my Daft Punk nomination for Original Score?

!!

 

[Xater]

Where's my Daft Punk nomination for Original Score?

Yeah that is kind of a bummer. At least Social Network and Inception are up for it.

 

[DMczaf]

Where's my Daft Punk nomination for Original Score?

Next to Tron's Visual Effects nomination

Sorry, but Clint just does it better.

 

[Buckethead]

0% change Inception wins.

The Social Network is winning.
There is no doubt it my mind.

The Black Swan is great. Only movie that's on-par, but it's too "indy filmmaking" for the Oscars.

 

[whytemyke]

I don't know who's gonna win for doc-- Exit Thru the Gift Shop or Restrepo. Restrepo was pretty incredible, fwiw.

Both are on Netflix, for those of you that haven't seen 'em yet.



Also, I really liked The Fighter but I don't think it deserves any wins for the major categories. MAYBE Bale for best supporting, but I don't know if I liked him more than I liked Renner in The Town, and they've got heavy competition in that category anyways.

 

[Ceres]

Also The Social Network, Black Swan, The King's Speech are winning Best Picture.

Are they sharing the win? I guess this will be an interesting year.


Anyway, I think King's Speech will end up with it but I'd have no problem with at least 4 of those films being one of the winners.
Oddly enough we've managed to see all the best film nominees already. Although Social Network was the only one we didn't get to see in the theaters. Got the blu-ray and watched it this week.

 

[DMczaf]

Inception gets Sound Mixing and Screenplay nominations, but no Direction

I don't know if they were trolling Nolan-GAF or Solo....or both.

 

[luxarific]

Can't believe Tron/Daft Punk wasn't nominated for best OST. Otherwise the nomination slate looks pretty good - most of the recipients deserve to win.

 

[ultron87]

Tron not getting nominated for Best Score is a crime against humanity. As is Scott Pilgrim not getting nominated for Editing.

 

[CassSept]

Yeah that is kind of a bummer. At least Social Network and Inception are up for it.

It's a travesty if TSN soundtrack doesn't win. I liked Inception's soundtrack but I felt it was way too repetitive. The motifs are great and memorable, but I can't help but feel outside of Mombasa everything is just two or three pieces used over and over again (isn't it actually like that?). TSN on the other hand is both memorable and really adds a lot to the picture (and I don't even like electronic music!).

 

[Solo]

I should see The King's Speech this weekend. I think its the last of the big Oscar buzz movies I've yet to see.

 

[The Storyteller]

Also is it just me, or does it seem sorta depressing that animated films continue to be barley noticed year after year (only 3 nominations)..

Last year there were 5. And it was imo a stronger category than the best picture nominees, but of course the weakest of the five won.

Best direction for Inception makes more sense than best screenplay (I mean, really?), not that I think it deserves anything.

 

[WrikaWrek]

Really? As someone who's most fascinated by a films direction, I'd disagree rather strongly. Inception's screenplay and direction were incredibly well done.

EDIT: grammar police.

Shit pacing, shit action, everything being spelled out for you with a hammer.

I don't see it. It's a concept movie that is entertaining to watch, but doesn't hold up at all on multiple viewings.

I should see The King's Speech this weekend. I think its the last of the big Oscar buzz movies I've yet to see.

You've already reached the top with Black Swan. But you are gonna love Colin Firth. Finally the guy is gonna get some goddamn justice.

 

[Skiptastic]

Next to Tron's Visual Effects nomination

Wow, I'm actually shocked that Tron didn't get nominated for visual effects. That was one of the better looking movies I saw all year. Only one that struck me more visually was that owls movie, Legends of Gahoole or something? But that one doesn't count since it was all CG.

 

[SolsticeZero]

I never realized there was so much Inception hate. I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

 

[WrikaWrek]

The big offender is gonna be The Social Network.

Most vanilla movie ever to win an oscar since Shakeaspeare in love and Crash or some shit.

 

[BertramCooper]

Also, I really liked The Fighter but I don't think it deserves any wins for the major categories. MAYBE Bale for best supporting, but I don't know if I liked him more than I liked Renner in The Town, and they've got heavy competition in that category anyways.

The Fighter is a decent film elevated by some really incredible performances. It kind of falls apart in its second half and devolves into a typical sports movie. It's definitely not going to contend for the Oscar, and justifiably so.

I should see The King's Speech this weekend. I think its the last of the big Oscar buzz movies I've yet to see.

It's phenomenal, and a much better film than The Social Network.

 

[ezekial45]

Wow, i'm disappointed. Nolan should've gotten the nom for best director. And why the hell didn't Inception get a nom for best editing? Why?

Also, Scott Pilgrim vs The World should've gotten a VFX nom. Especially over Hereafter. Ugh..

 

[Ceres]

Found this on ONTD:

Films listed by number of nominations
“The King's Speech” - The Weinstein Company 12
“True Grit” - Paramount 10
“Inception” - Warner Bros. 8
“The Social Network” - Sony Pictures Releasing 8
“The Fighter” - Paramount 7
“127 Hours” - Fox Searchlight 6
“Black Swan” - Fox Searchlight 5
“Toy Story 3” - Walt Disney 5
“The Kids Are All Right” - Focus Features 4
“Winter's Bone” - Roadside Attractions 4
“Alice in Wonderland” - Walt Disney 3
"Biutiful" - Roadside Attractions 2
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” - Warner Bros. 2
“How to Train Your Dragon” - Paramount 2

 

[WillyFive]

I never realized there was so much Inception hate. I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

Yeah. I recently came into the OT and started to think "The backlash already started?".

Also, notice the hate for Toy Story 3 here now.

 

[Xater]

I never realized there was so much Inception hate. I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

There is a specific group on GAF that for whatever reason has a hard on for bashing everything Nolan does. Every popular director/writer needs his hater group. I think those people moved on from Tarantino.

 

[SolsticeZero]

Yeah. I recently came into the OT and started to think "The backlash already started?".

Also, notice the hate for Toy Story 3 here now.

Yeah, that made me sad, too. Of course, someone in here also said Up was the worst animated movie last year, so I think they just hate Pixar in general.

 

[Solo]

It's phenomenal, and a much better film than The Social Network.

Like I've said a few times, The Social Network was bested during its week of release (by Let Me In), let alone the year.

My only real hopes are that Portman wins and TSN doesn't win Best Picture. While I think the former comes true, sadly I think the latter does not.

 

[brandonh83]

Whoa. Did not expect to see How to Train Your Dragon getting a best score nomination. Fuck, someone actually was paying attention.

Found this on ONTD:

sorry, what is it?

 

[trineo_feo]

Inception not nominated for editing? Really?

 

[BertramCooper]

Like I've said a few times, The Social Network was bested during its week of release (by Let Me In), let alone the year.

My only real hopes are that Portman wins and TSN doesn't win Best Picture. While I think the former comes true, sadly I think the latter does not.

The Producers Guild has predicted the Best Picture winner three years in a row, and they went with The King's Speech.

So if the producers are behind The King's Speech and the actors support it at the SAGs, I think it will have an excellent shot at beating The Social Network.

We've also got the Directors Guild Awards this weekend, so it will be interesting to see what happens there as well.

 

[ChoklitReign]

This can only sum up my feelings about Daft Punk ever getting any mainstream recognition in the United States.

I have mixed feeling about Trent Reznor winning an Oscar, even though I like NIN. They'll probably both lost to Han Zimmer's two-note extravaganza. I don't give a fuck who wins Best Picture.

 

[RS4-]

FUCK Social Network.

 

[Spotless Mind]

Whoa. Did not expect to see How to Train Your Dragon getting a best score nomination. Fuck, someone actually was paying attention.

This was the only pleasant surprise of all the nominees. Well deserved.

Ugh at Inception getting a screenplay nod.

 

[Dabanton]

I disagree. I'm not going to say every time was as awesome as the first, but I think the movie stands up very well.

Yes it does. I liked it more on the second and third viewings.

The motivations of the characters made more sense after the gee whiz factor of the tech.

It's simply not to the Academy's just like as is in most years. Last tyear was just a sign of how weak the field was in anything other than sci-fi and they even got it wrong then by nominating District 9 over Star Trek or Moon.

I hate this argument. I watched it 3 times this year and it's still awesome. You didn't like it? Fine, but don't try to make your opinion the general consensus.

Sorry gents should have added imo.

 

[brandonh83]

This was the only pleasant surprise of all the nominees. Well deserved.

If it were up to me, Dragon would take that win AND the best animated picture win, but again-- that's just me.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Next to Tron's Visual Effects nomination

Also, Scott Pilgrim vs The World should've gotten a VFX nom. Especially over Hereafter. Ugh..

They must have done a terrible vfx reel/session for the bakeoff then.

How the vfx finalist nominations work is, each vfx house puts together a reel for the bakeoff competition, which is a 15 minute screening of footage from each film, followed by a Q&A session with key people from the vfx leadership. People at the bakeoff, composed of members of the Academy's vfx branch, then make their final votes, and winners go ahead as the final nominees.

There's always the VES awards for Tron, I guess.

As for Hereafter, the few vfx shots must have really impressed the audience in terms of technical difficulty or the work needed to create them - these are almost always part of the reel you put together, with voice-overs on how each shot was done along with a bit of pre-final footage for the shots.

So basically, if you're lazy about putting a presentation together, you can easily get snubbed if you assume you'll get by solely on the final visuals and not be prepared to discuss how a shot was done, why it was done that way, the though process behind how the use of the shot would serve the movie, etc.

 

[The Storyteller]

Yeah, that made me sad, too. Of course, someone in here also said Up was the worst animated movie last year, so I think they just hate Pixar in general.

Are you referring to me? I freaking love Pixar and I'm perfectly happy to see TS3 win best animated pic, however I thought Up was merely ok (the second half was such a clusterfuck), it was definitely the weakest in last years best animated film category (it was a fuck awesome category so it shouldnt feel so bad).

There is a specific group on GAF that for whatever reason has a hard on for bashing everything Nolan does. Every popular director/writer needs his hater group. I think those people moved on from Tarantino.

I love The Dark Knight, Batman Begins and The Prestige, so: no.

My issue(s) with Inception are pretty simple, it's a shallow concept movie, and it talks directly to the audience about that concept in the most boring and mundane ways. I can't remember a film that had so much blatant exposition. Not to mention the paper thin characterization and the film feeling so emotionally cold and distant. I tried rewatching it recently and could not get through it.

 

[Puddles]

Ah yes, that point I can agree with. But the end of year outings were absolutely fantastic, going by what I've been able to see so far. Sure, it might be no 2007 or 1994, but it's been overall amazing year. Hell, I might be going a bit too far with this but I think even Inception, which has absolutely no damn chance of winning Best Picture (rightfully so) would be a strong contender in many previous years.


PS. It may depend, but I find Inception one of the most rewatachable non-Tarantino movie of the past few years.

Inception is a Best Picture caliber film. Easily. Might not win, but it should be in the conversation.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Yay: How to Train Your Dragon's score nominated.

Boo: Toy Story 3 up for Best Picture. Take the lips off Pixar's cock already.

 

[Ceres]

sorry, what is it?

Films listed by number of nominations.

 

[Dabanton]

I should see The King's Speech this weekend. I think its the last of the big Oscar buzz movies I've yet to see.

Well worth seeing i wasn't feeling it because it looks like a classic oscar bait film but went along with my GF and her mother and really,really enjoyed it.

 

[brandonh83]

Boo: Toy Story 3 up for Best Picture. Take the lips off Pixar's cock already.

Indeed. Someone finally bested one of their untouchable animated films this year but everyone is too programmed in to notice.

 

[JzeroT1437]

OH SNAP ON ANIMATED FEATURE.

I loved all three of those movies, but I think How to Train Your Dragon was my fave.

 

[BertramCooper]

Could someone remind me why Toy Story 3 is up for Best Adapted Screenplay and not Best Original Screenplay? I think it was some sort of technicality, but I can't recall exactly what.

 

[SolsticeZero]

Are you referring to me? I freaking love Pixar and I'm perfectly happy to see TS3 win best animated pic, however I thought Up was merely ok (the second half was such a clusterfuck), it was definitely the weakest in last years best animated film category (it was a fuck awesome category so it shouldnt feel so bad).

Actually, I wasn't referring to you. There's plenty more Pixar hate in this thread. =P

 

[brandonh83]

I loved all three of those movies, but I think How to Train Your Dragon was my fave.

You guys are making my morning. Thought I was alone!

Well, maybe we're alone.