The most exciting time of year for movie gong geeks has arrived... the Oscars 2010 are here.
The nominations have been announced, so you can start officially arguing with your mates about whether James Cameron or Kathryn Bigelow should take home Best Director, whether Carey Mulligan is Britain’s brightest hope, and whether Brad Pitt should take out full-page ads in Variety complaining that he missed out on any acting recognition for his Inglourious Basterds accent.
Frankly, we think it’s scandalous that totalfilm.com friend Duncan Jones isn’t up for Best Picture for Moon, and that Sam Rockwell's missed out on a well-deserved Best Actor nod for the same film, but we’re glad that District 9 has been recognised.
But there are no real surprises in there - save for District 9 getting in the Best Picture line-up and In The Loop being written into Oscar history with a Best Adapted Screenplay nom - all the movies and movie people who have been muttered about for the past few months are present and correct.
Jason Reitman might be flying home with Best Adapted Screenplay for Up In The Air, Christoph Waltz's glorious Inglourious Basterds supporting turn has been recognised, and Avatar is in with a titanic chance of taking home Best Picture.
What does surprise us is the fact that, compared to the past few years, Blighty is severely underrepresented, with only Nick Hornby, Colin Firth, Carey Mulligan, Helen Mirren and the In The Loop Boys raising the flag for our fine country.
Still, we’ll be there on 7 March when the winners are announced, slightly bleary-eyed (because we’re tired, NOT because we’re crying with joy if Jeremy Renner wins for Hurt Locker. Okay, maybe a little bit).
Keep your eye on the site for more Oscar goodness. But first, take a gander at the full list of noms below and tell us – who are some of your favourites?
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up In The Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick - Up In The Air
Mo'nique - Precious
Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Cristoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Best Actress In A Leading Role
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
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 Director
James Cameron - Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels - Precious
Jason Reitman - Up In The Air
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 Foreign Language Film
Ajami
El Secreto De Sus Ojos
La Teta Asus Tada
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
Best Animated Film
The Fantastic Mr Fox
Coraline
The Princess and The Frog
Up
The Secret of Kells
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Best Cinematography
Avatar
The White Ribbon
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Best Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Best Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Best Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco avant Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
Best Makeup
Il divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Best Original Score
Avatar - James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker - Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes - Hans Zimmer
Up - Michael Giacchino
Best Original Song
Crazy Heart - "The Weary Kind"
Faubourg 36 - "Loin de Paname"
Nine - "Take It All"
The Princess and the Frog - "Down in New Orleans"
The Princess and the Frog - "Almost There"
Best Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
Best Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
Best Documentary, Features
Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Królik po berlinsku
Music by Prudence
Best Short Film, Animated
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
La dama y la muerte
Logorama
Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death'
Best Short Film, Live Action
The Door
Istället för abrakadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
Give us your reactions!
Comments
theworstseats
Feb 2nd 2010, 14:05
The Blind side was far too sweet, although SB was good in it. Hurt Locker and Jeremy Renner FTW.
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alowe
Feb 2nd 2010, 14:16
Gutted/slightly angry about Sam Rockwell missing out. In what way is Clooney's distinctly Clooney-esque performance in Up In The Air worthy of a Best Actor Oscar?
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sashurst
Feb 2nd 2010, 14:20
Really, really happy District 9 is in the mix for Best Picture. I'll shoot a pig if it doesn't win. But I won't shoot a fookin' prawn.
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disappointed
Feb 2nd 2010, 14:22
No Sam Rockwell for Moon? No Sharlto Copley for District 9? No where The Wild Things Are? s**t Batman for Best Actor..? I'm disappointed.
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manfromthezoo
Feb 2nd 2010, 15:05
Raised a gelatinous proto-claw into the air when I saw District 9 there. Pleased about snobbery bypass Avatar acceptance, too. Let's face it, it's getting cool to 'dislike' Avatar in some circles.
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Dortmunder70
Feb 2nd 2010, 16:13
'getting cool to "dislike" Avatar?' what does that mean exactly? i think some people don't like it simply because its just not that great. Don't be so precious about it, As for getting a best Pic nomination, it's not exactly in the Schindlers List / The Godfather league is it.
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pimpernel
Feb 2nd 2010, 17:03
WALLACE AND GROMIT FTW! Brilliant. I just wish I'd seen more of these so I could properly judge! Damn life! Why must it get in the way of cinema-going! (And damn skintness too)
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DanRose
Feb 2nd 2010, 18:07
'it's getting cool to 'dislike' Avatar'. What are you 18? Worried what other people might think? Either you liked it or you didn't don't conform to what everyone else thinks you schmuck... Anyways, I too am happy District 9 got nominated, shame Sharlto Copley was not mentioned. Thought he was excellent, however I'm pleased that Renner is in there. Personally I would like to have seen Downey Junior in there for Holmes. I thought he was on top form and you get a sense he was thoroughly enjoying himself
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joker16
Feb 2nd 2010, 20:24
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS = 8!!!!!!!!!, that's all I have to say.
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bentgaga
Feb 3rd 2010, 3:10
I'm sick of George Clooney. These aren't the teen choice awards, they should've had Sam Rockwell instead. Its seems like they go "oh that person was pretty good in that movie, lets nominate them" instead of "wow that person's performance was above and beyond, they deserve to be nominated" The process seems so-so these days.
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Nickey09
Feb 5th 2010, 20:09
Someone want to tell me PLEASE why the BEST PICTURE category has been extended to 10 and yet the BEST VISUAL EFFECTS category and BEST MAKE-UP still remains at 3??? And why the hell wasn't "District 9" nominated for BEST MAKE-UP???
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