It is on the 7th of March that will take place the 82nd awards ceremony of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood, the Oscars are more like acquaintances. The greatest feast of the two movies this year will be presenters who do not require any submissions:
Today we learned who are the dozens of nominees distributed among 24 categories. The list is as follows:
BEST DIRECTOR
James Cameron's Avatar
Katherine Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarentino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels Precious
Jason Reitman, Up In The Air
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up In The Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Mo'Nique, Precious
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Matt Damon, Invictus
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
BEST PICTURE
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Neil Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, District 9
Neil Hornby, An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, In The Loop
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up In The Air
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boall, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarentino, Inglourious Basterds
Joel And Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Up
Best Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Best Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
BEST WARDROBE
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of GM Plant
Music By Prudence
Rabbit A La Berlin
BEST EDITING
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ajami
El Secreto
Disuse Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
The Prophet
The White Ribbon
Better characterization
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Best Original Score
Avatar
Fantastic Mr Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up
BEST SONG
The Princess and The Frog - Almost There
The Princess and the Frog - Down In New Orleans
Paris 36 - Loin de Panane
Nine - Take It All
Crazy Heart - The Weary Kind
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady And The Reaper
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
BEST SHORT FILM
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
Best Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
BEST SOUND
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Coraline
Fantastic Mr Fox
The Princess And The Frog
The Secret Of Kells
Up
At first glance, I only have two observations: The non-appointment of Charlotte Gainsbourg for best actress for "Antichrist" is outrageous; The increase of nominees for best film not reflected in what the Academy hoped. There is no single nominated comedy, and only the start of Outsiders seem obvious nominations for "District 9", "Up" and "An Education" to benefit from this increase. One last note for the non-appointment to any of the major categories of "The Hangover."
And you, what did you think of the list and what are your expectations for the ceremony?
