Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Oscar Nomination Ballot

Here is the official Academy Award 2011 Ballot!

2011 Ballot!

So go ahead, print it off, and keep track of who wins February 27th at the 83rd Academy Awards!  I will definitely keep writing about the nominated movies I see and keep you posted on my predictions for Oscar night.  Since I have seen the majority of the multi-nominated films (and I'm sure you have too), check back here for the ones you normally wouldn't find out about.  And maybe you'll learn a thing or two about those categories that you never understood ("What the hell is the difference between sound editing and sound mixing?")

Enjoy your countdown to the Oscars!!

Official Oscar Nominations 2011

The nominations were just announced for the 2011 Academy Awards!  Even though the ballot hasn't been released yet, I will post that as soon as it is available.

Someday I will say as I do now, "And here are the nominees:"

Best Actor:
Colin Firth
Jeff Bridges
Jesse Eisenberg
James Franco
Javier Bardem

Best Actress:
Natalie Portman
Anette Bening
Michelle Williams
Jennifer Lawrence
Nicole Kidman

Best Supporting Actor:
Christian Bale
John Hawkes
Geoffrey Rush
Mark Ruffalo
Jeremy Renner

Best Supporting Actress:
Melissa Leo
Amy Adams
Helena Bonham Carter
Hailee Steinfeld
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom!)

Best Motion Picture:
Inception
Toy Story 3
Black Swan
The Social Network
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Kids Are All Right
True Grit
Winter's Bone
The Fighter


Monday, January 24, 2011

Oscar Season

It's almost time for me to say "Oscar season has begun!"  Tomorrow morning the official noms will be announced at 8:30 eastern time by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Monique (winner of last year's Best Supporting Actress award for Precious).  I will definitely be up this year in time for the live announcement.  Even though I have seen most of the films that will most likely be nominated, I still am curious to see the unexpected additions and the foreign film nominees.  Left on my list of movies to see are: Blue Valentine (this Friday!), Rabbit Hole, Another Year; and in the foreign category: I Am Love, Biutiful, The Illusionist and The Concert.

Each year I do more and more to prepare for the Oscars, and this year I took it even farther by making my Pre-nomination Ballot. No, it's not complete, but it includes all the categories I am most sure of.

Movie

Black Swan

Social Network

Toy Story 3

King's Speech

The Fighter

Inception


Actor

Colin Firth

Jim Broadbent

James Franco

Jesse Eisenberg

Robert Duvall


Supporting

Geoffrey Rush

Christian Bale


Actress

Natalie Portman

Jennifer Lawrence

Annette Bening

Julianne Moore

Noomi Rapace


Supporting

(winters bone) Melissa Leo lookalike

Melissa Leo

Hailee Steinfeld


Animated Movie

Toy Story 3

How to train your dragon

The illusionist

Despicable Me

Score
127 Hours
Harry Potter
King's Speech
Social Network
Foreign Movie

Dragon Tattoo

The Concert

Mother (2010?)

Vincere


Documentary

Waiting for Superman

Catfish

Exit through the gift shop


Score

127 Hours

Harry Potter

King's Speech

Social Network


Special Effects

Tron

Narnia


Costume

King's Speech

Black Swan


????????

Biutiful

Rabbit Hole

Blue Valentine


This year is definitely going to be a tough Best Picture winner because I fell in love with Black Swan both times I saw it, but The Social Network has been winning the category thus far this season. Also, David Fincher and Darren Aronofsky are both on my Top Directors list.  I think I'm going to stick with my gut and wait for the surprise when they call "Black Swan" February 27th!

Well come back here more tomorrow when I post the list of official Oscar Nominations 2011!!