And the Oscar Goes to....
Oscar nominations are in--and The King's Speech leads the pack with 12 nominations. Below are the nominations for three categories: best picture, best actor, and best actress. For a complete list of nominees, click here.
Best picture:
'Black Swan'
'The Fighter'
'Inception'
'The Kids Are All Right'
'The King’s Speech'
'127 Hours'
'The Social Network'
'Toy Story 3'
'True Grit'
'Winter’s Bone'
Best Actor
Javier Bardem, ‘Biutiful’
Jeff Bridges, ‘True Grit’
Jesse Eisenberg, ‘The Social Network’
Colin Firth, ‘The King’s Speech’
James Franco, ‘127 Hours’
Best Actress
Annette Bening, ‘The Kids Are All Right’
Nicole Kidman, ‘Rabbit Hole’
Jennifer Lawrence, ‘Winter’s Bone’
Natalie Portman, ‘Black Swan’
Michelle Williams, ‘Blue Valentine’
What do you think of the nominations? Which film should get best picture? Who's your pick for best actor? Actress? And who--or which film--was left out?
I'm going to go with Colin Firth for best actor in The King's Speech. But for best picture, I'm torn between Inception and The King's Speech--though both are immensely entertaining, I think Inception is ultimately a better crafted film.
I wish I could say unequivocally that The King's Speech should get best picture, but as great as the movie was, there were a couple of weaknesses in the plot that stood out like sore thumbs in an otherwise excellent movie. But the acting in the film was superb--could you ask for a better cast? I already mentioned Firth, but there was also Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi, and Geoffrey Rush. Also, I didn't list the nominees for best supporting actor, but if Rush doesn't get the little gold statue for his stunning performance as the film's idiosyncratic and quirky speech therapist, then there really is no justice in the world.
The Academy Awards will be held on February 27, 2011.
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Jun '10
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I think in most cases this year, the acting was a lot more original than the writing, with one exception being The Social Network, which should do very well. That was an original idea just by definition.
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Ugh. I have seen exactly zero of these movies. I really want to see the The King's Speech. As a side note, I have been kind of obsessed with Derek Jacobi my entire life.
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Yes, I completely agree! Take The King's Speech or True Grit: the mesmerizing aspect of those two films, I thought, was the acting. As I was watching each, I would almost lose track of the story line because I was so enraptured by how good the acting was.
Sep '10
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Emily Esfahani Smith, Ed.
Yes, I completely agree! Take The King's Speech or True Grit: the mesmerizing aspect of those two films, I thought, was the acting. As I was watching each, I would almost lose track of the story line because I was so enraptured by how good the acting was. · Jan 25 at 7:14am
I still think Michael Mann got ripped off in 1995 by not being nominated for Heat and De Niro and Pacino's coffee shop scene not getting huge kudos. Love that scene.
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Ursula Hennessey: Ugh. I have seen exactly zero of these movies. I really want to see the The King's Speech. As a side note, I have been kind of obsessed with Derek Jacobi my entire life. · Jan 25 at 7:11am
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That was my reaction to the movie's that the "best actress" nominees were in!
But you should see The King's Speech if you can. It's a film that really takes you to another place.
Jul '10
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I'll put my money on The King's Speech. Wonderfully acted and smartly written, including the sly throwaway line where Rush says to Firth and Jennifer Ehle (in a cameo role as Rush's wife) when they meet the first time, "You two know each other, don't you?" Well, of course they did. They met in Pride and Prejudice way back in 1995.
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I love it! That's a rare inside joke that I would have gotten ....
Oct '10
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Christopher Nolan NOT getting a 'best director' nomination for Inception is a disgrace. He's up for best picture and best screenplay, so I guess the academy thought that was enough for the best director of our time.
Winter's Bone? Really? What a joke. Nobody's seen that movie. Social Network was a brilliant film. Black Swan was overly pretentious (just what you'd expect out of a ballet movie). True Grit was excellent.
I just don't like 10 best picture nominations. Seems like it was done to expand DVD sales with front cover blurbs touting oscar nominations.
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Love this.
Sep '10
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Emily Esfahani Smith, Ed.
Love this. · Jan 25 at 7:34am
Don't get me started. I ranted about this elsewhere. And Natalie Portman? Puh-lease!
Aug '10
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It was a good year for movies, and it is a shame that we don't have a better award to grant to the winners . This Academy pretty much lost me when they awarded Michael Moore an Oscar for that sophomoric "mockumentary", and then they gave Al Gore an Oscar for the same junk ! If Tina Fey isn't nominated for something I'll be surprised, after winning the Mark Twain Humor Award. She should have won it for her portrayal as Bilgewater.
This is the same milieu that is trying to reverse engineer the sewer system in my house so my daughter can try and figure out the code to watch "Skins" ?
Heck with them, I'll go to the movies, but I'll be darned if I watch too much of any award show anymore.
I love that Ur..ur...urr..suuullaaa is obsessed with Derek Jacobi. Claudius and the King would have hit it off quite well.
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Yes, that kicked off the love affair ....
Jun '10
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I've actually seen five of the best picture nominees, which rarely happens for me. I loved them all & would have to vote for Inception as best picture. 127 Hours and the King's Speech were superbly acted. Rabbit Hole was wonderful & Niclole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart gave great performances, so I'm happy to see her name as a nominee. Toy Story 3 was delightful. I bought the soundtrack to True Grit & can greatly appreciate the movie as a total experience, which should be the biggest criteria for winning Best Picure, but don't like when remakes get honored. Is the little girl nominated? She was amazing.
I'd give best actor to James Franco. He was mesmerizing in 127 Hours. Not for a second did I feel I was watching a movie. I was in the canyon with him, trapped under the boulder. Runner up would be Colin Firth.
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Ursula Hennessey
Yes, that kicked off the love affair .... · Jan 25 at 7:50am
Ursula, you should check this out. Jacobi is going to play Lear in Brooklyn this spring!
Jun '10
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Just saw that Halie Steinfeld is up for Best Supporting Actress. Yeah!
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She was! She was a force of nature on the screen, wasn't she? She's up against Helena Bonham Carter though, which will be tough.
Jun '10
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What about Guy Pearce as King Edward VIII ?? He deserved a nomination, too.
Jul '10
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Of these, I have seen only True Grit and the Social Network. While TG was true to Charles Portis' excellent book, the focus on period dialect reminded me of a high school Shakespeare performance. The line delivery is stilted. A B+ at best, with some beautiful cinematography and a strong turn by Matt Damon as LeBoeuf.
SN is a case of a dishonest movie with characters of the sort I have dealt with in real life. From my days pitching vulture capitalists and business trips to Cupertino, these are not fondly remembered figures for reasons that are neglected or soft-peddled in the film, they are boorish entitled popenjays, who with rare exception can't live up to their boasting but excel at blame shifting. So I was predisposed to be annoyed with the film to begin with. But the fundamental dishonesty is in the pivotal problem of the film, how to make Facebook profitable (in a "cool" way). The answer, by rejiggering privacy agreements and preferences to sell off user data provided in confidence to third parties, is one that you will not find in this film. After sweating the question for almost two hours, the answer is missing.
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Emily Esfahani Smith, Ed.
Ursula Hennessey
Yes, that kicked off the love affair .... · Jan 25 at 7:50am
Ursula, you should check this out. Jacobi is going to play Lear in Brooklyn this spring! · Jan 25 at 7:58am
Yes, I know. Sigh. Those tickets would be a dream "get" for me. I almost did a post when this came out, but I wasn't sure if anyone here would share my obsession with Jacobi. Regardless, it was a fascinating read.
Jun '10
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I used to be a big movie fan. Now it's who cares. As far as I'm concerned, the whole industry can go the Hell with the likes of Sean Penn, Oliver Stone, and Matt Damon leading the parade. And spare me the jive about how many people would be on the bread line if the industry fails, they can join the rest of the world as it gets swept down the drain by their presidential patron saint. Hollywood is to blame for its present position and with any luck the industry will die in a hail of Netflix, bootlegs, and Sex and The City reruns..