Okay kay kay, the 2010 Oscar Nominations are in. See if your favorite is in the list below. I’m not feeling some of the nominations, but every year there are nominees that I feel are truly not worthy of the nod. I don’t get it. I really don’t. I need a performance to give me the willies, chills, or goose bumps and a few of these actors didn’t.
I thought Sharto Copley in District 9 was as good as the actors nominated in a Leading Role. I thought Paula Patton in Precious was better than Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air. I mean come on. Paula sold her character to me. She made me cry and wished I had a kind and caring teacher as sweet as her. When she performed, I could tell it came from her soul.
And what! No Matt Damon for The Informant or Tobey Maguire for Brothers?
These two performances were better than George Clooney’s Up in the Air. Matt Damon was funny and odd as heck in The Informant and Tobey gave me those chills I was talking about. Homedude brought forth a intense performance. Well gentleman I give you a Marla Reelies award nomination.
I know Avatar or The Hurt Locker have to win something. They are leading the bunch with 9 nominations each.
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Directing
James Cameron – Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels- Precious
Jason Reitman- Up in the Air
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
Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon- Invictus
Woody Harrelson- The Messenger
Christopher Plummer -The Last Station
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz – Inglorious Basterds
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
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
Animated Feature Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
The White Ribbon
Writing – Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up
Writing – Adapted Screenplay
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious
Up in the Air
Music (Original Song)
“Almost There” – The Princess and the Frog
“Down in New Orleans” – The Princess and the Frog
“Loin de Paname” – Paris 36
“Take It All” – Nine
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart”) – Crazy Heart
Music (Original Score)
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up
Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
Short Film (Live Action)
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
Short Film (Animated)
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Makeup
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Foreign Language Film
Ajami
El Secreto de Sus Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
Un Prophete
The White Ribbon
Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Documentary Short
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin
Documentary Feature
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria