2010 Academy Award nominations

Oscar nominations came out this morning. Let’s take a look (with my comments of course). I wanna make some early comments but my final predictions won’t be until the week before Oscars where I place my bets, yo.

Best picture

"Avatar"   WILL WIN
"The Hurt Locker" SHOULD WIN
"Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire" -nice
"Up in the Air"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Up"                         HOLY CRAP! This puts all my predictions up in the air (no pun). Since Beauty & the Beast got nominated for Best picture, the Academy has not been allowed to nominate animated movies for best picture. THANK GOD they stopped that STUPID practice. "The Blind Side"       WTF!??!
"District 9"                                OMG! SO AWESOME that the Academy recognizes this
"An Education"
"A Serious Man"


Actor

George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"       WILL WIN & SHOULD WIN
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

Actress

Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"             ok, c’mon. Enough already. How overrated a performance can you get? This is like when Decaprio won every award (except the Oscar) for his acting in Titanic. Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"      WOW. Breakthrough performance gets a nomination! NICE
Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education"                WILL WIN AND SHOULD WIN

Supporting actor

Matt Damon, "Invictus" Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger" Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station" Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"   WILL WIN AND SHOULD WIN

Supporting actress

Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique, "Precious"                                SHOULD WIN. I have no idea who will win. I hope it’s her but I have a crush on Kendrick.
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"

Director

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"                SHOULD WIN          Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"          WOULD BE NICE
James Cameron, "Avatar"        WILL WIN, GODDAMIT
Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"             OMG, what a tough category. STUPID CAMERON with the lock L
Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"

Animated feature

"Up"                                         WILL WIN & SHOULD WIN
"Coraline"                                 maybe
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"                   maybe
"The Princess and the Frog"    maybe (this is the first year Pixar MAY not have as big a lock as they have in the past. Lol @ no Dreamworks animated CRAP making the list. "The Secret of Kells"

Original screenplay

"The Hurt Locker"                     maybe
"Inglourious Basterds"              maybe
"The Messenger"
"A Serious Man"
"Up"                                         maybe (I literally have no clue as to this one, it SHOULD be Up or Hurt Locker)

Adapted screenplay

"District 9"                               WOW
"An Education"                        NICE
"In the Loop"                           cool!
"Precious"                                  should win
"Up in the Air"

Best foreign-language film

"Ajami"
"El Secreto de Sus Ojos"
"The Milk of Sorrow"
"Un Prophete"
"The White Ribbon"                 should win

Best film editing

"Avatar"                                   will win
"District 9"
"The Hurt Locker"                     should win
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Precious"

Best documentary feature

"Burma VJ"
"The Cove"                              SHOULD WIN
"Food, Inc."                              will win? This is a total toss up between this and cove
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
"Which Way Home"

Art direction

"Avatar"                                   will win & should win
"The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus"
"Nine"
"Sherlock Holmes"
"The Young Victoria

Cinematography

"Avatar"                                   will win
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
"The Hurt Locker"                     should win (this has a shot unless Avatar sweeps)
"Inglourious Basterds"
"The White Ribbon"

Well there ya go. I’m REALLY impressed with the nominations for the first time in a long time. TO recognize District 9 for its accomplishments is impressive enough, but seriously... nominating UP is EPIC!