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Oscar nominations - who will win, who was snubbed...

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mkuller

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...snubs:
- Dragon Tattoo as best film
- J. Edgar for Dicaprio or anything else
- Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids

Best Picture

The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Actor In a Leading Role

Demi�n Bichir - A Better Life
George Clooney - The Descendants
Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt - Moneyball

Actress In a Leading Role

Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis - The Help
Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn

What do you think?
2012 Nominees (Open in New Window)

Follow Ups:

Anonymous was killer . . . - mr grits 12:05:03 01/26/12 (7)
maybe it's a French year. Hugo was just a plain out bore.
- Some people just don't like movies. - Poles Apart 10:23:21 01/28/12 (0)
  They only go to "films".
  
  Hugo was a wonderful movie -- about films!
  
  P.A.
- Hugo was an... - mkuller 19:01:31 01/26/12 (1)
  ...interesting, touching family film.
  
  I thought the 3D was really put to good use.
  
  Worth seeing but it'll never win the Oscar.
  - I agree. -nt - Raiderman 15:03:35 01/27/12 (0)
- Hugo was no hurricane, that's for sure. I kept wanting Borak to make a joke. nt - tinear 12:52:47 01/26/12 (3)
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  - it's more than bizarre that you thought Age of Innocence was great but Hugo was boring - Jazz Inmate 16:52:19 01/26/12 (2)
    I've seen pots of water brought to a boil with more excitement than Age of Innocence.
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    We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
    - "Hugo" was ridiculous from front to back, a kid's film gone whacky. "Age" is based on a wonderful Wharton - tinear 15:50:33 01/27/12 (1)
      novel and it is interesting on many levels--- as good a view into a past generatiion's mores as you will see. It is as poignant a love story as "Jane Eyre" or "Wuthering Heights" and is captured by a director still at the height of his powers. Daniel Day-Lewis is terrific. Winona Ryder showed she once had great skills. Michelle Pfeiffer, also, is dazzlingly beautiful and shows her range, playing a role diametrically opposed to her star turn in, "Scarface," as a coke-headed moll.
      I can't think of other costume dramas its equal, in the past decades, with the sole exceptions of "Barry Lyndon," and "Liasons Dangereuse."
      "Age" is lustrous, brilliant filmmaking.
      - kids are smarter than you think - Jazz Inmate 12:43:03 01/28/12 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: "Hugo" was ridiculous from front to back, a kid's film gone whacky. "Age" is based on a wonderful Wharton posted by tinear on January 27, 2012 at 15:50:33
        
        All the insight into "a past generation's mores" in Age of Innocence could be gleaned in the first five minutes. After that, it was a complete snoozefest. Wharton was no Dickens. She was more of a garden designer and interior decorator who wrote stories. Like I said, I'd rather watch water boil. A waste of Scorsese's talent and set design on the likes of Ryder and Pfeiffer, who never had great skills but ended up with great directors in a couple films.
        
        I've said it before and I'll say it again. If Hugo doesn't move you, maybe you just lack a soul.
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        We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
There has always been an oscar bias against comedies - barryb 07:16:36 01/26/12 (0)
Many great comedies have gone totally unrecognized by the Oscars through the years. Many have won in the comedy category for the Golden Globes, then failed to get even an Oscar nomination.

Only in recent years have Sci-Fi/ Fantasy film been considered (Lord of the Rings). To many, Star Wars was the best picture in 1977. It certainly merited a screenplay nomination, however it was only considered for technical awards (and won for Editing, Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound, Score, Visual Effects and received a special achievement award for Sound Effects).

To my surprise, I really enjoyed "Bridesmaids" as well.

I was surprised "Ides of March" was snubbed. I would have considered it over "Moneyball," though I thought Jonah Hill was very good.
Based on thespian merit, Viola and Octavia should win hands down. * - mr grits 12:14:40 01/25/12 (1)
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- You sure about the "thesbians"... - mkuller 10:03:08 01/28/12 (0)
  ...just watched the film last night.
  
  Viola and Octavia were very good.
  
  I suspect they remind you of people around you growing up.
  
  Film was just ok, though.
A sad year for quality movies. The bar has been lowered. Given that, - Road Warrior 20:03:43 01/24/12 (0)
The Help should get best movie. The only other category I give a damn about is best supporting actress and that's because of the job Jessica Chastain did in The Help. She stole ever scene she was in and lit up the screen. It'll be a travesty if the little statue doesn't land in her hands.
Twas an off year.

"I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"

Edits: 01/24/12
Wiig should not only be nominated, but given the Oscar, outright. The rest of the entries are so poor who - tinear 17:43:01 01/24/12 (1)
cares?
Caprio as J. Edgar? C'mon. Was Mark Wahlberg busy?
Streep as Thatcher? And Julia Child? How about combining the two? Sometimes, you can't play all those juicy roles. Anyhow, the Thatcher film has no barbs, it's impotent. No fire.
Clooney's a good actor, but certainly not Oscar stuff.
They should give the female one to Rooney, though she's basically mimicking another actress's performance.
The rest of the statues they should put in a closet until next year.
Pathetic.
- We know what you think from your post below...(nt) - mkuller 20:58:45 01/24/12 (0)
  (nt)
RE: Oscar nominations - who will win, who was snubbed... - Eldragon@gmx.com 12:24:32 01/24/12 (3)
i think they going to give it to HUgo, Jean Djurand and Viola Davis
- Disappointed that "Take Shelter" was excluded. - eppis1 00:58:34 01/25/12 (1)
  It was a small scale, but ambitious movie. I was very excited after seeing it, thinking that I had seen a great little movie. Jessica Chastain was sensation, not to mention, so was the young girl who played the daughter. The Academy's voting members definitely vote to the beat of a different drummer.
  - See Shotgun Stories. TS indeed was far and away Best Film. The lead and director both attended film school - tinear 08:22:13 01/25/12 (0)
    together in NC. Potent duo.
- My guesses... - mkuller 12:31:35 01/24/12 (0)
  ...Artist, Clooney and Streep.
  
  That's what makes this such an interesting year - no clear front runners.

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