The 84th Annual Academy Awards are taking place on Sunday 26th February and the lovely Jennifer Lawrence announced the nominees at 1.30pm today.
Surprisingly (and delightfully) my favourite film of 2011, Hugo, is leading the pack with eleven nominations, whilst The Artist is a close second with ten nominations.
Meanwhile, Shame has been snubbed completely. When Jonah Hill gets an Oscar nomination and Fassbender doesn't, you know something is seriously amiss.
Here are the nominees and my thoughts...
BEST PICTURE
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
I'd happily see this go to Hugo or Midnight in Paris but how can an Academy of film fans refuse The Artist's charm?
BEST DIRECTOR
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants - Alexander Payne
Hugo - Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick
Scorsese would be a safe bet but already has an Oscar, Globe and Cecil B DeMille Award. Best Director and Best Film often go hand-in-hand so this could be Hazanavicius' year. Plus, last year the Brits conquered so the Academy might want to favour the other side of the Channel to even things out.
BEST ACTOR
Demián Bichir - A Better Life
George Clooney - The Descendants
Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt - Moneyball
Glad to see Oldman finally getting an Oscar nomination but Clooney has this in the bag.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill - Moneyball
Nick Nolte - Warrior
Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
This will go to Plummer. And what the hell is Jonah Hill doing in this category?! Is every future Judd Apatow comedy now going to herald him as 'Oscar-nominee Jonah Hill'? Mental.
BEST ACTRESS
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
Streep or Davis will walk away with this one: both political performances where characters overcome discrimination in order to triumph. Streep has won two Oscars already whilst Davis has only been nominated once so no doubt the Academy will give this to Davis to keep things fresh.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Bérénice Bejo - The Artist
Jessica Chastain - The Help
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer - The Help
I pray this goes to Berenice Bejo and not anyone from The Help. Also, how did Melissa McCarthy get in this category?! She was funny and everything. But seriously... Bridesmaids is now an Oscar-nominated film? Bonkers.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Descendants - Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon &
Jim Rash
Hugo - John Logan
The Ides of March - George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
Moneyball - Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
Story by Stan Chervin
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan
Not too bothered but I'd love Peter Straughan to win because I asked him a question at Empire Magazine's Big Screen film festival. My question: "Oldman's performance looks incredible in Tinker, Tailor. Are you trying to get him an Oscar?" Peter Straughan's reply: "To be honest, I'd much rather get myself an Oscar."
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids - Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Margin Call - J.C. Chandor
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
A Separation - Asghar Farhadi
Midnight in Paris has already bagged the Globe and deservedly so. I'd expect the Academy to go for this too.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Jeff Cronenweth
Hugo - Robert Richardson
The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse - Janusz Kaminski
Any one could walk away with this Oscar to the sound of hard-earned applause. However, I'd give it to Hugo for delivering beautiful cinematography through three-dimensions.
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Adventures of Tintin - John Williams
The Artist - Ludovic Bource
Hugo - Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Alberto Iglesias
War Horse - John Williams
Ludovic Bource. Surely.
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