The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards. This year’s most nominated film? Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, with 11 nominations, followed by Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist, with 10.
I’m ashamed to say that, of the nine Best Picture nominees, I’ve only seen three: The Help, Midnight in Paris and Moneyball. But two aren’t even out in the UK yet so I don’t feel all that bad.
Like others, I’m quite shocked at some of the omissions from the list: where’s Fassbender? Where’s Drive? Where’s The Ides of March? Where’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Tintin and Andy Serkis?
So, who will win? Well, the Oscars are nothing if not predictable. The big names are likely to get a hold of the little golden statues and those that have been overlooked for years or those that are Oscar regulars will likely get an award even though others may have given much greater performances. Who knows though, the AMPAS guys might surprise us all on February 26th.
Click on any of the films or names below for more information or click here for the full list of nominees and you can check out the nominations for the other categories, such as Best Supporting Actor/Actress, Best Writing, Best Visual Effects, Best Original Score and so on.
Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Descendants - Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Scott Rudin
The Help - Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
Hugo - Graham King, Martin Scorsese
Midnight in Paris - Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
Moneyball - Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt
The Tree of Life - Nominees to be determined
War Horse - Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir for A Better Life
George Clooney for The Descendants
Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis for The Help
Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn
Best Achievement in Directing
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
Alexander Payne for The Descendants
Martin Scorsese for Hugo
The full list of nominees is available on IMDb, here and you can check out the other categories, such as Best Supporting Actor/Actress, Best Writing, Best Visual Effects, Best Original Score and so on.
