Well, the awards have been given, so I thought I’d just tweak this nominations post to show who won. Winners are in bold.
And congratulations readers on agreeing with the Academy on the winner!
Who should win this year's Oscar for Best Motion Picture?
- The Artist (32%, 7 Votes)
- The Help (23%, 5 Votes)
- War Horse (18%, 4 Votes)
- Hugo (9%, 2 Votes)
- The Tree of Life (9%, 2 Votes)
- The Descendants (5%, 1 Votes)
- Midnight in Paris (5%, 1 Votes)
- Moneyball (0%, 0 Votes)
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 22
Loading ...BEST FILM:
The Artist
DIRECTOR:
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
ACTOR:
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Demian Bichir (A Better Life)
Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
ACTRESS:
Viola Davis (The Help)
Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Nick Nolte (Warrior)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Max Von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
The Artist
Midnight in Paris
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
A Separation
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Descendants
Moneyball
Hugo
The Ides of March
Tinker Tailor Solder Spy
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
A Separation (Iran)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
Footnote (Israel)
Bullhead (Belgium)
ANIMATED FILM:
Rango
Kung Fu Panda 2
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Puss in Boots
ART DIRECTION:
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part 2)
Hugo
War Horse
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse
COSTUME DESIGN:
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.
DOCUMENTARY:
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated
DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
EDITING:
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
MAKE-UP:
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part 2)
The Iron Lady
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
ORIGINAL SONG:
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Music and Lyrics by Bret McKenzie
“Real in Rio” from Rio, Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyrics by Siedah Garrett
SOUND EDITING:
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
SOUND MIXING:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
VISUAL EFFECTS:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
ANIMATED SHORT:
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life
LIVE ACTION SHORT:
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic
I’ve only actually seen Tree of Life and The Artist out of those best picture nominees so I’m not going to vote until I’ve at least tried to see one or two more. I’m definitely going to be catching The Descendants in the next week or two.
Yeah, i can add midnight in paris to that but it’s a tough call… Tree of life over The Artist, Dave?
anyone seen My Week with Marilyn?? i was surprised at Michelle Williams…
I’m not surprised by Michelle Williams – she’s a great actress and The Oscars love biopics like that especially for performances.
I’d put Tree of Life over The Artist. The Artist was more entertaining, but Tree of Life had more impact on me and I’m more interested in watching that again.
I’ve seen5 of it them, will watch more on the plane on the way home.
What did you make of the artist dave and Lyndsey? Disappointing? Amazing? Out of that I probably would go for Artist; but I hope Descendants or/and Moneyball are better than it! Anything is better than the kings speech though!!
Also, I think you’re missing a film, there’s only 9.
And how the fuck did that 911 film get nominated?!
You should listen to our podcast to find out 🙂
Nah, I really enjoyed the Artist. It’s very slight, but charming and enjoyable. There are some great scenes in there. It’s not my favourite film of last year, but I won’t be complaining if it bags most of the awards.
There are only 9 this year. They must have been struggling for choices putting stuff like War Horse and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close in the list. They’ve had pretty weak reviews especially the latter.
Of the nine nominees I want The Artist to win, but I wouldn’t be hugely disappointed if Hugo pips it as they were respectively my second and third favourite films of last year (my favourite, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” is shamefully not nominated for best picture and though it’s great that Gary Oldman is finally up for best actor it’s no excuse on the Academy’s part).
I think it looks a pretty weak list of 9 films on paper. I’ve only seen 4 so far though. Hugo good in places, but made me wish I was watching La voyage dans la lune instead. I saw it for the first time at LFF last year and it’s superb! Midnight in Paris is entertaining for the duration, and I enjoyed The Artist but it could never live up to the ridiculous hyperbole. The Tree of Life was pretty much unwatchable! If The Descendants is even half as good as Sideways then that’ll be the one to beat!!
One of the most interesting categories is Animated film with no Pixar film in contention. Come on Rango!