Academy Award nominees for Visual effects

[MIB41]

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
"Hugo"
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
"Real Steel"
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Personally I think "Rise" should be a lock.

[Earth 2 Chris]

"Real Steel" was a surprisingly good movie, with some flawless effects. They weren't overly showy, but if they had failed, the movie would have fallen apart. You had to totally believe the world created. They did a fine job.

Chris

[emeraldknight47]

If "RISE" gets shafted for THIS Academy Award, then it will be as much a crime as Spielberg getting shafted for "Saving Private Ryan" as Best Picture whenever that was. Hopefully, "RISE" will take it, but I have a feeling it's fiercest competitors will be "Harry Potter" (which could get the "last movie in a series" vote) and "Hugo" which will likely get votes because it's a product wrought under the direction of Hollywood legend Martin Scorsese....

[Sideshow Spock]

List of noms:

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

Best Actor:
Demian Bichir, "A Better Life"
George Clooney, "The Descendants"
Jean Dujarin, "The Artist"
Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt, "Moneyball"

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"

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"

Best Supporting Actress:
Berenice Bejo, "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain, "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer, "The Help"

Best Directing:
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"
Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"

Best Foreign Language Film:
"Bullhead" (Belgium)
"Footnote" (Israel)
"In Darkness" (Poland)
"Monsieur Lazhar" (Canada)
"A Separation" (Iran)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, "The Descendants"
John Logan, "Hugo"
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, "The Ides of March"
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, "Moneyball"
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"

Best Original Screenplay:
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, "Bridesmaids"
J.C. Chandor, "Margin Call"
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
Asghar Farhadi, "A Separation"

Best Animated Feature Film:
"A Cat in Paris"
"Chico & Rita"
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss in Boots"
"Rango"

Best Art Direction:
"The Artist"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"War Horse"

Best Cinematography:
"The Artist"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

Best Sound Mixing:
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"

Best Sound Editing:
"Drive"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"

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

Best Original Song:
"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets," Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from "Rio," Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett.

Best Costume:
"Anonymous"
"The Artist"
"Hugo"
"Jane Eyre"
"W.E"

Best Documentary Feature:
"Hell and Back Again"
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
"Pina"
"Undefeated"

Best Documentary (short subject):
"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"

Best Film Editing:
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"

Best Makeup:
"Albert Nobbs"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"
"The Iron Lady"

Best Animated Short Film:
"Dimanche/Sunday"
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore"
"La Luna"
"A Morning Stroll"
"Wild Life"

Best Live Action Short Film:
"Pentecost"
"Raju"
"The Shore"
"Time Freak"
"Tuba Atlantic"

Best 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"

[Gorn Captain]

Hey, Belgium got nominated!
What are the odds of us not winning...

[Brazoo]

Weird - Why 9 Best Picture nominations this year?

[kennermike]

Screw the Academy ! I nominate MIB41 !

[Sideshow Spock]

Weird - Why 9 Best Picture nominations this year?

A couple years ago the Academy made a voting adjustment that allowed for up to 10 films to be nominated for Best Pic..

[Hector]

The Help is going to win Best Picture...it was a great film.

[Hector]

I hope Gary Oldman wins Best Actor...unbelievably, it's his first ever nomination...a great actor like that deserves to be recognized.

[Brazoo]

A couple years ago the Academy made a voting adjustment that allowed for up to 10 films to be nominated for Best Pic..

I know, but why 9, why not nominate 10?

[Sideshow Spock]

I know, but why 9, why not nominate 10?

No film that receives less than 5% of the total Academy vote can be nominated, so apparently this year only nine films fit that bill.

[Brazoo]

No film that receives less than 5% of the total Academy vote can be nominated, so apparently this year only nine films fit that bill.

Ah - okay. Makes sense. Some of these must be pretty low though, I'd imagine.

This list is especially bland this year. No surprises - nothing I was excited by. Oh well.

[Random Axe]

Moneyball? Really?

I found this to be a very uneven and joyless film filled with characters you neither like. or care about. Very disappointing. Of course a movie about Billy Beane would be bland since dude never won crap. This comes from a baseball Guy too, I thought the film was a shade above awful.

[Sideshow Spock]

Just saw Moneyball last weekend. Liked it more than most films I see, but I agree it was flat in spots. My typical Aaron Sorkin film reaction.. mostly positive, but always seem to come away vaguely disappointed.