The 83rd Academy Award Nominations

Well here they are! The nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards. Not many surprises to he honest, but when one appears, I'll bring it up. 

Best Picture

127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

No surprises here. These were my top 10. 127 Hours took the final spot over The Town. 

Best Director

Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
The Coen Brothers, True Grit
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
David O' Russell, The Fighter

Best Actress

Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine 

Best Actor

Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours

Javier Bardem claims the last spot over Ryan Gosling for his work in Biutiful. 

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham-Carter, The King's Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Best Supporting Actor 

Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech       
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids are All Right 

No Andrew Garfield for The Social Network! Renner's inclusion doesn't make much sense to me here.

Best Original Screenplay

Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
The King's Speech

Black Swan left out here. I had The Fighter missing out, but it now leads the nominees with six.


Best Adapted Screenplay

127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

Best Animated Feature   

How to Train Your Dragon
L'Illusioniste
Toy Story 3

Best Art Direction

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit

Best Cinematography

Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

Best Costume Design

Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King's Speech
The Tempest
True Grit

Best Documentary Feature

Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Wasteland

Best Documentary Short

Killing in the Name
Poster Girlstrangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

Best Editing

Black Swan
The Fighter
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network

Best Foreign Film           

Biutiful
Dogtooth
In a Better World
Incendies
Outside the Law

Best Make-Up

Barney's Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman

Best Original Score

How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network

Best Original Song

"Coming Home", Country Song
"I See The Light", Tangled
"If I Rise", 127 Hours
"We Belong Together", Toy Story 3

Best Animated Short

Night and Day
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar (A Journey Diary) 

Best Live Action Short

The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

Best Sound Editing

Inception
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
True Grit 
Unstoppable 

No Black Swan here either?

Best Sound Mixing

Inception
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit 

Best Visual Effects

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2

Final Tally:

The King's Speech - 12
True Grit - 10
The Social Network - 8
Inception - 8
The Fighter - 7
127 Hours - 6
Black Swan - 5
The Kids are All Right - 5
Toy Story 3 - 5
Winter's Bone - 4
Alice in Wonderland - 3
How to Train Your Dragon - 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I - 2
Biutiful - 2
Rabbit Hole, Blue Valentine, Animal Kingdom, The Town, Another Year, I Am Love, Tron: Legacy, Salt, Unstoppable - 1