2010 Nominee list announced

Looks like my netflix queue is about to get a bit longer... 

3 of the regular ones (the ones which probably would've been nominated in a normal year) and 3 of the "extra" ones.  Not a bad list, considering the circumstances (District 9 might just be one of the most unusual Best Picture nominees ever).

Anyways, might as well make some early predictions:

Picture - Avatar (critics aside, its what the majority of the actual viewers will be rooting for, and it's a way for the Academy to show they're not "out of touch")

Director - Katherine Bigalow (lets them name the first ever female Best Director, and they don't have to hear Cameron call himself "King of the World" again)

Actor - Jeff Bridges

Actress - Meryl Streep

Sup. Actor - Christoph Waltz

Sup. Actress - Mo'Nique

Animated Feature - Up

Orig. Screenplay - Inglorious Basterds

Adap. Screenplay - Up in the Air

Foreign Film - The White Ribbon

Editing - Hurt Locker

Art Direction - Avatar

Cinematography - Avatar

Costume - Nine

Doc. feature - Food Inc.

Makeup - Star Trek

Score - Avatar

Song - one of the "Princess and the Frog" tunes

Sound editing - Avatar

Sound mixing - Avatar

Visual effects - Avatar

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" made a fortune. 

"Land of the Lost" tanked.

Both films are equal earners at the Razzies, though, grabbing seven nominations each on Monday, including worst picture of 2009 and worst-acting slots for Will Ferrell and Megan Fox.

SLIDESHOW: Megan Fox's new Armani underwear campaign.

Other worst-picture nominees: Sandra Bullock's romance "All About Steve," the action tale "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" and the Robin Williams-John Travolta comedy "Old Dogs."

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/02/01/ferrell-megan-fox-nomina...

{;-) Dan in Miami

PS:  Thank you Razzies for nominating the most boring performer now working:  Will Ferrell.

I just saw The Bad Liutenant Port of Call New Orleans, Cage earns the best actor award forever, it should be renamed the Nicholas Cage award for outstanding acting in a motion picture.

I've seen all ten BP nominees, and aren't too surprised by the list.  Would've been nice to see Star Trek make the cut, but I figured District 9 had the edge over Trek b/c it's more original (and hey, it got a screenplay nomination also!).  The biggest snub here is probably Invictus, which I would've preferred to see in the BP category over The Blind Side (good, but preachy) or A Serious Man (not as good as other Coen Bros. efforts).  For Adapted Screenplay (which includes District 9), I loved An Education, but I know Up in the Air will win here. 

In general, I agree with MH's pics, and I would add The Tears of Sichuan Province for Best Documentary Short Oscar (these shorts hardly ever get distribution, unfortunately).  The only two tough categories to predict this year are Picture (will it be Avatar or The Hurt Locker - my original pick from a thread dating back about three weeks or so), and Actress (I also predicted Streep, but don't count out Sandra Bullock, who, along with Zoe Saldana, had the best year of any actress in Hollywood).

Oh and Critico, I've heard good things about Nic Cage in Bad Lieutenant.  That said, I avoided it when it came out b/c it sounded horrible - about 90% of his movies are these days.  Will have to seek it out now.

HS

A very solid war movie and probably the truest and the best yet done about the Iraq occupation.  Since very few people have even seen it it will not win the best picture Oscar.  Netflix does have it now.

It just won the BAFTA best picture prize.  BAFTA is the British equivalent of the Oscars.  I just can't see a small picture like this taking the best picture Oscar.  As a consolation prize it might be possible for Kathryn Bigelow to win the best director Oscar.  She did win at BAFTA.  The Hurt Locker also won best screenplay BAFTA for writer Mark Boal which was very well deserved.

I will give the movie two bombs.  I thought the script was very good and the direction was fairly simple and straightforward.  The action scenes are complicated at times but you still were able to follow what was going on.  The photography also won a BAFTA but I thought it was just OK.  Maybe I am spoiled now after seeing the splendor of the amazingly beautiful Avatar.  One minor demerit.  We never really understand why the Iraqi people are doing what they are doing.  The movie is told almost entirely from the point of view of the American occupiers.

{;-) Dan in Miami