****OFFICIAL 2010 Academy Awards Thread****

[Dante84]

The Oscar Awards 2010 are taking place today at 7:00 PM CST. The live coverage of the Oscars Awards 2010 can be watched on ABC. The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are being held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve martin will host the show. The 2010 Oscars will be the first telecast since the 59th ceremony to have multiple hosts.

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon in “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Animated Feature Film
“Coraline” Henry Selick
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
“The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
“The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
“Up” Pete Docter

Art Direction
“Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
“Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
“Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Cinematography
“Avatar” Mauro Fiore
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
“The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
“Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
“The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Costume Design
“Bright Star” Janet Patterson
“Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
“Nine” Colleen Atwood
“The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

Directing
“Avatar” James Cameron
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
“Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
“Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Documentary (Feature)
“Burma VJ” Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
“The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
“Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
“Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)
“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
“Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
“Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing
“Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
“District 9” Julian Clarke
“The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
“Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film
“Ajami” Israel
“The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” Peru
“A Prophet (Un Prophète)” France
“The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina
“The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” Germany

Makeup
“Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
“The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)
“Avatar” James Horner
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
“The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
“Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
“Up” Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Picture
“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
“District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
“An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
“Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
“A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
“Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
“Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Short Film (Animated)
“French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
“Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
“A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action)
“The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
“Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
“Kavi” Gregg Helvey
“Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
“The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing
“Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
“Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
“Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
“Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing
“Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
“Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
“Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects
“Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
“District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
“Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
“An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
“In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
“Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
“Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
“The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
“A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Guru

Bill Simmons as in Body for Life guy?

You're thinking Bill Phillips, Body for Life.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

If I was going to rank Top Military\War Movies it might make Top 5...maybe

Of course this is all personal preference

THL isn't a Military/War movie. Its a totally different kind of film than the others you would rank it against.

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

On what level would you argue that The Hurt Locker is better than SPR?

I'd have to watch SPR again to make a sustained argument. SPR never resonated with me; I always found it to be earnest to the point of near-cliche.

[KevB]

I was actually just watching Hurt Locker, walked upstairs, and my wife told me it won best picture. I've now seen 7 of the nominees. It was very good, and deserving of accolades. Best Picture? Hmmmm, I don't think I turned the movie off thinking I'd just seen something special like I did when I walked out of Avatar. Bottom line is that they were both very good for very different reasons.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

THL isn't a Military/War movie. Its a totally different kind of film than the others you would rank it against.

What kind of movie is it then?

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Whassup with Clooney being a douche in his shots? Hes normally not like that....

Clooney acted strange all night.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by luv

She also just won a Razzie this year.

I'm pretty sure that it's the first time an actress has won both the Oscar & Razzie the same year.

[007]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

Clooney acted strange all night.

I think it was just part of the plan for the night.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

THL isn't a Military/War movie. Its a totally different kind of film than the others you would rank it against.


I'd have to watch SPR again to make a sustained argument. SPR never resonated with me; I always found it to be earnest to the point of near-cliche.

There were moments of levity. The Vecchio story, Alice Jardeen, even small things like Paul Giamatti trying to eat an apple in the middle of a fire fight.

SPR, to me, encapsulates nearly everything that a war text could. It is an epic film.

[luv]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

I'm pretty sure that it's the first time an actress has won both the Oscar & Razzie the same year.

It is.

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=224501

Can't believe she won it.

[Frazod]

I'm glad a movie that I saw and liked won. Although I watched Hurt Locker and Moon on the same evening, and frankly I liked Moon better. It didn't get nominated for a goddamn thing, did it?

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

Aside from the technological aspects (for which there are individual categories) what did Avatar bring to the table. Without 3d, Avatar isn't a top 10 movie of all time nor an Oscar BP nom. Fact.

Avatar already won Best Picture when it was called Dances With Wolves.

[Miles]

Originally Posted by frazod

Although I watched Hurt Locker and Moon on the same evening, and frankly I liked Moon better. It didn't get nominated for a goddamn thing, did it?

Nope. Not even score. And it was a year where sci-fi wasn't completely dismissed. I probably preferred Moon as well and it definitely stuck with me much longer after seeing it.

[blazzin311]

Originally Posted by frazod

I'm glad a movie that I saw and liked won. Although I watched Hurt Locker and Moon on the same evening, and frankly I liked Moon better. It didn't get nominated for a goddamn thing, did it?

Nope. I agree with ya on Moon. I actually think Sam Rockwell should have been nominated in the best actor category and I think he should of won too. He did a brilliant job in the movie. Poor shame really that he wasn't recognized for his efforts.

[Miles]

Originally Posted by blazzin311

Nope. I agree with ya on Moon. I actually think Sam Rockwell should have been nominated in the best actor category and I think he should of won too. He did a brilliant job in the movie. Poor shame really that he wasn't recognized for his efforts.

I think it mostly suffered from being a limited release, British indy flick that didn't manage to gain enough popular attention before these award shows started. Sam Rockwell was ****ing outstanding in it.

[lostcause]

Originally Posted by frazod

Avatar already won Best Picture when it was called Dances With Wolves.

i'm keeping this one.