Awards Tour: 83rd Academy Awards Oscar Winners

Without a doubt.

Jan 25 - 12:42 PM

Lisa Maharaj

Agreed!

Mar 1 - 06:13 PM

Definitely !!!! The Golden Globes was a huge sham !!!

Mar 2 - 02:13 AM

Jake Crites

Yeah Nolan, Andrew Garfield and Armie Hammer all got snubbed. Other than that, though, I'd say this is a pretty good list.

Jan 25 - 07:46 AM

Josh Jostock

Completely agree...I would have liked to see Nolan get the nod for best achievement in directing. Sadly, Inception was not an original screenplay. It's based off of a Scrooge McDuck comic. It's almost spot on with Inception. Anyways, He should have gotten the nod for this and Dark Knight!

Jan 25 - 06:28 PM

Inception was an original work. I just lacked the quality that we come to expect of an Oscar Nominee.

Mar 2 - 02:15 AM

Josh Jostock

Jan 25 - 06:28 PM

HowboutBBQribs Winnipeg

That's actually incorrect Jman212. Chris Nolan started working on his screenplay before the mcduck comic was even out.

Feb 28 - 07:20 AM

What was so great about Dark Knight? apart from heath ledger? Man Nolans films are sooooo overrated!!

Feb 28 - 11:55 PM

Travon Smith

QF-FUCKING-T

Mar 1 - 12:54 AM

im glad nolan got snubbed - he should be grateful that Inception was even nominated. He has a long way to go before he deserves best director

Mar 1 - 12:15 AM

Ryan Metzger

Coen bros. are an Oscar darling.... sadly not surprising... Nolan deserved it. Though the bros. are legit filmmakers.

Jan 25 - 09:06 AM

Arend Anton

Nolan deserves the nom over the Coen's this year. True Grit was a decent film, but pretty unremarkable.

Jan 25 - 10:02 AM

Alex Cuellar

I personally feel that True Grit was the best movie this year, right next to The Fighter. Nolan is really really talanted and amazing, but the Coen's are just on a whole other caliber that Nolan has yet to reach, but to be fair to Nolan, I think Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese are the only directors that are better than the Coen's.

Jan 25 - 01:04 PM

Brandon Williamson

Am I the only one who thought INCEPTION was the one that was unremarkable?

Jan 25 - 05:41 PM

bassbait the monkey

Alex C I call BS!

Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese, the top two directors? No!

Tarantino isn't even top 10 for directors STILL ALIVE.

Martin Scorsese is though. So is David Lynch, the Coen Bros, and Shane Carruth.

Dead? Kubrick is number 1 of all time. Welles is second, Hitchcock is third. Then you get towards the film-makers that WISH they could be that good, like Scorsese and Lynch, then you get to the directors who wish they could be as good as Scorsese or Lynch, and you get Aronofsky and Tarantino.

See my point? My point is, Tarantino is just coasting off of the foundations laid down by Kubrick and Welles and Hitchcock, and further elaborated by Lynch and Scorsese and those kinds. Even James Cameron had a few masterpieces under his belt before Tarantino came around. He's not that great a film-maker, everything he film he writes is about as well written as an episode of Family Guy, and written in the exact same style, and people keep dumping praise on him despite the fact that his films are mediocre at best.

Jan 25 - 05:47 PM

bassbait the monkey

Jan 25 - 05:51 PM

bassbait the monkey

Jan 25 - 05:51 PM

Alex Reyes

Bantastic16, you are not

Jan 25 - 08:25 PM

Anthony Coluccio

hey bassbait t, you forget spielberg.

Jan 29 - 02:17 PM

Christian Chavez

Fuck the Upset at Nolan, its a very big dissapointment, but the bigger upset is that Kings Speech won the award for Best Picture! A movie that will be forgotten like Crash and Shakespeare in Love!

Feb 27 - 08:38 PM

Hahaha! Shane Carruth? Are you sure YOU'RE not Shane Carruth? No, because not even he would be retarded enough to claim to be the best film director alive. As far as I can tell, he's not even a fulltime director, or a proper film maker in any capacity. You naming him as the greatest film maker alive just shows that people might as well say the most random possible thing they feel like, just for the sheer heck of it and no other reason.

Any Jennifer Lawrence! Congrats! Won the only award with any real objective meaning, i.e., Hottest Broad on the Red Carpet by a Million Miles. Take a bow!

Feb 27 - 11:31 PM

True Grit was a very good adaptation. Totally deserving of the nominations it got.

Mar 2 - 02:17 AM

Matt Jordan

I'm genuinely surprised at how many of you are shocked that Nolan did not get a nod. IT'S THE OSCARS!!! This is the same group that gave Cuba Gooding (Jerry McGuire) an Oscar over William H Macy (FARGO) and Roberto Benigni (Life is Beautiful)over Edward Norton (American History X). I still don't think Sandra deserved it last year, no freaking way her performance in Blindside was better than Hellen Mirren in The Last Station or Sibide in Precious. On another note, as much as I enjoyed Inception I do not think it deserves the best picture (bring on the fan boy hate). It had its problems; I dont even think it was Nolans best film. I think hes just cracked the surface of what we will see form him. Dark Knight, Insomnia and Memento were all better films. Inception will get the screenplay Oscar. Great to see Mark Ruffalo recognized. I think he has been one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood for the past few years.

Jan 25 - 01:18 PM

Brandon Rampersad

Very well said, I totally agree.

Jan 25 - 01:53 PM

Jacob Gronowski

i dont know if inception will win screenplay....kings speech has a much better chance since its the type of film the academy jerks off to

Jan 25 - 02:08 PM

Jason Wood

Have you even seen the "Kings Speech?" I have seen both, and would give the oscar to the king any day over inception. See a film before you give a biased report.

Jan 25 - 03:59 PM

Jason Woods

The King's Speech was an incredible movie. It was the last one I saw of the ones nominated but definitely the one I enjoyed the most, and that is saying a lot in that company.

Jan 25 - 05:04 PM

Josh Crawford

If winning Best Original Screenplay means that The King's Speech goes on to beat The Social Network for Best Picture, then I applaud Inception losing. I love Inception, but I'd much rather see The King's Speech win it all then The Social Network... it was by far the better movie.

Jan 26 - 05:45 AM

Hola Amigo

I have also seen both Inception (twice) and the King's Speech. I have to say the King's Speech was the better movie, and more enjoyable. I do believe Nolan should have been nominated for TDK, but not for Inception. I am actually very pleased with the Academy this year. True Grit and Coen Bros. DO deserve their noms, but I don't expect any wins to take place (directors never get oscars twice). I think this year was a big year, and maybe last year they'd be best, but I see David Fincher in the driver seat, with Hooper not far behind. And I'll be happy for either King's Speech or Social Network getting the Oscar for BP. Today I'd say I'm pulling for the King's Speech, it's just a great story, and I really enjoyed it (which can be rare these days).

This year more than last year is deserving of 10 nominations, so Inception being included doesn't surprise me. I wouldn't include it on a list of 5 though, and that's why I think Nolan isn't included. He didn't get snubbed, he got out-directed this year. Doesn't matter, though, he's a great director either way.

Jan 27 - 11:04 AM

Andrew Williams

As much as I loved Inception and it was more original, The Kings Speech deffinately deserved the award, what a fantastic movie.

Mar 1 - 04:52 PM

Zach Idiculla

My thoughts on the nominations: I think most of you have overlooked it, but overall the academy did a good job nominating for Best Picture, a far cry from a few years back when movies like The Reader got nominated (The lowest rated film this year is Inception, if that puts it into perspective)I too feel kind of bummed out about the Nolan snub, and I will say the success of SN was more of Sorkin's screenplay than Fincher's direction (as one critic put it, "With this kind of screenplay, half a dozen different directors could have hit this movie out of the park.") Fincher is still nonetheless probably the person I would give it too within the nominees. While still on SN, the Garfield snub is also somewhat surprising, but maybe he'll win best actor for Spider-man :) I would want Exit through the Gift Shop, the documentary about the street artist Banksy to win Best Doc, but I'm sure that will happen either..definitely tuning in tonight. Academy isn't perfect, but its getting better. They more or less bent to populist will expanding Best Picture to 10 nominees, we'll see what happens in the future.

Jan 25 - 05:51 PM

Jonathan Hick

They gave Adrian Brody the Oscar and Not DDL for Bill the Butcher for god's sake, fair enough Gangs of New York was shocking but that was one of the great performances of the last ten years. You've got to take the Oscars with a pinch of salt.

Jan 26 - 09:50 AM

Jonathan Hick

Jan 26 - 09:51 AM

Jonathan Hick

Jan 26 - 09:55 AM

What was so great about Dark Knight? apart from heath ledger? Man Nolans films are sooooo overrated!!

Mar 1 - 12:01 AM

What was so great about Dark Knight? apart from heath ledger? Man Nolans films are sooooo overrated!!

Mar 1 - 12:01 AM

Andrew Williams

It was the first comic book movie to truly take on a different tone and descend into territories that comic books have never gone, dealing with themes that blurred the line between good and evil, demonstrated the responsibility we have as humans to uphold whats right in society, and the challenges we must accept in life to make sure that justice is served. Along with some complex story structure and haunting performances, what's not to like? :)

Mar 1 - 04:48 PM

Still peed about social network getting best score - TRON LEGACY was the best score of the YEAR! EASILY the Academy have no idea about MUSIC!!!

Mar 1 - 12:03 AM

Still peed about social network getting best score - TRON LEGACY was the best score of the YEAR! EASILY the Academy have no idea about MUSIC!!!

Mar 1 - 12:04 AM

Andrew Williams

The TRON soundtrack was wildly overrated in my opinion. It had a couple catchy tunes, but nothing truly memorable. It sounded like alot of noise set to a certain beat. People will hate me for saying this, but it's my opinion and I have a right to say it.

Mar 1 - 04:50 PM

Still peed about social network getting best score - TRON LEGACY was the best score of the YEAR! EASILY the Academy have no idea about MUSIC!!!

Mar 1 - 12:04 AM

Pattie Bessette

Well - you submitted it 3 times and you were wrong 3 times - Hans Zimmer's score for Inception, which you hate for some reason that is beyond me - was one of the best movie scores ever written - teaching at USC in the Faculty of Music, I have plenty of people who KNOW what they are talking about agreeing with me.

And - since everyone is griping about overlooked director's, what about Ridley Scott?, not the year Gladiator won, not for Thelma and Louise - wow, he has to be the best most over-looked director in Hollywood!

Mar 1 - 12:44 PM

Dave J

I disagree, Chris Nolan wasn't snubbed, for the 'dream within a dream' concept had already been done before on "Dreamscape" and "Paprika", what Nolan does is he rewatches other films in making his own unique version! All the other nominees consist of original concepts never made into a film before! And I love all of Nolan films so far by the way and at the same time wondering if he could do something that is out of his realm! Perhaps a novel!

Jan 25 - 03:09 PM

Daniel Morris

Wait a second... you said, "All the other nominees consist of original concepts never made into a film before."

Excuse me? ROFL. True Grit is a *reboot*. Forget "original concepts," the ENTIRE MOVIE had already been made before. I'm not slamming the film or the directors at all because I loved True Grit; I'm just saying that you're offering B.S. criteria for judging whether a director should get a nomination or not.

The true snub in this year's Oscars is TRON: Legacy for visual effects. C'mon, people, that's their only claim to fame. Whatever award-worthy special effects happened for 2 seconds in Harry Potter happened for 2 hours in TRON. :-/

Jan 25 - 04:43 PM

Dave J

I'm well aware about what I said, but there must be other critereas and factors involved- which could be the storyline as well as the fact that the first film happend more than 20 years ago in which some are saying that this newer version is either more faithful to the novel than the the John Wayne classic which the film at the time was altered to fit John Wayne's persona! And to ignore this by some would be a travesty! I'm also aware that "The Departed" was a remake and still won even though it was remade from Infernal Affairs but as I had stated their must be more than what we know!

Jan 25 - 04:54 PM

Big Brother

Dave, having seen both True Grits, the differences in plot and dialog were minimal. Some scenes looked like Psycho style shot for shot. The big differences were in tone and acting nuances. Just kicking in my two cents.

Jan 25 - 05:33 PM

Dave J

It's possible that some critics may disagree with you on that! My question is what kind of tone does the original novel provide!

Jan 25 - 05:41 PM

Big Brother

That I couldn't tell you. Never read it but I think the only major story differences were two scenes were shifted in sequence and **spoiler** she loses her arm at the end. Other than that all other differences were acting and directorial to modern sensibilities. These are all my opinion obviously as most things I post on here are, but im fairly confident in my interpretation.

Jan 25 - 06:11 PM

Ronney Wideman

What about an acting nod for Ryan Gosling. As great as Javier Bardem is, really? I also think Armie Hammer and Andrew Garfield got a serious cold shoulder. And of course Christopher Nolan didn't get nominated, the Academy doesn't go for THAT much originality.

Jan 26 - 10:13 AM

imgonnaget STABBED

I agree. Ryan Gosling was phenomenal in Blue Valentine, along with Michelle Williams, who deserves the recognition she got from the academy.

Jan 26 - 02:35 PM

Justin Beagl

let me get this straight - the kids are alright got a best picture nomination - and love and other drugs didn't get a single nomination for acting or movie production? The academy would serve a better purpose on their knees in front of me then handing out awards.

Jan 30 - 01:01 PM

Ken Wolfson

indeed, Academy seems to hate him for somereason

Feb 27 - 09:06 PM

Matanuki .

Another reason to IGNORE the Oscars. A friend asked me to watch it with him last night. No thanks. I don't even bother to check who won or lost anymore.

Feb 28 - 08:06 AM

Jibster Kwan

Oh get over it. Everyone's always like "Oh my gosh! Why didn't Toy Story win every award?! Aaaaaaaaaaaah!" Seriously get over it and be happy.

Feb 28 - 05:10 PM

Ken Wolfson

not every award, but I would have been just as happy to see it get best picture as Inception

Feb 28 - 07:35 PM

I think Inception got its due with all the major technical awards - that was the only place that it was superior to the other major nominees for Best Film. And of course the originality of the idea

Other than that I dont think Inception should have got a best film award at all especially in the company of the rest of them

Mar 2 - 02:12 AM

Chris W

I can't believe Nolan didn't get a Best Director nomination.

Jan 25 - 06:16 AM

James Tallman

I just don't get why Christopher Nolan doesn't get a nomination for best director. The guy has not made a bad movie yet and seems like he does not get recognition. Inception was a very good movie and at least it's getting nominated for some awards. I also liked The Social Network. David Fincher does it again by providing another fantastic movie. The Social Network was filmed beautifully and the acting was great. There is no doubt that people spend more time on the internet and Facebook is a website where millions of people now go to.

Jan 25 - 08:26 AM

Connor Poe

It is totally true that Christopher Nolan has not made a bad movie yet, but the award is not Best Director of all time, its more like a Best Director of the year. I really hope Christopher Nolan gets an Oscar sometime soon, but I didn't expect him to get nominated anyway this year. There are just too many really good directors that made movies this year. Plus this is his first Oscar Nom ever. Isn't it?
And I'm totally not dissing Nolan. Love the guy, one of my favorite directors. It just wasn't his time yet...

Jan 25 - 08:53 AM

Stepping Razor

@Connor P, it might not officially be for "best director of all time," but the Academy has often given a "make-up" award to filmmakers they snubbed in the past.
It's like the Academy version of an NBA referee calling a very ticky-tack foul in favor of a player because they badly botched a call earlier in the game.

Jan 26 - 02:19 PM

Justin Beagl

All I can say is that one year the academy is gonna make it up to nolan - just like they did with lord of the rings (worst movie, story, etc. ever)

And Nolan's just gonna clean house.

Jan 30 - 01:09 PM

King Crunk

Maybe Nolan has caught a case of Scorsese syndrome when it comes to the Oscars?

Jan 25 - 08:01 PM

Ryan Metzger

Here's to Nolan knockin' the Academy dead with the Dark Knight Rises and lighting a fire up under their ***.

Jan 25 - 09:09 AM

sputnik 99

With Nolan maybe the Academy is doing what it did with Peter Jackson: Wait until the final film of his trilogy is done before giving him a best director nomination. I mean, Jackson didn't win for "Return of the King" that year; there were better films that year, IMHO. He won for the Lord of the Rings as a whole, again IMHO. So maybe Nolan will pick one up after TDKR?

Of course, Nolan has done a lot of other movies, and it took Spielberg nearly 20 years to get an Oscar. The Academy does seem to work in mysterious ways.

Here's hoping for Nolan in the years ahead!

Jan 25 - 09:57 AM

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Jan 25 - 12:44 PM

Love Stallion

Yeah, but wasn't Jackson at least nominated every year for LOTR, along with the pictures?

Jan 27 - 07:58 PM

Eric Baker

Why was Toy Story 3's screen play nomination for adapted screenplay? I'm probably going to feel dumb when someone tells me, but I thought it was an original screenplay.

Jan 25 - 06:31 AM

Jay Evans

It's a sequel and adapted from Toy Story 1 and 2

Jan 25 - 06:39 AM

Eric Baker

I was right, I feel stupid, forgot that sequels count as adapted.

Thanks!

Jan 25 - 06:44 AM

Matt St. John

yeah but it's still a stupid rule!

Jan 25 - 12:59 PM

ola rae

Hahaha, don't feel bad...I was waiting for someone to ask that.

Jan 26 - 11:20 PM

ola rae

Hahaha, don't feel bad...I was waiting for someone to ask that.

Jan 26 - 11:29 PM

ola rae

Hahaha, don't feel bad...I was waiting for someone to ask that.

Jan 26 - 11:29 PM

Adam Giese

Actually, Toy Story 3 was based on a book. Sequels DO count as original screenplays. It's only if a film's screenplay isn't based on a previous published source.

The King's Speech was actually based on a play which was based on a true story. But since neither the play (nor the true story) were published, it's counted as original. THAT'S the stupid rule in my opinion.

Feb 28 - 12:54 AM

Morten Thomsen

Ok! I'll definitely join the choir!

Why the hell didn't Nolan get nominated for best director?

And I'll add: Why the hell didn't Inception get nominated for editing?

Jan 25 - 06:33 AM

Are you serious? Inception was possibly the worst-edited film I've ever seen since PLan 9 From Outer Space. Watch Shutter Island, then watch Inception; it gives you the perfect gauge of the lightyears in film-making skill between Scorsese and Nolan. Shutter Island is taught, tense, every utterance and frame is seminal and you hang on it (ok, shaggy-dog ending n all which I know many people depised) but Inception? The editing is all over the show; hell, Andy Warhol did a better job on his 48-hour long movie.

Jan 25 - 10:55 PM

Hemal Bhawani

Worst edited? Equal to Plan 9? Come on! Inception was a taunt thriller and such movies can't survive without good editing. If you say the other movies are better edited, then it's fine, but saying Inception's editing was the worst of the year is just stupid.

Jan 26 - 06:09 AM

Hemal Bhawani

Jan 26 - 06:12 AM

True I just thought it was a bit of a mess in terms of narrative structure and the pacing was a tiny bit off, okay obviously a comparison to Plan 9 from Outer Space is a jokey comparison, maybe Matrix: Revolutions, or Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls would be a better comparison. I guess what I'm tryna say is in a movie with so many damn ideas going on, it's supremely difficult to maintain a crisp narrative drive and dramatic sequence and just not convinced that Inception nailed it; hence i don't see it as a candidate for awards for editing..

Jan 26 - 08:14 AM

Phil Kramer

Any movie that makes you understand the concept several different charcters getting kicked up through 4 different levels of dreamspace simultaneously deserves a best editing nomination.

Jan 26 - 02:18 PM

Justin Beagl

You're an idiot - you know absolutely nothing about films - the brilliance in a film is to be able to watch it again, and pick up on something new.

Every movie nolan has ever made has been edited that way - there's a reason for that. Because he wants you to have to watch his movies over and over again until you get it. There are very, VERY few movies that are the exception. (cinderella man, shawshank redemption, glory) Those are instant classics -

Granted - nolan doesn't deserve best picture or best director - but i do believe he deserves nominations for both -

Personally I think the fighter should win just about every award except for collin firth's performance in kings speech. The fighter is one of the best movies i've seen in years.

Jan 30 - 12:48 PM

Garrett House

Was any one else surprised by when the social network won best original score?

Feb 28 - 06:16 PM

Garrett House

Was any one else surprised by when the social network won best original score?

Feb 28 - 06:32 PM

Asif Khan

Nolan and Garfield snubbed .......... i am so upset

Jan 25 - 06:40 AM

Ecnered R.

just as i thought. PERFECT!

Jan 25 - 06:44 AM

Ecnered R.

TOY STORY 3 ALL THE WAY!!!

Jan 25 - 06:44 AM

Agustin Macias

Agreed.

Jan 25 - 06:59 AM

lotr23 .

I second that too. :)

Jan 25 - 08:04 AM

Ryan Rutherford

We can dream, but I think it'll be The Kings Speech. There are too many possibilities this year.

Jan 25 - 08:55 AM

Personally I think it'll go to The Social Network, I hope it does too

Jan 25 - 10:04 AM

Ryan Rutherford

I love TSN. I call it Fincher's masterpiece (or Zodiac, depending on how I feel that day). I don't know who I want to win. Toy Story 3, Inception, TSN, King's Speech, The Fighter, 127 Hours....I loved almost all of those nominees.

Jan 25 - 10:08 AM

I hope so

Jan 25 - 12:47 PM

Louie Wieseman

Go How To Train Your Dragon? XD

I want that movie to win. Will it? No.

Jan 25 - 02:06 PM

Krystal W.

i second that!!
loved that movie!

Feb 4 - 02:06 PM

Why? If you want a decent kid's movie rent Rugrats The Movie, with all due respect that leaves TS3 for dead. Heck any random episode of Rugrats leaves it for dead; at least it's a tiny bit daring and subversive but Toy Story? How bland and paint-by-the-numbers can you get? After watching Toy Story 3 I had to rush away and watch whole seasons of Seinfeld and The Simpsons just to get my satire and zany comedy fix after that saturated, sickly bland vanilla baby food of a movie. It's scandalous that it's been nominated, or is the great dumbing-down of culture to herald a new Republican government in the coming years..ARgghhh if so can I volunteer to get stuck in some Inception-style permanent limbo Lol

Jan 25 - 11:16 PM

Josh Crawford

LOLWUT
you're freaking nuts, dude. Toy Story 3 was boss.

Jan 26 - 05:49 AM

Toy Story 3 was as bland as watered-down baby food, vanilla flavor. There were NO surprises, NO risque jokes or satire or social commentary or anything, NOTHING! It played it unbelievably straight and safe, the easiest $20m Tom Hanks ever made, hck Angels & Demons may have been ridiculous but at least that had a few surprises and unexpected plot twists and turns but TS3, where is the drama, tension, anything..and that final scene?? Major feel-good overload...! I'm frankly stunned that so many people - grown people - are so crazy about the movie. I recommend you to watch Brave Little Toaster - very similar animated story but a trillion times better!!

Jan 26 - 08:19 AM

Pixar doesn't make funny slapstick movies, they make good ones. If you wanted to see a movie that has satire or social commentary then you should probably watch something like Monsters vs. Aliens, and Lord knows that that movie (and any others like it) is inferior compared to Toy Story 3. But if thats the kind of thing you like then I wont chastise you for it.

Jan 29 - 11:36 PM

Martin Andersson

There will always be snubs and I always know Nolan would draw the shortest straw in director-category. Inception will not win any awards except those for lesser categories (visual for example). Nice to see some love for True Grit and Winter's Bone.

Jan 25 - 06:47 AM

Trevor Tinker

Inception should absolutely win for best original screenplay. It was by far the most imaginative story this year and told so intricately as to require the audience to be active viewers. Nolan should have also been nominated in place of David O. Russell--though it doesn't matter because the Academy really wants to give a statue to Fincher.

Jan 25 - 11:05 AM

Travon Smith

I respectfully disagree

Jan 25 - 12:10 PM

Trevor Tinker

Jan 25 - 11:05 AM

Jack Ungsg�rd

NOOOOOOOOOOOO......lan :(

Can't believe he didn't get nominated for director :( Maybe he'll get luckier with the dark knight rises. Atleast Inception got a best picture nom.

I hope Black swan wins best picture but it'll probably come down to Social network and King's speech. Also Bale and Portman will definetly sweep Lead actress and suporting actor, atleast they should. Other than that I'm not too sure.

Jan 25 - 06:47 AM

Agustin Macias

Toy Story 3!

Jan 25 - 06:51 AM

No. Please. The only good thing about TS3 was Wallace Shawn, and even that got old fast. For TS3 to win Best Picture would be, as Wallace Shawn himself would have said, "inconceivable"! :)

Jan 25 - 10:59 PM

David E-Brock

At first i thought If you require your G rated cartoons to be risqué with satire and social commentary that you are the definition of a Movie Snob. But I actually thought about it and you are right... I myself was dissapointed at the lack of contrast between Freudian and Jungian schools of psychology and I also found the lack of sociopolitical commentary disturbing as well. I felt that Woody could have been more effective as a symbol of our country's current economic climate. And how cowardly of Pixar to have Buzz go into Spanish mode without even addressing the issue of illegal immigration! Shame on you for making a cartoon for children...shame!

Jan 26 - 02:36 PM

UGH! I can not fucking believe Fincher got a nod for a work of fiction diguised as a documentry and yet Nolan didn't for making one of the most original and entertaining movies of the year.

What the freaken hell is wrong with the academy? And people wonder why I hold the 'offical' system in scron

Jan 25 - 06:54 AM

Daniel Raimondi

yeah i know that movie doesn't deserve anything

Jan 25 - 08:01 AM

carlos consuela

Listen, I love CN and agree with you that he should have gotten the nod for Directorial Achievement. Inception was visually stunning. Unfortunately the characters were flat and so was the dialogue. If anything it didn't deserve a best picture nod...even in a category of 10. As for TSN not being real thing, is Inception? The quality of the film has nothing to do with it's adherence or non to real events. Sounds like sour grapes from a whiny fan-boy to me.
Having said this Nolan should have had an Oscar nod for direction for Memento IMO so you can save your breath if you want to call me a hater.
The movie (Inception) was boring as hell.

Jan 25 - 06:38 PM

Carlos,

Which movie purports to be based on real events?

Jan 27 - 07:40 AM

No Garfield? I can understand since I've heard raves on John Hawkes, but no Nolan is just a total snub. Aside from that, the list is great, so glad Bridges and Steinfeld were nominated, I think they campaigned for Supporting because in Actress, she's probably get snubbed. I preditct Social Network will sweep the awards. I knew it would happen, but I am SO happy to see Dvid Fincher finally get awards recognition, us Nolan fans needn't worry, Fincher's got his time, Nolan will get his.

Jan 25 - 06:54 AM

If social network sweeps it will prove that people care more about fantasy then reality and frankly it's almost criminal that Fincher got nominated despite his hypocrisy

Jan 25 - 07:12 AM

Dean Nelson

Why? It was a damn good movie.

Jan 25 - 09:43 AM

Totally man, we don't know if its real or not, but frankly I don't care. Almost all films are total fiction drachedheels, all in all it was still a great film, bestof the year in my and many others' opinion

Jan 25 - 10:02 AM

Travon Smith

"Fantasy then reality?" This, coming from a man that's mad that Inception's Christopher Nolan didn't get a "Best Director" Nomination.

You're just mad that CN didn't get nominated, admit it, because TSN was a pretty good movie and never it never claimed it was a documentary, if it was, it would have been omitted for false claims and depictions.

Jan 25 - 12:15 PM

As a work of fiction and as a reflection of the director's own warped view on silicon valley yeah.

As what it purports to be not at all

Jan 27 - 07:42 AM