Oscar nominations

[Dr Mordrid]

* favorites

Best Picture:

Black Swan, The Fighter*, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The King’s Speech*, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit*, Winter’s Bone

Directing:

Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan *
David O. Russell - The Fighter
Tom Hooper - The King’s Speech
David Fincher - The Social Network *
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - True Grit *

Notable absense: Christopher Nolan - Inception
(he was screwed out of one for TDK when it was nominated for best picture as well)

Actor:

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

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

Supporting Actor:

Christian Bale - The Fighter*
John Hawkes - Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner - The Town
Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush - The King’s Speech*

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

Foreign Language Film:

Biutiful Mexico
Dogtooth Greece
In a Better World Denmark
Incendies Canada
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) Algeria

Adapted Screenplay:

Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy - 127 Hours
Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network*
Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich - Toy Story 3
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - True Grit*
Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini - Winter’s Bone

Original Screenplay:

Mike Leigh - Another Year
Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson and Keith Dorrington - The Fighter*
Christopher Nolan - Inception*
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg - The Kids Are All Right
David Seidler - The King’s Speech*

Animated Feature Film:

How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3*

Art Direction:

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit

[Mehen]

Nolan is overrated. Good, yes, but not great. I find his movies lack focus. It always seems like he is trying too hard to jam in different scenes, twists, and subplots. 4 of the 5 movies of his that I have seen have left me unsatisfied. Both Batmans, Memento, and The Prestige.
Insomnia was the only one that didn't bother me in that way, probably because it was the only one he didn't also do the screenplay for. That being said, I actually enjoyed those other 4 more, but they felt flawed.

I think True Grit is the only movie I've seen (so far) on that list.