Oscar Nominations 2012

The nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards are as follows:

Best Picture

The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Best Leading Actor

Demian Bichir for A Better Life
George Clooney for The Descendants
Jean Dujardin for The Artist
Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt for Moneyball

Best Leading Actress

Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis for The Help
Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill for Moneyball
Nick Nolte for Warrior
Christopher Plummer for Beginners
Max von Sydow for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Best Supporting Actress

Berenice Bejo for The Artist
Jessica Chastain for The Help
Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer for The Help

Best Director

Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
Alexander Payne for The Descendants
Martin Scorsese for Hugo

Best Original Screenplay

The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Animated Film

A Cat in Paris
Chico and Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Foreign Language Film

Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)

Best Cinematography

The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Best Editing

The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

Best Art Direction

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:  Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

Best Costume Design

Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

Best Make-up

Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:  Part 2
The Iron Lady

Best Original Score

The Adventures of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Best Original Song

The Muppets  "Man or Muppet"
Rio  "Real in Rio"

Best Sound Mixing

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers:  Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Best Sound Editing

Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers:  Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Best Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:  Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers:  Dark of the Moon

Best Documentary

Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls:  A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3:  Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

Best Documentary Short

The Barber of Birmingham:  Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Best Animated Short

Dimanche
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Best Live Action Short

Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

Can I just say that I think it's a travesty that films like X-Men:  First Class and Thor were passed over for awards while Transformers 3  is nominated for THREE MOTHERFUCKING OSCARS.  What the fuck is that?  There were a lot of shitty films this year, granted, but to only have two nominees for Best Original Song?  They couldn't have thrown Gnomeo and Juliet up there just to give it a little more oomph?  It just irritates me.  Other than that, I can see I'll have my work cut out for me trying to get any of these watched.