Oscar Nominations

[Lanky Livingston]

Biggest change - 10 Best Movie nominations this year, instead of the usual 5. Not sure what prompted the format change...but its interesting. I'm not really sure how that steaming pile of dog crap "District 9" got nominated for anything - that movie was awful.

The main ones:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

* Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
* Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
* Maggie Gyllenhall, "Crazy Heart"
* Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
* Mo'Nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

* Matt Damon, "Invictus"
* Woody Harrleson, "The Messenger"
* Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
* Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
* Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"
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BEST ACTRESS

* Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
* Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
* Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
* Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
* Meryl Streep, "Julie and Julia"

BEST ACTOR

* Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
* Geroge Clooney, "Up in the Air"
* Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
* Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
* Jeremey Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

BEST DIRECTOR

* James Cameron, "Avatar"
* Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
* Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
* Lee Daniels, "Precious"
* Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

* Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker"
* Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
* Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, "The Messenger"
* Joel and Ethan Coen, "A Serious Man"
* Pete Docter, Bob Petersom and Tom McCarthy, "Up"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

* Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, "District 9"
* Nick Hornby, "An Education"
* Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, "In the Loop"
* Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious"
* Jason Retiman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

* "Coraline"
* "The Fantastic Mr. Fox"
* "The Princess and the Frog"
* "The Secret of Kells"
* "Up"

BEST PICTURE

* "Avatar"
* "The Blind Side"
* "District 9"
* "An Education"
* "The Hurt Locker"
* "Inglourious Basterds"
* "Precious"
* "A Serious Man"
* "Up"
* "Up in the Air"

 

[servumtuum]

Lanky, I've got a question. I haven't seen District 9 but have been considering it-was there anything in particular that made the movie suck in your estimation? I'd be interested in your observations.