Oscar Noms Drop…

Today, the nominees for the 2011 Academy Awards were announced, and I go the same feeling I did this year, as I did last year. No, not constipation, a little Pepto solved that issue. But, I found myself saying, ‘why are there 10 Best Picture nominations..oh yeah, they changed it, what a load of shit’. When you have 10 pictures nominated, is it really such a honor just to be nominated? I mean, realistically there’s only about 15 solid movies a year, and in years past, it used to be a bit of a grind to get down to 5. Now, it’s who’s campaigned the best? And, oh yeah, these movies were pretty good too, let’s throw them in as well.

A few things that stand out? Toy Story 3 in the Best Picture category, my thought is that if Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, or Finding Nemo didn’t win a Best Picture, there’s no reason why TS3 should. Jeff Bridges is nominated a second time, after his win last year for Crazy Heart. And..if Jesse Eisenberg or Jennifer Lawrence win in their categories, they’ll be the youngest ever. Not too shabby for a couple of twenty year olds. The fact that True Grit got a lot of play this year from the Academy, and got no love from the Golden Globes seemed to raise some eyebrows. BUT..the academy always seems to be in love with the Coen brothers, I really do think if they made a porno filmed entirely with a Sony Viewcam, a la Seth from Superbad, they’d probably get nominated too!

Here’s a little list of the awards you’re likely more interested in.

Actor in a Leading Role

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

Actor in a Supporting Role

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

Actress in a Leading Role

* Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
* Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
* Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
* Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
* Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role

* Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
* Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”
* Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
* Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
* Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film

* “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
* “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
* “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich
Best Picture

* “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
* “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
* “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
* “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
* “The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
* “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
* “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
* “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
* “Winter’s Bone” Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers