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I viewed 85 2011 releases, including all the Best Pic Noms as well as everything that piqued my interest or received enough positive notice that I thought I should see. Below I show which of the nominees I would pick to win the Oscar for most categories. If I have not had the chance to view the majority of the nominees in a category, I did not make a choice. Also, the following films which are represented in categories in which I do make choices, I either chose not to or was not able to view due to availability: Albert Nobbs, The Iron Lady, Bridesmaids, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and A Separation.
Best Picture
Hugo
Actor in a Leading Role
Demian Bichir - A Better Life
Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis - The Help
Actor in a Supporting Role
Nick Nolte - Warrior
Actress in a Supporting Role
Berenice Bejo - The Artist
Art Direction
Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki - The Tree of Life
Directing
Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Film Editing
Christopher Tellefsen - Moneyball
Music (Original Score)
Alberto Iglesias - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Music (Original Song)
Bret McKenzie - “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets
Sound Editing
Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis - Drive
Sound Mixing
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco and Ed Novick - Moneyball
Visual Effects
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett - Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin - Moneyball
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
Ranking & Rating the Best Picture Nominees
Nine films were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar this year and I have already rated and reviewed all nine in prior posts, but I thought I’d offer up an overview of my ratings, link to the reviews and then rank those nine nominees. I’d only call one of the films nominated terrible, while there are four I’d classify as great and seven of the nine are good films worth seeing. Like usual, Oscar overlooked MOST of the best films 2011 had to offer (My Best of the Year lists will FINALLY make an appearance in the third week of Feb), but nonetheless here’s the list from weakest to strongest.
As always here is my ratings system.
10= Perfection (maybe 5-10 films all-time have made this category)
9= Great Film/ Likely Masterpiece
8= Must See/ Worth Owning
7= Worth Seeing/ Recommend to Others
6= Decent and Not Unhappy to Have Viewed/ May Recommend to Select People, but Not to Most
5= Likely had Some Positives but Wasn’t a Good Film
4= Bad Film
3= Horrible Film
2= Offensively Bad Film/ Surely Angered Me to have Viewed
1= Worst Pile of Shite Ever Committed to Film
#9. War Horse ———————————————-4/10
#8. The Help ————————————————6/10
#7. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close ——-7/10
#6. The Descendants —————————————7/10
#5. The Artist ———————————————-7/10
#4. The Tree of Life ————————————-8/10
#3. Midnight in Paris ————————————8/10
#2. Moneyball ————————————————8/10
#1. Hugo ——————————————————-8/10
I have viewed about 70 2010 releases, including all the Best Pic Noms as well as everything that piqued my interest or received enough positive notice that I thought I should see. Below I show which of the nominees I would pick to win the Oscar for all of the categories. If I have not had the chance to view enough of the nominee’s I did not make a choice. Also, the following films which are represented in categories in which I do make choices, I either chose not to or was not able to view due to availability: Biutiful, The Illusionist, I am Love, The Tempest, Restrepo, Waste Land, Barney’s Version, Tron: Legacy, Unstoppable, Salt, Another Year.
Best Picture
127 Hours
Actor in a Leading Role
James Franco - 127 Hours
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Actress in a Leading Role
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter’s Bone
Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo - The Fighter
Animated Feature Film
Toy Story 3
Art Direction
Gut Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias & Doug Mowat - Inception
Cinematography
Matthew Libatique - Black Swan
Costume Design
Colleen Atwood - Alice in Wonderland
Directing
David O. Russell - The Fighter
Documentary Feature
Inside Job
Documentary Short Subject
No basis for choice
Film Editing
Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter - The Social Network
Foreign Language Film
No basis for choice
Makeup
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk & Yolanda Toussieng - The Way Back
Music (Original Score)
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Social Network
Music (Original Song)
No Opinion
Short Film (Animated)
Let’s Pollute
Short Film (Live Action)
No basis for choice
Sound Editing
Tom Myers & Michael Silvers - Toy Story 3
Sound Mixing
Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick & Mark Weingarten - The Social Network
Visual Effects
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz & Nicolas Aithadi - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Ranking/Rating: 10 Oscar Best Picture Nominations
The Oscar Nominations were announced on Tuesday, January 25th, so I thought I’d toss in a post recapping my ratings of all 10 (needs to go back to 5!) Best Pic Nominees and rank them 10-1 from least favorite to favorite. This was a weird year, as it is the first in a good while where I didn’t very much dislike a single nominee (no UP IN THE AIR’S or BABEL’S, thankfully!), but oddly enough my least favorite of the 10 came from my favorite director in the pack of 10. I have previously written up expanded thoughts on all 10 of these films, so if you click the film’s title, it will take you to my earlier post containing my thoughts on the film. So, as Ledger’s Joker would say, “and here we go”.
As always here is my ratings system.
10= Perfection (maybe 5-10 films all-time have made this category)
9= Great Film/ Likely Masterpiece
8= Must See/ Worth Owning
7= Worth Seeing/ Recommend to Others
6= Decent and Not Unhappy to Have Viewed/ May Recommend to Select People, but Not to Most
5= Likely had Some Positives but Wasn’t a Good Film
4= Bad Film
3= Horrible Film
2= Offensively Bad Film/ Surely Angered Me to have Viewed
1= Worst Pile of Shite Ever Committed to Film
#10. Black Swan ———————————6
#9. True Grit —————————————-7
#8. The Kids are All Right ———————7
#7. Winter’s Bone ——————————-7
#6. The King’s Speech ————————-8
#5. The Social Network ————————8
#4. Toy Story 3 ————————————8
#3. The Fighter ————————————8
#2. Inception —————————————9
#1. 127 Hours ————————————-9
What was your favorite and least favorite of the 10 nominees? How would you rank and rate them?
2009 Best Picture Oscar Nominee Ratings
This is a posting of my ratings of the Oscar Best Picture nominated films released in 2009. These ratings were my feeling at the time and have not been revisited. The Oscar winner is in bold.
Avatar——————————————-8
Up————————————————-7
Precious——————————————7
District 9—————————————-6
A Serious Man———————————5
The Hurt Locker——————————5
Inglourious Basterds————————5
An Education———————————-4
Up in the Air———————————-3
The Blind Side———————————2
As always here is my ratings system.
10= Perfection (maybe 5-10 films all-time have made this category)
9= Great Film/ Likely Masterpiece
8= Must See/ Worth Owning
7= Worth Seeing/ Recommend to Others
6= Decent and Not Unhappy to Have Viewed/ May Recommend to Select People, but Not to Most
5= Likely had Some Positives but Wasn’t a Good Film
4= Bad Film
3= Horrible Film
2= Offensively Bad Film/ Surely Angered Me to have Viewed
1= Worst Pile of Shite Ever Committed to Film
2008 Best Picture Oscar Nominee Ratings
This is a posting of my ratings of the Oscar Best Picture nominated films released in 2008. These ratings were my feeling at the time and have not been revisited. The Oscar winner is in bold.
Milk——————————— ——————————-8
Frost/Nixon———————- —————————7
Slumdog Millionaire———————- —————5
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button—4
The Reader—————————— ——————-3
As always here is my ratings system.
10= Perfection (maybe 5-10 films all-time have made this category)
9= Great Film/ Likely Masterpiece
8= Must See/ Worth Owning
7= Worth Seeing/ Recommend to Others
6= Decent and Not Unhappy to Have Viewed/ May Recommend to Select People, but Not to Most
5= Likely had Some Positives but Wasn’t a Good Film
4= Bad Film
3= Horrible Film
2= Offensively Bad Film/ Surely Angered Me to have Viewed
1= Worst Pile of Shite Ever Committed to Film
2007 Best Picture Oscar Nominee Ratings
This is a posting of my ratings of the Oscar Best Picture nominated films released in 2007. These ratings were my feeling at the time and have not been revisited. The Oscar winner is in bold.
No Country for Old Men————————9
There Will Be Blood——————————- -7
Michael Clayton—————————- ———-7
Juno——————————— ————————-5
Atonement————————- ———————-3
As always here is my ratings system.
10= Perfection (maybe 5-10 films all-time have made this category)
9= Great Film/ Likely Masterpiece
8= Must See/ Worth Owning
7= Worth Seeing/ Recommend to Others
6= Decent and Not Unhappy to Have Viewed/ May Recommend to Select People, but Not to Most
5= Likely had Some Positives but Wasn’t a Good Film
4= Bad Film
3= Horrible Film
2= Offensively Bad Film/ Surely Angered Me to have Viewed
1= Worst Pile of Shite Ever Committed to Film
2006 Best Picture Oscar Nominee Ratings
This is a posting of my ratings of the Oscar Best Picture nominated films released in 2006. These ratings were my feeling at the time and have not been revisited. The Oscar winner is in bold.
The Departed————————— —————8
Little Miss Sunshine————————— —-8
The Queen——————————- —————6
Letters for Iwo Jima——————————6
Babel——————————- ————————2
As always here is my ratings system.
10= Perfection (maybe 5-10 films all-time have made this category)
9= Great Film/ Likely Masterpiece
8= Must See/ Worth Owning
7= Worth Seeing/ Recommend to Others
6= Decent and Not Unhappy to Have Viewed/ May Recommend to Select People, but Not to Most
5= Likely had Some Positives but Wasn’t a Good Film
4= Bad Film
3= Horrible Film
2= Offensively Bad Film/ Surely Angered Me to have Viewed
1= Worst Pile of Shite Ever Committed to Film
2005 Best Picture Oscar Nominee Ratings
This is a posting of my ratings of the Oscar Best Picture nominated films released in 2005. These ratings were my feeling at the time and have not been revisited. The Oscar winner is in bold.
Good Night and Good Luck——————8
Capote—————————————————-8
Brokeback Mountain——————————7
Munich——————————————————7
Crash——————————-————————7
As always here is my ratings system.
10= Perfection (maybe 5-10 films all-time have made this category)
9= Great Film/ Likely Masterpiece
8= Must See/ Worth Owning
7= Worth Seeing/ Recommend to Others
6= Decent and Not Unhappy to Have Viewed/ May Recommend to Select People, but Not to Most
5= Likely had Some Positives but Wasn’t a Good Film
4= Bad Film
3= Horrible Film
2= Offensively Bad Film/ Surely Angered Me to have Viewed
1= Worst Pile of Shite Ever Committed to Film
2004 Best Picture Oscar Nominee Ratings
This is a posting of my ratings of the Oscar Best Picture nominated films released in 2004. These ratings were my feeling at the time and have not been revisited. The Oscar winner is in bold.
Finding Neverland——————————-8
Sideways———————————————8
The Aviator——————————————7
Ray——————————————————5
Million Dollar Baby——————————-3
As always here is my ratings system.
10= Perfection (maybe 5-10 films all-time have made this category)
9= Great Film/ Likely Masterpiece
8= Must See/ Worth Owning
7= Worth Seeing/ Recommend to Others
6= Decent and Not Unhappy to Have Viewed/ May Recommend to Select People, but Not to Most
5= Likely had Some Positives but Wasn’t a Good Film
4= Bad Film
3= Horrible Film
2= Offensively Bad Film/ Surely Angered Me to have Viewed
1= Worst Pile of Shite Ever Committed to Film
