[Movies] The 2011 Oscars are going to tell you which French movies you should have been watching

[Charlie Don't Surf]

WHOOOOOOO Oscar day!!!

Who's going to be watching with me?!?! It starts at 6pm Central!!!!

Best Picture
"The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer
"The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer
"The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
"Hugo" Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
"Midnight in Paris" Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
"Moneyball" Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
"The Tree of Life" Nominees to be determined
"War Horse" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

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

Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
George Clooney in "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"

Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis in "The Help"
Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"

Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer in "The Help"

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)
"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi

Animated Feature Film
"A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
"Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
"Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
"Rango" Gore Verbinski

Art Direction
"The Artist"
Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
"Hugo"
Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"Midnight in Paris"
Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
"War Horse"
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography
"The Artist" Guillaume Schiffman
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Jeff Cronenweth
"Hugo" Robert Richardson
"The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design
"Anonymous" Lisy Christl
"The Artist" Mark Bridges
"Hugo" Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
"W.E." Arianne Phillips

Documentary (Feature)
"Hell and Back Again"
Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Pina"
Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
"Undefeated"
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)
"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement"
Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
"God Is the Bigger Elvis"
Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
"Incident in New Baghdad"
James Spione
"Saving Face"
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"
Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing
"The Artist" Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Kevin Tent
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
"Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film
"Bullhead" Belgium
"Footnote" Israel
"In Darkness" Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" Iran

Makeup
"Albert Nobbs"
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
"The Iron Lady"
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)
"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource
"Hugo" Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams

Music (Original Song)
"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Short Film (Animated)
"Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
"La Luna" Enrico Casarosa
"A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
"Wild Life" Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)
"Pentecost" Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
"Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
"The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George
"Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
"Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing
"Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Ren Klyce
"Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
"War Horse" Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
"Hugo"
Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
"Moneyball"
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
"War Horse"
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
"Hugo"
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
"Real Steel"
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

 

[ThatNickGuy]

You couldn't pay me enough to watch them.

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

I can't wait to spend 4 and a half hours jerking off to hollywood

 

[checkeredhat]

I didn't see a single film nominated in any category this year.
I think thats generally how the academy voters do it anyway.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

I figure they take the two top choices and then pick the one that shouldn't win over the other.

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

I didn't see a single film nominated in any category this year.
I think thats generally how the academy voters do it anyway.

Whoa, you're really cool.

 

[checkeredhat]

I guessed, again having not seen any of these films.

Best Picture
"The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer

Directing
"The Descendants" Alexander Payne

Actor in a Leading Role
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"

Actress in a Leading Role
Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

Actress in a Supporting Role
Octavia Spencer in "The Help"

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin

Writing (Original Screenplay)
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen

Animated Feature Film
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson


Art Direction
"Hugo"
Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

Cinematography
"War Horse" Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design
"Hugo" Sandy Powell


Documentary (Feature)
"Hell and Back Again"
Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner

Documentary (Short Subject)
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"
Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing
"The Artist" Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius

Foreign Language Film
"Footnote" Israel

Makeup
"The Iron Lady"
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)
"War Horse" John Williams

Music (Original Song)
"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie

Short Film (Animated)
"Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon

Short Film (Live Action)
"The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George

Sound Editing
"Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis


Sound Mixing
"War Horse"
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"

Added at: 18:02

Whoa, you're really cool.

If you think that is what I was implying in my post, I really wonder whether American schools make their students take reading comprehension tests at all.

 

[Hailey Knight]

I've seen a nominee for Best Song and a nominee for Visual Effects.

I'm pretty fucking cool.

 

[fade]

Why does French = better? I thought French = made by French people, and carried no inherent value.

 

[ElJuski]

I love it when nerds make sassy comments about "reading comprehension tests" on the internet. I also find it weird that people think it's badass they haven't seen any of these movies (or the Super Bowl) for that matter. REAL COOL GUYS.

But anyways, I won't be watching the Oscars, because they're usually pretty boring. They do give me a reason to play catch up on all the movies I've been meaning to see, but haven't.

 

[Espy]

Let me know if Drive wins Best Picture. Because I figure if shitty movies like The Help and Extremely Loud can get nominated then anything is possible.

 

[checkeredhat]

I love it when nerds make sassy comments about "reading comprehension tests" on the internet. I also find it weird that people think it's badass they haven't seen any of these movies (or the Super Bowl) for that matter. REAL COOL GUYS.

Can you point to where I said I was "bad ass"? Or for that matter, "cool"? I am really curious where you and Charlie are seeing that. Is it in very small type that I accidentally wrote in while having a stroke of some sort? Cause I don't see it. Little help?

I said I haven't seen the movies, and the implication was merely that because I haven't seen them, I have no investment in the Oscars this year. How, in any way, is that the pompous statement you are making it out to be?
I was actually very interested to see more of the Oscar nominated movies this year than I have in quite a long time (Hugo, The Artist, Drive, Moneyball, The Descendents, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy all look very good). But I don't enjoy seeing movies like these in theatres where the experience is always sub par, so I will wait for DVD
Added at: 22:01
Oh, also I missed one when I said that initially, so I better correct myself. I saw the Muppets.

 

[Bumble the Boy Wonder]

Can you point to where I said I was "bad ass"? Or for that matter, "cool"? I am really curious where you and Charlie are seeing that. Is it in very small type that I accidentally wrote in while having a stroke of some sort? Cause I don't see it. Little help?

I said I haven't seen the movies, and the implication was merely that because I haven't seen them, I have no investment in the Oscars this year. How, in any way, is that the pompous statement you are making it out to be?
I was actually very interested to see more of the Oscar nominated movies this year than I have in quite a long time (Hugo, The Artist, Drive, Moneyball, The Descendents, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy all look very good). But I don't enjoy seeing movies like these in theatres where the experience is always sub par, so I will wait for DVD
Added at: 22:01
Oh, also I missed one when I said that initially, so I better correct myself. I saw the Muppets.

To be fair, Juski was most likely referring to a certain type of person, not so much you personally.

 

[checkeredhat]

To be fair, Juski was most likely referring to a certain type of person, not so much you personally.

No, he paraphrased my (admittedly poor attempt at a) jab towards Charlie in his post.

 

[Frank]

I didn't see any best picture nominees this year, for like the first year since I've been an adult. Kind of weird. Not that I didn't want to, I just didn't.
Added at: 16:49
I'm really glad Drive was up for something, how it didn't make cinematography is kind of fucked to me.

 

[Bumble the Boy Wonder]

No, he paraphrased my (admittedly poor attempt at a) jab towards Charlie in his post.

Oops, didn't see that little quote you had at the end of that post. Muh bad

 

[Hailey Knight]

I feel bad that John Williams is nominated twice in the same category. When that happened for Munich and Memoirs of a Geisha, Brokeback Mountain won. Brokeback Mountain's score is utter shit compared to either of those.

 

[ElJuski]

Specifically I was laughing at the reading comprehension fail part of his post, but bitching more generally about people in general for the rest of it. Punching the enter key once might have made that a little less direct towards the hat man.

 

[SpecialKO]

I'm with Frankie, just haven't gotten around to seeing any of the movies in play (not counting the Help and Extremely Loud that I specifically avoided).

Pity. Genuinely intended to see the Artist and Midnight in Paris beforehand, but it's not like I won't be able to catch them post-Oscars in some form.

 

[checkeredhat]

I'm most disappointed I didn't get to see any of the films in the best animated feature category this year. I especially really wanted to see Kung Fu Panda 2. I heard surprisingly good things about it from my friends, some of whom were, you know, not exactly big fans of the original, either.
Added at: 01:00

Specifically I was laughing at the reading comprehension fail part of his post, but bitching more generally about people in general for the rest of it. Punching the enter key once might have made that a little less direct towards the hat man.

Fair enough. It was a lame jab, by my own admission.

 

[Cheesy1]

And the best song Oscar goes to:


True, it only had one other song as competition, but good job!

 

[evilmike]

Best Animated Short:

 

[checkeredhat]

My blind predictions were pretty far off.

 

[twitchmoss]

Gary oldman got robbed! robbed damn it! and tinker tailor got nothing?! not even best adapted screenplay? bullshit on toast.

Still, I'm glad rango got best animated.

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

Meryl Streep was a legit shocker.

 

[sixpackshaker]

I was a bit shocked by her win. As for the film, I've only heard that the film was bad, but Meryl played the part well. I think her win was more along the lines of, "what do you mean she has not won one in 30 years?"

 

[Dave]

My blind predictions were pretty far off.

On the small categories, yes. On the main ones, no. You were right on.

The Oscars are nothing if not predictable. A French silent black and white movie being judged the best by a bunch of old white guys who pine for the golden days of yore? Who would have thought that would happen besides literally everyone?

 

[Jay]

This is the first year that I've seen NONE of the nominations/winners as of yet (actually that's wrong, I saw Rango a few months back, it was OK). That will probably change as these movies make their way to the Movie Network over the next few months. I will however make no voluntarily attempt to see any of them for the sake of some over hyped Hollywood award show.

I also didn't bother to watch the show at all.

Felt great.

 

[Covar]

So am I the only person who didn't think "Man or Muppet" was the best song on the soundtrack?

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

So am I the only person who didn't think "Man or Muppet" was the best song on the soundtrack?

Nah, it was really bizarre that Life's a Happy Song or Pictures in My Head didn't get nominated/win.

 

[Bumble the Boy Wonder]

Man or Muppet was the funniest song-related moment in the movie to me (I just sang a whole song about it..), but I felt there were many others more worthy of the nod. As Charlie said, Life's a Happy Song was great

 

[fade]

I thought Man or Muppet was stupid. I was thinking, come on, wrap it up, this really drags, when I was watching the movie. It might've been good if it was about a third as long.