re: 85th Annual Academy Award Nominations (Full List)

wait ... no "the Intouchables" for best foreign film? wow. what a joke. That might have been the best film period.

And no Promethues for best Production Design ?

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Best motion picture of the year

“Amour” Nominees to be determined
“Argo” Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
“Django Unchained” Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
“Les Misérables” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
“Life of Pi”Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
“Lincoln” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
“Silver Linings Playbook”Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
“Zero Dark Thirty”Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers



Performance by an actor in a leading role

Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln”
Hugh Jackman in “Les Misérables”
Joaquin Phoenix in “The Master”
Denzel Washington in “Flight”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Alan Arkin in “Argo”
Robert De Niro in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “The Master”
Tommy Lee Jones in “Lincoln”
Christoph Waltz in “Django Unchained”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Jessica Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Emmanuelle Riva in “Amour”
Quvenzhané Wallis in “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Naomi Watts in “The Impossible”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Amy Adams in “The Master”
Sally Field in “Lincoln”
Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables”
Helen Hunt in “The Sessions”
Jacki Weaver in “Silver Linings Playbook”

“Amour” Michael Haneke
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Benh Zeitlin
“Life of Pi” Ang Lee
“Lincoln” Steven Spielberg
“Silver Linings Playbook” David O. Russell

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Wow. A nominee in every category that anybody cares about

Absolute bullshite that Tarantino and Dicaprio weren't nominated.

Phoenix doesn't beat DDL

A few surprises in there, but nothing shocking. I've actually only seen two of the Best Picture nominees (Beasts and Django), but I'm hoping to catch three more before the Awards (Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, and Argo).

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A few surprises in there, but nothing shocking.

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Disagree. Ben Affleck's directing snub for Argo is probably one of the biggest snubs in a very long time.

He and Spielberg were considered the frontrunners up until this morning.

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Disagree. Ben Affleck's directing snub for Argo is probably one of the biggest snubs in a very long time.

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Agreed. Ben Affleck can't catch a break from breaking his reputation as a shitty actor and someone who had little to nothing in writing Good Will Hunting, when he is currently proving himself as a fine filmmaker at this point.

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Silver Linings Playbook seems pretty unimpressive to have so many nominations. I hate the oscars

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Have you even seen it? It's a great movie. And I think it's between Silver Linings Playbook and Lincoln for Best Picture. Sure, Life of Pi got the second most nominations (11), but it isn't the kind of film that usually wins Best Picture. It's a technical triumph that will more than likely go the way Hugo went last year.

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Have you even seen it? It's a great movie. And I think it's between Silver Linings Playbook and Lincoln for Best Picture. Sure, Life of Pi got the second most nominations (11), but it isn't the kind of film that usually wins Best Picture. It's a technical triumph that will more than likely go the way Hugo went last year.

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I really hope Lincoln doesn't get it. Maybe I was expecting an entirely different film, like the life of Abe Lincoln, but really the film should have been called the 13th Ammendment. Really like "The Life of Pi", and really want to see Silver Lining Playbook.