2011 Oscar Nods!

OK, yes the Academy Awards have gotten all politic and pretentiously stuffy the past few (read several) years. As a film fan, there have been more disappointments that agreements with the Academy's choices because of their apparent elitist attitude about some "lesser" genres of film that they seem to like to skim over in their "judging".

That said, it's still fun to see who receives nominations, make your predictions, watch all the glitzy red carpet-walking and then root for your faves... it's the Stanley Cup for films! 

Following is this year's list of categories and nominations.

I haven't seen many, but I've marked my favorite(s) in bold (And I reserve the right to change these at any point before the awards should I see more of the nominated films, because there are several I still want to :P )

Best Picture

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

The King's Speech
127 Hours

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter's Bone

Best Director

Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

David O. Russell, The Fighter

Tom Hooper, The King's Speech

David Fincher, The Social Network

Joel Coen/Ethan Coen, True Grit

Best Actor

Javier Barden, Biutiful

Jeff Bridges, True Grit

Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

Colin Firth, The King's Speech

James Franco, 127 Hours

Best Actress

Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right

Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone

Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Suppoting Actor

Christian Bale, The Fighter

John Hawkes, Winter's Bone

Jeremy Renner, The Town

Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right

Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, The Fighter

Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech

Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Best Screenplay - Adapted

Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours

Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

Michael Arndt, Toy Story 3

Joel Cown & Ethan Cown, True Grit

Debra Granik & Anne Roselini, Winter's Bone

Best Screenplay - Original

Mike Leigh, Another Year

Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson, The Fighter

Christopher Nolan, Inception

Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right

David Seidler, The King's Speech

Best Animated Feature

How To Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

Best Documentary

Exit Through the Gift Shop

GasLand

Inside Job

Restrepo

Waste Land

Best Foreign Language Film

Biutiful (Mexico)

Dogtooth (Greece)

In A Better World (Denmark)

Incendies (Canada)

Outside the Law (Algeria)

Best Art Direction

Alice in Wonderland

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1

Inception

The King's Speech

True Grit

Best Cinematography

Black Swan

Inception

The King's Speech

The Social Network

True Grit

Best Costume Design

Alice in Wonderland

I Am Love

The King's Speech

The Tempest

True Grit

Best Editing

127 Hours

Black Swan

The Fighter

The King's Speech

The Social Network

Best Makeup

Barney's Version

The Way Back

The Wolfman

Best Score

127 Hours

How to Train Your Dragon

Inception

The King's Speech

The Social Network

Best Song
"Coming Home" - Country Strong
"I See the Light" - Tangled
"If I Rise" - 127 Hours
"We Belong Together" - Toy Story 3

Best Sound Editing
Inception
Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable


Best Sound Mixing
Inception
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit

Best Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2

Best Documentary Short
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

Best Animated Short

Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)

Best Live-Action Short
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

Who do YOU think will take home a golden dude on a pedestal February 27th?

list retrieved from http://gawker.com/5742708/here-are-the-2011-oscar-nominations