The 2011 Oscar Nominations

Well, congratulations. If you made a film in 2010, it was probably just nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. The Academy, in their infinite wisdom, decided to stick with the super-sized ten-films-get-nominated format this year, meaning that pretty much every good mainstream film made in the past 12 months will be vying for the top prize come February 27.

Thankfully, the field this year is actually much stronger than it was a year ago (The Blind Side? Really?) and having ten best picture nominations does mean that the actual best movie of the year—Toy Story 3—gets a piece of the spotlight before being crushed by some movie about social media or stuttering monarchs or cowboys who aren't toys. Here's hoping the human vote gets split nine ways.

As for the acting categories, we'll probably be cheering hardest for Annette Bening. She kicked freaking ass in The Kids Are Alright and it seems that every time she gets nominated, she ends up getting beaten by Hilary Swank. Also, Natalie Portman kind of scared the crap out of us in Black Swan. And then there's the big snub: Ryan Gosling not getting nominated for Best Actor. We haven't actually seen Blue Valentine (we're going tonight! we swear!), but we think he's dreamy and his band is cool and he's Canadian and The Notebook made us cry, so we're going to go ahead and say that we're outraged.

Really, we want James Franco Cutting Off His Own Arm to win anyway.

Here's the full list of the nominations:

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 and Ethan Coen, 'True Grit'

BEST ACTOR

Javier Bardem, '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 SUPPORTING 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 ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

'How to Train Your Dragon'
'Illusionist'
'Toy Story 3'

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Mexico - 'Biutiful'
Greece - 'Dogtooth'
Denmark - 'In a Better World'
Canada - 'Incendies'
Algeria - 'Outside the law'

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

'Another Year'
'The Fighter'
'Inception'
'The Kids Are All Right'
'The King's Speech'

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

'127 Hours'
'The Social Network'
'Toy Story 3'
'True Grit'
'Winter's Bone'

BEST ART DIRECTION

'Alice in Wonderland'
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I'
'Inception'
'The King's Speech'
'True Grit'

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

'Alice in Wonderland'
'I Am Love'
'The King's Speech'
'The Tempest'
'True Grit'

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

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

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

John Powell for 'How to Train Your Dragon'
Hans Zimmer for 'Inception'

Alexandre Desplat for 'The King's Speech'
A.R. Rahman for '127 Hours'
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for 'The Social Network'

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

'Exit Through the Gift Shop'
'Gasland'
'Inside Job'
'Restrepo'
'Waste Land'

BEST FILM EDITING

'Black Swan'
'The Fighter'
'The Kings Speech'
'127 Hours'
'The Social Network'

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 MAKEUP

'Barney's Version'
'The Way Back'
'The Wolfman'

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 Comes Up'
'The Warriors of Qiugang'

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

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

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

'The Confession'
'The Crush'
'God of Love'
'Na Wewe'
'Wish 143' 

 

Photo: Tom Hanks and Tim Allen