So these are my final nominations for the best in film in 2010. Note: I have not seen and don’t plan on seeing Black Swan and The Kids Are All Right. So please take that into account when reading these nominations.
Best Picture
127 Hours
The Fighter
The Ghost Writer
Inception
The King’s Speech
Let Me In
The Social Network
The Town
True Grit
Toy Story 3
Best Director
Danny Boyle for 127 Hours
Joel and Ethan Coen for True Grit
David Fincher for The Social Network
Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan for Inception
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges as US Marshal Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn in True Grit
Leonardo DiCaprio as US Marshal Edward “Teddy” Daniels in Shutter Island
Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network
Colin Firth as King George VI in The King’s Speech
James Franco as Aron Ralston in 127 Hours
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Rebecca Hall as Claire Keesey in The Town
Jennifer Lawrence as Ree Dolly in Winter’s Bone
Chloe Moretz as Abby in Let Me In
Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross in True Grit
Mia Wasikowska as Alice in Alice in Wonderland
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale as Dicky Eklund in The Fighter
Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network
Jeremy Renner as Jem Coughlin in The Town
Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue in The King’s Speech
Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker in The Social Network
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams as Charlene Fleming in The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth in The King’s Speech
Marion Cotillard as Mal in Inception
Melissa Leo as Alice Eklund in The Fighter
Rooney Mara as Erica Albright in The Social Network
Best Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle for 127 Hours
Joel and Ethan Coen for True Grit
Christopher Nolan for Inception
David Seidler for The King’s Speech
Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network
Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd for Green Zone
Roger Deakins for True Grit
Grieg Fraser for Let Me In
Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak for 127 Hours
Wally Pfister for Inception
Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat for The Ghost Writer
A.R. Rahman for 127 Hours
Daft Punk for Tron Legacy
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network
Hans Zimmer for Inception
Best Animated Feature
How to Train Your Dragon (Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois)
Tangled (Directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard)
Toy Story 3 (Directed by Lee Unkrich)
Best Ensemble
Inception (Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine)
The King’s Speech (Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon, Timothy Spall, Jennifer Ehle, Derek Jacobi, Eve Best)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Eileen Wong, Allison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Anna Kendrick, Brie Larson, Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, Mae Whitman, Jason Schwartzman, Satya Bhabha)
The Social Network (Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara)
The Town (Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Slaine, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper)
Nomination Count
The Social Network – 8
Inception, The King’s Speech – 7
127 Hours, True Grit – 6
The Fighter – 5
The Town – 4
Let Me In – 3
The Ghost Writer, Toy Story 3 – 2
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Alice in Wonderland, Tangled, Green Zone, How to Train Your Dragon, Tron: Legacy, Shutter Island – 1
Let me know what you think of these nominations! Did I leave anything out besides the two films I mentioned? Did I give a film too much credit? I’ll announce the winners on or before February 27, the date of the Oscars.
