I'd like to thank the academy

I love awards season. The red carpet, the awkward speeches, the rush to see as many of the movies as you can possibly see. I love it all, and this year is no exception.


Last week they announced the Oscar Nominees--so exciting. 

And the nominees are:

Best Picture (Out of what I've seen so far, I like Moneyball the best)

• "The Artist"
• "The Descendants"
• "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
• "Hugo"
• "Midnight in Paris"
• "The Help"
• "Moneyball"
• "War Horse"
• "The Tree of Life"

Best Actor (So far, I'd give it to Brad)

• Demian Bichir, "A Better Life"
• George Clooney, "The Descendants"
• Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
• Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
• Brad Pitt, "Moneyball"

Best Actress (No basis for comparison, but Viola Davis was good! Though, Meryl is my all time fav...)

• Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"
• Viola Davis, "The Help"
• Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
• Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"
• Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn"

Best Supporting Actor (Again, no basis for comparison, but I love Jonah Hill)

• Kenneth Branagh, "My Week With Marilyn"
• Jonah Hill, "Moneyball"
• Nick Nolte, "Warrior"
• Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"
• Max Von Sydow, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Best Supporting Actress (Hmmm, Octavia Spencer?)

• Berenice Bejo, "The Artist"
• Jessica Chastain, "The Help"
• Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
• Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs"
• Octavia Spencer, "The Help"

Best Director (Definitely Alexander Payne)

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

Best Original Screenplay (Ugh)

• Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
• JC Chandor, "Margin Call"
• Asghar Farhadi, "A Separation"
• Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
• Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, "Bridesmaids"

Best Adapted Screenplay (I loved the Ides of March of Moneyball)

• Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash, "The Descendants"
• John Logan, "Hugo"
• George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, "The Ides of March"
• Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, "Moneyball"
• Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughn, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

I've seen:

The Descendants (I thought the teenage daughter was the best of the lot)

Bridesmaids (I'm the only person in the world who was not a fan of this movie, but the humor just didn't hit me right)

The Help (Liked the movie much more than the book)

Moneyball (I actually liked this a LOT)

The Tree of Life (I hated this, it made me feel kind of stupid...)

The Ides of March (SO good...)

I plan to try to see: The Artist, Hugo, Tinker Tailor, My Week with Marilyn, Iron Lady, Midnight in Paris and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close... we'll see how far I get. :)