I am a big movie fan. I’ve studied them and taken classes in screenwriting and film techniques. At one point, I wanted to be a filmmaker. Or do documentaries. So that’s a bit of background on why I studied them and analyzed the film techniques and movies.

Today the Oscar nominations were announced. I love watching the Oscars and watch from opening to close every year. I’ll do another post later with who I want to win vs who I think will win. Another thing I do is try to see all the movies that’s been nominated so I can give my honest opinion/thoughts.

So here is the list of this years nominations –

Best Picture

* Avatar
* The Blind Side
* District 9
* The Hurt Locker
* An Education
* Inglourious Basterds
* Precious
* A Serious Man
* Up
* Up in the Air

Best Actor

* Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
* George Clooney, Up In The Air
* Colin Firth, A Single Man
* Morgan Freeman, Invictus
* Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Best Actress

* Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
* Helen Mirren, The Last Station
* Carey Mulligan, An Education
* Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
* Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor

* Matt Damon, Invictus
* Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
* Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
* Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
* Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress

* Penélope Cruz, Nine
* Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air
* Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
* Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
* Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Best Director

* James Cameron, Avatar
* Kathryn Bigelow , The Hurt Locker
* Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
* Lee Daniels, Precious
* James Reitman, Up in the Air

Best Original Screenplay

* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* The Messenger
* A Serious Man
* Up

Best Adapted Screenplay

* District 9
* An Education
* In the Loop
* Precious
* Up in the Air

Best Animated Film

* Coraline
* Fanatastic Mr. Fox
* The Princess and the Frog
* The Secret of Kells
* Up

Best Foreign Language Film

* Ajami
* El Secreto de Sus Ojos
* The Milk of Sorrow
* Un Proprette
* The White Ribbon

Best Art Direction

* Avatar
* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
* Nine
* Sherlock Holmes
* The Young Victoria

Cinematography

* Avatar
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* The White Ribbon

Editing

* Avatar
* District 9
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Precious

Sound Mixing

* Avatar
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Star Trek
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Sound Editing

* Avatar
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Star Trek
* Up

Original Score

* Avatar
* Fantastic Mr. Fox
* The Hurt Locker
* Sherlock Holmes
* Up

Original Song

* “Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog
* “Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog
* “Loin de Paname” from Paris 36
* “Take It All” from Nine
* “The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart

Costume

* Bright Star
* Coco before Chanel
* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
* Nine
* The Young Victoria

Documentary Feature

* Burma VJ
* The Cove
* Food, Inc.
* The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
* Which Way Home

Documentary (short subject):

* China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
* The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
* The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
* Music by Prudence
* Rabbit à la Berlin

Makeup

* Il Divo
* Star Trek
* The Young Victoria

Animated Short Film

* French Roast
* Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
* The Lady and the Reaper
* Logorama
* A Matter of Loaf and Death

Live Action Short Film

* The Door
* Instead of Abracadabra
* Kavi
* Miracle Fish
* The New Tenants

Visual Effects

* Avatar
* District 9
* Star Trek