This morning the BFCA unveiled its nominations, and the state of the Oscar race became a little bit clearer (in some categories, at least). The Best Picture line-up in particular is starting to become quite clear, with late-in-the-year entries True Grit and Black Swan securing spots along with regulars like The Social Network, The King's Speech, Toy Story 3, and Inception. Interesting though that The Town made the roster but not The Kids Are All Right. For whatever reason Affleck's crime drama is gaining steam while 'Kids' seems to have slowed slightly. In directing, the Coens picked up a nomination, which is good news for the pair, whose 2009 effort A Serious Man was nominated for Picture, but without a director nomination.
The acting categories are a little more complicated, because the BFCA chose to nominate 6 performances. Front runners Franco, Firth, and Eisenberg are there, along with Bridges for 'Grit,' which is gaining traction, and nearly-forgotten Robert Duvall (Get Low) and Blue Valentine's Ryan Gosling (whose co-star Michelle Williams made the Actress line-up). For actress, its another line-up of the expected: Bening, Portman, Lawrence, and Kidman. Joining them are Williams and Noomi Rapace; frankly, I'm surprised Rapace was picked over Tilda Swinton, though I'm relatively indifferent towards both performances. Where this category really gets interesting is the lack of nomination for Bening's co-star Julianne Moore. And it's not just a case of category placement; she's not in the supporting line-up either.
In the supporting categories are a handful of expected future Oscar-nominees along with plenty of possible/wild card contenders. S. Actor is led by Christian Bale and Geoffrey Rush, and rounded out with Andrew Garfield, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner (The Town), and Sam Rockwell, whose Conviction performance seems to have fallen off of the radar almost completely until now. If he doesn't grab a Globe nomination tomorrow, he could be in trouble. Supporting actress, on the other hand, is slightly easier to predict. Melissa Leo and Amy Adams are both there for The Fighter, and Helena Bonham Carter is sure to score with AMPAS for The King's Speech. Then there's Animal Kingdom's Jacki Weaver, who's steadily been gaining steam (if she scores a Globe nomination, her Oscar chances will skyrocket). The last two slots belong to Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit), making her second appearance after the Houston critics nominees, and Black Swan's Mila Kunis, who's been mostly absent from the race.
And while many of the categories are filled with the same films, the one that's truly interesting to watch is Foreign Language Film. There hasn't been a single consistent line-up so far, and the BFCA haven't changed that with their picks: Biutiful, I am Love, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Then there's the problem with Original Score. I love the BFCA's choices, but they don't do much to help one's Oscar predictions, seeing as both Black Swan and True Grit's score's have apparently been deemed ineligble, meaning that Clint Mansell and Carter Burwell still have zero Oscar nominations to their names. *Sigh* Well, maybe one of these days AMPAS will clean up the music branch...at least I hope so...
The complete set of nominees:
BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges – “True Grit”
Robert Duvall – “Get Low”
Jesse Eisenberg – “The Social Network”
Colin Firth – “The King’s Speech”
James Franco – “127 Hours”
Ryan Gosling – “Blue Valentine”
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening – “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman – “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence – “Winter’s Bone”
Natalie Portman – “Black Swan”
Noomi Rapace – “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
Michelle Williams – “Blue Valentine”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale – “The Fighter”
Andrew Garfield – “The Social Network”
Jeremy Renner – “The Town”
Sam Rockwell – “Conviction”
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”
Mila Kunis – “Black Swan”
Melissa Leo – “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld – “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver – “Animal Kingdom”
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Elle Fanning – “Somewhere”
Jennifer Lawrence – “Winter’s Bone”
Chloe Grace Moretz – “Let Me In”
Chloe Grace Moretz – “Kick-Ass”
Kodi Smit-McPhee – “Let Me In”
Hailee Steinfeld – “True Grit”
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Fighter
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky – “Black Swan”
Danny Boyle – “127 Hours”
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – “True Grit”
David Fincher – “The Social Network”
Tom Hooper – “The King’s Speech”
Christopher Nolan – “Inception”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Another Year” – Mike Leigh
“Black Swan” – Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
“The Fighter” – Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson)
“Inception” – Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right” – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
“The King’s Speech” – David Seidler
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“127 Hours” – Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle
“The Social Network” – Aaron Sorkin
“The Town” – Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Sheldon Turner
“Toy Story 3” – Michael Arndt (Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
“True Grit” – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Winter’s Bone” – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“127 Hours” – Anthony Dod Mantle
“Black Swan” – Matthew Libatique
“Inception” – Wally Pfister
“The King’s Speech” – Danny Cohen
“True Grit” – Roger Deakins
BEST ART DIRECTION
“Alice in Wonderland” – Stefan Dechant
“Black Swan” – Therese DePrez and Tora Peterson
“Inception” – Guy Hendrix Dyas
“The King’s Speech” – Netty Chapman
“True Grit” – Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh
BEST EDITING
“127 Hours” – Jon Harris
“Black Swan” – Andrew Weisblum
“Inception” – Lee Smith
“The Social Network” – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Alice in Wonderland” – Colleen Atwood
“Black Swan” – Amy Westcott
“The King’s Speech” – Jenny Beavan
“True Grit” – Mary Zophres
BEST MAKEUP
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
True Grit
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
Tron: Legacy
BEST SOUND
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Inception
Kick-Ass
Red
The Town
Unstoppable
BEST COMEDY
Cyrus
Date Night
Easy A
Get Him to the Greek
I Love You Phillip Morris
The Other Guys
BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
The Pacific
Temple Grandin
You Don’t Know Jack
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful
I Am Love
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Restrepo
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
The Tillman Story
Waiting for Superman
BEST SONG
“I See the Light” – performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi/written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater – Tangled
“If I Rise” – performed by Dido and A.R. Rahman/music by A.R. Rahman/lyrics by Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong – 127 Hours
“Shine” – performed and written by John Legend – Waiting for Superman
“We Belong Together” – performed and written by Randy Newman – Toy Story 3
“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Yet” – performed by Cher/written by Diane Warren – Burlesque
BEST SCORE
“Black Swan” – Clint Mansell
“Inception” – Hans Zimmer
“The King’s Speech” – Alexandre Desplat
“The Social Network” – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
“True Grit” – Carter Burwell
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