Thursday, February 9, 2012

Best of 2011: The Nominees

Finally, I feel ready to name my favorite films and performances of the past year.  2011 was a great year for movies, though listening to the chatter on the internet might lead you to believe otherwise.  I'll go more into detail about what made this year great when I post my Top 10 of the year, but for now, enjoy these nominees that represent, in my humble opinion, the very best that 2011 had to offer.  (Note: foreign films such as Pina and A Separation, due to their theatrical release pattern, will be eligible for next year's awards, just as In a Better World and Incendies are amongst this year's nominees.)

Best Picture
Bridesmaids
Hugo
Like Crazy
The Tree of Life
Weekend

Best Director
Drake Doremus, Like Crazy
David Fincher, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive
Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Directorial Debut
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Joe Cornish, Attack the Block
Sean Durkin, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Vera Farmiga, Higher Ground
Dee Rees, Pariah

Best Actor
Tom Cullen, Weekend
George Clooney, The Descendants
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Chris New, Weekend
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Actress
Felicity Jones, Like Crazy 
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Adepero Oduye, Pariah
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Asa Butterfield, Hugo
Xander Dolan, Heartbeats
Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love
Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Supporting Actress
Sandra Bullock, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Viola Davis, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Best Young Actor
Asa Butterfield, Hugo
Thomas Horn, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Hunter McCracken, The Tree of Life
William Johnk Nielsen, In a Better World
Craig Roberts, Submarine

Best Young Actress
Jessica Barden, Hanna
Jessica Tyler Brown, Paranormal Activity 3
Morgana Davies, The Tree
Liana Liberato, Trust
Saoirse Ronan, Hanna

Best Body of Work, Actor
George Clooney, The Ides of March and The Descendants
Michael Fassbender, Jane Eyre, X-Men: First Class, Shame, and A Dangerous Method
Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love, Drive, and The Ides of March
Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life and Moneyball
Anton Yelchin, The Beaver, Fright Night, and Like Crazy

Best Body of Work, Actress
Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life, The Help, The Debt, and Take Shelter
Viola Davis, Trust, The Help, and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Charlotte Gainsbourg, The Tree and Melancholia
Emma Stone, Friends With Benefits, Crazy, Stupid, Love, and The Help
Kate Winslet, Contagion and Carnage

Best Ensemble
Bridesmaids
Carnage
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Drake Doremus and Ben York Jones, Like Crazy
Andrew Haigh, Weekend
Will Reiser, 50/50
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Bridesmaids

Best Adapted Screenplay
Pedro Almodovar and Agustin Almodovar, The Skin I Live In
John Logan, Hugo
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughn, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash, The Descendants
Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball

Best Editing
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber, and Mark Yoshikawa, The Tree of Life
Zachary Stuart-Pontier, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
Joe Walker, Life in a Day

Best Cinematography
Manuel Alberto Claro, Melancholia
Jeff Cronenweth, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hoyte Von Hoytema, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Emmanual Lubezki, The Tree of Life
Bob Richardson, Hugo

Best Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Costumes
Mark Bridges, The Artist
Sonia Grande, Midnight in Paris
Michael O'Connor, Jane Eyre
Sandy Powell, Hugo
Anna B. Sheppard, Captain America: The First Avenger

Best Make-Up
Albert Nobbs
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady
The Skin I Live In

Best Special Effects
Captain America: The First Avenger
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Tree of Life

Best Sound
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Real Steel
The Tree of Life

Best Original Score
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Alexandre Desplat, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Dario Marianelli, Jane Eyre
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore, Hugo

Best Original Song
"Couer Volant," Hugo
"Life's a Happy Song," The Muppets
"Man or Muppet," The Muppets
"Never Be Daunted," happythankyoumoreplease
"So Long," Winnie the Pooh

Best Foreign Film
Heartbeats
In a Better World
Incendies
Love Crimes
The Skin I Live In

Best Documentary
Bill Cunningham New York
Life in a Day
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Project Nim
Senna

Best Animated Film
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Winnie the Pooh

Best Voice Performance
Johnny Depp, Rango
Ashley Jensen, Arthur Christmas
Ashley Jensen, Gnomeo & Juliet
James McAvoy, Arthur Christmas
Bill Nighy, Arthur Christmas

Best Voice Cast
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Rango
Winnie the Pooh

Best 3-D
The Adventures of Tintin
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Hugo
Kung Fu Panda 2
Rio

Funniest Movie
50/50
Bridesmaids
Friends With Benefits
Horrible Bosses
The Trip

Funniest Actor
Rob Brydon, The Trip
Steeve Coogan, The Trip
Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love
Seth Rogen, 50/50
Corey Stoll, Midnight in Paris

Funniest Actress
Jessica Barden, Hannah
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Patricia Clarkson, Friends With Benefits
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids

Funniest Ensemble
50/50
Attack the Block
Bridesmaids
Friends With Benefits
Horrible Bosses

Biggest Tearjerker
50/50
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Life in a Day
Like Crazy
Weekend

Best Scene
The flight to Vegas, Bridesmaids
The opening job, Drive
The opening credits, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The shower, Like Crazy
"The Rainbow Connection," The Muppets

Most Pleasant Surprise
Fright Night
Moneyball
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
We Bought a Zoo

Worst Picture
Battle: Los Angeles
The Best and the Brightest
New Year's Eve
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I

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