"UP" Nominated for Best Picture!

[Don'tYouKnowNothing?]

Congratulations to Disney--"Up" was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar this morning. (It was also nominated for the animated feature Oscar.) I think this is only the second time an animated film has been nominated for Best Picture. Hurray for "Up"!!!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Congratulations to Disney--"Up" was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar this morning. (It was also nominated for the animated feature Oscar.) I think this is only the second time an animated film has been nominated for Best Picture. Hurray for "Up"!!!

I did not care for the movie to be honest. I think it does not belong in the Best Pic nominee but that is jmo.

 

[dare2dream]

Actor in a Leading Role

* Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
* George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
* Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
* Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
* Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actor in a Supporting Role

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

Actress in a Leading Role

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

Actress in a Supporting Role

* Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
* Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
* Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
* Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
* Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Best Picture

* “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
* “The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
* “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
* “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
* “The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined
* “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
* “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
* “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
* “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Animated Feature Film

* “Coraline” Henry Selick
* “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
* “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
* “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
* “Up” Pete Docter

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

* “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
* “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
* “In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
* “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)

* “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
* “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
* “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
* “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
* “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

 

[bgirldeb]

I actually liked 'UP' better than Avatar

 

[chisnpeke]

I'm glad it got nominated but it would not be there if it weren't for the allowance of 10 movies to be nomiated for best picture.

Beauty and the Beast is the only other animated film to be nominated for best picture.

 

[Planogirl]

I'm surprised to see District 9 in the list. Of course it wouldn't be there without the expanded list either.

Of course, Avatar will win.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I'm surprised to see District 9 in the list. Of course it wouldn't be there without the expanded list either.

Of course, Avatar will win.

Yep. I mean District 9? Come on.

Then again I am still boiling over last yrs Oscars with the "In Memorium" for leaving out Harvey Korman and George Carlin. I lost a lot of respect for the Academy last yr. Still not over it.

 

[KristaTX]

Interesting. Up was just okay to me. As far as Pixar movies go, I'd count it as one of the lesser films .

 

[Feralpeg]

I'm not sure I believe "UP" should be nominated for best picture, but I did REALLY like it. I like it so much more than "Cars", "The Incredibles" and "Meet the Robinsons". The only Pixar movie I like better than "Up" is "Finding Nemo".

 

[Robinrs]

I'm glad it got nominated but it would not be there if it weren't for the allowance of 10 movies to be nomiated for best picture.

I agree.

I believe the extended list is a bonus to the movies themselves. Whether they win or not the nod equals dollars.

I spend the first 2 months of the year watching all the nominated movies and usually miss ONE. THAT is always the one that wins!! Last year the only one I missed was Slumdog Millionaire... who knew!

So far the only ones I've seen is Avatar and District 9. I'm going to skip Precious and Blindside so they just may be lucky this year!

 

[JenM]

I'm glad it got nominated but it would not be there if it weren't for the allowance of 10 movies to be nomiated for best picture.

And one of the reasons we have 10 best picture nominations was because WALL*E was snubbed last year. That and The Dark Knight being left out were mentioned as reasons why the list was expanded when they made the announcement last year.

UP was being talked as the Pixar film to finally get some Oscar attention outside of the Best Animated Category before they expanded the list, although even then it was a long shot at best.

And it deserved it - it's easily one of the best films of 2009. Even if it doesn't win Best Picture (which it won't) it will most likely win Best Animated and hopefully Best Score.

I was disappointed Star Trek was left out of the Best Picture list, but the UP and District 9 nominations more than made up for it. D9 was one of the best sci-movies I've seen in a long time.

I'm thinking Avatar is going to win Best Picture, but Kathryn Bigelow will win Best Director of The Hurt Locker - and the cool part about that is that she would be the first woman to win a Best Director Oscar. And she deserves it, The Hurt Locker was amazing.

 

[elgerber]

Yep. I mean District 9? Come on.

Then again I am still boiling over last yrs Oscars with the "In Memorium" for leaving out Harvey Korman and George Carlin. I lost a lot of respect for the Academy last yr. Still not over it.

I was thrilled to see District 9 nominated. Yes, I know it wouldnt' have made the list if it was only 5, but it fully deserves to be there!

 

[lillygator]

I liked Up as well....

 

[JenM]

I was thrilled to see District 9 nominated. Yes, I know it wouldnt' have made the list if it was only 5, but it fully deserves to be there!

Agreed! I would have loved to see Sharlto Copley get a nomination as well, but the Best Picture recognition is pretty cool.

 

[merryweather20]

I'm not sure I believe "UP" should be nominated for best picture, but I did REALLY like it. I like it so much more than "Cars", "The Incredibles" and "Meet the Robinsons". The only Pixar movie I like better than "Up" is "Finding Nemo".

Me too

 

[Handbag Lady]

I am so happy for UP I just can't stand it. I was yelling this morning until my husband said to sush it, missy!



I think I am one of the few who didn't like District 9. I felt the story was a little too projected and the artistry of the filming kept pulling me out of the story.

I am disappointed that there is a hitch with the best sound editing vs. sound mixing category. It seems that Transformers bumped UP from Sound Mixing. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO on you, academy voters!

 

[TheZue]

I'm not sure I like the expanded list. It makes it seem like half of it is just bonus advertising or pity nods and it seems like they have no chance but are there just cause. That or I'm just old and set in my ways.

Anyways District 9 was amazing. I didn't know what to expect going into that and I can't remember hating a character so much at the beginning of a film and having it turn around. I'm looking forward to a sequel on that one.

 

[bumbershoot]

I haven't seen any movies this year, it seems. Other than Up.


That movie made DH and I burst into tears for a solid 15 minutes. And then the stuff with Russell and his dad made us cry more. And the movie made us laugh and smile, and think about life and death and what come in between, and love and everything.

Stinkin' good movie.


And all that withOUT totally realistic looking human characters. How can that square-face Carl make me so sad?

Then again, the fact that Russell looks JUST like my husband did when he was a kid made an impression.


Oh, and Pete Docter deserves an award for the Kevin sound he made as Kevin calls to the babies. (I would say "she" but DH reminded me that maybe with that animal, babies are cared for by their fathers, so I'm not totally convinced that Kevin is indeed a girl!)

 

[MAH4546]

I'm not sure I like the expanded list. It makes it seem like half of it is just bonus advertising or pity nods and it seems like they have no chance but are there just cause. That or I'm just old and set in my ways.

Anyways District 9 was amazing. I didn't know what to expect going into that and I can't remember hating a character so much at the beginning of a film and having it turn around. I'm looking forward to a sequel on that one.

It is only returning things to how they are supposed to be. Best Picture always had ten nominations until 1943.

 

[ead79]

I'm thrilled for Up to get a nomination! I thought it really showed the range of human emotions and had a depth beyond what you usually see in movies (and even more so in animated ones) these days.