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    Tuesday, February 2, 2010

    My 2010 Oscar Checklist

    "X" marks the movies I've seen.

    Best picture
    X - "Avatar"
    X - "The Hurt Locker"
    X - "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
    X - "Up in the Air"
    X - "Inglourious Basterds"
    X - "Up"
    X - "The Blind Side"
    X - "District 9"
    X - "An Education"
    X - "A Serious Man"

    Actor
    X - George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
       - Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
       - Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
    X - Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
    X - Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

    Actress
    X - Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
    X - Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
    X - Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
       - Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
    X - Carey Mulligan, "An Education"

    Supporting actor
    X - Matt Damon, "Invictus"
    X - Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
       - Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
       - Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
    X - Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"

    Supporting actress
    X - Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
    X - Mo'Nique, "Precious"
    X - Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
    X - Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
       - Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"

    Director
    X - Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
    X - Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
    X - James Cameron, "Avatar"
    X - Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
    X - Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"

    Animated feature
    X - "Up"
    X - "Coraline"
    X - "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
    X - "The Princess and the Frog"
       - "The Secret of Kells"

    Animated short
       - "The Door"
       - "Instead of Abracadabra"
       - "Kavi"
       - "Miracle Fish"
       - "The New Tenants"

    Original screenplay
    X - "The Hurt Locker"
    X - "Inglourious Basterds"
    X - "The Messenger"
    X - "A Serious Man"
    X - "Up"

    Adapted screenplay
    X - "District 9"
    X - "An Education"
    X - "In the Loop"
    X - "Precious"
    X - "Up in the Air"

    Best foreign-language film
       - "Ajami"
       - "El Secreto de Sus Ojos"
       - "The Milk of Sorrow"
       - "Un Prophete"
       - "The White Ribbon"

    Best film editing
    X - "Avatar"
    X - "District 9"
    X - "The Hurt Locker"
    X - "Inglourious Basterds"
    X - "Precious"

    Best documentary feature
       - "Burma VJ"
       - "The Cove"
       - "Food, Inc."
       - "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
       - "Which Way Home"

    Best documentary short
       - "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"

    Art direction
    X - "Avatar"
    X - "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus"
    X - "Nine"
    X - "Sherlock Holmes"
    X - "The Young Victoria

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

    Costume
       - "Bright Star"
       - "Coco before Chanel"
    X - "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
    X - "Nine"
    X - "The Young Victoria"

    Original Score
    X - "Avatar"
    X - "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
    X - "The Hurt Locker"
    X - "Sherlock Holmes"
    X - "Up"

    Original Song
    X - "Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog"
    X - "Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog"
    X - "Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36"
    X - "Take It All" from "Nine"
       - "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart"

    Sound Editing
    X - "Avatar"
    X - "The Hurt Locker"
    X - "Inglourious Basterds"
    X - "Star Trek"
    X - "Up"

    Sound Mixing
    X - "Avatar"
    X - "The Hurt Locker"
    X - "Inglourious Basterds"
    X - "Star Trek"
    X - "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"

    Visual Effects
    X - "Avatar"
    X - "District 9"
    X - "Star Trek"

    Makeup
    X - "Il Divo"
    X - "Star Trek"
    X - "The Young Victoria

    --2/5/2010: Added "Paris 36"
    --2/5/2010: Added "I'll Divo"

    Posted by Rob Bernard at 9:18 AM in



     
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