In the list of best movie (motion picture), I found The Tree of Life nominated. I hope this movie doesn't picked as the winner, as I didn't understand the story after watching it. This film successfully made me confuse! Maybe Moneyball, War Horse or Midnight in Paris should win.
Brad Pitt did a great job, he was nominated as the best actor, while two movies starred by him also in the list of best movie, The Tree of Life and Moneyball.
Best actress? My best guest are Glenn Close or Meryl Streep. I hope one of them stand as the winner. Rooney Mara? Is not like I dislike her, but this time the competition was tight, girl.
Nominations for Best Motion Picture
The Artist
Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), it seems the sky's the limit - major movie stardom awaits. The Artist tells the story of their interlinked destinies.
More info: Official site, Wikipedia, IMDb
The Descendants
From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning Sideways, set in Hawaii, The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
Quotes from The Descendants
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Oskar (Thomas Horn) is convinced that his father (Tom Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother (Sandra Bullock) and driven by a relentlessly active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his own loss to a greater understanding of the observable world around him.
Quotes from Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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The Help
The Help stars Emma Stone as Skeeter, Viola Davis as Aibileen and Octavia Spencer as Minny-three very different, extraordinary women in Mississippi during the 1960s, who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk. From their improbable alliance a remarkable sisterhood emerges, instilling all of them with the courage to transcend the lines that define them, and the realization that sometimes those lines are made to be crossed-even if it means bringing everyone in town face-to-face with the changing times.
Quotes from The Help
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Hugo
Hugo is the astonishing adventure of a wily and resourceful boy whose quest to unlock a secret left to him by his father will transform Hugo and all those around him, and reveal a safe and loving place he can call home.
Quotes from Hugo
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Midnight in Paris
This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. It's about a young man's great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better. It stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Carla Bruni, among others.
Quotes from Midnight in Paris
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Moneyball
Moneyball is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball's conventional wisdom is wrong. Forced to reinvent his team on a tight budget, Beane will have to outsmart the richer clubs. The onetime jock teams with Ivy League grad Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) in an unlikely partnership, recruiting bargain players that the scouts call flawed, but all of whom have an ability to get on base, score runs, and win games. It's more than baseball, it's a revolution - one that challenges old school traditions and puts Beane in the crosshairs of those who say he's tearing out the heart and soul of the game.
Quotes from Moneyball
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The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950's. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick's signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.
More info: Official site, Wikipedia, IMDb
War Horse
Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets-British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter-before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man's Land. The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse-an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure.
Quotes from War Horse
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Nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Demián Bichir for A Better Life
- George Clooney for The Descendants
- Jean Dujardin for The Artist
- Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Brad Pitt for Moneyball
- Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs
- Viola Davis for The Help
- Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
- Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn
- Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn
- Jonah Hill for Moneyball
- Nick Nolte for Warrior
- Christopher Plummer for Beginners
- Max von Sydow for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
- Bérénice Bejo for The Artist
- Jessica Chastain for The Help
- Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids
- Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs
- Octavia Spencer for The Help
- Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
- Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
- Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
- Alexander Payne for The Descendants
- Martin Scorsese for Hugo
- The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius
- Bridesmaids: Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo
- Margin Call: J.C. Chandor
- Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen
- A Separation: Asghar Farhadi
- The Descendants: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
- Hugo: John Logan
- The Ides of March: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
- Moneyball: Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan
- A Cat in Paris: Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
- Chico & Rita: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
- Kung Fu Panda 2: Jennifer Yuh
- Puss in Boots: Chris Miller
- Rango: Gore Verbinski
- Bullhead: Michael R. Roskam(Belgium)
- Footnote: Joseph Cedar(Israel)
- In Darkness: Agnieszka Holland(Poland)
- Monsieur Lazhar: Philippe Falardeau(Canada)
- A Separation: Asghar Farhadi(Iran)
- The Artist: Guillaume Schiffman
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Jeff Cronenweth
- Hugo: Robert Richardson
- The Tree of Life: Emmanuel Lubezki
- War Horse: Janusz Kaminski
- The Artist: Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
- The Descendants: Kevin Tent
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
- Hugo: Thelma Schoonmaker
- Moneyball: Christopher Tellefsen
- The Artist: Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
- Hugo: Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
- Midnight in Paris: Anne Seibel, Hélène Dubreuil
- War Horse: Rick Carter, Lee Sandales
- Anonymous: Lisy Christl
- The Artist: Mark Bridges
- Hugo: Sandy Powell
- Jane Eyre: Michael O'Connor
- W.E.: Arianne Phillips
- Albert Nobbs: Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, Matthew W. Mungle
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
- The Iron Lady: Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland
- The Adventures of Tintin: John Williams
- The Artist: Ludovic Bource
- Hugo: Howard Shore
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Alberto Iglesias
- War Horse: John Williams
- The Muppets: Bret McKenzie("Man or Muppet")
- Rio: Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett("Real in Rio")
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson
- Hugo: Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
- Moneyball: Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, Ed Novick
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin
- War Horse: Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuart Wilson
- Drive: Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Ren Klyce
- Hugo: Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl
- War Horse: Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson
- Hugo: Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning
- Real Steel: Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Danny Gordon Taylor, Swen Gillberg
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler, John Frazier
- Hell and Back Again: Danfung Dennis, Mike Lerner
- If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front: Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman
- Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
- Pina: Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel
- Undefeated: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin, Rich Middlemas
- The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement: Robin Fryday, Gail Dolgin
- God Is the Bigger Elvis: Rebecca Cammisa, Julie Anderson
- Incident in New Baghdad: James Spione
- Saving Face: Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
- The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom: Lucy Walker, Kira Carstensen
- Dimanche: Patrick Doyon
- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore: William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg
- La Luna: Enrico Casarosa
- A Morning Stroll: Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe
- Wild Life: Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby
- Pentecost: Peter McDonald
- Raju: Max Zähle, Stefan Gieren
- The Shore: Terry George, Oorlagh George
- Time Freak: Andrew Bowler, Gigi Causey
- Tuba Atlantic: Hallvar Witzø
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