Oscars 2011: Who the noms and winners should have been:

The 2011 oscars should have gone to...

BEST PICTURE 
Tree of Life

WHAT WON? The Artist  

BEST DIRECTOR 
Tree of Life, directed by Terrance Malik

WHAT WON? The Artist, directed by Michel Hazanavicius

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

Midnight In Paris, written by Woody Allen

THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT! 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Hugo, written by Josh Logan 

WHAT WON? The Descendants, written by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash

BEST ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE 

Kung Fu Panda II

WHAT WON? Rango

BEST ACTRESS

Viola Davis in The  Help

WHAT WON? Meryl Streep in THE IRON LADY 

BEST ACTOR

Thomas Horn  in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Not Nominated)

WHAT WON?  Jean Dujardin in The Artist (Should Not Have Been Nominated)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 

Octivia Spencer in The Help

THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT! 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christopher Plummer in The Beginners 

THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

WHAT WON? Hugo 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 
Tree of Life 
WHAT WON? Hugo

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Undefeated

THE OSCARS GOT IT RIGHT!

The 2011 Nominees should be...

(Still subject to changes)


For some categories, I posted over 5 nominations because it was too hard to eliminate stuff. There were 9 nominations this year for Best Picture. There should have been 10. 

BEST PICTURE 
Tree of Life
Hugo
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
A Better Life 

Win Win 

Margin Call 

Bridesmaids 

Crazy Stupid Love 

The Descendants 

Midnight in Paris  

BEST DIRECTOR
Tree of Life

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Hugo
The Help 
Midnight in Paris

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Tree of Life
Cedar Rapids 

Midnight in Paris 
The Sitter
Bridesmaids 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

Hugo 

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 

The Descendants

Crazy Stupid Love  

The Help

BEST ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE 
Kung Fu Panda II
Arthur Christmas
A Cat In Paris
Chico and Rita  


This year, I decided that since there are 5-10 nominations for Best Picture, there should be 5-9 nominations for all acting categories. The most there ever is in real life is 6. 

BEST ACTRESS
 Jessica Chastin in Tree of Life 

Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin 

Viola Davis in The Help 

Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady

Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs  
Jodie Foster in Carnage 
Mia Wasikowska in Jane Eyre
Charlize Theron in Young Adult
Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene

BEST ACTOR
Thomas Horn in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Paul Giamatti in Win Win
Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin 

Demian Bichir in A Better Life

George Cloony in The Descendants 

Ed Helms in Cedar Rapids

Brad Pitt in The Tree of Life  

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
Julianne Moore in Crazy Stupid Love 

Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids

Octivia Spencer in The Help

Anne Heche in Cedar Rapids 

Zoe Kazan in HappyThankYouMorePlease
Kate Winslet in Carnage 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 
Kevin Spacey in Margin Call

Max Von Syndow in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 

Christopher Plummer in The Beginners 

Zachary Quinto in Margin Call 

John C. Riley in Carnage 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 
Tree of Life 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes 

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Hugo

new BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Tree of Life

Margin Call 

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Hugo

War Horse
Beginners
Jane Eyre   

BEST DOCUMENTARY 

Project Nim 

Pina 

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold 

If a Tree Falls

Hell and Back Again 
Undefeated