The 2010 Academy Awards Nominations

Overall, I was pretty happy with everything. The ten Best Picture field certainly allowed several movies to rise to the top that might have been relegated to performance awards only.

The films that surely would have made the top five:
"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Precious"
"Up in the Air"

Those that would not have and now have a shot:
"The Blind Side"
"District 9"
"An Education"
"A Serious Man"
"Up"

I'm especially happy about the four nominations for "District 9", particularly Best Picture! SO well deserved! Plus, "Up" with five nods including Best Picture in two catagories. Amazing! That will absolutely take the animated BP.

Definitely want to see "The Hurt Locker", and yes, even "Precious" is a movie I'm more than curious about now.

The buzz was out there for Sandra Bullock getting her first nomination, but who saw "The Blind Side" for Best Picture?!

George Clooney's Best Actor would have to be the one I'm rooting for the most, although Jeff Bridges has a lot of momentum right now. Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick round out all three main players in "Up in the Air", plus Director Jason Reitman and the movie itself being nominated. All well deserved, and hopefully making it so this great film will take home a few statues.

"Inglourious Basterds" is still not on my list of 'must-sees'. Yes, it's getting all these kudos, awards, and nominations. I don't know....maybe at some point.

I think we all know that "Avatar" will clean up in the end, and I'm great with that! Being that James Cameron is one of my favorite directors, it'll be pretty amazing for a man who cleaned up twelve years ago at the Oscars to practically be non-existent for that same amount of time, then come back with something incredible.

Wished "Sherlock Holmes" had been recognized a bit more.

"The Princess and the Frog"....BLAH! Not a fan!