day 2.77

nominations, good and bad

two very different award shows released their nominations yesterday and today, with some cross over. the razzies, the anti-oscars that recognize failures in film, and the oscars both released their lists of nominees, with names like sandra bullock appearing on both lists (though not for the same role). here's the list of razzie nominees and oscar nominees, and who i think will take home the statues (only for the oscars - everyone nominated deserves a razzie equally). i just hope someone pulls a halle berry and actually shows up at the razzie ceremony to collect his or her statue.

razzie nominees

worst picture of 2009

• all about steve
• g.i. joe: the rise of cobra
• old dogs
• land of the lost
• transformers: revenge of the fallen

worst actor of 2009

• the jonas brothers, the jonas brothers 3d concert experience
• will ferrell, land of the lost
• steve martin, pink panther 2
• eddie murphy, imagine that
• john travolta, old dogs

worst actress of 2009

• beyonce, obsessed
• sandra bullock, all about steve
• miley cyrus, hannah montana: the movie
• megan fox, jennifer's body and transformers 2
• sarah jessica parker, did you hear about the morgans?

worst screen couple of 2009

• any two jonas brothers, the jonas brothers 3d concert experience
• sandra bullock and bradley cooper, all about steve
• will ferrell and any co-star, land of the lost
• shia lebouf and megan fox and/or any transformer, transformers 2
• kristen stewart and robert pattinson or taylor lautner, new moon

worst supporting actress of 2009

• candice bergen, bride wars
• ali larter, obsessed
• sienna miller, g.i. joe
• kelly preston, old dogs
• julie white, transformers 2

worst supporting actor of 2009

• billy ray cyrus, hannah montana: the movie
• hugh hefner (as himself), miss march
• robert pattinson, new moon
• jorma taccone, land of the lost
• marlon wayans, g.i. joe

worst remake, rip-off or sequel

• g.i. joe and the rise of cobra
• land of the lost
• pink panther 2
• transformers: revenge of the fallen
• new moon

the razzies also included nominees for worst of the decade - here's my picks for those categories

• worst picture of the decade - gigli
• worst actor of the decade - rob schneider
• worst actress of the decade - madonna

the oscar nominees

best motion picture of the year

• avatar*
• the blind side
• district 9
• an education
• the hurt locker
• inglorious basterds
• precious
• a serious man
• up
• up in the air

avatar will definitely take home the prize, but the extended list of nominees makes this an interesting race. surprises like the blind side, district 9 and up show that the academy is beginning to take note of films made beyond the typical vein of oscar nominees.

performance by an actor in a leading role

• jeff bridges, crazy heart*
• george clooney, up in the air
• colin firth, a single man
• morgan freeman, invictus
• jeremy renner, the hurt locker

bridges has swept the award show circuit up until now, so i expect him to take the little gold man home. the two surprises in this category, for me at least, are colin firth and morgan freeman. both of these movies have been getting a lot of praise, but the individual performances haven't really been talked about. the fact that freeman made the transformation into nelson mandella could lead the academy to give him the statue.

performance by an actress in a leading role

• sandra bullock, the blind side*
• helen mirren, the last station
• carey mulligan, an education
• gabourey sidibe, precious
• meryl streep, julie and julia

sandra bullock has, like jeff bridges, been getting the award show statues this year and i don't see anyone standing in the way of bullock's streak. if she doesn't win this oscar, i really think it will be the biggest upset of the year. bullock did a subtle transformation for her role, something that is well received usually by the academy. but, sometimes, they want a complete metamorphosis, like streep into julia child.

best performance by an actor in a supporting role

• matt damon, invictus
• woody harrelson, the messenger
• christopher plummer, the last station
• stanley tucci, the lovely bones
• christoph waltz, inglorious basterds*

another person who has swept this category this year. while i haven't seen the movie yet (though it's supposedly on its way from netflix), i won't mess with his success - and i don't think any of the other nominated performances will either.

best performance by an actress in a supporting role

• penelope cruz, nine
• verra farmiga, up in the air
• maggie gyllenhaal, crazy heart
• anna kendrick, up in the air
• mo'nique, precious*

while farmiga and kendrick are awesome in up in the air, no one can touch mo'nique in precious. the academy loves comedians in dramatic roles and mo'nique has walked away with all the other major statues this year.

that's it for the big categories. i'll be checking my predictions on march 7th on abc, will you?