# 2011 (2010) Academy Award nominations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 25, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919 "2011-01-25T14:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/61 "2011-01-26T19:20:35Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Yes, I’d say you missed somthing. The pain, humiliation and courage he displayed in his face without speaking a word. The frustration and shame and dignity. It was a brilliant performance even when he wasn’t stammering. OK. I’ll go back and watch it again. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/62 "2011-01-26T23:58:17Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > That’s like saying all Jeff Daniels did was ride a horse and act like John Wayne as played by Billy Bob Thornton Unless I missed something, I think you mean Jeff **Bridges**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/63 "2011-01-27T00:11:26Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > Unless I missed something, I think you mean Jeff **Bridges**. 😃 No Jeff **Daniels** - what an actor. Fooled you too. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/64 "2011-01-27T00:19:38Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > No Jeff **Daniels** - what an actor. Fooled you too. Actually Rooster Cogburn was played by **Beau** Bridges as Jeff **Daniels** as Jeff **Bridges** with Joaquin Phoenix as stunt double. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/65 "2011-01-28T17:11:06Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Any film that wants to be considered for this category needs to make a formal submission to the Academy. If the number of eligible entries meets a certain threshold (16?), then there are 5 nominees. If there are fewer than that, then it’s down to a final slate of 3. _Tangled_’s “snub” shouldn’t be too much of a mystery–the reviews were about even with its non-Pixar competitors, but it made a lot less money and that’s often enough to tip the difference for that last final slot. How much $ did “The Illusionist” make? None. The Illusionist cheated Tangled out of a Oscar nod by a cheap timing trick, one Oscar shouldn’t even allow. I am going to boycott The Illusionist becuase of this. If The Illusionist had a correct date, it would not be considered until next year, and 11 months after it got released it would never would have got a nomination. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/66 "2011-01-28T17:34:44Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > How much $ did “The Illusionist” make? None. The Illusionist cheated Tangled out of a Oscar nod by a cheap timing trick, one Oscar shouldn’t even allow. I am going to boycott The Illusionist becuase of this. > > If The Illusionist had a correct date, it would not be considered until next year, and 11 months after it got released it would never would have got a nomination. What do you mean? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/67 "2011-01-28T18:19:22Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > What do you mean? The film is in general release today, at least in the USA. It’s no secret that even excellent films that were released early in the year are often forgotten by Oscar time. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/68 "2011-01-28T19:19:36Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > The film is in general release today, at least in the USA. It’s no secret that even excellent films that were released early in the year are often forgotten by Oscar time. But it was released on Dec. 25th. It is harldy the only movie released very late in the year to ever get nominated for an Oscar ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/69 "2011-01-28T23:47:40Z")
I just saw a commercial touting 127 Hours **opening** tonight, January 28th. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/70 "2011-01-28T23:53:12Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > How much $ did “The Illusionist” make? None. The Illusionist cheated Tangled out of a Oscar nod by a cheap timing trick, one Oscar shouldn’t even allow. I am going to boycott The Illusionist becuase of this. > > If The Illusionist had a correct date, it would not be considered until next year, and 11 months after it got released it would never would have got a nomination. Do you feel the same way about Blue Valentine, Biutiful and other movies? I saw The Illusionist a few weeks ago and I’m happy for its nomination. I wouldn’t have minded seeing Tangled get a nomination, but I liked Megamind and Dispicable Me more. But really, My Dog Tulip deserved a nomination too, and it made very little at the box office. Since when is a nomination supposed to be determined by box office returns? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/71 "2011-01-29T02:16:51Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Do you feel the same way about Blue Valentine, Biutiful and other movies? > > I saw The Illusionist a few weeks ago and I’m happy for its nomination. I wouldn’t have minded seeing Tangled get a nomination, but I liked Megamind and Dispicable Me more. But really, My Dog Tulip deserved a nomination too, and it made very little at the box office. Since when is a nomination supposed to be determined by box office returns? Yes. IMHO, they get nominated ONLY for the year in which they had General release. I never said that a Nomination should have anything to do with Box Office returns. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/72 "2011-01-29T03:00:20Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yes. IMHO, they get nominated ONLY for the year in which they had General release. > > I never said that a Nomination should have anything to do with Box Office returns. That’s not how it works. A film only has to open within the calender year and then play for at least 7 consecutive days to allow it to be able to be considered for an Oscar nomination. General release doesn’t have anything to do with it. This is nothing new. For many years the studios have waited until December to open their Oscar bait films, often times in limited release within the last two weeks of the year and then going wide in January when there is less competition and they can capitalize on any nominations. And anyway, there aren’t enough screens to have all films that are trying to get Oscar nominations out in general release at the same time. And how many cities would you want “General release” to be anyway, before it could count for a film getting a nomination? Just the big cities? Every city? Many smaller films don’t open everywhere no matter what they get nominated for. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/73 "2011-01-29T07:55:28Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > That’s not how it works. A film only has to open within the calender year and then play for at least 7 consecutive days to allow it to be able to be considered for an Oscar nomination. General release doesn’t have anything to do with it. This is nothing new. For many years the studios have waited until December to open their Oscar bait films, often times in limited release within the last two weeks of the year and then going wide in January when there is less competition and they can capitalize on any nominations. > > And anyway, there aren’t enough screens to have all films that are trying to get Oscar nominations out in general release at the same time. And how many cities would you want “General release” to be anyway, before it could count for a film getting a nomination? . Yes, I know that’s not how it works,:rolleyes: but that’s how it \*should \*work. There are about **40,000** movie screens in the USA. They could release **100** movies all at once and still have each covered by 400 screens. That’s for them to work out the details. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/74 "2011-01-29T08:07:23Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Actually Rooster Cogburn was played by **Beau** Bridges as Jeff **Daniels** as Jeff **Bridges** with Joaquin Phoenix as stunt double. That can’t be right. Beau Bridges couldn’t convincingly play Beau Bridges. Are you thinking of Lloyd Bridges? ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/75 "2011-01-29T15:45:58Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I just saw a commercial touting 127 Hours **opening** tonight, January 28th. Yeah, that’s a re-release. I saw it in a suburban multiplex on Thanksgiving last year. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/76 "2011-01-29T18:14:55Z")
> [@howye](#): > > Toy Story 3 is out on DVD, as if it would not have been available for the Christmas season. > > Its best Animated Feature award is being engraved now and the folks at Pixar should have it by the end of the week. Good to know. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/77 "2011-01-29T21:03:19Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yes, I know that’s not how it works,:rolleyes: but that’s how it \*should \*work. > > There are about **40,000** movie screens in the USA. They could release **100** movies all at once and still have each covered by 400 screens. > > That’s for them to work out the details. 400 screens is nothing. A movie on 400 screens is still showing only in the major urban centers, typically. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/78 "2011-02-05T08:05:14Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Yeah, for me she was the most interesting thing about that movie. Natalie Portman’s performance is overrated, IMO. Just saw it today and can’t understand the love for her performance. It’s certainly a great role but the large majority of the first hour and a half consisted of her alternating between a confused/befuddled expression and soft porn panting. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/79 "2011-02-10T22:45:25Z")
> [@](#): > > **Best Adapted Screenplay** > > [127 Hours](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1542344/combined) This is a terrible nomination. Direction, yes. Acting, yes. Adapted screenplay? HUH? ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919/80 "2011-02-11T00:11:54Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > How much $ did “The Illusionist” make? None. The Illusionist cheated Tangled out of a Oscar nod by a cheap timing trick, one Oscar shouldn’t even allow. I am going to boycott The Illusionist becuase of this. > > If The Illusionist had a correct date, it would not be considered until next year, and 11 months after it got released it would never would have got a nomination. If the people who nominate movies for Oscars thought Tangled was a \*\*better movie \*\*than the Illusionist, it would have been nominated. What a bizarre concept of “cheating” you have. Just saw the Illusionist last night, by the way, and it was a pretty good movie. Very thought-provoking. I’m still not sure what I think about it, but it definitely deserved an Oscar nomination. Beautiful animation, fascinating use of language, amazing depiction of Scotland (particularly the accuracy with regards to Edinburgh). Characterization and plot were not as strong, but still 100% worth watching. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-2010-academy-award-nominations/568919.md?page=5)