Overall, a predictable affair, with "Social Network" and "The King's Speech" getting nominated as expected, while popular favourite "Inception" squeaked in for Best Original Screenplay and Picture. Admittedly, "Winter's Bone" got more love than I anticipated. As I wrote yesterday, the film has some striking dialogue which is rewarded in the Best Adapted Screenplay category. My favourite surprise is that John Hawkes is nominated for his stunning character work as Teardrop.
Another surprise: "Toy Story 3" getting nominated for both Best Picture and Best Animated Feature, and getting attention for its writing as well.
I'm looking forward to the Best Documentary showdown since "Restrepo" is the political choice while "Exit Through the Gift Shop" is, from what I've read, the kind of intellectual game that Banksy would be associated with, calling into question the authenticity of the film itself.
I'm disappointed that the much adored Cannes winner "Life Above All" did not get nominated for Best Foreign Film, but the Danish Golden Globe winner is there, as is the intruiging looking Greek "Dogtooth" and the latest Inarritu (all hail!) film, "Biutiful".
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