{"id":10939,"date":"2011-01-25T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T18:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=10939"},"modified":"2017-08-10T11:41:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T18:41:33","slug":"oscar-nominations-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/oscar-nominations-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"And So It Begins \u2013 2011 Oscar Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2011 Oscar Nominations were announced this morning. Follow after the break for a look at which movies the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences believes were last year’s best. We’d also like to use this opportunity to make our own announcement: February will be Oscars Month here at The Bonus View<\/em>. We have some plans in mind that we think you’re going to like. (Hint: Free stuff for our readers!)<\/p>\n

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The Academy Awards will air Sunday, February 27th on ABC. In the lead-up to that, most of our polls and Roundtables for the month will feature an Oscar theme. We’ll also be doing an Oscars Live-Blog during the show. We had such a good time with our Golden Globes Live-Blog<\/a> that we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to do it again. And this time, I’m giving everyone fair notice. <\/p>\n

Better yet, we’re upping the ante this time. Not only will we be live-blogging the event, there will be CONTESTS DURING THE LIVE-BLOG<\/strong>! We’re already starting to collect discs to give away. If you read along with the live-blog, we’ll have multiple<\/em> contests throughout the course of the show in which you can win FREE BLU-RAY DISCS<\/strong>! How cool is that? <\/p>\n

Even people who’ve won previous contests here will be eligible to win. Are you excited yet? We are!<\/p>\n

OK, with that out of the way, let’s take a look at this year’s nominations. The full list of nominees can be found on the official Oscars web site<\/a>. Drew will also be posting soon with his own more detailed analysis of the Academy’s choices. For now, here are my quick thoughts on the Best Picture category.<\/p>\n

As you know, the Academy expanded the competition for Best Picture to ten movies last year. They may be regretting it this year. The downturn in quality of movies in 2010 must have made picking ten nominees difficult. Before the announcements were made, Mrs. Z and I came up with the following ten predictions: ‘Black Swan’, ‘The Fighter’, ‘Inception’, ‘The Kids Are All Right’, ‘The King’s Speech’, ‘Rabbit Hole’, ‘The Social Network’, ‘The Town’, ‘True Grit’, and ‘Winter’s Bone’. We were reminded at the last minute of ‘127 Hours’ and debated whether to swap that one out with ‘Winter’s Bone’, but Mrs. Z was insistent on the latter. <\/p>\n

Here’s what actually made the cut:<\/p>\n