The Oscar Nominations are out, and though Tom Hooper's 'The King's Speech' as swept up the most nominations (12) the competition is still very much on. With ten very powerful films all nominated for Best picture, and performances categories that have left people guessing, the night of the oscars is going to be one of most anticipated and one of the best of recent years. Here are the nominations for all the performance categories as well as Best Director and Best Picture:
With remakes like 'True Grit', period drama's like 'The King's Speech' and artistic thrillers like 'Black Swan' the range of versatile, unique and powerful performances and direction must have left the academy struggling to choose the nominations. But can this year be known as one of the most competitive years?
That is still unknown. These films may or may not move on to become classics - but as we don't know that yet, what's to suggest that this year is going to be so prolific? Last year's Oscars saw the first female director to win an academy award, as well as see James Cameron's 'Avatar' become the highest grossing film ever made, two enormous events in the film industry. 2011 might not have the same 'landmark' opportunities, but it does have an incredibly diverse range of films, performances and direction.
Each of the films nominated, are written, directed and performed in very different ways, giving the academy no freedom to compare genres, similar performances and close directional styles.
- So could 2011 be named one of the most competitive years? Yes. No doubt.
Ten films will be in high competition:
The King's Speech: 12 nominations
The Social Network: 8 nominations
The Fighter: 7 nominations
Inception: 8 nominations
Black Swan: 5 nominations
The Kids Are Alright: 4 nominations
127 Hours: 6 nominations
Winter's Bone: 4 nominations
Toy Story 3: 5 nominations
True Grit (2011): 10 nominations
