‘The King’s Speech’ Leads the 2011 Oscar Nominations

The 2011 Oscar nominations were announced this morning and my predictions in the top categories ended up looking pretty good, but there is definitely a conversation to be had in a few areas. Take for example the snubbing of Christopher Nolan (Inception) for a Best Director nomination? The Michelle Williams gets a nomination for Blue Valentine but Ryan Gosling doesn’t as Jeff Bridges gets in there for True Grit. TRON: Legacy doesn’t get a visual effects nom and Inception doesn’t get an editing nom? Black Swan also misses for screenplay and Leslie Manville (Another Year) doesn’t get a nom.

As far as the films getting the most nominations, here’s a breakdown at the top:

1. The King’s Speech – 12 nominations
2. True Grit – 10 nominations
3. The Social Network – 8 nominations
4. Inception – 8 nominations
5. The Fighter – 7 nominations
6. 127 Hours – 6 nominations
7. Toy Story 3 – 5 nominations
8. Black Swan – 5 nominations
9. Winter’s Bone – 4 nominations
10. The Kids are All Right – 4 nominations

I will take a closer look at the snubs and surprises in a follow-up article, so for now weigh in with your thoughts in the comments below and you can also click here to check out my Oscar nomination predictions by comparison.

• Black Swan
• The Fighter
• Inception
• The Kids are All Right
• The King’s Speech
• 127 Hours
• The Social Network
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit
• Winter’s Bone

• Annette Bening (The Kids are All Right)
• Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
• Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone)
• Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
• Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)

• Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
• Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
• Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
• James Franco (127 Hours)
• Jeff Bridges (True Grit)

• Christian Bale (The Fighter)
• John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone)
• Jeremy Renner (The Town)
• Mark Ruffalo (The Kids are All Right)
• Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech)

• Amy Adams (The Fighter)
• Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech)
• Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
• Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
• Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)

• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Illusionist
• Toy Story 3

• Killing in the Name
• Poster Girl
• Strangers No More
• Sun Come Up
• The Warriors of Qiugang

• Day & Night Teddy Newton
• The Gruffalo Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
• Let’s Pollute Geefwee Boedoe
• The Lost Thing Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
• Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) Bastien Dubois

• The Confession Tanel Toom
• The Crush Michael Creagh
• God of Love Luke Matheny
• Na Wewe Ivan Goldschmidt
• Wish 143 Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

• Alice in Wonderland
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
• Inception
• The King’s Speech
• True Grit

• Black Swan (Matthew Libatique)
• Inception (Wally Pfister)
• The King’s Speech (Danny Cohen)
• The Social Network (Jeff Cronenweth)
• True Grit (Roger Deakins)

• Alice in Wonderland (Colleen Atwood)
• I Am Love (Antonella Cannarozzi)
• The King’s Speech (Jenny Beaven)
• The Tempest (Sandy Powell)
• True Grit (Mary Zophres)

• Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
• David O. Russell (The Fighter)
• Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
• David Fincher (The Social Network)
• Joel and Ethan Coen (True Grit)

• Exit through the Gift Shop Banksy, director (Paranoid Pictures)
• Gasland Josh Fox, director (Gasland Productions, LLC)
• Inside Job Charles Ferguson, director (Representational Pictures)
• Restrepo Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, directors (Outpost Films)
• Waste Land Lucy Walker, director (Almega Projects)

• Barney’s Version
• The Way Back
• The Wolfman

• Black Swan (Andrew Weisblum)
• The Fighter (Pamela Martin)
• The King’s Speech (Tariq Anwar)
• 127 Hours (Jon Harris)
• The Social Network (Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall)

• Biutiful (Mexico)
• Dogtooth (Greece)
• In a Better World (Denmark)
• Incendies (Canada)
• Hors la Loi (Algeria)

• How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell)
• Inception (Hans Zimmer)
• The King’s Speech (Alexandre Desplat)
• 127 Hours (A.R. Rahman)
• The Social Network (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)

• “Coming Home” from Country Strong Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
• “I See the Light” from Tangled Music and Lyric by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
• “If I Rise” from 127 Hours Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
• “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

• Inception
• Toy Story 3
• TRON: Legacy
• True Grit
• Unstoppable

• Inception
• The King’s Speech
• Salt
• The Social Network
• True Grit

• Alice in Wonderland
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
• Hereafter
• Inception
• Iron Man 2

• 127 Hours (Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle)
• The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin)
• Toy Story 3 (Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
• True Grit (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)
• Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik and Anne Rossellini)

• Another Year (Mike Leigh)
• The Fighter (Paul Attanasio, Lewis Colich, Eric Johnson, Scott Silverand Paul Tamasy)
• Inception (Christopher Nolan)
• The Kids are All Right (Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko)
• The King’s Speech (David Seidler)

I will have my reaction piece written soon, but for now let your opinion known in the comments and in the poll below.

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The Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.