Quoted from CoopBazinga It's been a weak year!

I keep hearing this and honestly, I don't buy it at all.

The past couple years, I've managed to put together pretty solid top 10 lists with around 4 or 5 being out and out awesome and the rest ranging from good to really good. This year, I was able to come up with a full ten films that were out and out awesome with maybe two that might not have been as good as I thought they were. This was also the first year where I saw everything I thought was worth seeing (except Shame). I've seen several of my top films more than once and I've rarely been disappointed. At this point, I just need to see Drive a second time and I'll have a pretty definitive top 10 list for 2011.

The Oscars never have been and never will be a valid reference point for the year's best films. I also think you, sir, haven't seen enough films this past year. I thought it was pretty stellar on the whole.

Drive did get one nomination if it matters.
"Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Lon Bender
Victor Ray Ennis "

An interesting list of Best Directors this year. I really don't know who will win but my votes on Terrence Malick. Even if he doesn't win, at least being at the Academy Awards will get him a decent display picture on IMDB

Nobody mentioned the Oscar for best animation . I just wanted to say The Adventures of Tintin didn't even get nominated which is very surprising because it won the Golden Globe recently for the best animated feature.

Quoted from James McClung I also think you, sir, haven't seen enough films this past year. I thought it was pretty stellar on the whole.

Fair comment, James, maybe my anger over Drive’s lack of nominations got the better of me. I politely retract my statement…for now, until at least I have seen more of last year’s films to judge better.

Quoted from James McClung The Oscars never have been and never will be a valid reference point for the year's best films.

I completely agree with you on this statement.

All the best

Steve

Quoted from nawazm11 Nobody mentioned the Oscar for best animation . I just wanted to say The Adventures of Tintin didn't even get nominated which is very surprising because it won the Golden Globe recently for the best animated feature.

This one shocked me just as much as Brooks getting blown off for "Drive".
Not too often a Golden Globe winner doesn't even get an Oscar nomination.

The animation category is all DreamWorks and foreign entries.
Disney/Pixar got snubbed for Cars 2 and rightfully so.
A Cat in Paris I couldn't get through. Chico & Rita looks good though.

Outside of that, the Academy went with the boxoffice champs, sans Cars 2. Yawn.
They could've given the Big Mouse a little love for Gnomeo & Juliet.
Heck, then you could've added another original song to the pathetic list of two!
The brothers Warner got the middle finger for Happy Feet Two.

Why the DreamWorks orgy, when you could've nominated WINNIE THE POOH!

E.D.

Quoted Text An interesting list of Best Directors this year. I really don't know who will win but my votes on Terrence Malick. Even if he doesn't win, at least being at the Academy Awards will get him a decent display picture on IMDB

whichever films gets picture of the year tends to get best director as well. since i highly doubt tree of life will get best picture, i doubt malick will be going home with anything either. then again, its a weak year so they might go against tradition. i honestly think The Artist will get best picture, yet it's hard to imagine that Hazanavicius will win best director.

We Need to Talk About (why) Kevin (didn't make the list). Lame joke. Ever lamer this fantastic film was hung out to dry. Horrific that Tilda Swinton didn't get a nod.

Seeing as there were a couple of crowd pleaders in there, I'm disappointed Rise of the Planet of the Apes didn't find itself nestled among them.

Andrew, i agree.

The film was hard work and i felt it didn't deliver a flowing transition throughout, i.e. standard movement, but i can't fault her performance, or its depth. Not my favourite film but it was haunting and well crafted. You only have to see the first scene with the tomatoes and then relate the loss of freedom within travel, to see the depth.

Despite what others say i feel this year is light on the great films, and will be seen that way going forward.

MS was outstanding in the Iron lady. To me a truly great performance and she deserves her nod. Watch and learn.

Each to their own!

Nothing like awards to bring out the differences.

Cheers everyone.

I'm disappointed Melancholia hasn't gotten any recognition but Lars has never done himself any favours in the PR department so no real shock there.

Like everyone else I'm surprised Drive has been overlooked despite my mixed feelings towards it.

We Need To Talk About Kevin should have gotten a couple of nominations too, namely direction and Actress in a leading role.