84th Academy Awards Nominees Announced - Hollywood Honors the Mediocre, Full of Major Snubs

Don't bother watching this year.

This morning, the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards were announced. Man, what a stinker 2011 was for movies... or so the Academy would like you to believe. The nominees in every category after the break, followed by Moviefone's list of biggest snubs.

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Best Picture

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
• The Help
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• Moneyball
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

Best Director

• Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
• Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
• Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
• Alexander Payne - The Descendants
• Martin Scorsese - Hugo

Best Actor

• Demian Bichir - A Better Life
• George Clooney - The Descendants
• Jean Dujardin - The Artist
• Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• Brad Pitt - Moneyball

Best Actress

• Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
• Viola Davis - The Help
• Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
• Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor

• Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn
• Jonah Hill - Moneyball
• Nick Nolte - Warrior
• Christopher Plummer - Beginners
• Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Best Supporting Actress

• Berenice Bejo - The Artist
• Jessica Chastain - The Help
• Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
• Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
• Octavia Spencer - The Help

Best Original Screenplay

• The Artist
• Bridesmaids
• Margin Call
• Midnight in Paris
• A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Descendants
• Hugo
• The Ides of March
• Moneyball
• Tinker Tailor Solider Spy

Best Animated Feature

• A Cat in Paris
• Chico and Rita
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Puss in Boots
• Rango

Best Foreign Language Film

• Bullhead
• Footnote
• In Darkness
• Monsieur Lazhar
• A Separation

Best Documentary - Feature

• Hell and Back Again
• If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
• Pina
• Undefeated

Best Documentary - Short Subject

• The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
• God Is the Bigger Elvis
• Incident in New Baghdad
• Saving Face
• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Best Live Action Short Film

• Pentecost
• Raju
• The Shore
• Time Freak
• Tuba Atlantic

Best Animated Short Film

• Dimanche
• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
• La Luna
• A Morning Stroll
• Wild Life

Best Original Score

• The Adventures of Tintin
• The Artist
• Hugo
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• War Horse

Best Original Song

• "Man or Muppet" - The Muppets
• "Real in Rio" - Rio

Best Sound Editing

• Drive
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• War Horse

Best Sound Mixing

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Moneyball
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• War Horse

Best Art Direction

• The Artist
• Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows - Part 2
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• War Horse

Best Cinematography

• The Artist
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

Best Makeup

• Albert Nobbs
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
• The Iron Lady

Best Costume Design

• Anonymous
• The Artist
• Hugo
• Jane Eyre
• W.E

Best Film Editing

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• Moneyball

Best Visual Effects

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
• Hugo
• Real Steel
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon

We now live in a world where Jonah Hill is an Oscar-nominated actor. There are a lot of snubs this year, but I'm instead going to point out movies that have no business being nominated for Best Picture, most notably War Horse and Moneyball. Why was Jonah Hill nominated for Best Supporting Actor over Albert Brooks in Drive? The Ides of March got nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and nothing else? Kung Fu Panda 2 got nominated for Best Animated Feature over The Adventures of Tintin? Really? Why is the Best Original Song category only 2 songs now?

WHY WAS WAR HORSE NOMINATED FOR ANYTHING AT ALL? THE HELP? SERIOUSLY? THE HELP FOR BEST PICTURE? BRIDESMAIDS GETS TWO OSCAR NODS? ARE YOU F@$KING SERIOUS?

These nominations are just insulting. I can't believe I'm about to say this, but the Golden Globes were far more deserving this year. Moviefone apparently agrees with my disgust of these nominees.


Moviefone's Biggest Oscar Snubs of 2012:

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 - Best Picture
• Albert Brooks - Best Supporting Actor - Drive
• David Fincher - Best Director - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Steven Spielberg - Best Director - War Horse
• Ryan Gosling - Best Actor - Drive AND/OR The Ides of March
• Bridesmaids - Best Picture
• Michael Fassbender - Best Actor - Shame
• Leonardo DiCaprio - Best Actor - J. Edgar
• Tilda Swinton - Best Actress - We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Tate Taylor - Best Director - The Help
• The Adventures of Tintin - Best Animated Feature
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Best Picture
• Drive - Best Picture
• Elizabeth Olsen - Best Actress - Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Sandra Bullock - Best Supporting Actress - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
• Shailene Woodley - Best Supporting Actress - The Descendants

Moviefone's Biggest Oscar Surprises (AKA "why did they get nominated") of 2012:

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Best Picture
• Rooney Mara - Best Actress - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• A Separation - Best Original Screenplay
• Demian Bechir - Best Actor - A Better Life
• Gary Oldman - Best Actor - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Some of the snubs listed by Moviefone are logical fallacies rather than nominees that were deserving. For example, War Horse was nominated for Best Picture, but Steven Spielberg was not nominated for Best Director, while 3 total unknowns were nominated instead. Obviously, the biggest Oscar snub was Drive, which was ignored for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor. Ryan Gosling also has to be feeling pretty down, having Oscar caliber performances in Drive and The Ides of March.

That being said, Drive will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on January 30 and has been available on iTunes since January 17! Go watch it and show the Academy how incredibly dumb they are!