The ReelSociety of Film Critics Awards 2009 Nominations

[SuperShaan]

Best Picture

The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Up
Up in the Air
Moon

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarintino – Inglorious Basterds
James Cameron – Avatar
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Neil Blomkamp – District 9

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Sam Rockwell – Moon
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
Melanie Laurent – Inglorious Basterds

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Cristophe Waltz – Inglorious Basterds
Matt Damon – Invictus
Jackie Earle Haley – Watchmen
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Anthony Mackie – The Hurt Locker

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Mo’Nique – Precious
Sigourney Weaver – Avatar
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart

Best Foreign Language Film

White Ribbon
A Prophet
Gomorra
Departures
Ponyo
Coco before Chanel

Best Cast

The Hurt Locker
The Hangover
Inglorious Basterds
Star Trek
Up in the Air

Best Screenplay

Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
Bob Peterson and Pete Docter – Up
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell - District 9

Breakthrough Performance

Zach Galifianakis – The Hangover
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
Christoph Waltz – Inglorious Basterds
Sharlto Copley – District 9

Best Animated Picture

Up
Monsters Vs Aliens
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs
Coraline

Awards Breakdown
Inglorious Basterds and Up in the Air – 7 nominations
The Hurt Locker – 6 nominations
Up, District 9 and Precious – 3 nominations
Moon, Avatar, Crazy Heart, Invictus, An Education and The Hangover – 2 nominations

Rules
Everyone can vote for up to 2 nominees per category. If you vote for two in a category please state your preference of the two by placing * or some symbol to make it clear.
Voting closes midnight Feb 26th Pacific Standard Time.
YOU MUST PM OR E-MAIL me to ensure the final result remains a surprise.
my e-mail address is shaanrock@hotmail.com

You may now vote!

[mateostarr]

Not bad but I feel like there are a number of films that most voters here did not see, namely A Serious Man and The Messenger.

[Geezer]

Are you saying that people should have nominated films they did not see?

[frendo]

Yeah, I saw alot of movies so far from 2009 (91 by last count), and I didn't see either of those yet. I do want to see the Messenger. I don't particularly want to see Serious Man because I I never fully got into the Coen bros. But I did feel not enough saw An Education (and that too many apparently saw Moon : ), which was good but I didn't find it nearly as good as it's touted here), and maybe a few others. But, it's not like we get sent screeners or can see everything for free, so that's going to be the case with some movie or other every time. Besides, if we had those, it would be almost exactly like the Academy Awards, which I don't think we're trying to emulate to such an extent.

[frendo]

And I don't think he was saying that, Geez. I think he was saying that people should see those movies, and that the nominees would have been different if they had.

[silversurfer19]

Aw. No A Serious Man, In The Loop or Drag Me To Hell. Looks like we needed NSpan's votes after all!

[mateostarr]

Are you saying that people should have nominated films they did not see?

Definitely not. I am just saying that these nominations would probably look different if we voted six months from now. But we can't see everything so it is what it is.

[Geezer]

Moon is definitely a surprise! Just two nominations but it gets the Best Picture Nod! Wasn't expecting that.

And you are probably right about that Starr, but like frendo said, its not like they send us screeners.

[silversurfer19]

Moon is definitely a surprise! Just two nominations but it gets the Best Picture Nod! Wasn't expecting that.

A very worthy surprise though. And it makes up for neither District 9, Drag Me To Hell or A Serious Man making the cut.

[numbersix]

Moon will be getting my vote, that's for sure.

And I should have sent out screeners of In the Loop to everyone!

[Buscemi]

And there are how many people on here who actually saw Moon?

[silversurfer19]

Obviously enough to vote for it in Best Picture and Best Actor. Which is probably 2....

[Geezer]

Weren't there gonna be 10 BP noms? I know I sent in ten.

[NSpan]

Arg. Only a handful of my nominations got any recognition. So, it looks like most of my votes are going to IB (which wasnt even in my top ten) by default.

PS. yeah, i thought we were gonna cull a top 10 best picture list from everybody's individual 5 submissions

[silversurfer19]

NSpan, these were supposed to be sent via pm to keep the awards a surprise.