TF'ers Below are the 84th Oscar Award Nominees. Who do you think will win? Do you agree with the choices? Do you feel the Academy missed any important candidates?

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Best Picture

"The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer

"The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers

"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer

"The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers

"Hugo" Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers

"Midnight in Paris" Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers

"Moneyball" Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers

"The Tree of Life" Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill, Producers

"War Horse" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Actor in leading role

Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"

George Clooney in "The Descendants"

Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"

Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"

Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"

Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"

Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"

Nick Nolte in "Warrior"

Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"

Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"

Viola Davis in "The Help"

Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"

Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"

Actress in a Supporting Role

Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"

Jessica Chastain in "The Help"

Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"

Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"

Octavia Spencer in "The Help"

Cinematography

"The Artist" Guillaume Schiffman

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Jeff Cronenweth

"Hugo" Robert Richardson

"The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki

"War Horse" Janusz Kaminski

Directing

"The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius

"The Descendants" Alexander Payne

"Hugo" Martin Scorsese

"Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen

"The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick

Visual Effects

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"

Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson

"Hugo"

Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning

"Real Steel"

Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett

"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"

Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

"Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan

"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon

"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin

"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius

"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig

"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor

"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen

"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi

I have seen 0 of the best picture nominee films :-) Seriously, not a one. I have Moneyball waiting to be seen but . . .

Sorry, I just can't support any awards body that doesn't nominate Hangover II for best picture.

I love The Artist...

found War Horse a little dull

Liked Nick Nolte in the Warrior, great movie about two brothers competing in MMA. Nick played their drunken father and nailed the part. Havent seen any of the other candidates.

@Skywarrior

doesn't Nick Nolte nail just about all his roles? IMHO he's an excellent actor. He's long overdue for an Oscar.

@Stramash

I haven't seen the Artist yet. It looks kinda like an artsie type of movie. I will have to check it out.

@Bill

Why is it that the Academy always seems to be outta touch with the populous oppinion on movies. I wonder what would happen if they based their oppinions on box office gross.

It never fails they always pick movies that I haven't seen yet. BTW I didn't know about the movie the Artist until like about a month ago when it was nominated.

Nick played their drunken father ...

I think he did not need to PLAY this part.......

@Bill

Why is it that the Academy always seems to be outta touch with the populous oppinion on movies. I wonder what would happen if they based their oppinions on box office gross.

It never fails they always pick movies that I haven't seen yet. BTW I didn't know about the movie the Artist until like about a month ago when it was nominated.

Because the awards are voted on by members of the Academy vote on the winners. I think the ballots go out to something like 6,000 members.

Those are all actors, directors, producers, directors, etc. They're not exactly a representative sample of the movie-going public. It's a very insular community of people.

Also, the Oscar's tend to have a lot of politicking going on. I remember reading an article last week about how there are two publicity campaigns, one for the theatrical release of the film and one of the Oscars. Studios buying up ads in the trade mags, hiring PR agents to create a buzz in the film community, studios staging parties and special screenings, etc.

So, the people who vote on the winners are in a totally different world than the movie-going public. They're being influenced by ads, PR, etc that the average movie-goer doesn't even see.