BFCA Critics' Choice Awards Nominees

Here are my thoughts on the nominees:

• So Black Swan leads the nominations with 12.
• Although The Social Network didn't get that many (It will never be the most nominated due to lack of technicals), it showed up in unexpected categories such as Sound, and Score (not unexpected, just glad it did).
• The Kids Are All Right seems to be losing steam, although BFCA doesn't necessary always correlate 100% with the Oscars, and it still got Actress, Supporting Actor, Ensemble and Screenplay.
• I love the Noomi Repace love, but to be honest, not nominating Leslie Manville is a crime, and I still think she will come through with an Oscar nod.
• I also love the Blue Valentine love for Gosling and Williams, although both of the them may end up in the sixth position come Oscar nomination morning, which truly is a shame.
• Also, wonderful to see Jacki Weaver show up in something more than a small critics' group. Also nice to finally see one of the Black Swan supporting girls (in this case its Mila Kunis) get some recognition, although I wonder if they have the staying power, or if it is really all about Natalie.
• The Directing category seems to have narrowed down its six people for the final five slots. I feel that the two most vulnerable are the two leading the nominations Aronofsky and Hooper, and I do wonder which one will make the cut (While i feel it should be Aronofsky, my gut is telling me Hooper).

BEST PICTURE

127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

BEST ACTOR

Jeff Bridges - "True Grit"
Robert Duvall - "Get Low"
Jesse Eisenberg - "The Social Network"
Colin Firth - "The King's Speech"
James Franco - "127 Hours"
Ryan Gosling - "Blue Valentine"

BEST ACTRESS

Annette Bening - "The Kids Are All Right"
Nicole Kidman - "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence - "Winter's Bone"
Natalie Portman - "Black Swan"
Noomi Rapace - "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
Michelle Williams - "Blue Valentine"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christian Bale - "The Fighter"
Andrew Garfield - "The Social Network"
Jeremy Renner - "The Town"
Sam Rockwell - "Conviction"
Mark Ruffalo - "The Kids Are All Right"
Geoffrey Rush - "The King's Speech"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams - "The Fighter"
Helena Bonham Carter - "The King's Speech"
Mila Kunis - "Black Swan"
Melissa Leo - "The Fighter"
Hailee Steinfeld - "True Grit"
Jacki Weaver - "Animal Kingdom"

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

Elle Fanning - "Somewhere"
Jennifer Lawrence - "Winter's Bone"
Chloe Grace Moretz - "Let Me In"
Chloe Grace Moretz - "Kick-Ass"
Kodi Smit-McPhee - "Let Me In"
Hailee Steinfeld - "True Grit"

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

The Fighter
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
The Town

BEST DIRECTOR

Darren Aronofsky - "Black Swan"
Danny Boyle - "127 Hours"
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - "True Grit"
David Fincher - "The Social Network"
Tom Hooper - "The King's Speech"
Christopher Nolan - "Inception"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

"Another Year" - Mike Leigh
"Black Swan" - Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
"The Fighter" - Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson)
"Inception" - Christopher Nolan
"The Kids Are All Right" - Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
"The King's Speech" - David Seidler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

"127 Hours" - Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle
"The Social Network" - Aaron Sorkin
"The Town" - Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Sheldon Turner
"Toy Story 3" - Michael Arndt (Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
"True Grit" - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"Winter's Bone" - Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

"127 Hours" - Anthony Dod Mantle
"Black Swan" - Matthew Libatique
"Inception" - Wally Pfister
"The King's Speech" - Danny Cohen
"True Grit" - Roger Deakins

BEST ART DIRECTION

"Alice in Wonderland" - Stefan Dechant
"Black Swan" - Therese DePrez and Tora Peterson
"Inception" - Guy Hendrix Dyas
"The King's Speech" - Netty Chapman
"True Grit" - Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh

BEST EDITING

"127 Hours" - Jon Harris
"Black Swan" - Andrew Weisblum
"Inception" - Lee Smith
"The Social Network" - Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

"Alice in Wonderland" - Colleen Atwood
"Black Swan" - Amy Westcott
"The King's Speech" - Jenny Beavan
"True Grit" - Mary Zophres

BEST MAKEUP

Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
True Grit

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
Tron: Legacy

BEST SOUND

127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The Social Network
Toy Story 3

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3

BEST ACTION MOVIE

Inception
Kick-Ass
Red
The Town
Unstoppable

BEST COMEDY

Cyrus
Date Night
Easy A
Get Him to the Greek
I Love You Phillip Morris
The Other Guys

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

The Pacific
Temple Grandin
You Don't Know Jack

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Biutiful
I Am Love
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Restrepo
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
The Tillman Story
Waiting for Superman

BEST SONG

"I See the Light" - performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi/written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater - Tangled
"If I Rise" - performed by Dido and A.R. Rahman/music by A.R. Rahman/lyrics by Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong - 127 Hours
"Shine" - performed and written by John Legend - Waiting for Superman
"We Belong Together" - performed and written by Randy Newman - Toy Story 3
"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me Yet" - performed by Cher/written by Diane Warren - Burlesque

BEST SCORE

"Black Swan" - Clint Mansell
"Inception" - Hans Zimmer
"The King's Speech" - Alexandre Desplat
"The Social Network" - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
"True Grit" - Carter Burwell