Ledyvengeance and Travis1, I totally agree with you guys! Elizabeth Olsen and Tilda Swinton deserved more recognition for their mesmerizing performances.

Anyone thinks Elizabeth Olsen should be nominated for Martha Marcy May Marlene ?

Why the **** isn't Tilda Swinton nominated for best actress. Her role in We Have to Talk ABout Kevin blew me away

TREE OF LIFE! BEST FILM EVER

I m very much sure 'Moneyball' is gonna be the Screenplay winner..

The Academy has made some questionable moves this year..
Wheres the love for Drive?
Why is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close nominated for best picture? (but seriously wtf)
I suppose a case can be made for some of the "snubs" and generous nominations, but there is one question burning in the back of my mind: Where is Fassbenders nomination for Shame?
Fassbender was phenomenal in Shame, I think he deserved the Oscar, or at least a nomination. Excluding him is just a lack of class on the Academys behalf..

JRath Who said it's about appealing to the people? The best films should win, not necessarily the popular ones. The Grammy's get hated on for that, so why should the Oscars follow? Drive and Harry Potter were enjoyable movies, but they are not even close to significant or powerful enough to be regarded as the best. You say it's the Clooney and Pitt show, but after seeing The Descendants and The Tree Of Life, it would be a crime for it not to be. I also don't get what was so great about Albert Brooks's performance. I wouldn't have nominated Hill or Von Sydow, but Plummer, Branagh, and Nolte were better than Brooks, and so were Ben Kingsley in Hugo, Shahab Hosseini in A Separation, and Hunter McKracken in The Tree Of Life. I don't agree with all of the nominations. I definitely think there were some snubs, and some people who I wouldn't have nominated, but overall I'm pretty happy with the choices.

@ JRath I kinda have to agree with you there on that one, Drive was my favorite movie of last year by a long shot and i can't believe its only nomination was for like sound mixing or something, I mean Albert Brooks didn't even get one which is just criminal. However, I wouldn't exactly say that Harry Potter got snubbed, dont get me wrong it was good but not best picture material or anything. It was also the highest grossing movie of last year so theres really no reason to complain there as far as Im concerned.