The 82nd Annual Academy Awards Nominations!

We are well into this year's award season. The nominations for this year's awards were announced this morning (click here for your own printable ballot). Last year, I learned a lot about the history of some of the most popular award shows including requirements to vote, past winners, etc (click here to see the post).I have always been a really big fan of the Oscars. I probably have not missed a single show since I was little. They used to be shown on my birthday weekend, but due to the Winter Olympics, they will be shown on March 7th this year.

82nd Academy Award Main Nominations

Leading Actor:

Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart"

George Clooney "Up in the Air"

Colin Firth "A Single Man"

Morgan Freeman "Invictus"

Jeremy Renner "The Hurt Locker"

Supporting Actor:

Matt Damon "Invictus"

Woody Harrelson "The Messenger"

Christopher Plummer "The Last Station"

Stanley Tucci "The Lovely Bones"

Christopher Waltz "Inglorious Basterds"

Leading Actress

Sandra Bullock "The Blind Side"

Helen Mirren "The Last Station"

Carey Mulligan "An Education"

Gabourey Sidibe "Precious"

Meryl Streep "Julie and Julia"

Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz "Nine"

Vera Farmiga "Up in the Air"

Maggie Gyllenhaal "Crazy Heart"

Anna Kendrick "Up in the Air"

Mo'Nique "Precious"

Directing

Avatar

The Hurt Locker 

Inglorious Basterds

Precious

Up in the Air

Adapted Screenplay

District 9

An Education

In the Loop

Precious 

Up in the Air

Original Screenplay

The Hurt Locker

Inglorious Basterds

The Messenger

A Serious Man

Up

Animated Feature

Coraline

The Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Princess and the Frog

The Secret of Kells

Up

Best Picture

Avatar

The Blind Side 

District 9

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglorious Basterds

Precious

A Serious Man

Up

Up in the Air

These are only some of the main nominations (honestly, I was just too lazy to type them and in and to link them up). If you would like to see a full list of nominees and break-down of nominations by film, you can visit the Oscar website. I must admit, that I do not have any particular feelings either way when it comes to this year's Oscars. I was also a little surprised by the number of films nominated for best picture. I feel like it is about twice as many as usual. I feel like if that many are going to me nominated, then there isn't really a point.  The only nomination that I was really excited about was Sandra Bullock's. I haven't seen The Blind Side yet, but I really like her. Maybe I will get more excited as time goes on.

I am going to wait to fill out my official ballot until I see a few more of the nominees.

So what do you all think? Do you have any predictions yet? Are there any films that were left out that really deserved a nomination? Leave your thoughts in the comments.