If I had been a member of the Academy, or were in charge of the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards, this is who/what I would nominate (minus the categories I know too little about to come up with enough nominees). Best Picture The Artist The Descendants The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II The Help Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol A Separation The Tree of Life War Horse Best Director David Fincher -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Michel Hazanvicius -- The Artist Alexander Payne -- The Descendants Steven Spielberg -- War Horse David Yates -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II Best Actor George Clooney -- The Descendants Leonardo DiCaprio -- J. Edgar Jean Dujardin -- The Artist Ryan Gosling -- The Ides of March Brad Pitt -- Moneyball Best Actress Viola Davis -- The Help Rooney Mara -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Elizabeth Olsen -- Martha Marcy May Marlene Meryl Streep -- The Iron Lady Ti...
It's time for this petite aspie movie snob to get critical. (Let's face it: it's always time for that).