Major Oscar noms:

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams, The Fighter
• Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
• Melissa Leo, The Fighter
• Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
• Jackie Weaver, The Animal Kingdom

Best Supporting Actor

• Christian Bale, The Fighter
• John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
• Jeremy Renner, The Town
• Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
• Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

Best Actress

• Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
• Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
• Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
• Natalie Portman, The Black Swan
• Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Actor

• Javier Bardem, Biutiful
• Jeff Bridges, True Grit
• Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
• Colin Firth, The King's Speech
• James Franco, 127 Hours

Best Director

• Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
• David O. Russell, The Fighter
• Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
• David Fincher, The Social Network
• Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit

Best Original Screenplay

• Another Year - Mike Leigh
• The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
• Inception - Christopher Nolan
• The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
• The King's Speech - David Seidler

Best Adapted Screenplay

• 127 Hours - Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
• The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
• Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt
• True Grit - Joel & Ethan Coen
• Winter's Bone - Debra Granik & Anne Rossellini

Best Foreign Film

• Biutiful (Mexico)
• Dogtooth (Greece)
• In a Better World (Denmark)
• Incendies (Canada)
• Outside the Law (France)

Best Animated Film

• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Illusionist
• Toy Story 3

Best Picture

• Black Swan
• The Fighter
• Inception
• The Kids Are All Right
• The King's Speech
• 127 Hours
• The Social Network
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit
• Winter's Bone

I'm surprised Nolan didn't get nominated for director. It's also so weird still to see so many Best Picture nominations. Too many choices!

I still need to see a lot of those movies.

Me, too. So far I've only seen Inception, Black Swan, and Toy Story 3, which is just sad.

I'm not sure I can sit through Rabbit Hole, though, although it's supposed to be fantastic.

I'm surprised Nolan didn't get nominated for director

I'd imagine he was a close sixth. Those are pretty decent names, although I haven't watched the movies. I do have a phantom hate on for The Social Network, but that's entirely my anti-Zuckerberg stance.

I hope Hailee Steinfeld wins for Best Supporting Actress, but I haven't seen the other films of that category.

I'm surprised Nolan didn't get nominated for director

Well, that's the inevitable result of having 10 Best Picture noms, which, surprisingly, I've decided I don't mind as it gives a chance to films like Winter's Bone. Of course, that should mean they can eliminate the Pixar category, but alas, no.

I hope Hailee Steinfeld wins for Best Supporting Actress, but I haven't seen the other films of that category.

Wasn't she the lead, though? Certainly sounds that way from everything I've heard about it (which I seriously need to see).

Looking at the Best Director group, I was trying to figure who I'd pull out to put Nolan in. My first thought was Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan. But maybe it was his directorial efforts that made the movie watchable despite all its flaws.

For the Best Pictures, I have seen all but Winter's Bone. I think I also want to watch Blue Valentine.

Yeah, but I'm sure they put her in Supporting so she'd have a better chance at winning. See also, Christian Bale.