The Bob Award Nominations

It's that time again. Time for me to overthink the past year in movies and try to rectify what Oscar got wrong. Because clearly I know better. Here are the nominations for this year's Bob Awards. The winners will be announced within the next couple of weeks.

Art Direction:
The Artist
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Cinematography:
The Artist
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Tree of Life

Costume Design:
The Artist
Hugo
The Iron Lady
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
X-Men: First Class

Film Editing:
The Artist
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Moneyball
Super 8

Makeup:
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
X-Men: First Class

Original Score:
The Adventures of Tintin – John Williams
The Artist – Ludovic Bource
Drive – Cliff Martinez
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 – Alexandre Desplat
Super 8 – Michael Giacchino
War Horse – John Williams

Original Song:
Captain America: The First Avenger – “Star-Spangled Man”
The Muppets – “Life’s a Happy Song”
The Muppets – “Man or Muppet”
Winnie the Pooh – “So Long”

Sound:
Drive
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Super 8
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Visual Effects:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Melancholia
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Super 8
The Tree of Life

Animated Film:
Arthur Christmas
Winnie the Pooh

Supporting Actor:
Albert Brooks – Drive
Colin Farrell – Horrible Bosses
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Patton Oswalt – Young Adult
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Alan Rickman – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

Supporting Actress:
Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life
Elle Fanning – Super 8
Melanie Laurent – Beginners
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Octavia Spencer – The Help
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants

Actor:
George Clooney – The Descendants
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Ryan Gosling – Drive
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt - Moneyball
John C. Reilly – Carnage

Actress:
Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Viola Davis – The Help
Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
Jodie Foster - Carnage
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Charlize Theron – Young Adult

Monty Python Award for Best Ensemble Cast:
The Artist
Carnage
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Horrible Bosses
Super 8
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Adapted Screenplay:
Carnage – Yasmina Reza & Roman Polanski
The Descendants – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
Drive – Hossein Amini
Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin & Stan Chervin
The Muppets – Jason Segel & Nicholas Stoller
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

Original Screenplay:
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
Beginners – Mike Mills
Horrible Bosses – Michael Markowitz and John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
Win Win – Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni
Young Adult – Diablo Cody

Director:
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Bennett Miller – Moneyball
J.J. Abrams – Super 8
Tomas Alfredson – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Picture:
The Artist
Beginners
Carnage
The Descendants
Drive
Moneyball
The Muppets
Super 8
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Young Adult