Best of 2011, Part 5: My Dream Oscar Ballot

Alright, here's the end of the Best of 2011 kudos. Today, I'm just going to wrap everything up with my dream Oscar ballot, y'know, get everything in one nice, easy-to-read place, in case reading lists for hours on end just doesn't do it for you. No commentary, just nominees with the winners in bold. I'll put asterisks next to actual Oscar nominees so you can get an idea of just how much I think the Academy screwed things up this year.

(Note: I'm going to do 9 best picture nominees, because that's the number the Academy has this year. Sorry, Jane Eyre. You'd be #10.)

Best Picture

The Artist*

Beginners

Bridesmaids

Drive

Hanna

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Martha Marcy May Marlene

The Tree of Life*

Weekend

Director

Andrew Haigh-Weekend

Michel Hazanivicius-The Artist*

Terrence Malick-The Tree of Life*

Nicholas Winding Refn-Drive

Joe Wright-Hanna

Actor

Tom Cullen-Weekend

Jean Dujardin-The Artist*

Michael Fassbender-Shame

Ryan Gosling-Drive

Brad Pitt-Moneyball*

Actress

Viola Davis-The Help*

Kirsten Dunst-Melancholia

Elizabeth Olsen-Martha Marcy May Marlene

Charlize Theron-Young Adult

Kristen Wiig-Bridesmaids

Supporting Actor

Albert Brooks-Drive

Tom Hardy-Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Brad Pitt-The Tree of Life

Christopher Plummer-Beginners*

Corey Stoll-Midnight in Paris

Supporting Actress

Rose Byrne-Bridesmaids

Jessica Chastain-The Help*

Angelica Huston-50/50

Melissa McCarthy-Bridesmaids*

Carey Mulligan-Shame

Original Screenplay

Beginners

Bridesmaids*

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Midnight in Paris*

Weekend*

Adapted Screenplay

Drive

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Jane Eyre

Moneyball*

The Muppets

Art Direction

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2*

Hugo*

Immortals

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

X-Men: First Class

Costume Design

The Artist*

Captain America: The First Avenger

Hugo*

Jane Eyre*

Immortals*

Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2*

Hugo*

Rise of the Planet of the Apes*

Transformers: Dark of the Moon*

The Tree of Life

Makeup

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2*

Immortals

Thor

Film Editing

The Artist*

Drive

Hanna

Senna

The Tree of Life

Cinematography

The Artist*

Drive

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*

Hanna

The Tree of Life*

Original Score

The Artist*

Attack the Block

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Hanna

The Skin I Live In

Sound Mixing

Drive

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Mission: Impossible--Ghost Protocol

The Tree of Life

War Horse*

Sound Effects Editing

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Mission: Impossible--Ghost Protocol

Rango

Transformers: Dark of the Moon*

War Horse*

Original Song

"Fake I.D."-Footloose

"Life's a Happy Song"-The Muppets

"Pictures in My Head"-The Muppets

"So Long"-Winnie the Pooh

"Star Spangled Man"-Captain America: The First Avenger

Just for fun, here are my nominees for the Animated/Foreign/Documentary categories. It's worth noting that my opinion in these categories is pretty pointless, given that I've seen 5/6/6 movies that fit each category, respectively. So that means every animated film I've seen gets nominated, and only one foreign/doc gets left off. Hey. Buy for what's worth...

(note, I am going to list these in order of preference, to give this last tiny post at least some semblance of relevance.)

Animated Film

Winnie the Pooh

Rango*

Rio

Kung Fu Panda 2*

Cars 2

Foreign Language Film

Pina-Germany

Trollhunter-Norway

The Skin I Live In-Spain

Vincent Wants to Sea-Germany

I Saw the Devil-South Korea

Documentary Feature

Bombay Beach

Senna

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Pina

Project Nim

There we have it. Another movie year gone. I imagine you'll hear from me again briefly next week, so I can offer up some final Oscar predictions. Until then, thanks for reading! Hopefully all these silly lists inspire you (or anyone) to go watch some good movies!