Colin Firth is the hot favourite for the Best Actor Oscar and has already won the Golden Globe for his role as the stuttering King George VI. He was aided by great performances from Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter and Guy Pearce, and that he does not look much like the late George VI does not seem to have dented his chances in the slightest.
Not many actors could have played Mark Zuckerberg and made the billionaire creator of Facebook appear so vulnerable and sympathetic. Jesse Eisenberg managed to incoorporate the intelligence and arrogance of Zuckerberg, greatly helped by Aaron Sorkin's script.
Jeff Bridges took over the role played by the late John Wayne in Joel and Ethan Coen's remake of True Grit. At times inaudible, Bridges portrays a grisly gunslinger who appears to care little for his or any other human life, but reveals himself to be a true hero as he attempts to help a young girl take revenge for her father's murder.
Much rested on James Franco's performance to carry off Danny Boyle's latest film, 127 Hours. Franco plays Aron Ralston, the rock climber who was stuck down a crevice with his arm trapped by a boulder and, after 127 hours, realised that to survive he would have to cut off the trapped arm. Ouch. He will be co-hosting the Awards Ceremony.
An unexpected nomination for Javier Bardem - the first Best Actor nomination for a Spanish actor - for his role in Mexican film, Biutiful. Bardem plays Uxbil, a man in apparent free fall walking through a valley of death. It is an unusual but strangely touching drama.
Check out the other Oscar nominations at www.Oscars-2011.com
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