It's that time again. A few years ago I decided I was tired of just complaining about how the major award shows always got it wrong. So I did something about it. Sure, I continued to complain, but I also created the Bob Awards.

Is it incredibly nerdy? Yes. Am I over thinking things? Probably. Do they have any bearing on the film industry? No. Will I continue to do this year after year? Absolutely.

I'm a little concerned this year as I'm more in line with the Oscar nominees than usual. Does this mean I'm becoming stodgy and bland or that the Academy got it more right than normal this time? I'm going to just assume that it's the latter.

As always, the eventual winners will be receiving mailed Red Robin gift certificates and, for the first time ever, all nominees will be recipients of a sample size box of Tide laundry detergent. When it's got to be clean it's got to be Tide!

And now here they are in all their glory. The Bob Award nominations:



Art Direction:

• Despicable Me
• Inception
• Micmacs
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
• TRON: Legacy

Cinematography:

• Inception
• The King's Speech
• 127 Hours
• The Social Network
• TRON: Legacy

Costume Design:

• Kick-Ass
• The King's Speech
• Micmacs
• Scott Pilgrim
• TRON: Legacy

Film Editing:

• Blue Valentine
• Inception
• 127 Hours
• Scott Pilgrim
• The Social Network

Makeup:

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part I
• Never Let Me Go
• Nowhere Boy
• TRON: Legacy
• True Grit

Original Score:

• Inception - Hans Zimmer
• The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat
• 127 Hours - AR Rahman
• The Social Network - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• TRON: Legacy - Daft Punk

Original Song:

• 127 Hours: "If I Rise" by AR Rahman and Dido
• Scott Pilgrim: "We are Sex Bob-Omb" by Beck
• Tangled: "I See the Light" by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater
• Tangled: "Mother Knows Best" by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater

Sound:

• Inception
• Micmacs
• 127 Hours
• Scott Pilgrim
• TRON: Legacy

Visual Effects:

• Inception
• Scott Pilgrim
• Shutter Island
• The Social Network
• TRON: Legacy

Supporting Actor:

• Christian Bale - The Fighter
• Vincent Cassel - Black Swan
• Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
• John Hawkes - Winter's Bone
• Tom Hughes - Cemetery Junction
• Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech

Supporting Actress:

• Amy Adams - The Fighter
• Marion Cotillard - Inception
• Melissa Leo - The Fighter
• Chloe Moretz - Kick-Ass
• Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom

Actor:

• Jeff Bridges - True Grit
• Robert Duvall - Get Low
• Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
• Colin Firth - The King's Speech
• James Franco - 127 Hours
• Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine

Actress:

• Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
• Carey Mulligan - Never Let Me Go
• Natalie Portman - Black Swan
• Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit
• Emma Stone - Easy A
• Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine

Monty Python Award for Ensemble Cast:

• Easy A
• Get Low
• The King's Speech
• Scott Pilgrim
• The Social Network
• True Grit

Animated Film:

• Despicable Me
• How to Train Your Dragon
• Tangled
• Toy Story 3

Adapted Screenplay:

• 127 Hours - Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
• Scott Pilgrim - Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright
• The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
• Tangled - Dan Fogelman
• True Grit - Joel and Ethan Coen
• Winter's Bone - Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Original Screenplay:

• Blue Valentine - Derek Cianfrance & Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis
• Despicable Me - Ken Daurio, Sergio Pablos, Cinco Paul
• Get Low - Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell & Scott Seeke
• Inception - Christopher Nolan
• The King's Speech - David Seidle
• Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt, John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich

Director:

• Derek Cianfrance - Blue Valentine
• Christopher Nolan - Inception
• Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
• Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
• David Fincher - The Social Network
• Joel and Ethan Coen - True Grit

Best Picture:

• Blue Valentine
• Get Low
• Inception
• The King's Speech
• 127 Hours
• The Social Network
• Tangled
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit
• Winter's Bone