The nominations for the 85th Annual Academy Awards were announced today. Here is the full list:

Best Picture

• Amour
• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wilde
• Django Unchained
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director

• Michael Haneke, Amour
• Ang Lee, Life of Pi
• David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
• Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
• Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Actor

• Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
• Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
• Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
• Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
• Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Actress

• Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
• Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
• Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Best Supporting Actor

• Alan Arkin, Argo
• Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
• Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
• Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams, The Master
• Sally Field, Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway, Les Miserable
• Helen Hunt, The Sessions
• Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Animated Feature Film

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• ParaNorman
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits
• Wreck-It-Ralph

Best Cinematography

• Anna Karenina
• Django Unchained
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

Best Costume Design

• Anna Karenina
• Les Miserable
• Lincoln
• Mirror Mirror
• Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Documentary Feature

• 5 Broken Cameras
• The Gatekeepers
• How to Survive a Plague
• The Invisible War
• Searching for Sugar Man

Best Documentary Short

• Inocente
• Kings Point
• Mondays at Racine
• Open Heart
• Redemption

Best Film Editing

• Argo
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best Foreign Language Film

• Amour (Austria)
• Kon-Tiki (Norway)
• No (Chile)
• A Royal Affair (Denmark)
• War Witch (Canada)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Hitchcock
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Miserable

Best Original Score

• Anna Karenina
• Argo
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

Best Original Song

• "Before My Time" from Chasing Ice by J. Ralph
• "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from Ted by Walter Murphy (Music) and Seth McFarlane (Lyrics)
• "Pi's Lullagy" from Life of Pi by Michael Danna (Music) and Bombay Jayashri (Lyrics)
• "Skyfall" from Skyfall by Adele Adkins and Pauworth (Music and Lyrics)
• "Suddenly" from Les Miserable by Claude-Michel Schonberg (Music), Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boubil (Lyrics)

Best Production Design

• Anna Karenina
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Miserable
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln

Best Animated Short Film

• Adam and Dog
• Fresh Guacamole
• Head over Heels
• Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
• Paperman

Best Short Film - Live Action

• Asad
• Buzkashi Boys
• Curfew
• Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
• Henry

Best Sound Editing

• Argo
• Django Unchained
• Life of Pi
• Skyfall
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best Sound Mixing

• Argo
• Les Miserable
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

Best Visual Effects

• The Avengers
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Life of Pi
• Prometheus
• Snow White and the Hunstman

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay

• Argo, by Chris Terrio
• Beats of the Southern Wild, by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
• Life of Pi, by David Magee
• Lincoln, by Tony Kushner
• Silver Linging Playbook, by David O. Russell

Best Writing - Original Screenplay

• Amour, by Michael Haneke
• Django Unchained, bu Quentin Tarantino
• Flight, by John Gatins
• Moonrise Kingdom, by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
• Zero Dark Thirty, by Mark Boal

Some Immediate thoughts and opinions:

• What first caught my eye was that The Dark Knight Rises has zero nominations. That's right, zero. I gave up on the Academu every nominating Christopher Nolan for Best Director, but it didn't even get a nod in on of the technical categories. It seems that people either completely forgot about it(either due to the shooting or other reasons) or they replaced it with Skyfall as their annual bone to the mass populace.
• It's great to see Michael Haneke get some nominations. He hasn't gotten much love here in the States, but he is an amazing director. If you have the time, watch The White Ribbon. If you have even more time and you also want to feel bad inside, watch Funny Games.
• It seems that Lincoln has taken over as the front runner for the major awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Daniel Day-Lewis is a near lock for Best Actor and Spielberg's biggest competition (if he has any) is Ang Lee (speaking of past movies to see, go watch Brokeback Mountain which Ang Lee won Best Director for and deservedly so).

Anyways, what are your thoughts on this year's nominations? Who do you think will win? Who got snubbed? Let us know your opinions!