Nominations for the first annual Movie Guru Awards

It's almost the end of 2011 and it has been a fantastic year. We had big budget action films, odes to Steven Spielberg, the end of Harry Potter, and superheroes galore. Now it's time to recognize the best of 2011 with the first annual Movie Guru awards. The nominations are being announced today, and the winners will be released on January 20. For now, here are the nominees for the first annual Movie Guru Awards.

BEST PICTURE
The Muppets
Captain America: The First Avenger
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Super 8
War Horse

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Joel Courtney, Super 8
Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Michael Fassebender, X-Men: First Class

BEST ACTRESS

Elle Fanning, Super 8
Hayley Altwell, Captain America: The First Avenger
Jennifer Lawrence, X-Men: First Class
Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Chloe Grace Moretz, Hugo

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Riley Griffiths, Super 8
Simon Pegg, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Tom Felton, Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Tyrese Gibson, Fast Five

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Kat Dennings, Thor
Frieda Pinto, Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Helen McCrory, Hugo
Maggie Smith, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Paula Patton, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol


BEST NEWCOMER IN A MAJOR ROLE

Joel Courtney, Super 8
Riley Griffiths, Super 8
Dakota Goyo, Real Steel
Tom Hiddleston, Thor
Jeremy Irvine, War Horse



BEST ANIMATED FILM

Kung Fu Panda 2
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rio
The Adventures of Tintin

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Michael Giacchino, Super 8
John Williams, War Horse

Michael Giacchino, Cars 2
Steve Jablonsky, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Alexandre Desplat, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

JJ Abrams, Super 8
Jason Segal and Nicholas Stoller, The Muppets
Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Chris Morgan, Fast Five


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Steve Kloves, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
John Logan, Hugo
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, Captain America: The First Avenger
Lee Hall and Richard Curtis, War Horse

Matthew Vaughn, Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz, and Jane Goldman, X-Men: First Class


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Real Steel
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Super 8
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Ha Nguyen, Super 8
Alexandra Byrne, Thor
Anna Shepard, Captain America: The First Avenger
Penny Rose, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Mary Zophress, Cowboys and Aliens

BEST DIRECTOR

Steven Spielberg, War Horse

Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Rupert Wyatt, Rise of the Planet of the Apes
JJ Abrams, Super 8
Brad Bird, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol



WORST PICTURE

Green Lantern
Cowboys and Aliens
Puss in Boots
Rio
Mr. Popper's Penguins

BEST TRAILER

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Super 8
The Muppets
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

MOST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2012

The Dark Knight Rises
The Avengers
Prometheus
The Hunger Games
Skyfall

If you are wondering, Super 8 led with 13 nominations, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 had 9, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol had 7,Captain America: The First Avenger and War Horse had 5, Rise of the Planet of the Apes also had 5, and Hugo and Thor had 4. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Muppets, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Fast Five, and X-Men: First Class all had 3. Cowboys and Aliens and Real Steel had 2, and the rest had only 1.