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Here are the nominations. What are your thoughts?

Best Motion Picture of the Year
The King's Speech

Nominees:
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth for The King's Speech

Nominees:
Javier Bardem for Biutiful
Jeff Bridges for True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network
James Franco for 127 Hours

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Nominees:
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale for The Fighter

Nominees:
John Hawkes for Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner for The Town
Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo for The Fighter

Nominees:
Amy Adams for The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom

Best Achievement in Directing
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech

Nominees:
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for True Grit
David Fincher for The Social Network
David O. Russell for The Fighter

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
The King's Speech: David Seidler

Nominees:
Another Year: Mike Leigh
The Fighter: Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington
Inception: Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right: Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
The Social Network: Aaron Sorkin

Nominees:
127 Hours: Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
Toy Story 3: Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
True Grit: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Toy Story 3

Nominees:
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
In a Better World (Denmark)

Nominees:
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Incendies (Canada)
Outside the Law (Algeria)

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Inception: Wally Pfister

Nominees:
Black Swan: Matthew Libatique
The King's Speech: Danny Cohen
The Social Network: Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit: Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Editing
The Social Network: Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall

Nominees:
127 Hours: Jon Harris
Black Swan: Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter: Pamela Martin
The King's Speech: Tariq Anwar

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland: Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara

Nominees:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1: Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Inception: Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Douglas A. Mowat
The King's Speech: Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
True Grit: Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland: Colleen Atwood

Nominees:
I Am Love: Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech: Jenny Beavan
The Tempest: Sandy Powell
True Grit: Mary Zophres

Best Achievement in Makeup
The Wolfman: Rick Baker, Dave Elsey

Nominees:
Barney's Version: Adrien Morot
The Way Back: Edouard F. Henriques, Greg Funk, Yolanda Toussieng

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
The Social Network: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Nominees:
127 Hours: A.R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon: John Powell
Inception: Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech: Alexandre Desplat

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Toy Story 3: Randy Newman "We Belong Together"

Nominees:
127 Hours: A.R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, Dido "If I Rise"
Country Strong: Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges "Coming Home"
Tangled: Alan Menken, Glenn Slater "I See the Light"

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Inception: Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick

Nominees:
The King's Speech: Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, John Midgley
Salt: Jeffrey J. Haboush, William Sarokin, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell
The Social Network: Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Mark Weingarten
True Grit: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Inception: Richard King

Nominees:
Toy Story 3: Tom Myers, Michael Silvers
TRON: Legacy: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Addison Teague
True Grit: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey
Unstoppable: Mark P. Stoeckinger

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Inception: Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin

Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland: Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1: Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter: Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky, Joe Farrell
Iron Man 2: Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Daniel Sudick

Best Documentary, Features
Inside Job

Nominees:
Exit Through the Gift Shop
GasLand
Restrepo
Waste Land

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Strangers No More

Nominees:
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

Best Short Film, Animated
The Lost Thing

Nominees:
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
Madagascar, a Journey Diary

Best Short Film, Live Action
God of Love

Nominees:
The Confession
The Crush
Na Wewe
Wish 143

Here is my opinion on which movies/actors I think will win or "SHOULD" win.

Best Motion Picture: I think the award will go to Black Swan, I don't see Black Swan sweeping, but it was a good enough movie to probably walk out as thee biggest winner of the night. Underdog pick for me would be King's Speech.

Best Actor Leading: A surprise pick to me would be James Franco. I loved Jeff Bridges but don't think he will win another one so quickly. Franco was a surprise in 127 Hours, and I would love to see him win.

Best Actor Supporting: Without a doubt I would love to see Geoffery Rush for Kings Speech take this one. He has always been an amazing and favorite actor of mine.

Best Actress Leading: Natalie Portman surprised me with her wide range of acting. I think she is more than deserving for this one.

Best Actress Supporting: I think Helena Bonham Carter really broke out of her stereotype as the Creepy lady in all those Tim Burton Films and was a great compliment to the rest of the cast.

Best Animated Motion Picture: We all know Toy Story 3 is going to walk away with this one, But I really loved the art style for the Illusionist. a beautifully stylized piece and throw back to 2D animation. I'll be cheering for that dark horse to take it.

Art Direction: I think this one will come down to either Alice in Wonderland or Inception. I have to give the edge to Inception though.

Cinematography: Yet another one I would give to Black Swan, but Inception will give it a run for it's money.

Costume Design: Alice might grab this one as well, but I could see the Tempest stealing it.

Director: It is rare to have a director not win best director while his film wins best motion picture. Daron Aronofsky has tough competition though, mostly in the form of David Fincher for the Social Network.

Film Editing: I wish I could say Black Swan for this film too, but I really loved the editing in 127 Hours, too close to call.

Music Original Score: I would love to see How to Train Your Dragon claim this one, not the best animated film but it did have a wonderful score. However I would have to put my money on Kings Speech.

Music Original Song: I'm actually surprised that Tangled didn't get a nod for best animated motion picture, Now I see the Light was a pretty song, but I'm leaning towards Coming Home

Sound Editing: Inception will most likely sweep the sounds category

Sound Mixing: See above

Visual Effects: I'm still miffed that Tron Legacy and Scott Pilgrim got dissed in this category. Coin toss between Alice and Inception. Good Job Iron Man 2 for at least getting the nomination. <--(Inner Nerd Speaking)

Adapted Screen Play: I didn't care for Social Network, I don't want it to win any awards, but if there is any category I think it will win for sure it's this one.

Original Screen Play: I would love to see Kings Speech win, though the Kids are Alright might snatch this one.

I didn't go over every category, but this is my opinion on which movies I think will win. And in some cases which ones I want to win.

Best Motion Picture: 127 Hours, not on any basis, seems like a good pick.

Best Animated Motion Picture: Toy Story 3 seems obvious, but I think HTTYD is a good contender.