The 82nd annual Academy Award nominations were announced earlier today (see the clip below for the announcement), and, per usual, there's a couple things that might make you shake your head in disbelief. The thing everyone will be talking about is the expansion of the Best Picture category to 10 films. (See our piece on What if the 10 Nominee Rule Had Been Adopted Back in 2000? for a look at what films would or should have been nominated in previous years.)

It was nice to see District 9 get some attention. But, the abundance of nominations for Avatar have got to have you wondering, did I see the same movie? Good movie, entertaining sure, but Best Picture quality? Finally, where is the love for Star Trek as Best Picture? The Blind Side, really?

The list of nominees are below, along with our quick immediate reactions to the nominations.