•  David Carr and Paula Schwartz toss some thoughts back and forth, including a ponderence from Carr on who would win in a scuffle between Anton Chigurgh and Daniel Plainview. [The Carpetbagger]

•  The LA Times has video reactions up from the dynamic duo, Tom O'Neil and Pete Hammond.  Check out the center of the page for their current reflections. [The Envelope]

•  O'Neil, meanwhile, rifles through some Oscar stats for younger and older contenders alike, spotlighting Julie Christie, Ruby Dee and Ellen Page. [Gold Derby]

•  Jeffrey Wells is particularly excited about the biggest surprise of the morning, Tommy Lee Jones' Best Actor nomination for "In the Valley of Elah."  He wants you to make sure he kept the performance on his radar, however. [Hollywood Elsewhere]

•  Our own Anne Thompson provides her own perspective on the various surprises and snubs of the morning. [Thompson on Hollywood]

•  New York Magazine takes a look at those contenders who were snubbed.  There's also an on-going assessment per category and some choice sentiments against the Academy's Greenwood decision from yesterday. [Vulture]

•  Live blogger extraordinaire Lou Lumenick pounded away at his keyboard in real time for our reading pleasure. [New York Post]

•  David Poland has the gall to say the nominations are "as expected."  But we're all used to that by now, right? [Movie City News]

•  T.L. Stanley digs through the tallies and spotlights some surprises. [Gold Rush]