So, as many of you know, I often become obsessed with award season and the Oscars. It's really a fine time of the year, filled with suspense, drama, disappoint, and a few laughs. Now that the nominations are out, I guess I can focus on the award show, then completely transition to 100%
Scream 4.
But seeing as the nominations are announced, let's hear my thoughts. I thought they were okay. Simply nothing more. Why the freak was
Inception left out of Best Director and Best Film Editing. It's a travesty that they were snubbed considering those two seemed like the strongest locks the film had, that still ended up with eight nominations. DiCaprio and Cotillard deserved nominations, but I'm not too upset since I wasn't expecting it.
Black Swan was pretty much raped, too. It did get notices in Picture, Director, Actress, Editing, and Cinematography; most films would be pleased to get those five nominations. But when you led in Critic's Choice nominations and came second in BAFTA with twelve nominations each time, you expect more. Screenplay, supporting actress (x2), art direction, costume design, sound mixing, and sound editing were cruelly snubbed. Film score was not eligible.
I also have to say,
The King's Speech leading in nominations says something; it's the new front-runner, especially if it wins SAG tomorrow night. It's more the Academy's taste than The Social Network and it shows (
King's lead with 4 more nominations the
Social, while Garfield is snubbed in Supporting Actor).
Random other thoughts:
- Where the freak did the
True Grit love appear from? The Academy needs to rub out their love for the Coens and give someone else a chance
- At least
True Grit was nice to look at and entertaining to a point, which makes the four-time nominated
Winter's Bone the most overrated of the year.
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The Town is snubbed everywhere but Supporting Actor. Wowza. At least they got one nomination right. It should've received
Winter's Bone's place in Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
- Michelle Williams, one of the most overrated actresses in Hollywood gets in for Best Actress without her much better co-star? Pfft. Swank, Moore, Hathaway, Stone, Roberts, and supporting nominee, Stienfield were better and deserved it more.
- No Ryan Gosling? WTF?
- No DiCaprio or ANYTHING for
Shutter Island?
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Conviction is snubbed completely. Critic's Choice nominee, Rockwell and SAG nominee, Swank were miles better than some of the nominees. Not to mention Best Picture.
- I must have misheard, Michael Doulgas in
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps couldn't have been snubbed
- Nothing for the early released
The Ghost Writer? Wow.
