Independent my ass! No Best Picture nod for ' I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell"? No Best Screenplay for Tucker Max? No Best Supporting Actress for 'Midget Stripper'? It's as big a scam as Golden Globes! I'm disillusioned to say the least.
@hortense: It's payback to Warners for the Batman snub last year. However, they still won't get Harry Potter or The Hangover on the list. It will only benefit Paramount and Star Trek.
I have high hopes for A Single Man as the surprise nominee/surge winner in at least one Oscar category. It has good early buzz, is based on a widely respected and acclaimed novel, and stars two of modern cinema's very finest. I also imagine that in retrospect a lot of academy members are (one would hope) a bit embarassed about Crash having one, and perhaps would like to undo that.
Aside from Lovely Bones, which is, like a Single Man, completely in the shadows, there is literally nothing else that screams original or ingenious or anything approaching revolutionary amongst these contenders. It's all so... trite. Up was brilliant, but again, it's a cartoon. How deflating.
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But yeah, The Hurt Locker is incredible. Why can't a woman director win best picture?
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Something for everyone!
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And for chrissakes, people! Go see The Hurt Locker! Think of it as casting a vote for more of the good stuff.
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Aside from Lovely Bones, which is, like a Single Man, completely in the shadows, there is literally nothing else that screams original or ingenious or anything approaching revolutionary amongst these contenders. It's all so... trite. Up was brilliant, but again, it's a cartoon. How deflating.