this years BS, sweden didn't submit "let the right one in" because no one on sweden commitee wanted a vampire flick to represent sweden. Springsteen got DQ'd because he put "the wrestler" on his new cd. along with 3 blatant death list snubs(George carlin, peter monaghan, and dolemite himself!) the academy seems like a cold heartless place to me.
@logicalnoise: "Let the right one in" didn't qualify because it wasn't released in Sweden until after September 30th. It is eligible for the Oscar next year though, whether or not Sweden would submit it is another question.
@DaeSu: Took the words out of my mouth. I can't say I've seen any of these foreign language nominees this year, but it's hardly unheard-of for the Oscar "favorites" to be inferior to the supposed also-rans. And occasionally, the Academy surprises by getting it right.
That said, I say we disband the blue ribbon commission and instead set up a blue riband commission. That'll keep them occupied for a while!
@DaeSu: Departures may be better than The Class, which didn't look that amazing. But Departures would have to be the movie of the year to be better than Waltz With Bashir. WWB was gripping and powerful and amazing, and it deserved the damn award.
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That said, I say we disband the blue ribbon commission and instead set up a blue riband commission. That'll keep them occupied for a while!
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