1. 7 Quick Oscar Nom Notes

    So the Oscar nominations were revealed this morning, full list here. A few quick notes:

    1) No love for Scott Pilgrim. Not even a technical award. You’re seriously going to tell me Salt had better sound mixing? Or Hereafter had better Visual Effects? True Grit had better Sound Editing? It’s a western! The clock can’t tick fast enough for me on those old legacy voters.

    2) John Hawkes for Best Actor in a supporting role for Winter’s Bone is inspired, but Jeremy Renor in The Town? C’mon, he was fine in that role - but ultimately not a standout any more than anyone else in that film.

    3) Ditto Amy Adams for Best Supporting Actress. She did a fine job in The Fighter, but mostly her character is motivation fodder for the rest of the cast.

    4) In Achievement in Directing - swap out The Fighter for Edgar Wright’s tightly spun Scott Pilgrim or Danny Boyle’s vastly under-nominated 127 Hours, or (at minimum) Nolan’s Inception - and you would have a near perfect race.

    5) This is the first time in my 33-year life that I have seen all Best Picture nominee’s before announcements were made. That being said - Toy Story 3 has zero chance of winning and, along with The Kids Are All Right, is horribly misplaced on the list of 10.

    6) Since when is Toy Story 3 considered an “Adapted Screenplay”? Ok, ok - I get that Oscar grandfathers in all sequels as “adapted” from their preceding incarnations - but this is quite the stretch. I love me some Pixar, but TS3 is quickly becoming the Up In the Air of 2010 for me. Thank the maker cartoon characters can’t be up for any of the acting categories…

    7) In keeping with my “must see every film nominated in the major categories” creed, the only flicks I have yet to see are Biutiful, Blue Valentine, and Rabbit Hole. Expect two of those three to get watched come awards time on February 27th. (Hint: The two without the word “rabbit” in them.)

    On the plus side, this guy got nominated. Dude, hope you win!

    That’s it for me - anything I missed?

    Notes

    1. themapleleafforever reblogged this from filmrot and added:
      continued Pilgrim ranting,
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