Re: OT: As usual, few surprises in this year's Oscar nominations

On Feb 2, 12:23 pm, The alMIGHTY N <natle...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its
list of nominees for this year's 82nd annual Academy Awards which
takes place on March 7, 2010. As expected, James Cameron's Avatar, the
blockbuster highest grossing film of all time, and The Hurt Locker,
the low budget independent critical darling directed by Cameron's
second wife, Kathryn Bigelow, led the field with nine nominations, and
Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds followed closely with eight
nominations. All three films were nominated for Best Motion Picture of
the Year, the category that the Academy expanded this year to include
ten instead of the traditional five nominees, and all three directors
were nominated for the Best Director trophy.

This should come as no surprise to moviegoers as the Oscar buzz
surrounding all three films has been about as loud as it has ever been
in recent years, and truly good, Oscar-worthy films have been few and
far between throughout the past year.[...]

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What do people here think about the nominations that were announced
this morning? Any perceived snubs? Any predictions as to who will win
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I don't get the George Clooney nomination for best actor in "Up in the
Air". It was a decent movie, but Clooney, is just playing himself,
the eternal bachelor, not exactly a stretch of his acting abilities.
His roles in "Men who stare at goats", "Burn after reading", or
"Leathernecks" were better. The academy baffles me. At some point in
an actor's career they seem to just pick a random movie and
congratulate them on their career rather than the performance in the
particular movie. I felt the same way about Denzel Washington in
"Training Day". "The Hurricane", "Malcom X", and "Courage Under Fire"
were all better performances.

Then to the other extreme, Gabourey Sidibe seems to be a shoe-in for
best performance by a leading actress. Precious was a gut renching,
emotional movie and Sidibe put on one hell of a performance, but does
anyone really think that she has anything other than another Precious
in her acting repertoire? Like Marisa Tomei winning for "My Cousin
Vinny". WTF.

Then again after "No country for old men" won best picture in 2007,
I've been pretty much done with the Oscars.
.

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