I would like to thank the Academy…for once again proving how flawed and ridiculous their system of recognition is.
It’s the day following the release of the Oscar nominations for the work of 2010, and while it’s dandy to see who has scored nominations, it’s almost more interesting to see who was snubbed. There are a few snubs this year that are beyond ridiculous. Beyond my understanding–probably beyond your understanding.
For starters, let’s consider Inception. If I’m honest, I’m still catching up on some nominated films (watching The King’s Speech, 127 Hours and The Kids are Alright this week), but Inception easily ranks as my favorite film of 2010. Inception has been nominated in several categories, including Best Picture, Cinematography and Original Screenplay, but apparently this ship had no captain. No nomination for Christopher Nolan as the director. This one confounds me.
Inception also caught the snub in the Best Editing category–this one is almost worse than the Academy’s apparent disdain for Christopher Nolan.
As an actor, I don’t get all pissy about actor snubs, but I can securely state that Ryan Gosling must have rubbed someone wrong within the Academy. This one just doesn’t make sense to me. Not only is the nomination missing, but so is the “this dude is the hands-down winner of the Oscar” chatter. His Blue Valentine counterpart, Michelle Williams, got a nod, but apparently Gosling was just crowding up the screen…?
No Julianne Moore. No Mark Wahlberg–him being a former rapper and all. No Barbara Hershey. Waiting for Superman, arguably the most popular documentary of the year–no love. Not a lot of love for The Town outside of last year’s Hurt Locker darling, Jeremy Renner. No Visual FX nods for Tron: Legacy or Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. Huh.
I think to myself: How is all this work going unrecognized? And then I remember–oh, right, it’s because the members of the Academy don’t see very many movies.
Photo via: Melissa Moseley SMPSP – © 2010 Warner Bros. Entertainment
Comments
Brandt
January 26th, 2011 - 5:24:57 PM
No surprises here really other than Christopher Nolan getting snubbed in the Best Director category. I thought The Social Network was severely overrated and got most of its attention due to the subject matter rather than the movie as a whole. I'm a big David Fincher fan and he's never let me down. Good movie but it didn't make my Top Ten. I thought Howl was by far the best movie of the year with its combination of animation, acting (James Franco as Allen Ginsberg), and cinematography. You can check out my list on my artist's blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2010/12/top-10-movie-picks-of-2010.html
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