81st Academy Award Nominations

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That list is god awful.

I mostly agree. Gran Torino snub? I never.

I've never even HEARD of The Reader.

That said, go Frost/Nixon! Hopefully you'll get something.

Really? It's really popular. I think I might see it in a couple weeks.

I have had trouble caring about the academy awards for years because of stuff like this. The picks are just always so obvious.

But I guess overall this year didn't really see an onslaught of great movies either, compared to other years. Oh well.

Yeah, I think this is pretty pertinent. They do it the same every year. All of the "Oscar-worthy" films come out in select cities about a month before the Golden Globes. In fact, most films that are nominated/win for the GGs aren't even released nationally by the time the awards are presented. So, clearly, no one really cares about the average person's take on a film - although average people are exactly what keep the industry afloat. Film is a really, really weird art form, isn't it?

That being said, Benji with Buttons is going to win everything because Danny Boyle is an outsider and Mickey Rourke is "washed up" and Hollywood hates stuff that isn't routine and sexy. It's really, really sad.