Who got screwed by the Oscars?
The Academy Award nominations were announced this morning. You can look at the list by clicking here. The staff here at danieldrezner.com will be hard at work with our annual Oscar predictions. This year, however, we introduce a new interactive feature — who did work that merited a nomination at the very least but got ...
The Academy Award nominations were announced this morning. You can look at the list by clicking here. The staff here at danieldrezner.com will be hard at work with our annual Oscar predictions. This year, however, we introduce a new interactive feature -- who did work that merited a nomination at the very least but got completely shut out. [You need a catchy name for them, like the Oscars or the Razzies--ed. Hmm.... how about the Rogers?] Looking over the nominations, the most glaring omission was the absence of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind from most of the major categories. Kate Winslet got nominated, and so did the screenplay, but Jim Carrey, director Michel Gondry, and the movie itself deserved way better treatment. Other omissions:
The Academy Award nominations were announced this morning. You can look at the list by clicking here. The staff here at danieldrezner.com will be hard at work with our annual Oscar predictions. This year, however, we introduce a new interactive feature — who did work that merited a nomination at the very least but got completely shut out. [You need a catchy name for them, like the Oscars or the Razzies–ed. Hmm…. how about the Rogers?] Looking over the nominations, the most glaring omission was the absence of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind from most of the major categories. Kate Winslet got nominated, and so did the screenplay, but Jim Carrey, director Michel Gondry, and the movie itself deserved way better treatment. Other omissions:
1) Laura Dern for Best Supporting Actress in We Don’t Live Here Anymore; 2) Paul Giamatti for Best Actor in Sideways — try to imagine any other actor in that role [UPDATE: Washington Post readers agree!!]; 3) Uma Thurman for Best Actress in Kill Bill, Vol. II; 4) For that matter, there’s no way anyone watches Kill Bill Vol. II without giving the film a nod in the sound categories for the coffin sequence; 5) Anyone, for anything, for Friday Night Lights (This, by the way, is the film that conservatives should talk about when discussing liberal biases in Hollywood, and not The Passion of the Christ, which actually did collect three Oscar nominations); 6) Once again, action movies got hosed in the technical nominations — even the “arty” action movies. How in the hell does Collateral not get nominated for Best Cinematography? Or The Bourne Supremacy for Best Editing 7) I haven’t seen it yet, but I find it hard to believe that Team America: World Police does not have one song superior to “Believe” from The Polar Express
I’d have added Natalie Portman for Garden State, but she got nominated anyway for Closer, so it’s no big whoop. I toyed with the idea of adding Zach Braff for Best Original Screenplay, but the guy is getting thousands of comments on his blog and gets to act with Portman, Sarah Chalke and Heather Graham — so f*** him. The staff at danieldrezner.com welcomes other glaring omissions!! UPDATE: Do be sure to check out the Golden Raspberry nominations as well. As an added bonus, they have the a special “Worst of Our First 25 Years” list of nominations if you scroll down.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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