The Oscar nominations were announced today. To see a complete list, lookie here: http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=nominees
There was nothing shocking, but a few mild surprises and snubs. Among them:
SURPRISES
-Kate Winslet was nominated for Lead Actress for The Reader. She had campaigned in Supporting for that role and for Lead for Revolutionary Road. But Oscar voters can place performers in whatever category they want, and apparently her support for The Reader won out.
-The dandy performance of The Reader, which also nabbed Best Picture, Director and Screenplay nominations.
-The inclusion of hard-working character actors who were considered long shots for nominations, such as Richard Jenkins in The Visitor, Melissa Leo in Frozen River and Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road.
SNUBS
-Sally Hawkins (Happy go Lucky) and Kristin Scott Thomas (I've Loved You So Long) for Best Actress.
-Dev Patel and the rest of the Slumdog Millionaire cast.
-The Dark Knight for Best Picture, Director and Screenplay.
-Clint Eastwood and Gran Torino.
-Leonardo DiCaprio and almost everything else related to Revolutionary Road.
ALSO OF NOTE:
-Meryl Streep received her 15th nomination for Doubt, besting her own record. She now ties Katharine Hepburn with 12 Lead Actress nominations.
-Heath Ledger's turn as The Joker became the 7th performance in history to receive a posthumous acting Oscar nomination. Only one (Peter Finch for Network) has won. The others were:
James Dean East of Eden 1955
James Dean Giant 1956
Spencer Tracy Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967
Jeanne Eagels The Letter 1929
Massimo Troisi The Postman 1995
Ralph Richardson Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 1984
The Oscars will be broadcast on ABC on Feb. 22. Stay tuned.
6 comments:
I saw Revolutionary Road and I didn't like it much. I'll tell you why. But first, what makes you like it so much?
Also, Slumdog really didn't change my life, and i am finding all of its buzz annoying. Do you think there is any way it has less than a 99% chance of winning?
-Danielle D.
Bummer that the Academy gave The Dark Knight the cold shoulder for Picture, Director and Screenplay. I think it would've been a worthy nominee for all three of those categories.
Revolutionary Road: I just thought the acting was great. And, at least until the last ten minutes, I was in suspense about what was going to happen. I can understand why others might find it a little much. What did you think?
Slumdog... I think if anything can beat it, I think it's "Benjamin Button"... which would actually be more annoying to me.
Yeah, no love for 'Dark Knight' - bummer.
I agree about R Road, the acting was good even though i was a bit perplexed by leo's character at times. Also in agreement about the suspense until the end there.
Yeah, it would be a bit annoying if Button beat Slumdog, but i don't know which would be more annoying for me. I am rooting for Milk, for me that was the best movie this year, totally a solid film. At the very least i am hoping Van Sant will get recognized for it.
-Danielle
I didn't see Slumdog, but I love love love Benjamin Button. Probably one of the saddest movies I've ever seen.
Revolutionary Road.
I respected the idea, and the acting, but at the end I just felt unfulfilled. It didn't have the depth, I guess, that I wanted it to have, and to me it just felt like everything I'd seen in the preview...plus nothing. I just felt like something was missing.
Also, it was just a deeply unpleasant film to watch, so I can say I respect it, but that's about it.
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