wtf?
http://oscar.com/nominees/?pn=nominees

1/22/2009 11:30:15 AM

You misspelled "ftw".

1/22/2009 11:50:12 AM

Very disappointed that Clint and "Gran Torino" were snubbed. I saw nothing new or remarkable from Brad Pitt in "Benjamin Button", give the Oscar to Rourke.

[Edited on January 22, 2009 at 12:23 PM. Reason : edit]

1/22/2009 12:22:18 PM

Robert Downey Jr. was actually given a lot of consideration from a lot of people. Although controversial, I'm not surprised about the nomination.

1/22/2009 12:26:00 PM

Oscars are bullshit.

1/22/2009 12:34:54 PM

Give best actor to Rourke
Give best picture to Slumdog and Director to Boyle

1/22/2009 12:38:17 PM

^ Add in Ledger best supporting actor and I concur.

1/22/2009 12:43:01 PM

im gonna have to check out that Werner Herzog film (sp?), he did another one about the ocean about a year ago except it was supposed to be about aliens and i just couldn't get with it but this sounds more coherent

1/22/2009 12:45:21 PM

I haven't seen over half of the movies in these nominations.

And I watch a lot of movies.

1/22/2009 12:50:02 PM

The only thing Benjamin Button should win is Visual Effects and Make-up I guess.

1/22/2009 1:02:45 PM

I think the Oscars are waaaaay better at select nominees than the Grammys

Downey has become one of my favorite actors - I went back and watched Natural Born Killers and he was the best part about that movie

1/22/2009 1:06:16 PM

How in the hell is "The Wrestler" not in best original song?

1/22/2009 1:06:19 PM

Encounters at the End of the World was so good. It's also cool to see Richard Jenkins get a nom for The Visitor. It was released so early this year I figured it would have been forgotten about.


Where I'd put my money:
Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Actor: Rourke
Actress: Winslet (possibly Streep)
Supporting Actor: Ledger
Supporting Actress: Tomei
Director: Boyle

1/22/2009 1:13:54 PM

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"im gonna have to check out that Werner Herzog film "

it's good

and funny, since Herzog narrated it

1/22/2009 1:18:43 PM

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"You misspelled "ftw"."

1/22/2009 4:10:37 PM

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"Downey could have ended up with an Oscar Nod"

I (sort of) told you so.

But yeah, excluding the emotions behind Ledger's passing, it comes down to the fact that Ledger had a lot more to work with this for his role compared to Downey. I think that Downey should get it over Ledger, but probably neither of them will take it. It will prolly go to PSH.

1/22/2009 9:06:31 PM

these nominations are crap. no best picture for WALL-E? how does slumdog millionaire get two nominations in the same category?

the irony of the downey nomination must be lost on the academy.

1/22/2009 9:20:56 PM

by irony do you mean that he was more of a supporting actor than a lead?

1/22/2009 9:38:46 PM

no, because the movie is about the superficiality of hollywood but more specifically, the awards ('you never go full retard', etc). downey plays a character playing an oscar-bait role.

1/22/2009 10:24:01 PM

so what, they should be angry and vengeful and snub him?

1/23/2009 12:35:01 AM

WALL-E was such a garbage movie, if you say that it deserves and oscar nomination for best picture let alone saying it was good, then you lose all movie critic credibility points as far as im concerned

WALL-E is not even the best animated picture of the year, that goes to Kung-Fu Panda which is about 100 times better

1/23/2009 1:14:58 AM

You don't know what you're fucking talking about and you prove it on a regular basis.

1/23/2009 2:36:36 AM

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"YOU MISSPELLED FTW"

also, Man On Wire deserves an oscar more than any other contender, save for possibly Ledger

[Edited on January 23, 2009 at 2:44 AM. Reason : unfortunately, i still feel like the RDj nod is a shot at ledger's chances]

1/23/2009 2:42:47 AM

How did Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" not get nominated for Best Song? Tragic.

Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OSvJvSwmd4

1/23/2009 5:45:24 AM

Whoops, sorry vinylbandit, didn't see your post!

1/23/2009 5:47:01 AM

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"so what, they should be angry and vengeful and snub him?"

i didn't say that.

1/23/2009 7:03:07 AM

You said the irony was "lost on the academy," so I don't understand what you're getting at otherwise. I'm sure they knew what Tropic Thunder was about.

1/23/2009 2:15:23 PM