Jan
22
2009

Comments on Oscar Nominees

I haven't done this in the past, but here are the nominees, and here are my comments:

  • I haven't seen any of the Best Picture nominees. I only want to see two of them: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire. Morons.

  • No Gran Torino nominations at all. I haven't seen it, but everything I've heard makes its absence surprising. Jerks.

  • The Dark Knight was also relatively snubbed, getting only a Supporting Actor nomination for Heath Ledger and some nominations in minor categories. Weenies.

  • So good old Clint's not nominated for Best Actor, but Richard Jenkins is, and in a movie I actually saw, The Visitor. I guess I'll have to find someone else to replace him in my personal "most underrated actor" category, but otherwise, a bright spot in a sea of mud.

  • WALL·E is nominated for Best Animated Feature. It should have been nominated for Best Picture. And won. Nitwits.

  • Robert Downey, Jr. is nominated for Best Supporting actor in Tropic Thunder. I believe the message here is: "We can't nominate him for his performance in Iron Man, because we don't recognize those kind of movies in the major categories. But he deserves something, so here you go." Cretins.

All in all, the nominations are a good argument for not bothering to watch the Oscar show this year. Although I might reconsider if Hugh Jackman hosts the whole thing as Wolverine. And uses his adamantium claws on Sean Penn.