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The 2012 Academy Award Nominations

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (71)

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Number of nominations for Drive: 0. Number for 50/50: 0. Let’s torch this b*tch, people.

I mean, really? You nominated Extremey Loud and Incredibly Close and War Horse in the Best Picture category, but you leave out Drive, 50/50, The Ides of March and even Bridesmaids, which I might understand if they hadn’t nominated Extremely Loud. Ryan Gosling also gets shut out AGAIN (what does the Academy have against Baby Geese).

There are snubs, aplenty, including Clooney for director of The Ides of March, Nicolas Winding Refn for director, 50/50 doesn’t even get a screenwriting nod, no Martha Marcy May Marlene, no Elizabeth Olsen, oh, and no Fassbender for Shame.

For shame, indeed.

I’m at a complete loss for the dumbfoolery in this year’s nominations. War Horse? WAR HORSE. Oh, and no Adventures of Tintin?! But at least you Tree of Life people should be satisfied, and I’m not unhappy about Hugo’s nominations. But overall, the Academy Awards look more and more like The Golden Globes: Less an appreciation of great filmmaking and more an appreciation of celebrity. The real indies don’t even get a passing notice: No Take Shelter or We Need to Talk About Kevin or The Guard because those movies don’t bring in ratings points, but Tom Hanks and Sandy Bullock do.

We shouldn’t be too surprised. In predicting the 10 Biggest Oscar Snubs of 2012 last December, I was 9 for 10 (at least “Man or Muppet” was nominated).

Best Picture

The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
The Tree Of Life
Moneyball
War Horse

Best Director

Woody Allen Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Actor

Demián Bechir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Supporting Actress

Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, The Descendants
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Nick Nolte, Warrior

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids

Best Adapted Screenplay

Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
John Logan, Hugo
Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants

Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris
Chico and Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Foreign Language Film

Bullhead, Belgium
Footnote, Israel
In Darkness, Poland
Monsieur Lazhar, Canada
A Separation, Iran









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Posted by: Mrs. Julien at January 24, 2012 9:39 AM

And none for DiCaprio, bye!

Posted by: Pants at January 24, 2012 9:39 AM

Can someone answer me this, isn't there a cut off date on to when a movie can be considered for Nominations? If so how did Extremely Loud get a nomination? And it was panned, so how did that happen? I. Am. So. Confused. Did Tom Hank pay off money? Or is it a 9-11 thing clause that automatically allows it go to into consideration?

Posted by: JennyJennK at January 24, 2012 9:41 AM

Ugh. I don't want to live in a world where someone can say "Academy Award nominee Jonah Hill".

Posted by: JakesAlterEgo at January 24, 2012 9:43 AM

Drive did get a nomination for sound editing. But who cares about that. Gosling needs more love from the Academy, thats for sure.

Posted by: Muteki at January 24, 2012 9:45 AM

So much confusion.
But Drive did get one nomination: Sound Editing.
Anyway, as wrong as the whole War Horse/Extremely Loud being there over Drive/50/50/Ides of March thing is, at least I'll take solace in the fact that I'll get to hear "Man or Muppet" that night.

Posted by: KaGe at January 24, 2012 9:46 AM

(what does the Academy have against Baby Geese)

I'm still wondering what they have against DiCaprio. No matter what he does, it's never good enough. He should have *something* by now..

War Horse? WAR HORSE

Oh Jesus, if I have to endure that goddamn trailer and the godawful "epic" soundtrack one more time, I might actually go full on evil Colin Firth and punch a blind kitten. For fuck's sake.

Posted by: Vanessa at January 24, 2012 9:46 AM

On the plus side, I'm SO happy Gary Oldman finally gets a nomination!

Posted by: Mandy at January 24, 2012 9:47 AM

Correction: Cars 2 didn't get nominated.

Posted by: Chris at January 24, 2012 9:47 AM

I came to register my disgust but Dustin hit all the salient points. (The fact that they got to nine Best Picture nominations and then said "eh, that's enough." just adds insult to injury over the 50/50 snub).

And I haven't seen The Descendants but it had better be the fucking Godfather of Clooney takes a free vacation movies to warrant so much awards attention.

Posted by: Yossarian at January 24, 2012 9:48 AM

at least Gary Oldman got a nomination?

and even though The Descendants got plenty of love I wish some of it would have been for Shailene Woodley, she outshined Clooney

Posted by: the chaplain at January 24, 2012 9:53 AM

Pants made me choke on my water.

Poor Gosling. I shall comfort him.

I'm thrilled for Bret McKenzie's "Best Song" nomination. There are only 2 nominees, so surely we'll get a full performance, right?

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at January 24, 2012 9:55 AM

Well, at least this means Rango will get the recognition it deserves. I enjoyed Tintin and all, but Rango was a minor masterpiece

Posted by: desmedt at January 24, 2012 9:55 AM

Great, now Rooney Mara is going to become even MORE insufferable. Over Elizabeth Olsen? I hate everything.

And my Baby Goose can spend Oscar night weeping into my bosom. Good alternative for both of us.

Posted by: Dorothy Snarker at January 24, 2012 9:56 AM

Holy shit. The Academy seems to be up its own ass even more so than usual. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close? Really? Generally they at least operate under the guise of picking sappy movies that people pretend to like. Now they've gone ahead and literally said "Fuck it, the book was at least decent, so that's gotta mean something." Drive was the best film of the year, no questions asked.

To calm my nerves, I am taking solace in the Gary Oldman nomination.

Posted by: Amanda6 at January 24, 2012 9:58 AM

I am a leaf on the wind...

I've given up caring. At this rate, We'll be able to combine the People's Choice Awards, Golden Globes, Academy Awards and MTV Movie Awards into one craptacular sixteen hour jerkfest and call it a day.

And the Winner for Best Picture is...MAN GETTING HIT IN GROIN BY FOOTBALL!!!!!!!

Posted by: admin at January 24, 2012 9:58 AM

Look, as long as there's a drunken chat with figgy I don't mind any of this.

Posted by: Jay at January 24, 2012 10:02 AM

Everything Vanessa said.

Posted by: Mel C. at January 24, 2012 10:07 AM

Talk about a robbery: Tilda Swinton snatched everyone's wigs, including Meryl Streep's, then spit all over them with her performance in We Need to Talk About Kevin. I can't wait to see The Iron Lady for Streep's ~proper actressin'~ so I can just shit all over it. These nominations are actually driving me to watch The Help too so I can properly shit all over that. War Horse is still a little past my limits; I think it was Oderus Urungus who said it best, "War Horse is a great movie if you're a 5 year old girl that loves movies and has never seen a movie."

And The Skin I Live In not getting a Foreign Film nom? Fuuuuuuuuuck this.

I'd go into great lengths about Drive not being nominated for ANYTHING but I'm just preaching to the choir.

Posted by: michaelceratops at January 24, 2012 10:16 AM

What an absolute pile of toss. I’ve seen more coherent lists written on the walls of public toilets in shit.

I’ve gotten too drunk on a number of occasions, forcibly jammed my finger down my throat and thrown up substances into shapes that more resembled a relevant nominee list than this.

Clicking blindly on the random article button on Wikipedia 50 times and compiling the results would produce a more accurate list.

Standing astride a hell-boat lost in a hostile ocean during a cataclysmic storm and flinging your last harpoon mindlessly into the blackened water you’d be more likely to hit the white whale square in the eye than find a worthy winner in this shitbucket of a list.

Fuck the Academy, and fuck the maps that their ancestors’ sperm used to light the way through the birth labyrinth.


Posted by: zeke the pig at January 24, 2012 10:17 AM

Also, I call Shenanigans!

Posted by: JennyJennK at January 24, 2012 10:19 AM

Bravo, zeke the pig. That was just... so beautiful.

Seriously, nothing for 50/50? NOTHING?

Prediction: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close will be this year's Crash, and it will cause the writers of Pajiba to explode into a brutal fury of garrulous vitriol.

Posted by: Ghisent at January 24, 2012 10:26 AM

I haven't seen Drive yet but based on how many top ten lists it made I am surprised it didn't get more Oscar love.

Posted by: John W at January 24, 2012 10:27 AM

No Albert Brooks, but Jonah Hill got a nomination?!

WHAT THE FUCK ALTERNATE UNIVERSE IS THIS?!

Seriously, that list is all sap and sugar and absolutely no substance. I mean, sure, I loved Midnight in Paris and Moneyball and Hugo, but when The Tree of Life is the only nominee out of NINE that could be called a thought-provoking drama, that's just a sign that the Academy has completely lost their testicles.

Bright Spots: Rooney Mara, Gary Oldman, Christopher Plummer, Kristin Wiig, and no Cars 2.
Dark Spots: Pretty much everything else.

Posted by: ChristianH at January 24, 2012 10:32 AM

"Janet McTeer, The Descendants"
No she wasn't. Albert Nobbs, she was. I even saw the damn thing, two hours of my life I'll never get back. Can say the same about The Descendants so you just got two pretentious boring movies mixed up.

Posted by: Irina at January 24, 2012 10:40 AM

JennyJennK -- I'm pretty sure that a movie has to be screened in New York and LA by December 31 to be eligible. As to the rest of it, I got nothin'. My mother told me last night that Extremely Loud is the most wonderful movie and I should make sure that I see it. I shall be avoiding it like the plague.

Posted by: Lee at January 24, 2012 10:44 AM

I'm just pissed Trent Reznor isn't nominated. I mean John Williams...twice? Really?

And don't even get me started on the DiCaprio snub. Jonah Hill is nominated for an Oscar, but Leonardo DiCaprio isn't? So I guess, they're waiting for Gatsby then...and then they'll find someone else to give it to again. Fuck you, Academy.

Posted by: jeannine at January 24, 2012 10:47 AM

If The Descendants wins for Screenplay, I really hope Jim Rash gets to accept the award. I haven't seen the movie yet, I just want him to plug "Community," (baby) goosing NBC to bring the damn thing back live on the air.

Not that I'm biased or anything...

Posted by: RobP at January 24, 2012 10:48 AM

The Academy has lost every bit of credibility they had for choosing Incredibly Annoying Oscar Bait, one of the worst, most exploitative movies I've seen this year, from none other than the uncrowned king of trifling Oscar-bait, Stephen Daldry. I will be rooting for that piece of shit movie to win. If it does people should boycott the Oscars forever.
And I'm laughing out loud at the Leo snub! So much make-up for nothing!
The only thing I'm happy about is the Gary Oldman nod. I hope he wins for the best performance by any actor this year.
And I saw Coriolanus finally and it's better than most of these nominated movies. And two words: Michael Shannon and Take Shelter(OK that was four but point stands)
And FUCK THE HELP.

Posted by: severine at January 24, 2012 10:56 AM

You left off Documentary Feature, which is more or less the only category they got right.

Posted by: George at January 24, 2012 10:59 AM

I'm long, long past the point where Oscar nominations can anger or even surprise me. The Oscars are almost as meaningless as the Grammys.

I will say, though, that I hope Clooney doesn't win Best Actor. Nothing against him, but the two-Oscar club is pretty exclusive these days, and there are a lot of actors who deserve to be there more than he does.

Posted by: Todd at January 24, 2012 11:13 AM

Documentary Feature category fails without Senna.

Posted by: severine at January 24, 2012 11:24 AM

I am in revolution mode here Pajiba, let’s start a petition or something, this if freaking insane!!!! Drive, David Yates, Brad Pitt playing freaking Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Albert Nobbs, AHHHHH, I don’t even know where to start.

Let’s rise up people, as one stick, we are weak, as a bunch, we are strong. We need some massive mobilization to show the out of touch rich a-holes what movie fans are all about.

Posted by: NittyGritty at January 24, 2012 11:26 AM

Lately though I think they just lay out all the nomination onto a football field divided up into squares and let a cow with diarrhea loose onto it and whichever names she craps on first are the ones they nominate.

It used to be that the nominations as a whole tried to make at least three spots as serious as they could. They would then fill one as a "political" spot usually saved for someone who had been wronged before for a more worthy role, and finally a "none of the above" spot where they would sometimes stick someone who had no real right to be nominated, but they put there anyway so that people wouldn't have to choose between the legitimate ones. It goes towards the theory that the ballots votes really aren't secret and that people's votes can come back to haunt them.

I think there should be a cutoff rule that states a movie cannot be nominated if it hasn't been released to the public (two art theaters in LA and New York don't count), released a week before the nominations or gets a nominated before anyone has even heard of it. I say it must be released between December 1st of the previous year, after that it rolls over into the next year's batch of potential nominations. That gives the last releases just under 8 weeks to make an impression on their own merits and not just rumor.

I'm not sure how one would go about this, but I really grow tired of shitty vanity projects getting nominations. They are dull, boring and in general just suck. I feel a movie needs to entertain, not just show off someone's chops. There are plenty of good and entertaining movies out there that I don't need to see some mind numbing piece made only to show that some vapid actor can also be a serious thespian too. There are movies out there that entertain, can be watched again and again, loved by both audiences AND critics and are profitable. Who knew? Obviously not these folks.

I'm going to stop here because it has occurred to me that much of this has already been said before. It's just as well, the award doesn't mean what it used to and I'm not going to stay up and watch either a bunch of nominations I don't care about win or watch a more deserving nomination get screwed over as is the yearly tradition. The Academy can have it.

Posted by: bleujayone at January 24, 2012 11:26 AM

Cheers, Ghisent.

On Oscar night, hire a million-strong mercenary army and get them to stand outside the venue. Hand out megaphones, and on the count of 3 get everyone to scream Take Shelter.

Posted by: zeke the pig at January 24, 2012 11:33 AM

Okay, I thought Drive was meh, and I don't particularly give a shit about the goose and his dead-eyed, monotone performance.


Snubbing the Swintonator, however, leaves me completely baffled. That movie blew. my. mind. I was so obsessed with it that I watched it, tore through the book, and watched it again. Best movie of the year, hands down. Why did it never go wide? I just don't understand.

Posted by: Skyler Durden at January 24, 2012 11:35 AM

whatever happened to flowers of war? when it came out everyone was guaranteeing multiple nominations, if not just for foreign film. I WANT MY CHRISTIAN BALE NOMINATION DAMMIT.

Posted by: myrmidon16 at January 24, 2012 11:35 AM

I respect Gary Oldman and all but cmon, he did more in TDK than TTSS and did he take Leo's spot? They cud have given Leo the Globe if they were going to pull this shit because this is just cold.

If he gets back with Boobs Legsly this week, we'll know why.

The Academy ignores Drive and 50/50 and then wonders why the younger generation couldn't care less about the Oscars.

And I was hoping to see Billy Crystal in that shiny scorpion jacket but now? Sigh.

Posted by: haplo at January 24, 2012 11:38 AM

I agree, jeannine, Reznor was totally snubbed for GWTDT. His score was perfect.

But hey, at least Kristin Wiig got the nod for her screenplay. It'd be nice to see her win.

Posted by: Lemon Poundcake at January 24, 2012 11:40 AM

The sea of fuckery is rising, that's for sure.

Posted by: MM at January 24, 2012 12:10 PM

It's the dresses that matter.

Posted by: Jay at January 24, 2012 12:11 PM

Aaah, sweet. I have never given less of a shit about the Oscars. I didn't watch any movies that weren't about superheroes, except for Drive which I hated so I don't care about that much. I mean, I love the Gos, but he just looked constantly vacant in that movie. I don't get it.

The only loss, I think, is that there won't be any Fassbender on my screen for the show.

The Help is so gonna win, isn't it? It'll be this year's Crash and The Blind Side all rolled into one. Whee!

And ooh, first year where Pixar doesn't get a nomination. Buuuuuuuuurn!

Posted by: figgy at January 24, 2012 12:22 PM

I'm pissed that neither "Life's a Happy Song" nor "Pictures in My Head" got nominated for Best Song.

Posted by: jthomas666 at January 24, 2012 12:28 PM

FUCK The Tree of Life. Terrance Malik needs to stop editing his own films.

Posted by: Danga at January 24, 2012 12:43 PM

Also, Jay is the only one here who has his priorities straight.

Posted by: figgy at January 24, 2012 12:46 PM

George Clooney for Best Actor. Best? Actor? It's Tom Hanks Redux. The most mediocre actor ever somehow rises to the top and inexplicably, all the vapid insiders justlick him head to toe. And I liked Moneyball well enough, but to nominate Brad for this, although he was perfectly fine, and ignore his quirkier performances is just pure stooge move.

I live in a world where George Clooney is nominated for Best Actor and Michelle Williams is nominated for Best Actress. There's a Steely-Dan-appropriate lyric here somewhere...

Posted by: klingonfree at January 24, 2012 12:59 PM

I love the Academy Awards but seriously this is bullsh*t. I usually watch all the best picture nominees but half of these I don't WANT to watch. Ugh, at least Gary got recognized finally!

Posted by: RedRage at January 24, 2012 1:08 PM

...and no Fassbender for Shame.
For shame, indeed.

Haha, exactly what I was thinking. But I do agree this is a travesty. I always thought the Globes were a joke but found myself kind of impressed with how eclectic their nominations were this year. Even if your favorite movie didn't get to shine, A LOT of great films were given some recognition. THIS, however, is something else. THIS is just a play at grabbing attention and appealing to sentimental, trite work. None of these films are "bad" by any stretch, but the level of "oscar worthyness" is quickly losing all meaning. Not that the help doesn't seem great (Viola Davis always is great at least) but it as far as Oscar's go it seems to be filling the Crash-White Guilt award this year. Oh well, I predict non of this will matter and the Artist will have a clean sweep. Forget about this folks, to the Sprit Awards!

2012 Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Full List

BEST FEATURE
50/50
Beginners
Drive
Take Shelter
The Artist
The Descendants

BEST DIRECTOR
Mike Mills, Beginners
Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive
Jeff Nichols, Take Shelter
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
Another Earth
In the Family
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Natural Selection

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)
Bellflower
Circumstance
Hello Lonesome
Pariah
The Dynamiter

BEST SCREENPLAY
Joseph Cedar, Footnote
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Tom McCarthy, Win Win
Mike Mills, Beginners
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash, The Descendants

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Mike Cahill and Brit Marling, Another Earth
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Patrick DeWitt, Terri
Phil Johnston, Cedar Rapids
Will Reiser, 50/50

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Lauren Ambrose, Think of Me
Rachel Harris, Natural Selection
Adepero Oduye, Pariah
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

BEST MALE LEAD
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Ryan Gosling, Drive
Woody Harrelson, Rampart
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter
Anjelica Huston, 50/50
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Harmony Santana, Gun Hill Road
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Albert Brooks, Drive
John Hawkes, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
John C. Reilly, Cedar Rapids
Corey Stoll, Midnight in Paris

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Joel Hodge, Bellflower
Benjamin Kuh-Sulk, The Off Hours
Darius Kond-Jee, Midnight in Paris
Gui-omme Shiffman, The Artist
Jeffrey Waldron, The Dynamiter

BEST DOCUMENTARY
An African Election
Bill Cunningham New York
The Interrupters
The Redemption of General Butt Naked
We Were Here

BEST FOREIGN FILM
A Separation
Melancholia
Shame
The Kid With a Bike
Tyrannosaur

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film's director, casting director and its ensemble cast)
Margin Call

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Chad Burris, Mosquita y Mari
Sophia Lin, Take Shelter
Josh Mond, Martha Marcy May Marlene

ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Simon Arthur, Silver Tongues
Mark Jackson, Without
Nicholas Ozek, Mamitas

AVEENO TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Heather Courtney, Where Soldiers Came From
Danfung Dennis, Hell and Back Again
Alma Har'El, Bombay Beach

Posted by: valerie at January 24, 2012 1:17 PM

Lemon Poundcake, I agree that it would be nice to see Kristin Wiig win for best screenplay, but I also feel like that's the category that people get stuck in when they've gotten left out of categories they truly deserve to be in. It's kind of a consolation prize, and while I definitely do feel like Wiig deserves best screenplay, the fact that Bridesmaids isn't nominated for a best picture Oscar is a travesty.

Posted by: noodlestein at January 24, 2012 1:19 PM

Can you guys get yourselves banned from this? Or ban them? Or can we help getting you banned by acting up or something?

Oh wait. To ban you / us for misbehavior they have to at least pretend to standards.

Carry on.

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at January 24, 2012 1:34 PM

Obviously somebody with a hangover Jan first 2011, wrote these nominations on a beer mat and has been carrying it around since, because clearly nobody involved actually watched any of the films.

Posted by: catagisreading at January 24, 2012 2:28 PM

I've found better shit in my daughter's diaper than this list. But, really, what else can we expect from the Academy? At this point they're so far up their own ass they're beginning to turn inside out. I will say this, though - if Sandra Bullock can win an Oscar pretty much based on last performances, then Gary Oldman should fucking win this year. He won't, it will go to Jean Dujardin, but still. I think it's time for Oldman.

Posted by: stardust at January 24, 2012 2:35 PM

Why didn't Sarah Jessica Parker get nominated for her role as the War Horse? That is a tragedy.

Posted by: Rubble44 at January 24, 2012 2:36 PM

This is the most What The Fuck? Oscar list in the history of movies. That's cool, though. I nominate myself in the Comforting Baby Goose Category. There are no other nominees. Automatic Win.

Posted by: Nugs at January 24, 2012 3:09 PM

i don't care about the snubbed(Fassbender,Mulligan,Swinton,Trent Reznor) because Gary Oldman is finally NOMINATED!!!! (and Malick also)

Posted by: caro at January 24, 2012 3:31 PM

No John Hawkes????

Posted by: Gal at January 24, 2012 3:35 PM

@Muteki: "who cares about that"... well a good part of what made Drive such a good film was the way sound was used. The shocking quality of the gunshot that kills Standard, the music which played perfectly, the engine of the mustang vs. the chrysler 300, etc. In fact, the film, aside from deserving various other nominations, should have also received a Sound Mixing nomination.

Posted by: Sweep The Leg at January 24, 2012 4:12 PM

I'm really surprised that so many people thought 50/50 was worth nominations.

Jonah Hill being nominated hurts me inside. There might be bleeding.

If Rango doesn't win, I give up completely.

Posted by: Lauren at January 24, 2012 4:54 PM

The Oscars nominations in the past years I didn't mind or get really upset over but this year was just a what the fuck!
Drive was one of THE best movies last year & they couldn't even nominate Albert Brooks who was brilliant.
I'm hoping George Clooney don't win because he wins awards just because he's George Clooney.
The Academy just hates Leo who to me is always amazing.
But the snub that actually hurt the most was Michael Fassbender, I saw Shame this weekend & his performance was just amazing, he was about the only person I was looking forward to being nominated.
Oh yeah & FUCK Tree of Life that movie was the most boring, overrated piece of shit I've seen but that's usually what the Academy goes for.
But I am happy for Melissa McCarthy though.

Posted by: Holly at January 24, 2012 5:14 PM

Documentary Feature category fails without Senna.

Indeed.

Posted by: Amanda6 at January 24, 2012 5:19 PM

No Senna.

No Adventures of TinTin.

What a load of fucking rubbish.

The last time I watched any solitary bit of the "Academy Awards" was when Blame Canada! was nominated for Best Song. Till then, and since then, I've given it a clean miss.

And I'll avoid the TeeVee Lookity Box that night as well.

Posted by: The Wanderer at January 24, 2012 5:38 PM

No Tintin means total bullshit.

Posted by: marigi at January 24, 2012 5:42 PM

50/50 and Drive snubs are pure dumbfuckery.

But I'm sorry Dustin, you've done this a number of times already and I must say something...Ides of March is not very good. The performances, except for Clooney (who is playing Clooney - LIKE ALWAYS), are great. I mean I want to be in the middle of a Paul Giamatti and Philip Seymour Hoffman sandwich. However the movie itself is such a massive let down. All build up and no deliver at the end, the story arc was sloppy and said absolutely nothing NEW about dirty politics. It was a "meh" film and I'm sick of people settling for "meh" films.

Sorry, I just had to say it.

Moving on. I think the biggest injustices were in acting categories: Jonah Hill, Melissa McCarthy and Rooney Mara to sum up a few. I thought for sure Elizabeth Olsen would get a nomination who far surpassed Mara. But that doesn't even begin to cover the extreme BS of these nominations.

My brain imploded from anger after I read the nominations.

Posted by: citizen_cris at January 24, 2012 5:45 PM

I had some Chex Mix. It was really good!

Posted by: Jay at January 24, 2012 6:12 PM

Wait a fucking minute - they're tossing in a nomination for the godfucking Sarah Palin doco? Now I know I hate the Academy.

Posted by: The Wanderer at January 24, 2012 6:26 PM

The movie named Undefeated that's nominated for Best Documentary is NOT the Sarah Palin propaganda documentary, but a movie about the Manassas Tigers football team and their coach. Considering the other nominations, this is almost surprising.

Posted by: Uriah Creep at January 24, 2012 9:25 PM

No Albert Brooks for Supporting Actor? I thought he was supposed to be one of the frontrunners.

Posted by: Maya at January 24, 2012 9:39 PM

HEADLINES!!

The Oscars are irrelevant!
The sky is blue!
Ryan Seacrest scares children and dolphins!
Arrested Development needs to some back in it's original form!
John has a big wang!!

Not really anything we didn't already know.

Posted by: John at January 25, 2012 12:13 AM

The Academy: Extremely Misguided and Incredibly Insulting.

Posted by: Lovelyb0nes at January 25, 2012 7:16 AM

I watched last year because I really liked some of the Best Pic nominees. I haven't seen all of this crop, but I really couldn't care less about most of them. I watched "The Help" last weekend. It has some great performances, some very good scenes, and a very weak script and poor pacing. The actresses deserved the nominations, the movie didn't.

Maybe when the average age of an academy voter drops below 70 we'll get some interesting choices. Until then, I'd expect this to be the lowest rated telecast yet.

"Academy Award Nominee Jonah Hill"? Fuck OFF.

Posted by: TylerDFC at January 25, 2012 8:42 AM

I guess they didn't bother nominating Leonardo DiCaprio because they knew they were going to snub him. What a shame. He should have won at least two times by now.

And where is Marion Cotillard!? She was fantastic in "Midnight in Paris".

Posted by: @Chrispeare at January 26, 2012 4:01 AM