Oscar Nominations were a day ago and writing this post I feel like I'm getting late to the party... Well, that's me! A turtle! Anyways, Oscar voters were good this year. Of course, some things were good, some were bad but I don't think any of those things was awful à la Blind Side last year...
Let's break those things down:
THE BAD
- No Andrew Garfield.
- No Mila Kunis.
- No Black Swan screenplay.
- No Black Swan in Costume Design.
It's good that all bad things are snubs and not horrific inclusions. Wait, I forgot:
- Tom Hooper: Is there anything more bland and generic than The King's Speech direction?
- Alice in Wonderland (it was butt-ugly and it was not intended as in Biutiful so... what is the achievement exactly?)
- The Best Song category. Let's hope this year they don't perform or Lauren Bacall will fall asleep...
THE HILARIOUS
- No Nolan in directing. Fanboys must be burning stuff...
THE GOOD
- A great array of ten nominees for Best Picture.
- Twenty respectable performances (of those I've seen HBC is the weakest one and she is good)
- Four auteurs in Best Director.
- The Way Back for Make-Up.
THE GREAT
- Exit through the Gift Shop.
- Dogtooth.
- The Social Network's score (and all the other seven nominations).
- I Am Love for Best Costume Design.
THE FANTABULOUS
- Black Swan's cinematography.
- Black Swan's editing.
- Natalie Portman.
- DARREN ARONOFSKY.
- Black Swan for Best Picture.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
- Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole!!
