Oscar Snubs

That’s probably the only performance by Armie Hammer I thought was good.

And Andrew Garfield was fantastic.

Jane WHO?

OP, director David Fincher is not liked. End of the story.

OP

It’s much more sinister in retrospect.

Funny that they never mentioned that key second round funding, and senior board positions, were indirectly funded by the CIA. The purpose was access to user data.

This is the most balanced mainstream article I’ve found. Even they have serious doubts about how truthful Zuckerberg is about the depth of the relationship between FBook and Langley.

Incendies was better than both of those films combined and all it got was a lousy best foreign language film nomination.

I think I finally stopped caring about Oscars when I saw lifeless turds like The King's Speech and The Artist being hailed by the Academy so much.

Two snubs for nominations were so egregious that they spurred Academy to reform their rules for the category: “Hoop Dreams” for Documentary Feature, and “The Dark Knight” for Best Picture.

I’ll defend “The Artist” for Best Picture, if only because 2011 was a terrible year for films, and it was one of the few decent movies nominated. It’s weak if you compare it to “The Godfather” and “All About Eve,” but put it against nominees like “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” “War Horse” and “The Help,” and suddenly its victory seems a lot better.

I can think of about 18 snubs.

Shakespeare in Love- 'nuff said.

Jesse eisenberg playing zuckerberg and what he thinks is how aspies act is such a caricature. So bad and terrible I just cant.

I just can't "I just can't," r9, so fuck you.

Jesse Eisenberg deserved the Oscar over Colin Firth, and comparing the two performances and films makes it clear th contest isn’t even close. (To be fair, Firth should have won the year before for “A Single Man,” so he wouldn’t have an empty mantle either).

I've liked Jesse Eisenberg in everything I've seen him in.

Jesse Eisenberg didn't capture a single aspect of Mark Zuckerberg's personality.

The best way to think of “The Social Network” is that it’s a biopic like “Amadeus” is. It might not capture the events with any degree of accuracy, but it gets at such universal truths that it feels more accurate that way. Eisenberg captured what is essential about the rise of Facebook, even though it’s not mimicking Zuckerberg.

[quote]It might not capture the events with any degree of accuracy, but it gets at such universal truths that it feels more accurate that way

fake news

I don't know Zuckerberg, so JNGASP.

I thought Johnny Depp should have been nominated for Black Mass.

"I don't know Zuckerberg, so JNGASP."

I jngasped once. The Montagues more matching outfits to a neighborhood barbecue and that color combination was horrendous!

Dunaway deserved a nomination for Barfly. Sally Kirkland took her spot.

Emma Thompson not being nominated for "Saving Mr Banks" still outrages me a little. They nominated Meryl instead for "August: Osage County" for a fairly one-note performance.

Barbra for NUTS.

They were NUTS not to give her that award!

Mia Farrow, crazy now or not, deserved the Oscar for Rosemary's Baby - waaaay over Hepburn and her tics, or Streisand.

Mia should have been nominated for Broadway Danny Rose too.

James Dean WAS nominated for “GIANT”, but in the wrong category. He was 100% a supporting character, not lead. Had he been nominated for Supporting he would have won, posthumously, of course.

Also I feel outrage when I think of how Anthony Perkins wasn’t nominated for “PSYCHO”. Not only an iconic film and performance, but was completely unique and groundbreaking when released.

Honestly Lucy Boynton deserves a nom for BR. She was lovely.

I think the Academy fucked up by giving the Oscar to that fucking awful "Crash" over "Brokeback Mountain"....at that point, I was just done with the Oscars after being a fan for decades. And, I know a lot of other gay people felt the same way and stopped watching and going to/giving Oscar parties.

And, the Oscars are also dying because Millennials/Gen Z doesn't care about awards, or serious movies, or fashion, or stars.

Thank you for bumping this thread so promptly. I’m sure we all know by now who we can add to this list in 2 hours...

Emma Thompson was robbed. Jesse Eisenberg deserved to win for The Social Network. I can watch both Saving Mr Banks and Social Network over and over.

The Kings Speech was better than Social Network and deserved to win.

[quote]And that's not nearly as bad as Brokeback losing to Crash.

Neither one deserved to win. Brokeback sucked. Crash was like a TV episode. I don't remember the other three.

Eisenberg should have won. The Social Network should have won. Andrew Garfield should have been nominated.

James Dean should have been in Supporting for GIANT

Anthony Perkins should have been nominated for PSYCHO

Eisenberg was great, but I truly love Colin Firth in The King's Speech. He should have won for A Single Man the year prior as well. Andrew Garfield definitely should have been nominated. I probably would have swapped out Jeremy Renner in The Town for Garfield.

Renner was good in The Town but I agree

Social Network was dull. The King’s Speech was the correct winner.

Brokeback was a snooze, too, but it shouldn’t have lost to the wretched Crash.

It should have lost to “Munich.”

[quote]Eisenberg should have won.

Naw. Firth was brilliant. Eisenberg wasn’t.

God, R32, how good was a Single Man? A great novel and a great film.

Watch the nominations below:

Looks like Toni Collette was snubbed for Hereditary and Thom Yorke's score for Suspiria was snubbed as well.

God...all these old ladies on here with Masterpiece Theater taste...

If you think Brokeback Mountain and The Social Network are boring, it pretty much tells me how boring you are.

#NoTasteLikeBlandMiddleOfTheRoadTaste

DL fave Nicole Kidman. Say what you will about her, but she got totally screwed - nomination AND award-wise - when it came to "To Die For."

The Oscars have long been just a celebration of the mundane and talentless.

As for worthwhile films of real merit and integrity being ignored you need only say three words:

Gidget Goes Hawaiian.

Dunaway should have been nominated for MD. She came in second in two film critics awards voting and god knows the performance holds up and is remembered more than cunt Sarandon in Atlantic City and Marsha Mason in Only When I Laugh (although I do love that performance).

And Katherine Hepburn winning a fourth for On Golden Pond I'm sure felt right at the time, but now it's just kinda pathetic.

R11 I totally agree, Colin Firth should have won for A Single Man.