We are in the process of writing up our opinion on the Academy Award nominations, but in the meantime check out some of the links below for other opinions that are floating around the internet.
Tweets:
Laremy Legel @Laremy -- The Academy wanted to vote for Tintin in the animated category but they
kept dozing off before the film ended.
Robbie
Collin @robbiereviews -- EXTREMELY
LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE on the Best Picture shortlist is
Extremely Wrong And Incredibly Stupid. #OscarNoms
Seth Meyers @sethmeyers21 -- A well deserved Melissa McCarthy supporting
nomination for Bridesmaids but yet she's overlooked as lead for this ---hulu.com/watch/284927/s…
Esquire Magazine @Esquiremag --50/50's Will Reiser, an actual Oscar snub,
on who he wants to win now: Brad Pitt for one, and, yes, The Descendants: ow.ly/8EijM
Rotten Tomatoes @RottenTomatoes -- If case you're wondering, Stephen Daldry's
contract stipulates final cut and automatic BP nom. Also, his movie stars a kid
named Oskar.
Links:
2012 Oscar Nominations: Snubs &
Surprises (PHOTOS)
“First he didn’t get the People’s Sexiest
Man Alive title and now he’s snubbed by the Academy – Drive star Ryan Gosling just can’t catch a break!”
Oscar noms: Extremely Predictable and Incredibly Boring
“Too bad I'm not the betting sort -- I
could've made some sweet cash on the 2012 Oscar nominations, announced this
morning. The Artist? Check. Moneyball? Check. The Help? Check.”
Shailene Woodley Snubbed in 2012 Oscar
Nominations
“The
Descendants star, who received a Golden Globe nomination and won a
National Board of Review award, was left out of the Best Supporting Actress
category. Shailene has been receiving rave reviews for her performance as
George Clooney's rebellious teen daughter, and many Oscar pundits believed she
was a sure bet. “
Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson both
shut out of 2012 Oscar nominations
“Despite a respective nod each in the Best
Actor categories at the Golden Globes, Irish actors Brendan Gleeson and Michal
Fassbender left out in the cold during today's Oscar nominations.”
The 7 Biggest Surprises Of The 2012 Oscar
Nominations
“ I'm writing this from the Sundance
Film Festival, where Margin Call premiered
last year to some critical praise. It's good to see any Sundance alum nominated
on Oscar morning, though this time a year ago a lot more people would have
assumed that Martha Marcy May Marlene would be in there instead. But
congratulations to first-time director and writer J.C. Chandor, who's now in
competition with the likes of Woody Allen, Ashgar Farhadi and, well, Kristen
Wiig and Annie Mumolo, who got an expected but deserving nomination for their
work on Bridesmaids. ”
The
Artist, Hugo lead Oscar nominations; Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close leads
backlash against the nominations
“Brooks’ snubbing made room for Max
Von Sydow’s performance as a mute old man in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, which showed impressive
resilience despite mixed—and in some cases, toxic—reviews and zero
year-end awards. To his credit, Von Sydow’s work is the best thing
about Extremely Loud & Incredibly
Close, much like lunch at the hospital commissary is the best thing about
radiation treatment. That it scored a Best Picture nomination, too, is a
mystery best not pondered.”
Oscar nominations 2012: Did the best picture
change make a difference?
Oscar nominations: Meryl Streep, Martin
Scorsese, and more speak out about their nods
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady (Best Actress): “I am honored to be in company
with such beautiful artists, and touched deeply by my fellow actors for their
generosity in giving me this acknowledgment.”
Oscar snubs Michael Fassbender, Leonardo
DiCaprio, Tintin: Which omission
hurts the most?
“Shame, indeed. Despite being
one of the biggest breakout stars of 2011, thanks to his mesmerizing
performance as a sex addict in the harrowing drama Shame, Michael Fassbender was
surprisingly not called among the nominees for this year’s Academy Awards. “
Oscar Nominations 2012: Snubs and Surprises
“And while Young Adult’s shut-out in the
other major categories unfortunate and undeserved but not unexpected, the snub
of Charlize Theron is — that was a difficult, brilliant piece of work, as
Oscar-worthy as any of these. Ditto Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
Oscar Nominations 2012: Surprises &
Snubs
“50/50, the cancer dramedy starring
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen, was tipped to get a Best Original
Screenplay nomination for writer Will Reiser, who loosely based the story on
his own experiences, but the film was shut out of top line nominations.”
Check back in soon for our thoughts on the snubbing, surprises, and insantiy that is the Academy Awards and click here for a complete list of the nominations.
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