2010 Oscar Nominations: Snap Judgment
The Good:
- The Hurt Locker. Loved this film and hope it gets Best Picture and Best Director.
- An Education. Carey Mulligan was brilliant in this film, and I’m sad she’ll likely get overlooked for Sandra Bullock or Meryl Streep.
- District 9. Love the Best Picture & Screenplay nods. I hope it wins in the screenplay category. It’s more than just your average Sci Fi pic (I’m looking at you Avatar) and deserves heaps of praise.
The Bad:
There actually wasn’t too much bad this year. There are some performance nods where I didn’t actually see the film yet (The Last Station, Invictus) so I can’t evaluate them, but have heard good things. My only small complaints are:
- (500) Days of Summer got shut out.
- Star Trek not in the Best Picture category.
- The Hangover’s “Stu’s Song” not in the Best Original Song category.
The Upshot:
The real bummer for me is that Avatar is going to win all the technical awards (which it deserves), leaving Star Trek in the dust. It’s a shame, because Star Trek was brilliantly made and looked spectacular. Any other year, it might have cleaned up. I don’t really have any personal favorites beyond those mentioned above. It’s surprisingly quite nice to have no big complaints, and what seems to be deserving nominations across the board. I figured I’d miss the usual righteous indignation for major snubs, but I just don’t. Should make Oscar Party pics a fun game this year!
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