WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK

[kungfuwaynewho]

What happened with the Oscar nominations?  I mean seriously, what happened?

• Bigelow and Affleck both get snubbed in Direction.
• I mean the Director lineup just in general.  Fuck David O'Russell.
• Moonrise Kingdom doesn't get a Picture nomination.
• No Looper in Screenplay.
• No John Hawkes in Actor.
• Where the actual fuck did Jacki Weaver come from?  I didn't really think Ann Dowd would get in, but no Ann Dowd and Jacki Weaver instead?
• This isn't a surprise, because everyone knew Alan Arkin would get in, but he would have been the third most interesting supporting performance in Argo, under Bryan Cranston and John Goodman.
• I literally cannot with Editing.
• No Hobbit for Costume?  (But Mirror Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman make it in.)  Or for Sound Editing?  Or Sound Mixing?  (Lincoln for Mixing?  Really?  Really.)  No nomination for "Song of the Lonely Mountain?"
• And where are The Avengers' Sound nominations?  Oh right, there are none.
• I literally cannot with Documentary Feature, but I knew that when the first short-list was announced.
• Hitchcock for Makeup over Lincoln?  Anthony Hopkins literally looked like he was melting.
• I fundamentally do not understand Life of Pi getting nominated for Production Design.

Bright spots:

• Christoph Waltz.

I have seriously like been seething this whole morning.  These are the worst.  THE WORST.

In conclusion, GPOY:

Comments

[congo]

So glad I stopped caring about the Oscars when I stopped being able to stay awake to watch them over here. Like, I can stay up for a lot of other things, but the Oscars immediately put me to sleep now. And since award shows on principle ignore my favourite genre, ehhhhh.

♥ Have a cheer-up hug!

[dref22.livejournal.com]

My two cents: Denzel Washington totally deserved a nomination IMO. I'd have been very pissed (not that I REALLY care about Oscars and any awards shows in the recent years lol wake me when Jack Coleman gets nominated) if he wasn't nominated.

And the other thing: I really want to see "Silver Linings Playbook" and I see that De Niro and Bradley Cooper earned nominations for it.

Affleck snub is CRAZY. That is all.

[la-loony.livejournal.com]

I love Christoph Waltz, but I do feel sorry for Leo every year he gets nothing.

Haven't seen the whole list now that I see the points you bring up. Kind of glad I did, my day was not the best and this would've killed it.
I was sure I'd see Hobbit snagging all the things LotR used to snag.

Will watch the show though. Want to see how Seth does as host. Just have to get into as many of the movies nominated as I can before end of February.

[jerusha]

I feel as though this is appropriate:



Seriously, I cannot believe the Avengers and the Hobbit got so little love. (Or rather, I can, but it pisses me off.)

[ufgator1977.livejournal.com]

No John Hawkes is.....I can't even.

Oh and The Avengers and The Hobbit are "niche" movies you know. ;)

[cath822.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm with you on this. John Hawkes and Leo were awesome, Moonrise Kingdom and Looper were robbed, and the Director lineup was all sorts of wack. I don't tend to pay attention to things like visual effects and production design, because I have a hard time distinguishing them from each other. But you know about such things, so I'll validate your outrage. :)

If it makes you feel better, after years of you recommending it, I'm finally going to the Austin Drafthouse next weekend! I want to see one of the special events, but our plans are kind of up in the air, so we might just see Zero Dark Thirty. Still!