Surprises and Snubs from the 83rd Academy Awards nominations
From Christopher Nolan to Javier Bardem, who made the cut and who was left out?
Oscar Nomination Snub: Mila Kunis of 'Black Swan'
This really felt like the year a "That '70s Show" star finally picked up an Oscar nomination. Kunis had received Golden Globe and SAG nominations for her "Black Swan" performance and seemed like exactly the sort of person the Academy would want walking the red carpet on February 27. Instead, the fifth nomination went to Jacki Weaver from "Animal Kingdom." Here's betting Kunis gets asked to present.
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Next 105 CommentsTony
January 25, 2011 at 1:50PM EST Reply to CommentBiggest snubs in my opinion were Andrew Garfield for best supporting actor in Social Network and Chris Nolan for direction of Inception.
Jonnybon He may be better than Aronofsky, But Nolan still has ample room for improvement.
January 25, 2011 at 4:46PM ESTJoel Parker Agree about Nolan. But TSN was so so Zuckerberg-centric with Timberlake chewing scenery too that Garfield was blotted from focus.
January 30, 2011 at 9:13AM ESTEraserhead Andrew Garfield was much deserving in the British Red Riding Trilogy and Never Let Me Go as well. We will see plenty of him in Spiderman and many more films in the future. He's very good.
February 7, 2011 at 4:29AM ESTseenitall
January 25, 2011 at 1:58PM EST Reply to CommentNo one I know liked "Inception". Everyone ran because of the special effects in the trailer but I could only get through 45 minutes before it beat me down into utter boredom. If it got better I don't care.
Theo Really? How many people do you know? It be a large number. 4?5?
January 25, 2011 at 2:13PM EST
January 25, 2011 at 2:45PM ESTStormshadow4life Yeah, you must run in different circles than most people I know
January 25, 2011 at 3:21PM ESTTausif Khan I thought Inception was a fantastic engineering. As a movie not so much. The performances were wooden. The dialogue mostly exposition. The only enjoyable part of the movie for me was Tom Hardy and he was not employed enough.
January 25, 2011 at 4:10PM ESTTausif Khan *fantastic piece of engineering
January 25, 2011 at 4:11PM ESTluke It was just an action movie with a twist. Decent movie. Interesting concept. Does not deserve Oscar
January 27, 2011 at 11:54PM ESTJay Almost everyone I know loved Inception. It was an amazing piece of work, with an amazing ensemble and set-up.
January 28, 2011 at 10:48AM ESTFrei Perhaps everyone you know is blind/deaf?
February 1, 2011 at 3:23PM ESTMicah Tausif Khan Im going to have to agree with you Inception has an incredible story, though the acting does seem wooden, however I thought Tom Hardy stood out
February 2, 2011 at 7:54PM EST
February 8, 2011 at 1:15PM ESTcriticalbob Maybe the movie was too deep for you. Great story and finally a great ending!
February 9, 2011 at 9:22PM ESTVictor The Cleaner It is totally understandable that the person with the average IQ would get bored. The climax scene was absolutely riveting, jumping back and forth between the 4 dream levels. But then the person with the average IQ, given that he or she could stick with the movie that long, would be utterly lost. Those of us with quick minds, however, loved it.
February 17, 2011 at 4:09PM ESTJohn I agree that the movie blew. The sets and acting were excellent and the director showed a new and exciting concept but it failed.
February 19, 2011 at 10:02AM ESTThose of you who blame low IQ s being the reason for this thought are not not qualified.
Movies are here to provoke disscusion and points of view and for those en-powdered to judge those with a different view...well that is just wrong.
The flick failed not from the acting or sets but by the concept...plausability is the wrong turn in this over-rated and over-hyped flick.
Seen, I was napping also.
John
maxwell's hammer
January 25, 2011 at 2:35PM EST Reply to CommentAs a teacher in the public school systems, I'm kind of glad "Waiting for Superman" wasn't nominated. It was a very frustrating documentary that actually did draw some good attention to the plights of public education, then repeatedly undercut itself by blaming everything on teacher's unions. Teacher's union do not, by any means, have clean hands in the public school debacles, but they're not even in the top 10 list of obstacles that teachers, students, and parents have to overcome to achieve successful education. I reeaally wished "Waiting for Superman" hadn't been quite so one note.
Tausif Khan Thank you for this comment.
January 25, 2011 at 4:12PM ESTchutneylix
January 25, 2011 at 2:55PM EST Reply to CommentI'm most miffed about Christopher Nolan and Ryan Gosling's exclusion. Andrew Garfield's performance while very good was I think more well thought of because he is basically the only emotional and likeable character. That said I haven't seen Winter's Bone yet to say if that supporting performance was better.
Alex Belleman Winter's Bone is an amazingly haunting movie and Hawkes in the supporting role was phenomenal. You could never quite figure him out, whether he be a good or a bad guy, which made him incredibly intriguing. Garfield was typical. Glad he got left out
January 28, 2011 at 11:54AM ESTChrissy
January 25, 2011 at 4:06PM EST Reply to CommentMila Kunis *finally* gets the Oscar nom? What has she been in, like, three movies? She was good in Black Swan, but the role wasn't very big.
Christopher Nolan not getting nominated for Inception is crazysauce, though. What is that movie if not a triumph of direction? I don't get what they are looking for, if not that.
dan Chrissy - I said *a* "That '70s Show" star, not *the* "That '70s Show Star," so I'm also including all of the fine movie performances by Topher Grace, Laura Prepon and Danny Masterson.
January 25, 2011 at 6:37PM ESTAlso? It was a joke...
-Daniel
luke i felt like inception was confusing and i believe a confusion movie is due to a confused director
January 27, 2011 at 11:56PM EST
January 25, 2011 at 6:47PM EST Reply to CommentNo Daft Punk for best score...now that's completely wrong!
MrFloppy It wasn't elegible, I think. I don't know why.
January 25, 2011 at 7:10PM ESTMrFloppy
January 25, 2011 at 7:05PM EST Reply to CommentI can't believe Nolan isn't nominated.
But even worse is that Editing for Inception isn't too! WTF?
ed w
January 25, 2011 at 8:25PM EST Reply to CommentNolan made a summer blockbuster, complete with car chases and machine guns. It's not the genre of film the Academy normally recognizes even when done well and was lucky to get the recognition it did. I thought it was one of the best films of the year personally but I understand why it didn't get as many nominations as hoped for.
bernardg and so are LOTR, TITANIC, AVATAR, DEPARTED, PLATOON. They're all blockbuster! You're saying?
January 28, 2011 at 8:28AM EST
January 25, 2011 at 10:33PM EST Reply to CommentNo best director nom for Christopher Nolan? Ok. I can live with that. But, no Inception nomination for best film editing? GIGANTIC FAIL!!! That movie lived or died (and it lived as bright as a white star), on it's editing. Yeah, great ideas, but if you didn't have a cut that put all those pieces together so wonderfully, it would have been another Southland Tales. At least nominate it!
Jay The editing was definitely oscar worthy. Also, the directing was far superior to that of Black Swan; Natalie was the heart of the movie, she made the best impression, not the directing.
January 28, 2011 at 10:47AM ESTFrei 100% agree w/inception editing. cmon already
February 1, 2011 at 3:26PM ESTmicah I think he will win for best original screenplay
February 2, 2011 at 7:58PM ESTa
January 26, 2011 at 1:47AM EST Reply to CommentMila Kunis was good, but Jackie Weaver completely deserves the nomination. She stole every scene of Animal Kingdom with her menacing and ferocious performance as a sociopathic crime grandmother. She deserves that Oscar.
kee i totally agree.
February 13, 2011 at 8:37PM ESTAnthonymous
January 26, 2011 at 3:52AM EST Reply to Comment"Oh well. At least "Burlesque" can still hold out hope for the GLAAD Awards..."
That's a teensy bit offensive.
dan Anthonymous - No. No it's not. "Burlesque" is nominated for Best Picture at the GLAAD Media Awards (http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/22/nominees), which is the only thing my sentence references. You may find *that nomination* to be "a teensy bit offensive," but that's different.
January 26, 2011 at 4:04AM EST-Daniel
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January 26, 2011 at 4:29PM EST Reply to CommentWell I don't see how Mila getting snubbed is a surprise. Her role in Black Swan didnt demand nearly as dramatic a performance as Natalie's. It was quite average in fact. As for Inception, it's not that surprising either. Science fiction in general isn't usually taken very seriously by the Academy. The Matrix won several Oscars but no nominations for acting or best director.
Ilgustavo
January 26, 2011 at 5:44PM EST Reply to CommentInception was fail. The first clue was the poster showing Paris folding in upon itself. THAT had nothing to do with the story, with character, with anything other than SFX showing themselves off. No imagination, no resemblance to anything I've ever dreamt or any of the powerful emotions my dreams convey to me. Lame.
alonso Speaking of self-reflection, i believe you hit it on the nail with "lame."
January 29, 2011 at 3:16AM ESTwanderlust82 Pity about your dreams, and that you didn't have the imagination enough to like Inception. I thought it was great!
January 29, 2011 at 9:26PM ESTGuest Um…why did you think it was Paris?
February 10, 2011 at 12:47AM ESTHelena o ke kai No imagination? No resemblance to anything you've dreamed?
February 11, 2011 at 9:13PM ESTWhat? Not enough porn for you?
This was an incredible movie! And the music with Edith Piaf's "Je ne regrette rien" was
great! And when does a movie's poster have to with anything? Is that how you decide to see a movie?
Holdeen
January 27, 2011 at 9:21AM EST Reply to CommentWinters Bones deserved all the nods it got. Amazing performances thoughout, fantastic cinematography and great directing, I hope it wins everything it was nominated for.
oobug
January 27, 2011 at 4:20PM EST Reply to CommentMy biggest snub? Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, specifically in the Best Original Song ("Black Sheep" by Metric or "We Are Sex Bob-Omb" by Beck) and Visual Effects categories.
Actually, I'd stick Scott Pilgrim in the Best Picture, Director, and Editing categories, too. It was a revolutionary piece of filmmaking, and easily my favourite film of the year. That's my opinion, though, not a general critical consensus. Still, the songs were fantastic, and I'd call its visual effects easily superior to Alice in Wonderland's.
Jay I agree completely with the visual effects comment and the original song comment. Scott Pilgrim was very underrated and maybe it was because of Micheal Cera that it didn't get any recognition (although I hope that wasn't the reason). The visuals were stunning, definitely more so than any of the movies nominated.
January 28, 2011 at 10:35AM EST
February 9, 2011 at 7:00PM EST
January 28, 2011 at 2:33PM EST Reply to CommentI was surprised that neither "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and Noomi Rapace weren't nominated for Foreign Language Film and Actress.
Max Sweden choose another (and much better) film to run for Forergn Language Film. If you'd understand swedish you'd probably understand when I say that the acting is really terible (well Noomi was ok). Nobody talks like they do in that film, totally unatural.
January 30, 2011 at 1:13PM ESTBTW Ryan Gosling should've got a nomination for his great acting in Blue Valentine.
NFB
January 28, 2011 at 5:42PM EST Reply to CommentInception was the most overrated movie of the year. An alternate title for it could have been The Emperor's New Clothes.
shaka I love you.
February 14, 2011 at 9:39AM ESTthat about sums it up. I cared nothing about the characters.
Here is my review for inception: "Inception: nothing a bucket of cold water couldn't fix"
all smoke and mirrors. conning people into believing it was more
Guy
January 28, 2011 at 6:40PM EST Reply to CommentSnub = The Town for best picture.
Tommy YES! The Town was awesome. I didn't know until now that it was not nominated, but if what you say is true, that is a crime against cinema! I understand that the academy doesn't normally get down with heist movies, and personally neither do I, but man The Town was incredible. Great flick.
January 29, 2011 at 7:00PM ESTHank
January 29, 2011 at 4:46PM EST Reply to CommentGosling, Garfield, Nolan, and Kunis were the snubs I was most upset about. I also can't believe Black Swan didn't get in for original screenplay. I haven't seen Another Year, though I'm sure it's wonderful, but really how can you pass up Black Swan?
BettePorter
January 29, 2011 at 7:22PM EST Reply to CommentJennifer Beals in " A Night for Flying Tigers". She NEVER gets the credit that she deserves. It was a little Canadian film, but one worth watching. America sucks!
hle isnt it dying tigers?
February 1, 2011 at 4:16AM EST
January 30, 2011 at 8:47PM EST Reply to CommentMartin Scorsese`s movie shutter island deserved some nominationes, the academy totally forgot about this movie wich was released on febraury. To me it`s better than some of the nominations for best picture, but I understand why some critics disagree, but on technical aspects, such as editing, sound mixing, cinemathography to name a few, shutter island was better than some of the mvoies that got nominated.
Max Shutter Island and DiCaprio are better than half the nominees, at least.
February 12, 2011 at 8:11AM EST
January 31, 2011 at 1:19AM EST Reply to CommentThe biggest snubs for me this year were Ryan Gosling for Best Actor in the Blue Valentine, Mark Wahlberg for The Fighter, and Paul Giamatti in Barney's Version. Mila Kunis for Best Sup. Actress (Black Swan) and Andrew Garfield for Best Sup. Actor (The Social Network) were obviously snubbed big time too. ) =
I'm glad though that Burlesque wasn't nominated for anything.
Jimmy
February 1, 2011 at 5:11AM EST Reply to CommentMila Kunis couldn't have been less deserving. And Jacki Weaver did not take the "fifth spot", if anything that annoying little girl from True Grit took it. Jacki Weaver is probably the only other actress nominated other than Melissa Leo that deserves the award. If anything Barbara Hershey should have gotten a nomination for an AMAZING supporting role performance, but Mila Kunis? really?
And while we are on the subject of actresses, although all the nominees were excellent and do deserve nods, the performances by Paprika Steen in Applaus and Tilda Swinton in I am Love blow them all out of the water as far as I am concerned. Unfortunetly foreign films like these were not even considered.
Jared
February 1, 2011 at 7:21PM EST Reply to CommentYou know who should have made this list? Robert Duvall. Anyone who saw Get Low (and, really, anyone who's been following basically every other awards ceremony this season) should be really stunned that Duvall got snubbed. Probably not Oscar-worthy, but definitely worth a nod.
LuKasAV6
February 2, 2011 at 6:41AM EST Reply to CommentIt should not have been a surprise that Winter's Bone got an Oscar nomination. It was on almost every top 10 film list of 2010 I've seen.
micah
February 2, 2011 at 8:01PM EST Reply to CommentI Feel True Grit should not have been nominated for best picture or best actor, and I feel that coen brothers should not have been nominated so overated!
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February 3, 2011 at 5:41AM EST Reply to CommentGood efforts. All the best for future posts. I have bookmarked you. Well done. I read and like this post. Thanks.
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February 3, 2011 at 6:17PM EST Reply to CommentI wish people would stop saying Kunis got snubbed. There was nothing special about her performance, she was good but she shouldn't of even gotten the nominations that she did.
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February 3, 2011 at 6:35PM EST Reply to CommentWinter Bone Sucked
Brian
February 4, 2011 at 2:23PM EST Reply to CommentI have yet to see anyone in all of media mention the fantastic job Justin Timberlake did as a supporting actor in The Social Network. A lot of love is being given to Andrew Garfield (somewhat deservedly), but I thought that Timberlake was even better.
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