Academy Award nominations are out

[Chip R]

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/oscars-...133623364.html

[RedEye]

Tarantino is basically shut out of the major awards again. Not surprising in really any category other than Best Picture. I would have thought The Hateful Eight would have made the cut of the top 10.

[Raisor]

Not a single person of color in any of the acting categories

[RedEye]

Not a single person of color in any of the acting categories

Yep. Unfortunate. I thought Will Smith would get a nom for Concussion. Also thought Michael B. Jordan deserved recognition for Creed.

[RedTeamGo!]

Saw The Revenant last night. Wow. It's going to clean up.

[ac084c]

Leo finally has to break the streak here, right?

[RedTeamGo!]

Yep. Unfortunate. I thought Will Smith would get a nom for Concussion. Also thought Michael B. Jordan deserved recognition for Creed.

Have you seen Concussion?

What would be unfortunate would be if an actor was nominated simply for the color of his skin.

[*BaseClogger*]

Yeah, the 0 for 40 streak the Academy is riding of no minority nominations each of the last two years is unfortunate. However, I think they did a pretty good job this time around and not sure who I would add/remove to solve that. Really, the bigger problem is the lack of high-ranking positions held in Hollywood by women and minorities. The Academy, with its public influence, can help shape that, but they have to be given the movies to do it.

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Tarantino is basically shut out of the major awards again. Not surprising in really any category other than Best Picture. I would have thought The Hateful Eight would have made the cut of the top 10.

Which one do you remove from the Best Picture race? I was more surprised Carol was snubbed...

[ac084c]

Yeah, the 0 for 40 streak the Academy is riding of no minority nominations each of the last two years is unfortunate. However, I think they did a pretty good job this time around and not sure who I would add/remove to solve that. Really, the bigger problem is the lack of high-ranking positions held in Hollywood by women and minorities. The Academy, with its public influence, can help shape that, but they have to be given the movies to do it.

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Which one do you remove from the Best Picture race? I was more surprised Carol was snubbed...

What's the 0 for 40 referring to? I agree that no minorities have been nominated among actors/actresses, but Alejandro González Iñárritu won best director last year, and is nominated again this year for the Revenant.

[dougdirt]

I've seen more than a few of the movies nominated, but man, it seems like there are about 10 movies between all of the categories. And that's a shame.

[*BaseClogger*]

What's the 0 for 40 referring to? I agree that no minorities have been nominated among actors/actresses, but Alejandro González Iñárritu won best director last year, and is nominated again this year for the Revenant.

The four acting categories. Thats a good point about Inarritu. Coincidentally, with Ex Machina not nominated, he's had my favorite nominee for Best Picture two years in a row...

edit: actually, I don't know. I really enjoyed The Revenant, its clearly a masterpiece in filmmaking, but I cared about Brooklyn more.

[ac084c]

The four acting categories. Thats a good point about Inarritu. Coincidentally, with Ex Machina not nominated, he's had my favorite nominee for Best Picture two years in a row...

edit: actually, I don't know. I really enjoyed The Revenant, its clearly a masterpiece in filmmaking, but I cared about Brooklyn more.

Thanks, for some reason I was only thinking about actor/actress - forgot the supporting roles.

[757690]

Reverent is pure Oscar bait, a totally forgettable film, outside of the way that it was shot. I'm not surprised it got so many nominations, but still disappointed that the Oscars are so predictable.

Ex-Machina is one the best movies of this decade. I can't believe it was so overlooked.

[757690]

Tarantino is basically shut out of the major awards again. Not surprising in really any category other than Best Picture. I would have thought The Hateful Eight would have made the cut of the top 10.

Have you seen it? Even huge Tarantino fans I know were disappointed in it. It's not very original nor clever. It stands out only by how violent it is. It's not Oscar worthy, in my opinion.

[BuckeyeRed27]

Reverent is pure Oscar bait, a totally forgettable film, outside of the way that it was shot. I'm not surprised it got so many nominations, but still disappointed that the Oscars are so predictable.

Ex-Machina is one the best movies of this decade. I can't believe it was so overlooked.

I'm totally with you on The Revenent, but what did you like about Ex-Machina so much? I thought that was a huge let down as well.